User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Series 4/@comment-979907-20180601221003

I had a really good list written up and then left it at work, so here's my attempt to recreate it

18. Killerhurtz. Though I'm certain I'd back it in a 1v1 against Crusader 2 and Bigger Brother, those robots at least had a dominant performance wheras Killehurtz was bullied by no less than three different robots throughout series 3 and its best moment was a cinematic whack on Destruct-A-Bubble. Not enough going for it to rank it up higher.

17. Bigger Brother. I cut it once, so I have to back myself. Dogged determination is one thing, but Bigger Brother's Knightmare-esque flipper means I'd struggle to see it flipping anything wider than Clawed Hopper, and it certainly wouldn't be able to clamp like it did on Tornado. I stand by my low placement.

16. Crusader 2. I'm happy it's here, but I accept its limitations. I'd have preferred Spawn of Scutter at this stage, but this is the way the cards fell in the immunity rules. Would back its chances against Bigger Brother and SMIDSY, but no one else.

15. Spikasaurus. The Bigger Brother wreckage of S4, though taking victory in a lesser way, it still had a great design and top speed, not to mention resilience. Would have been interesting to see it in a different heat.

14. SMIDSY. I wanted to put this below Crusader 2 but SMIDSY's armour took it even though it had a lesser weapon.

13. X-Terminator 2. The definition of okay, the pathetic axe and failure to best Wild Thing hold back its bullish power and strong campaign over Behemoth.

12. Mortis. I'm surprised to see it so high, but Mortis' inclusion means every event winner in s4 is in the final rankdown and that's fairly appropriate. Mortis' axe was still at the peak of its kind and it did a terrific job in its fights with Crusader 2, Panic Attack and frenZy, even though the one sided fight with Steg 2 limits it going further.

11. Thermidor 2. An outstanding design (one of the most unappreciated for its time) with good power, its overly bulky claws and a lack of measurable greatness keep it from Top 10.

10. Firestorm 2. Mystifying reliability in the Tag Team and the worst heat win in history keep Firestorm 2 lower, though a terrific bout with Dominator 2 showed promise that this was still an all-star.

9. Wild Thing. The beautifully engineered successor to Thing 2, taking the design and improving every way, there's nothing more to be said but it took Hypno-Disc the full nine yards, so 9th place is appropriate.

8. Panic Attack. Likely Panic Attack's best version, winning the Sumo and probably the closest it came to Grand Final glory again, it took Stinger the distance and lost only on aggression. However, I can't put it close to the top 4 due to weapon disparity and the fact that I wouldn't have it beat many of my top 7.

7. Stinger. A terrific campaign and well fought wins over Bulldog Breed 2 and Panic Attack, its feeble showing in the annihilator and my doubts it'd hold up to to the top 6 relegate it to here. It may have placed third, but it wasn't third best robot by a long shot.

6. Tornado. I'm floored this is so consistently low on everyone's list. A pair of iconic victories against Gemini and Wheely Big Cheese and taking Chaos 2 to the cleaners in unseen fights, I doubt many besides Razer, Dominator 2 and Hypno-Disc could have stopped it.

5. Razer. A terrific Southern Annihilator of which it emerged deservingly victorious, Razer's legitimate defeat in Series 4 keep me from pushing it into greatness like in the S3 rankdown.

4. Chaos 2. Whilst I wouldn't wish a second championship on anyone else, I think everyone agrees that Chaos 2 didn't feel like the champion in waiting during Series 4. It was only when it started hurling Pussycat around in the Grand Final that I realised it was going to happen. It still took fantastic wins over its final four opponents, but was clobbered by Dominator 2 and was darn lucky not to meet Hypno-Disc.

3. Dominator 2. Did for the axe what Chaos 2 did for the flywheel. An Annihilator championship would have been a nicer bow for its s4 campaign, but it has to settle for awesome fights with 101, Firestorm 2 and Chaos 2, all of which probably rank in my personal top 50.

2. Hypno-Disc. Undeniably one of the best and I agree with all the previous comments about its potential to win. What hobbles it from first place is its legitimate loss to Pussycat, and the fact that the best robot it beat in Series 4 was a nailbiter judges decision on Wild Thing. Had Hypno-Disc gathered some more scalps, I might have been able to justify it being in the top spot.

1. Pussycat. But not with Pussycat here. Taking out the third and second seeds, along with the likely best newcomer in Dominator 2, Pussycat paired David Gribble's sensational driving with an entertaining weapon. It took Robochicken as a chew toy and spat out anyone beneath it in skill. Never has reversing and accelerating been so entertaining. It may have been bested by Chaos 2, but in an endless cycle of Chaos 2 - Hypno-Disc - Pussycat someone had to climb the peak.