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       Hammers/axes
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: June 22, 2021, 6:34 pm
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       Hammers/axes
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       Hammers are a relatively common weapon, though axes are rarer.
       They rely on kinetic energy to break through the top of a bot.
       Famous bots to use hammers/axes are Headache
  HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/headache/<br
       />and Migraine
  HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/migraine/<br
       />in the original tournaments, and BETA
  HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/beta/msg180/#msg180,<br
       />Tension
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       />Stab
  HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/stab/,<br
       />Smash, and Squash in the newer ones.
       Types
       - Gravity hammers
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       - Rubber-band hammers
  HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/rubber-band-hammers/msg181/#msg181
       Advantages
       - Hammers can create massive internal damage, or even knock
       wheels off the bottom of another bot.
       - The stress from a hammer blow can damage the spots where the
       wheels connect to the enemy bot.
       - Narrow-tipped hammers and axes can land sniping hits on weapon
       gears or axles. The real BattleBot Chomp did this
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       />against Bite Force.
       - Against horizontal spinners
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       />hammers originally tended to do well because their weapon is
       often more durable and will be more likely to survive a
       weapon-to-weapon hit, such as in Tension and Tension II's
       matches with GyroWave
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       />Since then, however, advances in spinner tech have made this
       far
       less likely.
       - Hammers are very impressive to see in action, and so may sway
       a judge's decision.
       Disadvantages
       - Hammers are a rather inefficient manner of transferring energy
       (imagine trying to take bricks apart by pushing them together),
       so they have to be very powerful to do much.
       - Hammers often damage the bot they are mounted on. Dutch has
       created feather- and lightweight hammerbots that can KO
       themselves with one shot.
       - Hammers do poorly against full body spinners because if they
       miss, the hammer can be actually chopped off, like this
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       />This can also happen against horizontal spinners.
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