I got on the ball quickly with the "Top Lists" idea thread. I decided to start off with 100 Best CFL Bots Ever because a lot of people liked the idea. I will do more later, but for now this is the list I am focusing on.
This will be a five part series, which means, only the 100-81 bots on the list will be revealed at first. Each week, I will add 20 more to the list until I count down to the greatest CFL bot of all time. It will be an exciting way of doing a list and I might end up doing it in this format from now on depending on if you all like it.
Anyways, as of now, I've got the 100-81 bots posted. Check out the start of the list.
THE 100 BEST CFL BOTS EVER
100. BASS, Doom Force
Super heavyweight
Claims: FF2 Runner-up
Design: A four-legged bot that has a gigantic diagonal spinner that is hard to get around and avoid. Good maneuverability.
This obscure looking bot surprisingly worked in the arean due to its strong weapon and awkward shape that made it hard to grip as other bots. It had limited playing time, but it was impressive enough to make the finals of the second Fantasy Fury season and only lost the finals due to lack of rp. Granted, there are bots that could definitely beat it, but it sill worked well for its competition.
99. Solar Flare, G-Force
Super heavyweight
Claims: Vengeance quarterfinalist
Design: Flat bot with skirts around the chassis and lifter.
This bot impressed in a tournament that was filled with tough SHW competition. The bot only was active for one season but he could have done a good job had he continued his CFL career. It takes on the biohazard type strategy, which makes him suck for creativity but really good for effective pushing matches.
98. The Lawyer, Komodo
Lightweight
Claims: 3rd place finisher in Defiance
Description: Low to the ground bot with skirts and a horizontal bar. Basically summed up with one; Hazard.
Its the most blatant ripoff of a bot ever, but that doesnt change its success. It went through the tourney slicing and dicing robots and dominating its competition. It eventually fought Celestial Slayer which ended its run but it was a menace to the competition.
97. Flatbot, bot257
Middleweight
Claims: Quarterfinalist in Vengeance
Description: Long wedge bot with good stats.
The bot was doing great in its season debut in ARC: Vengeance but sadly, bot257 disappeared off the face of the planet in the middle of the tourney so it wasnt able to continue fighting. Therefore, its fate was losing due to FFs. Great bot with potential to be a champ or finalist.
96. Gudfernuthin, toAst
Lightweight
Claims: 3rd place in Vengeance, quarterfinalist in Defiance
Description: Different faces of this bot had horizontal and verticle spinning bars and two wheels in the back.
You might think it was just a regular spin bot that wasnt very interesting but it had good success in numerous seasons. Always was a threat in the LW division and also made it to the finals a couple of times. It had its moments.
95. Vector, NO2
Heavyweight
Claims: Quarterfinals in Vengeance
Description: Wedge bot with spike.
This became Jasons most recognized combat bot with it entered in NO2s only season (I think). It was a solid wedge bot with a spike and a simple ram and poke strategy to get the job done. It had three solid wins and a lot of fight in it as it also served as Jasons combat robot brought along in ARC Survivor (which had success in Survivor, too).
94. Giguere, Diacronic
Heavyweight
Claims: Quarterfinals in FF2
Description: Fast brick bot with ram attack.
A very speedy bot from Team Dia that showed its worth by owning a few robots in the Fantasy Fury competition. It only lost once before it was eliminated and never entered again but it showed that simple fast robots that rely on strategy work best sometimes.
93. Power Bar, Toxic
Super heavyweight
Claims: SHW Rumble Winner in Defiance
Description: Big, low and slow bot with huge horizontal spinning bar.
A very good intimidating design that suffered due to good counterparts and not so spectacular rping. His biggest claim to fame is his surprise rumble victory in the SHW Defiance competition which had some pretty menacing competition to face in the ring such as Reflector Shield, Gila, Wedge, Icy Stab, etc. Toxics had a lot of decent robots in his CFL career, but this is probably his best.
92. Netweight, Komodo
Middleweight
Claims: None, really
Description: Big wedge bot with a lifter.
It was a simple, yet well designed MW that had a lifter. It obviously wasnt too exciting since I cant remember exactly what it looked like but it had a good first season and only suffered due to poor Rping and tough opponents.
91. Scorpion Bite, Siphai
Heavyweight
Claims: HW champion of Ai: NaD
Description: A bot with tude!!!!!!!!
This undefeated bot rolled right through the competition in Paul No. 3s league, Ai: NAD. It eventually won it all and remains a undefeated champ. Too bad it only competed once.
90. DVD-RW, theorangehamster
Middleweight
Claims: Quarterfinalist in Defiance
Description: A verticle spinning disc with a long flat chassis. Wedge protection.
This bot carried some serious meat
right before he sliced you to shreds. He was quite a good competitor in his day with all of his matches (even losses) being close and well fought.
89. Riptide, DRD
Middleweight
Claims: Semifinalist in CFRC2
Description: Spinning spike treads on its wedge with a verticle disc in the back.
This bot was originally entered to be more style than success. However, as he competed in the two CFRC seasons, he became a good competitor and was even a possibility for the finals.
88. Homicidal, ERSCaptain
Heavyweight
Claims: Semis in CFRC2
Description: Round chassis with hammer weapon.
His only season (CFRC) was quite a good one with his run to the semis. He lost only because he didnt rp and had an overall, very effective power hammer design.
87. Sgt. Andrewbot, Andrew
Super heavyweight
Claims: Quarters in CFRC2, Dethroning a champ
Description: Wedge bot with side clamping spikes that rotate upwards after clamp.
I know him best for absolutely embarrassing Solar Smash in his first fight after winning his title. It was a fight that was showed Sgt. Andrewbots truly effective style of fight. It grips a bots sides just before throwing them up in the air and landing them in all sorts of crazy position. It had some experience with three seasons of competition, but it lacked success.
86. Plague, Viper
Super heavyweight
Claims: Quarters in Vengeance, Semis in FRR-NCA
Description: Full body spinner with self righting pole.
This bot has twice as many wins as losses. It also has a successful spinning design that worked well. It toned down its weapon to allow more room for torque and armor to help get the job done. A very clever and effective stats idea that created a good competitor for the SHWs.
85. Hellraiser, Kiazi
Middleweight
Claims: Kiazis life
Description: Low body flipper with 4 wheels and long pneumatic flip arm, similar to The Matador.
Once again, I hate putting bots on that lack creativity but fortunately, it created success for tater/Kiazi/Uncle Willie/Stephanie/The Twin Cousins. It was basically Kiazis teashow bot even though Pissed off Poltergeist was more successful.
84. Hypercane, Ernie
Heavyweight
Claims: Quarterfinals in CFRC1
Description: Wedge skirts surrounding low chassis and giant spinner bar on the top.
This bot was another Hazard like bot but with an even longer spinning bar. It got robbed in the first seasons of CFRC and met a tough draw in Thracktar Ultra in the second season.
83. Clawdius Decimus Murderous, StevenMcG
Super heavyweight
Claims: 3rd place in Annihilation
Description: Piercing claw with a wedge in front.
The biggest shocker of Annihilation was when this seemingly puny bot from an inexperienced designer, StevenMcG, plowed through a good deal of heavily favored bots to make it all the way to third place. A lucky run? An overrated bot? I say a bot no one saw coming.
82. Danger Zone, DinoVenger
Lightweight
Claims: Runner up in FRR-NCA
Description: So
how about those Tigers?
One of the few bots Dino had success with. It made it to the finals in a league and division with some tough competition and was sitting pretty in the winner bracket finals until a bot named Underminer came along to make things tough.
81. Intergalactic, Gemini
Middleweight
Claims: Quarterfinals in both CFRC1 and CFRC2
Description: Thwackbot (long thwack tail) and spinner (spinning drum on the front)
This half thwack, half spinner created a bot with lots of potential. It even inspired Chris to do a SHW remake of it later on, a bot named Harbinger. Unfortunately, it lost due to technical reasons in both seasons.
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80. LIGHTSout, Diacronic
Heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1
Description: Big huge disc on four wheels.
This is pretty much all the other bots of Steves OUT series, but this one had success as well. In its only season, it made it to the finals after beating some stiff competition only to lose to Thracktar Ultra. Its a deadly bot with a massive blow.
79. More Weight, Lord Ashley
Super Heavyweight
Claims: CFRC2 tag team win, quarters in CFRC2
This bot was a brief success back in its day. It was able to hang with some of the best bots. For example, it was able to beat Dylan and Andrews tag team of Fillet of Death and Sgt. Andrewbot pretty well with a disabled partner (Minions Blastoff). Overall, it had good fight in it. Probably the most reliable of Lord Ashleys bot team.
78. Endeavor, G-Force
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Annihilation
Description: A wedgebot with a saw sticking out.
Well, lets see. Its only two losses came from Japanese School Girl (who has never lost a fight ever). And its dinky little saw seemed pretty unintimidating at first but once it started to pile on the wins, everyone knew they were competing with a high caliber robot.
77. Hard Target, Minion33088
Heavyweight
Claims: Quarters in Vengeance and Annihilation (I think)
Description: Low wedgebot with lifter/clamper.
This bot was always a competitor. Paul will always go out there and give it his best but this bot had a real good chance in all the seasons he entered. Good strategy and a great design. Bravo Team AC/DC.
76. Warper, Succotash 54
Middleweight
Claims: Laughter from everyone around plus a runner up in Defiance and rumble winner in Vengeance
Description: Circular wedgebot with Dr. Inferno Jr. Style fighting.
HAHA! Got you, PHILIP! Well, even though everyone could be shocked that it actually had success, the truth is Warper did in fact have success. It almost won Defiance and only lost to the deadly bot, Suicid. It also continued to have success later on but the shtick of Warper ran out and it was eventually retired or so we think.
75. Fillet of Death, FishofDoom
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in CFRC2 and FF2
Description: Hinged wedges with overhead spinning bar.
This massive spinning bar robot was a big threat in CFRC2 and had a shocking loss to Destruction in the semis. It also had another close match to Gila in the semis for FF1, but lost again. However, it had won enough fights and had enough power to make it worthy competitor.
74. Andrewbot, Andrew
Middleweight
Claims: Quarterfinals in CFRC1, Semis in CFRC2
Description: 2 long thwack arms on both sides
The little thwackbot that could well, at least he could until someone beat him up later in the tournament. His record doesnt say much bot this bot had a lot of fight in him. A worthy competitor, especially back in the CFRC days.
73. The Godfather, NWOWWE
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Annihilation, rumble winner in Vengeance
Description: The Mastadon
This bot didnt do that well in the Vengeance tournament, but made a strong comeback to not only win the rumble match at the end of the season, but go the semis in the next tournament. Unfortunately, this underdogs run was cut short by clawdius decimus MURDEROUS!
