Another batch of round 2 battles are about to get underway here on Robot SMASH!! , so you should know if you missed round 1 that Leprosy Infection was put under pressure and pitted and Sonic Boom also hit the pit, albeit in the opening round for the second year running.
Nidhogg (2) v Drum Boy
Envy v Under Pressure

Heat Semi-Final 1

Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome back to the arena the number #2 seed Nidhogg and Drum Boy!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Samuel Park

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Nidhogg is the seeded robot in this round and proves that from the off, getting into this match very quickly and skidding stylishly around to the side of Drum Boy in an attempt to get those magmotor driven lifting forks into play under the side of Drum Boy, but Samuel turns and the two meet head on, with Drum Boy getting the better of last season€™s runner-up and overturning it, and in doing so Drum Boy pushes Nidhogg up and over backwards before Joey crashes back down onto the ground and his wheels with a CRASH! But now Drum Boy is right in front of him and Joey doesn€™t hesitate to drive straight in underneath and lift it slightly into the air before the crusher comes down, biting onto the armour of Drum Boy and holding it in place, albeit a little wobbly as Nidhogg heads across to the pit release button and hits it, activating both the siren and the pit€™s descent. However the impact against the release button knocks Samuel€™s full body drum free of Nidhogg€™s grasp and happy to come around on an attack, this time hitting the side of Nidhogg and ripping off a few self-righting spines as it does so, rolling Nidhogg against the arena wall! And all of a sudden this looks a lot like the final of last season, and the way in which Nidhogg met it€™s end, but not this time as only the spines on one side are damaged and luckily for Joey it€™s not the side Nidhogg is resting on right now, so in comparatively slow time Nidhogg is back on its wheels and on the attack, once again getting those front forks under Drum Boy and lifting it, but this time Joey slams Drum Boy into the arena wall to hold it securely in place while the crusher comes down, biting onto the armour of Drum Boy and guaranteeing that it isn€™t going anywhere unless Nidhogg says so! And with Samuel in this vice-like grip Joey turns to the pit in order to prove to the screaming fans why he€™s the second seed, and how he got to the finals last time around, and he repeats his famous party-trick again, holding the terrified Drum Boy over the pit for a full second before lowering the forks and raising the crusher to let Drum Boy topple into the pit in a puff of smoke and in that puff of smoke ends Drum Boy€™s campaign to be the winner of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged.

CEASE!

Drum Boy is out of tune; Nidhogg (2) heads through to the heat final.

Heat Semi-Final 2

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back Envy and Under Pressure!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop

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The realie entry from Kody Kunz and Martijn€™s brand new vapour both get off to a speedy start at the beginning of this bout, with Envy driving towards Under Pressure and trying to sneak around to the side where it can throw the TAN-style robot around, but Martijn turns to meet him, claws open wide menacingly. Envy reverses away a little bit before trying again, and this time Kody semi-succeeds, as he doesn€™t quite manage to get the full robot underneath, but the corner of the wedge and the left claw of Under Pressure rides up Envy€™s wedge, with Kody turning now to get the flipper underneath as he rams Martijn into the corner and fires the flipper, toppling the white pair of claws up and over onto the killsaws! BZZT! Under Pressure is flipped back over onto the wedge of Envy and Kody rams him into the arena wall, using the flipper to throw him against the barrier, but there seems to be no way to eliminate him like this and Kody is forced to back away, allowing Under Pressure to come in on the attack and he does so very potently, finally getting those claws into play as the wedges of Under Pressure get underneath the sides of Envy and Martijn makes small perforations in both sides of Envy! Kody gasps, horrified as Martijn reverses into the pit release with Envy in his grasp, and although the impact with the pit release does shake them a little Under Pressure holds on, however the impact with the wall may have hurt Martijn€™s hopes a little more than we originally thought as Envy has managed to reverse just a little on Under Pressure€™s wedges and get that 10mm titanium front scoop under the middle of Under Pressure, meaning neither robot has their 2WD on the ground! This is advantageous for Envy as now Under Pressure can€™t shove it around, but neither robot can move so Under Pressure is forced by the judges to release Envy, who immediately drives in underneath the middle of Under Pressure€™s U-shaped bodywork and flips it up and over! And although Under Pressure works inverted, the weaponry is far less effective in this position, as without the wedges Martijn must battle the opponent€™s own drive when they are in the claws. And now Envy can easily get under the front ground clearance and does so quickly so the claws don€™t have time to attack and Kody easily wedges Martijn and pushes him towards the pit of oblivion, which gapes like a large black hole just waiting for Under Pressure, who is flipped up and over into it just seconds later.

CEASE!

Under Pressure was under too much pressure; Envy heads through to the very last heat final!

And so, the very last heat final of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged will be:
Nidhogg (2) v Envy