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Warrior Clan was a robot built by Team Whyachi which competed in the first three BattleBots World Championships, the latter of which as Warrior Dragon.

It was a multibot featuring the heavyweight Warrior SKF, armed with a flipper powered by a 60lb spinning flywheel which covered the rear of the bot. Warrior SKF was joined by two 15lb 'nuisance bots' - titanium wedgebots armed with flamethrowers.

For World Championship II, the nuisance bots were replaced by a 9lb flying drone named Warrior Dragon, though the main robot looked virtually identical to its World Championship I appearance.

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Warrior SKF in April 2022.

Ahead of World Championship III, Warrior Dragon became the robot's collective name, though it was visually near identical to its previous identity as Warrior Clan.

The robot has since been retired, as Team Whyachi debuted a hydraulic flipper named Hydra and a dual spinner called Fusion in recent seasons of BattleBots. Different members of the Ewert family split to pilot their own machines, as Warrior SKF, the main robot, was ten years old as of applications for World Championship IV.

The main Warrior robot resides within the Team Whyachi workshop among other retired robots.[1]

Robot History[]

World Championship I[]

Warrior Clan vs. Nightmare

Warrior Clan's first match came against a fellow BattleBots veteran, Jim Smentowski and Nightmare. As the fight began, Warrior Clan's minibots drove to the sides of the BattleBox as Warrior, the main robot, met Nightmare in the center. The disc of Nightmare landed several early shots to Warrior's top and the flipper activated but missed.

Warrior Clan vs Nightmare replay

One of Warrior Clan's minibots is torn apart by Nightmare.

Nightmare then turned and swept up one of Warrior Clan's minibots, punting it across the arena before attacking the top of Warrior again. It then reversed onto the other minibot, launching it into the screws and eviscerating the smaller bot.
"Are you kidding me?! One of the minibots has been sacrificed!"
— Chris Rose reacts as Nightmare destroys one of Warrior Clan's minibots

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Warrior flips Nightmare over.

Shortly after, the lone robot Warrior drove to the center of the arena, tanking several glancing shots from Nightmare before using its front wedge to upend Jim Smentowski's machine, much to the excitement of Clint Ewert. Though Nightmare did not have a conventional self-righting mechanism, it attempted to use a combination of one drive wheel and its primary weapon to flip itself back over.

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Nightmare sits immobile on the screws.

In doing so, Nightmare clambered over its opponent, eventually ending up underneath the pulverizer, where the Ewert family pinned it in place. Nightmare escaped, but as the fight ticked past the halfway point, drove itself on top of the screws, beaching itself atop the hazard with none of its drive wheels touching the floor. Nightmare desperately spun its blade, but was stuck as Team Whyachi began to celebrate.

Nightmare was ultimately counted out, meaning Warrior Clan advanced in the competition.

Warrior Clan vs. Ghost Raptor

Now in the Top 16, Warrior Clan faced Ghost Raptor, who forwent its spinning weapon to lead with its lifter.

Ghost Raptor was fastest out of its starting square, driving to one side before drifting around to scoop up Team Whyachi's flamethrowing minibot, immobilizing it instantly.

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Ghost Raptor tries to lift Warrior.

The rest of Warrior Clan tried to attack Ghost Raptor, though as the remaining minibot got underneath Chuck Pitzer's heavyweight, Warrior itself drove flywheel-first into the wall. Ghost Raptor looked to capitalize on this driving error but could not get underneath Warrior. Likewise, the flywheel-powered flipper was unable to get leverage under the frame of Ghost Raptor.

As Warrior avoided several blows from the pulverizer, its outer ring ground to a halt, meaning its flipper was now also out of action. The Ewert family's robot was still able to initiate a pin in the corner, and continued to get underneath Ghost Raptor, despite its opponent's best efforts to flip Warrior.

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Ghost Raptor nearly flips Warrior Clan.

Now in the final thirty seconds of the battle, Warrior began to smoke and stopped moving over the killsaws. Ghost Raptor drove head-first into the BattleBox before returning to its immobile opponent, getting to its side and charging into the wall late on.

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Warrior is immobilized.

Referee John Remar initiated a count-out and Ghost Raptor won by knockout with three seconds remaining on the clock. Warrior Clan was eliminated from the tournament.

World Championship II[]

Warrior Clan vs. Splatter

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Warrior Clan flips Splatter.

Warrior Clan's first match of the 2016 season came against Splatter. In the match, Splatter kept driving over Warrior Clan as it got its spinning ring onto the right side of Splatter. While the drone was flying around the BattleBox, Warrior Clan kept hitting Splatter with its spinning ring and flipped it into the air at one point. The time ran out and Warrior Clan won on a unanimous 3-0 judges' decision.

Warrior Clan vs. HyperShock

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HyperShock takes out the drone.

This win put Warrior Clan to the Round of 32 with its No.22 seeding, where it faced the No.11 seed HyperShock. Before the match began, HyperShock added a rake to one of the arms used for self-righting in hopes of knocking Warrior Clan's drone to the BattleBox floor. The match was fairly even to start as only sparks were emitting from HyperShock's weapon contacting Warrior Clan. However, HyperShock gained the upper hand and started to damage the top that housed Warrior Clan's spinning ring weapon. After taking out the drone with the rake, HyperShock resumed attacking Warrior Clan and managed to deliver more big blows that left Warrior Clan with less mobility. Eventually, Warrior Clan stopped moving and was counted out. HyperShock won by knockout at 2:12 and Warrior Clan was eliminated from the tournament again.