72. SWAT, Omegaforce
Lightweight
Claims: Defiance rumble winner
Description: Fast bot with lifting arm similar to biohazards style.
This bot was quite the competitor for the brief time it competed. It provided some awesome matches in Vengeance and even won a rumble. When it was first displayed, many saw it as a threat to win a title. Maybe someday it will, it certainly has what it takes.
71. Dominion, Minion33088
Lightweight
Claims: Quarter in Defiance
Description: A wedge bot with a plow in the front.
Its a fast, good bot with a plow and a lot of aggression. Its simple but its strategy worked pretty well through the tournament of Defiance. It was a one time deal for Paul, but this bot did a good job and could have won even more had things gone differently or it was re-entered.
70. Copperhead, Omegaforce
Super heavyweight
Claims: Quarters in CFRC2
Description: A pushbot with plow.
Copperhead is technically classified as one of the Pushbot Trio original bots along with Reflector Shield and Gila. This bot didnt see as much action as its other pushbot buddies but its design was just as impressive. It under went a few changes over the course of its career and has always been looked upon as a top contender.
69. Spin Suicide, Ry Trapp0
Heavyweight
Claims: Semis in FRR - NCA
Description: Full body spinner.
One of the longest running FRC bots and had success towards the end of its career. This powerful full body spinner ripped up its opponents pretty good. This is yet another bot that would be cool to see back again.
68. F-Bomb, toAst
Heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Defiance, Quarters in Vengeance
Description: Wedgebot with front spiked wedge
This bot had a very good record for just two seasons of play. Its only two real losses came from Geminis lifters (King Draco, Slasher) and it was a just a good well designed pushbot with spikes to help push bots once it was on his wedge.
67. Andrewbot Jr., Andrew
Lightweight
Claims: Semis in CFRC1 and CFRC2
Description: Thwackbot and second version was a dustpan lifter.
This bot underwent a couple of stages. However, it did a great job in CFRC and was a tough little bugger to take down. One of the many retro bots that could still do a bang up job today.
66. Ring Around the Rosie, G-Force
Lightweight
Claims: Quarters in Vengeance, Runner up in FRR2, Most powerful bot in history
Description: Ring spinner
Probably the heaviest looking LW ever. It was also won of the most deadliest as well. Similar to Son of Whyachi, this bot made it far in the tournament twice. Its power was incredible but it suffered due to lack of durability.
65. Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Minion33088
Heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Defiance
Description: Wedge bot with flipper/hammer
What impressed me about this bot is that it was able to take down some good bots and also make it to the finals in its only season. I think it was slightly better than Hard Target and I would have liked to have seen more of it. Name is too long, though.
64. Pandemic, Viper13Black
Middleweight
Claims: Winner of FRR-NCA
Description: Numerous stages, the one that won was a double wedge
This simple wedge bot was able to win a tournament in a tough 3rd season of FRR. For god sakes, it beat both Barrier and AMP in its run. Thats pretty damn good.
63. Pocket Knife, Ernie
Lightweight
Claims: Quarters in CFRC1, Runner up in CFRC2
Description: Wedge with spinning bar in the back.
An old school bot with a design similar to Dreadnought, I suppose. It did quite a good job early on in CFRC. Did I mention that Ernie rules?
62. Adrenichrome, FishofDoom
Middleweight
Claims: Quarters in Defiance
Description: A full body spinner with self-righting pole.
This bot was originally considered to be one of the top 4 of MW for Vengeance and Annihilation along with Shockwave, Barrier and AMP. Unfortunately, it didnt achieve nearly the success it was supposed to and had a couple of tough losses. It also suffered due to forfeits. A very menacing MW.
61. Something Different, Zigg
Middleweight
Claims: Final 3 in Defiance
Description: Spinner
A very pretty horizontal bar spin bot. Its deadly weapon destroyed many opponents in the Defiance tournament. It landed numerous Kos but it missed out on winning it all due to losing to Shockwave and Barrier. I wonder what happened to Zigg anyways?
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Heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1
Description: Big huge disc on four wheels.
This is pretty much all the other bots of Steves OUT series, but this one had success as well. In its only season, it made it to the finals after beating some stiff competition only to lose to Thracktar Ultra. Its a deadly bot with a massive blow.
79. More Weight, Lord Ashley
Super Heavyweight
Claims: CFRC2 tag team win, quarters in CFRC2
This bot was a brief success back in its day. It was able to hang with some of the best bots. For example, it was able to beat Dylan and Andrews tag team of Fillet of Death and Sgt. Andrewbot pretty well with a disabled partner (Minions Blastoff). Overall, it had good fight in it. Probably the most reliable of Lord Ashleys bot team.
78. Endeavor, G-Force
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Annihilation
Description: A wedgebot with a saw sticking out.
Well, lets see. Its only two losses came from Japanese School Girl (who has never lost a fight ever). And its dinky little saw seemed pretty unintimidating at first but once it started to pile on the wins, everyone knew they were competing with a high caliber robot.
77. Hard Target, Minion33088
Heavyweight
Claims: Quarters in Vengeance and Annihilation (I think)
Description: Low wedgebot with lifter/clamper.
This bot was always a competitor. Paul will always go out there and give it his best but this bot had a real good chance in all the seasons he entered. Good strategy and a great design. Bravo Team AC/DC.
76. Warper, Succotash 54
Middleweight
Claims: Laughter from everyone around plus a runner up in Defiance and rumble winner in Vengeance
Description: Circular wedgebot with Dr. Inferno Jr. Style fighting.
HAHA! Got you, PHILIP! Well, even though everyone could be shocked that it actually had success, the truth is Warper did in fact have success. It almost won Defiance and only lost to the deadly bot, Suicid. It also continued to have success later on but the shtick of Warper ran out and it was eventually retired or so we think.
75. Fillet of Death, FishofDoom
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in CFRC2 and FF2
Description: Hinged wedges with overhead spinning bar.
This massive spinning bar robot was a big threat in CFRC2 and had a shocking loss to Destruction in the semis. It also had another close match to Gila in the semis for FF1, but lost again. However, it had won enough fights and had enough power to make it worthy competitor.
74. Andrewbot, Andrew
Middleweight
Claims: Quarterfinals in CFRC1, Semis in CFRC2
Description: 2 long thwack arms on both sides
The little thwackbot that could well, at least he could until someone beat him up later in the tournament. His record doesnt say much bot this bot had a lot of fight in him. A worthy competitor, especially back in the CFRC days.
73. The Godfather, NWOWWE
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Annihilation, rumble winner in Vengeance
Description: The Mastadon
This bot didnt do that well in the Vengeance tournament, but made a strong comeback to not only win the rumble match at the end of the season, but go the semis in the next tournament. Unfortunately, this underdogs run was cut short by clawdius decimus MURDEROUS!
72. SWAT, Omegaforce
Lightweight
Claims: Defiance rumble winner
Description: Fast bot with lifting arm similar to biohazards style.
This bot was quite the competitor for the brief time it competed. It provided some awesome matches in Vengeance and even won a rumble. When it was first displayed, many saw it as a threat to win a title. Maybe someday it will, it certainly has what it takes.
71. Dominion, Minion33088
Lightweight
Claims: Quarter in Defiance
Description: A wedge bot with a plow in the front.
Its a fast, good bot with a plow and a lot of aggression. Its simple but its strategy worked pretty well through the tournament of Defiance. It was a one time deal for Paul, but this bot did a good job and could have won even more had things gone differently or it was re-entered.
70. Copperhead, Omegaforce
Super heavyweight
Claims: Quarters in CFRC2
Description: A pushbot with plow.
Copperhead is technically classified as one of the Pushbot Trio original bots along with Reflector Shield and Gila. This bot didnt see as much action as its other pushbot buddies but its design was just as impressive. It under went a few changes over the course of its career and has always been looked upon as a top contender.
69. Spin Suicide, Ry Trapp0
Heavyweight
Claims: Semis in FRR - NCA
Description: Full body spinner.
One of the longest running FRC bots and had success towards the end of its career. This powerful full body spinner ripped up its opponents pretty good. This is yet another bot that would be cool to see back again.
68. F-Bomb, toAst
Heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Defiance, Quarters in Vengeance
Description: Wedgebot with front spiked wedge
This bot had a very good record for just two seasons of play. Its only two real losses came from Geminis lifters (King Draco, Slasher) and it was a just a good well designed pushbot with spikes to help push bots once it was on his wedge.
67. Andrewbot Jr., Andrew
Lightweight
Claims: Semis in CFRC1 and CFRC2
Description: Thwackbot and second version was a dustpan lifter.
This bot underwent a couple of stages. However, it did a great job in CFRC and was a tough little bugger to take down. One of the many retro bots that could still do a bang up job today.
66. Ring Around the Rosie, G-Force
Lightweight
Claims: Quarters in Vengeance, Runner up in FRR2, Most powerful bot in history
Description: Ring spinner
Probably the heaviest looking LW ever. It was also won of the most deadliest as well. Similar to Son of Whyachi, this bot made it far in the tournament twice. Its power was incredible but it suffered due to lack of durability.
65. Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Minion33088
Heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Defiance
Description: Wedge bot with flipper/hammer
What impressed me about this bot is that it was able to take down some good bots and also make it to the finals in its only season. I think it was slightly better than Hard Target and I would have liked to have seen more of it. Name is too long, though.
64. Pandemic, Viper13Black
Middleweight
Claims: Winner of FRR-NCA
Description: Numerous stages, the one that won was a double wedge
This simple wedge bot was able to win a tournament in a tough 3rd season of FRR. For god sakes, it beat both Barrier and AMP in its run. Thats pretty damn good.
63. Pocket Knife, Ernie
Lightweight
Claims: Quarters in CFRC1, Runner up in CFRC2
Description: Wedge with spinning bar in the back.
An old school bot with a design similar to Dreadnought, I suppose. It did quite a good job early on in CFRC. Did I mention that Ernie rules?
62. Adrenichrome, FishofDoom
Middleweight
Claims: Quarters in Defiance
Description: A full body spinner with self-righting pole.
This bot was originally considered to be one of the top 4 of MW for Vengeance and Annihilation along with Shockwave, Barrier and AMP. Unfortunately, it didnt achieve nearly the success it was supposed to and had a couple of tough losses. It also suffered due to forfeits. A very menacing MW.
61. Something Different, Zigg
Middleweight
Claims: Final 3 in Defiance
Description: Spinner
A very pretty horizontal bar spin bot. Its deadly weapon destroyed many opponents in the Defiance tournament. It landed numerous Kos but it missed out on winning it all due to losing to Shockwave and Barrier. I wonder what happened to Zigg anyways?
