Welcome back to Annihilation, where the final battle of the heats is about to commence!

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

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

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Team ???
Booth Blue: Team Picus

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And they€™re off! It€™s taken a ridiculously long time to get here, but we€™re finally at the end of the heats. Still Hurting is taking a somewhat peculiar approach to this fight, starting backwards with the flipper end facing Axeon 4.0. Andy on the other hand is planning all out aggression it would seem and zooms in on the attack, racing across the arena with Still Hurting in its sights. Joey reverses at his opponent while the disc spins up and tries to get the flipper underneath Team ???€™s entry, but Axeon dodges Still Hurting€™s huge frame and spins quickly to get at the side, swinging the axe over and clanging it against the titanium armour of Still Hurting, but the armour strength of Joey€™s machine doesn€™t make it easy for the axebot and Team Picus quickly turn now, bringing the powerful disc into play on the front of Axeon! An explosion of titanium sparks and the bots bounce away from each other, but there wouldn€™t appear to be any significant damage.

Andy is quick to recover and drives back at Still Hurting, dodging to the left and getting the chisel underneath the side of the wedged wheel pod. The axe comes over again and hits the side of Still Hurting€™s disc, stopping it in its tracks. Joey grimaces and tries to pull out of this compromising situation by spinning around, but Andy pushes to keep him under control and slams Still Hurting into the pit release button, pinning Team Picus€™ bot in place as he brings the axe over again and repeatedly does so, denting the titanium armour of the Nightmare-esque machine and causing Joey some worry! The crowd cheer enthusiastically and suddenly Still Hurting is venting steam! Could it be that the pneumatic system has been ruptured? The thin frame didn€™t provide much protection from the axe despite the strong armouring and now Still Hurting is left not only without it€™s secondary weaponry, but also a srimech! Luckily for Joey though Andy€™s robot has no flipping weapon and now gives up trying to grapple Still Hurting€™s tall shape with the axe and reverses away as the pinning time as elapsed.

Team Picus may have lost their flipper, but their disc is still fully operational and now spun up back to full speed, and Joey now turns it into Still Hurting, catching a lucky attack on the side and throwing the Thor-ish bot onto its back! The axe quickly fires and rights Andy€™s bot, but Joey rams in underneath with the now immobile flipper end and pushes Axeon onto the killsaws! A spray of sparks throws Axeon up onto its side, where it teeters for a split second before crashing onto its back again. Andy swiftly rights himself, but meets Still Hurting€™s disc again and is flung up onto the barrier in a cloud of golden sparks! This could be the turn around of the century as Axeon sensationally teeters precariously on the edge of oblivion, its axe fired and no good to it whatsoever as it hangs uselessly over the edge! It wobbles... it wobbles... Could it be a perfect weight balance? Unfortunately not for Team ???, as Axeon eventually falls over the rails and lands on the camera tracks in a shocking end to the final annihilator. Still Hurting survives despite the worrying damage and advances to the finals!

CEASE!

Axeon is axed; Still Hurting goes through!

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

And so, next up is the moment you€™ve all been waiting for, the Annihilation grand final!

Battleboard
Traffic Warden [#8] vs. Nidhogg Cubed vs. Gehenna vs. Jinx vs. PsycloniZer vs. Still Hurting

Tactics, predictions, excitement (?)