User blog:Anderson9132/My Top 25 Robot Wars Battles

Introduction

Before I get into this, there is a lot I need to discuss. Therefore expect a mini "my life story" if you will. There are quite a few reasons for writing this list. One is that some people have written their own versions and it has been interesting seeing what they considered to be the ultimate battle, therefore I have wished to express my own favourites too. Another is that I do believe that a lot of my lists are me being like the grumpy next door neighbour who hates the kids on his garden. The one who moans at everything, after all, a lot of my lists have been me moaning about certain things, so as a change of pace for me, and for those reading, it's time to finally see me writing about something that cheers me up. But the main reason is because of CrashBash' list of the "Top 10 Robot Wars Battles According to the Wiki" list.

I remember when this list first came out and thinking to myself "This looks cool! And what a great idea to ask the wiki!  I wish I had known so I could have voted, or even nominated.....errr....hmmmm.....Oh sodding hell I don't know what my favourite battle actually is!" That's right, I only just recently found out what I can consider my favourite battle. And what is it? Well you shall find out soon enough. How did I figure it out? Well, upon discovering the list of nominations for the list previously mentioned, along with asking friends and family matches they remembered being good, and my own recollection of matches I thought were remember-able, I compiled a list of battles to watch, after which I could decide which one was the best.

Needless to say, it was a very long list. So long in fact that it pained me to write up a list of just 10 battles, so I have raised it to 25. Also, because there were some great battles that still didn't make this list, I am going to be providing some honourable mentions along the way. Told you this was going to be a long one!

Criteria

That's right, I actually have criteria for this list. Basically, this is just a few things that I personally think make a battle a great battle. Just for the record, I'm a big fan of close, back and fourth battles that are frantic and fast paced. So don't expect to see many, if any one sides fights on this list. Now onto the criteria.

The battle must last more than 10 seconds - Many people I spoke to stated that battles they loved were Dantomkia vs Gravity or IG 88, neither of which I can really call a battle. Nothing really happened. Just one flip. The same can be said for battles like Ripper vs Daisy Cutter and Firsetorm vs Sir Chromealot, where Daisy Cutter and Sir Chromealot were flipped over within seconds by their respective opponents. Yes the battles lasted longer, but the actual fight between the two machines was too short to actually be good, therefore they can't be considered as good battles.

This list if for best BATTLES, not MOMENTS - One thing I have noticed is that many battles are loved just because of a single moment that happened in that match. The best example is Chaos 2 vs Firestorm, in which nothing happened. Yes I know that the first ever out of the arena flip was performed in this particular battle but look at what happened BEFORE that flip. Nothing. The two robots didn't even TOUCH each other until the first of the two flips that happened. Another example is Wheely Big Cheese vs Axe Awe. Nothing happened apart from the infamous flip by the cheese. Sorry guys, but these are great MOMENTS, not battles.

The robots in the battle have to actually fight each other - This may seem a bit of a no brainer but I have my reasons for it. As we know there have been some battles where a robot doesn't even move, or gets hit once, causing it to break down. these lead up to a pretty fun destruction of the robot, for example, Hypnodisc vs Razor Blade. But again, you can;t really call it a battle because it never actually started. I would also like to mention that this can apply to battles that last long and that are entertaining, but the robots involved don't actually fight each other. Two great examples of this are the Internet Insurrection and the Series 7 All Stars battle (you know which one). In both these instances all the competing robots attack the house robots, but don't actually fight each other. Whilst this is entertaining, it is no more a battle than it is a house robot attack, and therefore doesn't count. Sorry guys.

Top 25 Robot Wars Battles

Ok lets get this list started. But first, a few honourable mentions.

Honourable mentions:

''Antweight Battle, Extreme 1: This battle was a first of it's kind and, despite being a new concept, had some great robots competing. It had veterans like Razzler (Razer), Anty B (Behemoth) and Pants (Pandamonium), along with some unique weaponry in Little Nipper and even a cluster bot with Legion. And there was still destruction with Combat Ant ripping apart it's opponents!''

''Tornado vs Gemini vs Katter killer, Series 4, Heat G: Again, this battle was full of originality. The first clusterbot Gemini making it's debut and Tornado, being the most powerful robot at the time. The match was fast and exciting with Tornado and the Gemini twins running around. Shunt even nearly got pitted! This was also when I actually found Tornado entertaining so it's of keen interest to me.''

25. Firestorm vs Corkscrew vs Wel'Dor vs Bondi Titch - As you all know, Firestorm is my favourite robot and this is one of a few battles that it absolutely dominated. However, unlike other battles in which it obliterated the competition, this particular battle featured robots that actually put up a fight of some sorts. Wel'Dor self-righted spectacularly, Corkscrew tore up Bondi Titch and Matilda and Bondi Titch managed to hold on despite being beaten up by, well, everyone. The battle was action packed and fast paced, as well as exciting and it was also a great way to kick off one of my favourite robot wars episodes. Even the fact that Wel'Dor and Bondi Titch were out dated by Series 4 standards didn't ruin this one for me. It was a fun little opener and worthy of a number 25 placing.

24. Panic Attack vs S.M.I.D.S.Y, Series 4, Heat O Final - This battle was probably the best heat final of Series 4. Why? Well lets take a look. First of all it was a good, clean, fast paced battle between two great robots. The action was very close, with both robots giving us some back and forth action. S.M.I.D.S.Y was capable of holding off Panic Attack for a long time and gave them some serious damage to the side skirts. And Panic Attack was shown to be excellently driven and to use good tactics, using it's forks to get within the wheel arch of their opponents and then succeeding in taking them to the pit and finishing them. Throughout this entire match I was on the edge of my seat and loved every minute of it! Such a great battle between a David and a Goliath. This time however, Goliath won.

23. Steg-O-Saw-Us vs Hypnodisc, Series 3, Grand Final - One thing I have noticed about the Grand Finals of each series of Robot Wars is that the qualifier battles are better than the actual grand final battle, with one exception. This, however, is not an exception, but in fact an ideal example of my previous statement. This was the best battle of the Series 3 Grand Final in my opinion and I'm sure you can see why. It was a very good, very entertaining battle. Hypnodisc, the clear favourites were given a good run for their money, with Steg-O-Saw-Us constantly charging at them and coming back for more. Hypnodisc caused some great damage, tearing slices into Steg-O-Saw-Us' armour with ease. However, even this damage didn't stop the underdogs. Well, not for a while anyway. Yeah Hypnodisc eventually got the upper hand in this one, but it was a good, fierce back and fourth match between two of the four best robots at the time, so it gets a deserved place on this list.