Superstars having a skill list helps making each superstar feel much more unique and even more like their real life counterpart. There is no limit on how many skills can be assigned to a Superstar, however a few OMG moments can't co-exist with each other if they are triggered from the same position.
Compared to WWE 2K15, a few tweaks were made to the Finishers requirements for certain skills and OMG Moments - changes marked with (NEW).
Skills - Basic Action:
- Combo Striker: Allows to perform a 4 strikes combination.
- Second Finisher: Allows a second finisher to be assigned.
- Show Off: Allows up to 4 different taunts to be assigned.
- Top Rope Diver: Allows to perform diving attacks from the top rope or higher.
Skills - Special Action:
- Springboard Diver: Perform springboard attacks from the apron and inside the ring, as well as outside dives.
- Leverage Pin: Perform a surprise leverage pin.
- Hammer Throw: Perform a Strong Irish whip to an opponent.
- Remove The Turnbuckle: Remove the turnbuckle pad
- Comeback: Perform a comeback sequence when significantly damaged (can be assigned in Custom Move-Set).
Skills - Special Match Action:
- Elimination Chamber Daredevil: Perform diving attacks from the top of the chamber pod or the chamber wall. Requires Top Rope Diver skill.
- Ladder Daredevil: Perform diving attacks from the top of the ladder. Requires Top Rope Diver skill.
- Steel Cage Daredevil: Perform diving attacks from the top of the Steel Cage. Requires Top Rope Diver skill.
- Steel Cage Superplex: Perform a Superplex that opens the cage door allowing for an escape attempt. Requires 2 (NEW) Finishers stored.
- Royal Rumble Finisher: Perform a Finisher to eliminate opponents (can be assigned in Custom Move-Set). Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Fired Up: Store up to three finishers.
OMG! Moments:
- Apron DDT: Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Apron Superplex (Cesaro): Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Barricade Breaker: Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Catching Finisher: Requires 1 Finisher stored and a Finisher with a Catching version.
- Corkscrew Leg Drop (RVD): Requires 1 Finisher stored.
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Double Finisher: Requires 2 (NEW) Finishers stored and one of the following as a Finisher:
- Double Attitude Adjustment
- Double Chokeslam
- Double Shellshock
- Double F-5 (NEW)
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Escape Artist (Hell In A Cell Finisher): Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Can be assigned in Custom Move-Set
- King of Swing (Cesaro): Requires 1 Finisher stored
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Ladder Finisher: Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Can be assigned in Custom Move-Set
- Outside Superplex: Requires 1 (NEW) Finishers stored.
- Pod People (Spear through Elimination Chamber Pod): Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Ring Breaker: Only available to Super Heavyweights. Requires 3 Finishers stored.
- Skull Crushing Big Boot (Ring Post Boot): Requires 1 Finisher stored.
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Suicide Dive: Requires 1 Finisher stored. Can be assigned in Custom Move-Set:
- Corkscrew Plancha (Adrian Neville)
- Suicide Dive 1 (CM Punk / Daniel Bryan)
- Suicide Dive 2 (Luke Harper)
- Suicide Senton (Tyson Kidd) (NEW)
- Suicide Spear (Big E) (NEW)
- Tope Con Giro (Kevin Owens) (NEW)
- Tope Con Hilo (Sami Zayn)
- Tope Suicida (Undertaker)
- Uso Crazy (The Usos) (NEW)
- Super Dropkick (Roman Reigns Dropkick): Requires 1 Finisher stored.
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Through the table (Announce Table Finisher): Requires 1 Finisher stored.
- Can be assigned in Custom Move-Set
- Torpedo DDT (Sami Zayn DDT Through Ropes): Requires 1 (NEW) Finisher stored.