Captain Doom

**Captain Doom** was a robot which competed in the first season of Bugglebots.

## Design

Its a D2 kit with multiple configurations made to counter any weapon type it goes up against.

## Robot History

### Bugglebots Season 1

Captain Doom appeared in the first episode of Bugglebots, where is fought Serious Business. It used its classic D2 wedge for this fight.

The fight started with a box rush from Captain Doom which succeeded. Captain Doom then took Serious Business around the arena and slammed it into the wall, which caused the saw to fall off. Captain Doom then got aggressive and started slamming Serious Business into the walls constantly. Captain Doom then pinned Serious Business on its side where it was counted out. Captain Doom won the fight by KO.

This put Captain Doom through to face Futamishi, where it used its anti-wedge forks. The fight started with Captain Doom getting behind Futamishi and driving it into the wall. Captain Doom then stranded Futamishi on its side where it couldn't self right with the axe not working. Futamishi was counted out, giving Captain Doom and putting it through to the heat final.

Still retaining its anti-wedge forks, Captain Doom faced Drizzle. The fight started with a failed box rush from Captain Doom. Captain Doom then reoriented itself and pushed Drizzle into the wall with the spinner at full speed, causing Drizzle to flip itself and be unable to self right. Drizzle was counted out and Captain Doom secured its place in the Bugglebots final.

In the first round of the final, Captain Doom faced off against K2, using a set of long wedgelets to get underneath K2's beater weapon. The fight began with a box rush from Captain Doom and barely missing. After a few tries, Captain Doom flipped K2 with a single head on slam into the weapon. Captain Doom then slammed K2 into the walls. Captain Doom then got K2 near the pit activation button. Captain Doom then went on the offensive and constantly slammed K2 into the walls and flipped itself once and righted K2. Eventually, Captain Doom used K2's own weapon power against it and threw it out of the arena.

Successfully through to the next round, Captain Doom fought fellow rambot Limpet, using its anti-wedge forks. The fight began with both bots rushing each other and Captain Doom flipping Limpet. Limpet then removed one of Captain Doom's wheels with its lance. Captain Doom stayed aggressive and pushed Limpet into the walls. Captain doom then activated the pit and almost pushed Limpet in. Captain Doom then miscalculated a shove and got a drive side stuck over the pit where Limpet finished it off.

Although now out of the main competition, Captain Doom still had a chance to redeem itself in the third place playoff against Snappy, once again using the anti-wedge forks. The fight started with both robots charging at each other and Captain Doom pushing Snappy into the walls. Snappy then activated the pit when it was able to. Captain Doom then got under Snappy and pushed it into the pit, winning 3rd place.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 5
* Losses: 1

## Outside Bugglebots

Outside of Bugglebots, Captain Doom competed in numerous live events across the United States. Amongst these was Robogames 2017, where it finished as runner-up after defeating **Sparky**, **Rogue Wave** and **Medow** before losing to **Just A Wedge** in the final.

Tyler Nguyen has also regularly competed in US antweight (1lb/453g) competitions with his antweight **Commander Doom**, even managing to get gold in the Junior 1lb Antweight division at Robogames 2018.

Tyler Nguyen also ventured into the featherweight sportsman class with **Major Doom** in 2019 at Motorama. Major Doom beat **Wedding Gift** and **Humphrey Hugabear** before losing to **Magneato**. Major Doom also fought in the rumble where it survived until the end.

Tyler Nguyen also competed in the 2020 season of *BattleBots* with **Perfect Phoenix**, a box-shaped robot with a front wedge and overhead bar spinner. Perfect Phoenix went into the season with notable pedigree, as it was an updated version of former *BattleBots* champion **Brutality**. Perfect Phoenix started its season by quickly defeating **Extinguisher**, but subsequently lost its next battle against **Skorpios**. Perfect Phoenix was able to defeat **ATOM94** in its final qualifying battle, leaving it with a record of 2-1 and allowing it to qualify for the main competition as the 27th seed, where it was defeated by eventual champion **End Game**.

Tyler Nguyen has lately returned to beetleweights with **Dread Hades** for Norwalk Havoc Robot League competitions. Dread Hades' first competition saw it place 7th after beating **Whoopsie**, **Drop The Beat**, **BOOOORING**, **Luma's Weed Whacker 3**, and **Dark Princess** with losses to NHRL 2020 finalists, **SMEEEEEE**, and **Jack Move**. Dread Hades has since been a household name in the beetleweight class due to its success at NHRL and other events.

Captin Doom as seen at Robogames 2017Commander Doom as seen at Clash of the Bots 2019Major Doom as seen at Motorama 2019Perfect Phoenix as seen at Battlebots 2020Dread Hades as seen at Norwalk Havoc Robot League March 2021
## Trivia

* Captain Doom is the first robot to ever reach the Grand Final
* Captain Doom was one of three Season 1 Grand Finalists not to return for Season 2, the others being SCD, and Limpet.

## External Links

* Team Doom Robotics - Website
* Team Doom Robotics on the Builders Database
* Captain Doom on the Ultimate Robot Archive
* Dread Hades on the Ultimate Robot Archive
* Perfect Phoenix on the Battlebots Wiki