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Left Hook Jr.

End Game, an actual BattleBot, is much like Left Hook Jr.

Left Hook Jr was a superheavyweight bot made by Ethan and named after his previous bot, Left Hook. It was armed with a gear-powered (formally windup) vertical bar spinner. Left Hook Jr. was extremely successful, winning seven championships over the course of its long career.

Stats
Length: 6.25 inches
Weight: Varied—280-454 grams
Class: Superheavyweight (formally superheavyweight, then middleweight)
Fighting average: 0.758 (25 wins out of 33 fights)
Weapons: Spinning bar, wedge
Max weapon tip speed: ~2 mph (small-bar config), ~18 mph (large-bar config)
Max weapon rpms: ~400 (small-bar), ~1000 (large-bar config)
Max weapon KE: Less than 1 J (small-bar config); about 4 J (large-bar config)
Max weapon bite: ~31.9 mm
Minibots: None
Titles: 2 All-Team championships (one shared with GyroWave), 5 Patterson-Seibert Championships
Status: Retired and scrapped

History

Left Hook Jr.'s original look was much like the real BattleBot Brutus, shown here.
Left Hook Jr. vs Unnamed
Left Hook Jr. took Unnamed's hits and knocked it to the rug. Unnamed got back in, but then the same thing happened. Unnamed was counted out and Left Hook Jr. won by KO. This win put Left Hook Jr. in the finals, where is faced the 3-time champion GyroWave.

Left Hook Jr. vs GyroWave
The first hit broke off GyroWave's blades, but Left Hook Jr. took damage as well with a chunk taken off the front. GyroWave continued to keep the advantage, ramming pieces of Left Hook Jr.'s armor off. Suddenly Left Hook Jr. knocked GyroWave to the rug. Dutch paused the fight and asked David, Deacon and Nathaniel if that counted as a knockout if he couldn't get off. They said yes, and David began the countdown as Dutch frantically tried to get GyroWave off the rug by turning the spinner system. However, he ended up getting it high-centered, and was counted out. Left Hook Jr. won by KO. However, Dutch requested a rematch in a different fighting area.

Left Hook Jr. vs GyroWave
This time Left Hook Jr. was smashed, though its spinner amusingly keep spinning on the floor. GyroWave won by KO and Left Hook Jr. had to share its first title.


Ethan redesigned Left Hook Jr. as a lower wedgebot with a gear-powered spinner.

Left Hook Jr. vs MilliByte
Left Hook Jr. won by KO easily and advanced to the next round.

Left Hook Jr. vs Executioner
Left Hook Jr. won.

Left Hook Jr. vs GyroWave
     The first few hits did little, as the bots could barely strike each other with their primary weapons. Then Dutch decided to lift up the front of his bot as he pushed it in an attempt to ram Left Hook Jr.'s spinner. The next hit launched GyroWave into the air, and as it landed on Left Hook Jr. its blades broke off. The GyroWave was able to take off one of Left Hook's wheels. The fight was paused as the referee (David) examined the bot to see if its wheels were touching the ground. Finally it was decided that Left Hook was still in the fight. After a few more hits, Ethan tapped out as the baseplate of his bot was cracking. GyroWave won by KO again.

Left Hook Jr. vs MilliByte
Left Hook Jr. again won by KO easily and advanced to the next round, where it faced Ethan's new bot, Stab.

Left Hook Jr. vs Stab
David drove Left Hook Jr. this time. David drove well, recovering from getting high-centered and driving on three wheels, winning by KO and taking the title.

Left Hook Jr. vs Carnage
Carnage was utterly destroyed in the first hit. Left Hook Jr. won by KO and advanced to the next round.

Left Hook Jr. vs Son of Razor
Left Hook Jr. won by KO again and advanced to the finals, where it faced GyroWave again.

Left Hook Jr. vs GyroWave
The fight began well for Left Hook Jr. as GyroWave lost both ends of its bar in the first hit, but damaged Left Hook Jr.'s wedge. The fight continued with no damage until Left Hook Jr. lost a wheel. The fight went the distance and the judges awarded Left Hook Jr. the victory and the championship in a 2-1 split decision. This decision was mildly controversial, with Dutch arguing that GyroWave deserved the win, but it did not lead to an bad blood.

Left Hook Jr. vs Tearnado
The first hit sent Tearnado across the BattleBox and knocked Left Hook Jr. back as well. Tearnado spun up again, but one of its teeth came off, making it unbalanced, and David began the countdown. Dutch spun Tearnado into the wall again and again in an attempt to make its balanced, but he only succeeded in destroying it. Left Hook Jr. won by KO in one hit and advanced to fight Ethan's other bot Phoenix.

Left Hook Jr. vs Phoenix
Dutch drove Phoenix this time. Phoenix was knocked out of the arena and counted out. However, since Phoenix won the loser's bracket, Left Hook Jr. was forced to fight it again.

Left Hook Jr. vs Phoenix
Left Hook Jr. won by KO and won the title.

In response to a change in the rules limiting wedge length, Ethan rebuilt LHJ again, going back to the original "weapon towers" design.

Left Hook Jr. vs I
Left Hook Jr. had control from the start, but I was able to take some pieces off. Then I jumped over LHJ, and stuck the landing somehow. Finally, though, LHJ flipped I, which was counted out.

