Speed: 7
Traction: 7
Torque: 2
Weapon: 5
Armor: 9 (+1 top plate - the green outlined area here http://i.imgur.com/sX6zD5r.jpg)
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</td><td>VERSUS</td><td>Klarinette
Speed: 7
Traction: 7
Torque: 3
Armour: 10
Weapon: 3
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fuck
wedge spikes on, tail spikes off
his lifter is not very fast - if I flip him a lot, he'll have a hard time re-setting it in the correct orientation.
our stats are incredibly similar, though my 4WD to his treads should give me a slight advantage in terms of turning speed
if he pushes his lifter into the ground to gain leverage, he will lose some mobility, even with treads, since he will have less of their surface area touching the ground
my exposed rear wheels will allow me to maneuver around even if he lifts my front off the ground - they also let me move around when inverted.
due to the length of my wedges, it's highly likely that if he tries to lift me from the front, he'll just lift hinged wedge, not my body.
Strategy: Move aggressively to the middle of the arena to start - if he's hazard baiting, wait there until he is no longer hazard baiting. if he isn't/when he stops, move aggressively towards his front, and ram into him, head-on, then back off immediately after ramming him - and then immediately ram into him again. I know I'm not going to win the wedge war, but I also realistically know that the chance of me angling in is also low. so what I'm trying to do here is bait him into raising his lifter while I'm not on it, and then coming back in while it's raised. even if his lifter is raised the tiniest bit, I will get under him, thanks to my low wedges.
if I get under, great! shove him towards a hammer, and then flip him into it. if I still don't, frantically back off again.
after this initial lifter baiting scheme, start just trying to angle into his lifter - if he presses it into the ground, he'll lose a whole lot of mobility, so I probably will get around it. if he doesn't my wedges probably have a slight advantage since they're segmented. occasionally mix in lifter baiting if it worked initially (don't bother if it didn't).
once I do manage to get under him, keep chaining together flips - his robot's design is built around keeping opponents from being explosive, so even a single good chain of flips could really change the tempo of the match. try to point him at a hazard when chaining flips, I doubt I can get him stuck on anything.
do try to avoid getting lifted/controlled for too much of the match
TL;DR: lifter bating and angling in - don't let him control the match
