Shaman was not unarmed, as it was also equipped with a flamethrower to toast the underside of opponents it can get underneath. Shaman was a wedge robot designed to get behind the opponent and distract their drivers so Witch Doctor could go in for the kill.
It was also accompanied by a 30lb minibot named Shaman in early seasons of the show. It often featured small front wedges which could be replaced with a large steel plow to combat spinners. In all of its televised BattleBots appearances, Witch Doctor featured a potent vertical spinning disc which has been capable of causing major damage to opponents. Witch Doctor during World Championship I. The original middleweight was built by Adam Bercu, who fought in the 2007 event with middleweight Coincidence before later branching off to form part of Overhaul and pilot his own 250lb BattleBots competitor, Brutus. Witch Doctor then briefly fought in RoboGames. From there, the middleweight Witch Doctor was designed and fought in three BattleBots IQ events, winning the Best Engineered and Coolest Robot awards as well as finishing first overall in the 2011 competition. Andrea Gellatly (then Suarez) first competed in 2004 with a robot called The Kerminator as part of Team Mean n' Green, before entering a shell spinner named Category 5.
It was originally built by Busted Nuts Robotics, now known simply as Team Witch Doctor, who entered the original middleweight into BattleBots IQ events.Ĭo-captains Andrea and Mike Gellatly both found their feet in BattleBots during its untelevised events. Witch Doctor is a heavyweight (formerly middleweight) robot which has competed in every BattleBots World Championship. For the ShowBot which competes at BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon live events, see Witch Doctor (ShowBot). Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.
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