Votes for The Swarm
- Of all the robots that qualified through the 'play-offs', perhaps the most interesting of the bunch (pun intended) is The Swarm. Indeed, I think The Swarm was unlucky to not qualify directly, seeing as although it can overwhelm several classic opponents, the robots' lack of reliability would surely be exploited by certain opponents. Bulldog Breed in its Extreme 2 variant is not one of them, since although I can see it achieving some flips, Blenda is going to prove too much for it. Indeed, I am not sure if Blenda's spinner is on par with Hypno-Disc's, but it was capable of causing significant damage to Donald Thump. Henceforth, with the others providing a distraction, I can see Blenda causing some internal damage through attacking Bulldog Breed's sides, compromising the Extreme 2 machine's mobility. Once that is achieved, The Swarm can close in for the knockout. SpaceManiac888 (Talk) 17:31, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
- It's not that Bullog Breed's actual armour isn't good - it's the fact that its motors are wedged right against its front armour. Hypno-Disc killed those motors twice, Infernal Contraption supposedly warped the chassis, and Blenda is going to impede Bulldog Breed's mobility as well. Bulldog Breed is set up to be a titanium brick, but it's one of the poorest spinner killers around in reality. NJGW (talk) 17:52, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
- What exactly can Bulldog Breed do here? Unless it immobilises Blenda early, I can see it being pincer attacked. Hogwild94 (talk) 18:14, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
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Votes for Bulldog Breed (Ext 2)
- I'm shocked at the lack of support for Bulldog Breed here, we all know Blenda has a spinner capable of damaging heavyweights, but to a knockout extent? I'm really not sure about that, Donald Thump's panels were held on with very weak support, and it generated plenty of sparks upon contact with Behemoth, but not really damage. Over in BattleBots, the spinners caused major damage to the extremely frail Double Jeopardy, and then very little to Gamma 9 and Blacksmith. Over in King of Bots, they did no damage to Saber and I'm not sure they even touched Crossfire. The blade can't weigh more than 10kg (Ansgar 3 and I Bot One Beta levels), and let's not forget how horribly unreliable Blenda and its derivatives were, in Robot Wars, King of Bots AND BattleBots. One or more of them die several times per match. Blenda is the only talking point amongst The Swarm - Skye will do nothing other than potentially get flipped out of the arena, Pinza will be overturned instantly, and Rubber Duck will just be there. Flippers are the undoing of The Swarm, and even if they took out Bulldog Breed's drive on one side, they'll probably die completely before the Bulldog is even counted out. TOAST 18:27, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
- I agree with Toast here, yes Blenda is quite a powerful spinner but it's an unreliable one as well, it has been known to get at least one hit before exploding madly around the arena until it decides not to move. Not only that all Bulldog Breed really needs to do is flip and immobilise at least two or even three of the clusters to win regardless of what happens, which I have full confidence in Bulldog Breed's flipper and low wedge to do all while surviving Blenda's first few blows before it's inevitable spontaneous explosion.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 18:37, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
- I just don't think Blenda is on par with Hypno-Disc. Bulldog Breed can easily dispose of 3/4 of the Swarm, all it has to do is tank a few hits from a 25kg spinner (weight of robot, not spinner). Toon Ganondorf (t c) 22:36, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
- Bulldog Breed need not fear their opponents. Blenda is basically a damaging weapon that just recoils massively, making every hit almost as bad for it as to the opponent. The other constituents are basically alsorans that won't have any effect here. Apollo showed how easy it is to throw the constituents around the arena, and Bulldog Breed won't struggle either. Blenda isn't as powerful as Hypno-Disc and won't tear Bulldog Breed apart, or at least not in time to stop it disposing of the other constituents. Jimlaad43(talk) 22:50, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
- What can Bulldog Breed do? Well, it can chuck around three of the four robots with considerable ease and little threat, and they all have issues with being flipped over except Blenda. Duck doesn't have the gas, the other two are pitiful and Blenda is more likely to kill itself than Bulldog Breed imo. Raz3r(talk) 23:12, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
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