Changes: King of Bots (Season 1)

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Season 1 of King of Bots was the first series of the show, filmed in late 2017 and aired in early 2018. It featured eight episodes. Season 1 of King of Bots was succeeded by 'Season 1.5', the associated TV show This is Fighting Robots, and the forthcoming Season 2.

Format

The main competition consisted of a simple six-round knockout tournament between 48 robots weighing up to 110kg. Each round featured head-to-head battles between the competitors, the winners of which would progress to later rounds. For the third round, four 'wildcard' entries were added alongside the twelve second-round winners for a total of sixteen robots. The tournament continued until two robots remained in the sixth and final round, the winner of which would be crowned the inaugural King of Bots champion.

In addition to the main competition, Season 1 also featured two 'Tag Team' battles (also referred to as '2v2' battles) and a nine-robot 'Rumble', broadcast in Episode 7 and Episode 8 respectively.

The majority of robots competing in Season 1 hail from China, but a number of international countries are represented, such as the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia and Russia.

Episodes

Episode 1

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 1

Episode 1 contained seven battles from the first round of the competition.

Robots competing: Drought War Tiger, Megabyte, Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield, Nuclear Bomb, Red from the Flames, Saber, Sea Wolf, Greedy Snake, Stingray, Spectre, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Vulcan, Whirlwind Cloud Breaker, Wild Beast

Battles

Megabyte vs Stingray: Megabyte won
Saber vs Vulcan: Saber won
Nuclear Bomb vs Greedy Snake: Greedy Snake won
Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield vs Tyrannosaurus Rex: Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield won
Drought War Tiger vs Wild Beast: Wild Beast won
Red from the Flames vs Spectre: Spectre won
Sea Wolf vs Whirlwind Cloud Breaker: Whirlwind Cloud Breaker won

Episode 2

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 2

Episode 2 contained eight battles from the first round of the competition.

Robots Competing: Burning Twin Star, Chinese Aegis, Dark Knight, Hammerhead Shark, Hot Wheel, Hurricane, Great White, Ninja General, Rust Boar, Spin Doctor, Steel God of War, Tánshè, Thunder and Lightning, Thunderstorm, Two BBQ, Unlimited Numbers

Battles

Steel God of War vs Thunder and Lightning: Thunder and Lightning won
Great White vs Spin Doctor: Great White won
Dark Knight vs Tánshè: Tánshè won
Hammerhead Shark vs Hurricane: Hammerhead Shark won
Hot Wheels vs Ninja General: Ninja General won
Burning Twin Star vs Thunderstorm: Thunderstorm won
Unlimited Numbers vs Rust Boar: Rust Boar won
Chinese Aegis vs Two BBQ: Two BBQ won

Episode 3

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 3

Episode 3 contained nine battles from the first round of the competition.

Robots Competing: Blade Gyro, Blue, Chiyung Jinlun, Crossfire, EarthShaker, Griffin, Hunting Wind, Ink Thorns, Inverse Scales, Knife Legend, Moment, Scorpion, Steel Dragon, Stegodon α and Stegodon β, Suspension, The Grubs, Whirlwind, WU66

Battles

Blue vs EarthShaker: Blue won
WU66 vs Suspension: Suspension won
Griffin vs Moment: Moments won
Chiyung Jinlun vs Steel Dragon: Chiyung Jinlun won
Stegodon α and Stegodon β vs Whirlwind: Whirlwind won
Blade Gyro vs Scorpion: Blade Gyro won
Hunting Wind vs Inverse Scales: Hunting Wind won
Crossfire vs The Grubs: The Grubs won
Knife Legend vs Ink Thorns: Knife Legend won

Episode 4

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 4

Episode 4 contained six battles from the second round of the competition.

Robots Competing: Blade Gyro, Blue, Hammerhead Shark, Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield, Rust Boar, Saber, Spectre, Tánshè, The Grubs, Thunderstorm, Two BBQ, Whirlwind

Battles

Spectre vs Whirlwind: Spectre won
Hammerhead Shark vs Tánshè: Tánshè won
Two BBQ vs Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield: Two BBQ won
Blade Gyro vs Rust Boar: Rust Boar won
Blue vs Thunderstorm: Blue won
Saber vs The Grubs: Saber won

Episode 5

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 5

Episode 5 contained six battles from the second round of the competition, concluding the round.

