Sudo_Nym Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Having Marat Khoklov is like easy mode. A couple angles and a domination match to get him to A*, then let some up and comer get a shocking win over him at a PPV to transfer the overness, repeat forever. Khoklov may be my new favorite wrestler, and his ability to make stars has led to my first long-term game as the SWF. Feel free to discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHK1978 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Having Marat Khoklov is like easy mode. A couple angles and a domination match to get him to A*, then let some up and comer get a shocking win over him at a PPV to transfer the overness, repeat forever. Khoklov may be my new favorite wrestler, and his ability to make stars has led to my first long-term game as the SWF. Feel free to discuss. Who do you hire to keep him happy? What I mean is because he does not speak English, he is sort of a loner backstage. I usually hire Larry Wood, you get a decent in-ring guy and you keep Marat happy. The only time Marat steps in the ring for me is on PPV. The rest of the time he is just in angles for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Damnation Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 If you have Khklov dominate a lower card guy, will the lower card guy get a small skill raise or somethin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 If you have Khklov dominate a lower card guy, will the lower card guy get a small skill raise or somethin? If the guy getting dominated is unskilled, possibly. But Kholov isn't exactly skilled enough to be much of a trainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shape Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Who do you hire to keep him happy? What I mean is because he does not speak English, he is sort of a loner backstage. I usually hire Larry Wood, you get a decent in-ring guy and you keep Marat happy. The only time Marat steps in the ring for me is on PPV. The rest of the time he is just in angles for me. He learns english soon enough. And as effective as the strategy in the OP is I prefer to have him go for ages without losing, make it a big deal. Ring wise he's not a main eventer but it's SWF, he can be the face of the damn company, heh. Dominant champion, who will dethrone him? Then when someone does it's the biggest deal ever, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHK1978 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 He learns english soon enough. And as effective as the strategy in the OP is I prefer to have him go for ages without losing, make it a big deal. Ring wise he's not a main eventer but it's SWF, he can be the face of the damn company, heh. Dominant champion, who will dethrone him? Then when someone does it's the biggest deal ever, heh. But what about match ratings? He has never put on a good match for me rating wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudo_Nym Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Just get his overness up (and it takes virtually nothing), give him a half-decent opponent with some overness, and let the SWF's popularity bias do the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDavidson Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Just had my second Supreme TV show end with Marat destroying Christian Faith in an angle. Said angle was rated A+. I too love Marat Khoklov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shape Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 But what about match ratings? He has never put on a good match for me rating wise. Just get his overness up (and it takes virtually nothing), give him a half-decent opponent with some overness, and let the SWF's popularity bias do the rest. It can be a problem, even with the pop bias...if I have him in a main event I tend to follow it up with an angle. The whole dominant monster who will bring him down is a little more retro than I think the SWF product caters to, but there's definitely cult/risque friendly ways to envisage it. With SWF, as long as they're in the B range I tend to ignore ratings for the most part once I reach a certain point anyway xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comradebot Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I loved Marat Khoklov before it was cool to love Marat Khoklov. Curse you, SWF, for giving him a long term written deal!!! EWA just ain't the same without him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Kohral Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The whole dominant monster who will bring him down is a little more retro than I think the SWF product caters to, but there's definitely cult/risque friendly ways to envisage it. How so? For me, he's kind of bland and boring to book. I usually take off his creative control and give him "Kane Duty". Build him up, he loses cleanly to whoever I'm booking. Rinse and repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenCycle Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Here's Marat's stats as of 2014 in my MAW game: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6389/maratz.jpg Granted SWF and TCW are AI controlled, so they just spam matches with top main eventers, but it's still impressive anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg McNeish Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Wow! That's downright decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Orange Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 That's bloody incredible. I'm plating SWF and that makes me feel inadequate, the only stat that has improved in mine is selling, which has gone from the E- to an E+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1PWfan Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I can't stand him, to be honest. Mediocre at best, and oh look another bloody giant with no talent and high menace. Not for me, bucko- the only Big Heavyweight and up I've pushed is Puerto Rican Power, 'cos he's my boss and actually okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shroom_v1 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Marat Khoklov is my new favourite wrestler in the Cornellverse. I'm planning on having SWF revolve around him as the unbeatable monster heel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDavidson Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Marat Khoklov is my new favourite wrestler in the Cornellverse. I'm planning on having SWF revolve around him as the unbeatable monster heel Likewise. It's very easy to keep your feuds hot when Marat's menace angles do A+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Gilmore Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Does anyone know how tall he's supposed to be? I assume the "giant" description has to do with his height, as I doubt a ripped bodybuilder would be over 500 pounds. I just wonder what it would be like if someone like that actually debuted in the WWE. Just how fast would he get pushed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristram Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I think there's a number of guys in SWF that you can get similar results from - Gilmore, Bruce, Christian Faith, Marc Du Bois are all going to pull out outstanding angles if you keep their popularities up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff3029 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Does anyone know how tall he's supposed to be? I assume the "giant" description has to do with his height, as I doubt a ripped bodybuilder would be over 500 pounds. I just wonder what it would be like if someone like that actually debuted in the WWE. Just how fast would he get pushed? I see him as a great khali body type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDavidson Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I have this mental image of Khoklov as roughly the same height as Big Show, with a physique like Brock Lesnar. He's just an absolute beast which accounts for his A+ power and menace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRodzen Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I've never been able to use this guy. He's always in Japan during my game and he's incredibly over throughout three game areas. AKA, he's never going to sign with MAW at Cult... maybe when we get to National in one week. Who I do use in a similar role is Killer Shark. Grabbed him when TCW let go of him years and years into my game. He has A* menace and B+ star quality. His skills haven't developed all that much because I've mostly used him in squash matches throughout his entire career with us. I've recently began tagging him with Erik Strong (for the hell of it) and in one match he improved in three different areas. They didn't get any chemistry, but I could continue it to see where it goes in terms of skill progression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-619 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I have this mental image of Khoklov as roughly the same height as Big Show, with a physique like Brock Lesnar. He's just an absolute beast which accounts for his A+ power and menace. Yeah exactly the same for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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