Thunder and Lightning

Overview
These are two Hexbug Witch Doctor V1 toys made in the likeness of the season 1 King of Bots competitor by the same name. They have been recolored red (Thunder) and blue (Lightning) to pay homage to the competitor. They were not completed in time for Hexbug Hell season 1, but Thunder teamed up with Witch Doctor V1 for an exhibition match against Gigabyte which they won. Lightning was completed by the time of Hexbug Hell Quarantine Edition and they fought in and lost three rumbles and a one on one against Bronco where they were both thrown out of the arena. The duo returned for the Hexbug Hell Quarantine Annihilator where they were eliminated in round 8 in a judges decision after Thunder was thrown out by Bronco after suffering crippling drive problems.

Hexbug Hell season 1
* Thunder and Lightning did not compete in the main competition, but did partake in an exhibition match.*

Thunder and Lightning vs Gigabyte
* Note: because Lightning wasn't made yet, it was replaced by Witch Doctor V1*

The fight started with a box rush from Thunder while Witch Doctor was tentative. It ended with Gigabyte being unable to spin up for the entire fight. Witch Doctor then came in for a hit that knocked the shell loose even further. Gigabyte tried the sit and spin technique which failed. Witch Doctor then got under the shell and pushed Gigabyte into the wall. Gigabyte managed to escape, but lost its shell to Witch Doctor. Gigabyte was furious and started pushing Witch Doctor around. Witch Doctor then tried (and failed) to use the shell as a ramp to get under Gigabyte. Gigabyte then got into a shoving match with Thunder and then reclaimed its shell after a shoving match with Witch Doctor. The rest of the fight was Gigabyte trying the sit and spin tactic again and Doctor Thunder (Thunder/Witch Doctor team name) trying to take off the shell again. The fight ended with Thunder and Gigabyte both stuck under the shell. The fight went to a judges decision where Doctor Thunder won.

Rumble 1
Number of robots: 13 (14 if you count Thunder and Lightning seperately)

The fight started with everyone spinning up. When everyone met in the middle, all hell broke loose. Lumaside, Tombstone, Minotaur, the BYOB Silver Drum, and the BYOB Disc immediately lost parts while Lumaside was lifted on top of Supernova. The BYOB Silver Drum quickly lost its other panel to Bite Force while Lumaside, Witch Doctor V3, Supernova, and Lightning were fighting each other. While this was happening, another group was formed from Minotaur, The Berg, Gigabyte, and Thunder. The groups then spit apart and all the robots went after someone else. Lumaside then spun up and delivered a shot to Lightning. While the group of Witch Doctor V1, the BYOB Silver Drum, the BYOB Disc, Lumaside, Thunder, and Witch Doctor V3 were slugging it out, Gigabyte got its weapon going and charged The Berg, and Bite Force tangled with the BYOB FBS. Bite Force then went after Tombstone while Witch Doctor V3 went after Supernova and Minotaur. By this point, Supernova and Tombstone were fighting it out while most of the robots had formed a group in the corner. By the time that the group had largely broken up, it was abundantly clear that Thunder was suffering from Drive problems. Bite force was going after Gigabyte while being harassed by Witch Doctor V1. Lumaside, Supernova, and the BYOB Disc teamed up for a pincer attack on Tombstone. Lightning pressed an attack on the BYOB FBS which caused it to lose a tread. The Berg was briefly trapped in a mass of discarded panels and other robots before it freed itself. Witch Doctor V1 came in from behind and tried to remove Thunder's armor panel, but ultimately failed and moved on to find their next prey. The final 10 seconds began being counted down and everyone got desperate as a result. Tombstone quickly went after the BYOB Disc and bounced off of it, but no further offenses came from anyone because the fight was over. After a few days of deliberation and rewatching, Lumakid100 decided that the winner of this fight was Bite Force due to it being the most active throughout the fight and most dominant in the shoving matches that ensued.

