Possessor

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The possessor is a massive gameplay-changing gear in nico's nextbots that grants the player free control over a nextbot. It can currently be bought in the shop for . 
It was released in the 2023 New Years update and has since gone through multiple visual and balancing changes.
==Overview==
===Appearance===
The possessor appears to be a dark blue-green metallic ball with a blue core at the top in the middle that emits a glow. Each corner next to the core has a triangle-shaped symbol with a dot in the middle.
Its previous iteration was a gray metallic ball. It also had a blue band lining down in the center, with the inner core being blue as well.
==Features==
The possessor can be thrown on the ground and will disappear after a few seconds. Thrown possessors will have a blue trail following it. 
Once a nextbot ends up in contact with a possessor, the nextbot and the player who threw the item floats up in the air with a blue beam connecting both entities. The blue beam then forces the player into the nextbot, and then the player is now in full control of the nextbot. Possessed nextbots will be tinted in a light-blue tone alongside small electric sparks around it.
During a possession, all vulnerable players will appear through walls highlighted in red, two counters appear on the top and bottom of the player's screen; a kills counter and a timer respectively, and a meter appears at the bottom that allows the player to use a speed boost when it is filled up. 
The timer below is the possessor's possession time and starts at a minute before ticking down to zero, where the possessor will be kicked off the nextbot's presence. 
Successful kills will increase the kill counter by one and reward the possessor with and while using the speed boost ability will deduct . Alongside this, any possessors that other players throw will deduct or a minute if hit in the center. A limit of up to three minutes can be gained. Getting more kills does not push the timer past the three minute limit.
Walking up to dynamic props scattered around maps such as cars in nn_russia, doors, user-placed blocks in nn_voxel and other props will push them away. Despite this, glass cannot be broken through.
Abilities exclusive to certain nextbots such as teleportation, bouncy physics, clipping through walls, etc. cannot be used during a possession, but nextbots with speed multipliers are applied.
==Usage==
The possessor can be bought from the shop and equipped from a player's backpack by pressing on the keyboard (PC), the button on the top of the screen (Mobile), pressing button (XBOX), or pressing button (PS5).
To possess a nextbot, a player must equip the possessor and throw it to a nextbot.
Event nextbots such as angry munci or richard boderman are unpossessable, but possessors will not be consumed upon attempting to.
In order to kill people, a player simply has to get in contact with another.
Sprinting during a possession by pressing the key (PC), the button (Mobile), pressing on controller (XBOX), or pressing on the controller (PS5) will activate a short speed boost ability, giving the player an advantage towards faster players and allowing the player to reach distant places quicker, at the cost of five seconds being taken off the possession timer.
== Tips== 
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=== Prelude ===
*Determine the current server you are in. Make sure your server is near where you live, have a good amount of players in, and do not have more than two possessing in one round.
**Servers located farther away from you can make getting kills way harder, due to you falling way behind.
**Servers with lesser players can make prolonged possession sessions harder, especially on wider maps.
**Servers with more than two possessors can make getting kills way harder, and can also demotivate a server from leaving safe zones.
*In open world, it is recommended to possess in nn_mall, as it remains the most populated map, despite the release of nn_russia, nn_port, and nn_airport.
*In arcade, it is recommended to possess on smaller, easily navigable maps like nn_hotel. Larger maps, such as nn_poolrooms or nn_las_casas, make it more challenging to locate players in time to extend your timer, as they tend to be more spread out.
**During the intermission, aim to secure a nextbot spawn immediately and time your throw just before the round begins. Possessing a nextbot right away will minimize time spent searching for one during the game. 
***Be cautious, however, as you may end up possessing a nextbot with a low speed stat, such as blonk, qubert, or bear 5. This can make it more challenging to catch up to players, requiring greater reliance on your speed boost ability.
***Alongside this, be wary of the invulnerability period at the start of each round.
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===Interlude===
*Look for heavily populated areas on the map you’re playing and aim to eliminate as many players as possible.
**Eliminating a player rewards you with , boosting your chances of earning more nextbux. If you manage to eliminate around 80 players before the round ends or you are removed, there's a good chance you'll accumulate enough points to purchase another possessor for round 2.
*When pursuing players, aim to position yourself in front of them, rather than attempting a direct collision, to increase your chances of securing the kill.
*Be mindful of using your strafe keys, do not stand still, and make an effort to dodge thrown possessors. Moving erratically will reduce your predictability, and keep you in control of a nextbot for prolonged periods.
** If a player is circling around you, intercept their path rather than chasing them blindly.
*Be cautious of other nextbots and avoid large groups of them. They may eliminate players you rely on to extend your own timer.
** It's generally not advisable to possess if other nextbots are already possessed, as they may reduce the number of players available for you to eliminate, potentially depleting your timer.
*Keep in mind that as a nextbot, you can jump just as high as one, but there is a slight delay before each jump.