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60. Stratos-Fear, Diablo
Super heavyweight
Claims: Vengeance final 3
Description: A bot with a huge pneumatic flipper.
Diablos monster SHW flipper was a massive threat in the seasons that he competed. Lets just say that he was among the top predicted bots before the start of the seasons and almost unquestionable the best SHW flipper bot for his time. Diablo also had a really cool design with this thing.
59. Elmo, Ernie
Super heavyweight
Claims: CFRC1 runner up, CFRC2 quarters
Description: Four sides wedge with a flipper.
This simple SHW bot in the CFRC competitions didnt look that intimidating but it certainly landed its fair share of KOs. It made it to the finals in its first season and then wound up in the semis the next season. Quite a fierce some competitor.
58. Testbot X5, theorangehamster
Lightweight
Claims: CFCR2 semis, Vengeance quarters
Description: Bar spinner with wedge on the front.
When chuck first entered, he had a nice set of bots but one would go on to stand out. Thats right, Testbot is a successful spinbot that did a good job even without an overpowered spinning bar. Hes beaten strong competition such as Lightning and Celestial Slayer and is good veteran CFL bot. Hes also had some controversial losses before.
57. Cryptic Terror, Gemini
Middleweight
Claims: FRR2 runner up
Description: 2 wheeled horizontal disc spinner with forks on the back.
In its one season of competition, this bot not only dazzled as a nice and pretty spinner but also as a menace and a strong threat among its class. It showed when this bot made it to the finals of FRR and came really close to beating the dangerous Unlimited Limits.
56. Wringer, G-Force
Lightweight
Claims: Annihilation semis
Description: Full body spinner
This is much better and more updated version of Ring Around the Rosie except this time it plowed through a massive load of opponents including the UNSTOPPABLE DANDELIONESS!!! Anyways .G-Force is good with his LW spinners.
55. Cyclone, Metal Virus
Lightweight
Claims: Vengeance runner up
Description: Cage spinner
In its one season of competition, Metal Virus went through the competition and nobody expected it. He slowly made his way all the way to the finals. He lost to a tough opponent in Aggressive Blood Cell but he left his mark in Vengeance and was able to show his worth.
54. Breakaway, Diacronic
Super heavyweight
Claims: CFRC2 semis
Description: A pyramid shaped bot with a steep wedge and whacking hammer.
This old school paint bot was a fascinating design by Team Dia that included a small, yet very powerful hammer that could rotate around its axle so fast it could smash and pound its opponent to the point where its opponents were left bruised and all the more confused. It showed that its design was successful and made it to the SHW semis. It only lost due to a fluke by Toxic Hazard but it kicked some ass in the old days.
53. Neptune, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: CFRC1 quarters, CFRC2 semis, FF2 rumble winner
The first invertible FBS in CFL. Its combined menacing look and dangerous spinning shell made it a popular back in CFRC. It was the closest bot to beating Cow Tipper and it always gave a good run for the title but never past the semis. However, it did later make a quick reappearance to win the SHW rumble (as a HW, too).
52. Miscreant, bot257
Lightweight
Claims: Vengeance quarters
Description: Wedge plow with whacking hammers at the end. A nice mix of Diesector and Bad Attitude.
This bot was probably the best bot ever that never got to show its full potential. Lets make this clear. Its design had everyone at the beginning thinking hed make it to at least the semis. Lets also note that bot257 was an awesome rper. It was kicking all sorts of ass in beating some top dogs like SWAT, then Celestial Slayer and finally giving a the massive Ring Around the Rosie a sound KO. Then what happened you ask? Bot257 has never been seen or heard from since leaving his awesome powerhouse LW to parish.
51. Adrenaline, Omegaforce
Heavyweight
Claims: CFRC2 semis
Description: Circular bot with rotating head for flipper.
Everyone loved the look of Johns sweet Tazbot like flipper bot and showed how cool it was to cad some real beautiful designs. As for how well he did in the arena? Well,he made it the semis before losing to SHUTout. You cant blame him for that, though.
50. Eurypterus, Siphai
Super heavyweight
Claims: Annihilation quarters, FRR3 semis (I think)
Description: Big rambot with interchangeable wedge and plow.
When Siphai made this bot, the idea was to try and create a new pusher legacy by getting a title with Eurypterus. His style and stats resembled that of a grade A brick (I said brick, not prick, right?). He was well on his way by taking down Geminis Harbinger and then giving a surprisingly easy win over the huge favorite SHUTout. After that, it was eventually time for him to face off against Japanese School Girl and he lost. He was still pushing hard but he then lost again to Primary 3 and was never able to win a title as of yet. However, this pusher continues to fight on and has lot of ability.
49. Acid Drop, Ernie
Heavyweight
Claims: Defiance quarters
Description: Fast flipper with wedge protection.
This HW flipper by Ernie was quite a competitor and lost a hard fight to King Draco before he got eliminated. The next season he was predicted to be the winner. Unfortunately, Ernie stopped Rping but it could have done some serious damage, especially in a HW class that was very weak that particular season.
48. Demonic Visage, FishofDoom
Lightweight
Claims: CFRC1 semis, Defiance quarters
The paintjob, the flipping power, the evil eyes ..this bot has it all! Its a LW flipper that has goes to the very first season and has even competed in some of the later seasons. His record is still very good and had a lot of close chances to make the finals but never quite got there. One of the coolest bots in CFL history.
47. The Mercenary, Gemini
Lightweight
Claims: Annihilation runner up
Description: Long wedge with lifting plow.
This bot was known for his unusual chassis shape, which made it a bitch for thwackers, spinners and even other flippers to beat. His speed and lifter plow design made him effective and it got him all the way to the Annihilation finals. His only huge weakness is any bot that is lower than him, which is why he couldnt beat Underall.
46. Icy Stab, Ernie
Super heavyweight
Claims: Defiance semis
Description: Hinged wedges surround chassis with dual spinning discs over the front wedge.
Another great bot from Team Ernie that was just a well made, solid and successful verticle disc spinner. It made it the semis in Defiance and was looked upon as one of the better bot designs of the weight class.
45. Wedge, FishofDoom
Super heavyweight
Claims: Defiance final 3
Description: Well, its a uh .wedge.
You have to love a bot that is so simple, it can beat up the majority of the bots in the league? That was the theory for Dylan with this bot and it did just that, it kicked some major ass in the Defiance season. Giving the previous SHW king, Gila, a sound beating twice. It also beat other good bots like Icy Stab, RW&B and was well on its way to a title, but unfortunately its last fight was a FF.
44. Untouchable, Diacronic
Super heavyweight
Claims: FF2 runner up, most indestructible bot in CFL history
Description: Circularbot with outer ring shell for ram and protection.
Untouchable is officially the most well armored robot in CFL history. It makes Overkill look like tin foil with its 12 or 13 chassis armor, plus an entire outer ring that protects every other part with a +2 armor. Meaning, its nearly impossible to KO by any bot ever. It absolutely killed spinner just by pushing them around a little while and even beat its fair share of wedge bots a few times. It made to the FF finals before losing to Reflector Shield (which was the only bot he lost to in this incarnation).
43. Slasher, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: Vengeance final 3, Vengeance rumble winner
Description: Lifting arm with clamping hammer.
This versatile spiked lifter/clamper generated some very clever tactics for beating bots. It was very good against other lifters, spinners and would always put up a fight. In its one season of competition, it lost to A-Bomb in the final 3 before it got retired.
42. Wrath of Draco, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: Annihilation Quarters, FRR3 quarters
Description: Circular bot with clamping claw and pounding axes.
This is Geminis third HW in the ARC tourneys and it was quite a popular bot before it even competed. It was first introduced in a Survivor bot making challenge, and got the highest rating of all the other bots. Its beautiful design, weapon strategies, and design flow made it a well recognized bot for the upcoming Annihilation season. It got ranked #1 for predicted HW bots and it did well in action. It made it to the quarters and has had that fate in several occasions losing to only really good bots such as Truth or Consequences, Babaganoush, Heart Attack and Eurypterus.
41. Unlimited Limits, Ry Trapp0
Middleweight
Claims: FRR2 title, FRR4 quarters
Description: Wedge with long flipper.
Ry Trapps MW flipper shined in its first season winning the FRR2 finals against Cryptic Terror. The bot wasnt quite as good in the next FRR league, but in FRR4, it was ranked #1 in the predictions. For good reason, this bot was a proven champ. It eventually fought its main competition, Barrier, in what was supposed to be a big clash of powerhouse Mws but turned out to be a coin toss because of a no show. Unlucky for Ry, Barrier won the toss and ended up losing again but could have potentially won the competition had he rped.
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Super heavyweight
Claims: Vengeance final 3
Description: A bot with a huge pneumatic flipper.
Diablos monster SHW flipper was a massive threat in the seasons that he competed. Lets just say that he was among the top predicted bots before the start of the seasons and almost unquestionable the best SHW flipper bot for his time. Diablo also had a really cool design with this thing.
59. Elmo, Ernie
Super heavyweight
Claims: CFRC1 runner up, CFRC2 quarters
Description: Four sides wedge with a flipper.
This simple SHW bot in the CFRC competitions didnt look that intimidating but it certainly landed its fair share of KOs. It made it to the finals in its first season and then wound up in the semis the next season. Quite a fierce some competitor.
58. Testbot X5, theorangehamster
Lightweight
Claims: CFCR2 semis, Vengeance quarters
Description: Bar spinner with wedge on the front.
When chuck first entered, he had a nice set of bots but one would go on to stand out. Thats right, Testbot is a successful spinbot that did a good job even without an overpowered spinning bar. Hes beaten strong competition such as Lightning and Celestial Slayer and is good veteran CFL bot. Hes also had some controversial losses before.
57. Cryptic Terror, Gemini
Middleweight
Claims: FRR2 runner up
Description: 2 wheeled horizontal disc spinner with forks on the back.
In its one season of competition, this bot not only dazzled as a nice and pretty spinner but also as a menace and a strong threat among its class. It showed when this bot made it to the finals of FRR and came really close to beating the dangerous Unlimited Limits.
56. Wringer, G-Force
Lightweight
Claims: Annihilation semis
Description: Full body spinner
This is much better and more updated version of Ring Around the Rosie except this time it plowed through a massive load of opponents including the UNSTOPPABLE DANDELIONESS!!! Anyways .G-Force is good with his LW spinners.
55. Cyclone, Metal Virus
Lightweight
Claims: Vengeance runner up
Description: Cage spinner
In its one season of competition, Metal Virus went through the competition and nobody expected it. He slowly made his way all the way to the finals. He lost to a tough opponent in Aggressive Blood Cell but he left his mark in Vengeance and was able to show his worth.
