Spiked axes

The spiked axe or picks were one of the first weapons seen in Robot Wars UK, wielded by the mighty Killertron. Other well known wielders of Spiked Axes include Dominator 2 and Kat 3, as well as Mortis' famous "tanto blade". The purpose of spiked axes were to pierce holes in opponent's armour, either to hit vitals, act as a way of pulling robots around or over (Dominator 2 and Killertron were masters of this technique), or merely to fill opponents with holes, often called pepper-potting.

Definition

 * Spiked axes, as the name indicates, put all force behind the axe onto one point or spike. This spike can be a simple point, like Kat 3, or the axe head can taper into a sharp point, like Mortis or Shunt.

Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages Disadvantages
 * Spiked axes can hit vitals much easier and quicker than other weapons. This is evidenced in Dominator 2's four second knockout of Henry.
 * The benefits of using a spiked axe can sway a judges decision; pepper-potting frequently racked up lots of points of damage, the key benefit in judges decisions. Dominator 2's wins over 101, King B Powerworks and much of its Series 6 run were examples of this.
 * If a robot sticks its axe into another, it can use the leverage to pull a robot around or over (Killertron did this effectively to knockout Behemoth in Series 2).
 * However, in the later stages of robot combat, spiked axes became very disadvantaged against tough robot armour. The best example of this was Kat 3 failing to damage Bulldog Breed in the heat final of Series 7.

Robots with spiked axes
Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that are not heavyweight are listed with a green background.