*You can still perform standard player actions during possession, including equipping and using gears.
** Although your hotbar may be invisible during possession, you can still equip gears using a controller or keyboard.
*Watch your step if you're possessing on nn_heights, nn_lost_ruins, nn_weirdcore, or any other maps with instant-kill environmental hazards. Ignoring the void can result in falling off the playable area, eliminating you immediately and wasting your possessor.
** It is recommended to keep a wav gun in your hotbar when possessing on these maps. If you fall off, you can use it to return to solid ground.
*You are locked in first-person view during possession, so be sure to check your back regularly to avoid missing any players behind you.
*Remember your speed boost. Utilizing it at the right moment can help you secure numerous kills that you might otherwise miss.
**However, using the boost deducts 5 seconds from your timer, so be sure to use it wisely.
* Invulnerable players—those who have recently spawned and are exiting a safe room for the first time—will still be highlighted. If you're near a safe zone and notice that the players you're targeting aren't dying, they may still be invulnerable. Rather than waiting for their invulnerability period to expire, focus on other players who are vulnerable.
*If possible, purchase events such as a blackout or a bloodmoon once the cooldown period is over. Blackouts encourage players to venture outside, while bloodmoons provide buffs similar to those of a regular nextbot, albeit with a higher risk of attracting players less.
**It is highly advisable to purchase events during an Arcade match if you believe the situation warrants it, as an event pauses the current round timer, effectively pushing the game into overtime.
**Purchasing these events can also serve as a defensive strategy against other players who might buy events like outbreak, angry munci, or any other nextbot-despawning events to hinder others from possessing. When these events occur, all possessed nextbots will despawn, ejecting their current hosts. Opting for non-nextbot type events will protect you for the duration of the event and the subsequent cooldown period.
*Bots with high speeds can be difficult to control. To navigate more easily, avoid holding your movement keys for too long.
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=== Aftermath ===
*Utilize the few seconds of invincibility after being ejected from a bot to reach a safe area, whether it be a saferoom or a location free of nextbots. Initiating a crouch slide to begin a bhop chain can be crucial for escaping before your invulnerability period expires.
**Alternatively, quickly equipping a wav gun and firing at the nextbot you were just kicked out of can give you time to escape.
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==Audio==
Audio	Description
 	The sound heard when a player starts possessing a nextbot.
 	The sound played after a successful possession.
==Gallery==
==Trivia ==
* The possessor is most likely inspired by The DrGBase Possessor in Garry's Mod created by Dragoteryx, which can be found here.
* The possessor has had its price changed the most out of all gears currently available, originally being sold at when first released, then got lowered drastically to , then , then , then , then , then back to the current price now, .
* Previously, dying with their possessor out would result losing it. This is no longer the case, and the only way the player could lose their possessor is by leaving the server or successfully possessing a nextbot.
* At its release, bunny-hopping used to be possible and rampaged many servers since it was essentially a core tool of possession mobility. Nowadays, it is impossible to do ever since the Outbreak Update that had added a short cooldown that would prevent the player from jumping again.
* The possession music was inspired by the OST of the anime Chainsaw Man made by Kensuke Ushio, as confirmed in the nico's stu Discord stream, which is possibly this song.
** This makes "POSSESSION" the second Kensuke-inspired song, the first being "kensuke", the song that plays on the loading screen.
* Previously, possessed 3D nextbots were bugged out due to unknown reasons. According to the patch notes of Taunts Update, Holidae states in its full disclosure that they "are aware of not possessing 3D nextbots properly" because of how they had handled possessing. 
* In the first and current version of the possessor, players could throw them at a possessed nextbot to reduce the timer of the possession, however this was removed until the outbreak update, which brought it back.
* Possessing temporarily-exclusive nextbots would add a question mark at the end of the possessed bot's name in the bot possessed status. Adding removed backrooms bots to the backrooms by Omegafish814 on YouTube (Timestamp - 7:05), Retrieved on July 10th, 2023
* The possessor's model can be found here.
* The possessor's model has collision when thrown, meaning it can be used to slightly push players when thrown at them.
* Prior to the Saint Patrick's Day Update, the speed boost ability was bugged as stated by Jasper, one of the game's developers, in a social space server, where using the ability wouldn't subtract time from the timer, which allowed players to spam the speed boost with no meaningful penalty. As of the same update mentioned however, this has been fixed.
* Possessed nextbots have a base speed of 55, which can be increased or decreased using speed multipliers. For instance, sanic has a 1.2x speed multiplier, increasing his speed to 66. However, for bots with a natural set speed (like hyper sanic's 500 speed), the player will take their exact set speed when possessing them. The speed boost doubles their speed.
* When you type in chat during possessing, it will have the image of the nextbot that you're currently possessing.
** The image will get removed as soon as you get out from possession.
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