Luma's Weed Whacker 3

## Overview

Luma's Weed Whacker 3 is a Vector kit that has been painted yellow and black to match the Luma Robotics color scheme. It competed at the March 2021 Norwalk event. It made a deep run that was ended by Dread Hades. Luma's Weed Whacker 3 returned for May with a new feature, tally marks. Each tally mark stands for a direct KO. The robots currently represented (in order) are; Obliterator, Envoy, PGF, and BOOOORING. Luma's Weed whacker 3 was primed for another deep run, but was savagely mauled by Shreddit Bro. Luma's Weed Whacker 3 than took a year off before returning for NHRL November 2022 where it was immediately fed to Ablation and promptly chewed up and spat out into the loser's bracket where Luma's Weed Whacker 3 made quick work of Mudslide before falling to D2 kit, Stag beetle bot.

### Minibots

#### Luma's Plow 1 (March)

Luma's Plow 1 is a 4WD Candy\_Wasp kit that has been painted with the Luma Robotics color scheme. It accompanied Luma's Weed Whacker 3 for one fight at the March Norwalk meet.

#### Buddybot (May)

Buddybot is a Antweight lifter/clamper based off the Viper kit. It has fought in one competition so far, at Massdestruction 18, at the children's museum in Boston. It is built by Theo Hummel, a avid robot Youtuber, builder and fan. It has been successful so far, winning four out of its six fights at MASSdestruction. It will most likely compete at future New England Events. While there is no Antweight division at Norwalk Robot Havoc, they do grant a 1lb weight bonus for multi bots which enabled Buddybot to compete alongside Team Hummelbots’ new beetle; Probably Gonna Fail. PGF lost its only fight due to its opponent being a perfect counter to their thin top. Buddybot has accompanied PGF at every norwalk it has been at, but partnered with Luma's Weed Whacker 3 during the May competition due to wanting another fight after the grudge match with Uprising.

## Fight history

### Norwalk Robot Havoc March 2021

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Obliterator

The fight started with both bots spinning up and their builders getting used to the controls. The two charged at each other and exchanged a weapon to weapon hit that had one of Obliterator's drive motors sniped by Luma's Weed Whacker. They shared another hit that flipped Obliterator. Obliterator couldn't self right and tapped out.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Blackbird

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Blackbird throwing Luma's Weed Whacker into Brett. Blackbird then got a series of hits on Luma's Weed Whacker that ended with Blackbird shooting Luma's Weed Whacker into the ceiling and Luma's Weed Whacker landing on the corner camera which broke it. The two kept going at each other and Blackbird got stuck on its side. Brett quickly fixed that and the two went at each other with a vengeance. Eventually, Blackbird got stuck on its weapon rails, but shook itself free. Luma's Weed Whacker's battery then gave out and its drive died from a lack of power. Brett slammed Luma's Weed Whacker into the wall in an attempt to get it moving again, but failed. Brett tried again and ejected its top onto Luma's Weed Whacker. Having seen enough, Luma's Weed Whacker tapped out and the win went to Blackbird.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Sacrificer

The fight started with Luma's Plow 1 missing the charge while Sacrificer and Luma's Weed Whacker spun up. Luma's Plow then backed off as Sacrificer went to Luma's Weed Whacker who tore off its feeder wedge and shot it to the center of the arena. Luma's Plow then went in again to run interference while Luma's Weed Whacker gathered its bearings. Luma's Plow then backed off so Luma's Weed Whacker could finish the job. Luma's Weed Whacker tore off Sacrificer's main wedge and Sacrificer tapped out.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Envoy

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Luma's Weed Whacker tearing off one of Envoy's wheels. Envoy then destroyed a camera as it started hockey pucking to get away from Luma's Weed Whacker. The rest of the fight was Luma's Weed Whacker chasing down Envoy and eventually removing its other wheel. Envoy tapped out and the win went to Luma's Weed Whacker.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Voxel

The fight started with both bots spinning up and exchanging weapon to weapon hits. Voxel's drive was crippled on one side, but Luma's Weed Whacker's belt snapped. The rest of the fight was Luma's Weed Whacker trying to push Voxel and Voxel trying to finish off Luma's Weed Whacker. Eventually the two got stuck together and Bert had to separate them. Voxel couldn't move and was counted out and the win went to Luma's Weed Whacker.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Dread Hades

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Dread Hades throwing Luma's Weed Whacker in the air. Dread Hades quickly took off Luma's Weed Whacker's belt and got to work. The entire fight was Dread Hades throwing Luma's Weed Whacker around the arena while Luma's Weed Whacker *tried* to push back against Dread Hades. The fight went to a judges decision where Dread Hades won.

