User blog comment:RA2/Series 6 and Extreme 2 Rankdown/@comment-2118191-20190116200802

14: Kan-Opener. The fact it lost in Round 1 really lets it down and is the only reason I can't rank it any higher - in that aspect it's a lot like Disc-O-Inferno from the previous Rankdown. Its annihilator win, however, means that I feel it deserves making it to this stage at least.

13: Spawn Again. When it worked, it worked really well. When it DIDN'T work, however, it was just so frustrating, and the fact it managed to keep winning despite being clearly flawed made it even MORE frustrating. Still, it fixed most of the issues come Extreme 2, where it was obvious even in its short-lived All-Stars plight that it was a better machine than what it was.

12: Bulldog Breed. Like Kan-Opener, it gets docked a few places because of its poor performance in the UK championship, but still places high due to its commanding performance in the Tag Team Terror. It ranks above Kan-Opener not only due to the quality of robot it defeated, but also who it lost to - to be honest, it was never going to beat Hypno-Disc.

11: Hypno-Disc. Yes, Hypno-Disc still won its heat, but lets be honest, it wasn't the strongest heat by any means. Aside from that, it ended up showing lack of durability in its last few fights, and whilst I can understand its opponents tanking the hits, the fact it kept breaking down is a little harder to forgive. Plus the general attitude surrounding Hypno-Disc was still there, which bugs me in retrospect.

10: Storm 2. By and far the best robot of the New Blood competition and more impressive than Hypno-Disc, I feel rating it any higher based on comparatively poorer competition compared to everyone else is a little questionable, so I'll hold off.

9: S3. When S3 works, it is a strong machine. It was still able to cause significant damage when it could, but it had an arguably weak heat to really showcase the destruction, which I feel hinders it. Add a disasterous All-Stars and this feels about right.

8: Dantomkia. Dantomkia suffers from similar issues as S3. When up against the right robots, it's so strong, but against an actual All-Star, its weaknesses show. Poor reliability also hinders it greatly. However, I rank it higher than S3, despite losing to it, because of its performance specifically in the Challenge Belt, a qualifier it could have even won if it had kept the pressure up on Terrorhurtz (although I doubt it would have beaten Tornado head-to-head)

7: Dominator 2. It needed three judges' decisions in a row just to win its head-to-head clashes. It arguably wasn't even the strongest robot in its heat, and in all of its matches, it started by being completely outclassed. However, the fact that it was able to overturn these initial issues and come back strong every time is something I always admire it for, so I feel it deserves this score.

6: Bigger Brother. Great victories against Behemoth and Disc-O-Inferno is let down slightly by relatively poor performances in the semi-finals. Its All-Stars performance, beating Tornado and holding up well against Firestorm 4 does give it merit points back, though. We don't speak of the Minor Meltdown. Overall, it was a strong performer....

5: 13 Black. ....but I just feel 13 Black did everything better. A strong performance in the heat lead it to a semi-final where it was outclassed twice, but not without causing damage to Dantomkia. It then managed to wreck Chaos 2 and disengage Dominator 2 in the All-Stars before giving Razer a VERY close scare. More than that, in both cases, 13 Black was a major surprise - nobody expected it to pull off what it did.

4: Terrorhurtz. A spectacular performance overall, and one that Terrorhurtz has sadly never been able to replicate since. Proved to be super destructive despite not having a spiked axe and three impressive All-Star kills in a row, plus a really strong performance in the Challenge Belt, make this a clear top-four finisher, both here and the actual Series 6. The Playoff and All-Stars performances do leave a little be desired.

3: Firestorm 4. Four words - It. Flipped. Mr. Psycho.

2: Razer. So, yeah, it looks like people are ranking Razer above Tornado. I do agree with what everyone is saying, don't get me wrong here. By the end of Extreme 2, I would agree that Razer was clearly capable of dealing with Tornado and showed itself to be Tornado's superior when they were head-to-head. But that's the thing - head-to-head, not considering other battles. And whilst I'd argue their performances in Series 6 were roughly equal in terms of how they worked, by Extreme 2, Razer was performing arguably worse despite performingly technically better. Razer is, was and always will be an amazing robot that was so far ahead of its time that it deserves to be consistantly ranked high, but it seemed to suffer so much internal damage in Extreme 2 - it burnt out twice, maybe even three times, in victory and I can't ignore that.

1: Tornado. Tornado may have had that loss to Bigger Brother, and its win over Dominator 2 got a whisker lucky despite otherwise dominating, but overall, I feel Tornado performed more consistently than Razer did. It wasn't just its power and interchangable weapons, it was the fact it was able to easily outdrive almost everyone it came across and wasn't afraid to keep in even the more dangerous robot's faces. I may like Razer more and I agree it is the superior of the two, but I have to give the edge to Tornado overall.