King of Bots (Season 2)

Season 2 logo, as shown in a promotional trailer

**Season 2 of *King of Bots*** (officially promoted as ***King of Bots II***) was the show's second main season, filmed in May 2019 and debuting later that summer. Season 2 followed directly from Season 1 and the 2019 Opening Battle, and was broadcast on various channels and streaming services, including Zhejiang TV (alternately Zhejiang STV) and Youku. As with Season 1, full episodes were also made available on the official Zhejiang STV YouTube channel following their initial airings, alongside condensed, battle-only versions titled under the **Special** series.

The season also introduced *Robo Genius*, a series of 10-minute educational segments serving as a promotion for sponsor UBTECH. These segments were shown at the end of each episode, featuring competitors and footage from the main show.

## Format

While following directly on from Season 1, Season 2 derives elements from the spin-off show *This is Fighting Robots*, including the presence of six celebrities divided into two teams of three. Participating celebrities at the start of the season included Emma Dumont, Zhu Zheng Ting, Tao Shen, Di Yang, Huang Jian Xiang (who had previously appeared in Season 1 as a panelist/commentator) and Tu Ziya.

In the opening stages of the competition, celebrities were tasked with choosing one robot each for their respective teams, which would then take part in a series of one-on-one or melee battles drawn at random. Winning robots would be allocated a place on each individual celebrity's team; the selection process would begin anew until all provisional places had been filled.

Subsequent stages introduced a variety of battle and round formats, initially with the purpose of finalizing and expanding team rosters. The first of these included head-to-head fights between originally-nominated robots and international competitors, and a 'redemption' round for robots which had yet to be selected for a team. Once the rosters had been completed, the format shifted to a series of elimination rounds, where teams would fight each other in a mix of head-to-head and melee battles. Robots - and eventually whole teams - would be gradually eliminated until two celebrity managers remained, where they would fight a final 'attrition' round to determine the *King of Bots II* champion.

## Episodes

### Episode 1

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 1*
Episode 1 first aired on 14th July 2019, featuring the first nine battles of the season.

Robots competing: Agate, Bullseye, Button Lee, Cracked Sword, Deep-Sea Shark, Drift, Iron Scrap, Magic Windmill, Mist Lion, Ocean Waves, Pixel Hunter, Po Feng, Saber, Snake, The Doctor, The Martian, Two BBQ, Xiake

Battles

* Two BBQ vs Xiake: **Xiake won**
* The Martian vs Pixel Hunter: **Pixel Hunter won**
* Iron Scrap vs Ocean Waves: **Iron Scrap won**
* Snake vs Agate : **Agate won**
* Bullseye vs Deep-Sea Shark: **Deep-Sea Shark won**
* Mist Lion vs Button Lee: **Mist Lion won**
* Drift vs The Doctor: **Drift won**
* Cracked Sword vs Po Feng: **Cracked Sword won**
* Magic Windmill vs Saber: **Saber won**

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 2

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 2*
Episode 2 first aired on 21st July 2019, featuring the remaining eight battles of the opening stage of the competition. These battles helped finalize the celebrity team rosters ahead of future rounds.

Robots competing: Black Rabbit, Earth Shovel, Green Elf, Hold Me Up, Flaming Wheel, Iron Barbie, Iron Rooster, Little Qinglong, Medusa, Ouch Ouch, Pot of Love, Reaper, Red River Bull, Silver Scorpion, Storm Cut, TUZI, Twin Panthers, White Tiger Guardian

Battles

* Medusa vs Ouch Ouch: **Medusa won**
* Flaming Wheel vs TUZI: **Flaming Wheel won**
* Reaper vs Silver Scorpion: **Reaper won**
* Black Rabbit vs Hold Me Up: **Black Rabbit won**
* Iron Rooster vs Little Qinglong vs Red River Bull: **Red River Bull won**
* Iron Barbie vs Twin Panthers vs White Tiger Guardian: **White Tiger Guardian won**
* Earth Shovel vs Pot of Love: **Earth Shovel won**
* Green Elf vs Storm Cut: **Storm Cut won**

Celebrity Teams

*NOTE: At the end of this episode, Earth Mover was also highlighted and added to Tu Ziya's team without it fighting a battle*

### Episode 3

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 3*
Episode 3 first aired on 28th July 2019, featuring the debut of the first twelve international competitors. All twelve machines from outside China fought a battle against a Chinese machine which had already been selected for one of the six celebrity teams, to try and take their place on the team.

