Cutting discs

Cutting Discs were typically small, sharp weapons designed for slicing into enemies. The best damage caused by cutting discs are glancing attacks that sever cables, slice through batteries, or otherwise cause severe or terminal damage to a competitor robot. Pussycat was the most notable robot with a cutting disc, whilst the pioneer of such a weapon was House Robot Sergeant Bash, followed by competitor robot Malice.

Definition

 * A cutting disc is a small, thin disc weapon. It is typically sharp all the way around, unlike the serrated circular saw. It is usually shaped into points, unlike flywheels, which typically have teeth welded on.

However, some cutting discs were actually crafted from multiple pieces of metal forged together. The four-toothed Pussycat blade is the best example of such a design.

Discs are meant for cutting, unlike circular saws which slice and flywheels which aim to gouge.

Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
 * If incorporated into a design cleverly, they could be very potent KO weapons as they often could aim for aerials. Tentoumushi immobilised Shunt in this way as well as Pussycat immobilising X-Terminator and Splinter in the same way.
 * They were very effective in taking out enemy wheels. Pussycat sensationally crippled both Razer and Hypno-Disc in this way.

Disadvantages
 * They very often struggled against tough armour, which put robots with them at a significant disadvantage on judges' decisions. Pussycat's loss over M2 demontrates this.
 * If poorly attached, they were very prone to breakages. Bash's cutting disc was removed from the robots design after a large number of breakages, and Pussycat's blade dislodged from the robot in battle with Arnold A. Terminegger.

List of Robots with Cutting Discs
Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that are not heavyweight are listed with a green background.