---
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-grab
type: mechanic
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-grab
lang: en
title: Grab
summary: A player caught by the grab temporarily loses freedom of action.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
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- Boss fights
- Body and melee
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title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Grab (RU)'
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title: Raven Beak · Metroid Dread
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title: Enemy Attacks and Telegraphing · Mike Stout
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title: 'Boss Up: Boss Battle Design · GDC Vault'
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preview:
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: Grab
description: A player caught by the grab temporarily loses freedom of action.
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width: 854
height: 480
game: Metroid Dread
sourceUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs&t=91s'
originalUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs'
sourceFrameSeconds: 91
credit: Nintendo / MercurySteam; gameplay capture by Gaming Since Gaming
rights: >-
Game graphics © Nintendo / MercurySteam. Gameplay recording by Gaming
Since Gaming. Original visible source markings retained. All rights
reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: 'Metroid Dread: Raven Beak prepares a counterable grab'
alt: 'Metroid Dread: Raven Beak prepares a counterable grab'
markers:
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label: >-
The dash preparation provides a response window before grabbing
Samus
tips:
- >-
Distinguish grabs from ordinary hits and explain the available escape
response.
examples:
- title: Metroid Dread
url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs&t=91s'
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provenance: >-
Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic
pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by
gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference
URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights;
references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Grab
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-grab
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-grab
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-grab/
A player caught by the grab temporarily loses freedom of action.
## At a glance
[Metroid Dread](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs&t=91s) · Game graphics © Nintendo / MercurySteam. Gameplay recording by Gaming Since Gaming. Original visible source markings retained. All rights reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0.
[Source recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs), 91 s
1. The dash preparation provides a response window before grabbing Samus
- Distinguish grabs from ordinary hits and explain the available escape response.
- [Metroid Dread](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs&t=91s)
## How it works
A player caught by the grab temporarily loses freedom of action.
## Variants
### How the technique works
- A player caught by the grab temporarily loses freedom of action.
## Context and limits
A concise reference to all 124 Boss Fight Atlas mechanics across its 14 source sections. Each entry includes a definition, full RU/EN lesson links, game references and further reading retained from the source. Animations and detailed rules remain in the atlas.
## Connected materials
## Sources and provenance
Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Grab (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/grab/) (id: source-94fced98cdffade2)
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Grab (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/grab/) (id: source-d7f9bb49c207d197)
- [Raven Beak · Metroid Dread](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs&t=60s) (id: source-5f5c083d6d1df8d1)
- [Guardian Ape · Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1HIzA6O4Rw&t=55s) (id: source-ae5a1fc00f4979fa)
- [Godfrey, First Elden Lord · Elden Ring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2jd1fqLpsE&t=180s) (id: source-fe1d941d246fcb74)
- [Enemy Attacks and Telegraphing · Mike Stout](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/enemy-attacks-and-telegraphing) (id: source-baf38070a8989361)
- [Boss Up: Boss Battle Design · GDC Vault](https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024921/Boss-Up-Boss-Battle-Design) (id: source-945019fe5d82d809)
- [Metroid Dread](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjd8I4XTzs&t=91s) (id: source-04392d9a0e397f41)
CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors