User blog:Diotoir the son of nemesis/Ranking the 2016 Series from worst to best

So as the Series is on repeat at the moment I'll take the time to discuss what I thought of each episode, from worst to best, this includes the Grand Final.

Thoughts
Well I must admit Episode 2, though better edited that Ep 1 it is kinda disappointing and somewhat boring. Here's the thing the opening two matches are fantastic and so is every battle with Thor in this episode...everything else is quite meh. Foxic is quite possibly one of the most undeserving machines to have qualified to round 2 after it was practically immobile throughout the group battle (, and I will say the whole "bad guys of Robot Wars" act was cringeworthy to watch, especially after Craig Danby is quite a charming person and isn't as bad as he was made out to be, even if his robot is pretty unreliable. Draven's loss was another thing I really didn't like considering that Draven was, aside from M.R Speed Squared, was the far more aggressive machine and was way more mobile until the final hit. The final thing that really annoyed me about this episode was M.R Speed Squared. This is a robot I like to call a "one battle wonder" this being a robot that's really impressive in one fight but disappoints in later fights or in cases like Pulsar before and after. The battles in this episode range from pushing, awesome axe battles, pushing, ripping a tearing, pushing, more pushing and did I forget pushing? I may defend rambots most of the time and I have said I prefer them over generic flipper number 40 but just like flippers if the rambot is good, and admittedly Shockwave was good, then it will create good battles but if they're bad then yeah you get a Foxic vs M.R. Speed Squared battle. Just because this is the worst in 2016 doesn't mean I hate it after all it does have a lot of good moments like above and obviously Thor was badass, this is a okay episode not great but certainly isn't awful.

Thoughts
Like Episode 2 the group stages were great but just like Episode two the head to heads were kinda bland with the exception of the Chompalot battle and the Gabriel vs Pulsar fight. Yeah a lot of this episode I found quite meh for what fought, this maybe because of the previous weeks episode but also the fact that some robots were quite disappointing such as Pulsar who dies every five seconds, Beast which is, well, a beast in the live events and Thermidor 2, which at this point I really shouldn't be too surprised after all it has exposed wheels, high ground clearance and struggles to self right. Unlike episode 2 though, the group battles are not boring and aren't just repetitive in fact it has a lot of variation in the fights and has some of the more unique robots. Ironside3 was amazing though I kinda wish we saw more (well...), I'm glad that Chompalot won its fight but then saddened yet laughing at the destruction caused to the poor dragon. The episode is really good but it's certainly put down by the rest of the episodes.

Thoughts
When I saw that this was going to be a flipper episode I was not looking forward to it, granted I don't hate flippers in fact I love a huge amount of flipperbots but considering that their battles usually play out the same way with a lack of difference. That said this episode had two good flippers that I like, TR2 and Dantomkia. It's strange because it's the opposite episode 2 and 5 in which the first two battles kinda suck to be honest. They missed an opportunity with OverDozer and Supernova in the same heat in stead we just see Dantomkia flip it about for a whole battle, the other group stage just consists of Supernova running side ways and Or Te dying by one hit (it's funny how people think Or Te is a great robot with great potential despite the fact that it fought in the live events and wouldn't you know it lost all of its battles after being hit once, it's not surprising it F2Q) Tangent aside I enjoy the head to head battles and they do offer some great battles such as the Big Nipper vs Dantomkia fight and the Big Nipper vs King B fight which were destructive and had some funny moments like Sir Killalot getting stuck in the arena wall. I really enjoyed this episode as it was tense, humourous and has some variety.