Chaos 2/Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (PC/Xbox)



"Welcome Chaos 2, a previous champion of Robot Wars, he's fast, lean and mean, with a flipper powerful enough to throw his adversaries out of the arena."

- Jonathan Pearce's in-game commentary

Chaos 2 was a wedge-shaped robot armed with an extremily powerful pneumatic flipper. It was armed in aluminium and polycarbonate. It was a very sucessful robot, winning two series of UK Robot Wars in a row, the only robot to do so. It also had the honour of being the first robot in UK Robot Wars to flip another robot out of the arena, (over the arena wall) doing so to Firestorm in Robot Wars: The Third Wars. Chaos 2 is also capable of doing this in some of the games it appears in. Chaos 2 is one of only two robots, itself and Pussycat to appear in all five of the Robot Wars video games.

Appearance and Armament


Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (PC/Xbox) was Chaos 2's fith and final appearance in a Robot Wars video game, having appeared in all five. This game was based on Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1. Chaos 2 remains relatively unchanged from it's last PC and console appearance, Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction. However, the rear panel is now transparent like it's real-life counterpart, and the robot's innards, including the CO2 gas bottle, can be seen. But these innards are not accurate, with the CO2 bottle being mounted horizontally instead of diagonally. Overall Chaos 2 is well represented in this game, with it easily being distinguishable as the real-life robot. The robot does though, possibly look a little low, as it should be a taller and more angular.

Using Chaos 2
By far the best and the most obvious strategy when using Chaos 2 is to use it's incredibly powerful flipper to overturn opponents. It is the most powerful flipper in the game, and it is capable of throwing opponents out of the arena. This is the best strategy against opponents that also have a flipper or a srimech. But beware, Chaos 2's flipper does sometimes break off and the robot can quite easily tip over onto it's back. Your best bet if this happens is to try to lure or carefully push robots into the pit or an occupied CPZ. Chaos 2's pushing power is rather poor though.

Against Chaos 2
Of course when going against Chaos 2 you must ensure that you avoid it's powerful CO2 flipper, even more so if your robot does not have a flipper or srimech. Powerful weapons like cutting disks and crushing arms are the best to use against Chaos 2, as it's armour is not the strongest in the game. Also, the flipper can be broken off, leaving the robot velnerable to being turned on it's back or being pushed around the arena.