User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Extreme 1 & Series 5/@comment-24393094-20180716143947

Contributed towards it being unseeded in Series 6: Behemoth. It beat Hypno-Disc, but that was in Extreme 1, where the spinner lost to a wooden robot. It beat Stinger, but the axlebot was struggling in this era. It beat Supernova, but the spinner was not at its prime yet. It then lost to Razer and Tornado in close battles, before losing easily against Thermidor 2 and being taken out by Crushtacean. At least Tornado's success in Extreme 1 and Hypno-Disc's achievements in Series 5 were significant. Behemoth lacked that level of success in either series.

So if Wheely Big Cheese was on top against it: Dominator 2 must therefore enter the pool. This is a controversial nomination, but hear me out on it. Dominator 2, as always, was an exceptional machine. However, I have an unpopular opinion regarding this version of the machine: it was the least likely to win in its series when compared to the other variants of Dominator 2. At least the Series 4 Dominator 2 had an advantage of terms of damage potential. At least the Series 6 Dominator 2 had an advantage in terms of armour, beating out good opponents like S.M.I.D.S.Y. and Hydra early on, and almost defeating 13 Black despite being crippled. Series 5 Dominator 2 lacked any of this, as although it easily took out Derek,  was forced to rely on a judges' decision against King B Powerworks, an overturn of an underdog Corkscrew and Wheely Big Cheese breaking down. In addition, Dominator 2 in Series 6 and Extreme 2 SURVIVED multiple blows to the area surrounding the wheels, when it faced Hypno-Disc and 13 Black. Dominator 2 in Series 5... really did not. Henceforth, I have to nominate Dominator 2 here as the weakest Semi-Finalist not yet in the pool, especially when considering the robots it beat were not exactly world-class. However, I expect the Series 6 Dominator 2 to go far, unless Hogwild gets his way (referring to how Series 6 Dominator 2 was regarded as the weakest version by him, an opinion I do not agree with).

Pool: Atomic 2, Dominator 2, Drillzilla, Fluffy, Hypno-Disc, Panic Attack, Spawn Again, Tornado, Wild Thing