Wild Beast

Wild Beast with its team

"*Lion, falcon, and pangolin are hiding in the fog capital, waiting for chances to strike, and they are Wild Beasts, the top hunter!*"
— Ling Zhou's introduction for Wild Beast's combat debut (Mech+ subtitles)

**猛兽侠** (romanized as **měng shòu xiá** , translating to **Beast Man**, alternately referred to as **Wild Beast**, **Wild Beasts** or **Beast Warrior**) was a robot from Chongqing, China, which competed in the first season of *King of Bots*. In its televised combat debut, it reached the third round of the main competition following victories over Great Wilderness War Tiger and Residual Wind. However, it subsequently lost to British crusher Spectre on a Judges' decision, after being constantly clamped, rammed and taken to arena hazards by the latter. Wild Beast also fought in a Tag Team battle alongside Rust Boar, but the battle against Great White and Spin Doctor was ended prematurely, and the Chinese team lost the Judges' decision.

Wild Beast was succeeded by Red River Hong in *This is Fighting Robots*, with the team later entering Mist Lion into *King of Bots II*.

## Design

"*Our robot is called Wild Beasts. What's impressive about it is that it's not one, but three: Falcon, Pangolin, and Iron Lion. Don't underestimate amateurs.*"
— Cao Yu (Mech+ subtitles)

Wild Beast was a three-part clusterbot (multibot), with individual sections themed to a lion, falcon and pangolin respectively. The lion was represented by a red, four-wheel drive heavyweight (alternatively referred to as **Iron Lion** or **Fog Lion** in the Mech+ version) featuring a box-shaped design and a front-mounted spinning drum weapon. The robot also featured a pair of hinged wedges at the front to lead opponents into the drum, which proved capable of inflicting significant damage throughout Wild Beast's appearance.

Accompanying the main robot were a red, two-wheel drive minibot (**Pangolin**) and a flying drone (**Falcon**) - the latter equipped with a flamethrower - although neither were always used in combat.

## The Team

Describing themselves onscreen as 'amateurs', Team Mist Lion were formed of four members with completely different backgrounds: drone enthusiast Cao Yu, cook Liu Lang, printing shop manager Zhang Jichuan and accessory store owner Guo Wei.

## Robot History

### King of Bots (Season 1)

Wild Beast first fought Great Wilderness War Tiger. The battle started tentatively, with Wild Beast sending the Falcon drone out to attack Drought War Tiger. However, Falcon clipped the top of Great Wilderness War Tiger, throwing itself over and crashing to the floor in the process. Undeterred, the Iron Lion segment repeatedly drove into Great Wilderness War Tiger's spinner and sides, buffeting its opponent around and causing damage to its right-front tire and rear wedge. Immediately, the two competitors attacked head-on again; Iron Lion tore both outer teeth from Great Wilderness War Tiger's spinner and threw the robot itself upwards.

Unseen in the televised edit, Iron Lion tore panels from Great Wilderness War Tiger's head and front, before driving head-on into the latter again. This resulted in it causing more damage to Great Wilderness War Tiger while getting underneath it, tearing more panels off, grinding away at its underside and breaking its left drive belt. Iron Lion steered over the flame jets as Great Wilderness War Tiger reversed away; the latter was promptly thrown onto its back by one of the floor flippers. With this, Wild Beast as a whole emerged victorious via knockout. When asked by Ling Zhou about the fate of Falcon, Cao Yu explained that the team had likely forgotten to charge its battery the previous night.

Through to the second round, Wild Beast next faced Residual Wind, represented solely by Iron Lion. Straight away, Iron Lion drove into Residual Wind's spinner, knocking the latter back; it retreated to make another charge, before proceeding to buffet Residual Wind away with a few more rams. Sparks flew as Iron Lion's drum made contact with Residual Wind's bar spinner, before the former pushed its opponent across the arena and under one of the hammers. Pinning Residual Wind against the wall spikes, Iron Lion eventually backed out to spin its drum up again; it next clipped Residual Wind's right-hand side, bending the side panel and tearing chunks out of its right tire.

Both competitors maneuvered away from the hammer; another weapon-on-weapon collision ensued, enabling Iron Lion to deflect Residual Wind towards the spikes. Seconds later, it threw Residual Wind over with a powerful blow, before causing more damage to its armor and wheels as it drove underneath. Hesitating, Iron Lion slammed into Residual Wind's weapon yet again, momentarily lifting the latter off the floor. It proceeded to get underneath and damage Residual Wind's wheel even further, resulting in Residual Wind being left immobile on one side after Iron Lion pushed it. After several seconds, Iron Lion hit and pushed Residual Wind again, before leaving its opponent to be counted out. With this, Wild Beast emerged victorious via knockout, progressing to the third round.