Robots Competing: Chiyung Jinlun, Great White, Hunting Wind, Knife Legend, Megabyte, Moment, Ninja General, Residual Wind, Greedy Snake, Suspension, Thunder and Lightning, Wild Beast

Battles

Great White vs Hunting Wind: Great White won
Chiyung Jinlun vs Megabyte: Chiyung Jinlun won
Greedy Snake vs Suspension: Greedy Snake won
Residual Wind vs Wild Beast: Wild Beast won
Knife Legend vs Moment: Knife Legend won
Ninja General vs Thunder and Lightning: Thunder and Lightning won

Episode 6

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 6

Episode 6 contained all eight battles from the third round of the competition, featuring all twelve second-round winners and four wildcard entries.

Battles

Great White vs Tánshè: Great White won
Blue vs Two BBQ: Two BBQ won
Crossfire vs Spin Doctor: Spin Doctor won
Spectre vs Wild Beast: Spectre won
EarthShaker vs Megabyte: Megabyte won
Saber vs Thunder and Lightning: Thunder and Lightning won
Knife Legend vs Rust Boar: Rust Boar won
Chiyung Jinlun vs Greedy Snake: Chiyung Jinlun won

Episode 7

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 7

Episode 7 featured all four battles from the fourth round of the main competition, as well as two Tag Team battles.

Battles

Spin Doctor vs Megabyte: Megabyte won
Two BBQ vs Spectre: Spectre won
Chiyung Jinlun vs Great White: Chiyung Jinlun won
Greedy Snake vs Thunder and Lightning: Thunder and Lightning won

Tag Team Battles

Saber & Snake vs Tánshè & Vulcan: Tánshè & Vulcan won
Great White & Spin Doctor vs Rust Boar & Wild Beast: Spin Doctor & Great White won

Episode 8

Main article: King of Bots (Season 1)/Episode 8

This episode featured the Semi-Finals and the Grand Final of the main competition, alongside a third-place playoff and a separate nine-robot Rumble.

Battles

Chiyung Jinlun vs Megabyte: Chiyung Jinlun won
Spectre vs Thunder and Lightning: Spectre won

3rd Place playoff

Megabyte vs Thunder and Lightning: Megabyte won

Final

Chiyung Jinlun vs Spectre: Spectre won

Rumble

The Grubs vs Griffin vs Tyrannosaurus Rex vs Nuclear Bomb vs Blue vs Ink Thorns vs Crossfire vs Steel Dragon vs Dark Knight: Nuclear Bomb won

Trivia

The first three teams to appear in the series all spoke in English. Only the fourth robot to appear, Saber, saw a team speak in Chinese.

