User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Series 3/@comment-24393094-20180412174816


 * 15: Pitbull: You know, I actually think Pitbull is underrated in a way. After all, it had an excellent grip on opponents and decent pushing power too, so it was a Semi-Final calibre robot in my opinion. However, I have to place it last on the basis that it arguably got more than a little lucky against Behemoth to reach the Semi-Finals.


 * 14: The Big Cheese: Yes, I do get why some think The Big Cheese is overrated. But here is the thing: if The Big Cheese was overrated, surely it would fail to even trouble Chaos 2 at all? I think some people vastly overlook that lift of doom on Chaos 2, which would have put to rest a lot of the Series 3 competitors away. However, I cannot deny how slow it is, plus its srimech was unreliable.


 * 13: X-Terminator: Excellent pusher with a decent ground clearance for its time. Sadly, its unreliable srimech would ensure it would lose to a large proportion of the robots below.


 * 12: Behemoth: A strong showing against Mortis, plus a decent tussle against Razer showed that this version of Behemoth had the potential to go further than it did. Again, however, its lack of srimech would really hurt it in the long run.


 * 11: Panic Attack: Now this might be controversial, but I actually think Panic Attack struggled throughout Series 3. Firstly, it took some to defeat Axios, nearly lost to X-Terminator, had to rely on an arena spike against Thing 2, and was ultimately defeated by Firestorm for the first time. Not to mention, although Kim Davis was an excellent driver, I still cannot forgive him for that mistake against 101.


 * 10: 101: Speaking of 101, the fact that it is invertible puts it quite high up the list. It may not be as strong a pusher than some of the others below, but for its time, it was one of the most relentless machines around.


 * 9: Facet: Ah, what potential did Facet have? With the possible exceptional of Chaos 2, it faced the worst opponent possible in Round 2. Whereas a lack of srimech is a critical flaw, I think only Chaos 2 and Firestorm could have possibly gotten underneath and flipped it over, before it did the same to its opponent.


 * 8: Razer: World Champion, but I still want to stress that its reliabilty could have really hurt it in the long run in the main competition. I cannot forgive its loss to Aggrobot.


 * 7: Gravedigger: Decent enough flipper that I honestly think could have reached the final two if it had managed to beat Steg-O-Saw-Us. However, the Judges felt that Steg-O-Saw-Us ultimately was the better machine in that battle, plus it would have struggled against some fo the flippers and wedges above.


 * 6: Steg-O-Saw-Us: The best pusher in Series 3, Steg-O-Saw-Us clearly showed what Robot Wars fans could have missed if it was not selected to replace T-Wrecks. Ultimately, while I believe that it could beat many of the machines below it, it would struggle against the top five.


 * 5: Hypno-Disc: Hypno-Disc... theoretically could have beaten everyone in this series. But the clear problem it had was that it just suffered technical issue after technical issue, plus its lack of a srimech really would have hurt it against the top four machines. Nonetheless, when it was one hundred percent, few robots this series would be able to stand up to it.


 * 4: Mace 2: In theory, the robot that beat Mace 2 was actually ahead of its time. Without it being present, I would argue that Mace 2 would take the title of the best rear-hinged flipper of the wars, just ahead of Facet. It could also defeat Hypno-Disc in my opinion.


 * 3: Thing 2: Am I overrating Thing 2? Maybe, but I would like to argue the case for it anyway. Not only was it quick, not only was it well-controlled, not only did it have an amazingly low clearance, but perhaps it was THE most relentless robot in the series. Indeed, without that spike ending its run, I think only the top two would have theoretically have stopped it. And yep, that is right; I honestly think Thing 2 could have beaten the Series 3 Hypno-Disc.


 * 2: Firestorm: Some people (not all, I am not making a sweeping statement), think that Cassius 2 was the best front-hinged flipper. Sorry, but Firestorm would easily beat it, in terms of control and ground clearance. In fact, I would argue that only Razer and the actual robot that beat it would defeat Firestorm, and I would even go as far as to suggest that this was one of Firestorm's best chances of becoming champion too.


 * 1: Chaos 2: But in the end, with only Razer and MAYBE a one hundred percent Hypno-Disc, could ever challenge Chaos 2 in Series 3. As I mentioned previously, Chaos 2 was ahead of its time. And would continue to be until Series 5!