User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Series 2/@comment-32166543-20180308192519

14: Killerhurtz - This may seem rather strange, putting a robot that did visible damage to Dead Metal last here, but the thing is, Killerhurtz was plagued by problems, and broke down or malfunctioned without warning 3/4 times. Still even with Killerhurtz at the bottom it's a great and powerful machine.

13: Robodoc -  Its stats mean that it was the de facto strongest robot in its heat, which picks up a fair few points for me, however it was convincingly beaten by King Buxton without much trouble at all.

12: Behemoth - as much as it saddens me to put my favourite robot on here, Behemoth only really picked up points here because of the stage it got to. It was beaten easily by the one robot a flipper should do easily against, and only won the heat because Razer died.

11: Chaos - Yes it could have won the heat if George remembered to put the plastic on, and it managed to outpush Dead Metal, but by George's own admission, the machine lacked power in the arm, which was also far too narrow, and it flipped itself way too much

10: All Torque - While the team certainly proved to be more than just All Talk, being able to outpush Matilda and clearly being the favourites for the heat, but it was eventually outpushed by King Buxton and it fell to a death too early for it.

9: Panic Attack - and here I go getting controversial! Okay yes Panic Attack won the series, but let's consider who their final 3 opponents were shall we? First we had a Mortis driven by someone who didn't want to be there, a Killertron who uncharacteristically broke down after a nudge, and then a Cassius who, while Panic Attack won that fair and square, very well could have thrown the fight, it's a good robot but, it basically got the perfect draws to take the championship

8: Mace - Here we go into less out-there territory, as we next take off Mace, while it was a very good robot, with weapons on both sides and pretty much the only even slightly effective fail spinner in this period, it only won as comfortably as it did because George Francis made an honest mistake, and then it threw away a chance of going any further by choosing the Sentinal Route in the "race-off"

7: GBH - And we make the halfway point with a robot that should have gone further than it did, with an excellent scoop, dare I say one of the best lifting weapons in Series 2, but unfortunately it simply didn't do enough in the trial, which is why it stands here.

6: Killertron - And here's the 4th place, While the weapon was absolutely devastating... That's all Killertron really had. being armoured in plastic was terrible even for Series 2 and as I'm fond of saying, I've seen planes with less ground clearance.

5: Razer - I have no doubt that if Razer hadn't broken down like it did in reality, it would have made the grand final and possibly won... provided it didn't get flipped once. See Razer had no way to self-right, which is why, alongside the breakdown, is why it ends up just shy of the final 4.

4: Cassius - A brilliant Robot - just a terrible driver.

3: King Buxton - King Buxton was built to win, and it shows. Getting incredibly close to knocking out the reigning champions, and only burning out at the last moment, I think this robot could have easily been an actual top 3 finisher.

2: Roadblock - I said this machine would be a podium finisher on mine and here it is, with a saw that managed to single handedly destroy one of Killerhurtz's motors, almost beat Cassius, only losing because it strayed into the PPZ, and thrashing Killertron, this robot was amazing for the time and I think could have reclaimed the title, but it simply could not have fallen before the grand final.

1: So that just leaves Mortis. Have I bought into the producers hype? No, I genuinely think that Mortis was the best machine in Series 2. A very powerful axe, was on level with pushing on a house robot, before the Cassius Grudge match went off the rails, it managed to pierce right through their top panel, only lost in the main competition due to the team losing all motivation to continue, and I think it could have very well won the entire series if that incident ever happened.

Phew that's done. Now I can finally go and type up what happens when you give Reddit Series 5.