Onslaught

Onslaught was a robot with a front scoop and 2 spikes at the back. Onslaught had a car-like steering system, and was small in comparison to most heavyweights. The scoop was redesigned in Series 4 with a more shovel-like appearance. A self-righting mechanism was also added. Onslaught entered in Series 2, 3, and 5 of Robot Wars. A last-minute breakdown forced it to forfeit its spot in the main competition of Series 4 and so Onslaught made way for the reserve robot V-Max, but it still participated in that year's sumo, where it came fourth. It also competed in the Southern Annihilator, coming second overall. Like many other competitors, Onslaught also competed in Techno Games as Wipeout.

After a brief spell in the Roaming Robots circuit, Onslaught has since retired to make way for the team's new robot, that was also named after the team's new name, Ka Pow!

Alan Wood also became a team member for Dutch competitior Tough As Nails in the second series of the Dutch Robot Wars.

Series 2
In Onslaught's debut apperance, Onslaught fought in Heat G of the Second Wars. Onslaught chose to take the Sentinel route in the Gauntlet stage and showed its speed by quickly getting past the Sentinel. However it was then impeded by house robot Dead Metal and its rear tyres slipped off. Without the grip from its rear wheels, Onslaught was left going nowhere and was pushed into the Pit by the Sentinel. The end result calculated that Onslaught had covered a distance of 10.5m, despite this being fairly impressive, it only put them 5th out of 6 overall on the leaderboard, nevertheless, it had covered enough ground to qualify for the Trial stage, which was Skittles. Onslaught again used its speed to quickly get into the triangle of skittles. Onslaught managed to knock down 57 skittles before time ran out, this meant that it had done enough to come second overall on the leaderboard and therefore they had qualified for the arena stage. In the heat semi-final, Onslaught went up against Robot Wars veterans, Nemesis. Onslaught didn't have to do much in this battle, as Nemesis looked very sluggish, especially in comparison to Onslaught. After briefly tusseling with the spiked ball, Onslaught rammed Nemesis a few times before pitting its furry adversary with ease, putting Onslaught through to the next round. In the Heat Final, Onslaught came up against the reigning champions, Roadblock, and went in as underdogs. Unfortunatly Onslaught struggled to move at all in this battle, and was pushed a bit by Roadblock, before Roadblock then charged into it, almost head on, to flip Onslaught over using its wedge shape. Onslaught was declared immobilised, and the House Robots soon came in and did some extra damage to the newcomers. Cease was eventually called, and Onslaught was beaten and was eliminated from the competition.

Series 3
In the first round of the Third Wars, Onslaught went up against the newcomers Armour Geddon. Onslaught's shovel was well designed for dealing with Armour Geddon. It was able to steer Armour Geddon around the arena well, and the newcomers almost fell into the pit several times. Eventually, the bashes from Onslaught made something in Armour Geddon go, and their mobility was minimal, Onslaught used Armour Geddon's decreasing power and mobility to its advantage, and was then able shunt Armour Geddon, making it roll straight into the pit, this put Onslaught through to the next round. However, not long into that fight, Onslaught's steering bent considerably, which meant it could only steer left and in circles. The team repaired this fault in time for the next fight, and met the cornish machine, Beast of Bodmin in the second round of the heat, this was considered a rematch from the Second Wars where Onslaught was overturned by Roadblock within seconds. Beast of Bodmin's size made it almost impossible for Onslaught to push it, lift it or to really do anything to it. Onslaught eventually drove up Beast of Bodmin's wedge front and became beached on its back without a working self righting mechanism. Beast of Bodmin finished the round by winking to the camera whilst house robot Dead Metal came in and carved deep into Onslaught's chassis with its saw, almost cutting it in half. Cease was later called and Onslaught was eliminated from the competition.

Series 4
Onslaught was originally due to fight against the 18th seeds Cerberus and newcomers Terror Bull in the final heat of the Fourth Wars, but unfortunately, Onslaught broke down at the last minute, and it was unable to compete. So, reserves for the wars, V-Max took their place in the main competition. "I'm afraid it's ceased to function, reasons, totally unknown I'm afraid at the moment. There's not enough time to fix it, even after a whole year's worth of work...again."

