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Varient 2. Could be improved but I am moving onto another Drone Type now. This one has a much better Push Trap that often transforms into a pusher when the trap fails. Like most drones it has weaknesses to some drone designs.

Thanks 71. I agree the grapple lacks offensive power and functions more defensively or acts to disrupt the enemy drone's tactics. I'll definatly try it against some downloads for a decoupling rammer. I don't believe I have tested that out for a weakness at length. I like the idea of replacing the supports with engines. If i put the engines in line with the supports I can add more engines and remove some of the supports. A grand idea and my hats off to you for the suggestion. Im not too worried about the trap being torn asunder as long as the umph the opposing bot has is put into it and the dodging bot can last to ring out. I don't expect to win everytime with it but as long as my trials result in a heavy majority of wins I can be happy with the end result. I'll definatly be trying to modify the parimeter to incorporate MOHR POWER. I'll make a V2 varient if I am successful.

Cool concept and decently effective. In terms of pure grappling abilities, it's definitely one of the best I've seen, although it struggles to turn those grapples into an actual win.

It's main downsides are:
1) Only 6 primary thrusters on the trap and a high part count mean any half decent decoupling rammer will trade favorably with it. Even if the trap gets the enemy core bot, it's not clear it can exert enough control to really knock them out. I would probably strip down some of the armor pieces in favor of more thrusters to make it more effective.

2) The core bot is a bit flimsy for how large it is. Jump drive rammers can destroy sensors and logic bits with relative ease. Also has a tendency to freak out when it encounters more than one thing at a time and knock itself out.

You can see this Sumo drone video highlight in the following link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHrnqRui6sI

Additionally the core AI will move around the ring at fairly high speed and change direction on enemy detection. It has two modes of rear engine power to keep itself inside the ring. Its only real weakness is bad luck or RNG that occurs rarely. I'll post a highlight youtube video link here once I have finished editing the video.