Hydra

Hydra since mid-season 1

**Hydra** is a robot built by **Team Whyachi** that has competed in every season of Lego Battlebots so far. It is a purple 4wd bot armed with a hydraulic flipper that sports a gray tip. Hydra is a legendary Lego bot, as it has done very well in the competition with a combo of its weapon power, its great frame durability, and its ability to self-right. Although the wedges come off easily, Hydra is known for flipping bots all around the arena, and caused a series of upsets to make the Season 1 Finals, and has currently not missed the Round of 16, even making the Semifinals of s3. It has over 50 flips it can use in a single fight, although it usually doesn't need 50 because every fight it has won has been by KO.

Hydra one of less than 12 robots that has competed in a fight every season, and has been a 2-time finalist with runner-up finishes in both Seasons 1 and 4.

### Robot History

#### Season 1

Hydra entered Season 1 as the 21 seed, and got a match against the #12 seed, Bloodsport. The match started with Bloodsport spinning up, but Hydra rammed it into the wall and flipped it over. Hydra then flipped it back over, but not before ramming it into another wall; he then flipped Bloodsport out.

Hydra then fought **Lock-Jaw** in the Round of 16. Hydra immediately got under Lock-Jaw before he was "vice-versa'd". Lock-Jaw then lifted Hydra up with a fork before Hydra landed some flips; Lock-Jaw was then went out.

Hydra then advanced to the Quarterfinals where it faced the 4 seed, **Little Devil**. Little Devil started out good, getting under Hydra before getting flipped twice. Little Devil then hit Hydra with its weapon again before getting flipped; on one occasion, he even flipped himself. Hydra then kept flipping Little Devil until it was out of the arena.

Hydra then advanced to the Semifinals, where it faced Tombstone. Tombstone spun up, but did no damage, while Hydra missed on two flips. Hydra then landed a flip before the flipper got stuck for a bit. Hydra then flipped Tombstone again, then got it into a corner. Tombstone got out of the corner and hit Hydra three times. Hydra then flipped Tombstone onto the screws. Tombstone got down but got sent out of the arena on the next flip.

Hydra then advanced to the Finals to face End Game. End Game got a hit in with the spinner to start, but Hydra landed a flip. End Game then got under Hydra again and done some wedge damage before getting flipped again; this time, End Game lost a self-righting arm. End Game dominated the rest of the fight, however, taking Hydra to the pulverizer on one occasion. End Game then got Hydra out of the arena, and Hydra was declared the runner-up of Season 1.

#### Season 2

Hydra got the #2 seed for its Season 1 performance, and got a match against **P1**, the 31 seed, in Season 2. To describe the fight, Hydra flipped P1 everywhere before getting it out; P1 didn't get a single attack in.

Hydra advanced to the Round of 16, where it faced the 15 seed, **Blacksmith**. Blacksmith got under Hydra immediately, and started hammering it. Hydra then pushed back, trying to land a flip on Blacksmith, but got it under the pulverizer instead. Hydra then carried it to the Screws before Blacksmith got under it with its forks and hammered Hydra some more. Hydra then finally landed a flip that just about ousted Blacksmith, and then got three more minor ones in a row. Blacksmith then got under Hydra, hammered it some more, then rammed it into the wall and got it out of the arena.

#### Season 3

Hydra returned for Season 3 unchanged from the previous competition. In the first round it faced Red Alert, **Titan**, and **Flipjob**. The match started with Red Alert charging at Titan, and getting under it. Titan then spun up, but Red Alert put it in the screws. Hydra then flipped Titan once before throwing it out. He then went for Red Alert and quickly flipped it out of the arena, giving Hydra and Flipjob the win by knockout. Hydra advanced to face **HyperShock** and Gigabyte.

A summary of the match is that HyperShock and Hydra teamed up on Gigabyte, not even letting it get in a single good hit. Hydra then flipped Gigabyte out.

Hydra then advanced to the Quarterfinals, where it got a 1 on 1 match against HyperShock. HyperShock started out well as it drove Hydra into the wall, and Hydra then landed a flip. Hydra landed another flip after HyperShock got under it. HyperShock then flipped Hydra. HyperShock then hit Hydra a few times before Hydra landed a massive flip that threw HyperShock out of the arena.

Hydra then advanced to face End Game in the Semifinals. End Game immediately ripped off Hydra's flipper, and drove it around some. Hydra was helpless already as End Game then got a hit on Hydra's wedges and tore off one. End Game then drove Hydra into the pulverizer before damaging its wedges again, then flipping it. End Game soon tore off the last wedge and finished Hydra off by throwing it into the wall, and using its spinner to throw Hydra out.

#### Season 4

Hydra's first match in Season 4 was against **Rammstein**. The match started out well for Hydra as he landed a good flip, but Rammstein then hit Hydra twice with its spear, though it did no damage. Hydra then sent Rammstein into the air again, and now has him flipped over. Rammstein spent the rest of the fight in the air before Hydra flipped it out. Rammstein, when getitng flipped out, rolled like a barrel at least 3 times.

