Combat Ant

## Overview

**Combat Ant** (alternately spelt as Combatant) was an antweight robot that competed in the Antweight Championships of both series of Robot Wars Extreme. It won the championship in Extreme 1, but lost in the Extreme 2 antweight final to Anty B after becoming immobilised. It also won AWS 3 (at its first attempt), AWS5 and the Antweight category in *Robots@War 2001*. It came joint 3rd in AWS4 and 6. - http://www.antweight.co.uk/winners.htm

Peter Waller also entered Millitant in the Extreme 2 Antweight Championship, and attempted to qualify for Series 4 with a heavyweight called Aeolus. However, Aeolus failed to qualify for the latter series.

## Robot History

### AWS 3

Combat Ant's first opponents were TyrAnt and Get Out Of The Way. Combat Ant attacked Get Out Of The Way at first, by dislodging a track. It then attacked TyrAnt and tore off a wheel. Due to both robots being immobilised, both TyrAnt and Get Out Of The Way were forced to fight again where TyrAnt easily shoved Get Out Of The Way off, meaning it and TyrAnt were victorious.

Next up was Grassbox. The battle only lasted seventeen seconds before Combat Ant won.

In the final it faced Cannon Fodder. Combat Ant impacted the front of Cannon Fodder and tore it to pieces. After a brutal attack, Combat Ant quickly shunted Cannon Fodder off the edge.

Upon reaching the Grand Final, Combat Ant only had Pants left. As the two met in the middle, Combat Ant immediately tore the lifter of Pants off. Pants fought back and attempted to shove Combat Ant further towards an arena obstacle, which managed to destroy the blade of Combat Ant. Combat Ant then turned and shoved Pants off the arena. Combat Ant was crowned champion.

Combat Ant then fought in a Melee where it had rematches with Pants, Grassbox and Micro Phage. The battle lasted over a minute with Combat Ant coming out on top.

Combat Ant also fought a Team Battle with Little Nipper, Micro Phage and Diced Carrot. The battle lasted fifteen seconds with Little Nipper and Combat Ant winning.

Combat Ant and Little Nipper also competed in the Tag Team, starting with Pants (again) and Close Shave.

### Extreme 1

   Combat Ant began by attacking Pants three times, sending it flying out of the arena on the third hit. Then, it attacked Razzler and was flipped by the floor flipper, and Anty B got trapped underneath it. Next, Combat Ant attacked Anto and tore off one of its wheels, to match the one that had already been torn off. Combat Ant then attacked Razzler and the pair were joined in their fight by Little Nipper, who had just activated the pit and proceeded to push Razzler down it. Combant Ant then sent the mobile half of Legion flying across the arena, and it, Little Nipper and the remaining half of Legion spent the rest of the battle fighting each other. 'Cease' was called, and Combat Ant was declared the victor.

### AWS 6

Combat Ant's first opponent this year was Buzzant. Buzzant attempted to attack weapon on, but this resulted in Combat Ant's bludgeoner destroying the weaponry of Buzzat completely. Buzzant then turned to attack from the side to shove Combat Ant off the edge, but this did not work as Combat Ant turned quickly and tore off the back panel of Buzzant. With nothing against Combat Ant, Buzzant purposefully drove off the side to prevent more damage.

### Extreme 2

Combat Ant was very nearly unable able to attempt to retain its title in the first round of the antweight competition of Extreme 2. It had fallen into the pit in Round 1, but a flip from Hades, who was also in the pit, got it out. It shredded Anty Geddon and, although suffering from drive problems late on and being put into the pit again, was put through along with Anty B.

In the final, it faced Anty B, Lower and Pants. Anty B attacked the reigning champions and sent it spinning across the arena. Lower and Pants both attacked it too. Under constant pressure, a second attack by Anty B immobilised Combat Ant. Anty B would go on to win the judges' decision, taking the title from Combat Ant.

### AWS 7

Combat Ant's first opponents this year were Sparkler, Not-A-Box and Phantom. During the battle, Combat Ant seemed to have had a dominating presence as it, alongside Not-A-Box quickly targeted and pushed Sparkler out of the arena as Phantom lay dormant. After Sparkler was gone the two matches attempted to attack Phantom, who seemed immobile, Combat Ant backed into the wheels with its bludgeoner. Phantom eventually moved away. It is not know what happened afterwards other than Not-A-Box was eliminated.

Combat Ant then had to fight Resurrector and Type-0. Both Resurrector and Combat Ant attempted to perform a pinser attack on Type-0 but as they slammed against it from both sides, Resurrector started to push Type-0 and in turn Combat Ant towards the edge where Combat Ant, by being on the opposite side of Type-0, was pushed off the edge first and eliminated.

Combat Ant also took part in the Football match, with at least two of its opponents being Close Shave (again) and Anto (also again).

