User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Extreme 1 & Series 5/@comment-34860197-20180721110932

11th: Disc-O-Inferno is right to be above PA and The Polycarb Avenger (I'll never stop calling it that), but was badly bullied in the fight where they both went out (It was SoK who delivered the killing flip to SA, which probably saved D-O-I the Annialator). Also, its absence from S5 dosen't help its reputation.

10th: Dominator 2. Much the same reasons as the other seven, in that this was Dominator 2's worst two series, with X1 being a win and a loss, and S5, being a lackluster heat win, a lucky escape from Wheely Big Cheese, and one of the most boring fights in the history of Robot Wars, against Hypno-Disc.

9th: Wild Thing suffered in X1 and S5 due to a difficulty in self-righting and weak weaponry. It one ONE match in X1, against Dominator 2, losing to Firestorm, Tornado and Arnold A., then had a difficult heat in S5 against Trouble n' Strife and Prizephita Mach 2, losing twice in the semis. Its lucky its this far, in my opinion

8th: ‘’’Chaos 2’’’ all in all, had a “meh” S5/X1. While it won many matches, and got to the second round of the semis, it had problems getting there, and got beaten a lot in X1, mostly by Tornado. It certainly had a better time than in Series 6 and Extreme 2, but that’s for next time…

7th: ‘’’S3’’’ is the (second-last, just realised Firestorm 3’s run was a thing) last Series 5 robot in the rankdown to lose in the first round of the semis.(albeit getting into the second round by winning the Loser’s Meele) It had an amazing debut, what with defeating  former semi finalists and a grand finalist in its heat, but losing badly against the well armoured Bigger Brother. It, in my opinion, is just outside the grand finalist tier.

6th: ‘’’Drillzilla’’’ is mostly here due to potential, and surviving a three minute bout with the champion of this Rankdown (spoiler,not spoiler, it's Razer), and defeating a grand finalist in the form of Firestorm, but it being only in Extreme, its down here.

5th: ‘’’Pussycat’’’, while it performed immensely well in X1, and very well in S5, it was sometimes hampered by its weapon’s slow fall into obsoletion, and that it had difficulty with dealing with any robots with any sort of push (see Arnold A., many of its opponents in Extreme Warriors, and of course, Tornado.) There, in Tornado’s fights, it showed its other weakness; powerful weapons damaging its wheels or destroying its blade, like Fluffy did.

4th: ‘’’Bigger Brother’’’ while it got runners up in S5, it did next to nothing in X1, save for a loss of a tag team battle with Comengetorix, then a grudge match, which it won easily, then a sudden breakdown in the Flipper Frenzy (How was Therms the only reliable robot there?). Anywho, it like Firestorm, had an easy heat, defeating the sadly lackluster 3 Stegs (I watched the podcast, kinda sad how Team Jurrassic Park went out like that). Yes, it defeated Hypno-Disc, but so did Firestorm 3. BB was lucky to get the spinner instead of Razer, who handed BB’s ass back to him in the final.

3rd: ‘’’Firestorm 3’’’ defeated Pussycat in the second round of the semis, quite fittingly, and ended up third overall(like in my ranking… seems legit) Funnily enough, it lost to Hypno-Disc in the first round of the semis, but defeated it in the Play-Offs to win bronze. It had an easy win of its heat, defeat of Pussycat, and were only defeated in the All-Stars Tournament by none other than Razer. All in all, a very consistent run.

2nd: ‘’’Tornado’’’. Did you expect it to be this high? Well, in fairness, it was really unlucky to break down against Diotoir, and would’ve pretty much destroyed everything behind it in this rankdown, and its record in X1 shows it, only another sudden breakdown, and a fair defeat against the champion…

1st!: ‘’’The Mighty Razer’’’. No, I am not a Razer fanboy, but holy shit he was on top in every way in Extreme 1 and Series 5. Every single battle won (except for the grudge match), three competitions won, and it finally lifted the UK Championship trophy.