Hmm...Assegais more of a rammer than MacBeth was...if it were a normal ring spinner vs. rammer match Id go for Assegai, but normal ring spinners tend not to have huge hammers welded onto the ring, so itll probably be a win for the champ.
More amaazing fights, Liam!
I see the number one seed going through here.
Great battles, Liam! I unsurprisingly enjoyed those a lot.
PsycloniZer vs. Assegai
As I mentioned in my Round 1 tactics, Assegai doesn€™t have the best armour in the world. I think even Hypno Disc has been through 7mm Titanium before. So hopefully I can cause quite a lot of damage here. With the shock killing and panel removing tricks there€™s every chance of knocking Assegai out fairly quickly. The weapon doesn€™t bother me much. If I am spinning I should realistically just smash it away. If I€™m not spinning, it€™s just going to hit the bars and cause little harm. In fact, depending on how secure those cables are, I could probably damage a few and stop the weapon working. Then all it can really do is push, but PsycloniZer€™s shape makes it difficult to push and those S28-150€™s might not be able to take the strain. I€™m hoping this match is just going to be a case of how soon can I get rid of Assegai.
But good luck to Matt anyway.
Woot! lol
Tactics same for in the first battle. Basically try to ram but stop just before allow the ram to swing and stop the hammers then push around. will take a lot of control but as were up against a FBS, it should be us that have the upper hand on that front anyway. Just try to keep front or rear facign at all times.
We€™re the ones with the CRASH!!
We€™re the ones with the BASH!!
We are the ones that take out the TRASH!!
And you€™ll never escape from Robot SMASH!!
*Jonathan Pearce and Henry Rollins appear in the SMASH!! Box, suspended 10 feet above the Robotagon itself with screens behind them showing lists of robots and battles*
JP: Welcome back to Robot SMASH!!
Henry: We are now nearing the end of our first heat.
JP: But don€™t worry SMASH!!-Fans, there are fifteen more on the way.
Henry: And there€™s still an epic heat final to come before those.
JP: We started tonight€™s episode with 6 machines.
Henry: Venus flytrap and Haldux 2.0 bit the dust in round one.
JP: Then in the second round number one seed PsycloniZer demolished Macbeth.
Henry: And seventeenth seeds Razer fell victim to newcomer Assegai.
JP: And now those two remaining machines will battle it out for the first of sixteen places in the series semi-finals.
*Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby appear in the pits, where Joey is working on Nidhogg Evo in the background*
Fearne: That€™s right everyone, just 2 machines remain!
Holly: In my book the number #1 seed PsycloniZer is already through.
Fearne: But could the battering ram of Assegai do the damage?
Holly: Joey, you€™re up in the next heat, but who do you think will take this heat?
Joey: It€™s a tough one, and although the ramming power of Assegai would normally win over a ring spinner PsycloniZer is no ordinary ring spinner.
Holly: Then what€™s an ordinary ring spinner?
Joey: Put it this way...
Holly: ...an ordinary ring spinner doesn€™t have 3 bloody big hammers on it?
Joey: Just about, yes.
Holly: Then let€™s take a look at the Battleboard!
Battleboard:
PsycloniZer (1) vs. Assegai
*Henry appears in the middle of the Robotagon with the robots in their starting squares and the Roboteers on either side of him*
Henry: This is a Robot SMASH!! Series 3: Lock3d and Load3d round 3 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #1, PsycloniZer!
In the Blue Corner, Assegai!
Roboteers, standby!
Booth Red: Andrew Jackson
Booth Blue: Will Harrison
House Robot: Matilda
#5...
#4...
#3...
#2...
#1...
#SMASH!!
Both robots move off immediately, and as PsycloniZer spins up the ring Assegai immediately shows aggression, powering across the arena towards the top speed and slamming into it with the battering ram, knocking PsycloniZer backwards but getting knocked away by the hammers, far away enough to allow PsycloniZer to get spinning properly. Assegai reverses in on the attack again, but Andy dodges to give PsycloniZer more time before driving in again and slamming into the titanium armouring of Assegai, slapping off the side panel and sending Assegai spinning into the CPZ!
