diff --git a/data/json/effects.json b/data/json/effects.json
index 0dc23aa715d1b..9451986301e3d 100644
--- a/data/json/effects.json
+++ b/data/json/effects.json
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
     "apply_message": "You're staggered off-balance.",
     "max_duration": "5 s",
     "base_mods": { "speed_mod": [ -20 ] },
-    "removes_effects": [ "grabbing", "grabbing_2" ],
+    "removes_effects": [ "grabbing", "grabbing_2", "grabbing_3" ],
     "rating": "bad",
     "show_in_info": true
   },
@@ -3513,6 +3513,17 @@
     "base_mods": { "dodge_mod": [ -8 ] },
     "flags": [ "GRAB_FILTER" ]
   },
+  {
+    "type": "effect_type",
+    "id": "grabbing_3",
+    "name": [ "Grabbing" ],
+    "desc": [ "Grabbing another creature and holding them in place with a second appendage." ],
+    "max_intensity": 1,
+    "show_in_info": true,
+    "//": "-dodge (can't really miss something holding you)",
+    "base_mods": { "dodge_mod": [ -8 ] },
+    "flags": [ "GRAB_FILTER" ]
+  },
   {
     "type": "effect_type",
     "id": "lack_sleep",
diff --git a/data/json/monster_special_attacks/monster_attacks.json b/data/json/monster_special_attacks/monster_attacks.json
index 275cbfb9aa658..6ba56d6dcb95a 100644
--- a/data/json/monster_special_attacks/monster_attacks.json
+++ b/data/json/monster_special_attacks/monster_attacks.json
@@ -92,6 +92,23 @@
     "no_dmg_msg_u": "%1$s grabs your %2$s with another appendage!",
     "no_dmg_msg_npc": "%1$s grabs <npcname>'s %2$s with another appendage!"
   },
+  {
+    "type": "monster_attack",
+    "attack_type": "melee",
+    "id": "grab_3",
+    "damage_max_instance": [ { "damage_type": "bash", "amount": 0 } ],
+    "grab": true,
+    "grab_data": { "grab_effect": "grabbed" },
+    "condition": { "and": [ { "u_has_flag": "GRAB_FILTER" }, { "npc_has_flag": "GRAB" }, { "not": { "u_has_effect": "grabbing_3" } } ] },
+    "//": "We can't count grab filters, so grabbing 3 works as a soft cooldown",
+    "self_effects_onhit": [ { "id": "grabbing_3", "duration": 150, "permanent": false } ],
+    "hit_dmg_u": "%1$s grabs your %2$s with its other hand!",
+    "hit_dmg_npc": "%1$s grabs <npcname>'s %2$s with its other hand!",
+    "miss_msg_u": "%s tries to grab you, but you dodge!",
+    "miss_msg_npc": "%s tries to grab <npcname>, but they dodge!",
+    "no_dmg_msg_u": "%1$s grabs your %2$s with its other hand!",
+    "no_dmg_msg_npc": "%1$s grabs <npcname>'s %2$s with its other hand!"
+  },
   {
     "type": "monster_attack",
     "attack_type": "melee",
diff --git a/data/json/monsters/zed_misc.json b/data/json/monsters/zed_misc.json
index 95b7defaeb77f..a1a1f0857d4cd 100644
--- a/data/json/monsters/zed_misc.json
+++ b/data/json/monsters/zed_misc.json
@@ -428,14 +428,14 @@
     "id": "mon_zombie_brute_grappler",
     "type": "MONSTER",
     "name": { "str": "zombie wrestler" },
-    "description": "A slab of festering muscle the size of a well-toned bodybuilder.  Seems eager to strangle the life from you.",
+    "description": "A slab of festering muscle the size of a well-toned bodybuilder.  With popping and cracking sounds its arm muscles constantly lengthen and contract as it reaches out with deformed muscular hands the size of dinner plates.",
     "default_faction": "zombie",
     "bodytype": "human",
     "species": [ "ZOMBIE", "HUMAN" ],
-    "diff": 2,
-    "volume": "62500 ml",
-    "weight": "81500 g",
-    "hp": 280,
+    "diff": 3,
+    "volume": "93560 ml",
+    "weight": "94500 g",
+    "hp": 220,
     "speed": 95,
     "material": [ "flesh" ],
     "symbol": "Z",
@@ -453,15 +453,15 @@
     "bleed_rate": 50,
     "vision_night": 3,
     "harvest": "zombie_grabber",
-    "grab_strength": 40,
+    "grab_strength": 37,
     "special_attacks": [
       { "id": "smash", "throw_strength": 72, "cooldown": 30 },
-      { "id": "bio_op_takedown", "cooldown": 20 },
+      { "id": "grab", "cooldown": 11 },
+      { "id": "grab_3", "cooldown": 12 },
       { "id": "ranged_pull", "cooldown": 20 },
       { "id": "bite_humanoid" },
-      { "id": "scratch_humanoid" },
-      { "id": "grab_drag", "grab_data": { "drag_distance": 5, "drag_deviation": 1, "drag_movecost_mod": 0.2 } },
-      { "id": "drag_followup", "grab_data": { "drag_distance": 5, "drag_deviation": 1, "drag_movecost_mod": 0.2 } }
+      { "id": "grab_drag", "grab_data": { "drag_distance": 1, "drag_deviation": 1, "drag_movecost_mod": 1.5 } },
+      { "id": "drag_followup", "grab_data": { "drag_distance": 1, "drag_deviation": 1, "drag_movecost_mod": 1.5 } }
     ],
     "death_drops": "default_zombie_death_drops",
     "burn_into": "mon_zombie_fiend",