User blog comment:Toon Ganondorf/Read TG's raw live messages to Toast whist watching Series 9/@comment-29558956-20170403121433/@comment-5801603-20170405102842

I believe Apollo pulled out of Heat B(the one with no grand finalist) and was put with Carbide. Remember Heat B would've been Heat A, continuing the trend of the series winner being in Heat A, but that changed presumably when Apollo dropped out.

Also Aftershock has the vertical bar specifically to combat horizontal spinners. Personally I want it to win, and I'd like Ironside3 to make the top 4 as a solid, reliable, very heavy spinner.