User blog comment:RA2/Series 7 Rankdown/@comment-29116446-20191206230125


 * 18th - Bigger Brother - Previously cut, but pitted. Definitely not the best Series for the machine, with a Round 2 exit and threw away a win in the All-Stars (although I wouldn't trade that battle for anything).


 * 17th - Big Nipper - A good machine in Series 7, and held The Grim Reaper off well in the Heat Final, but I do think it is one of the weakest machines left here.


 * 16th - Pussycat - Have to give it credit for the All-Stars, especially in the second and third rounds, as well as Round 1. However, in Round 2 of Main Competition, it was outdone by a good machine in M2.


 * 15th - The Grim Reaper - All three fights to a Judges' decision, just didn't seem to have the KO power this series. Good battles, but there are better machines left.


 * 14th - Ripper - Ripper was a very good machine, with a very good Round 1 battle, round 2 was over quickly, but then resorted to taking on the House Robots. The heat final showed them being horribly outclassed by Firestorm V.


 * 13th - Spawn Again - A very good machine, OOTAed Chip, and defeated the other two opponents. As much as I enjoyed the exploding pneumatics, it's worst attempt and it doesn't have much more to add at this point.


 * 12th - Tsunami - The double OOTA in Round 1 and third OOTA in round 2, but it's lack of control when trying to get X-Terminator out costs it here.


 * 11th - Dantomkia - A very quick OOTA in the Semi-Final first round detracts overall, and the inability to win via KO in the eliminator also detracts. Rounds 2 and 3 and the OOTA and quickest battle record help it.


 * 10th - Tough as Nails - Took out Disc-O-Inferno very quickly, dispatched Panic Attack, before struggling somewhat against Robochicken. Bulldog Breed gave them a good fight and won, meaning struggling with two fights has to limit it to the top of the bottom half.


 * 9th - M2 - M2 did well across all 4 rounds, a double OOTA, taking out a seed and flipping Tiberius 3 into the pit, as well as getting an even match out of Atomic.


 * 8th - Bulldog Breed - I was really pleased for Bulldog Breed to get to a Semi-Final, and despite the initial controversy, and I enjoyed all of the fights, and despite the struggle against Hard, the Kat 3 fight was well-fought and holding Tough as Nails off really benefits it in this final rankdown.


 * 7th - Atomic - Another machine I loved seeing thrive, with the OOTA and remaining domination of all robots in Round 1, as well as throwing Hellbent and S.M.I.D.S.Y. out, and finally dumping out M2. If Atomic had got Typhoon 2 over, the Wars would have been different. Sadly, that holds it back here.


 * 6th - Gravity - An absolute powerhouse, destroying the arena with Hydra, dispatching the 7th seed, as well as then getting rid of Lightning and then breaking the fastest battle record, which was great, considering it was already recently broken, Gravity throwing out the machine that had broken it was immense.


 * 5th - Tornado - A potentially controversial choice here, but Tornado for me is the 5th strongest machine in the Seventh Wars. It was outclassed twice by Storm II, and I think X-Terminator could have given them a good run for their money if X-Terminator hadn't have fought Typhoon II in the previous round.


 * 4th - X-Terminator - Another much improved machine in the Seventh Wars, and destroyed practically everything it came across. A shame that it fought Typhoon II in the Grand Final eliminator, but that's the limiter here.


 * 3rd - Firestorm V - The urge to put this at number 1 is very, very high. I want to put this at number 1, because I believe that they could have won this series, had they drawn Typhoon 2 or the pit still being closed. Overall, I do believe that Firestorm could beat all machines below it (even Tornado this year), and I really want to put it at number 1, and if it had won the All-Stars, I might be able to justify it, but sadly, it lost in Round 1, and that means I have to put it in 3rd.


 * 2nd - Storm II - Storm II was obviously going to rank quite highly, as it is quite a machine, very powerful and just all-round awesome. In addition, its OOTA of The Steel Avenger is iconic. 2nd place in the main competition and the Third World Championship winner elevate it to silver medal, but it's one loss to the overall champion leaves it at second, to...


 * 1st - Typhoon II - ...the eventual champion. Yes it withdrew from the 3WC (but it didn't technically enter), but it still has a perfect 7-0 W-L record, and apart from a minor blip in Round 1, every round after showed it's power. Hammerhead 2 was mangled, Iron-Awe 2.1 was destroyed, Thermidor II was OHKOed. Atomic was outdone, X-Terminator was shattered and Storm II held it off, but not enough to take the crown. Typhoon 2, despite having a glaring issue in a lack of a srimech, didn't let it phase it and won the title.

I switched 13-14, and 1, 2 and 3 so much, and I had pegged Firestorm for no. 1 but I just couldn't do it.