### Norwalk Robot Havoc May 2021

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Possibly Gonna Fail

The fight started with Luma's Weed Whacker spinning up and swerving out of Buddybot's way. PGF then pushed Buddybot into Luma's Weed Whacker 3 as a sacrifice. With Buddybot out of the way, Luma's Weed Whacker got to work on PGF. Luma's Weed Whacker got a few good hits in and whittled down PGF's wedge. Luma's Weed Whacker managed to short out PGF's drive system and PGF tapped out which gave the win to Luma's Weed Whacker 3.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Starchild

The fight started with Buddybot and Starchild charging and Sharchild landing a shot on Buddybot. Luma's Weed Whacker then spun up and started to attack Starchild's wheels. Starchild then landed a good shot at the core of Luma's Weed Whacker, but damaged nothing important. Starchild then went after Buddybot and killed it. before turning its attention back to Luma's Weed Whacker. Starchild then got stuck in Luma's Weed Whacker after landing a shot on its core. Luma's Weed Whacker tapped out and the win went to Starchild.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs BOOOORING

The fight started with both bots spinning up and a box rush from BOOOORING that made Luma's Weed Whacker gyro dance. Luma's Weed Whacker then retaliated by taking off one of BOOOORING's rear wheels. BOOOORING then flipped itself from a missed charge into Brett. At some point BOOOORING's weapon went down and Luma's Weed Whacker took advantage of this and flipped BOOOORING onto its face. BOOOORING couldn't self right and Brett couldn't knock it down. BOOOORING was counted out and the win went to Luma's Weed Whacker 3.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Shreddit Bro

The fight started with a spin up and box rush from Shreddit Bro. Shreddit Bro then went to town on Luma's Weed Whacker 3, tearing off a wheel guard and the wheel it was protecting. Luma's Weed Whacker 3 was counted out and completely destroyed.

### Norwalk Robot Havoc November 2022

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Ablation

The fight started with both bots spinning up and denying Luma's Weed Whacker 3 any chance to spin up before taking it over to one of the corner cameras and completely caving in one of the side weapon support beams and throwing Luma's Weed Whacker 3 against the wall. Brett knocked Luma's Weed Whacker 3 down, but Ablation was right there and landed several devastating shots that tore chunks out of the core and bent the frame even more out of shape and preventing Luma's Weed Whacker 3 from spinning up at all for the rest of the fight. Ablation then flipped Luma's Weed Whacker 3 over and Luma's Weed Whacker 3 was stranded on its own bent frame and unable to move. Luma's Weed Whacker 3 was counted out and the win went to Ablation.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Mudslide

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Luma's Weed Whacker 3 charging in and landing a single shot that tore off one of Mudslide's wheels. Luma's Weed Whacker 3 landed a few more potshots before Mudslide tapped out.

#### Luma's Weed Whacker 3 vs Stag beetle bot

The fight started with both bots spinning up and a box rush from Stag Beetle Bot. Stag Beetle Bot then backed off, allowing Luma's Weed Whacker 3 to spin up. Stag Beetle Bot then made several passes on Luma's Weed Whacker 3. Luma's Weed Whacker 3 managed to land several hits on Stag Beetle Bot, but to very little effect as Stag Beetle Bot was behaving a bull with Luma's Weed Whacker 3 as the target matador. One of those shots killed Stag Beetle Bot's weapon and Luma's Weed Whacker 3 used this to rip off one of Stag Beetle Bot's front wheels and take a sizable chunk out of another. With 30 seconds left in the fight, Stag Beetle Bot rammed Luma's Weed Whacker 3 into the wall and manage to wedge its bar under the wooden kickplate. Luma's Weed Whacker couldn't get free and was counted out in the last 10 seconds of the fight, giving the win to Stag Beetle Bot.