Drills

Ming Dienasty attacks Scraptosaur

Drills were a type of face spinner, a subcategory of rotating weapons.

There were two basic ways to make a drilling weapon. One was to place a spear or drill bit directly onto the axle so that the weapon functioned like a traditional hand drill. The other was to take two spears and place them opposite each other on the disc, an equal distance away from the centre.

The successful US competitor Drillzilla did feature a drill, but its victories were mostly due to its immense pushing power and the extra weight allowance it was granted for being a walker. The most famous drill was almost certainly Sir Killalot's lance.

Definition

Drills (or Hole Saws) referred to any face spinner with spears on the face. The spear or spears were mounted parallel to the axle of the spin motor.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Killalot's lance easily pierces W.A.S.P.

Advantages

• Drills, like chainsaws, were very easy to attach as they were simply installed from ordinary construction tools.
• Sir Killalot's lance showed how easy it was for a drill to pierce fragile armour and skewer into positions for easy hold.

Disadvantages

Firestorm easily avoided Bee-Capitator

• Drills faced many of the same problems as spears: they were difficult to get into position, and when they made contact, the resultant damage was minimal. This was shown by Ming Dienasty, as it could only chip the front of Ceros with a direct attack.
• Being extremely narrow, facing one direction and requiring a sustained attack to cause damage, drills were very easy to dodge or shrug off by enemy robots. Bee-Capitator's weapon posed no threat to Firestorm 3.

List of Robots with Drills

Drillzilla

Sir Chromalot

Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that are not heavyweight are listed with a green background. House robots are listed with a red background. Robots that failed to qualify are listed with a blue background.

Robot	Series Appearances with Drills	Notes
Armadrillo	Series 6
Axios	Series 3	Mounted on a lance
Basenji	US Season 2, Nickelodeon
Bee-Capitator	Series 5
Drillzilla	US Season 1	Shufflebot. Annihalator and Tag Team champion and World Championship runner-up. Used pushing power more than drill.
German Hammer	Series 7
Ming Dienasty	Series 7	Drill mounted on an electric arm, allowing it to self-right.
Niterider	Extreme 2	Nicknamed a "Disemboweler". Added sharp teeth to the tip so that it could gut its opponents after penetrating with the drill.
Rawbot	Extreme 2, Series 7
Ron	Series 2
S.H.A.R.O.N.	Series 3	Successor of Series 1 finalist T.R.A.C.I.E..
Sir Chromalot	Series 4	Were very brittle, and easily sliced off by the blade of Pussycat. Replaced with a flipping arm in subsequent appearances.
Sir Killalot	Series 3-7, Extreme 1-2	Mounted on lance.
Skorpizoid
Spam	Series 6	Flywheel-driven weaponry.
The Driller	Series 3
Torque of the Devil	Series 1	First robot with a drill.
Trazmaniac	Dutch Series 2
Twister	Series 5	Featured a tapered cross bit.
Wizard	Series 2