User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Extreme 1 & Series 5/@comment-24393094-20180703083603

Going home in Das Gepäck: Alien Destructor. When a robot loses a handicap battle, whereby IT had the advantage, it really lowers its competitiveness to me. Plus, Alien Destructor did not do much against Chaos 2 at all, apart from being flipped by the UK champion. Also, those exposed tyres spell doom against various other opponents.

Unlucky for some: 13 Black. Firstly, it has no qualifier battle to fall back on, being overweight but gaining a place anyway. Then, it broke down due to radio issues against Corkscrew (Corkscrew also broke down, but this represents poor reliability on 13 Black regardless). Finally, it lost to an underdog Corkscrew, which to me showcases that 13 Black just was not quite the robot we would see in Series 6 and Extreme 2.

Pool: 101, 13 Black, Aggrobot 3, Judge Shred 2.5, Kronic 2, Lambsy, Plunderbird 5, The Revolutionist, Wolverine.