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After a season away, Chomp was redesigned into the first lb walker of the modern BattleBots era. Chomp would not return for Season 6 as although an official reason was not given, Zoe Stephenson was pregnant during filming for Season 5. She gave birth to her second child in January Chomp's first battle was against OverDrive. Chomp made many attempts to throw flames at OverDrive, but OverDrive was simply too fast for Chomp to make contact with. OverDrive made one attempt to flip Chomp, but Chomp luckily stayed on her wheels.
Despite this, without the use of its claw, Chomp was earning very few points before being backed into the BattleBox screws. The screws carried Chomp up onto the rails, where she could not escape.
This meant Chomp was eliminated via KO at However, Chomp was awarded one of the four wild cards for her technologically impressive mechanics and lack of damage sustained to the robot. Chomp was given the No. In the fight, Chomp once again attempted to use her flamethrower to exploit Icewave's petrol engine.
Chomp received a tear in the front of her wedge before the left side was damaged after three attacks from Icewave, resulting in the armor being loosened. Chomp then had a tear in the front left side of the chassis with the following attack from Icewave damaging the Chomp's rear and taking off a wheel. The right side of Chomp's right side was then hit and damaged by Icewave. The next three hits tore off Chomp's remaining wheels, causing Chomp to be immobilized.
Chomp lost by KO at as her four wheels had been destroyed by Icewave and was eliminated from the tournament for good. Here, with the arena floor disallowing the magnets to stick to the floor, Chomp kept toppling of from the sheer power of its hammer swings alone. In the fight, Chomp missed her first two axe blows,. The Disk O' Inferno capitalized by pushing Chomp back towards the Pulverizer before catching Chomp's underside with her single-tooth flywheel, an attack which left a dent but took out the spinner's primary weapon, leaving it with just its lifter.
Chomp was overturned again and shoved towards the screws but freed herself using the axe. The Disk O' Inferno then stopped suddenly, allowing Chomp to strike it twice. Disk O' Inferno escaped, but Chomp landed two more blows with the flamethrower also activated. On this second hit, The Disk O' Inferno lifted Chomp onto her lid and overturned it, pushing her around before Chomp righted herself. Chomp got in one final strike before the timer ran out and a controversial judges' decision gave her the victory.
This win put Chomp to the round of 32 with her No. At the end of the series, Chomp won the Founder's Award due to being an exemplary bot that does interesting things and pushes in the direction in which the founders hope BattleBots will grow. While not an official part of the tournament, Chomp fought in an exhibition match against Pumpkin Bot the same year, where it won easily after two hammer shots and use of its flamethrower.
Chomp's first opponent of the season was against Warrior Dragon. Things were off to a poor start for Chomp as Warrior Dragon immediately flipped her over, but Chomp quickly self-righted. Chomp continued to. This time, self-righting proved to be taking a while and by the time Chomp was almost righted, it was back on its side again. Chomp attempted to land another hit and missed, giving Warrior Dragon another attack opportunity.
However, Warrior. Dragon began emitting smoke and its flipper not only had stopped working, but it was bent up. Time ran out and the judges awarded a split decision for Warrior Dragon. The new fight night format though meant neither robot was eliminated.
Chomp's 4th opponent at the event was Warhead. To combat Chomp's constant toppling over, Chomp's weapon power was dialed down. The match got off to a pretty poor start for Chomp as they were immediately grappled by Warhead. However, they managed to get some hits on. Warhead and stayed upright each time, though none of these hits were really damaging. Chomp was then grappled again by her opponent before being released. Chomp continued to try and line-up some shots but when she mistimed her attack, Warhead grabbed the axe itself, preventing Chomp from being able to escape as it was once again in the jaws of Warhead.
When released, Chomp quickly self-righted and resumed the. With 10 seconds left on the clock, Chomp was grabbed a final time and held there until time expired. The judges awarded a unanimous decision to Warhead. Chomp wasn't finished yet as the team signed up for additional matches that didn't count towards their ranking and were just for fun.
One of these matches was against Basilisk. When the match began, Chomp fired its weapon but missed. Luckily, Chomp's opponent was having drive issues and Chomp was able to land a hit.
With Basilisk still not moving well, Chomp took another swing, this time taking out the pneumatics for Basilisk's flipper. This hit also toppled Chomp over. Chomp recovered and landed one final hit, but ended up on its side. Chomp tried desperately to right itself but its weapon was unable to properly swing so Chomp was counted out, giving Basilisk the win by KO.
Despite not being in the main competition, Chomp still took part in a live stream event with 9 other robots to compete for the Giant Bolt trophy in Las Vegas, Nevada. At this event, it was chosen to face-off with Skorpios. The match was off to a very poor start for Chomp as they missed their attack on Skorpios and toppled over, allowing Skorpios to move in. Chomp quickly got back over but missed their next attack as well, leaving them vulnerable to Skorpios once more.
Their third attempt was a bit more successful but didn't cause any damage and still allowed Skorpios to attack. After this third attack, Chomp was struggling to get back over and Skorpios was keeping them down. Finally, Chomp got back over with help from its opponent but it didn't stay upright for long as they missed another hit on Skorpios and toppled over. This time, Chomp found itself in the corner where it struggled to get away.
Chomp was then toppled by its opponent and ended up against the arena barrier as time ran out, while still trying to self-right. The judges awarded Skorpios the victory and Chomp was not chosen by the audience to compete in the championship so it was eliminated. When the match started, Chomp slowly scuttled out of her square and waited for Gamma 9 to approach her. When it did, Chomp landed a hammer blow but had managed to snag Gamma 9's lifting forks inside her own protective ring.
Chomp was nearly flipped over, but stayed upright due to her weight and both bots quickly got freed. Chomp tucked in her legs to get into a defensive position while Gamma 9 circled her in an attempt to out-maneuver Chomp's turret. Eventually, Chomp was attacked by Gamma 9 again, but missed her hammer shot.
Gamma 9 backed off and charged at Chomp once more to flip her over, but Chomp slipped off the forks and fired her weapon onto Gamma 9. Chomp continued to fend off Gamma 9's charges and quickly re-aligned itself with Gamma 9 and struck it again. However, the hammer-strike lifted Chomp off the ground and Gamma 9 remained aggressive, so Chomp was lifted again. Your contribution at this level will cover telephone and internet expenses for one month at the LV editorial offices.
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