Malice (2020)

This article is about the reboot heavyweight competitor. For other uses, see Malice (disambiguation).
Malice is a heavyweight robot that competed in the fifth season of the BattleBots reboot on Discovery and Science. It is a red and black two-wheeled robot armed with a single-toothed, horizontal spinning drum, alternatively referred to as a "thicc disc" due to its thick structure. The team have two weapon options which include Red Rush/Big Red, their red disc, or Purple Pain, a two-toothed framework styled spinner to allow for heavier armor. 
A unique aspect to Malice are their weapon bearings. Instead of many other robots, who use tapered roller bearings, Malice uses spherical roller bearings, often referred to as "lazy man's bearings." This provides a larger margin of error for shaft or bearing alignment as well as provide it more slack as opposed to breaking like other bearings would. 
== Robot History ==
=== Discovery Season 5 ===
Malice's first fight of the season was against veteran Axe Backwards. Malice opted to start the fight going straight for Axe Backwards' tires and managed to quickly hinder Axe Backwards' movement as a result, ripping the right tread off before breaking off the right axe head fully, then breaking the left to make an eruption of fire. Axe Backwards struggled to move around with a shredded tire, but still had a working weapon so Malice moved in again and manage to disable the flaming Axe Backwards near the screws after four more hits. Axe Backwards was counted out, giving Malice the win by KO.
Malice's second fight was against former teammates and Shatter!. Malice started the fight by tearing off little pieces from Shatter!. However, when they came the second time around, Shatter! opened fire, which ended up disabling Malice's weapon and killing their own hammer head. For the remainder of the fight, Malice pushed Shatter! around the BattleBox causing it to smoke, while Shatter! delivered some hits with its stick. When the fight was over, the judges awarded a close and controversial 2-1 decision to Malice meaning it had won for the second time in a row.
=== Wins/Losses ===
* Wins: 2
* Losses: 0
Competition 	Wins	Losses
Discovery Season 5	Axe Backwards (Undercard Match)
Shatter! (Undercard Match)	None
== Faruq Tauheed Introductions ==
"From San Jose, California, the bell of the brawl, MALICE!"
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