Hydra's mistake was flipping too early on that second strike. it missed the target, gave an opening for Minotaur to push. then Minotaur's superior speed, chased Hydra's turnspeed to the latter's side, pushed it to the edge of the arena, then continued to penetrate its behind.
Hydra's mistake was fighting Minotaur. We've seen it recently with Tantrum. Hydra can't take a punch. It generally wins by flipping opponents who attack it head-on, but if they can get past the flipper, that's game, if there's any kind of serious weapon, and no weapon is more serious than Minotaur's. Tantrum did it differently (and just a bit slower) by getting underneath Hydra and attacking its underside. I'm increasingly convinced Witch Doctor (easier to flip) would have won their match with Hydra if their weapon hadn't failed. Just a really good hit or two and it shuts down. One trick pony. If the trick fails, game over.
It’s not that simple. Hydra also convincingly beat Uppercut, a bot which arguably hits harder on average than Minotaur. And it did it by doing exactly what it did at the start of this match, getting under the spinner and then flipping. Hydra won the first interaction of this fight too, getting under Minotaur’s weapon and landing a flip. If the fight continued, Hydra probably would have one the ground game even more, due to its shape being so hard to connect with at the front. It really was that failed flip attempt that screwed Hydra up. Of course this would’ve been a hard fight for Hydra no matter what, it’s very fragile, and Minotaur’s well driven enough to maybe reach Hydra’s flank anyways. That being said, this fight was never hopeless for Hydra, and it was that one interaction that threw the fight. Edit: sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to the reply above. Not the original comment.
@@yawbyss981 Now you should know better than to think it's about who hits hardest. Uppercut was ideal for Hydra, easy to flip, very awkward, elaborate design, couldn't take a lot of punishment. Minotaur can get under Hydra, and Hydra didn't last one minute against it. Hydra did not, however, knock Uppercut out--it went to the judges. Uppercut lost by knockout to Ribbot. So I guess Ribbot is superior to Hydra? :)
@@christopherlyons5900 Hydra clearly got under Minotaur in the beginning of that fight. And then they clearly punished a whiffed flip. I used uppercut as an example to demonstrate that as long as Hydra can get under the weapon, it can flip any bot. I was in no way trying to say that Uppercut is better than Minotaur, I’m just saying that Minotaur’s drum didn’t beat out Hydra’s flipper while it was vulnerable to a flip.
@@u-one8612 Bite Force is the Premiere Bot, fer sure. Just like (erratic) Tombstone had been previously. That's the wonderment of ever improving Battle Bot technology~
This fight was like watching that lucky boxer who got the first punch in in a match against Tyson in his prime which only managed to piss off Tyson and flip his Taz switch!!
Minotaur is definitely one of my favourite robots! Even though they didn’t win against Witch Doctor, at least they made it to the finals! I don’t care about the controversy surrounding the fight you cannot let that ruin the episode. I’m just happy Witch Doctor made the top 2!
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MINOTAUR's brutal as always
Minotaur is a flipper bot's worst nightmare
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Hydra's mistake was flipping too early on that second strike.
it missed the target, gave an opening for Minotaur to push. then Minotaur's superior speed, chased Hydra's turnspeed to the latter's side, pushed it to the edge of the arena, then continued to penetrate its behind.
Hydra's mistake was fighting Minotaur.
We've seen it recently with Tantrum. Hydra can't take a punch. It generally wins by flipping opponents who attack it head-on, but if they can get past the flipper, that's game, if there's any kind of serious weapon, and no weapon is more serious than Minotaur's. Tantrum did it differently (and just a bit slower) by getting underneath Hydra and attacking its underside. I'm increasingly convinced Witch Doctor (easier to flip) would have won their match with Hydra if their weapon hadn't failed.
Just a really good hit or two and it shuts down. One trick pony. If the trick fails, game over.