International robots competing: Big Carioca (BRA), Cat King (USA), Excelsior (USA), Megabyte (USA), Monster (GHA), ORBY Blade (KOR), Rhino (GBR), Spectre (GBR), Switch (GBR), Tánshè (GBR), Vulcan (GBR), Yesaji (IND)

Chinese robots competing: Agate, Cracked Sword, Deep-Sea Shark, Earth Shovel, Iron Scrap, Medusa, Mist Lion, Reaper, Red River Bull, Storm Cut, White Tiger Guardian, Xiake

Battles

* Spectre (GBR) vs White Tiger Guardian (CHN): **Spectre won**
* Megabyte (USA) vs Medusa (CHN): **Megabyte won**
* Cat King (USA) vs Iron Scrap (CHN): **Iron Scrap won**
* Yesaji (IND) vs Agate (CHN): **Agate won**
* Monster (GHA) vs Earth Shovel (CHN): **Earth Shovel won**
* Tánshè (GBR) vs Reaper (CHN): **Tánshè won**
* Vulcan (GBR) vs Xiake (CHN): **Vulcan won**
* Excelsior (USA) vs Deep-Sea Shark (CHN): **Deep-Sea Shark won**
* Switch (GBR) vs Cracked Sword (CHN): **Switch won**
* Big Carioca (BRA) vs Storm Cut (CHN): **Big Carioca won**
* ORBY Blade (KOR) vs Red River Bull (CHN): **ORBY Blade won**
* Rhino (GBR) vs Mist Lion (CHN): **Rhino won**

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 4

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 4*
Episode 4 first aired on 4th August 2019, introducing the redemption rounds, where every robot to have lost a battle so far would fight for survival, and either take the fourth/fifth places on the celebrity teams, or face permanent elimination from the tournament.

Robots competing: Bullfighter, Bullseye, Button Lee, Cat King, Cracked Sword, Doraemon, Drill Dragon, Excelsior, Fat-Head Fish, Giraffe, Green Elf, Hold Me Up, Huntsman, Iron Barbie, Iron Rooster, Little Qinglong, Magic Windmill, Medusa, Mist Lion, Monster, Mr Hippo, Ouch Ouch, Po Feng, Pot of Love, Reaper, Snake, Silver Scorpion, Stalker, Storm Cut, Tank, The Doctor, The Martian, Thunder, TUZI, Twin Panthers, Two BBQ, White Tiger Guardian, UFO, Xiake, Yesaji

Head-to-Head Battles

* Cat King vs Medusa: **Cat King won**
* TUZI vs Two BBQ: **Two BBQ won**
* Doraemon vs Giraffe: **Doraemon won**
* Iron Barbie vs Monster: **Iron Barbie won**
* The Martian vs Excelsior: **Excelsior won**
* Snake vs The Doctor: **Snake won**
* Storm Cut vs Silver Scorpion: **Storm Cut won**
* Mist Lion vs Bullfighter: **Mist Lion won**

*NOTE: Despite winning their fights and joining a celebrity team, Doraemon, Iron Barbie and Excelsior were excluded after their teams had too many robots participating*

Rumbles

* Mr Hippo vs Ouch Ouch vs Stalker vs White Tiger Guardian: **Mr Hippo won**
* Fat-Head Fish vs Po Feng vs Pot of Love vs Twin Panthers: **Po Feng won**
* Button Lee vs Cracked Sword vs Little Qinglong vs Tank: **Cracked Sword won**
* Bullseye vs Drill Dragon vs Iron Rooster vs Yesaji: **Yesaji won**
* Hold Me Up vs Huntsman vs Magic Windmill vs Thunder: **Thunder won**
* Green Elf vs Reaper vs UFO vs Xiake: **Xiake won**

*NOTE: All of the rumble winners, as well as Doraemon, were selected for a celebrity team*

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 5

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 5*
Episode 5 first aired on 11th August 2019, directly pitting celebrity teams against each other. Before each fight, the five robots on each team were split into two double-battles and one head-to-head. If a team lost two of their three initial fights, they would either have to eliminate one of two pre-determined robots or choose to have their designated captain fight a one-on-two battle, where victory would prevent the team from losing a robot.

