Something Something Cluster Bot | Tabor Mk. 3: Somehow There's A Third One |
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Speed: 9 | Speed: 6 |
Traction: 8 | Traction: 4 |
Torque: 3 | Torque: 3 |
Weapon: 3 (2 front lifter / 2 clamp / 2 rear lifter) | Weapon: 7 (5 turret / 5 lifter) |
Armour: 1 | Armour: 10 (+2 lifter) |
This match is a bastard for Tabor. Clusterbots always are, and these two have been very well-driven so far. On the plus side, we're in one of the many, many arenas in this competition that's absolutely stuffed with hazards. The plan is therefore as follows.
We can safely assume that YS is going to try and flank me with one whilst trying to draw my turret's attention with the other. This is why I went with the spatula tip - it's the longest one I've got. When he's coming at me, I can counterpunch and get under him for a lift - and if his forks get under me and start trying to clamp, I can just lift him anyway. After that, it's time to use it to clobber the other one that's almost certainly got round the back or sides and is now trying to lift/drag me. Normally this wouldn't work on anything, but when they've got a chassis armour of 1 who knows what's gonna happen, and besides, it's all aggression points.
I need to make sure I can get damage points too, so when the battle starts I'm going to try and make for the big spinning sickle thing in the middle of the floor. Lifting one of them into the path of that a few times should total it, and I can soak up the damage from it really well in case I get shoved into its path. I need to concentrate on one of them, take it out, and then deal with the other one. Keep the beak of the spatula wedge pointed at the relevant target at all times, and try to get under it or force it to run away. It can outrun me, but it can't outrun the turret, and unless YS wants a negative score for aggression then it'll have to attack somehow, and that's when I counterpunch and hopefully get underneath him. Once there's only one, I feel way more comfortable about dumping them in the pit; I don't want to try that while there's two of them, since that's just asking for the other one to try and throw me out as well.
Good luck, YS, and have fun. =]