PrairieWolf

PW has a bunch of movement modes so maybe just one of them is giving you trouble? Have you watched some battles?

A long time ago a version of Dookious was losing to PrairieWolf. I eventually watched enough to find that PW's "vibrating" movement mode was confusing the heck out of me - I kept trying to shoot ahead of him, not shooting because my gun wasn't turned all the way, then he'd reverse direction and I'd start aiming the other way. So I'd just never shoot.

PrairieWolf's page says it has Circular Targeting, but it looks like it must have some sort of averaging or randomization. I would suggest using something like active bullet shadowing or rsim style Bullet Shielding, but I realize that's easier said than done.

I would guess it's PrairieWolfs Reflection movement (Mirror Movement), but XanderCat is doing well against other mirror bots.

I'm pretty sure it is not PrairieWolf's mirror movement. I paid special attention to that, and from what I could tell, XanderCat handled that movement without any trouble. From what I can tell so far, it may be a combination of subtle problems. Ultimately my hit ratio is worrisome low, and PrairieWolf's hit ratio against me is worrisome high. The multiple drive modes may be polluting my gun data some, though I have data roll that should help with that. As for why the hit ratio against me is high, that's more of a mystery. PrairieWolf looks to have one of the highest hit ratios against me in the entire rumble (excluding close range fighters, though I am not looking very close at bullet power either).

There are other top bots that have trouble with PrairieWolf, so I'm not alone there (I think FireBird is at about 50 APS against it). But some other top robots beat PrairieWolf by quite a margin, so I know there is lots of room for improvement. For now, I remain a bit stumped. I have a few other changes to push forward with for now, but I will definitely be back to focus on PrairieWolf in the future.