54. Breakaway, Diacronic
Super heavyweight
Claims: CFRC2 semis
Description: A pyramid shaped bot with a steep wedge and whacking hammer.
This old school paint bot was a fascinating design by Team Dia that included a small, yet very powerful hammer that could rotate around its axle so fast it could smash and pound its opponent to the point where its opponents were left bruised and all the more confused. It showed that its design was successful and made it to the SHW semis. It only lost due to a fluke by Toxic Hazard but it kicked some ass in the old days.
53. Neptune, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: CFRC1 quarters, CFRC2 semis, FF2 rumble winner
The first invertible FBS in CFL. Its combined menacing look and dangerous spinning shell made it a popular back in CFRC. It was the closest bot to beating Cow Tipper and it always gave a good run for the title but never past the semis. However, it did later make a quick reappearance to win the SHW rumble (as a HW, too).
52. Miscreant, bot257
Lightweight
Claims: Vengeance quarters
Description: Wedge plow with whacking hammers at the end. A nice mix of Diesector and Bad Attitude.
This bot was probably the best bot ever that never got to show its full potential. Lets make this clear. Its design had everyone at the beginning thinking hed make it to at least the semis. Lets also note that bot257 was an awesome rper. It was kicking all sorts of ass in beating some top dogs like SWAT, then Celestial Slayer and finally giving a the massive Ring Around the Rosie a sound KO. Then what happened you ask? Bot257 has never been seen or heard from since leaving his awesome powerhouse LW to parish.
51. Adrenaline, Omegaforce
Heavyweight
Claims: CFRC2 semis
Description: Circular bot with rotating head for flipper.
Everyone loved the look of Johns sweet Tazbot like flipper bot and showed how cool it was to cad some real beautiful designs. As for how well he did in the arena? Well,he made it the semis before losing to SHUTout. You cant blame him for that, though.
50. Eurypterus, Siphai
Super heavyweight
Claims: Annihilation quarters, FRR3 semis (I think)
Description: Big rambot with interchangeable wedge and plow.
When Siphai made this bot, the idea was to try and create a new pusher legacy by getting a title with Eurypterus. His style and stats resembled that of a grade A brick (I said brick, not prick, right?). He was well on his way by taking down Geminis Harbinger and then giving a surprisingly easy win over the huge favorite SHUTout. After that, it was eventually time for him to face off against Japanese School Girl and he lost. He was still pushing hard but he then lost again to Primary 3 and was never able to win a title as of yet. However, this pusher continues to fight on and has lot of ability.
49. Acid Drop, Ernie
Heavyweight
Claims: Defiance quarters
Description: Fast flipper with wedge protection.
This HW flipper by Ernie was quite a competitor and lost a hard fight to King Draco before he got eliminated. The next season he was predicted to be the winner. Unfortunately, Ernie stopped Rping but it could have done some serious damage, especially in a HW class that was very weak that particular season.
48. Demonic Visage, FishofDoom
Lightweight
Claims: CFRC1 semis, Defiance quarters
The paintjob, the flipping power, the evil eyes ..this bot has it all! Its a LW flipper that has goes to the very first season and has even competed in some of the later seasons. His record is still very good and had a lot of close chances to make the finals but never quite got there. One of the coolest bots in CFL history.
47. The Mercenary, Gemini
Lightweight
Claims: Annihilation runner up
Description: Long wedge with lifting plow.
This bot was known for his unusual chassis shape, which made it a bitch for thwackers, spinners and even other flippers to beat. His speed and lifter plow design made him effective and it got him all the way to the Annihilation finals. His only huge weakness is any bot that is lower than him, which is why he couldnt beat Underall.
46. Icy Stab, Ernie
Super heavyweight
Claims: Defiance semis
Description: Hinged wedges surround chassis with dual spinning discs over the front wedge.
Another great bot from Team Ernie that was just a well made, solid and successful verticle disc spinner. It made it the semis in Defiance and was looked upon as one of the better bot designs of the weight class.
45. Wedge, FishofDoom
Super heavyweight
Claims: Defiance final 3
Description: Well, its a uh .wedge.
You have to love a bot that is so simple, it can beat up the majority of the bots in the league? That was the theory for Dylan with this bot and it did just that, it kicked some major ass in the Defiance season. Giving the previous SHW king, Gila, a sound beating twice. It also beat other good bots like Icy Stab, RW&B and was well on its way to a title, but unfortunately its last fight was a FF.
44. Untouchable, Diacronic
Super heavyweight
Claims: FF2 runner up, most indestructible bot in CFL history
Description: Circularbot with outer ring shell for ram and protection.
Untouchable is officially the most well armored robot in CFL history. It makes Overkill look like tin foil with its 12 or 13 chassis armor, plus an entire outer ring that protects every other part with a +2 armor. Meaning, its nearly impossible to KO by any bot ever. It absolutely killed spinner just by pushing them around a little while and even beat its fair share of wedge bots a few times. It made to the FF finals before losing to Reflector Shield (which was the only bot he lost to in this incarnation).
43. Slasher, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: Vengeance final 3, Vengeance rumble winner
Description: Lifting arm with clamping hammer.
This versatile spiked lifter/clamper generated some very clever tactics for beating bots. It was very good against other lifters, spinners and would always put up a fight. In its one season of competition, it lost to A-Bomb in the final 3 before it got retired.
42. Wrath of Draco, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: Annihilation Quarters, FRR3 quarters
Description: Circular bot with clamping claw and pounding axes.
This is Geminis third HW in the ARC tourneys and it was quite a popular bot before it even competed. It was first introduced in a Survivor bot making challenge, and got the highest rating of all the other bots. Its beautiful design, weapon strategies, and design flow made it a well recognized bot for the upcoming Annihilation season. It got ranked #1 for predicted HW bots and it did well in action. It made it to the quarters and has had that fate in several occasions losing to only really good bots such as Truth or Consequences, Babaganoush, Heart Attack and Eurypterus.
41. Unlimited Limits, Ry Trapp0
Middleweight
Claims: FRR2 title, FRR4 quarters
Description: Wedge with long flipper.
Ry Trapps MW flipper shined in its first season winning the FRR2 finals against Cryptic Terror. The bot wasnt quite as good in the next FRR league, but in FRR4, it was ranked #1 in the predictions. For good reason, this bot was a proven champ. It eventually fought its main competition, Barrier, in what was supposed to be a big clash of powerhouse Mws but turned out to be a coin toss because of a no show. Unlucky for Ry, Barrier won the toss and ended up losing again but could have potentially won the competition had he rped.
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100 Best CFL Bots Ever
40. Uh oh! Its a Red Hot Fridge!, FishofDoom
Heavyweight
Claims: Semifinals in Vengeance
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Slasher
Description: A 2 wheeled box with plate on front and forks to keep it low and effective.
Heres a bot that was known for not only its unusually long, bizarre name, its simplicity, but its ability to completely own spinners in every way possible. The strong plate on Fridges front was indestructible and its speed and torque also made it a tough little bot for every other bot as well. It had a great rivalry with Slasher in the Vengeance season by first beating Slasher 24-21 (great fight) and then losing 24-21. His only losses were close and very well fought. His first lost was a travesty in some ways but nevertheless, he got eliminated from Vengeance and never returned again. However, to this day, everybody loves saying UH OH! ITS A RED HOT FRIDGE!
39. Shredding Ring, Omegaforce
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in FF1
Known for: Originality
Biggest rival: Gila
Description: An omni drive full body spinner with teeth.
Its noted that this bot only had one season of play and that he eventually lost to Gila in the finals. However, in that time, he racked up some nice victories, including a dismantling of the tough Bad-Ass Barnacle and a close 23-22 match with Reflector Shield. Hes the ONLY bot that can claim he beat Reflector Shield for that matter. Then what happened after that? Well, he lost in the finals but it might as well have been a FF because as I remember correctly, Gila had a nice rp and John didnt think he could have won (or something like that). So John just said You win and therefore ended the career of Shredding Ring. If it was an actual fight, though, I think Shredding Ring would have killed Gila. He was the very first CFL bot to have omni drive for that matter and this bot could have gone down as one of the best CFL bots in history had he sweated it out longer. He was so close to winning the FF title and could have killed a lot of the bots in ARC as well.
38. Blitzkrieg, ERSCaptain
Lightweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1, Quarters in CFRC2, Quarters in Vengeance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Any spinner pretty much
Description: A low, fast hinged wedge bot with a pole in the back and great speed.
This is a bot that only competed in the CFRC leagues and then later in Vengeance. While he never won a title, the hinged wedge bot had the fierce powerhouse force of a bot like Maximus. He looked so simple and not even that great but looks can be deceiving. Especially when you have a what? 13 speed? It was ridiculous how quick this bot was and it might have even been the fastest bot in CFL history. His powerful drive paid off in the box when he annihilated his competition in CFRC1 and much of CFRC2. His losses were to BLACKout and Celestial Slayer but he made it the finals and went out as a tough bot. He got resurrected in ARC Vengeance but was never quite the same.
37. Babaganoush, Succotash 54
Heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Annihilation
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Heart Attack
Description: A circular flipper.
This bot looks like a hat but it looks damn cool. As for the flipper? Lets just say he had his fair share of tough draws (Wrath of Draco, Truth or Consequences, Shovearound 2, etc.) but he made it past them with him, his low circular wedges and his powerful flipper. A lot of the recent flipper bots have been more about lifting a bot up and tossing them around with either torque or speed (ie: Barrier, Shockwave) but Babaganoush took the old approach in using the power flipper style similar to bots like Toro and The Matador and made it cool again. His success has been on again, off again, but he came so close to winning ARC: Annihilation against Heart Attack in the finals.
36. Mech Kahuna, FishofDoon
Middleweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1 and CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Suicide
Description: A giant vertical disc with 2 small wheels in back and a giant bar structure to keep it upright.
When I first saw this bot, it reminded me way too much of Nightmare. With its huge vertical disc and big legs to stand it up but I quickly realized this was quite a competitor. It was the only bot to beat Suicide (not including the Ffs) and it was in the finals for both CFRC1 and CFRC2 but lost to X-Combat and Suicide (wow, talk about your tough draws) and didnt win either of them. His menacing look and corpse count was massive enough to make him a true symbol of power spinners back in the CFRC days, too bad hes mostly forgotten at this point. Heck, some people probably never heard of him until now.
35. King Draco, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in Defiance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
Description: A lifter with a back plow.
