Hydra

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When the match started, Hydra managed to flip Witch Doctor into the air, and afterwards kept flipping them continuously. After the short hang-time, Hydra was hit by Witch Doctor's weapon, and then took a small hit from the disc spinner.

In a March 2023 Team Whyachi livestream, the Ewert family revealed the fight had to be paused momentarily as Gigabyte was thrown into an area of the BattleBox which yanked out an extension cord, leaving wiring strewn across the arena floor. Unbeaten in three and looking for a high seed going into the Top 16, Hydra was matched against Inertia Labs and Bronco. The premium flipper from the first three seasons, Bronco was experiencing a disastrous campaign and was looking to avoid a 0-4 record. This fight proved to be incredibly controversial, leading to ill-feeling among fans and builders alike. Ultimately, though the attachment was within the BattleBots rules for the 2020 season, changes to rules concerning corralling and additions to a bot to encourage this were made for World Championship VI. Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt. Hydra was able to remain aggressive throughout, giving chase and landing flips on Gigabyte while John Mladenik's bot could only deal small hits to Hydra in return. Despite Hydra's persistence in breaking its opponent's weapon, Gigabyte's spinner kept working for the entire battle, and the fight went to the judges. Hydra won by another unanimous decision and advanced into the Top 8.Hydra once again made the Top 32, this time as the No.4 overall seed. In the Round of 32, it fought the No.29 seed DeathRoll. Both robots were former semi-finalists in World Championships IV and VI respectively.

Soon enough, Hydra got a third flip on its opponent, sending it into the Lexan before landing blade-first into the arena wall. A fourth flip threw DeathRoll close to the blue square, as it finally landed upright and could drive away to the red starting square. In spite of this, all three judges voted in favor of Hydra, pushing it to a 3-1 record to round out of its Fight Night schedule. Hydra fired its weapon once more, and threw Gruff out of the arena, right by the entrance for the BattleBox. Gruff was counted out and Hydra won by KO in a much-needed victory, setting its record to 1-1.Hydra faces Tantrum.As the fight began, Tantrum immediately got its left-side fork lodged in the killsaw slot and Hydra took advantage, getting a small flip in early. This bot is made from 100% real Wisconsin Bad Boy. It's part cheese curd on a motorcycle, part bratwurst punching soy. Your chances of living are skim to none when this bot eats you whole. It's the scary dairyland monster, gee, golly don't you know? It's Hydra!"

This Wisconsin flipper would make a great cow tipper. It'll udderly defeat you if you make one wrong moooooove. It's HYDRA!" Earlier, he flipped Blip so hard, his little heart shut down. Now he'll send Blip's bro to a family reunion six feet underground. Started 31st, now he's the dirty worst. Jake Ewert's got no chill. He just won't stop until he kills both of Aren's bots and then he's the king of the hill. It's HYDRA!" Hydra's special configuration for HUGE.Hydra's second opponent was Jonathan Schultz and HUGE. Before the fight, Team Whyachi installed an attachment dubbed the "Hydragate" - 28lbs of steel tubing capitalizing a design flaw in HUGE in that its weapon is shorter than its wheels. The attachment was designed to be wide enough catch HUGE by the wheels and push it around the arena while HUGE was unable to flank around it. Sparks fly as Ribbot's undercutter grinds down Hydra.Hydra was able to get its flipping arm under the front of Ribbot, however, and throw them high into the air, landing on the screws and tearing the decorative frog shell away. Ribbot landed on its wheels and tried to clamber over Hydra to cause damage, but found itself hurled through the air a second time, bouncing right side up. As Hydra tried to flip a third time, Ribbot's undercutter sliced the tip of their weapon away, though it was able to fully retract and was otherwise unaffected.

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This bot comes from Wisconsin, the land of cheese and dairy. If you're lactose intolerant, this might be kind of scary. It'll turn you into swiss, cause its flipper doesn't miss. Make you crumble like ricotta, it's one. Big. Botta. It's HYDRA!" Hydra and Defender face off.Defender immediately drove over the top of Hydra, snapping one of its long yellow forks and landing upside down. Defender righted itself and did the same again, as Hydra misfired before successfully throwing Defender over. Jason Vasquez's bot landed upright but could not get underneath Hydra's low profile design as it was flipped again. Upon driving into the corner of the BattleBox, Hydra slid underneath Defender again and threw it considerably higher, landing on the arm of the pulverizer and detaching one of the arena signs. Hydra vs. WhiplashNext up for Hydra was the Vasquez family and Whiplash, who were looking stronger as the season went on.

Hydra watches on as a flaming Gruff is counted out.Hydra fired its flipper again but only brushed against the side of Gruff as it continued to be chewed by the screws. Hydra’s flipper, which appeared to be much weaker than in previous fights, was still able to land a flurry of flips on Gruff, tossing a few feet in the air each time. As Gruff was trying to regroup, Hydra got underneath Gruff again and flipped it towards the corner near the out of the arena zone. Hydra watches on as Whiplash is counted out.With just over a minute gone, Whiplash appeared unable to self-right and a count began, ending the team's season at the Round of 16 stage.There's not much Jake Ewert can do. Just sit there, and there comes the count-out!" — Chris Rose as a count begins on Hydra Hydra was counted out with under a minute to go, ending Team Whyachi's season at the quarter-final stage. Despite its exit, Hydra finished as the only robot to defeat the eventual season champion, SawBlaze, during the competition.