Robots Competing: Big Carioca, Black Rabbit, Cat King, Cracked Sword, Drift, Megabyte, Mr Hippo, ORBY Blade, Pixel Hunter, Rhino, Saber, Snake, Spectre, Storm Cut, Tánshè

Zhu Zheng Ting vs Tao Shen

* Black Rabbit vs Big Carioca: **Black Rabbit won**
* Snake & Tánshè vs Mr Hippo & Pixel Hunter: **Snake & Tánshè won**

*NOTE: Tao Shen chose to eliminate Pixel Hunter at this stage*

Emma Dumont vs Di Yang

* Megabyte vs Cracked Sword: **Megabyte won**
* Cat King & Spectre vs ORBY Blade & Rhino: **Cat King & Spectre won**

*NOTE: Di Yang chose to have Saber fight alone to prevent eliminating a robot*

* Drift & Storm Cut vs Saber: **Drift & Storm Cut won**

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 6

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 6*
Episode 6 first aired on 18th August 2019, continuing on from the previous episode. As well as completing the first round of team battles, the second round of team battles also commenced. These featured four robots from each team being split into two head-to-heads and one double battle. As with the previous round, a losing celebrity would have to cut a robot from their team if they lost two of three fights.

The episode began with the conclusion of the previous round, where Di Yang chose to eliminate ORBY Blade from his team.

Robots Competing: Agate, Black Rabbit, Deep-Sea Shark, Doraemon, Earth Mover, Flaming Wheel, Iron Scrap, Snake, Switch, Thunder, Two BBQ, Vulcan, Xiake, Yesaji

Huang Jian Xiang vs Tu Ziya

* Flaming Wheel vs Yesaji: **Yesaji won**
* Thunder & Deep-Sea Shark vs Iron Scrap & Earth Mover: **Thunder & Deep-Sea Shark won**
* Vulcan & Xiake vs Doraemon & Agate: **Vulcan & Xiake won**

*NOTE: Tu Ziya chose to eliminate Earth Mover at this stage*

Zhu Zheng Ting vs Tu Ziya

* Two BBQ vs Doraemon: **Two BBQ won**
* Black Rabbit vs Iron Scrap: **Iron Scrap won**
* Snake & Switch vs Agate & Yesaji: **Snake & Switch won**

*NOTE: Tu Ziya chose to eliminate Agate at this stage*

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 7

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 7*
Episode 7 first aired on 25th August 2019, continuing from the previous episode. It concluded the second round of team battles. After this round, the celebrity captains gained access to one of six "challenger" robots.

Robots Competing: Big Carioca, Cracked Sword, Deep-Sea Shark, Drift, Megabyte, Mist Lion, Po Feng, Rhino, Saber, Thunder, Vulcan, Xiake

Huang Jian Xiang vs Di Yang

* Vulcan vs Saber: **Vulcan won**
* Xiake vs Rhino: **Rhino won**
* Deep-Sea Shark & Thunder vs Cracked Sword & Mist Lion: **No winner**

*NOTE: Deep-Sea Shark & Thunder initially won the fight, but after Thunder attacked Cracked Sword after the battle had concluded, Di Yang launched a formal complaint with the judges, resulting in them declaring that neither team had won. As a result, neither celebrity had to eliminate a robot*

Emma Dumont vs Tao Shen

* Drift vs Po Feng: **Drift won**
* Megabyte vs Big Carioca: **Megabyte won**

*NOTE: Tao Shen chose to eliminate Mr Hippo at this stage*

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 8

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 8*
Episode 8 first aired on 1st September 2019. It contained the Attrition War, where the celebrities were split into teams of three and each nominated six robots to compete in a winner-stays-on endurance competition.

