User blog:NJGW/Series 10, Heat D - Predictions

6th. The Kegs
There's no way around this: The Kegs are absolutely screwed no matter what they fight. A fun robot to have, and you've always got to credit the efforts of Team Terror Turtle, as it's great to see them back again, but they have no hope of doing anything bar being absolutely battered.

5th. Androne 4000
Unlike Series 9, Series 10 has had a lot of really intriguing looking newcomers - and ones that have functioned to solid degrees, too. Androne 4000 seems like another one of these, and two defeats in a row won't be a disaster if the machine can be valiant in its defeats. In another Heat, Androne 4000 may have a decent chance of progressing further, but this particular episode has four pretty big standouts, and Androne 4000 will struggle to breach that gap.

4th. Tauron Mk2
I think we're all hoping for big things from Tauron this time around after such a short-lived campaign in Series 9. The new version of the machine looks even more powerful than it promised to be in its debut campaign, so hopefully things can at least translate well into the arena in some form. I can see a strong Group Battle performance from Tauron Mk2 - with potential for it to progress immediately to the Heat Semi-Finals, but I do think it'll come unstuck at that stage, and will narrowly miss out in the Third place Play-Off, too.

3rd. Iron-Awe 6
When this Heat was first revealed, I immediately backed Iron-Awe 6 to take it, but over time I've become more and more cautious in displaying confidence for that prediction. I've ended up going for a third place finish for Iron-Awe 6, but I do think it'll struggle against the variety of spinning machines in the Top 4 of this Heat.

2nd. Nuts 2
Series 9 was a bitterly disappointing campaign for Nuts 2. After a gritty Series 8 campaign with a more limited machine, last series promised to be one where Nuts 2 could show its potential. However, even worse than with Tauron, problems surfaced before activate was even called. Hopefully there will be no such trouble this time around, and we get to see what this innovative machine can really do. It's against opponents that I really do think it can be slippery and cause problems against. A 10 Robot Rumble place for Nuts 2 would be a great thing for it, but I'm not quite confident enough to back it for Heat victory.

1st. Concussion
Concussion is a machine I didn't take a liking to in Series 9. It showed consistent problems with reliability, and hardly wiped the floor with Thor performing at its worst. However, this time around, and with time to refine things, Concussion may be able to win me over more in Series 10. This is an incredible hard Heat for it to dominate, and I do think any of the Top Four I've predicted could take the Heat if things go right, but I feel just slightly more confident in Concussion performing at a consistently solid enough level to take victory. Nevertheless, with such a consistent spread of quality and potential in this Heat it should prove to be a very good one. If all four of the top machines can perform to their best, we should experience a wide selection of very good fights.