--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies lang: en title: Throwing enemies summary: >- After a grab, the player throws an enemy in a chosen direction. Target position, obstacles and landing space become part of the attack. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies.md aliases: - Throw an enemy tags: - Game design techniques - Combat - Satisfying sourceIds: - source-096b56395ac20d09 - source-be1a895790c3acee - source-979e8d18e6a72517 sources: - id: source-096b56395ac20d09 title: 'Game Mechanics: Throwing enemies' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies' verifiedAt: null - id: source-be1a895790c3acee title: 'RoboCop: Rogue City (2023)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies/game/robocop-rogue-city verifiedAt: null - id: source-979e8d18e6a72517 title: Dead Rising 2 (2010) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies/game/dead-rising-2' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-throwing-enemies title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-throwing-enemies' categoryIds: - gm-category-combat - gm-category-satisfying supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Throw an enemy description: >- After a grab, the player throws an enemy in a chosen direction. Target position, obstacles and landing space become part of the attack. image: src: images/mechanics/combat-throwing-enemies.webp width: 600 height: 334 game: 'RoboCop: Rogue City (2023)' sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/robocop_throw_guy.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 4.95 credit: >- Teyon / Nacon; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org; visible recording watermark: Swifty Unknown rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved; excluded from the portal’s MIT and CC BY 4.0 licenses. caption: A thrown enemy flies down a corridor alt: >- An enemy is airborne ahead of the player after a throw in RoboCop: Rogue City. markers: - x: 51 'y': 60 label: Enemy airborne after the throw - x: 62 'y': 49 label: The corridor defines the throw direction tips: - Communicate throw direction before the action is committed. - Check collisions and available landing space. examples: - title: 'RoboCop: Rogue City (2023)' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Throwing enemies id: game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-throwing-enemies/ After a grab, the player throws an enemy in a chosen direction. Target position, obstacles and landing space become part of the attack. ## At a glance ![An enemy is airborne ahead of the player after a throw in RoboCop: Rogue City.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/combat-throwing-enemies.webp) [RoboCop: Rogue City (2023)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved; excluded from the portal’s MIT and CC BY 4.0 licenses. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/robocop_throw_guy.webm), 4.95 s 1. Enemy airborne after the throw 2. The corridor defines the throw direction - Communicate throw direction before the action is committed. - Check collisions and available landing space. - [RoboCop: Rogue City (2023)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies) ## How it works A grabbed enemy can be thrown through space. ## Variants ### How the technique works - A grabbed enemy can be thrown through space. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Throwing enemies](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies) (id: source-096b56395ac20d09) - [RoboCop: Rogue City (2023)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies/game/robocop-rogue-city) (id: source-be1a895790c3acee) - [Dead Rising 2 (2010)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/throwing-enemies/game/dead-rising-2) (id: source-979e8d18e6a72517) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors