User blog comment:Nweston8/Robot Wars Missions - Entry 1: Finding machines that are genuinely overrated/@comment-25109076-20180205174402

Considering how I was the only person to vote for it in the Losers' Melee in Audited 6, perhaps calling out the later versions of Bulldog Breed as overrated might seem a bit off. But let's look at what happened to some of the robots it fought. With the exception of Pussycat and Tough As Nails, the calibre of robots which Bulldog Breed defeated between Series 5 and 7 has been medium to low, and it's struggled against a few robots it should have defeated fairly easily, like Lambsy,

So who did it beat from Series 5 onwards? Well, let's have some analysis:

Series 5:


 * Juggernot 2: no srimech.
 * Lambsy: couldn't finish it off, despite Lambsy having no functioning weapon or any real advantage

Series 6:


 * Revenge of Trouble & Strife: flipper was too weak to self-right.
 * Spin Doctor: no srimech.

Extreme 2:


 * Pussycat: great OotA, but it was being driven by a new driver for the very first time in the arena.
 * Diotoir: no srimech.
 * Lightning: fair enough with this one, as BB kept up the pressure until Lightning broke down, but even then, Lightning didn't seem capable of self-righting with the smaller flippers seen in Extreme 2.
 * The Steel Avenger: gaping ground clearance, and was actually beaten by Robochicken in the end.
 * Hydra: couldn't self-right.
 * Barbaric Response: broke down under no pressure.

Series 7:


 * Round 1 melee: didn't finish off either Infernal Contraption or Jabber, with Mantis instead looking more impressive and controlled, lifting up Bulldog Breed in the dying seconds. (I'll get to editing my Series 7 in Style of Series 10 round 1 fight later).
 * Hard: broke down after pushing Bulldog Breed into the arena wall. Somehow, Bulldog Breed failed to get it out of the arena several times.
 * Kat 3: was obviously in control, but never looked like it was capable of immobilising the weaker machine.
 * Tough As Nails: the best performance by Bulldog Breed. Took the fight to the Dutch machine, got more flips in than many other fights, and outpushed its opponent to a deserved victory.

As shown later on, Bulldog Breed struggled to get any other OotAs, despite multiple attempts on Infernal Contraption, Hard and Lightning. It clearly required a run-up and the right connection under another robot to have a good chance. Its flipper is perhaps the weakest out of all of the Series 7 Semi-Finalists.

As someone who voted it through against Chaos 2 and Stinger/Disc-O-Inferno based on being fully fit, I do wonder whether I should be submitting this.