User blog:Rammingspeed/Series 5 Audited

Made a lot of bins for Series 5 - the amount of useless robots it had was staggering.

Seeds:

1. Chaos 2

2. Pussycat

3. Firestorm 3

4. Razer

5. Panic Attack

6. Hypno-Disc

7. Gemini

8. Behemoth

9. Tiberius 2

10. Wild Thing

11. Wheely Big Cheese

12. Spawn Again

13. Judge Shred 2 1/2

14. X-Terminator

15. Dominator 2

16. 101

17. King B Powerworks

18. Gravedigger

19. 3 Stegs to Heaven

20. Thermidor 2

21. Onslaught

22. S.M.I.D.S.Y

23. Suicidal Tendencies

24. Diotoir

Heat A

Round One

Chaos 2 (1) vs Robochicken-Evo: Yeah.

Crushtacean vs Ming 3: ''Tough one this - Ming won't pierce Crushty's armour, but it will have more of a chance of grabbing hold of it. Barring the side wings (at a push) or the wheels (also at a push) I don't see what Crushtacean can grab hold of here. I don't think Andrew Cotterill was precise enough to get the claw into Crushtacean's wheels, but Ming should definitely be able to take advantage of its high ground clearance. This is a strange case of the better robot losing, as it's just not well suited to fight its opponent.''

Velocirippa vs 8645T: ''Don't see what Velocirippa can really do here. Its cutting disc won't cause any damage, and while 8645T shouldn't be able to overturn it, it definitely should take a Judges' decision.''

Judge Shred 2 1/2 (13) vs Sir Chromalot: ''Can Chromalot please do better than the first round next series? Sadly, without a srimech it won't win here.''

Round Two

Chaos 2 (1) vs 8645T: Easiest fight Chaos 2 will ever have.

Ming 3 vs Judge Shred 2 1/2 (13): ''Actually gonna give this one to Ming, again I don't see it causing huge amounts of damage but should it grab hold of Judge Shred it can do as it pleases with it. So long as its srimech wings don't break it should be alright.''

Heat Final

Chaos 2 (1) vs Ming 3: Razer may have beaten Chaos 2 in the past, but Ming 3 is no Razer.

Heat B

Firestorm 3 (3) vs Supernova: ''Firestorm may have been knocked out in one blow by Hypno-Disc, and Supernova's flywheel is actually more powerful than that of HD's - but that was a limping Firestorm. I feel like Firestorm can bounce its opponent around the arena until it breaks down.''

Cataclysmic Variabot vs Major Tom: CV just kinda died in Extreme, and Major Tom wasn't bad in this series.

Dominator 2 (15) vs Spirit of Knightmare: SoK might get Dominator over once or twice, but it won't matter with all the holes it's gonna get.

Disc-O-Inferno vs Tip-Top: Tip-Top was ridiculously flawed but I forget why.

Round Two

Firestorm 3 (3) vs Major Tom: Next.

Dominator 2 (15) vs Disc-O-Inferno: ''Wow, this is tough. Dominator 2 should be able to pierce Disc-O-Inferno's armour, but what if Disco's flywheel hits one of the wheel guards or even the axe mechanism? Will it go through the armour and take out a wheel? Hypno-Disc managed it with a statistically less powerful weapon, but the difference is that Disco's took a very long time to get up to a dangerous speed. It may take some time before Disco can land an effective hit, but I think it'll come - and as we saw in Dominator's battle against Hypno-Disc, it only takes one hit for the drive to give in on one side.''

Heat Final

Firestorm 3 (3) vs Disc-O-Inferno: I know Horizontal Spinner > Front-Hinged Flipper, but here Firestorm won't give Disco the time it needs to get that flywheel up to speed and throw it around until it breaks down'.

Heat C

Panic Attack (5) vs Panzer Wraith

Hippobotomous vs T-Bone

King B Powerworks (17) vs Axe-Awe

Kronic 2 vs Wolverine