This bot was a one time deal. He was the original Draco in the series (followed by Wrath of Draco) and he did his job well. After an early loss in his Defiance season, he rebounded to beat bots like Acid Drop, Heart Attack and then PH in the finals to become the heavyweight champ. Since then, this champ hasnt competed since. He was also the last paint bot by Team Gemini, which had a stylish paint job and nifty lifter with proved effective in his run.
34. A-Bomb, ACAMS
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance, quarters in Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Babaganoush
Description: A hinged wedge bot with pneumatic spike over the wedge.
In ACAMS rookie season, he entered what was four identical bots in each weight class but just gave them different colors and names. However, A-Bomb was the bot that stood out with success and would later on win the whole tournament. While the competition was kinda weak, with the biggest competition being Fridge and Slasher, It won but many were skeptical about how well it would do in the future. Despite having a weak start in Annihilation, ACAMS once again proved that A-Bomb was a real top notch competitor. He won enough fights to eventually make it all the way to the quarter finals, only to lose in a close one to Babaganoush. I think its fair to say that this was the true pinnacle of success for ACAMs team.
33. Double Dose, Minion33088
Lightweight
Claims: Semis in FRR1, Winner in FRR2, runner up in FRR3
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Underminer
Description: A double bar spinner.
Double Dose has been known as a FRR bot for its entire CFL career. This horizontal bar spinner has the drive power and the weapon power to combine for one dangerous adversary. Its a champ and a darn good one at that. Its beaten bots like Underall, Ring Around the Rosie, Mercenary, etc. Its got 10 + wins at this point and it has never made it easy for an opponent. Some would say Double Dose only benefited from putting more stats into its design then some other bots did but its design and its strategy was good enough to be champion caliber bot. Will Double Dose continue to have the success that it has in its past? Time would only tell. However, its pretty hard to screw up a bot that is that good.
32. Warshrike, Diacronic
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in FRR1
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Underall
Description: A V-Plow wedge with back spikes.
Very similar to Copperhead in design. The main difference? Warshrike has had not only more success, but a championship title to go along with it. Its undefeated run in FRR1 was due to good stragy in its design and its power in torque and speed. Its definitely been the most successful V-Plow in CFL and its win against Underall showed how good it is (despite being a bullshit decision).
31. Primary 3, Clutch
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Vengeance, semis in Annihilation
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Road Rage
Description: A multi-bot with three clusters that can also join together.
What can you say about Primay 3? They are annoying little runts. Thats what clutch is good at, making good but annoying bots. Primary 3 was a good example of that due to the multi-bot that used overwhelming amount of torque to gang up on bots and completely own them. Realistically based upon the stats and stat rules, I dont think theres too many bots that have a chance to beat this bot but it somehow managed to not have won a championship so far. Clutch I dont think did the best job of showing its full potential. Nevertheless, it still had overwhelming success with making it to the semis in both Vengeance and Annihilation. Clutch showed what an multi-bot was capable of.
30. Toxic Hazard, DRD
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in CFRC1, runner up in CFRC2
Known for: Originality
Biggest rival: Destruction
Description: A barrel shaped spinner with a bar rack.
Yes, DRD has been notorious for having some of the worst bot designs in the history of CFL such as Death Chamber and One Wheeled Wonder. However, aside from all those obscure bot designs with crazy weapons, he actually made one that was very good. Its name was Toxic Hazard, combining style, originality and power. It all equaled success without a title. Therefore being Close, but no cigar, durd. In CFRC1, it had good run before getting Koed by Solar Smash in the semis. A similar fate awaited him in CFRC2 when he made it all the way to the finals, only this time he lost to Destruction. Everyone thought he would win it all after he beat Breakaway but, his tragic end in CFRC2, meant the end for this very cool bot. His barrel shaped chassis along with his toxic thunder paintjob made this one of the coolest bots in CFL and his success was jus as equaled. If he were still competing today, hed be just as good.
29. SHUTout, Diacronic
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1, Runner up in CFRC2, quarters in Vengeance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Any rammer
Description: A gigantic horizontal spinner with 4 wheels surrounding the big disc.
SHUTout has been one of the most notorious names in CFL history. It usually represents the spinner side of the heated rivalry between spinners vs. rammers. Its success early on was good because it got runner up in CFRC1 (under the name LIGHTSout) and then again in CFRC2 losing to Cow Tipper. Since then, its success has dimished only winning a couple of fights per season and hasnt lived up to its hype. Instead, Japanese School Girl has been more of the success story on the spinner side but it still has made an impact and a design that was nearly perfect for a massive spinner.
28. Solar Smash, Gemini
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC1, quarters in Vengeance
Known for: Originality
Biggest rival: Elmo
Description: A punchbot with big ram and wedge protection.
Solar Smash first surprised people in the first season of CFRC when it won the title against Elmo in the finals. It kicked ass in the process by destroying Sgt. Scoop, surviving a brutal fight with X-Dragon, then it killed both Toxic Hazard and Elmo with its weapon. The weapon happened to be quite unique. It was a big ram that had spikes and punched out to serve as a major damage maker. As shown in CFRC1, that strategy worked quite well. After this champ entered its second season, though, it didnt quite do the same damage. It lost its first fight in CFRC2 and made a comeback in Vengeance. Its run in Vengeance was successful but made it the quarterfinals before it lost. To this day, this very old bot is fairly well recognized and very distinct.
27. Lightning, Clutch
Lightweight
Claims: Runner up in Defiance
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Celestial Slayer
Description: Giant spinner with 4 legs with spikes.
Lightning was a very good, powerful y-drive bot in the ARC fantasy leagues. Its huge arms with side spikes combined for a massive beating and unleashed a deadly force in every punch. What did it do? It made it to the finals and almost won against Celestial Slayer. However, in Vengeance it wasnt nearly as good due to Clutch making it an omni drive bot, which was a critical mistake. Would Lightning been as good in Vengeance had it not been omni drive? Absolutely.
26. Yeow! Hot Bees!, Diacronic
Middleweight
Claims: Runner up in Annihilation
Known for: Impact
Biggest rival: Amp
Description: Multibot with hinged wedges and spikes
What we have here is more of a controversy than anything. Lets get everything straight first, Yeow! Hot Bees! Is a near unstoppable design based on its stat rules. Its a multi-bot that uses the absolute best strategy a multi-bot can use. Get three little buggers that have wedges on all sides, give them good armor, torque and speed and let them lose. A single one of the multibots could be a contender as it is, but when you have three of them ganging up on you, you have one hell of a problem. AMP beat him, but it was a close one. Unfortunately, Steve sacrificed his opportunity to win a title with this beast when he Ffed in the finals for the second fight against Amp. I know for sure, that YHB could have won. It only competed once, but it sure made an impact.
25. Destruction, Kiazi
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Toxic Hazard
Description:
One of only five bots to still be undefeated in CFL. This bot was the ultimate underdog story. Kiazi, going into the league as a rookie and inexperienced rper had a generic vertical spinner design. Some of its big flaws was lack of invertibility, exposed side armor and small disc. However, what it did was shocking. It barreled right through the second tournament with very little trouble. Its highlight was beating Fish of Doom in a stunning KO and then defeating Toxic Hazard in another KO. It was a surprising one-time champ bot that never competed again, but its mystique lives on.
24. Blood Thirsty, FishofDoom
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner of FF2
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Nobody in particular
Description: Clamping claws and lifter.
Talk about one of the coolest, meanest looking bot design youll ever see a bot tournament. Not to mention its a previous champion and has an interesting weapon design. This bot oozes with style and beauty, and doesnt lack in design effectiveness either. After it won the FF2 tournament, it got resurrected in Annihilation, which brought upon some more success, but not quite enough to win it all. Blood Thirsty is one of those vets that is still cool today as he won back when he was first introduced. He also gave some poor kids some bad nightmares.
23. Pissed Off Poltergeist, Kiazi
Middleweight
Claims: Runner up in FF1, Semis in Vengeance, quarters in Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Barrier
Description: A lifter with a wide base and wedges.
This is the probably the best bot from Team Search and Destroy. While it was never a particularly attractive bot, Kiazi always knew how to win with this thing. It never won a title, but its success, sleek designs (numerous design versions) and its inspired 50 billion different interchangeable weapons made it stand out as one of the best lifters in the league. It was invited to a rumble along with Suicide, Barrier and Shockwave for the ultimate MW lifters match up. Its gotten well over 10 wins and numerous smaller accomplishments in his history, like making the finals in FF1. This is a vet that has been just as good back in the old days than it has been in the later years.
22. Heart Attack, Diacronic
Heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Defiance, quarters in Vengeance, winner of Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Babaganoush
Description: Disc spinner was the first version, y-drive spinner is the second version.
Heart Attack has made his career being an ARC bot having competed in all 3 of the past ARC seasons. As far as his success, Heart Attack has made it to the semi finals and to the quarter finals before he won the finals in Annihilation. His first version consisted of a vertical disc spinner with a wedge on the back and a some decent speed and torque to support his disc power. It was effective enough to be a contender but his second version made quite an impact when his full body y-drive spinner won the whole thing beating bots like Wrath of Draco, Truth or Consequences, Babaganoush and Hard Target. He became a well recognized spinner after the first two seasons, but became even more after his title win. Probably the first CFL bot with major success to make a huge design remake and go on to become even more deadly.
21. Bad-Ass Barnacle, Succotash 54
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Defiance, Winner in FRR4, Quarters in Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Russianation
Description: A plow lifter.
What can you say for Bad-Ass Barnacle? Hes been around for more seasons than any other robot in competition. Hes had a championship title, a runner up, and numerous good seasons aside from that. In his 8 seasons of play, he hasnt had one losing season. Some of his designs were not quite as good as others, but he slowly got better and more effective until his unstoppable season in FRR4 when he beat the previously undefeated Russianation. Hes like the Cy Young of CFL. He could have potentially been known for having the most CFL wins and the most CFL losses of anybody.
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20. Road Rage, Minion33088
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in FRR4 and Vengeance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Japanese School Girl
Description: A plow lifter and clamp
Road Rage is definitely the BEST bot of all time that had not had a single ARC title. He has yet to be crowned champ but comes very close season after season. If this great bot from Team AC/DC keeps it up, itll only be a matter of time before he gets his shot.
19. Dogpounder, Succotash 54
Middleweight
Claims: Championship in FF1
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: El Negro Muerte? I dont know.
Description: Bismuth based thwackbot
One of the first thwack bots to really show championship calibur combat. Dogpounder easily handled all of his opponents in the MW for Fantasy Fury 1, which later on spawned a HW version of the bot, which had minimal success. Dogpounder is not entered that much these days but its MW version remains undefeated and its legacy will live on.
