It€™s... ALIVE!!!

Heat B
Gauntlet

First up is Painkiller.

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Painkiller has had its spinning disc removed for this trial and replaced with a clone of its other half, giving it more power and agility was well as a scoop. It starts well, dodging the first pit and driving past quickly before the spike comes out and managing to repeat its success at the following two, and despite being prodded almost in twice over the rest of the corridor Painkiller emerges at the other end and quickly races across the square of flippers, getting tossed over in a somersault almost immediately, but getting flipped forwards and landing halfway across so that Joey can gun the four mags and get across the square!
And now it comes to the goals, still with time to spare, and the aluminium scoop on the front of Painkiller helps it to run in and guide each ball neatly into the goals and as each one retracts into the ground time ticks down, leaving Painkiller with just 11 seconds to get past Psychopath! Joey runs forward as the crowd count down and Psychopath runs forward, bringing the hammer down onto the top of Painkiller with a SLAM! But Painkiller continues its run and manages to get past Psychokiller, crossing the line with just 2 seconds to go!

CEASE!

Painkiller = Completed in 43.0 seconds

Next is Anorakaphobia.

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The black wedge-shaped machine goes off at the start and runs valiantly past the first pit in the corridor, but the centre of gravity is too central and takes a few seconds for it to get itself facing in the right direction before it can pass the second and third pits. The fourth spike though strikes lucky and slams into the side of Anorakaphobia, spinning it around and hitting it onto the side of the pit! The axe fires frantically, but Anorakaphobia topples and falls into the pit in a puff of smoke.

CEASE!

Anorakaphobia = 7.9 metres

Third is Infected Canary.

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The yellow and orange robot starts well, running straight past the first and second pits, but almost falling into the third and Ben takes a few seconds to recover from the near fall before going on the run again and Canary is almost past the fourth when the spike licks out and spins it on the spot! And somehow after that hit there is NO movement! Smoke rises from the wedge shape robot, and Ben looks on sadly as he realises that running his magmotors at twice the recommended voltage wasn€™t such a good idea after all.

CEASE!

Infected Canary = 7.4 metres

And finally Chaos 2.

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The series 3 and 4 champion of Robot Wars gets a speedy start and doges the first two pits even faster than Painkiller, aided by the manouevrable two wheel drive, and the spikes just aren€™t quick enough to catch nippy little Chaos 2, who is quickly onto the square! Steven manoeuvres carefully over neutral squares, but there is no real way to tell and all of a sudden 80kg of Chaos 2 is flying skyward, and the realie comes crashing down on its back - in the middle route! Chaos 2 self-rights to find itself on a turntable with Sumo Shock, who doesn€™t give it much time to do anything and just rams in under the side ground clearance, scooping it up and delivering it over the side of the turntable.

CEASE!

Chaos 2= 15.4 metres

Leaderboard:
1st = Painkiller
2nd = Chaos 2
3rd = Anorakaphobia
4th = Infected Canary (ELIMINATED)

And since you can€™t really have tactics for tug of war here is the trial!

Tug of War

First up is Painkiller.

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Both robots begin pulling, and of course Sumo Shock is far more powerful than any competitor, easily pulling Painkiller into the pit, where it disappears in a puff of smoke. But it did manage to last a few seconds with the low ground clearance meaning the scoop dragged along the floor a bit.

CEASE!

Painkiller = 4.1 seconds

Next is Chaos 2.

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Even faster than the last match, Sumo Shock guns it backwards, pulling in the black machine in the blink of an eye.

CEASE!

Chaos 2 = 2.3 seconds

And finally is Anorakaphobia.

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Again Sumo Shock disposes of its opponent with maximum ease, using the lynch motors to slam backwards and send Anorakaphobia flying forwards into the pit.

CEASE!

Anorakaphobia = 1.8 seconds

Leaderboard:
1st = Painkiller
2nd = Chaos 2
3rd = Anorakaphobia (ELIMINATED)

And so the heat final is:
Painkiller vs. Chaos 2