User blog comment:Nweston8/Robot Wars Missions - Entry 2: Finding machines that are genuinely underrated/@comment-2118191-20171222204907

OK, y'know what, I'm gonna throw this out here too...I feel that Foxic is severely overrated, yet conversely severely underrated. Obviously this instance has to do with versions, so I'd better explain.

The overrated version is, obviously, the Series 8/New Season 1 version. We know all the problems that this version had, namely in terms of mobility and general reliability, yet in a lot of the tournaments I've seen people hold, typically on FaceBook, it's won battles purely because "it can tank spinners". Now, don't get me wrong, that's a completely valid argument. Foxic managed to tank blows from Last Rites (basically Tombstone from BattleBots) with the only damage it took being a small side panel when it got hit in the side. The scoop did its job. However, it still lost the battle after its mobility issues kicked in. And this isn't just a case of Last Rites knocking out its power link or anything...it literally just stopped and refused to move again until after it was counted out...y'know, like what happened in every single one of its fights in Robot Wars? Yes, it can resist spinners, but a good spinner would almost certainly take advantage of its moments of inactivity to get around the side and continue launching attacks. Foxic does one thing really well, but is terrible in every other aspect, and people just hype up that one thing is does really well to an unrealistic degree. It's kinda like 259 in that aspect.

The underrated version is the Series 9/New Series 2 version. From what I understand, it still has all the strengths of the previous version and is still completely spinner-resistant. It also has the added benefit that it can drive. It's clearly superior to the previous version and I honestly think it could have beaten M.R. Speed Squared and really pushed Concussion...were it not for a weapon malfunction and a driving error, thus leading many people who didn't like Foxic already to just assume it was as terrible as the previous version, over something that clearly wasn't entirely its fault.

Yes, I copied and pasted this word for word from the overrated thread, but the point is still clear. And no, the fact that I, of all people, am actually writing this sort of stuff about Foxic (considering my disdain towards it is hardly a secret) is an irony that's not lost on me.