Robot Wars is open to anybody who think they're able to make a robot, we don't discriminate here, so one of the feel good stories of last Series was the Heat victory of students from Leigh City Technical College. Their fan weapon proved to be what it needed to survive the heat and score a popular 4th place overall in the grand Final. They return this year with a much larger and stronger robot, perhaps learning their lessons from the losses to Plunderbird 1 and Robot the Bruce. Will they work this time? LET THE WARS BEGIN!
To make this a bit different to just a "seen it", I'm going to stipulate that each robot has had to have an untelevised practice run at the Gauntlet before they went on TV. That practice run is what we saw in Actual Series 2, so please make your votes read as if the roboteers have seen what they did there and changed tactics based on the results of it if necessary. Of course, the gauntlet kept changing configuration in Series 2, so that was the producers "trialling" a bunch of different obstacles before settling on the course you now see above for TV. Please use it where relevant.
C7. Leighviathan will stay away from the wall it couldn't get through before, and will then attempt The Sentinel route as it's probably too wide for the ramrig. Although its size will hinder it here, as The Sentinel will likely stop the robot without even trying and hold it back until the end. Jimlaad43 15:57, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
B8 - Avoiding the wall, it goes here, but the large shape makes it Sentinel fodder and won't go further.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 16:10, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
D9. Goes for the Sentinel this time, yes, manages to just about clear it, and push Dead Metal back a bit, but not enough; ends up stuck alongside the pit. Hogwild94 (talk) 21:24, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
E7 I don't know what it is but something tells me they end up crashing into The Sentinel. BizarroKing (talk) 22:51, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
C8 Leighviathan's size is going to cause some issues. It gets trapped by The Sentinel. GT-341 18:13, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
M15. Onslaught will avoid the Sentinel this time, leaving the ramrig as its main option. After a bounce through the ramrig i can see it easily whizzing past Matilda and Sergeant Bash for a good run to the finish. Jimlaad43 15:57, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
F15 - Its speedy nature should be able to charge through the walls, thanks to the scoop as well, then twist and turn to avoid Shunt to make it ahead in speedy fashion.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 16:12, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
F15. I agree, not least because Onslaught's steering and wide turning circle might make the ramrig difficult. Hogwild94 (talk) 21:25, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
N15: nothing really to argue against, I picture them going down the Ramrig but that's all I have to say about that. BizarroKing (talk) 22:51, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
G15 Onslaught's turning circle and scoop makes the middle the ideal choice. Breezes through the blocks and Shunt to complete. GT-341 18:13, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
H7. I doubt the House Robots will be so passive again, so when tantrum tries the same route it will be marmalised by Sir Killalot when it takes its time to get over the obstacles. Jimlaad43 15:57, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
G12 - I agree but I think it'll go over the ramp then face Shunt who'll stop it from progressing further.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 16:13, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
F11. Yeah, it'll just about make it over the ramp again before getting ambushed by Shunt. Hogwild94 (talk) 21:26, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
G10: I see Sir Killalot getting a hold of Tantrum just as they exit the ramp. BizarroKing (talk) 22:51, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
H11 After what happened in the practice run, Tantrum is definitely going to get stopped by Shunt. GT-341 18:13, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
C1. Elvis won't bother with the wall again, but it's so slow I doubt it can get much further another way, and once the House Robots get bored of it moving so slowly they'll head down and bash it against the back wall. Jimlaad43 20:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
D4. Yeah, Elvis won't try the wall again, and can't do the ramrig, so the Sentinel it is, but it'll be no match for that. Hogwild94 (talk) 22:12, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
B5 By the time Elvis gets there, The Sentinel will already be in an ideal position to stop it. GT-341 22:32, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
D5: Sentinel pits it. BizarroKing (talk) 22:52, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
L8. With the bricks in the way, I don't think ORAC will try the middle route again. Instead taking on the ramrig, ORAC gets through, but with the House Robots actually bothering this time, ORAC will be held back by Matilda and maybe even the Pendulum will swing and bend a wheel on ORAC. Jimlaad43 20:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
L8. That sounds about right. Hogwild94 (talk) 22:12, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
N8 The House Robots won't be that friendly this time. GT-341 22:32, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
M9: Maybe i'm slightly more optimistic with my placing, but Matilda will ultimately stop ORAC. BizarroKing (talk) 22:52, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
B7. Piece de Resistance doesn't bother with the bricks this time and easily makes it to The Sentinel, but its slow speed and bulky frame means the swinging arm holds it back very easily. They won't be pushed into the pit but won't go further. Jimlaad43 20:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
D10. Yeah, PdR won't want to take a route that involves having to push stuff this time, which would rule out the ramrig too given Matilda's speed advantage, so the Sentinel it is, and it just about manages to sneak through before Dead Metal inevitably pits it. Hogwild94 (talk) 22:14, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
D5 We know Piece de Resistance can't really Resist anything, and it wasn't too quick even though it had power upgrades in the trial. Easy Sentinel pitting. GT-341 22:32, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
A7: I get the feeling they stop around here. BizarroKing (talk) 22:52, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
D4 - Honestly, two routes are out of pay as PdR will die very quickly so Sentinel route where Sentinel will block the way and the slow moving PdR gets swiped and pushed into the pit.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 08:28, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
D4 - Pit de Resistance. Asmazif 13:10, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
In the Tug of War, each competitor is chained to a different House Robot - this week it is Matilda - and have to pull as hard as they can to avoid being dragged into the pit. They have to survive 30 seconds against the House Robot. In your vote, please tell me how long you think the robot will survive before either not being pitted (survived/victorious) or being dragged into the pit (sub-30s time to 2 decimal places).
