Battlebots Season 6 - Episode 1 Review

Battlebots has risen in 2015. 24 Heavyweight Robots, only one can win the trophy. There's only one division, with faces old and new. Who will reign supreme? There are four fights on this episode.

A cool intro, and then we go over the basics. 24 robots, 12 winners advance, 4 losers get wildcard spots to make the round of 16. We go into the Battlebox to get the new rundown. Saws, Pulverizers, Screws all made a return... Hellraisers, Spikes, and such didn't. Good, those weapons were horrible.

Quick look at the back for the robots being built, and we get a video package of a spinner bot with a lawnmower-esque blade on it, Icewave, one of the bots competing today. After the video package, we get the rundown of the first fight, Razorback vs Icewave. The 'experts' give a tankish wedge-bot Razorback the advantage in 3 out of 4 categories, but you know how so-called 'experts' are. So, IT'S ROBOT FIGHTING TIME!

Icewave vs Razorback



Icewave comes out strong, spinning his blade at full speed, and connects with several hard blows to Razorback, cutting a hole through it's wedge. In fact, it rips the wedge right off to reveal the lifter arms! Razorback attempts to push Icewave, but Icewave is all about taking off parts of Razorback, ripping one of the lifter arms off too! One of Razorback's wheels comes off! Icewave continues the pressure, taking off more of his body, but Icewave's smoking now though, and the ref counts down Razorback for the knockout! Your winner, ICEWAVE!

Winner by KO: Icewave

Post match interview by Team Icewave - "I think my robot's on fire, I would like to go in there and put the fire out."

Hype for Plan X, hype for Warhead(yes, that UK Warhead made by the Razer guys), commercial.

We come back, Plan X, a unique looking bot from the mind of the girl who made Tentomushi, and Wrecks, the walker bot with a spinning blade. Plan X Package, showing it's... uniqueness... You really should see this bot, it looks fantastic. I mean honestly. Judges are putting them at 2-2. Plan X also has minibots, so it should be entertaining.

Plan X vs Wrecks



Wrecks looks good, but... honestly, his turning is garbage. He's not going to be able to compete with any other robot considering he can't turn to face them easily. That blade though hits Plan X who accidentally turns Wrecks into him, and cuts through Plan X's armor. Plan X gets behind and starts doing some damage with it's weapon, which I think is also a spinner, flipping Wrecks over. Wrecks' blade almost gets stuck in one of the spinner holes on the box, and runs into the screws, trying to right itself. But here comes the back of plan X, with a vertically spinning hammer. Wrecks finally rights himself though. Wrecks does a little bit of last second hitting, ripping a bit off of Plan X as we go to time over. Aggression, Strategy, Damage, and Control are the four things judges are voting on.


Winner by Judges Decision - Unanimous decision for Plan X!

Biteforce vs Warhead, oooooh. Warhead. Some Warhead hype, showing that the UK Razer team is looking at US Domination again. Anyways, I'm just looking forward to the fights, which the experts are putting them at 2-2 again. Here we go.

Biteforce vs Warhead



Biteforce comes out, instantly going around and shoving Warhead around from his side. Warhead's weapon is spinning, glancing Biteforce, but Biteforce just rams him into the screws, sparks flying everywhere. Warhead almost gets stuck on the spikestrip, but gets off. Biteforce keeps shoving Warhead around, then rams him from the front, sending Warhead up a bit. Warhead's spinner stops as Biteforce takes him around some more ramming him into everything. Biteforce goes after him again, trying to lift and flip him, but Warhead continues to stay upright. The round ends with Biteforce taking a few more pushes at Warhead. Warhead was pushed around from the very beginning, so it's obvious how this is going to go.

Winner by Judge's Decision: Unanimous Decision for Biteforce!

Time for the main event. Team Whyachi hype video. This is a feud years in the making, with Nightmare's loss against Son of Whyachi, which if you read my best of battlebots post, you'd know all about the controversial finish. To put it simply for you people, Son of Whyachi had extra weight because he was a walker bot which were allowed to have extra weight. Not to mention a crap obstacle called the 'Hell Raisers' rose and set Nightmare off his attack angle towards Whyachi at the start of the match, causing Whyachi to take off his wheel and get an instant KO. It's the revenge match, maybe. 'Experts' are going 3-1 for Warrior Clan and his minibot flamethrowers, but Nightmare's leading quality is his blade of death.

Nightmare vs Warrior Clan



LET'S GO! The Minibots swarm around Nightmare as Warrior Clan comes in, flipper first. Nightmare hits the flipper, and sparks fly! The Flipper is immediately messed up as a Minibot approaches, and gets some of the blade too, sent flying! Nightmare's blade meets Warrior Clan's other weapon, a blade of it's own! More Sparks! Minibot rushes in and IT EXPLODES DUE TO THE BLADE OF DEATH! Nightmare's running wild! Nightmare goes in for the kill, and bounces on the flipper, which apparently only has enough juice to work with Nightmare's bounce to flip him! GAME, OR IS IT? Nightmare's using his blade to spin around on the battlebox, moving forward! Nightmare continues to get good shots in while upside down, spinning over to Warrior Clan, hitting him, while trying to hit the wall and re-right himself. Nightmare's suicide driving sends him right into the Pulverizer, which hits him a few times! He continues to still move around, bouncing off the floor of the Battlebox. He runs right into the Screws, and goes up and over them, getting himself stuck against the wall! He gets counted out and Warrior Clan Wins!

Winner by KO: Warrior Clan!

Holy... crap. 3 Great robot fights and 1 good one, honestly, I was surprised. Battlebots is kicking it off super well from the start. I'm hoping the momentum can continue. If you are a fan of robots, you should watch this, because it's just as good as the old show, actually, probably a lot better then it, but that's just my opinion.

Review Score: 9/10