User blog:O Raz3r O/My Top 10 Best Episodes

Introduction
I've seen a lot of people create lists of their favourite battles, but a couple of days ago my older brother got me thinking after rewatching the 2016 series: what is your favourite episode? Not a single battle, but a whole episode filled with good fights? I found it to be a rarity to enjoy every battle in an episode, no matter how much I loved Robot Wars. Sometimes though, there are episodes which, to me, stand out among others as the best. Not all of the best battles were necessarily in the best episodes, and not all of the best episodes necessarily had the best robots. So for the next few days I'm going to list two episodes at a time to fill what are my Top 10 favourite episodes up to and including the 2016 Series. These could be a bit longer than your usual Top 10 list, so feel free to just whiz though.

Honourable Mentions

 * Third Wars - Heat E
 * Fourth Wars - Semi Final 2
 * Fifth Wars - Semi Final 1
 * Extreme 2 - Annihilator
 * Seventh Wars - Semi Final 2

10. Seventh Wars - Heat F
Admittedly there was one not-so-good battle in the form of Fluffy vs Scarey-Go-Round vs Constrictor vs Killer Carrot 2, but the other 5 battles more than made up for it. Tsunami and X-Terminator proved to be the stars of the show. Tsunami flipped TWO of its three first round opponents out of the arena while X-Terminator destroyed Diabolus at the same time, but few seem to remember that bit of the battle.

Compared to other special events, the Axe-Attack was actually fairly good with Iron-Awe 2.1, Kat 3 and Hydra putting on a good show, plus it's always fun to see the competitors take on the House Robots. Because of my sadistic craving for metal-munching mayhem, I rather enjoyed seeing Killer Carrot 2 get diced by X-Terminator, and they did well to survive so long, before X-Terminator flung them out with their flywheel, something we hadn't seen from a competitor before in the UK Championships. Meanwhile, Tsunami demolished Constrictor, causing bits and pieces to fly off Constrictor as they were flipped, before ending with yet another out of the arena finish. It was the sheer power of the flips that made Tsunami so fun to watch in the Seventh Wars. The heat final was one of the tensest, most nerve-wracking battles I've ever watched when I watched it for the first time. I was still only 4 or 5 at the time of this battle being put on air for the first time, and I remember this battle more clearly than most because of how exciting it was. I couldn't believe it when X-Terminator pulled the battle back from the brink and flung Tsunami out of the arena; I was so sure they had lost! Alas, they did not, and they went on to compete in some more highly destructive battles.

9. Sixth Wars, Heat G
This heat got off to a cracking start with two entertaining round 1 battles. In the first battle, Tornado were relentless, and I personally have rarely felt bored watching pushers like Tornado or Storm 2 due to their sheer speed and power (but the decreased speed is also why I didn't enjoy watching Storm 2 as much in 2016). The second fight was even better, and ranks in my top 3 favourite fights of the whole of Series 6. There were some 'ooohs' and 'aaahs' when watching Thor's hammer come crashing down on Judge Shred 2½ for the first time, and Anarchy and Revolution 2 were both aggressive and had innovative designs that helped make this a great fight, battering Judge Shred 2½ and ultimately leading to Revolution 2 and the Judges being knocked out.

On to the round 2s, and I have to say that Thor's fight against Tornado ended up being much better than I thought it would be. Sure, Thor got battered, but they survived to a Judges' Decision, which is impressive for a newcomer against a machine like Tornado. Anarchy vs Inshreddable may have also been one sided, but the battle outlined the damage Anarchy could cause with an axe, and really showed that you can make a good walker robot. Finally, the heat final. This was definitely one of the better Series 6 heat finals which, as a whole, were a bit disappointing to me. A new weapon for Tornado and a new tactic too, showing that Tornado was not just a boring rambot, but a good tactician. It was also exciting to see Anarchy put up a good fight after two one-sided round 2 battles with a couple of flips and axe blows. They deserved to go further and it was a shame we didn't get to see them in the 2016 series due to changes to walker weight limits.