User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Series 3/@comment-29116446-20180413222324

So let's go 15-to-1:

15. The Big Cheese - well, the robot was sluggish (5mph top speed) and more the lifter could have been better. Sure it pinned Chaos 2 down, but it couldn't self right, a system which became more and more popular moving into Series 3.

14. Mace 2 - personally, I believe it got lucky to get drawn against two axlebots/thwackbots and Stinger might have done some damage to it, had it not driven into the pit. Close match in the heat final and so many robots were just a bit better than it in Series 3 (well 13 to be exact)

13. X-Terminator - a very good first version, but still had easy round1 1 and round 2 matches, before breaking down in the heat final - very hard to judge, but has to go nearer the bottom for me.

12. Pitbull - another tough decision, but arguably only won its heat because of the arena spike, which is why Behemoth ranks higher.

11. Facet - personally believe every robot above it could beat it, but could beat those below it.

10. Gravedigger - better than in Series 4 & 5, but a bland design with a Cassius-esque lifter, which to be fair isn't as powerful as it lands it 10th in my list.

9. Thing 2 - a great first version, but still weaker than the rest of the robots above it. A lack of srimech also makes it weaker - as shown against Panic Attack.

8. Behemoth - so, why do I put the first runner-up of the World Championship in only 8th place. Well, yes it was in it's third strongest form (in my opinion), and yes, it did lose to a stupid arena spike, but the thing is, I believe the remaining seven robots could beat it.

7. Steg-O-Saw-Us - a great reserve, but I just have an issue with it - what if it had drawn Hypno-Disc in the second round of the semi-finals? If it had, it would have lost there and then, with 101 maybe getting through. But that's not how it went, it qualified for the Grand Final and held it's own against Hypno-Disc, similar to Bigger Brother 2 series later. The only difference being Steg lost.

6. Hypno-Disc - now for a controversial rank. The robots in Series 3 were just starting to pick up off the ground in terms of armour, but Hypno-Disc came in and shredded everything - about from 101, which definitely held its own against them, and yes Hypno-Disc might have won, but 101 held on, and  it was very durable, so while Hypno-Disc was shredding practically everything else, I just don't think it was as strong as 101 in the semi-finals, hence it's 6th on my list.

5. Panic Attack - the new addition of the srimech was what it needed, but it only got to use it once or twice, and with Fire Storm being the shape it was, there was a small chance of Panic Attack going through - which it didn't. Speaking of Fire Storm.

4. Firestorm - an amazing robot, which was unlucky to lose to Chaos 2, but the robots that place above it could arguably beat it. However it took out the reigning champions, and that has to be acknowledged by it placing above them.

3. Chaos 2 - another controversial ranking, but Razer beat it (yet to be ranked) and 101 could give it a close match as well (yet to be ranked) and yes, whilst it did win Series 3, if it had drawn Razer in it's heat, it would have been over, which is why it only places 3rd.

2. Razer - A very strong robot, which won most of its battles (losing just 1 out of 8 battles, and a strong pinball performance) and despite beating 101, I'm afraid I can't rank it higher than it due to the small reliability issue, which 101 didn't have.

1. 101 - Okay, hear me out. If a robot can last with Hypno-Disc in it's prime, why shouldn't it be near the top? It was a very good machine, with a good driver. It beat Panic Attack in the World Championship (luckily, I must add), before drawing Razer. But similarly again, what if hadn't drawn Razer, but Diotoir instead. 101 didn't have luck, but made up for it in terms of the robot.

This was a really hard decision, and I apologise for it being so near the deadline, but I have a cold and I feel atrocious in the day. Thanks.