This doesn€™t look at all good for the plucky newcomer as Matilda backs in with her bum... CRASH! Assegai is tossed across the arena, rolling over and over with a gash down the side that is still protected. Still though it lands on its wheels and moves off again with surprising enthusiasm, driving at PsycloniZer yet again and this time catching one of the hammers head on, stopping the ring in its tracks and ramming the champion up against the pit release button!
Andy looks worried and guns his mags in the drive to get away and spin up again, but Assegai follows and this time pushes PsycloniZer into the spikes strip and just like in the last round the champion finds itself pinned against the arena wall for thirty seconds before Assegai is commanded to let go and PsycloniZer falls back to its wheels and makes a quick getaway, managing to spin up the ring again before Assegai can launch another attack, and when it does PsycloniZer drives head on to meet and when the hammers meet the pole of Assegai it all goes wrong for the rammer as the force of the hammer meeting the rammer causes the cables to snap as the pole is almost pulled clean out of the robot!
The weapon may still be technically in the robot, but it hangs limply inside the hole from front to end, of no use whatsoever as the cables hang loosely. Still though Will remains in good spirits and attempts to attack again, pushing against the momentarily static PsycloniZer and pushes it across the arena and onto the flame pit, not stopping there but to go on and for the second time push PsycloniZer up against the arena wall, gunning the drive to hold the cylindrical robot there for another thirty seconds.
But rules are rules and Assegai is commanded by the judges to reverse and release PsycloniZer, who drives away and spins up again before driving straight at Assegai, who attempts to reverse away, but isn€™t quite fast enough this time to turn as Will finds himself backed up against the spike strip, cornered by the power of PsycloniZer, which Assegai€™s 7mm titanium armour then bears the brunt of as the top seed surges forward and slams into the box-shaped rammer, knocking out the removable link as it whacks Assegai with the rotary hammers, at long last eliminating the ramming machine who has stood up to the champion where other robots died and failed.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
Assegai is down and out and now Matilda moves in, getting the tusks in underneath the front of the titanium rammer, lifting it up and dragging it across the arena to the pit, dumping it on the edge before turning and owning it with the vertical flywheel, ripping another gash in the armour and throwing it over the pit! Matilda travels around the chasm and gives Assegai another nudge with her dangerous buttocks, ripping out the electronics from the exposed side and rolling it into the pit as it does so, then doing a triumphant victory spin with the tusks raised as Assegai disappears from sight in a puff of smoke.
CEASE!
Assegai crashes out of the heat final;
PsycloniZer (1) soars to the heights of the semi-finals (again!)!
JP: Well that€™s it for now SMASH!!-Fans, PsycloniZer is back in the semi-finals!
Henry: Join us next time for Heat B to witness the return of number #3 seed Nidhogg Evo and ranked #19 E Clawdius Unum, along with 4 other bloodthirsty competitors!
Paul, fancy a team-up, why dont we take out the seed?
just keep flipping, never let it touch the ground, OOTA!, OOTA!, OOTA!
LEPROSY INFECTION
Im not getting on the bad side of the seed. At this, Ill do what Leprosy loves to do...hit and run.
Hey-ho, one down, seven to go. Poor ol Venus.
HEAT B
ROUND 1
1) Blast VS Heliosa Xtreme VS Nidhogg Evo (3)
Nidhogg and Blast to blast through.
2) Delirium Tremors VS E CLAWDIUS UNUM VS Leprosy Infection
Two nasty drums here. Leprosy might be the easiest target in terms of grappling, but Delirium Tremors high power and slow speeds is both dangerous and easy to escape. Charge whoever looks the most threatening, impale them on the barbs and chew them up.
Spin up, charge, smash... Id love to be able to give more in depth tactics but to be honest theres not much more we can do. Id say Im probably more inclined to go after Leprosy than Clawdius though as hell be easier to break, and tbh, Id sooner face Clawdius in a 1-on-1 situation than in a 3-way battle.
Brilliant heat, great writing Liam.
For Heat B, I think the seeds will be joined by Blast and Delirium Tremors in Round 2.
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