User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Series 3/@comment-1011118-20180412205915

15) X-Terminator. My thoughts on every robot left are predominantly positive, and it's a shame that any of them have to be last place.  That said, X-Terminator wasn't capable of killing anything powerful, let alone the robots here.  They looked frightening against their two fibreglass opponents, but would not win against anything that could really fight back. 14) Pitbull. The best one-off from Series 3, but not in the same league as most of the others. They were dominant for a bit in their fight against Behemoth, but all their wins were assisted by hazards or the other robot breaking down, and they did get flipped by Behemoth before winning that one. 13) Behemoth. Flipper was improved by a lot, but their speed was still a weakness, as shown by their fight with Pitbull, where they quickly lost dominance after Pitbull got a good grab.  They did great in fights against robots with no srimechs when they could end the battle very quickly, but didn't have good endurance.  Still, they definitely learned from this series, getting self-righting arms and making their sides harder to grab in Series 4 and beyond. 12) The Big Cheese. Great design with an effective wedge, but the slowness of the weapon limits their potential. They could've been sunk against Anorakophobia if that bot was better controlled 11) Mace 2. How can I justify ranking them below a Round 2 finisher?  Because that particular bot lost to Firestorm, and would've gone a lot further if not for the heat they were in.  Mace 2 was a solid robot with a decent flipper, but they seemed behind the times in this series, and had to really struggle to control fights; Big Brother was dominating them for a considerable amount of time before they took control.  They get praise for their fight against Chaos 2, but they couldn't do much more than survive. 10) Panic Attack. For a champion, their performance left a lot to be desired. They would've lost to Thing if not for the arena spike. 9) Steg-O-Saw-Us. Their performance was impressive, but it was just a pusher. 8) Facet. I think we can all agree that it would've gotten a lot further if not against Firestorm in round 2 7) Thing 2. Fantastically good drivers, they really mastered the art of flipping robots with a wedge 6) Gravedigger. Though heavily derivative, they did it right, and were kind of robbed by Steg O Saw Us 5) 101. Innovative design, and great pushing power, but just a pusher with a spike, and the lack of offensive power cost it against Hypno-Disc 4) Fire Storm. Some unnecessary features, like the conveyor belts and the hinged panel covering the flipper, but this was one of the best initial releases of a robot. 3) Hypno- Disc. Hypno-Disc is a game changer, making robots seriously consider armour for the first time. They had problems with their disc this series, but won convincingly, and instantly became an icon on Robot Wars.

2) Razer. How can an unreliable robot that lost in Round 2 possibly be at second place?  They beat Chaos 2.  I don't care if it was a case of rock-paper-scissors, they are undisputedly, the only robot in Series 3 that could beat Chaos 2 on their first attempt.  They won everything but the championship itself, showing that while the breakdown was inevitable, it wasn't likely or frequent.

1) Chaos 2. I expect this to be the unanimous first placer in the game, and with good reason.  The pioneered the OOTA flip, beat Hypno-Disc by tanking hits from it, and (save one exception) never lost one-on-one to a robot of its own weight.  Sure, it would lose later when they raised the weight limit and imitators did their own design better, but at this point in time, it was the undisputed king.