Ribbot is a giant killer. It has only been around for two seasons, but it has taken out End Game, Beta, and Uppercut. It is a Swiss army bot with a horizontal spinner, a vertical spinner, and a lifter. It first surfaced in season 4, losing its debut fight to crusher robot Kraken. It faced End Game in its next bout and won by knockout. Ribbot took its next fight by knockout as well but ran into SawBlaze in its fourth battle and lost a judges' decision. In two exhibition matches after the tournament, it went 1-1, beating Sharkoprion and losing to Valkyrie. In season 5, Ribbot came back and won its first fight against vertical spinner Tracer. It lost to MadCatter in its second fight of the season but took its third by knockout, which was enough to reach the final 32 as the 20th seed. It fought the ridiculously underseeded hammer robot Beta in that round and shocked the world when it won in dominant fashion. Its next fight was Uppercut, a devastating vertical spinner, and Ribbot again shocked everybody with its fourth knockout of the season. In the quarterfinals, it met drum spinner robot Black Dragon and did okay, but eventually lost the judges' decision. Ribbot's all time Battlebots record stands at 7-5 (.583) with seven knockouts. For its knockout power, fine win / loss record, and victories over three giants, Ribbot makes my list of the best Battlebots ever.
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