HUGE GIVES KRAKEN A FACELIFT | Huge vs Kraken | BattleBots

It's Robot Fighting Time!

Huge needed to win this battle to make it into the Championship Tournament, but was facing a tough opponent in Kraken, who from the start makes their presence known. This fight is from Season 5 Episode 8.

Show Synopsis: With all the thrills and edge-of-your-seat tension of a major sporting tournament, combined with the latest in robot engineering and larger-than-life inventors, BattleBots has viewers of all ages gripped.
In pairs, bot inventors go head-to-head inside the perilous and bullet-proof BattleBot arena, with the aim of destroying or completely disabling their opponent’s machine.
During each episode, we meet the creators behind these awesome machines. From amateurs and super-smart technology students to seasoned professionals who have dedicated their lives to creating the ultimate fighting robot, find out what drives these charismatic inventors, and how they turn their visions into supreme battling robots.

Who will go home with the spectacular BattleBots trophy?

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[Nonkel_Jef]

I love Huge. Such a unique design. It looks like it shouldn’t work, but they somehow managed to do great.

[_GigaWaffle]

Well deserved win, but what a show by Kraken! I wanna see more powerful and more flamethrowers.

[johnfjones]

This is fascinating. Seen so many fights where Huge just does nothing. Kraken seems to be the perfect height to take damage from Huge

[ivaneames]

There was a robot like Huge in the UK's Robot Wars but it didnt have the blade (just a hammer tail that had no real weight to it), wasn't so well driven (which meant their weapon was pretty much useless) and was pretty much ineffectual. Here it shows how a bot like that can actually do well if given the right weapon and driving skills.
Edit: It did try a blade attachment but it was still pretty ineffectual.

[smithyblue]

Robots like Kraken remind me of Wild Thing, it’s one of those machines that can tank the hits and still carry on, before the fight I was expecting Huge just to dominate from the beginning and not give Kraken any breathing space afterwards (possibly knocking it out).

This sport keeps proving that nothing is certain until you see it.

[shadow-scope-fsm]

In hindsight, HUGE probably would've done better to spin the bar downwards from the start, and get the vital components at the top. Still, it got the results it wanted in the end.

[professornuke]

Gabrielle I and II just kept going. These big wheelers are incredibly resilient, and have only gotten better.

[liltone]

4:35 I just can’t unhear Cristiano Ronaldo: Siuuu

[david.cutipa]

Not sure if there's a "Best hit sound" category but man that hit at 1:06 sounded like a legit explosion. Very chonky smash.

[maxm]

Is it in the rules that a robot has to release a hold after a while? Otherwise Kraken could just keep that initial hold all match

[SethiozProject]

those were some HUGE hits, i'm surprised that fire didn't melt any wires or circuit boards. but what i like most about huge, is that it started out as a clown / joke build, but they took it to the next level and just kept upgrading.
i have to admit, i didn't think this design would ever work when i first saw it, but now its really good. i think they only have to be afraid of horizontal spinners, i only remember one time where huge got ripped apart by one.

[superymariowest]

Kraken is just the right shape to get hit by huge

[ZondaFRoadster]

2:03 Are you sure you can show that on television?!

[mrle]

Have flamethrowers done anything in the history of battlebots ?

[jameskift]

Man Robort Wars was a must watch after school xD

[mercedesjacevedosilva]

In Up 2008

HUGE Vs Kraken
Axolotl Vs Ribbot
Big Dill Vs Rotator
JackPot Vs Lock Jaw
Blood Sport Vs Chronos
Fusion Vs War Hawk
Main Event
Skorpios Vs Tombstone

[destroyermaqa]

"Looks like Kraken's gonna need a huge plastic surgery after this one"

[evoeightyci]

It's no wonder Matt Spurk was in tears last season when he said Kraken was being retired. He has just lost the battle and knew the bot was past it's prime. He'd been fighting with that bot since Discovery's Season 3. RIP Kraken, you fought well. We can all only hope that Matt comes up with a new and even more amazing bot for 2023.

[poissonnoir]

Huge is the Tito Ortiz of battle bots. Every victory feels pretty cheap.

[billytanadi]

Control bot is still a long way from going into Battlebots meta