Team Vader

Team Vader was a team that competed in Series 6, Extreme 2 and 7 of Robot Wars. Team Vader built and entered two robots; Vader, who reached the Heat E Final of Series 6, and IG-88, a heat finalist from Series 7. Both machines were roughly pyramid shaped with spinning weapons. Vader's was a full spinning disc, while the armament of IG-88 was a bi-rotational spinning axe, comparable to The Alien's, but greater in size and power. They were highly destructive, capable of knocking out foes in one hit (such as Aggrobot and Tomohawk), as well as ripping panels clean off other competitors, as Scorpion discovered. However, they were prone to being flipped as their weapons couldn't hit low wedges and neither robot had a self-righting mechanism, which was the case with Vader's first round battle with M2 and IG-88's eight second battle with Dantomkia.

Like Team Ming and Team Mouse, Team Vader entered both of their machines into the Seventh Wars. Team Vader is one of two teams to have had their machines thrown out of the arena three times, the other being Team Iron Awe, plus the only team to be thrown out twice in the same series. Both robots also fought The Stag in their first round fights in their respective Heat Final-reaching wars.

The names of the pair of machines originate from characters in the Star Wars films; Vader for the main antagonist, part-cyborg Sith Lord Darth Vader, and IG-88 for the droid bounty hunter of the same name.

Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 4
 * Losses: 4

Series Record

 * Series 1-5: Did not enter
 * Series 6: Heat Final with Vader
 * Series 7: Heat Final with IG-88 and Heat, Round 1 with Vader