Rumble 3
Number of robots: 8 (9 if you count Thunder and Lightning seperately)

The fight started with everyone spinning up and meeting in the middle. In the first hit, a pincer attack from both BYOB Drums took off Witch Doctor V3's top panel and rear bumper while a combined effort from Thunder and Lightning took off all of Witch Doctor V1's panels. Thunder's top panel was coming loose, but Lighning pushed it back into place. When the group split, Bite Force took a panel from the BYOB Orange Drum while Minotaur took off its own top panel. Both Witch Doctors were attacking Thunder while Lightning was attempting to remove Bite Force's top panel. When the Witch Doctors let go of Thunder, it left to take on the BYOB Orange Drum which was pinned to the wall by The Berg, Witch Doctor V3, and Thunder. Soon after, the BYOB Silver Drum took off one of Minotaur's side panels. Bite Force then attempted to take off Thunder's top panel. The BYOB Orange Drum then managed to take off Bite Force's top panel. It was at this point where Thunder's drive problems struck which left Thunder only able to crabwalk for the rest of the fight. Despite this, Thunder still managed to pin The Berg into the wall. Bite Force then took off the BYOB Orange Drum's last panel while it was experiencing weapon problems. The Orange Drum's weapon was then taken off by Minotaur while Lightning's top panel fell off from all the abuse it took from this fight. Mere moments after that, Thunder lost its top panel to Minotaur. Minotaur was then pinned onto a discarded side panel by the BYOB Silver Drum. Minotaur was eventually freed during the final 10 seconds when Witch Doctor V1 pushed the BYOB Silver Drum into Minotaur. However, a few seconds earlier before Minotaur was pinned, the BYOB Orange Drum pushed Lightning onto a discarded top panel which stranded it. Lightning was never freed and that gave the BYOB Orange Drum the win via KO count.

Thunder and Lightning vs Bronco
(A/N: Bronco was down a wedge for this fight because it was broken and needed to be glued back together)

The fight started with Bronco closing the flipper playing dead in order to draw the twin verticals in. Thunder and Lightning approached with their weapons cranking and tried to free Bronco. That proved to be Lightning's fatal mistake as it reversed onto Bronco's waiting flipper and was flipped. Bronco the repositioned itself in a corner and waited. Thunder came in to have a look (the drive demons struck again) but was then flipped by Bronco. As celebration, Bronco flipped Thunder and Lightning out of the arena as they were being counted out.

Rumble 6
Number of robots: 18 (19 if you count Thunder and Lightning seperately)

The fight started with every spinner spinning up and every flipper and hammer priming their weapon. When everyone met in the middle, Bronco tried to flip Witch Doctor V1, but failed. A fairly large group continued to harass Bronco for some time. Bronco then escaped and flipped the BYOB FBS. After that Bronco went after the BYOB Disc who wasn't keen on letting history repeat itself. Bite Force then redirected Bronco into the wall while it was having small drive problems. While this was happening, Mr. Shellshock was being targeted by Witch Doctor V1, The Berg, and SOKhaos. Meanwhile, the BYOB Axe targeted Bronco and made the fatal mistake of driving in front of it. The BYOB Axe was flipped, had trouble self righting, and Bronco threw it out of the arena. Bronco went after Lumaside next and quickly dispatched it by throwing it out of the arena. Bronco then tried to throw Supernova out of the arena, but Minotaur drove under it as it was being flipped. Bronco then flipped Minotaur and that managed to get Supernova off of it and out of the arena. Bronco then went after the BYOB FBS which was long gone at this point and was pushed over to Bronco's wall. Bronco quickly threw out the BYOB FBS, then flipped Tombstone. Bronco then went after Bite Force who was boxed in, and threw it out too. The fight went to a judges decision where Bronco won due to having the highest KO count.

Round 1
(18 robots)

