Tag Team Tournament
A Tag Team Tournament is a tournament that consists of 2 bots usually fighting at the same time against two other 'tagged' opponents. The name can possibly relate to other fighting competitions as well. Most commonly, in professional wrestling terms, one wrestler would fight in the ring and have the option to literally tag in his team mate (out of ring) to either switch places with him or to do a tag team move, consisting of both team mates attacking at once. In Robot Arena 2 however, both opponents USUALLY fight incognito with their team mate against the opposing side, effectively suiting the term Tag Team Match. Typically, Tag Team Tournaments consist of members pairing up and building bots that will be on the same team against two other paired members. These members can either be volunteered or assigned, depending on the tournament host.
Tag Team vs Standard
Tag Team Tournaments are more difficult than Standard Tournaments in that:
- They usually take longer at the signup process since multiple bots have to be built and depending on the time it takes for members to pair up. This process is even longer if there is a large amount of people entering.
- Havoking is more susceptable, due to a greater amount of bots fighting at once.
Matchups and Compatibility
Entering a Tag Team Tournament with someone who is willing to pair up with you is one thing, but it means nothing if both of your bots are not compatible with each other during the fight, meaning that both members must try to reduce the risk of friendly fire as much as possible to secure a victory. That being said, Bot Types like a VSs or a Sns would probably not be a good choice, being that they have weapons that damage opponents from most/all of its sides.
Generally the following are some tihngs to think about when building a bot for a Tag Team Tournament:
- Is my bot safe enough for my opponent's to brush/bump against during the fight?
- Would a similar design help? Or would a complementing design suit better for the tournament?
- How well do our bots work together? If one bot is being ganged up on and/or your teammate gets destroyed, is that an issue for the other bot?
The following list determines a POSSIBLE RECCOMENDATION on the Bot Types that go well together and those that don't. Be mindful that this list may and will change. It is based on common bot types that are built to the best of their ability who, when matched up, will do the least amount of damage to each other (bot health wise):
Symbol Identification
+ = Very Compatible, - = Not very compatible, / = Not compatible at all
- Flipper+Popup
- Flipper+Rammer
- Flipper+Drill
- Flipper+Wammer
- Flipper-Drum
- Flipper-Juggler
- Flipper-VS
- Flipper/HS
- Flipper/Sns
- Popup+Flipper
- Popup-Rammer
- Popup-Drill
- Popup+Wammer
- Popup-Drum
- Popup-Juggler
- Popup/VS
- Popup/HS
- Popup/Sns
- Rammer+Flipper
- Rammer-Popup
- Rammer+Drill
- Rammer+Wammer
- Rammer-Drum
- Rammer-Juggler
- Rammer-VS
- Rammer/HS
- Rammer-Sns
more to add soon.