Arena Killer

Arena Killer was a competitor in the first series of Dutch Robot Wars. It was a blue basic wedge shape, with a black electric powered lifter. It fought through to the second round, where it fell to eventual runners-up Lizzard.

In addition, Arena Killer fought in German Robot Wars under the name Absolut Krankhaft, German for "Absolutely Nauseating", because there were not enough German robots. Because the letters were welded on the robot, the team needed a name for the German Series that used the same letters. It was chosen by Jeroen's teammate Werner who did the interviews in the German language. Absolut Krankhaft fell in the first round against eventual winner and runner-up Black Hole and Tsunami.

Arena Killer was dismantled a few years ago, with team captain Jeroen van der Loo focusing on his new machine, Tough As Nails.

Dutch Series 1
In its first battle, Arena Killer faced Lethal Swan. The robots danced around each other for a little before Arena Killer attacked Lethal Swan from the side, flipping it over and immobilizing it. In the second round, Arena Killer met Lizzard. Several times, it tired to lift Lizzard, but had no success. It was swiped by Lizzard's tail before being pushed into a CPZ, where Shunt axed it and flipped it with its scoop. Arena Killer could not self-right, so Shunt axed its underside before righting it. Lizzard was immobilized by the house robots at the end, but the match still went to a jury's decision because Lizzard was still mobile and should not have been attacked. The decision was in favour of Lizzard

German Series
"It was a very quick fight, where I first found out the power of a spinning weapon from the opponent."

- Jeroen van der Loo

Black Hole threw Absolut Krankhaft onto its back, cutting through the 2mm steel plate armour in the process. It also bent the 5mm flange from the IPE80 frame in the first round battle, doing terrible damage to Absolut Krankhaft, and knocking it out of the competition.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Dutch Wins: 1
 * Dutch Losses: 1
 * German Wins: 0
 * German Losses: 1

Dutch Series

 * Series 1: Heat, Round 2
 * Series 2: Entered with Tough As Nails

German Series

 * Series 1: Heat, Round 1