Diotant

**Diotant** (alternatively titled as **DiotAnt** or **DiotANT**) is an antweight robot based upon the popular *Robot Wars* competitor Diotoir. The robot debuted in AWS 55 where it lost both of its fights, however, since its debut the robot has managed to win some battles and has become a fan favourite.

The robot was heavily based upon fan favourite Diotoir in particular the Extreme 1/Fifth Wars variation and was created with Peter Redmond of Team Nemesis praising the build for its almost perfect replication of the original machine.

## Robot History

### AWS 55

In its first ever battle, Diotant faced bar spinner Death in the Afternoon. At first, Death in the Afternoon didn't move as Diotant charged in, missing it before chasing after Death in the Afternoon, who sluggishly pondered on. In an attempt to flip Death in the Afternoon, Diotant mistimed it which had allowed the spinner to start spinning. At first, the attacks did not cause much damage as Diotant put the pressure on, but Death in the Afternoon's spinner started to spin at full speed and clipped the scoop of Diotant, tearing it to pieces. Diotant attempted to charge into Death in the Afternoon again, but the attack resulted in the scoop being torn completely off. Now weaponless, Diotant rammed Death in the Afternoon across the arena, managing to stop the weapon a few times but fruitlessly as the spinner span up immediately. Despite some good rams, Diotant was torn to pieces as both the round sides were torn open following a heavy attack from Death in the Afternoon. Finally, one final slam of the bar spinner tore the internals out immobilising Diotant.

Now in the Loser's Bracket, Diotant faced clusterbots The Poptart Tories. Diotant had armed itself with an axe this time as it struggled to concentrate on just one of the clusters. Diotant, brought its axe down on the wedge cluster but missed as it was then shoved slightly. Diotant turned its attentions to the full body spinner where it slammed and briefly immobilised it in the corner. Diotant then rained hammer blows down, but doing so left it vulnerable to the other clusterbot which wedged in underneath and turned Diotant as it was firing its axe, doing so resulted in Diotant hitting the the perplex barrier and toppled itself over. Despite, the good start, Diotantw as counted out as it failed to self right.

### AWS 56

In its first match it faced flipper Eyesorasaurus. Both robots engaged in a pushing match with Diotant having the slight advantage due to its scoop and it swiftly pitted Eyesorasaurus.

Next it was against Doktor Power 9 Ti. Doktor Power 9 Ti outmanoeuvred Diotant and promptly pitted it in a few seconds.

Now in the Loser's Bracket, Diotant faced Smackdown. This battle lasted only six seconds after Diotant flipped the blue wedge up and over, with it unable to self right.

The fourth battle was against a front hinged flipper, Polaris. Both robots waltzed around each other with Diotant flipping the side but Polaris sped away. Eventually, Diotant flipped Polaris onto its back. Polaris attempted to self right as Diotant manoeuvred around it, before eventually shunting it into the pit.

The fifth battle in a rematch against Doktor Power 9 Ti. Doktor Power 9 Ti rammed Diotant into the wall managing to flip it over, Diotant managed to self right and flip Doktor Power 9 Ti over, Doktor Power 9 Ti self righted using the wall and continued to ram Diotant into the walls before pitting it, eliminating Diotant from the main tournament.

A whiteboard fight against Firestarter (an antweight Firestorm) and was treated as a vengeance battle. The vengeance battle was short lived as Diotant rammed into Firestorm and flipped it over before promptly pitting it.

### AWS 57

Diotant lost its first battle against a flipper, For Fox Sake!. Diotant appeared to have the advantage early on, For Fox Sake flipped Diotant out of the arena.

The second battle against a two wheel rambot, Mildly Effective. Diotant flipped Mildly Effective over, as Mildly Effective's self righter broke, Diotant decided to flip it back over to give it another chance before pitting it.

The third battle was against flipper, Super Nintendo Chalmers. Diotant tried to keep it's scoop pointed at Super Nintendo Chalmers, at one point Diotant was stuck on the wall but managed to free itself, Super Nintendo Chalmers then drove down the pit.

The fourth battle in a rematch against , For Fox Sake!. Diotant got in the first flip, but For Fox Sake! recovered quickly to grab Diotant and pit it, eliminating Diotant from the tournament.

### AWS 58

Diotant won its first battle against a front hinged flipper, Jaxpanna. Diotant attacked early, but Jaxpanna came back and pinned Diotant in the corner, the two pushed each other with each robot trading the upper hand, Diotant won the fight on a very close judges decision.

The second battle against a clusterbot, I'm With Stupid Cluster. I'm With Stupid Cluster started at a disadvantage as only one half was able to enter the arena, Diotant got the early aggression, I'm With Stupid Cluster managed to push Diotant back, Diotant won the bout after it flipped I'm With Stupid Cluster over and it was unable to self right.

The third battle was against a rear hinged flipper, Ripper 2. Ripper 2 showed superior speed and managed to nearly flip Diotant, Diotant lost after a driving into the pit.

The fourth battle was against a rear hinged flipper, Stewie. The match had to be restarted as Stewie wouldn't start, the two came together and Diotant nearly flipped Stewie, Stewie hit back flipping Diotant over, Diotant self righted but it was clear Stewie had stopped working, Diotant tried nudging and flipping Stewie to try and reactivate it, Stewie was counted out.

The fifth battle was against a lift/clampbot, Mantis. Diotant got the early advantage flipping mantis over, but mantis recovered and picked Diotant up, parading it around before pitting it, eliminating Diotant from the main tournament.

## Wins/Losses

*NOTE:* Whiteboard Matches do not count.

* Wins: 8
* Losses: 8

## Trivia

* Ironically, the electric lifter is able to self-right the robot unlike the real version.