Hawk Eye

Hawk Eye in Arenas of Destruction.

"This is Hawk Eye- it'll never let you out of its sight!"

— Jonathan Pearce's in-game commentary

Hawk Eye was a middleweight competitor robot in the games Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction and Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction, undertaking similar guises in both appearances. In Arenas of Destruction, its weapons were a flamethrower and some lifting forks and it was armoured in kevlar. The Extreme Destruction version had no flamethrower and a proper flipper instead of lifting forks. It also ran on tracks. In Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction it could not self right if flipped, however in Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (PC/Xbox), it could.

Arenas of Destruction

Components

• Body: High Plough
• Locomotion: 4 x Medium Outer Pneumatic
• Power: Yuarta 100 12 volt sealed lead acid battery
• Drive: Dosch 750 watt 24 volt DC electric motor
• Weapons: Flamethrower & small electric lifting forks
• Armour: Kevlar
• Extras: 2 x Industrial Lights

Strategies

Using Hawk Eye

Hawk Eye needs to avoid flippers at all costs, as it is an unstable shape with a high ground clearance. If problems begin to ensue, then retreat from the opponent, firing the flamer at other opponents all the while. As has been said, avoid flippers when fighting, as unlike Maximillion, it can't use inertia to self-right.

Against Hawk Eye

As Hawk Eye is one of the simpler robots to defeat, you can simply charge at it to attempt to flip it over. If that fails, then use a saw to cut away at the Kevlar, as it is very weak to this kind of weaponry. If ramming, do not try to go for the front, as the flamethrower can deal severe damage to certain armour types your robot might have. (Kevlar, polycarbonate, etc)

Hawk Eye's stats in Arenas of Destruction.

Extreme Destruction

Hawk Eye (back left) fighting on the North Atlantic Aircraft Carrier arena

Components

• Body: Box Wedge 1
• Locomotion: 2 x Normal Tank Tracks
• Power: Power X 12 volt
• Drive: 2 x Moonium 12 volt
• Weapons: Steel Flipper
• Armour: Kevlar

Strategies

Using Hawk Eye

Hawk Eye's flipper can prove to be of great utility, as most robots in this game aren't capable of self-righting. If that breaks off, you can still use its pushing power to overpower most other robots, due to the traction and torque of it.

Against Hawk Eye

Hawk Eye's far more difficult to beat in this game, due to the high pushing power, dangerous flipping weapon and near-impenetrable armor. Your best strategy you can do is to catch it broadside and ram it, as Hawk Eye can sometimes lose power to its drives and battery if hit hard enough or flipped high enough.