### AWS 8

Combat Ant's first opponents this year were Flippant and Anteater. Not much is known about the fight itself other than Anteater suffered large amounts of damage. Nevertheless Combat Ant and Flippant qualified.

The next opponents were Lower (again) and Squashy. At first both Lower and Squashy got behind Combat Ant to take it out in a team up. However, the bludgeoner spun up to speed and smashed both machines away, with Squashy being toppled over on its back. Squashy self righted, as Combat Ant waited for another attack before slamming into Squashy and buckling the armour completely. Despite the onslaught, Squashy kept self righting and attacking with Lower coming in from behind and attempting to crush Squashy. Squashy turned and attempted to axe Lower who clamped down and pushed, it let go and shunted Squashy off the arena. Combat Ant and Lower were declared the winners.

### AWS 10

Combat Ant's first opponents here were Rush Hour and Chronotrigger. Not much is known about the fight in general but it was a destructive battle with Combat Ant buckling the flipper of Chronotrigger and tearing into Rush Hour, with one of the wheels flying off. However, one impact had caused major problems for both Combat Ant and Rush Hour. For reasons unknown, despite the heavy damage, Rush Hour was able to qualify to the next round with Combat Ant being eliminated.

### AWS 11

Combat Ant's opponent is An Cupla. From the start, An Cupla split up to attack Combat Ant from both sides, but Combat Ant's spinner managed to smash one of the clusters across the arena where it managed to end up on its side. Combat Ant came in for another attack, tearing the lifter clean off as well as battering the second cluster out of the way. The second cluster swayed about, but was smashed into by the deadly bludgeoner which shredded and tore chunks from it. As the second cluster was pinned against the wall, Combat Ant tore it to pieces, littering the arena with wood. The second cluster struggled to fight back and was eventually pushed off the arena.

Combat Ant then met Resurrector again. Despite Combat Ant attacking with the bludgeoner first, Resurrector took the blows and charged Combat Ant, ramming it slightly forward. Resurrector then got around Combat Ant and rammed it across the other side and slammed it against the side wall.

### AWS 12

Combat Ant's first opponents here were Red Eye and Antomkia. Red Eye made an initial charge towards Antomkia where it simply flipped and shoved it off the edge, falling off soon after to avoid the deadly Combat Ant. Combat Ant qualified along with Red Eye.

Next up were Mr Tubbs and again Anteater. It immediately attacked the latter, brushing one claw, but Anteater grabs hold on the wheels and Mr Tubbs attacks one wheel. This seems to have done something as Combat Ant no longer functioned, and it was counted it out.

### AWS 13

Combat Ant's first opponents here were Nigel and Angus. Angus made a slow start as Nigel zipped around and charged towards Combat Ant, who had spun up to speed. In one hit, Combat Ant tore the side of Angus off and sent it off the arena as Nigel was blown away from the impact also. Nigel then darted off the arena to save itself from any more damage, but still qualified with Combat Ant.

The next opponents were War Ant and R.O.N.N.Y. War Ant charges into R.O.N.N.Y., attempting to push it out, however, R.O.N.N.Y. flips away at the persistent War Ant. Combat Ant, who seemed to have control problems moved forward slightly before then falling on its bludgeon which propelled it backwards off the arena. It was eliminated as a result.

### AWS 14

Combat Ant's first opponent here was Vacuum. Combat Ant grinds into Vacuum and rips a panel off, plus flips Vacuum onto its rear, and because of it Combat Ant won.

Next was Psycho Ant, who met Combat Ant in Series 8. Psycho Ant zooms to Combat Ant and gets knocked away by the bludgeon. Undeterred, Psycho Ant attacks again and sends Combat Ant off the arena, so Combat Ant was now in the loser's bracket.

Now Combat Ant had to contend with Vacuum again. It was Deja Vu as Combat Ant again rips off the front panel and flips Vacuum over, this time on its back. Either way Combat Ant won again.

The next opponent was Antlifter. Combat Ant was wobbling but reaches Antlifter and rips some skin away. Antlifter tried to run but ends up on the arena's edge and falls off, so Combat Ant won and was in the quarterfinals, now against its relative Militant.

### AWS 19

Combat Ant's first opponent this year was M4.5. Combat Ant charged into the lifter of M4.5 and started causing some damage before one hit causes both machines to ricochet away. M4.5 then slammed into Combat Ant and lifted it slightly before shunting it into the arena side wall. M4.5 then lifted Combat Ant against the edge and for a while struggled to fully flip it out, however, it eventually did.

In the loser's melee qualifier, it was pitted against Ratio Atque Usus and F.I.N.. As Combat Ant quickly disposed of F.I.N. it turned attention to Ratio Atque Usus. Whilst the wedge managed to block some of Combat Ant's attacks at first the spinner soon sped up and smashed Ratio Atque Usus out of the arena.

