Only 4 robots of 36 remain... Who will be the next to die in the arena?

From Pontefract in West Yorkshire, representing Team Picus, the winner of Annihilator 1, Nidhogg Cubed!

From Lincolnshire in England, representing Team ???, the winner of Annihilator 2 Gehenna!

From Lincolnshire in England, representing Team ???, the winner of Annihilator 4, PsycloniZer!

From Glasgow in Scotland, representing Team Braveheart, ranked #8, the winner of Annihilator 5, Traffic Warden!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Team ???, Team Braveheart
Booth Blue: Team Picus, Team Zlayerz

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The final draws nearer still! All four machines get off to a speedy start in the opening seconds of this bout, Gehenna and PsycloniZer getting their deadly weapons up to speed while Nidhogg Cubed makes a beeline for Traffic Warden! Steven turns away though and heads for the pit release button, almost getting there, but Nidhogg€™s hydrostatic drive allows it to reach very high speeds and Joey gets underneath the rear of Traffic Warden, lifting it up, but the as he pushes forward and brings the crusher into play the forks slip under the front, holding the ranked machine in place but putting it low enough so that the wheels are on the arena floor! The crusher misses Traffic Warden€™s body completely and instead clamps over the front of the U-shaped machine, not doing much damage but getting a severe grip on the ranked bot. The four wheels of Traffic Warden are desperate to break free though and the E-Tek drive puts up a good fight against Nidhogg€™s hydrostatic power, making it difficult for Team Picus to pull or push Traffic Warden, but not giving Team Braveheart much leeway either. Nidhogg is not without assistance however and PsycloniZer comes careering across the arena with the ring going at maximum speed! It collides with Traffic Warden, knocking it out of Nidhogg€™s grip in a shower of sparks, and Traffic Warden looks to have taken damage from that hit! The side panel has been dented and somewhat buckled by the hammer of PsycloniZer and the ranked machine needs to get out of there! Steven successfully does so, reversing against the pit release button and then taking off after the stationary PsycloniZer, but it€™s unable to catch it as Gehenna reverses in to protect its stablemate with its own blade spinning at full speed!

Another explosion of sparks as spinner hates titanium, and there€™s a huge gash in the bottom of the U that is Traffic Warden! However, the clamps are still active and quickly come into play, trapping Gehenna in place! Andy suddenly looks worried, as they€™re in such close proximity to the pit! Steven turns quickly and rams Gehenna across the arena, but getting caught right on the edge of the chasm by Nidhogg, who brings the crusher into play, not wasting any time on the forks. It digs its crusher into the back of Traffic Warden, but daren€™t try to lift it for fear of tipping Gehenna into the pit! Joey tries to pull Steven away from the pit but those E-Teks hold on in there and prevent it from being a landslide tug of war match! This is such a close tussle - Gehenna is almost over the pit and could go fall in at any moment, and Traffic Warden has suffered huge damage, who knows how long it has left! PsycloniZer has spun back up to speed while all this has gone on, and now decides that enough is enough. Andy rams in on the attack of Traffic Warden, battering against that damaged side panel and it comes flying off together with a lot of internals from within the ranked machine! It can€™t possibly be mobile after that, but the hit as loosened Steven€™s grip and Gehenna tumbles into the pit!

CEASE!

What a shock turn of events! And they may be just about to get more dramatic, as we€™re getting an urgent call from the pits as the robots have just been cleared from the arena...

As is often the case with annihilators, robots have to drop out due to the irrepairable damage done to them. Unfortunately that seems to be the case for Traffic Warden in this round - it€™s been repeatedly battered by Gehenna, PsycloniZer, Jinx, Still Hurting and Nidhogg throughout this annihilator and it seems that this last round as been the death knell for the Huggy Bear-style machine. Steven€™s all out of E-Teks and there€™s no way Traffic Warden can progress in the competition - two birds with one stone!

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

And so in a shock turn of events, not one, but TWO robots fall out of the Annihilation finals and the final comes around sooner than expected!

Nidhogg Cubed and PsycloniZer are the battle-hardened competitors that will meet in the final battle and face off against each other in the contest to be crowned Annihilation champion, but who will win?

Tactics, predictions.... Let the wars begin!