Welcome back to the Annihilation, where round 3 of the sixth heat is about to begin!

From Enschede in the Netherlands, representing Team Varying Everyday, ranked #16, Back to Rock III!

From Pontefract in West Yorkshire, representing Team Picus, Still Hurting!

From Patricia in Canada, representing Team Alt, Mobile Failure!

From Lincolnshire in England, representing Team ???, Axeon 4.0!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Team Varying Everyday, Team ???
Booth Blue: Team Picus, Team Alt

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Four robots left, and they€™re all quick to show aggression. The ranked Back to Rock III is first off the mark, catching Mobile Failure as it attacks Still Hurting, but only bumping against the back like an unaggressive dodgem as it drifts away. Mobile Failure as a result misses Still Hurting with it€™s axe, allowing Joey to bring the spinning disc into contact with the side of Mobile Failure, throwing the purple robot up and over and leaving a pretty sizeable gash in the side armour! This is decent punishment in the opening seconds of the fight and Tracy had better get back into the action. She swiftly self-rights before anyone can get at her base armour and drives under the front right wheel pod of Hurting despite the wedge, and pushes Joey against the spike strip, pinning him there for a moment before she brings her axe over again and snags the top of Still Hurting. The titanium armour is slightly damaged but holds up relatively well.

Meanwhile Axeon 4.0 caught BTR as it drove away from Mobile Failure and drives under the rear with those front chisels, powering Martijn into the spike strip and swinging the axe down onto the top of the ranked machine like a frenzied psycho murderer, cratering the titanium lid of the experienced robot like the moon! Martijn struggles to reverse as his traction is removed by the wedginess of Axeon€™s front, but eventually the judges command for Andy to relent. He does so grudgingly, but it really is a wonder that BTR is still moving after that beating. Martijn turns to face Axeon rather sluggishly and goes on the attack, breaching the front of the Thor/Dantomkia hybrid with the front lifting plates and despite receiving another of barrage of hits from the powerful axe the lifter slowly goes up, removing Axeon€™s traction and allowing Martijn to push Andy€™s robot backwards across the arena and onto the killsaws! A smattering of sparks against the titanium armour and Axeon is thrown sideways across the arena and out of Martijn€™s control.

Meanwhile Mobile Failure has managed to drag Still Hurting across the arena, but is failing to find anything to do with it and finally has to release it€™s Nightmare-esque opponent. Joey turns on the spot and hits the side of Mobile Failure with the spikes, not really doing any damage, but knocking it sideways so that Team Picus can bring their flywheel weapon to bear on Mobile Failure€™s titanium armour again, and this time the whole armour panel is sent flying off the axe robot! Tracy is stunned, but tries to drive away from Joey anyway. Unfortunately for Team Alt that disc is quickly up to speed again and Joey smacks the unprotected side of Mobile Failure, buffeting the lid up into the air slightly and flipping the bot over in one easy move!

Axeon sees this as an ideal opportunity and is nearby enough to go on the attack of the vulnerable Mobile Failure, swinging its axe over to bury it into the polycarbonate base of Mobile Failure! That looks painful, and Andy now drags Mobile Failure onto the raised pit while BTR reverses into the pit release button. A grisly team up has formed once the predators had sensed a weakened opponent, and now we watch as Andy struggles to wrench his axe out of Mobile Failure as the pit descends. He doesn€™t quite manage it and is held aloft next to the pit, but Tracy and Team Alt are down the chasm and out, now hidden by a cloud of smoke that billows out of the pit.

CEASE!

Mobile Failure fails but isn€™t mobile, and so the three remaining robots advance to the next round!

Battleboard
Back to Rock III [#16] vs. Venus Fly Trap II vs. Spring-BOK! vs. Still Hurting vs. Mobile Failure vs. Axeon 4.0

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