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''If you were looking for the weapon component, see [[Sledgehammer]]''

''If you were looking for the weapon component, see [[Sledgehammer]]''

Hammers have all one thing in common: weapons attached to a burst motor with a long extender between the motor and weapons.

Hammers have all one thing in common: weapons attached to a burst motor with a long extender (more than 60cm) between the motor and weapons.

 

Despite the bot's name, they are not limited to actual hammers as weapons, and can use indeed anything as a weapon. A common name for a hammer around newbies, especially Robot Wars-influenced ones, is "axe".

==Hammer (vertical)==

==Hammer (vertical)==

Basically, kind of a hybrid between a clamp, a [[thwacker]] and a hammer. Rather than bringing down the weapon, it is bringing it from the sides, like a claw closing on the opponent.  

A side hammer is exactly what it says on the tin : a hammer . Rather than bringing down the weapon, it is bringing it from the sides, like a claw closing on the opponent.  

This type hasn't generally the damage values of a normal hammer and doesn't avoid horizontal weapons, but can be made [[invertable]] then.

This type hasn't generally the damage values of a normal hammer and doesn't avoid horizontal weapons, but can be made [[invertable]] then.