It would definitely soften your landing, but it has opioid action itself, so you would be prolonging your WD. I don't know what your habit is like, but if its large then I wouldn't rule out using tramadol, i would try to get some gabapentin(and some benzos, although harder to source, any doc should write you gabapentin) and if your habit isn't too large then forgo the tramadol. And like FD said tramadol does have some stimulating properties, but its going to make you less uncomfortable than cold turkey.