Hydra then fought in the **Flippers Runble** against **Flipjob** and Dantomkia. To begin the match, all three flippers were taking turns flipping each other, with two occasions where Hydra teamed up with one of the two flippers to work on the third. All three were throwing each other around the arena for about a minute before Flipjob lost its flipper. Hydra then rammed both bots in the wall and flipped each of the two out in under 10 seconds.

Hydra then faced Mad Catter. Mad Catter started the match by hitting Hydra, and trying to damage it. A wedge then came off of Hydra, but Hydra then flipped Mad Catter twice; each time, Mad Catter quickly self-righted.

Mad Catter then tore the other wedges off of Hydra before Hydra tried to land another flip, but failed to. Mad Catter then threw Hydra out of the arena with a combo of its vertical spinner and the screws.

Hydra's 2-1 record allowed it to get into the tournament as the 16 seed, and it faced the 17 seed, Blue Flame, in the Round of 32. When the fight began, Blue Flame landed one shot before Hydra flipped it over. It was only 2 more flips before Blue Flame was out.

Hydra then took on SawBlaze in the Round of 16.

The fight started with SawBlaze box rushing Hydra and ramming it into two walls. SawBlaze then dropped the hammer saw on Hydra, but was nearly flipped over when he backed away. Hydra attempted to flip SawBlaze many times, but missed several in a row. SawBlaze clearly had the lower ground and dominated against Hydra's attacks, doing damage to the wedges while at it. However, Hydra somehow got in three flips, and the last of these threw SawBlaze out of the arena.

Hydra then took on **Red Flame** in the Quarterfinals. When the fight began, Red Flame box rushed Hydra, which Hydra countered by popping Red Flame up. Hydra then landed a pair of big flips, but backed away, only to send Red Flame flying ¾ of the way across the arena. Red Flame then got righted by Hydra, and spun up to no avail as he was flipped again. Hydra then landed several more flips, tossing Red Flame around wherever he pleased. Red Flame then was able to rip off one of Hydra's wedges, but this had no effect whatsoever as Hydra countered by sending Red Flame out of the arena and nearly into the camera.

With this, Hydra went on to face Cobalt in the Semifinals.

    The fight was brief as Hydra was box rushed and pushed into the pulverizer by Cobalt. Hydra then pushed Cobalt into a wall, but Cobalt then spun up. However, Hydra flipped him over, and the next flip somehow threw Cobalt out; this was the second time of the season Hydra nearly threw a bot into the camera.

Hydra advanced to the Finals, where he faced Mad Catter again. The fight started with Mad Catter slipping under Hydra and flipping it. Hydra was quick to self-right but Mad Catter then flipped it again. Hydra then drove straight into the spinner of Mad Catter about 4 times, but this proved costly as Mad Catter tore off 2 of Hydra's wedges. Mad Catter then flipped Hydra and tore off the other 2 wedges, and soon took off the flipper. He then threw Hydra into the corner and delivered several more hits, but Hydra was done at this point since the flipper was gone, and that gave Mad Catter the win by knockout. Hydra, as a result, was declared runner up.

#### Season 5

Hydra, as expected, entered Season 5, and its first match was against Destructobot. Destructobot spin up, but Hydra flipped it about 8 inches in the air. Hydra would then land several more flips before chucking Destructobot out.

Hydra took on **Spartan** in its next fight. Spartan landed a hit with the disc, but Hydra then threw it across the arena, and then about took him out. Hydra then landed several more powerful flips, with Spartan losing a fork. Hydra then flipped Spartan around some more, throwing it onto the wall. Hydra then got a flip in that threw Spartan out.

Hydra then took on Recoil. The fight began with Hydra pushing Recoil into a corner and getting slightly hit by the spinner. Hydra then landed a flip, with which he followed up by nearly throwing Recoil out of the camera twice. Recoil then got in some hits as Hydra began to lose some wedges. Still, Hydra landed some big flips as the flipper was still in full swing. Recoil then flipped itself on a big hit, and from here he took control of the fight. Hydra got in three more flips before Recoil tore off the last wedge, and then ripped off part of the flipper. Recoil at this point had Hydra flipped in the corner, which put Hydra at 2-1.

Hydra then took on Tungsten. The fight began with Tungsten getting in a good hit, but Hydra then flipped him. Hydra then pushed Tungsten around the arena, got a flip, then threw Tungsten out with another massive flip.

    It was reported that Tungsten was sent several feet off the table when he was sent out of the arena; however, Tungsten did not explode mainly due to there being a large tin near the arena. The tin usually holds bots and rolls of pennies, and Tungsten hit that, which caused it to slide onto the floor and stay intact. Unfortunately this was not caught on camera.

Hydra then took on Inverse in the Round of 16. Hydra began the fight deflecting a shot from Inverse and flipping it in no time. Inverse then almost threw itself out, but flipped Hydra in the nezt shot. Both bots traded more shots, with Hydra getting flipped, and Inverse ripping off wedges. However, Hydra's flipper was then ripped off; this combined with Hydra being upside down resulted in him unable to move, and Inverse took the win.

#### Wins/Losses

Wins: 18
Losses: 7