World Championship III[]

Warrior Dragon vs. Chomp

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Warrior Dragon waits and attacks Chomp's underside.

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Warrior Dragon throws Chomp into the air.

Now known as Warrior Dragon, their first opponent in 2018 was a previous season's quarter-finalist in Chomp. When the match began, Warrior Dragon was quick to topple Chomp and take advantage of its slow self-righting method. Chomp got back over quickly, however so Warrior Dragon toppled it again. This time, Warrior Dragon wasn't about to let Chomp fully self-right so it stayed underneath its opponent before backing away. Partway through the match, Warrior Dragon began emitting smoke and had lost the use of its flipper, which had also gotten bent upwards. Time ran out and Warrior Dragon won on a 2-1 split judges' decision.

Warrior Dragon vs. ROTATOR


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Warrior Dragon and ROTATOR attack each other.

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Warrior Dragon pins ROTATOR and throws fire at it.

Up next for Warrior Dragon was ROTATOR, which had come off of a loss against Petunia. Warrior Dragon decided to include its drone for this fight. When the match began, things were about even, though Warrior Dragon was taking the better of the collisions. Partway through, Warrior Dragon lost the use of its weaponry so it resorted to using what it had left and pushed ROTATOR into the arena screws. The drone tried to come in close to burn it but ROTATOR's upper bar was spinning and the drone was pulled into to it, causing it to crash right by the screws, where it stayed for the remainder of the fight. Both bots escaped but Warrior Dragon was now pretty much defenseless and taking damage from its opponent and the arena hazards. Smoke began pouring out and Warrior Dragon was almost motionless as time was winding down. Time ran out and the judges awarded a split 2-1 decision to ROTATOR.

Warrior Dragon vs. Warhead

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Warrior Dragon clashes with Warhead.

Next for Warrior Dragon was a BattleBots veteran in Warhead. When the match began, things were pretty even but Warrior Dragon took the first hit from Warhead that didn't seem to cause much damage. Warrior Dragon got into Warhead again and did its best to avoid the flames being thrown at it but wasn't able to mount a proper attack. Luckily for Warrior Dragon, Warhead's spinning dome hit the casing for the screws and roughly half of it broke off, leaving Warhead badly off-balance and struggling to make any sort of attack. However, Warrior Dragon's ring spinner had stopped working, leaving its flipper out of action as well. Both robots spent the rest of the fight struggling to accomplish any sort of attack, but Warrior Dragon took some light hits from its crippled opponent before time ran out. The judges awarded a 2-1 split decision to Warhead, marking the third time it went through a split decision in the same season. This would prove to be the robot's final televised battle.

Results[]

WARRIOR CLAN
World Championship I
World Championship Tournament
#7 Seed, Round of 16
Qualifier vs. Nightmare Won (KO)
Round of 16 vs. Ghost Raptor (10) Lost (KO)
World Championship II
World Championship Tournament
#22 Seed, Round of 32
Qualifier vs. Splatter Won (KO)
Round of 32 vs. HyperShock (11) Lost (KO)
World Championship III
Fight Nights
1-2
Fight Night #1 vs. Chomp Won (Split JD)
Fight Night #2 vs. ROTATOR Lost (Split JD)
Fight Night #3 vs. Warhead Lost (Split JD)

Wins/Losses[]

  • Wins: 3
  • Losses: 4
Competition Wins Losses
World Championship I Nightmare Ghost Raptor
World Championship II Splatter HyperShock
World Championship III Chomp (Undercard Match) ROTATOR (Undercard Match)

Warhead (Undercard Match)

Faruq Tauheed Introductions[]

"From the great state of Wisconsin, where they know beer, brats and killer bots. Get ready to have a triple bypass. It's WARRIOR CLAN!"

"From the cheese state of Wisconsin. Its a veritable triple threat. In queso emergency, you can always call on WARRIOR CLAN!"

"It's the Braveheart of bots and you're about to get kilt! It's WARRIOR CLAN!"

"From the cheese plate of Wisconsin, Brie-ware. Nacho average bot, so you cheddar watch out! It's WARRIOR CLAN!"

"Warriors come out and slayyy-y. This dissipating baddie will make you cry out for daddy. It's WARRIOR DRAGON!"

"Warrior the Magic Dragon lived by the sea, and it frolicked in a fiery mist in the land called "Please help meeeee". It's WARRIOR DRAGON!"

"This bot will cook you like a rotisserie chicken. Get ready to take a lickin' from the fire spittin' WARRIOR DRAGON!"

Trivia[]

  • Warrior Clan is one of six robots to compete in the original BattleBots series on Comedy Central (where it competed as Warrior before being turned into Warrior SKF), and the reboot. The others are Warhead, Complete Control, Moebius, Son of Whyachi and Nightmare.
  • All of Warrior Dragon's fights which went the distance were decided by split decision.
  • Alongside Plan X, Warrior Clan was the first multibot design to appear in modern BattleBots seasons, debuting in the opening episode of World Championship I.

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