Left Hook Jr. vs Phoenix
Left Hook Jr. won again.

Left Hook Jr. vs Phoenix
Phoenix forfeited, as Ethan didn't want the same fight again. LHJ thus won the title again.

Left Hook Jr. vs Phoenix
LHJ won again and advanced to the next round to fight Dutch's new bot Hello.

Left Hook Jr. vs Hello
Left Hook Jr. was forced to forfeit, as it was found to weigh over 500 grams, far over the weight limit.

Left Hook Jr. vs Beetle
Left Hook Jr. was seeded against whoever won the fight between Built to Hurt Verts and Beetle. Beetle won that fight and thus fought LHJ.
     LHJ did very poorly at first, with its weapon towers breaking and its frame bending. Finally Ethan dodged Beetle's charge and won by OOTA when Beetle drove out. Next up was another rematch with fellow veteran Son of Razor.

Left Hook Jr. vs Son of Razor
LHJ's weapon was disabled quite quickly by SOR, but then it rammed the smaller bot out of the arena. David drove back in on the one-count and the fight resumed. Finally it went to JD and SOR won in a huge upset. LHJ joined the losers' bracket for the first time ever.

Left Hook Jr. vs Squash
Dutch drove LHJ. After a few good collisions, LHJ ended up stuck on its back. Dutch tried to self-right by firing the weapon, but the gears had slipped. LHJ was counted out, and, shockingly, eliminated.

Circle of Death vs Left Hook Jr.
The builders had wanted this fight for quite a while. LHJ won the first two fights when CoD flipped due to the power of its weapon, but lost the third.

Left Hook Jr. vs Joe
Left Hook Jr. rammed Joe apart and won by KO.

Left Hook Jr. vs Circle of Death
LHJ lost by KO after taking some massive hits and joined to the losers' bracket.

Left Hook Jr. vs Son of Razor
Left Hook Jr. lost in a huge upset and was eliminated.

Left Hook Jr. vs Max
LHJ beat Max by KO and advanced to the second round to fight the winner of the losers' bracket, which turned out to be Squash.

Left Hook Jr. vs Squash (trifinals)
LHJ lost and was eliminated.

Left Hook Jr. vs Jackspinner
LHJ won in a close fight and advanced to the next round to face the new flipper Haymaker.

Left Hook Jr. vs Haymaker
LHJ won and advanced to the finals to face the winner of the losers' bracket, which turned out to be Haymaker.

Left Hook Jr. vs Haymaker
LHJ won the title by KO.

LHJ was too heavy (550 grams) but was allowed in anyway and received a bye.

Left Hook Jr. vs Chopper
LHJ won by KO and went on to the next round.

Left Hook Jr. vs Haymaker
Haymaker was KO'd in the first impact. LHJ advanced to fight Chopper again.

Left Hook Jr. vs Chopper (finals)
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The first hit was strange—LHJ took a hit to the wedge, and then an instant later knocked Chopper flying almost OOTA with its spinner. Chopper spun back in and was then OOTA'd again. It got back one more time before being OOTA'd again and breaking apart. Chopper was counted out and LHJ won the title for the last time.

Trivia

• LHJ won 7 multi-team tournaments, more than any other Legobot.
• LHJ's streak of fights without being KO'd is the third longest of all time at 13, only exceeded by GyroWave with 14 and Skeleton with 18.
• Of the 11 tournaments it entered, LHJ won 64% of them.

Spinners

Tombstone, a horizontal spinner, and GigaByte, a full-body shell spinner, in real BattleBots.

Spinners are spinning weapons, such as bars/blades, or discs/saws. They can be vertical or horizontal. They can also be powered by gears, rubber bands, or hand.

Full-body spinners


Full-body spinners are a design of bot where all, or nearly all, of the bot spins. They are like horizontal spinners, but the whole thing is the weapon. There are two main types, shell spinners and tops.

Advantages

• Full-body spinners are often the most destructive. Only the strongest armor can block hits from large ones.
• These bots can chop off hammer or axe heads if the enemy weapon misses and lands between their blades.
• Full-body spinners are easy to make, in the case of tops.

Disadvantages

• Most damage full-body spinners take is from their own power, when they hit a very solid opponent.
• If a full-body spinner looses a tooth, it can become unbalanced. This is known as the "Mauler dance".

BioHazard's Spirit
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BioHazard's Spirit was a flipper-armed bot made by Dutch. It did poorly in competition, losing two fights; however, it did score a surprising victory against Son of Razor.

Stats
Length: 9.5 inches
Weight: 222 grams
Class: Middleweight
Ranking (Class): 1st
Ranking (overall): 3rd
Weapons: Flipper arm, rear wedge
Minibots: None
Status: Retired, scrapped

Bite Force I

Photo is of Bite Force, the actual battlebot Bite Force I was based on.

Dutch built Bite Force I in June 2021. It was an experimential bot armed with a vertical spinner. It did poorly in Lego BattleBots, losing its only fight to GyroWave.

Stats
Length: N/A
Weight: N/A
Class: Heavyweight
Ranking (Class): N/A
Ranking (overall): N/A
Weapons (present): Spinning bar
Weapons: (overall): Spinning bar
Minibots: None
Status: Retired and scrapped