User blog comment:RA2/Series 6 and Extreme 2 Rankdown/@comment-2118191-20190112174336

The Alien has landed in the pit!: No, I'm not trying to play another Doom Dial, that's legit the best intro I could think of. I'd say the robots in the pool are all currently around about equal, all have their faults, all were largely as impressive, or maybe unimpressive, as each other. Really the only reason I'm eliminating Alien is that I feel every other robot left could beat it. Also, everyone else except Corkscrew has at least two wins to its name in this era, and I think Corkscrew would beat Alien.

Speaking of "odd to pool this early": Panic Attack. A decent showing in the Commonwealth Carnage notwithstanding, and maybe its best clash with Firestorm of all time, we have to take into consideration ALL its fights across Series 6 and Extreme 2....and yes, that does also include the disaster-fest that was Panic Attack Gold. When your own creator doesn't like you, you have a problem.

Pool: 259, Cedric Slammer, Chompalot, Corkscrew, Mute, Panic Attack, Pussycat, Shredder, Vader