Aaah, ok.
Your latest Excalibur is proving a tough nut to crack without such trivial methods, shattering my hypothesis that the eye5width gene heralded a new generation of tougher bots! Very well written btw, I am hoping atm that the 'adaptive armour' is the underlying strength.
FYI all it took for Rat to beat the F1 crowd after winning the F2 league was the last gene, the antiviral bit. (plus ofc the anti tie bit)
Being British I support the (F2) underdogs and hope you manage to come up with a new F2/F1 winner soon!