Wooooo! The robot that is back-to-basic is through to the semis! Nice going Steve - I hope your reign as Champion continues...

Anyway: Tactics and predictions:

Chaos 2 v Axe-o-Lotl v Knyfe: Im very happy about this match-up, as both have very weak armouring (Chaos 2 has about 1.2cm of Aluminium on the sides, but its very low grade Aluminium, and do I need to mention the rear panel ) and Axe-O-Lotl has 3mm of Aluminium and 5mm of Titanium. I should also be able to out-push both of these - Chaos 2 has 2hp, but has a 16kg weight disadvantage, and Axe-O-Lotl has 18hp, whoch is average for a vapourbot (Im not being rude, its an observation that vapourbots use the LEMs very regularry) and Knyfe using its 2 x LEM200s at 48V uses 50hp! I can outpush these two, and plan to use weapon set-up...

6: A 5mm Hardox front plate with 8 rows of 6 spikes on them, making Knyfe into a useful and dangerous rammer, as the spikes are each 8.4cm long, 2.2cm in diameter, and diamond tipped. And a 100kg robot hitting you at 20mph with diamond-tipped spikes is going to hurt thin-ish and thick-ish armours.

The advantage of this set-up is a quite lethal set-up, and if Chaos 2 flips me, I wont be affected. My plan is to lodge into one of these, and just smash these into the hazards to cause damage and dislodge me if Im stuck and unable to get loose. Target Chaos 2 the most, but if Axe-O-Lotl gives me hell, go for him.

Good luck Chris and whoever entered Chaos 2

Supreme Glory Omega (3) v Shrederator v GBOD: SGO to surprisingly go out in the first round, as the two spinners will tear through its Lexiguard armour.