Each robot has its own weaknesses and resistances and must fight other Robot Masters and Support Mechas to earn their weapons and potentially unlock them for use in battle. While each robot has its own unique set of level-up abilities based on classic series weapons, abilities can also be manually equipped to compatible robots by the player so long as the ability matches that robot's Core Type - a mechanic similar to the element types in Pokémon. What this means is that an Explode Type robot like Crash Man could learn Hyper Bomb by defeating Bomb Man and equipping his weapon. A Flame Type Robot Master like Heat Man is likewise able to equip Fire Man 's signature weapon the Fire Storm because the ability's type matches the robot's core type. However, there are also many dual type moves whi