User blog:CrashBash/Crash's Guide to the Best Robots in each Heat of Robot Wars

After reading through GutRipper's latest blog about the Best Heat Finalists, where he mentions whether certain robots were in the "top two best robots" in the heat, I must say it got me thinking...what were the top two best robots in any given heat of Robot Wars? Heck, how would the robots of any given heat rank from best to worst? Or rather, how should they have ranked? Is there any way to tell? Well, I decided to see if I could find out. Of course, I'm not going to, but, eh, I've started now, so what the hey. Thanks for the inspiration, GR.

I suppose I should get some guidelines out of the way first of all.
 * 1) I am primarily basing this series on which robot, I feel, could beat another. It's Robot Wars, of course you do. To analyse this, I've used a scoring system akin to the 2016 series, where a robot scores three points if they could win by KO, and two if they'd be more likely to win on a judges decision.
 * 2) Obviously, I'll take into consideration times when the robots have actually fought, but whilst most of them are a good guide, not all of them are...after all, there's any a time when an unforeseen breakdown has occured. So, what I'll largely be doing is trying to imagine what would happen if any two robots fought multiple times, and mostly going by what I think would happen the majority of battles asking.
 * 3) I'll only be including robots that actually competed in the heats, so robots that had to withdraw (such as Daisy in S3 or Onslaught in S4) or flat out couldn't compete (Pain and Parthian Shot in S2, Terrorhurtz and Thunderpants in S7) won't get a look in. Also, I won't be including the stock robots from Series 1 because, well, it's kinda complicated.
 * 4) I must stress this one...this is merely my own personal opinion on who I think could beat who. I'll try to explain my logic as best I can, but, please, don't get too mad if you think I've ranked a robot a bit too low.

Series 1

 * Heat A - There was really no way around it, Roadblock was clearly the strongest robot in the heat.
 * Heat B - Aside from the close judges decision, where Mortis was really let down was with its axe randomly breaking before the heat final with Recyclopse. If it had been working, I feel it would have likely won quite comfortably.
 * Heat C - There was a lot of luck here. Robot the Bruce was very lucky with Cruella, but likewise, I do feel Wedgehog was very lucky with Dreadnaut, being in the shape it was. If Dreadnaut had been working at its fullest, with its forklifts functioning, I do think it could have beaten Wedgehog quite comfortably before any motor problems crept up.
 * Heat D - The objectively best robot was the one who was eliminated on the first round. Vector of Armageddon was an early example of a robot that was great for combat, but not in the competition style Robot Wars wanted at the time.
 * Heat E - I think the heat final made it clear that REALI-T was all over Bodyhammer and would have easily won had there not been some questionable intervention.
 * Heat F - Technically, in battles, T.R.A.C.I.E. is the dominant robot. But, like Vector of Armageddon, it just wasn't made for the trials, so it's a very awkward position. It got lucky.