Bots like Huge and Ripperoni are what truly makes me love Battlebots. Seeing underdog bots that everybody thought as "joke" absolutely dominating the competition.
Aha, I'll chime in to say people were def aware of the potential Ripperoni threat. They'd been tearing up lower weight classes with Lil' Rip, to hone the design. They have a fun vibe, but builders weren't seeing the weapon as a joke, trust me!
the size of the blade is probably a huge key, to its threat - it's hard for other bots to get away from those or to deal damage without getting hurt bad in the process, and it's very nimble with versatile wheels for its size.
I'm just so glad that HUGE was able to fight a bunch of small vertical spinners this year. That overall concept has been dominant for so long, and HUGE was built as a hard counter to it.
Huge itself is a vertical spinner but I guess what's refreshing about it is that it's unlike most bots which try to have the least ground clearance to get under their opponent.
@@jawad7284 And I just find the concept of huge more fun in general because it jump around and somehow combo other bots when it's got a good position instead of being the generic small vacum cleaner tank
There is a bot predated Huge I can't remember the name has almost everything like Huge except the weapon. I'm saying that Huge was built on the existing design except it's hugely refined and improved again and again after matches, now I can say that we have a vertical Tombstone.
Starchild have same problem like mammoth. If you tie your main weapon to your main body swinging. Once that fails you, you basically lose the fight. Also make it hard to control/being agile. Huge make the right design having that 2 extra arm to make the body stable and more controllable. Also have simple slim body with only one solid weapon. That's why they so dominant.
not to mention the reach of the blades - potentially the largest I've seen. And they can technically work and from and behind the bot. Thus they've maximised the area of impact possible and given such durable flexibility to the wheels that it's hard to get away from the weapon or neutralise it.
When HUGE first showed up in season 3, everyone thought it was going to be a joke bot. Nobody's laughing now... apart from Jonathan Schultz and his team.
The Starchild style bot came even before Huge I think, but in Gabriel. It needs better scaling to the heavy weight format. It works reasonably well in lighter classes but was not quite as effective as a Huge style bot
I am a frequent commentor on battlebots and this is the first time I have seen so many bots here. What's even the point of botting here where even top comments barely gets 100 likes.
The tires on huge look extremely vulnerable to me. Why did the competition always go straight into its weapon rather than chip away at its tires from the outside?
They try, Huge's driver is just hugely skilled. Older matches featured Huge having its wheels cut to ribbons. It was still able to move. So there is also the fact that those wheels can be deceivingly durable in the right context.
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Bots like Huge Ripperoni and Electric Ray are what truly makes my love battlebots. Seeing underdogs bots that everything thought as "joke" absolutely dominating the competition.
@@devam8192 I don't understand why someone would do this, lol. To get upvotes on... a comment they didn't even write? Like bro get a hobby or something