18. BLACKout, Diacronic
Lightweight
Claims: Winner of CFRC1
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Blitzkrieg
Description: Giant disc spinner
This unique, wide-based spinner started a craze that remains strong to this day. Pure power. The most powerful spinner of all time set the bar for future overpowered spinners to have one thing in mind; ripping the opponent to pieces. It proved to be a problem for other clones when well the bots would sometimes self destruct under their own power. However, BLACKout remains undefeated in his one season of play and will forever be known as the first.
17. Russianation, clutch1
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FRR3, Runner up in FRR4
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Bad-Ass Barnacle
Description: Hinged wedge monster
The bot that will forever be known as lame. Its hinged wedge all around skirting, top notch speed/torque and nearly indestructible armor made him almost the perfect winning machine. Isaac even admitted during the design process that he was intended for this. His championship proved his point. Eventually, though, his reign of terror ended when BAB stopped him in FRR4.
16. Thracktar Ultra, FishofDoom
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC1, quarter finalist in CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Cow Tipper
Description: A plow lifter.
Thracktar Ultra represents the old school of CFL and is one of the oldest and purest forms of one of CFLs most coveted designs; the scrappy lifter. With good armor and power, while having the lifter factor in, TU was able to become the first HW champ ever. Despite him not competing since the demise of CFRC, TU remains one of CFLs oldest pros.
15. X-Combat, Omegaforce
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC1
Known for: Impact/Design
Biggest rival: Dogpounder
Description: Horizontal spinner
As the only championbot from Team Omegaforce and first CAD bot champion ever, X-Combat remains one of the most sacred designs ever in CFL. His purely awesome engineered spinner, his pretty bot scheme and the success to show for, X-Combat was just damn good in every way and a fan favorite, too. Unfortunately though, this bot hasnt competed much since the CFRC days and his big return got cut short from an early loss to Dogpounder.
14. Tank, Siphai
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FRR3, runner up in FRR4
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Truth or Consequences
Description: Wedge/plow rammer
You might say Tank is boring. You may say he is generic, but there is nothing underwhelming about Tank. Only the best have beaten him and he is one of the most dominant rambots in CFL history. With all the SHW rammer craze, before forgot to realize that there was a HW rammer craze starting, and it started with Tank.
13. Gila, Komodo
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FF1, semi finalist in Defiance
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Reflector Shield
Description: Brick of doom
Gila started out as the most dominant of the rammer trio, and first showed that a New Cruelty-esque design could be quite effective. It wasnt until Reflector Shield stopped Gila that Gila started to go downhill. He came back with a great showing in Defiance (getting to the semis, only to once again be denied a title). As of now, most people dont remember Gila too well. However, back in his hay day, Gila was nothing short of a legacy.
12. Truth or Consequences, NWOWWE
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in AI:NaD, Winner in FRR4, Runner up in FRR3
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Tank
Description: Flipper
Truth or Consequences emerged quite clearly as not only the best bot on Team Blood Gulch, but as the best flipper in CFL history. No bot was able to combine such scrappiness and brute power like ToC did. He hung tough with bots such as Tank and Dogpounder and was quite possibly, the ultimate king of FRR. His legacy shall not be forgotten. Whether he can claim that same sort of success in ARC that he did in FRR, only time will tell.
11. Underminer, Succotash 54
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in FRR3 and FRR4
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: None really
Description: A wedge
Underminer is the comeback kid of CFL. Period. He started out as a Team Animal Cruelty reject that was entered ages ago in CFRC2, and later on out of nowhere, was brought back into FRR3. Since then, he remains undefeated and quite invincible. Two consecutive championships and a scrappy little bot like him. Where the HELL did this little fella come from??!!!
10. AMP, Minion33088
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in Annihilation, Runner up in FRR4
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Barrier
Description: Bar spinner.
The pinnacle of Team AC/DC is one of CFLs most adored creations. Hes had quite a successful road as a former champ and as one of the biggest crowd pleasers in the arena. Whether you would call him the best spinner of all time or an overrated bot, you have to admit that AMP is quite popular and is one the marquee competitors season after season.
9. Aggressive Blood Cell, Diacronic
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance, Semis in Defiance
Known for: Success/Design
Biggest rival: The Lawyer, which is actually quite funny
Description: Thwackbot
Almost undoubtedly the best thwackbot in CFL ever. ABC is a force to be reckoned with every time he enters. He only losses were tough ones and his championship in Vengeance proved he was all-star caliber. Whether Steve ever enters him again or not, most thwack bots that enter nowadays are often compared to this former champ.
8. Cow Tipper, Succotash 54
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: None
Description: A plate lifter.
Cow Tipper has a little bit of myth to him. His reign of terror in CFRC2 was quite extraordinary. He won the HW title easily. Nobody came close to beating him. Then he adds insult to injury by immediately winning the rumble straight afterwards. Ever since then, nobody has seen nor heard about Cow Tipper since. When will he ever come back? When will his legend resurface?
7. Barrier, Gemini
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in FRR4, Runner up in Vengeance, Semis in Anni
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Shockwave
Description: Lifter with hinged wedge array
Barrier is almost the symbol of flawless, well-engineered robotic design. Hes got it all covered. Great chassis design, surrounded by wedge protection all around, wide wheel base and a spiffy lifter. He can take on ANYBODY. However, its a bit of a head scratcher as to why he hasnt been more successful. His Achilles heal seems to be Shockwave. For some reason, whenever these two fight, Barrier comes up short every time. However, Barrier remains one of the most well known bots in CFL. He also is partially responsible for the hinged wedge craze.
6. Shockwave, G-Force
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance, Semis in Anni
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Barrier
Description: Lifter/clampbot
Never before has such a bot combined pure dominance, style, versatility and finess in a bot than Shockwave did. Not only that but he did it all in his rookie season! Shockwave took the Mws by storm when he went undefeated and became the first clampbot and multi-weapon bot to win a title. Since then, hes had success but has never reclaimed his title. Theres no doubt about, Shockwave is one of the very best in CFL history.
5. Celestial Slayer, Gemini
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2 and Defiance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Lightning
Description: A spinner in plow design
As one of the few 2 time champs, Celestial Slayer has been just purely awesome in his CFL career. His oddball design with the horizontal bar scooping up bots in his plow, has been tremendously successful and has brought him 2 prestigious titles. The alien insect is a nice example success, design AND impact and the best of all worlds.
4. Underall, FishofDoom
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in Annihilation, Runner up in FRR1
Known for: Success/Design
Biggest rival: Warshrike
Description: Wedge
One things for damn sure, nobody can get under Underall to save their life. As the lowest bot in CFL history, Underall has flat out embarrassed his opponents by wedging them out and throwing them around. His hinged wedge strip design is quite innovative and seems to be the perfect recipe for the most popular form of wedge ever in CFL. Underall perfected the trend.
3. Reflector Shield, Gemini
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FF2 and Defiance, Semis in FF1
Known for: Impact/Success
Biggest rival: Japanese School Girl
Description: Shield plow
The legacy of Reflector Shield and the rammers of SHW is epic. Reflector Shield emerged as the undisputed king of SHW by easily winning 2 back to back titles and going undefeated in that stretch. He took down every major spinner and rammer out there and set the war for the rammer vs. spinner battle to commence. After his second title, he retired and has not come back since. However, ever since Japanese School Girl took over as the new king of SHW and hence, claiming the victory to spinners, the anticipation of Reflector Shield coming back to try and reclaim his throne and the war, remains unknown.
2. Japanese School Girl, FishofDoom
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance and Anni
Known for: Success/Impact
Biggest rival: Reflector Shield
Description: Bar spinner
After Reflector Shields reign ended, the new king of SHW emerged. It was Japanese School Girl. Currently undefeated and 2 back to back titles, JSG remains the king of SHW for the time being and is almost unquestionably the best spinner ever. Many have anticipated the two kings (Japanese School Girl and Reflector Shield) to square off and determine the ultimate king of SHW. Only time will tell if that will happen.
1. Suicide, Ernie
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2 and Defiance, Semis in CFRC1
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Mech Kahuna
Description: A plow lifter.
The bot is pure and utter dominance. You have the undefeated JSG and Cow Tipper, but Suicide should also be undefeated as well. His only legit loss was to a very questionable loss to Mech Kahuna and later on two forfeits. Suicide fought the best of the best and came out on top each time. He even got revenge on Mech Kahuna later on and remained as consistently outstanding as any bot will ever get. The bot was highly influential to the new crop of MW lifters such as Shockwave and Barrier but was unfortunately unable to stick around and compete with them. Its a good thing for them, too, as Suicide would have kicked their arse old school style.
Heavyweight
Claims: Semifinals in Vengeance
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Slasher
Description: A 2 wheeled box with plate on front and forks to keep it low and effective.
Heres a bot that was known for not only its unusually long, bizarre name, its simplicity, but its ability to completely own spinners in every way possible. The strong plate on Fridges front was indestructible and its speed and torque also made it a tough little bot for every other bot as well. It had a great rivalry with Slasher in the Vengeance season by first beating Slasher 24-21 (great fight) and then losing 24-21. His only losses were close and very well fought. His first lost was a travesty in some ways but nevertheless, he got eliminated from Vengeance and never returned again. However, to this day, everybody loves saying UH OH! ITS A RED HOT FRIDGE!
39. Shredding Ring, Omegaforce
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in FF1
Known for: Originality
Biggest rival: Gila
Description: An omni drive full body spinner with teeth.
Its noted that this bot only had one season of play and that he eventually lost to Gila in the finals. However, in that time, he racked up some nice victories, including a dismantling of the tough Bad-Ass Barnacle and a close 23-22 match with Reflector Shield. Hes the ONLY bot that can claim he beat Reflector Shield for that matter. Then what happened after that? Well, he lost in the finals but it might as well have been a FF because as I remember correctly, Gila had a nice rp and John didnt think he could have won (or something like that). So John just said You win and therefore ended the career of Shredding Ring. If it was an actual fight, though, I think Shredding Ring would have killed Gila. He was the very first CFL bot to have omni drive for that matter and this bot could have gone down as one of the best CFL bots in history had he sweated it out longer. He was so close to winning the FF title and could have killed a lot of the bots in ARC as well.
38. Blitzkrieg, ERSCaptain
Lightweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1, Quarters in CFRC2, Quarters in Vengeance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Any spinner pretty much
Description: A low, fast hinged wedge bot with a pole in the back and great speed.
This is a bot that only competed in the CFRC leagues and then later in Vengeance. While he never won a title, the hinged wedge bot had the fierce powerhouse force of a bot like Maximus. He looked so simple and not even that great but looks can be deceiving. Especially when you have a what? 13 speed? It was ridiculous how quick this bot was and it might have even been the fastest bot in CFL history. His powerful drive paid off in the box when he annihilated his competition in CFRC1 and much of CFRC2. His losses were to BLACKout and Celestial Slayer but he made it the finals and went out as a tough bot. He got resurrected in ARC Vengeance but was never quite the same.