There, Wild Beast faced British entry Spectre – before the battle, Team Mist Lion added a pair of red blocks to Iron Lion's top armor, in an effort to offer extra protection against Spectre's crusher. Straight away, Iron Lion drove around and into an approaching Spectre, lifting itself off the floor on impact. For some time, it dodged Spectre, momentarily clipping the latter's front end with the drum. However, it was eventually grabbed from the side and rammed into the wall spikes by Spectre, whose crusher sunk into the space behind Iron Lion's right-front wheel.

Iron Lion was then rammed into one of the grinders, sustaining damage to its chassis and losing one of its extra blocks, before Spectre dragged it back into the red square. The two robots separated; however, Iron Lion was soon grabbed by Spectre again, and pushed across the arena from the hammer to the far wall. In the process, its drum made contact with Spectre's crusher, ripping the latter’s tooth off and sending other debris flying. However, Iron Lion's weapon momentarily stopped working; the robot itself slowly moved forwards and bumped into Spectre, seemingly unable to drive effectively.

Seconds later, Iron Lion was clamped and pushed over the flame jets by a now-toothless Spectre, before again being rammed into the walls and grinders. These attacks caused even more damage to Iron Lion's chassis and front wedge; Spectre subsequently drove it into the circular saws, which carried Iron Lion up and separated the two competitors. Iron Lion quickly drove into Spectre's front again, but was rammed into the wall once again, before being clamped and maneuvered around a nearby hammer by the British machine. It sustained more damage to its sides as Spectre pushed and held it beside one of the circular saws, before again being pushed over the flame jets and into the wall. In an attempt to break free, Iron Lion spun Spectre and itself close to the flame jets, its drum once again spinning up to full speed. However, it was pushed into the grinder by Spectre, which proceeded to clamp Iron Lion by the drum and push it back into the spikes.

This attack caused one of the discs on the side of Iron Lion's drum to loosen. The robot itself struggled for mobility, but not without getting underneath Spectre and pushing it under the nearby hammer. In doing so, Iron Lion hit Spectre a few times with its damaged drum – however, it lost mobility completely with seconds remaining. As Spectre was also left unable to drive away from Iron Lion's wedges, the battle went to a Judges' decision – the decision went against Wild Beast, ending a strong Season 1 campaign.

Wild Beast would also appear in a Tag Team battle, held separately to the main competition. Fighting with both Pangolin and Falcon for the first time, it paired up with fellow Chinese drum spinner Rust Boar to face the Australian-American team of Great White and Spin Doctor. Immediately, the Iron Lion segment drove slowly out of the blue square, and reversed back in as it attempted to avoid an approaching Spin Doctor - Pangolin and Falcon soon followed suit. However, it drove up Spin Doctor's wedge, losing its rear sacrificial tire as the American machine rammed it into the wall and carried it across the arena. Iron Lion was thrown off Spin Doctor’s top panel, and recovered to ram Great White head-on. After briefly making contact with Rust Boar, it rammed Great White again, throwing the Australian machine into the air and towards one of the grinders.

Seconds later, Iron Lion bumped and flicked Rust Boar off the floor with its drum, only to reverse and resume its duel with Spin Doctor. It clipped Spin Doctor's exposed wheels with the drum, briefly throwing the latter onto its rear wheels before driving over the circular saws. Falcon hovered over the two heavyweights; Iron Lion, meanwhile, accidentally drove into the saws in pursuit of Spin Doctor, and was carried over the saws itself. With Rust Boar immobilized and beginning to smoke, the three remaining heavyweights converged beside the red square; Iron Lion spun round, sustaining a blow from Great White’s spinner in the process. Immediately, it attempted to evade Great White, but bumped into the central grinder mount, sustaining another hit from the latter. However, Iron Lion responded by throwing Great White onto its spinner, then ramming Spin Doctor into the other set of grinders at high speed. The attack - and subsequent contact with the drum - was enough to flip and immobilize Spin Doctor over, although by this point, Pangolin had also become immobilized.

Falcon stood next to Spin Doctor, sustaining damage to one of its rotors from Great White as it attempted to lift off again. Iron Lion was left to fight Great White alone, promptly deflecting and pushing it into one of the grinders on the far side. As Great White somersaulted, Iron Lion pushed it back towards the wall spikes, only for Great White to swerve away. The two remaining competitors collided head-on twice more - Iron Lion sustained damage to its front and lost one of its wedges to Great White's spinner as a result. It circled around and pushed Great White back again in response, eventually launching it into the air a second time. Wild Beast slammed into Great White once more before the battle was suddenly stopped by the referee. By this point, the smoke emitted by Rust Boar had filled a substantial part of the arena, obscuring the teams' visibility and preventing Wild Beast and Great White from continuing the battle safely.

The battle went to a Judges' decision, which despite Wild Beast's aggressive display, went against it and the already-immobile Rust Boar. Afterwards, the captain of Team Mist Lion was presented with a signed armor panel from Spin Doctor; in return, he presented David Calkins with the wedge damaged and removed by Great White, also signed by all of the Wild Beast team members.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 2

## External Links

* Wild Beast's profile on the *King of Bots* website (Chinese, archived)