11.02s. Onslaught has grip and speed enough to do something, but it's light and I also think Matilda pulling will lift Onslaught's back wheels up. All this means it will lose grip and slide easily into the pit. Jimlaad43 19:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
14.81. Decent effort, but Matilda triumphs in the end. Hogwild94 (talk) 21:26, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Survived - I think Onslaught will prove difficult to drag forwards if they turn their front wheels in their car-steering setup. Asmazif 21:38, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
20.04s: They'll last a good while but ultimately I see them going down. BizarroKing (talk) 23:27, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
15.11 secs - I say it should do decently, but it's rather lightweight that I can't see it doing too well.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 07:59, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
17.30 secs Onslaught's low weight may cause some problems here... GT-341 19:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Survived. the seeds will repeat their run against Dead Metal. Jimlaad43 19:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Survived. ". Hogwild94 (talk) 21:26, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Survived - Sure. Asmazif 21:41, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Survived: Honestly nothing new to add. BizarroKing (talk) 23:27, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Survived - There is a danger that Leighviathan could get damaged, i.e. the top armour. But yeah...Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 08:08, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Survived Robot Wars Repeat, Tonight On The Arena Forums. GT-341 19:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
8.75s. No grip from the massive wheels on ORAC will end this very quickly. Jimlaad43 19:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
11s exactly. Matilda slowly and surely triumphs over the big thin gripless wheels. Hogwild94 (talk) 21:28, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
9.21s - May not gain a lot of grip with those wheels, something along these lines. Asmazif 21:42, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
12.18s: Alas poor ORAC, I get the feeling they're going out here. BizarroKing (talk) 23:27, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
11.02 secs - ORAC unusual shape may allow it to survive as it may get wedged, but yeah lack of traction will be its downfall.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 08:14, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
10.24 secs ORAC's bike WHEELS are going to OWRECK its chances here... GT-341 19:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
23.54s. PdR will be a bit bricky and grippy, holding it on the ramp for a while, and it just needs to get slightly angled and it should be able to wedge itself against the wall. Matilda will eventually get going and drag PdR down, but it will have survived a while by then. Jimlaad43 19:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
21.84s. Yeah, quite happy to go along with that line of argument. Hogwild94 (talk) 21:29, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
13.72s - Solely based on how long it takes to physically drag, won't put in much of an effort in terms of pulling back. Asmazif 21:43, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
18.64s: It'll take some time but they'll go down. BizarroKing (talk) 23:27, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
9.25 secs - I'm just thinking of how easy it was for the House Robots to lift, flip, topple and push PdR during its real life runs. Whilst it should do fine for the first part, I feel that it'll be dragged quite easily. Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 08:25, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
11.20 secs Piece De Resistance makes it through by not bringing no-grip WHEELS into the arena... Still, its disastrous Skittles run leaves me doubting they'll fight back. GT-341 19:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
63-37. I don't really see here how either robot can finish the other off, so it's going to the judges or a House Robot interference. Leighviathan is chunky and has a wedge which is better than anything Tantrum has, so we'll go with that. Jimlaad43 09:43, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
49/51 - Close to 50/50 as Leighviathan can use the scoop, but honestly, seeing how Mace's ramming attacks against Leighviathan made it fall apart like cardboard, really puts a huge amount of doubt over if it can even survive any of these fights, Tantrum is speedy and has a weapon that only spills more disaster for Leighviathan that can use the scoop to deliver what it can to stop the assault.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 14:22, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Tantrum 60/Leighviathan 40 Leighviathan has the wedge but all that damage in the Mace fight leaves me thinking Tantrum can do something similar with that spinner. GT-341 18:47, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Leighviathan 60-40. Leighviathan's scoop gives it the better ability to control the fight, but Tantrum's weapon, if it works, will probably cause more damage. Just giving Leighviathan the edge. Hogwild94 (talk) 18:48, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
55-45 - Yeh a toss-up: Leighviathan could easily get in trouble with the house robots and repeat its "scalping" but seems to have the better shape in this match-up so gets the slight nod in its favour. Asmazif 22:16, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Tantrum 60/40 Yea it'll be close but I think Tantrum has the slightest edge with their weapon. BizarroKing (talk) 22:58, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Leighviathan range 1-307
Tantrum range 308-600
Winner: Leighviathan (283)
Tantrum are fed to the House Robots by the seeded Leighviathan, the defending finalists go through.