37. Babaganoush, Succotash 54
Heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Annihilation
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Heart Attack
Description: A circular flipper.
This bot looks like a hat but it looks damn cool. As for the flipper? Lets just say he had his fair share of tough draws (Wrath of Draco, Truth or Consequences, Shovearound 2, etc.) but he made it past them with him, his low circular wedges and his powerful flipper. A lot of the recent flipper bots have been more about lifting a bot up and tossing them around with either torque or speed (ie: Barrier, Shockwave) but Babaganoush took the old approach in using the power flipper style similar to bots like Toro and The Matador and made it cool again. His success has been on again, off again, but he came so close to winning ARC: Annihilation against Heart Attack in the finals.
36. Mech Kahuna, FishofDoon
Middleweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1 and CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Suicide
Description: A giant vertical disc with 2 small wheels in back and a giant bar structure to keep it upright.
When I first saw this bot, it reminded me way too much of Nightmare. With its huge vertical disc and big legs to stand it up but I quickly realized this was quite a competitor. It was the only bot to beat Suicide (not including the Ffs) and it was in the finals for both CFRC1 and CFRC2 but lost to X-Combat and Suicide (wow, talk about your tough draws) and didnt win either of them. His menacing look and corpse count was massive enough to make him a true symbol of power spinners back in the CFRC days, too bad hes mostly forgotten at this point. Heck, some people probably never heard of him until now.
35. King Draco, Gemini
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in Defiance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
Description: A lifter with a back plow.
This bot was a one time deal. He was the original Draco in the series (followed by Wrath of Draco) and he did his job well. After an early loss in his Defiance season, he rebounded to beat bots like Acid Drop, Heart Attack and then PH in the finals to become the heavyweight champ. Since then, this champ hasnt competed since. He was also the last paint bot by Team Gemini, which had a stylish paint job and nifty lifter with proved effective in his run.
34. A-Bomb, ACAMS
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance, quarters in Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Babaganoush
Description: A hinged wedge bot with pneumatic spike over the wedge.
In ACAMS rookie season, he entered what was four identical bots in each weight class but just gave them different colors and names. However, A-Bomb was the bot that stood out with success and would later on win the whole tournament. While the competition was kinda weak, with the biggest competition being Fridge and Slasher, It won but many were skeptical about how well it would do in the future. Despite having a weak start in Annihilation, ACAMS once again proved that A-Bomb was a real top notch competitor. He won enough fights to eventually make it all the way to the quarter finals, only to lose in a close one to Babaganoush. I think its fair to say that this was the true pinnacle of success for ACAMs team.
33. Double Dose, Minion33088
Lightweight
Claims: Semis in FRR1, Winner in FRR2, runner up in FRR3
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Underminer
Description: A double bar spinner.
Double Dose has been known as a FRR bot for its entire CFL career. This horizontal bar spinner has the drive power and the weapon power to combine for one dangerous adversary. Its a champ and a darn good one at that. Its beaten bots like Underall, Ring Around the Rosie, Mercenary, etc. Its got 10 + wins at this point and it has never made it easy for an opponent. Some would say Double Dose only benefited from putting more stats into its design then some other bots did but its design and its strategy was good enough to be champion caliber bot. Will Double Dose continue to have the success that it has in its past? Time would only tell. However, its pretty hard to screw up a bot that is that good.
32. Warshrike, Diacronic
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in FRR1
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Underall
Description: A V-Plow wedge with back spikes.
Very similar to Copperhead in design. The main difference? Warshrike has had not only more success, but a championship title to go along with it. Its undefeated run in FRR1 was due to good stragy in its design and its power in torque and speed. Its definitely been the most successful V-Plow in CFL and its win against Underall showed how good it is (despite being a bullshit decision).
31. Primary 3, Clutch
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Vengeance, semis in Annihilation
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Road Rage
Description: A multi-bot with three clusters that can also join together.
What can you say about Primay 3? They are annoying little runts. Thats what clutch is good at, making good but annoying bots. Primary 3 was a good example of that due to the multi-bot that used overwhelming amount of torque to gang up on bots and completely own them. Realistically based upon the stats and stat rules, I dont think theres too many bots that have a chance to beat this bot but it somehow managed to not have won a championship so far. Clutch I dont think did the best job of showing its full potential. Nevertheless, it still had overwhelming success with making it to the semis in both Vengeance and Annihilation. Clutch showed what an multi-bot was capable of.
30. Toxic Hazard, DRD
Super heavyweight
Claims: Semis in CFRC1, runner up in CFRC2
Known for: Originality
Biggest rival: Destruction
Description: A barrel shaped spinner with a bar rack.
Yes, DRD has been notorious for having some of the worst bot designs in the history of CFL such as Death Chamber and One Wheeled Wonder. However, aside from all those obscure bot designs with crazy weapons, he actually made one that was very good. Its name was Toxic Hazard, combining style, originality and power. It all equaled success without a title. Therefore being Close, but no cigar, durd. In CFRC1, it had good run before getting Koed by Solar Smash in the semis. A similar fate awaited him in CFRC2 when he made it all the way to the finals, only this time he lost to Destruction. Everyone thought he would win it all after he beat Breakaway but, his tragic end in CFRC2, meant the end for this very cool bot. His barrel shaped chassis along with his toxic thunder paintjob made this one of the coolest bots in CFL and his success was jus as equaled. If he were still competing today, hed be just as good.
29. SHUTout, Diacronic
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in CFRC1, Runner up in CFRC2, quarters in Vengeance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Any rammer
Description: A gigantic horizontal spinner with 4 wheels surrounding the big disc.
SHUTout has been one of the most notorious names in CFL history. It usually represents the spinner side of the heated rivalry between spinners vs. rammers. Its success early on was good because it got runner up in CFRC1 (under the name LIGHTSout) and then again in CFRC2 losing to Cow Tipper. Since then, its success has dimished only winning a couple of fights per season and hasnt lived up to its hype. Instead, Japanese School Girl has been more of the success story on the spinner side but it still has made an impact and a design that was nearly perfect for a massive spinner.
28. Solar Smash, Gemini
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC1, quarters in Vengeance
Known for: Originality
Biggest rival: Elmo
Description: A punchbot with big ram and wedge protection.
Solar Smash first surprised people in the first season of CFRC when it won the title against Elmo in the finals. It kicked ass in the process by destroying Sgt. Scoop, surviving a brutal fight with X-Dragon, then it killed both Toxic Hazard and Elmo with its weapon. The weapon happened to be quite unique. It was a big ram that had spikes and punched out to serve as a major damage maker. As shown in CFRC1, that strategy worked quite well. After this champ entered its second season, though, it didnt quite do the same damage. It lost its first fight in CFRC2 and made a comeback in Vengeance. Its run in Vengeance was successful but made it the quarterfinals before it lost. To this day, this very old bot is fairly well recognized and very distinct.
27. Lightning, Clutch
Lightweight
Claims: Runner up in Defiance
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Celestial Slayer
Description: Giant spinner with 4 legs with spikes.
Lightning was a very good, powerful y-drive bot in the ARC fantasy leagues. Its huge arms with side spikes combined for a massive beating and unleashed a deadly force in every punch. What did it do? It made it to the finals and almost won against Celestial Slayer. However, in Vengeance it wasnt nearly as good due to Clutch making it an omni drive bot, which was a critical mistake. Would Lightning been as good in Vengeance had it not been omni drive? Absolutely.
26. Yeow! Hot Bees!, Diacronic
Middleweight
Claims: Runner up in Annihilation
Known for: Impact
Biggest rival: Amp
Description: Multibot with hinged wedges and spikes
What we have here is more of a controversy than anything. Lets get everything straight first, Yeow! Hot Bees! Is a near unstoppable design based on its stat rules. Its a multi-bot that uses the absolute best strategy a multi-bot can use. Get three little buggers that have wedges on all sides, give them good armor, torque and speed and let them lose. A single one of the multibots could be a contender as it is, but when you have three of them ganging up on you, you have one hell of a problem. AMP beat him, but it was a close one. Unfortunately, Steve sacrificed his opportunity to win a title with this beast when he Ffed in the finals for the second fight against Amp. I know for sure, that YHB could have won. It only competed once, but it sure made an impact.
25. Destruction, Kiazi
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Toxic Hazard
Description:
One of only five bots to still be undefeated in CFL. This bot was the ultimate underdog story. Kiazi, going into the league as a rookie and inexperienced rper had a generic vertical spinner design. Some of its big flaws was lack of invertibility, exposed side armor and small disc. However, what it did was shocking. It barreled right through the second tournament with very little trouble. Its highlight was beating Fish of Doom in a stunning KO and then defeating Toxic Hazard in another KO. It was a surprising one-time champ bot that never competed again, but its mystique lives on.
24. Blood Thirsty, FishofDoom
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner of FF2
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Nobody in particular
Description: Clamping claws and lifter.
Talk about one of the coolest, meanest looking bot design youll ever see a bot tournament. Not to mention its a previous champion and has an interesting weapon design. This bot oozes with style and beauty, and doesnt lack in design effectiveness either. After it won the FF2 tournament, it got resurrected in Annihilation, which brought upon some more success, but not quite enough to win it all. Blood Thirsty is one of those vets that is still cool today as he won back when he was first introduced. He also gave some poor kids some bad nightmares.
23. Pissed Off Poltergeist, Kiazi
Middleweight
Claims: Runner up in FF1, Semis in Vengeance, quarters in Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Barrier
Description: A lifter with a wide base and wedges.
This is the probably the best bot from Team Search and Destroy. While it was never a particularly attractive bot, Kiazi always knew how to win with this thing. It never won a title, but its success, sleek designs (numerous design versions) and its inspired 50 billion different interchangeable weapons made it stand out as one of the best lifters in the league. It was invited to a rumble along with Suicide, Barrier and Shockwave for the ultimate MW lifters match up. Its gotten well over 10 wins and numerous smaller accomplishments in his history, like making the finals in FF1. This is a vet that has been just as good back in the old days than it has been in the later years.
22. Heart Attack, Diacronic
Heavyweight
Claims: Semis in Defiance, quarters in Vengeance, winner of Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Babaganoush
Description: Disc spinner was the first version, y-drive spinner is the second version.