Robots Competing: Boxing Champion, Dragon King, Earth Shovel, Flaming Wheel, Johnny and the Dinosaur, Rhino, Storm Cut, The Hounds, Warrior, Yesaji

Battles

* Flaming Wheel vs Johnny and the Dinosaur: **Flaming Wheel won**
* Flaming Wheel vs Earth Shovel: **Earth Shovel won**
* Boxing Champion vs Earth Shovel: **Boxing Champion won**
* Boxing Champion vs Storm Cut: **Boxing Champion won**
* Boxing Champion vs Dragon King: **Boxing Champion won**

*NOTE: Boxing Champion was willingly withdrawn after this fight*

* Rhino vs Yesaji: **Yesaji won**
* The Hounds vs Yesaji: **The Hounds won**
* The Hounds vs Warrior: **The Hounds won**

*NOTE: Tu Ziya chose to eliminate Johnny and the Dinosaur at this stage, whilst Big Carioca willingly withdrew from Tao Shen's team due to lack of spare parts. Emma Dumont then resigned from the competition, leaving the Drift team captain Leo to take her role as team manager*

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 9

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 9*
Episode 9 first aired on 8th September 2019. It marked the start of the elimination round, with each team now drawn to fight each other by a random draw. As before, if a team lost two out of three head-to-head battles, they would be forced to remove a robot from their team. If a team was reduced to two robots, they would be eliminated from the competition altogether.

The episode began with the conclusion of the previous round, where Leo chose to eliminate Storm Cut from his team.

Robots Competing: Boxing Champion, Deep-Sea Shark, Iron Scrap, Rhino, Saber, Shrederator Tiger Claw, Tánshè, Two BBQ, Vulcan, Yesaji

Huang Jian Xiang vs Di Yang

* Vulcan vs Boxing Champion: **Vulcan won**
* Shrederator Tiger Claw vs Saber: **Saber won**
* Deep-Sea Shark vs Rhino: **Deep-Sea Shark won**

*NOTE: Di Yang chose to eliminate Mist Lion at this stage*

Tu Ziya vs Zhu Zheng Ting

* Iron Scrap vs Tánshè: **Iron Scrap won**
* Yesaji vs Two BBQ: **Yesaji won**

*NOTE: Zhu Zheng Ting chose to eliminate Switch at this stage. However, Tánshè willingly withdrew from the team in Switch's place.*

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 10

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 10*
Episode 10 first aired on 15th September 2019. It continued the team battles, with Tao Shen being eliminated from the competition, along with his machines, as the rules stated that teams losing with only three robots left would be eliminated entirely. This put the celebrities into a rotation of battles between the remaining five teams, but Tu Ziya lost her opening battle, and was also eliminated from the competition as a direct result, along with her robots.

Robots Competing: Black Rabbit, Cat King, Dragon King, Earth Shovel, Po Feng, Spectre, Warrior, Yesaji

Ye Hong Li vs Tao Shen

* Cat King vs Earth Shovel: **Cat King won**
* Warrior vs Dragon King: **Dragon King won**
* Spectre vs Po Feng: **Spectre won**

*NOTE: Tao Shen, along with his remaining robots Dragon King, Earth Shovel and Po Feng, were all eliminated from the competition.*

Zhu Zheng Ting vs Tu Ziya

* Black Rabbit vs Yesaji: **Black Rabbit won**

*NOTE: Tu Ziya, along with her remaining robots Doraemon, Iron Scrap and Yesaji, were all eliminated from the competition.*

Ye Hong Li vs Zhu Zheng Ting

* Megabyte vs Snake: **Megabyte won**

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 11

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 11*
Episode 11 first aired on 22 September 2019. It concluded the elimination round, with two more teams eliminated by the end of the episode.

The episode began with the conclusion of the previous round, where Zhu Zheng Ting chose to eliminate Snake from his team.

