Quote Originally Posted by NKT View Post
Problem is, that leaves no way to counter a robot with a brutal fast spinning weapon. Shard & Drumroll, & the winning robot Conker 3, are all basically impossible to stop.

Yes, it's impressive, but it's going to need rule changes soon. 5 seconds bouts aren't that much fun for the watchers, nor the losing build teams.
We can't win can we...

Last year at GSL, neither Shard or Conker 3 made the 2nd round, I believe Drumroll made it but was soon knocked out.
What you have seen is actually very different from the norm. The top 3 robots are usually the flippers: 2 Beauty's and Explosion, but this time the table turned.

Conker 3 is far from infallible, same goes for Shard which lost to Satanix. Drumroll has its weak spots too. It also comes down to the robots you draw. I got lucky with most of my fights, I got machines that were either not working properly like Flat Pack or new machines like Cerates (I can't spell it) that had never fought before. If I had drawn Shard or Explosion it could have been a very different story.

Oh, and Conker 3's weapon only does a max of 11'000 RPM I did most of my fights at ~5000rpm as before it had a habit of killing itself.