The fight started with everyone either spinning up or priming their weapon. When they met in the middle, panels flew everywhere from multiple weapons hitting them at the same time. When the group split, Thunder and Lightning were pressurizing Minotaur and Lumaside while Thunder was rammed from behind by Witch Doctor V3. While this was happening, The Berg's side panel was compromised and hanging by a thread. When the groups split, Bronco flipped Beta who then self righted. Tombstone then attacked Bronco as its flipper was retracting from a flip attempt on Mr. Shellshock, this resulted in Bronco clamping down onto Tombstone's bar which prompted an unstick. After the unstick, Blacksmith started Targeting Bronco. Bronco was then boxed into the wall by Witch Doctor V1 who Bronco then targeted. Witch Doctor V3 tried to save Witch Doctor V1 by ramming Bronco as it was flipping Witch Doctor V1, but it was too late as Bronco had already pinned Witch Doctor V1 on top of the wall. Bronco then flipped Witch Doctor V1 onto its back as it was being pushed away by Witch Doctor V3. The now immobile Witch Doctor V1 was then targeted by the BYOB Flipper in an attempt to throw it out of the arena. While this was happening, Bronco then targeted and flipped Mr. Shellshock as time ran out. The fight went to a judges decision where Witch Doctor V1 was eliminated due to being immobilized first. Witch Doctor V1 was now out.

Round 2
(17 robots)

When everyone met in the middle, Bronco flipped Tombstone away. Bronco then started targeting the BYOB Silver drum while a large group was slugging it out by the red square. Soon after that, Bronco tried and failed to flip the BYOB Flipper and the BYOB Orange drum in succession. Bronco and Bite Force then preformed a tag team attack on Gigabyte. After that, Bronco targeted and flipped the BYOB Silver drum. Bronco then threw the BYOB Silver drum out of the arena to seal the deal. The BYOB Silver Drum was now out.

Round 3
(16 robots)

The fight started with everyone trying to get in position for the ideal strike. Bite Force easily took off the BYOB Orange drum's weapon which reduced the BYOB Orange Drum to nothing more than a pusher. Bronco then tried to target Witch Doctor V3, but Minotaur got in the way and pushed Bronco aside. Lumaside's bar then fell off while it was attacking Gigabyte. Bronco then flipped The Berg where it was hung up on its top panel and couldn't self right. The Berg was counted out and eliminated from the competition.

Round 4
(15 robots)

The fight started with Blacksmith losing their front wedge and Bronco trying to pick a target. Bronco then pinned and flipped Witch Doctor V3. That wasn't enough for Bronco as it promptly threw Witch Doctor V3 out of the arena. Witch Doctor V3 was now eliminated.

Round 5
(14 robots)

The fight started with Bronco targeting the BYOB Orange drum. Bronco then managed to flip the BYOB Orange drum within 10 seconds. Bronco also flipped Minotaur because Minotaur was in Bronco's way. Bronco then flipped the BYOB Orange drum out of the arena to add insult to injury. The BYOB Orange drum was now eliminated.

Round 6
(13 robots)

The fight began with everyone being a little tentative, but Bronco had already chosen its target. Bronco flipped Bite Force and left to take on Gigabyte whose weapon functionality was long gone at this point. Bronco and SOKhaos then teamed up in trying to push back Gigabyte who wasn't having any of it. Bronco then targeted Bite Force and threw it out of the arena. The season 1 champ has been eliminated.

Round 7
(12 robots)

The fight started with Bronco flipping Tombstone away and Supernova running on top of Gigabyte's shell. Bronco decided to target Lumaside and take out one of the heavy hitters. Bronco then flipped Lumaside over with help from Thunder, Beta, and Blacksmith. Bronco then decided to try and take on Gigabyte again to try and flip it, but it failed to do anything except drive it into the walls. Bronco then switched targets back to the immobile Lumaside and attempted to throw it out of the arena. With some assistance from other bots to keep Lumaside from spinning up, Bronco was successful in throwing Lumaside out of the arena. Lumaside was now eliminated.

Round 8
(11 robots)

The fight started with Bronco missing a flip attempt on Tombstone, and then backing into Gigabyte. Bronco then unsuccessfully tried to flip Gigabyte before switching targets to Mr. Shellshock. Tombstone then decided to fight Beta, but it wasn't very effective. Lightning then took off Thunder's top panel in a bit of friendly fire, which enabled Bronco to ram into Thunder. By this point, Thunder lost drive completely. Bronco then started targeting Tombstone, but eventually targeted Thunder and threw it out of the arena, however the fight didn't stop because Lightning was still in the arena. Bronco then flipped Supernova on top of Tombstone in the final 10 seconds. The fight went to a judges decision where Thunder and Lightning were eliminated due to Thunder being thrown out.

Fight record
Overall record: 8-5