Tombstone will very likely go to the final round as so many of his strong competitors, mainly Stinger and Biteforce, have been knocked out. Minotaur’s spinning drum is also likely the strongest drum in the tournament so if he were to collide with Yeti or Poison Arrow, both could explode due to the immense force behind that weapon. If Minotaur were to face down Tombstone, he can out maneuver this deadly robot and chew up his vulnerable spots. If Minotaur beats Bronco then any other robot doesn’t stand a chance, including Tombstone.
This match will decide who will be victorious in Battlebots. I wasn’t kidding when I said Minotaur v Bronco is the match to watch out for in the Elite Eight. He will face down his rival Tombstone again in the championship but this time, he will win. In all honesty, if Bronco wins against Minotaur then he wins the tournament.
I predict that Bronco’s ass will get a face full of steel but he can withstand it and toss him around the Battlebox. Bronco’s behind can take hits like a champ and if any robot tries to ride Bronco he just bucks them off! Bronco’s durability will come into play big time against his match against Minotaur. Out of all the veteran teams, Team Bronco has played it the most safe by modifying (and not outright revamping like Biteforce) their robot to cover their weaknesses without sacrificing their robot’s identity. My confidence in Bronco has only increased as this season progresses. After going over the scenarios in my head, I then made a list of robots going from most likely to win to least likely to win. These robots lost due to weapon loss, dismantling, or inability to fight and it’s pretty unlucky that none of them survived.īefore we go to the predictions, I decided to approach things differently and instead did a simple table to see who would win if every robot fought another robot.
Notably absent are the vertical spinners which we had six in the Sweet Sixteen and all of them lost. There’s also a decent chance that all three of these will again progress to the Final Four given their opponent matchup. This is definitely the year of the drum spinners as all three drum spinners (Poison Arrow, Minotaur, and Yeti) have survived the Sweet Sixteen with great wins from each of these robots. Of the eight remaining, three are drum spinners, one is a horizontal spinner, one is a launcher, two are hammerbots, and one is multi-functional. The commentators noted how Yeti was the dark horse of this tournament but I honestly lean towards Poison Arrow as the “bot that could.” To be fair though, unlike some other bots, Poison Arrow deserves his Elite Eight spot thanks to taking down Whyachi and upsetting the drone-killing bot, Hypershock. Poison Arrow stands out big time from the Elite Eight with its whoppingly low 27 seed. Biteforce’s loss eliminates another high seed from the tournament as only three of the top eight seeds remain while two remain of the top four. First off, my guesses in the last round were surprisingly not too bad as five out of the eight matches I envisioned correctly (Biteforce, Nightmare, and Hypershock betray me…). Let’s take a look at the Elite Eight before I dive into my predictions. Hopefully, this upcoming episode will give us many fantastic battles that we can scream and whoop at! Amazingly, we get a season finale this week!!! We don’t have to wait another week! This is a nice surprise from ABC given we had to wait quite awhile sometimes between episodes. Despite the long break between the two Sweet Sixteen episodes, I heartily enjoyed many of the battles that we saw although there were a few unfortunate duds.