Onslaught vs Piece de Resistance[]
House Robots in PPZ: Shunt, Sir Killalot, Dead Metal
94-6. Imagine the scenes if Piece De Resistance wins a battle. It's going to have a long stretch though as I really can't see anything except an unbelievable Onslaught bottle by ramping off the snow scoop and toppling over to give PdR victory here. Onslaught wins at a canter. Jimlaad43 09:46, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
97/3 - You know there is a possibility that PdR could use that scoop to flip Onslaught over...a nigh on impossible possibility but you know...Anyways Onslaught to dominate.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 14:18, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Onslaught 99/Piece de Resistance 1PIECE DE RESISTANCE 9000/onslaught -1 quintillion PIECE DE RESISTANCE WINS BECAUSE IT HAS SHOVEL I can't justify a PDR victory outside of an unexpected breakdown on Onslaught's end or some tragic driving taking itself out. GT-341 18:47, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Onslaught 99-1. Yeah, this should be fairly straight forward... Hogwild94 (talk) 18:48, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
90-10 - Onslaught can veer into the PPZ by mistake or suffer the problems it had in the actual heat final vs Roadblock, so won't go quite as extreme. A working and competently driven Onslaught obviously has no problems though. Asmazif 22:19, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Onslaught 95/5: Hey good on ya for making it to the arena PDR but you won't go any further. I'll give you 5 points just for the SLIGHT possibility of either overturning Onslaught or them driving into the House Robot area by mistake. Otherwise, yea a one-sided affair. BizarroKing (talk) 22:58, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Onslaught range 1-574
Piece de Resistance range 575-600
Winner: Piece de Resistance (576)
Onslaught dominates the fight but started to break down at the end. They stopped moving at the end of the battle and the judges have decided that they DID break down early enough for Piece de Resistance to be declared the winners!
Arena Final[]
Leighviathan (4) vs Piece de Resistance[]
House Robots in PPZ: Shunt, Sergeant Bash, Sir Killalot
96-4 Leighviathan will win this easily, but I just feel like it has ways to lose this fight with its own unreliability or loose panels. Piece de Resistance doesn't really have away to win on merit, it needs Leighviathan to screw up and end in the PPZ. Jimlaad43 10:25, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
90/10 - Jesus Christ...This is a pretty awful match, robbed of an Onslaught vs Tantrum battle and well, yeah...Leighviathan has the scoop and certainly should win this this more times, but again, that unreliability and constant falling apartness will be a problem in my eyes hence the 10 points to PdR. This does however, make me wanna use the "closest within range" style of RNG success/failure as opposed to separate ranges for the robots when Series 3 comes around.Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 12:24, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Leighviathan 90-10. Er, wow. I... can only assume Onslaught didn't start like against Roadblock in RL. Leighviathan SHOULD win this easily, but PdR winning this would be utterly utterly worth it! (Might mean Team Death's robots are a bit more competent further down the line as well?) Hogwild94 (talk) 18:50, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
90-10 - The Leigh college team somehow the overwhelming favourites to backup their seeding and repeat their heat victory - true successor to Heat L in the real series in terms of heat weakness. I'll score it the same as the Onslaught fight: Leighviathan not proven as good combat-wise but also didn't demonstrate a non-start breakdown - a lucky victory 1 out of 10 for Team Death basically. Asmazif 22:03, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Piece 51-49: Uhm....wow....this uhhh....well, you know what, I'll go for it! I could see PDR somehow getting onto the side of Leighviathan and overturning them for a major upset. Keeping it very close though with 51-49. BizarroKing (talk) 22:11, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
That would involve Piece de Resistance's scoop actually working, TOAST 13:55, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
Leighviathan 90-10. I was going to give PdR more of a hope because Leighviathan isn't exactly going to KO it on its own accord, but after a quick skim through its write-up tells me that Leighviathan out-pulled Dead Metal in the Tug of War and made it to the Judges against Mace, yep I'm confident enough to say Leighviathan doesn't break down on its own or just straight up lose. Still 10 points for House Robot interference though, you can't understate how likely that is to happen at any time. TOAST 13:55, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
Leighviathan 90-10 - Yeah, the 10% chance of some form of shenanigans occurring feels about right here. Team Death to be seeded in Series 3? Combatwombat555 (talk) 23:08, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
Leighviathan 92/Piece de Resistance 8 No way PDR is going to win this on its own merit, but there's potential for things to go wrong for Leighviathan. Watch as Team Death defeat a returning Grand Finalist to make the Semi-Finals... GT-341 01:59, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Leighviathan range 1-687
Piece de Resistance range 688-800
Winner: Piece de Resistance (796)
The seeds are out! Leighviathan moved 5cm and broke down straight away, allowing Piece de Resistance to cruise through to the Semi-Finals!
