Def Jam: Vendetta/Choose your hip hop wrestler

One of four unique stars are going to battle their way through the story. Your hip hop wrestler has starting stats that need building up.


 * Power: How strong are your attacks?
 * Speed: How fast can you move?
 * Grapple: How effective is your grappling power?
 * Defense: How good is your ability to dodge attacks?
 * Stamina: How long can you last in the ring?
 * Charisma: How good is your momentum?

Here's a quick runthrough for your starting character. The max for each stat is thirty.

Briggs

 * Power: 10
 * Speed: 12
 * Grapple: 16
 * Defense: 13
 * Stamina: 10
 * Chasima: 12

For any beginner, this is your first choice. If you're used to N64 wrestling games, he has it all. His strength is his grapple but he's weak on power and stamina. You should build up his weaknesses first, before you slowly build up your fighter.

Proof

 * Power: 7
 * Speed: 22
 * Grapple: 9
 * Defense: 3
 * Stamina: 7
 * Charisma: 22

The second choice (if you're interested in unlocking all characters) can be tough at first. His strength is speed and charisma but the rest is terribly weak. Like Briggs, concentrate on the weaknesses to bring them up to his speed and charisma.

Spider

 * Power: 13
 * Speed: 4
 * Grapple: 13
 * Defense: 8
 * Stamina: 13
 * Charisma: 6

The third choice is pretty much the same as the first. His strength is power, grapple and stamina but the rest is as bad as the second choice. Like the first two choices, build up so his flaws are in line with his strength.

Tank

 * Power: 24
 * Speed: 0
 * Grapple: 15
 * Defense: 4
 * Stamina: 21
 * Charisma: 3

The last choice could be the best choice of all. His strength is power, grapple and stamina but more than Spider while the rest can be underwhelming, especially with speed. As always, use the cash through the story mode to make him more than a powerhouse.

Even though it's hard to determine, all your hip hop fighters move set evolves depending on how high your stats is. You start off with the original move set. About midway, you get the second move set. If you somehow reached the high point of your stats, you get the final move set that only players can use. Computer opponents using these characters would be restricted to its first move set and stats so keep that in mind.