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+'''Season 1''' of ''[[King of Bots]]'' was the first series of the show, filmed in late 2017 and aired in early 2018. It featured eight episodes. Season 1 of ''King of Bots'' was succeeded by '[[This is Fighting Robots (Season 1.5)|Season 1.5]]', the associated TV show ''[[This is Fighting Robots]]'', and the forthcoming Season 2.
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-'''Season 1''' of ''[[King of Bots]]'' was the first series of the show, filmed in late 2017 and aired in early 2018. It featured eight episodes.
 ==Format==
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 Episode 1 contained seven battles from the first round of the competition.
-Robots competing: [[Drought War Tiger]], [[Megabyte]], [[Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield]], [[Nuclear Bomb]], [[Red from the Flames]], [[Saber]], [[Sea Wolf]], [[Snake]], [[Stingray]], [[Spectre]], [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]], [[Vulcan]], [[Whirlwind Cloud Breaker]], [[Wild Beast]]
+Robots competing: [[Drought War Tiger]], [[Megabyte]], [[Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield]], [[Nuclear Bomb]], [[Red from the Flames]], [[Saber]], [[Sea Wolf]], [[Greedy Snake]], [[Stingray]], [[Spectre]], [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]], [[Vulcan]], [[Whirlwind Cloud Breaker]], [[Wild Beast]]
 Battles
 *Megabyte vs Stingray: '''Megabyte won'''
 *Saber vs Vulcan: '''Saber won'''
-*Nuclear Bomb vs Snake: '''Snake won'''
+*Nuclear Bomb vs Greedy Snake: '''Greedy Snake won'''
 *Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield vs Tyrannosaurus Rex: '''Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield won'''
 *Drought War Tiger vs Wild Beast: '''Wild Beast won'''
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 Episode 2 contained eight battles from the first round of the competition.
-Robots Competing: [[Burning Twin Star]], [[Chinese Aegis]], [[Dark Knight]], [[Hammerhead Shark]], [[Hot Wheel]], [[Hurricane]], [[Great White]], [[Ninja General]], [[Rust Boar]], [[Spin Doctor]], [[Steel God of War]], [[Tánshè]], [[Thunder and Lightning]], [[Thunderstorm]], [[Unlimited Numbers]]
+Robots Competing: [[Burning Twin Star]], [[Chinese Aegis]], [[Dark Knight]], [[Hammerhead Shark]], [[Hot Wheel]], [[Hurricane]], [[Great White]], [[Ninja General]], [[Rust Boar]], [[Spin Doctor]], [[Steel God of War]], [[Tánshè]], [[Thunder and Lightning]], [[Thunderstorm]], [[Two BBQ]], [[Unlimited Numbers]]
 Battles
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 *Burning Twin Star vs Thunderstorm: '''Thunderstorm won'''
 *Unlimited Numbers vs Rust Boar: '''Rust Boar won'''
-*Chinese Aegis vs Grill Judge: '''Grill Judge won'''
+*Chinese Aegis vs Two BBQ: '''Two BBQ won'''
 ===Episode 3===
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 Episode 4 contained six battles from the second round of the competition.
-Robots Competing: [[Blade Gyro]], [[Blue]], [[Grill Judge]], [[Hammerhead Shark]], [[Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield]], [[Rust Boar]], [[Saber]], [[Spectre]], [[Tánshè]], [[The Grubs]], [[Thunderstorm]], [[Whirlwind]]
+Robots Competing: [[Blade Gyro]], [[Blue]], [[Hammerhead Shark]], [[Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield]], [[Rust Boar]], [[Saber]], [[Spectre]], [[Tánshè]], [[The Grubs]], [[Thunderstorm]], [[Two BBQ]], [[Whirlwind]]
 Battles
 *Spectre vs Whirlwind: '''Spectre won'''
 *Hammerhead Shark vs Tánshè: '''Tánshè won'''
-*Grill Judge vs Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield: '''Grill Judge won'''
+*Two BBQ vs Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield: '''Two BBQ won'''
 *Blade Gyro vs Rust Boar: '''Rust Boar won'''
 *Blue vs Thunderstorm: '''Blue won'''
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 Episode 5 contained six battles from the second round of the competition, concluding the round.
-Robots Competing: [[Chiyung Jinlun]], [[Great White]], [[Hunting Wind]], [[Knife Legend]], [[Megabyte]], [[Moment]], [[Ninja General]], [[Residual Wind]], [[Snake]], [[Suspension]], [[Thunder and Lightning]], [[Wild Beast]]
+Robots Competing: [[Chiyung Jinlun]], [[Great White]], [[Hunting Wind]], [[Knife Legend]], [[Megabyte]], [[Moment]], [[Ninja General]], [[Residual Wind]], [[Greedy Snake]], [[Suspension]], [[Thunder and Lightning]], [[Wild Beast]]
 Battles
 *Great White vs Hunting Wind: '''Great White won'''
 *Chiyung Jinlun vs Megabyte: '''Chiyung Jinlun won'''
-*Snake vs Suspension: '''Snake won'''
+*Greedy Snake vs Suspension: '''Greedy Snake won'''
 *Residual Wind vs Wild Beast: '''Wild Beast won'''
 *Knife Legend vs Moment: '''Knife Legend won'''
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 Battles
 *Great White vs Tánshè: '''Great White won'''
-*Blue vs Grill Judge: '''Grill Judge won'''
+*Blue vs Two BBQ: '''Two BBQ won'''
 *Crossfire vs Spin Doctor: '''Spin Doctor won'''
 *Spectre vs Wild Beast: '''Spectre won'''
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 *Saber vs Thunder and Lightning: '''Thunder and Lightning won'''
 *Knife Legend vs Rust Boar: '''Rust Boar won'''
-*Chiyung Jinlun vs Snake: '''Chiyung Jinlun won'''
+*Chiyung Jinlun vs Greedy Snake: '''Chiyung Jinlun won'''
 ===Episode 7===
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 Battles
 *Spin Doctor vs Megabyte: '''Megabyte won'''
-*Grill Judge vs Spectre: '''Spectre won'''
+*Two BBQ vs Spectre: '''Spectre won'''
 *Chiyung Jinlun vs Great White: '''Chiyung Jinlun won'''
-*Snake vs Thunder and Lightning: '''Thunder and Lightning won'''
+*Greedy Snake vs Thunder and Lightning: '''Thunder and Lightning won'''
 Tag Team Battles
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 Rumble
 *The Grubs vs Griffin vs Tyrannosaurus Rex vs Nuclear Bomb vs Blue vs Ink Thorns vs Crossfire vs Steel Dragon vs Dark Knight: '''Nuclear Bomb won'''
 ==Trivia==
 *The first three teams to appear in the series all spoke in English. Only the fourth robot to appear, Saber, saw a team speak in Chinese.
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