Now Combat Ant was against the other loser's melee winners: Vacuum, Wing Attack Plan R and Antlifter. Combat Ant started with the opponent it hasn't fought before, Wing Attack Plan R and struggled to damage Wing Attack Plan R and its awkward design. However, Combat Ant spun up to speed and avoiding the ruler flails it smashed into the main body, throwing Wing Attack Plan R onto its back unable to self right. That done Combat Ant turns to Antlifter who has just disposed of Vacuum. Combat Ant chisels Antlifter's right-wheel and snares itself to it, and when it became obvious they were greatly stuck a timeout was declared. They were deemed too stuck to separate and continue the fight, so it was turned to a judges' decision, which went for Combat Ant.

Now it was pitted against Dave 3. Dave 3 rams Combat Ant, causing itself to bounce. The two trade blows and Combat Ant suffers gashes on one wheel, but chases Dave 3 to the arena's edge where Dave 3 falls off, giving Combat Ant the victory.
Next was Dynamite. Dynamite fearlessly plunges itself into Combat Ant's bludgeon and Combat Ant tries to fight back. The two then get into a pushing match, but Dynamite had the stronger wheels and forces Combat Ant off the arena.

Now in another loser's melee, it had to fight the familiar faces of Odyssey and Anto 3, plus M4.5 all over again. Combat Ant sat back to spin up and gives a light hit to Anto 3. Combat Ant hit it some more and knocks Anto 3 out the arena, but suddenly gets attacked by Odyssey and sent down the trench too, officially eliminating Combat Ant from contention.

### AWS 20

Combat Ant's first opponents here were Odyssey (again) and Marabunta The 5th. Marabunta The 5th charged towards Combat Ant but was immediately flipped on its back by the power of its flywheel while Odyssey slammed into the upturned Marabunta The 5th. Odyssey pushed Marabunta The 5th towards a side wall and attempted to flip it, however, Combat Ant's flywheel caught Marabunta The 5th and instead was responsible for throwing Marabunta The 5th out of the arena. Combat Ant therefore qualified along with Odyssey.

Next was old foe Vacuum. Combat Ant flips Vacuum the second its spinner makes contact, and since Vacuum was helpless on its back Combat Ant obviously won.

Now it had Anticide. Anticide was wary, but scoops Combat Ant and tips it onto its flank, where it began gyrating madly. Anticide moves in and sends Combat Ant tumbling off the arena, defeating it.

### AWS 26

Combatant's first opponent this time was Flippt!. Flippt! avoided Combatant at first, but shoves it, then pins it to the wall and lifts it, only for Combatant to knock it away. Combatant drove too close to the arena's edge though and got stuck, letting Flippt! push it down the trench, so it lost.

In the loser's bracket Combatant had the familiar Antipathy to fight. Combatant flips Antipathy on the first hit and Antipathy tries to self-right, but Combatant pushes it into a trench and wins the fight.

Now it had old rival Pants next. Combatant flips Pants and seems to already kill it, so Combatant won.

Next was Ant-of-two-halves. Ant-of-two-halves zooms and pins Combatant to the wall, tipping Combatant on its right-flank. Combatant could still move, but had no control and drives off the arena, so it lost and was eliminated.

### AWS 28

Combatant's first opponent this year was old foe Anticide. As Combatant spins up its vertical bar and approaches, Anticide tries to circle and scoops Combatant, sending it off the arena.

Now in the loser's bracket, the next opponent was Private Iron. Private Iron moves in and flips Combatant over, then flips it again where Combatant tumbles off the arena, losing and now was eliminated.

### AWS 30

Combatant's first known opponent was MANTis. MANTis moves in and outflanks Combatant, who keeps its vertical bar pointing at the crusher-bot, and MANTis finally attacks the front, getting slashed by Combatant and launched away. MANTis recovers and comes back for more, but gets repelled again by Combatant. Still unfazed MANTis drives around Combatant and pushes over to the arena's edge and Combatant tumbles off, losing the fight.

Now in the loser's bracket, it had Baby Hell. This was a fast fight as Combatant approached Baby Hell bar-spinning, and Baby Hell was wary. The first contact sent Baby Hell off the arena and ripped its wedge off, so Combatant won.

Next it had General Mayhem. General Mayhem flips but Combatant who immediately self-rights, then strike General Mayhem where it flips both of them. General Mayhem loses a track but self-rights and Combatant recovers as well, although its was upside-down and its weapon seems to have died, so it was reduced to a pushing fight. Combatant momentarily got stuck on its face, but General Mayhem nudged it back on its wheels, only for Combatant to drive off the arena, costing its fight.

## Results

* Wins: TBA
* Losses: TBA