CREATUREFEST JULY 2025

[knux400]

Welcome back, robot enthusiasts! Today's match is against Pyron and Manixx at the Chromotex Rally, and boy howdy, is this going to get a lot more difficult.
 

"Wait. Why'd you give me a jackhammer and not a gun? Did your logic center glitch up or something?"

Well, Schmoo, to put it simply, you just can't beat these guys with a gun. As you can see, Manixx is equipped with the Overwatch R200, which is still the best armor available at this point, and Pyron has the Raptor DT-02, an upgraded version of the weapon from the previous post which we'll take a quick look at now.
 

"Yeah, that looks cool! Why am I not using that?"

The DT-02 does slightly more damage than its predecessor, at the cost of 10 units of firing range. However, it also has the same weakness as the DT-01, the 50 unit minimum firing distance. Once again, this weapon cannot fire on targets that are too close.

We could just give Schmoo the R200 and the DT-02, since those are the best armor and weapons available to us at the moment, but even those won't be enough to handle the Chromotex gang. Pyron and Manixx are just too close to Schmoo in terms of damage output and health for her to be able to win with this loadout. If she were using the same type of weapon as Pyron and Manixx were, she would be guaranteed to take damage every time she dealt damage. This was fine in the previous two matches, when she was able to isolate targets and outclass the robots individually, but even in a perfect setup where one of the enemy robots waited patiently in the corner while Schmoo dealt with the other one, winning the first fight would still mean losing enough health that the second fight would become impossible. We need to find a way for Schmoo to deal damage without losing health.
 

"I can see where this is going..."

The Torrika KJ-557 is a repeating pneumatic hammer designed for use as a melee weapon in robot combat. Its maximum firing distance is 50 units, and it has no minimum firing distance, meaning that while Schmoo is in range to deal damage with her hammer, Pyron and Manixx will be unable to target them at all. Of course, maintaining this distance is going to be extremely difficult since all robots have the exact same movement speed as I mentioned earlier, but this is a small price to pay for a setup in which Schmoo deals damage to the target and not the other way around.

But there's another problem.

The combined weight of the R200 and the Torrika is too much for Schmoo's chassis to handle.

Every robot has a weight limit, which determines the type of armor and weapons they can hold. Heavier chassis have higher weight limits, which means better gear, but we only have one type of chassis available to us right now. So in order to use the Torrika, we're going to need to swap Schmoo's armor out for the previous one we used- the Chromotex Light that she had all the way back in the first post. This armor only weighs 4 units (again, no further information given in the game) which gives Schmoo just enough capacity to handle the jackhammer.

"You're kidding me, right? You want me to go in there with zero range and less armor??"

Fortunately for her, this will only be a temporary arrangement, as we will unlock the game's second chassis after we beat this match- and this one will have a higher weight limit on it. For now, let's take a quick moment to look at our very upset robot.
 

"This is a bad idea. I can't believe you're making me take a jackhammer to a gunfight."
"Well, it's definitely not a good idea..."

Oh yeah- I forgot to mention that both of the previous videos consisted of all of my gameplay from start to finish- I just managed to beat the first two arenas on my first try! If you don't want to sit through several minutes of Schmoo getting blown up (she gets better) I'd suggest skipping to 7:04.

Tune in next time when we cover chassis upgrades in a bit more detail! And don't expect this to get any easier, either...



"Shit."