Heart Attack has made his career being an ARC bot having competed in all 3 of the past ARC seasons. As far as his success, Heart Attack has made it to the semi finals and to the quarter finals before he won the finals in Annihilation. His first version consisted of a vertical disc spinner with a wedge on the back and a some decent speed and torque to support his disc power. It was effective enough to be a contender but his second version made quite an impact when his full body y-drive spinner won the whole thing beating bots like Wrath of Draco, Truth or Consequences, Babaganoush and Hard Target. He became a well recognized spinner after the first two seasons, but became even more after his title win. Probably the first CFL bot with major success to make a huge design remake and go on to become even more deadly.
21. Bad-Ass Barnacle, Succotash 54
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in Defiance, Winner in FRR4, Quarters in Annihilation
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Russianation
Description: A plow lifter.
What can you say for Bad-Ass Barnacle? Hes been around for more seasons than any other robot in competition. Hes had a championship title, a runner up, and numerous good seasons aside from that. In his 8 seasons of play, he hasnt had one losing season. Some of his designs were not quite as good as others, but he slowly got better and more effective until his unstoppable season in FRR4 when he beat the previously undefeated Russianation. Hes like the Cy Young of CFL. He could have potentially been known for having the most CFL wins and the most CFL losses of anybody.
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN TO COME NEXT WEEK!
20. Road Rage, Minion33088
Super heavyweight
Claims: Runner up in FRR4 and Vengeance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Japanese School Girl
Description: A plow lifter and clamp
Road Rage is definitely the BEST bot of all time that had not had a single ARC title. He has yet to be crowned champ but comes very close season after season. If this great bot from Team AC/DC keeps it up, itll only be a matter of time before he gets his shot.
19. Dogpounder, Succotash 54
Middleweight
Claims: Championship in FF1
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: El Negro Muerte? I dont know.
Description: Bismuth based thwackbot
One of the first thwack bots to really show championship calibur combat. Dogpounder easily handled all of his opponents in the MW for Fantasy Fury 1, which later on spawned a HW version of the bot, which had minimal success. Dogpounder is not entered that much these days but its MW version remains undefeated and its legacy will live on.
18. BLACKout, Diacronic
Lightweight
Claims: Winner of CFRC1
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Blitzkrieg
Description: Giant disc spinner
This unique, wide-based spinner started a craze that remains strong to this day. Pure power. The most powerful spinner of all time set the bar for future overpowered spinners to have one thing in mind; ripping the opponent to pieces. It proved to be a problem for other clones when well the bots would sometimes self destruct under their own power. However, BLACKout remains undefeated in his one season of play and will forever be known as the first.
17. Russianation, clutch1
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FRR3, Runner up in FRR4
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Bad-Ass Barnacle
Description: Hinged wedge monster
The bot that will forever be known as lame. Its hinged wedge all around skirting, top notch speed/torque and nearly indestructible armor made him almost the perfect winning machine. Isaac even admitted during the design process that he was intended for this. His championship proved his point. Eventually, though, his reign of terror ended when BAB stopped him in FRR4.
16. Thracktar Ultra, FishofDoom
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC1, quarter finalist in CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Cow Tipper
Description: A plow lifter.
Thracktar Ultra represents the old school of CFL and is one of the oldest and purest forms of one of CFLs most coveted designs; the scrappy lifter. With good armor and power, while having the lifter factor in, TU was able to become the first HW champ ever. Despite him not competing since the demise of CFRC, TU remains one of CFLs oldest pros.
15. X-Combat, Omegaforce
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC1
Known for: Impact/Design
Biggest rival: Dogpounder
Description: Horizontal spinner
As the only championbot from Team Omegaforce and first CAD bot champion ever, X-Combat remains one of the most sacred designs ever in CFL. His purely awesome engineered spinner, his pretty bot scheme and the success to show for, X-Combat was just damn good in every way and a fan favorite, too. Unfortunately though, this bot hasnt competed much since the CFRC days and his big return got cut short from an early loss to Dogpounder.
14. Tank, Siphai
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FRR3, runner up in FRR4
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Truth or Consequences
Description: Wedge/plow rammer
You might say Tank is boring. You may say he is generic, but there is nothing underwhelming about Tank. Only the best have beaten him and he is one of the most dominant rambots in CFL history. With all the SHW rammer craze, before forgot to realize that there was a HW rammer craze starting, and it started with Tank.
13. Gila, Komodo
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FF1, semi finalist in Defiance
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Reflector Shield
Description: Brick of doom
Gila started out as the most dominant of the rammer trio, and first showed that a New Cruelty-esque design could be quite effective. It wasnt until Reflector Shield stopped Gila that Gila started to go downhill. He came back with a great showing in Defiance (getting to the semis, only to once again be denied a title). As of now, most people dont remember Gila too well. However, back in his hay day, Gila was nothing short of a legacy.
12. Truth or Consequences, NWOWWE
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in AI:NaD, Winner in FRR4, Runner up in FRR3
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Tank
Description: Flipper
Truth or Consequences emerged quite clearly as not only the best bot on Team Blood Gulch, but as the best flipper in CFL history. No bot was able to combine such scrappiness and brute power like ToC did. He hung tough with bots such as Tank and Dogpounder and was quite possibly, the ultimate king of FRR. His legacy shall not be forgotten. Whether he can claim that same sort of success in ARC that he did in FRR, only time will tell.
11. Underminer, Succotash 54
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in FRR3 and FRR4
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: None really
Description: A wedge
Underminer is the comeback kid of CFL. Period. He started out as a Team Animal Cruelty reject that was entered ages ago in CFRC2, and later on out of nowhere, was brought back into FRR3. Since then, he remains undefeated and quite invincible. Two consecutive championships and a scrappy little bot like him. Where the HELL did this little fella come from??!!!
10. AMP, Minion33088
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in Annihilation, Runner up in FRR4
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Barrier
Description: Bar spinner.
The pinnacle of Team AC/DC is one of CFLs most adored creations. Hes had quite a successful road as a former champ and as one of the biggest crowd pleasers in the arena. Whether you would call him the best spinner of all time or an overrated bot, you have to admit that AMP is quite popular and is one the marquee competitors season after season.
9. Aggressive Blood Cell, Diacronic
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance, Semis in Defiance
Known for: Success/Design
Biggest rival: The Lawyer, which is actually quite funny
Description: Thwackbot
Almost undoubtedly the best thwackbot in CFL ever. ABC is a force to be reckoned with every time he enters. He only losses were tough ones and his championship in Vengeance proved he was all-star caliber. Whether Steve ever enters him again or not, most thwack bots that enter nowadays are often compared to this former champ.
8. Cow Tipper, Succotash 54
Heavyweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: None
Description: A plate lifter.
Cow Tipper has a little bit of myth to him. His reign of terror in CFRC2 was quite extraordinary. He won the HW title easily. Nobody came close to beating him. Then he adds insult to injury by immediately winning the rumble straight afterwards. Ever since then, nobody has seen nor heard about Cow Tipper since. When will he ever come back? When will his legend resurface?
7. Barrier, Gemini
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in FRR4, Runner up in Vengeance, Semis in Anni
Known for: Design
Biggest rival: Shockwave
Description: Lifter with hinged wedge array
Barrier is almost the symbol of flawless, well-engineered robotic design. Hes got it all covered. Great chassis design, surrounded by wedge protection all around, wide wheel base and a spiffy lifter. He can take on ANYBODY. However, its a bit of a head scratcher as to why he hasnt been more successful. His Achilles heal seems to be Shockwave. For some reason, whenever these two fight, Barrier comes up short every time. However, Barrier remains one of the most well known bots in CFL. He also is partially responsible for the hinged wedge craze.
6. Shockwave, G-Force
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance, Semis in Anni
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Barrier
Description: Lifter/clampbot
Never before has such a bot combined pure dominance, style, versatility and finess in a bot than Shockwave did. Not only that but he did it all in his rookie season! Shockwave took the Mws by storm when he went undefeated and became the first clampbot and multi-weapon bot to win a title. Since then, hes had success but has never reclaimed his title. Theres no doubt about, Shockwave is one of the very best in CFL history.
5. Celestial Slayer, Gemini
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2 and Defiance
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Lightning
Description: A spinner in plow design
As one of the few 2 time champs, Celestial Slayer has been just purely awesome in his CFL career. His oddball design with the horizontal bar scooping up bots in his plow, has been tremendously successful and has brought him 2 prestigious titles. The alien insect is a nice example success, design AND impact and the best of all worlds.
4. Underall, FishofDoom
Lightweight
Claims: Winner in Annihilation, Runner up in FRR1
Known for: Success/Design
Biggest rival: Warshrike
Description: Wedge
One things for damn sure, nobody can get under Underall to save their life. As the lowest bot in CFL history, Underall has flat out embarrassed his opponents by wedging them out and throwing them around. His hinged wedge strip design is quite innovative and seems to be the perfect recipe for the most popular form of wedge ever in CFL. Underall perfected the trend.
3. Reflector Shield, Gemini
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in FF2 and Defiance, Semis in FF1
Known for: Impact/Success
Biggest rival: Japanese School Girl
Description: Shield plow
The legacy of Reflector Shield and the rammers of SHW is epic. Reflector Shield emerged as the undisputed king of SHW by easily winning 2 back to back titles and going undefeated in that stretch. He took down every major spinner and rammer out there and set the war for the rammer vs. spinner battle to commence. After his second title, he retired and has not come back since. However, ever since Japanese School Girl took over as the new king of SHW and hence, claiming the victory to spinners, the anticipation of Reflector Shield coming back to try and reclaim his throne and the war, remains unknown.
2. Japanese School Girl, FishofDoom
Super heavyweight
Claims: Winner in Vengeance and Anni
Known for: Success/Impact
Biggest rival: Reflector Shield
Description: Bar spinner
After Reflector Shields reign ended, the new king of SHW emerged. It was Japanese School Girl. Currently undefeated and 2 back to back titles, JSG remains the king of SHW for the time being and is almost unquestionably the best spinner ever. Many have anticipated the two kings (Japanese School Girl and Reflector Shield) to square off and determine the ultimate king of SHW. Only time will tell if that will happen.
1. Suicide, Ernie
Middleweight
Claims: Winner in CFRC2 and Defiance, Semis in CFRC1
Known for: Success
Biggest rival: Mech Kahuna
Description: A plow lifter.
The bot is pure and utter dominance. You have the undefeated JSG and Cow Tipper, but Suicide should also be undefeated as well. His only legit loss was to a very questionable loss to Mech Kahuna and later on two forfeits. Suicide fought the best of the best and came out on top each time. He even got revenge on Mech Kahuna later on and remained as consistently outstanding as any bot will ever get. The bot was highly influential to the new crop of MW lifters such as Shockwave and Barrier but was unfortunately unable to stick around and compete with them. Its a good thing for them, too, as Suicide would have kicked their arse old school style.