Robots Competing: Black Rabbit, Boxing Champion, Cracked Sword, Flaming Wheel, Megabyte, Rhino, Spectre, Two BBQ, Vulcan

Ye Hong Li vs Di Yang

* Spectre vs Boxing Champion: **Spectre won**

*NOTE: Di Yang chose to eliminate Boxing Champion at this stage*

Di Yang vs Huang Jian Xiang

* Rhino vs Flaming Wheel: **Rhino won**

*NOTE: Huang Jian Xiang chose to eliminate Flaming Wheel at this stage*

Ye Hong Li vs Zhu Zheng Ting

* Megabyte vs Two BBQ: **Megabyte won**

*NOTE: Two BBQ willingly stepped down as captain and offered themselves for elimination, resulting in Zhu Zheng Ting eliminating Two BBQ at this stage*

Zhu Zheng Ting vs Di Yang

* Black Rabbit vs Rhino: **Rhino won**

*NOTE: Zhu Zheng Ting, along with his remaining robots Black Rabbit, Switch and The Hounds, were all eliminated from the competition*

Di Yang vs Huang Jian Xiang

* Cracked Sword vs Vulcan: **Vulcan won**

*NOTE: Di Yang, along with his remaining robots Cracked Sword, Rhino and Saber, were all eliminated from the competition*

Celebrity Teams

### Episode 12

*Main article: King of Bots (Season 2)/Episode 12*
Episode 12 first aired on 28th September 2019. It was the final episode of the season and pitted the two remaining teams against each other in a winner-stays-on attrition battle.

Robots Competing: Cat King, Deep-Sea Shark, Drift, Megabyte, Shrederator Tiger Claw, Spectre, Thunder, Vulcan, Warrior, Xiake

Huang Jian Xiang vs Ye Hong Li

* Deep-Sea Shark vs Warrior: **Deep-Sea Shark won**
* Deep-Sea Shark vs Cat King: **Deep-Sea Shark won**
* Deep-Sea Shark vs Megabyte: **Megabyte won**
* Xiake vs Megabyte: **Xiake won**
* Xiake vs Spectre: **Spectre won**
* Shrederator Tiger Claw vs Spectre: **Spectre won by default**

*NOTE: Shrederator Tiger Claw lost all control before the battle began and was timed out*

* Thunder vs Spectre: **Spectre won**
* Vulcan vs Spectre: **Vulcan won**
* Vulcan vs Drift: **Vulcan won**

Winning Team

## Specials

Zhejiang STV also produced a series of **Special** versions of every episode from the main Season 2, each edited down to a shorter runtime (approximately between 17 and 41 minutes in length) while placing much greater emphasis on the robot combat elements and battles. Available on the network's official YouTube channel alongside their full-length counterparts, these also included English translations of the names of each robot competing in these episodes.

The table below lists all 'Special' variations of the main *King of Bots* Season 2 episodes:

## Trivia

* The opening sequence for this season included CGI recreations of the competitors Greedy Snake, Vulcan, Saber and Two BBQ in battle.

* Additional competitors can also be seen in the logo formation and title card for the main season and *Robo Genius* segments. These include (from left-to-right): Cracked Sword, The Martian, Tánshè, Ocean Waves, Iron Scrap, Spectre and Deep-Sea Shark. Unusually, Deep-Sea Shark was the only one of this group to be shown facing backwards.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/akbk8a/the\_king\_of\_bots\_2\_info\_thread/egrcydz/
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/KOBCHINA/videos/1460961704044785/
3. ↑ https://m.weibo.cn/status/4392837782744246?
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjtWStUtEOI&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=2
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vygtZfZXlw&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=5
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7gdTyL9DPE&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=6
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGHk\_82IouI&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=8
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQRNm6-lRXI&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=10
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTs4JAbf84w&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=12
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70AlBOdi9cA&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=14
11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ANJdmBFKus&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=16
12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWW01w4qanU&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=18
13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0E2h\_jJR5c&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=20
14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy9FKiIAZV8&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=22
15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFtn5\_Zn3gQ&list=PLmHvcli\_9mkTjdCpUjw0WubBDkZkWLofy&index=24

## External Links

* King of Bots II YouTube playlist (Zhejiang STV)