User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Series 3/@comment-35435623-20180412153248

15. 101 - I’m sorry, but I’m not going to ever rate 101 highly. It very nearly lost to Overkill, squeaked past King Buxton, was on the back foot against Scutter’s Revenge before the latter randomly broke down. It then lost to a weaponless Hypno-Disc, got lucky against Panic Attack, and was mullered by Razer. Durability alone isn’t enough to score a lofty finish at this stage.

14. Behemoth - much improved from Series 2, yes, but Behemoth isn’t quite up there with the best. It either faced easy-to-flip opponents or Mortis, so there isn’t much in the way of comparison. It put up a fight against Razer, but that’s what you expect from Behemoth’s design against the crusher. Ultimately, it was still slow and couldn’t self right.

13. The Big Cheese - kind of a similar case to Behemoth, in a way. It outranks Anthony’s machine due to general better control.

12. Pitbull - fast, aggressive, and consistent. It may have gotten lucky to KO Behemoth the way it did, but it was dominating the fight even before then. It then followed this up with a good start against FireGapStorm before being turned over.

11. Facet - a good flipper, but a flawed once, with too much potential of getting sidestranded.

10. Gravedigger - I don’t rate Gravedigger much, but it’s a decent, solidly-driven machine, so ranks decently. Armour is awful, mind.

9. Mace 2 - well controlled, good versatility, and even putting up a fight against Chaos 2. Oh boy, I wish Mace 2 featured in the World Championships.

8. Panic Attack - the viability of the weapon always give Panic Attack a chance of turning the opponent over, but it just wasn’t good in Series 3. Even when it came up with a clutch moment against X-Terminator, it was still on the back foot for 90% of the fight. There’s not one Panic Attack performance in Series 3 that is truly, truly convincing.

7. Thing 2 - it reads up too much, but aside from that Thing 2 is a very good machine. Basically the more tactically driven Pitbull.

6. FireGapStorm - controversial maybe, but I don’t rate Fire Storm awfully highly in its debut series. It did well against Facet, but the Pitbull performance is a blotch on its CV. It was incredibly lightweight, and was fortunate to face Panic Attack.

5. Steg - And Steg doesn’t make the Top Four either! Great drive power and speed, but at the same time it had a fortunate run through to the Final. Would’ve had more problems against most of the better machines - although to be fair it put up a great fight against Hypno-Disc

4. X-Terminator - incredible pace, good wedge, and well driven. X-Terminator could’ve easily been in the Grand Final. If only it held out a bit longer against Panic Attack.

3. Hypno-Disc - very flawed at this stage, but Hypno-Disc still gets points for a damaging weapon.

2. Chaos 2 - the title winner, and easily so. Chaos 2 romped to victory, although blotchy performances against Mace 2, Killerhurtz, and losing to Razer just see it slip up a bit too much.

1. Razer - okay, it broke down once. Also know what it did? Won 7/8 matches. It beat genuinely good machines like All Torque, 101, and Behemoth, and then even Chaos 2 itself, and in style! I see no reason not to have Razer top. Don’t let one fight ruin what was still a brilliant machine. For a machine with ‘reliability issues’, winning 13/15 battles from Series 3-4 is incredible.