User blog comment:O Raz3r O/Ranking the 4-Way Melees of Series 6, 7, 8 and 9/@comment-4700688-20200213112503

Thoughts on the entries so far:


 * 76. 9D Supernova & Frostbite - By no stretch of the imagination is this a good fight, but it's definitely not the worst for me. Frostbite taking such massive damage and still trundling on is credit to the plastic machine, even if the other two were useless. And idk, at least there was some level of surprise in the outcome and Wyrm's cause of death was slightly amusing, compared to the blatant disappointment of:
 * 75. 9D Ironside3 & Pulsar - This for me is the worst. A complete insult to Crushtacean which people were so happy to see again, nobody wanted this. Apex is also a robot that seemed promising at the time, and this was an unfortunate way to lose it, even if we now know Apex couldn't have done much better. The two obvious machines slip through effortlessly, and it even has the unmentioned 321 Activate controversy to hamper it further.
 * 74. 6H Ming III & Spam - Aww, really? I have a lot of attachment to this one, as it's the first fight from Series 6 that I ever saw (that wasn't from Heat A). The Hassocks Hog team uploaded it to their website, and I for one enjoyed a romp from a mid-tier like Ming III. There was a triple KO too, which is neat.
 * 73. 7J Kronic & The Kraken - Good catch on the replays trivia. I can't really disagree here, it's the most outwardly "bad" Series 7 melee, of which there are only two or three.
 * 72. 9C Thor & Concussion - I'd put this second-bottom. All four robots died at some point, with only Thor mobile at the end. Nobody worked, and the KO's were so lifeless. Totally uninspiring, and the only 'unpredictable' part was just how easily Tauron died.
 * 71. 6F Double Trouble & Fluffy - I don't exactly know what's to follow yet, but my first reaction is that this is on the low side. The damage Kan-Opener sustained was some of the most in Series 6, and there were lots of sparks to admire. My favourite part, however, is knowing that if the battle had only one winner, it probably would've been Double Trouble. Even now knowing that it was missing a panel (well spotted), with Fluffy's weapon disabled it could have romped to victory. Fun one.
 * 70. 7E Tornado & EWE2 - The best thing about this fight is how clean the arena floor is - and even then, Tornado ruins it very quickly! I put a lot of stock in the team pitting when I was younger and still enjoy it now, but your summary is spot on. It was nice noticing the damage Sawpoint II inflicted to EWE2's flipper, I suppose.
 * 69. 6E Vader & Wild Thing - I can't exactly say there was any "tension" about Vader disabling its own spinner to conserve battery power, maybe that's the hindsight talking. There's a surprising amount of damage from The Stag in this one as it properly Kan-Opens Wild Thing, but it's a problem when the most memorable part was UFO's inconsequential pitting.
 * 68. 6K Bulldog Breed & Kat3 - Frustrating one this, Kat 3 being a completely vulnerable machine that Bulldog Breed kept alive only out of kindness is a bitter pill to swallow. I always want to believe Kat 3 was useful in its melees, but be it Series 6, the Nickelodeon Tag Team, the Iron Maidens, Series 7, or the Axe Attack, Kat 3 almost always sucked in melees (our closest thing to an exception being its "win" over Firestorm V and Bigger Brother), and yet it usually progresses anyway. Only Bulldog Breed contributes here, and it's not like there was an OotA.