It’s not that simple. Hydra also convincingly beat Uppercut, a bot which arguably hits harder on average than Minotaur. And it did it by doing exactly what it did at the start of this match, getting under the spinner and then flipping. Hydra won the first interaction of this fight too, getting under Minotaur’s weapon and landing a flip. If the fight continued, Hydra probably would have one the ground game even more, due to its shape being so hard to connect with at the front. It really was that failed flip attempt that screwed Hydra up. Of course this would’ve been a hard fight for Hydra no matter what, it’s very fragile, and Minotaur’s well driven enough to maybe reach Hydra’s flank anyways. That being said, this fight was never hopeless for Hydra, and it was that one interaction that threw the fight.
Edit: sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to the reply above. Not the original comment.
@@yawbyss981 Now you should know better than to think it's about who hits hardest. Uppercut was ideal for Hydra, easy to flip, very awkward, elaborate design, couldn't take a lot of punishment. Minotaur can get under Hydra, and Hydra didn't last one minute against it. Hydra did not, however, knock Uppercut out--it went to the judges. Uppercut lost by knockout to Ribbot. So I guess Ribbot is superior to Hydra? :)
@@christopherlyons5900 Hydra clearly got under Minotaur in the beginning of that fight. And then they clearly punished a whiffed flip. I used uppercut as an example to demonstrate that as long as Hydra can get under the weapon, it can flip any bot. I was in no way trying to say that Uppercut is better than Minotaur, I’m just saying that Minotaur’s drum didn’t beat out Hydra’s flipper while it was vulnerable to a flip.
The fight didn't even last twenty seconds from first contact. One puny flip that did zero damage.
Also--'penetrate its behind"? Dirty! :D
To quote a famous cat, Hydra went “down faster than an Italian soccer player in an ice rink.”
Once minotaur pins you down you are done 😂
MINITOR has always been one tough bot! Everyone should have trepidation when up against that Tank of a Robot~
Dumb mf dont know how to spell
Not bite force
@@u-one8612 Bite Force is the Premiere Bot, fer sure. Just like (erratic) Tombstone had been previously. That's the wonderment of ever improving Battle Bot technology~
the humming sound of the drum as It spins is astounding
This fight was like watching that lucky boxer who got the first punch in in a match against Tyson in his prime which only managed to piss off Tyson and flip his Taz switch!!
Reminds me of the final fight of that movie the great white hype.
Minotaur is definitely one of my favourite robots! Even though they didn’t win against Witch Doctor, at least they made it to the finals! I don’t care about the controversy surrounding the fight you cannot let that ruin the episode. I’m just happy Witch Doctor made the top 2!
bruv that sound when the drum spins tho.....
There will be yet another rematch between Minotaur and Witch Doctor this season!
@@zedlav915 that will be interesting
@@zedlav915 I would like it if either WD or Minotaur won this year.
Minotauro é foda !!!
Ainda não vi melhor.
0:27 "fire?"
"i got nothin"
"10!"
The fight we all wanted
Both are cool bots
Damn, I love watching Hydra get wrecked.
Minotaur, the goat of Battlebots.
Love from Argentina 🇦🇷
I was there
Hydra in this season is really good, I hope to see again this battle
Respeita aqui é Brasil! Minotaur
After seeing Endgame fall, I'm hoping Minotaur can deal with Hydra again!
Finals were rather disappointing... :(
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Disappointing is an understatement.
Yep, i would prefer bitforce wrecking everyone to the bs we got. Hydra and Minataur were both robbed.
@@edophoneix1340 Agree completely
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Please rematch again
Minotaur is the worst Nightmare of Flippers
-Bronco
-Lucky
-Subzero
-Hydra
All of them defeated by K.O.
No wonder the new Hydra resembles Minotaur a lot in terms of shape and size
VISIBLE CONFUSION
They even adopted the drum spinner on Hydra.. Such a shame though Minotaur isn't as good since they tried out the new flipper setup
@@22dolls19 😀😃🤣
I feel like I never ever see Minotaur lose. (I only watch these random clips on CZcams)
That was fast.
Way faster than I thought it would be
That isn’t how the #3 is supposed to act!
minotaur didn’t know what awaits them
the season 6 supposed to be a rematch
Well.. This fight is so underwhelming. 😂
1440 HD my ass. Video quality is junk here wth?
respeita kkkkk