User blog comment:RA2/Series 7 Rankdown/@comment-4700688-20191202224448

Not Even a Prayer: Mantis. I was just about to cut Scraptosaur based on its difficulties with self-righting, but then realised that the same issues are present within Mantis, which is further exemplified by its intentionally poor armour.

Into the Boiling Pot: Thermidor II. We reach the stage of the rankdown where a heat winner joins the pool! Thermidor II may have achieved ninth place in Series 7, but every single robot from Heat J is long gone. Its heat win is somewhat diminished by a very poor calibre of opponents, and all of its weaknesses that hindered Thermidor II in previous rankdowns still apply here. The easy OHKO loss may have happened in the fourth round instead of the first round this series, but it was no less limp than usual.

The Pool: Ceros, Crushtacean, Kan-Opener, Kat 3, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Scorpion, Scraptosaur, Tetanus Booster, Thermidor II