- Alan Wood directly before Heat P Eliminator

However Onslaught still competed in the Sumo Basho competition during The Fourth Wars where it managed to dart around Shunt on the sumo basho arena before driving off by mistake. But Onslaught had stayed on for 18 seconds which put it in the lead for a considerable amount of time until X-Terminator 2 and Behemoth survived the full minute and Panic Attack later managed to stay on the sumo basho arena longer than Shunt. Onslaught also competed in the Southern Annihilator during the Christmas season of the Fourth Wars, proving to be a strong competitor despite its size. It began the annihilator going up against Atilla the Drum, Behemoth, Razer, Spawn of Scutter and Vercingetorix. In the first round, it stayed out of the main action at first as Razer took on Vercingetorix and Spawn of Scutter took on Behemoth. Onslaught then darted between Spawn of Scutter and Behemoth, splitting them up to pick off one of them, but Spawn of Scutter caught them side on, and threw Onslaught onto its back using its pneumatic spear. However, Onslaught managed to self-right just before Razer could close in on the overturned machine. Not long afterwards, Behemoth flipped Onslaught over, only to see Onslaught self-right again. Just as Behemoth closed in on Vercingetorix, Onslaught then came in and lifted up Behemoth, before making it come heavily down to earth. As Razer then grabbed hold of Vercingetorix, Onslaught then helped in lifting up Vercingetorix, it then retreated to the centre of the arena before cease was called for a judges' decision. The judges eliminated Vercingetorix, meaning that Onslaught went through to the second round. Here, it teamed up with Behemoth to scoop both Spawn of Scutter and Razer onto the flame pit. The two tried to hold Razer in place, on its side, as Razer was about to self-right, Onslaught flipped it over the other way. Then, Onslaught was flipped again, but Onslaught then self-righted once again. Onslaught then tried to took on and toss around Atilla the Drum. But both machines survived to a judges' decision, and both went through as Spawn of Scutter was immobilised late on by Razer. In the third round, Onslaught automatically went through as Behemoth was forced to withdraw from the annihilator as it had suffered too much damage from Razer in the previous round. In the fourth round, Onslaught, unlike Razer, managed to avoid the swinging attacks from Atilla the Drum. However, eventually, Razer and Onslaught were able to steer Atilla the Drum into Sir Killalot's CPZ, where it failed to escape from for the remainder of the battle. Razer and Onslaught then decided to attack each other, but cease was called just as Razer finally got a good grip on Onslaught and were about to cause some considerable damage. The battle resulted in another judges' decision, which eliminated Atilla the Drum, meaning that Onslaught went through to the final to go up against Razer. Here, despite a valiant effort, Onslaught was unable to gain an advantage against Razer, and kept driving around the arena and onto the front of the machine. Razer's crushing arm however was unable to cause any damage to the main body of Onslaught, although it eventually gained a grip on one of Onslaught's tyres, but couldn't cause much damage. As Onslaught drove around and tried to push Razer, its other tyre peeled off for unknown reasons, having not been damaged by Razer at all. Later on in the fight, Onslaught accidentally drove onto Matilda's tusks, causing the house robot to flip it onto its side against the arena wall, where it couldn't self-right. As Matilda was attacked by Razer, Onslaught was dragged out of the CPZ and driven around the arena by Dead Metal, before being pitted, with some signs of mobility still remaining.

Series 5
After missing the first series of Extreme, Onslaught returned for the Fifth Wars having taken advantage of the weight limit increase with new, thicker tyres and the top speed increased from 12 miles per hour to 20. It faced the brand new robot, Tetanus in the first round. Onslaught did its best to shove around the larger Tetanus, but when it reached the arena side wall, Tetanus lifted and pushed Onslaught onto its back. Tetanus pushed Onslaught into the wall just as Onslaught tried to self-right, which caused Onslaught to fall back on its back. Tetanus continued to prevent Onslaught from self-righting. However, as Onslaught stopped moving, Tetanus drove over an arena steam jet which sent C02 through a hole in the bottom of the robot and immobilised it. The judges were called to make a decision as cease was soon called, and awarded the win to Tetanus due it mostly controlling the fight, eliminating Onslaught from the competition. This was Onslaught's last appearance in Robot Wars.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 5
 * Losses: 4

Series Record

 * Series 1: Did not enter
 * Series 2: Heat Final
 * Series 3: Heat, Round 2
 * Series 4: Withdrew
 * Series 5: Heat, Round 1
 * Series 6-7: Did not enter

Trivia

 * Despite not competing until the end of Robot Wars, Onslaught also briefly fought in the Roaming Robots circuit, until 2005, when it was retired for good, and relaced by Team Ka Pow!'s new machine, Ka Pow!