Axlebots

===Advantages===
[[File:Panic attack vs stinger.JPG|thumb|Stinger's design prevented Panic Attack's forks from gaining any advantage over it]]
[[File:Attila_the_drum_vs_razer.JPG|thumb|Attila the Drum proved too tall and offered no flat sides for Razer to crush through its body]]
[[File:Beast_vs_gabriel_2.jpg|thumb|Gabriel pounds Beast with its sword]]
[[File:S3Plunderbird.jpg|thumb|S3 shreds Plunderbird 5 with its vertical flywheel]]
*Because of their unconventional design, axlebots can offer themselves numerous advantages over many types of traditional weapons:
**Being inherently invertible, they are not as easily affected by lifting and flipping weapons as conventional designs. [[Stinger|Stinger's]] performances against [[Bulldog Breed|Bulldog Breed 2]], [[Panic Attack]] and [[Chaos 2]] in Series 4 showed it as being particularly unaffected by its opponents' lifts, shoves and flips.	
**Most of them have virtually no flat sides or surfaces, making them difficult to be struck and damaged by [[Overhead Weapons|overhead weapons]] such as axes and hammers.
**Depending on their size, their shape could make them difficult - or even impossible -  for gripping weapons to grab hold of them. [[Razer|Razer's crusher]] was noticeably unable to reach [[Attila the Drum]] during the Series 4 Southern Annihilator, while during its Series 8 Head to Head battle against [[Chompalot]], [[Gabriel]] was able to push Chompalot back after the latter's wheels lifted off the arena floor trying to grab its body.
*They could offer potentially devastating damage potential - especially to internal components - depending on the power of their drive systems and overhead or torque reaction weapons. Both [[Stinger]] and [[Gabriel]] were successfully capable of damaging and immobilising their opponents through repeated blows with their respective mace and sword weapons. 
*They were easily compatible with vertical flywheels. [[S3]] and [[PulverizeR]] were all able to use this weapon type with devastating effect throughout their respective appearances, with other robots such as [[Infernal Contraption]] and [[Kill-E-Crank-E]] incorporating a spinner into their design.
*Such are their more flamboyant and persistent attacking styles, axlebots could often score highly on aggression, damage and, prior to Series 8, style. Again, Stinger's victory against Panic Attack in the Series 4 Semi-Finals was attributed to the judges viewing it as having more sustained aggression throughout that battle.