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Launch Break II
By: Dutch Date: April 3, 2023, 10:03 pm
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Launch Break II
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Launch Break II was a hand-powered flipper
HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/flippers/,<br
/>successor to Launch Break, built by Dutch. It was the most
powerful flipper in Legobots history, twice as powerful as
two-time champion Hydra
HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/hydra/.
Stats
Length: ~8 inches
Weight: ~400 grams
Class: Superheavyweight
Fighting average: 0.429 (3 wins out of 7 fights) not
counting forfeits, 0.500 (3 wins out of 6 fights)
Weapons: Hand-powered flipper
Weapon KE: ~2.0 J (could launch 300+ grams 2 feet up, and hit
the ceiling
HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jmk00NJ8tMo0nNbvWzimqy-RQ72esAKX/view?usp=sharing<br
/>with a ~40 gram block)
Minibots: None
Titles: None
Status: Retired and scrapped
History
[center]Patterson-Seibert Tournament 31[/center]
Launch Break II vs MicroWave
LBII was seeded against veteran MicroWave
HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/microwave/,<br
/>a powerful horizontal spinner
HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/horizontal-spinners.
LBII's wedge deflected MicroWave's spinner and the latter
lost its weapon to a weapon mount failure and tapped out. LBII
took the upset and advanced to the next round to face Undertaker
HTML https://bugforums.createaforum.com/lego-battlebots-wiki/undertaker/.
Launch Break II vs Undertaker
LBII took repeated shots from Undertaker's massive spinner which
tossed Undertaker into the air, but held up fairly well until
Undertaker's weapon hub split and it, too, tapped out. LBII won
a second upset victory and continued on, next facing three-time
champion Chopper
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Launch Break II vs Chopper (winners' bracket semifinal)
On the first hit Chopper bounced off LBII's front. On the second
LBII was outmaneuvered and took a hit to the left wheel guard.
The next hit removed the wheels on that side and LBII was
counted out, receiving its first loss and joining the losers'
bracket.
Launch Break II vs MicroWave (elimination bracket semifinal)
LBII forfeited, as Dutch wanted to focus on MicroWave for the
finals.
[center]Patterson-Seibert Tournament 32[/center]
Launch Break II vs RadioWave
LBII's first opponent was RadioWave, a MicroWave alternate
design. LBII got under RadioWave in the first engagement and got
a big flip which landed the spinner on its back. RadioWave
struggled to self-right but was aided by LBII, which flipped it
again, landing it right side up. The remainder of the fight
consisted of LBII being unable to get a flip and RadioWave
failing to get good engagement with its spinner. LBII won a
judges' decision and advanced to the next round to face fellow
flipper Pancake.
This fight earned LBII the record for the highest-energy
flip ever.
Launch Break II vs Pancake
LBII proved to have the superior ground game with its sharpened
forks and got under Pancake, but was unable to get a flip.
Pancake surgically rammed off two of LBII's wheels and it was
counted out, joining the losers' bracket.
Launch Break II vs Unnamed II
LBII repeatedly tanked shots from Unnamed II before the latter
sniped LBII's right side wheels, taking them off. LBII was
counted out and eliminated, this being its third loss by losing
its wheels.
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