User blog:CrashBash/Top 10 Good Robots with Bad Declines

Over the years, there have been many robots in Robot Wars that we, the viewers, have come to know and love. We especially like the competitors who do really well, shoot to stardom, become famous literally overnight. These are the sorts of robots who reach the Grand Final of the championship, and maybe even win, on their first attempt. These are the sorts of robots you'd call "All-Stars". I guess in a way, they're a lot like celebrities.

Unfortunately, just like celebrities, when these amazing robots start to decline, you will notice, I guarantee it. Robot Wars evolves, and what might have been the cutting edge of robot design one series may well go into the next series completely blunted. It's actually very rare for any robot to have a consistent performance from one series to the next...the only obvious example I can really think of is Firestorm, so it is nice to see a good robot return the following series and perform just as well, if not better. It's also quite disappointing and I'd dare say upsetting when it performs worse. Some robots start off great and then slowly slip down the slide into "meh" territory. Others show a promising career ahead of them and then throw it all away.

The following ten robots are all good robots, some of them are even considered "great", or at the very least, were considered great. How successful they were at any given time may vary, but they all have one thing in common - they had a pretty sharp and unfortunate decline.