User blog comment:RA2/Series 6 and Extreme 2 Rankdown/@comment-24393094-20190116163627

14: Kan-Opener. In contrast to Jimlaad's comments, I had no intention of pooling Kan-Opener. An excellent Annihilator performance, and got notably unlucky in its Series 6 melee. However, its early exit from Series 6 means it cannot rank higher.

13: Bulldog Breed. Pretty much, its Tag Team Terror performance carries it. The problem, I have, however, is that its loss to Hypno-Disc exposed its weaknesses significantly. I mean, flippers like Bigger Brother and Spawn Again could survive Hypno-Disc, Bulldog Breed should have too.

12: Spawn Again. Speaking of Spawn Again, a patchy display caused by its unreliability, especially in Series 6. However, Series 6 and Extreme 2 did prove that Spawn Again was no pushover, especially when controlled by Team Scutterbots.

11: Storm 2. Some teething problems, including a lack of side skirts, means I believe Storm 2 might have struggled against some robots it would later beat, including Firestorm. Cannot ignore its excellent New Blood performance, though. A star in the making.

10: Hypno-Disc. To be fair, I think Hypno-Disc did decently in this era, killing Bulldog Breed and Barber-Ous very effectively. Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I think Hypno-Disc was really unlucky in its Challenge Belt campaign, seeing as Dantomkia took it out after the spinner had recoiled off S.M.I.D.S.Y.. Had it survived, Hypno-Disc might have taken out Sir Chromalot and (gasp!) Dantomkia too (due to the latter's light armour and unreliability). However, four losses in this era cannot be ignored, and showed that Hypno-Disc was starting to become outclassed by its opponents.

9: S3. From here, ranking the robots starts to get hard. S3 is only really here because it lacked that standout moment that made me think it could challenge the majority of the machines above.

8: Dantomkia. For me, its Challenge Belt campaign is what ranks it so highly on this list. Sure, it did well in its heat, but when one faces Mighty Mouse and an well past its prime Chaos 2, there is only so much praise one can give. Also, whereas Dantomkia did beat Hypno-Disc, its losses against Firestorm 4, Razer, S3 and Terrorhurtz provide evidence that it was not quite at the elite level just yet.

7: Terrorhurz. Umm, yeah, an unpopular opinion. Yes, Terrorhurtz did exceptionally well in its Series 6 campaign. Yes, this translated into Extreme 2 fairly well. But there is one big problem I have with Terrorhurtz; it generally beat flippers and rammers. My concern that I raise is how durable is it against spinners and axes? The only spinners Terrorhurtz beat were Barber-Ous 2 and Vader, who were both unreliable and had the wrong designs needed to challenge it. Imagine Terrorhurtz facing a good axe like Dominator 2, or a powerful spinner like Hypno-Disc or Supernova? Plus, breaking down against Firestorm 4 and Tornado/Dantomkia also raises concerns with me. Overall, good campaign, but it was still vulnerable to certain weapons.

6: 13 Black. A very strong performance in Series 6, and was a star in Extreme 2. Destroying Chaos 2, standing up to Dominator 2 and giving Razer an almighty scare, 13 Black was in top form. However, it still has no srimech! Cannot put it any higher as a result.

5: Bigger Brother. Bigger Brother's campaign in Series 6 and Extreme 2 was just weird in my opinion. Great heat, patchy semi-final caused generally by technical issues. Then, it took out S3 and Tornado and became Minor Meltdown champion! Overall, a very successful campaign, all things considered.

4: Dominator 2. Quite high, this appears, but I stand by it. Sure, Dominator 2 did struggle against Hydra, but like its battle against S.M.I.D.S.Y., it was controlling the battle by the end. It defeated Bigger Brother quite well, and losing Tornado is no disgrace. Extreme 2, meanwhile, was arguably even better! It managed to absorb any punishment Hypno-Disc and 13 Black could give it, and while it did lose to the latter, it was arguably winning before Matilda attacked it.

3: Firestorm 4. In a class of its own. Literally. Not right at the top, but above everyone else.

2: Tornado. Golden era for the machine, retaining its Challenge Belt, winning Series 6 and gaining the European Championship. However, its losses to Razer and Bigger Brother put it down below...

1: Razer. Simple really. Razer only lost battles in Series 6 and Extreme 2 because Tornado used a frame. Had that frame not existed, only Black Hole could have stopped Razer from achieving a one hundred percent winning record.