User blog comment:RA2/Series 7 Rankdown/@comment-2118191-20191206130906


 * 18. Bigger Brother. There's really no other option under the circumstances. A 1-2 record is not only extremely poor under any circumstances, but it's even more so for a former grand finalist. Especially as Bigger Brother could have, and should have, won both the fights it lost.
 * 17. Spawn Again. Spawn Again in Series 7 frustrates me so much as it had finally got rid of all its malfunctions from Series 6 and then suddenly had a malfunction. Its performance did seem to get worse and worse as the heat progressed too, which doesn't help.
 * 16. Ripper. Ripper I feel had a very good performance in both its heat and the annihilator, but I worry that people seem to overglory it when it had some very clear weaknesses. Its paper-thin armour will always leave it vulernable no matter how far in the internals are and the team outright admitted (and we saw first hand) that it was vulnerable to being stranded by flippers. A poor death in the annihilator doesn't help either.
 * 15. Pussycat. Honestly, I'm disappointed not so much by Pussycat's performance overall, but how it was completely overlooked, especially in the All-Stars. It's ranked higher than everyone else so far because it at least managed to win the All-Stars and put up a good fight against M2, but it's still a Round 2 dropout, which will always hinder it.
 * 14. Big Nipper. Good performance, especially the heat final which it absolutely could have won. That being said, I feel it was somewhat gifted with the heat it got drawn into, as only The Grim Reaper could have posed a threat anyway.
 * 13. The Grim Reaper. See my vote for Big Nipper, just ranked higher because it defeated said robot.#
 * 12. M2. I'm not saying M2's performance in its heat was bad, not by any means. A great opening melee where it got two robots OOTA, a fantastic fight with Pussycat and a remarkable come-from-behind victory over Tiberius. I just find it hard to say that M2 really deserved its spot in the semi-final when you take everything into consideration. It's the little details at the end of the day.
 * 11. Tsunami. Two explosive battles and three OOTAS. Easily could have been a semi-finalist in a few other heats and should have been a semi-finalist in the heat it got. Ultimately beat itself...X-Terminator just cleaned up the mess.
 * 10. Bulldog Breed. A solid performance, especially given the fact that it was fighting in a rather crippled state, but honestly it felt a little underwhelming. I feel some of its better fights were based more on what its opponents did than Bulldog Breed itself.
 * 9. Tough As Nails. Lost to Bulldog Breed, but honestly put up such a good fight beforehand that I had to rank it higher. Also a solid performance across its heat, another great comeback (this time against Robochicken) and absolutely dominated its WCQ, against two of the strongest robots Holland had at the time no less.
 * 8. Dantomkia. Another solid Dantomkia performance, with a great run in the All-Stars, docked only for a very weak finish to said competition.
 * 7. Firestorm 5. It's Firestorm, you'd expect it to be high. Another really great performance in the main competition, with three OOTAs in a row, but again it loses points for a disasterous exit to the All-Stars.
 * 6. Gravity. An absolutely dominant performer across Series 7, with three OOTAs scored, four House Robots thrown over and a record smashed. It had its blemishes and weaknesses, but performed well overall.
 * 5. X-Terminator. An extremely destructive weapon and easily one of the best spinners of its time. Well built overall and I'd love to say it deserved its fourth place finish, but the whole fight with Tsunami makes it difficult for me to say that, or indeed put it in the top four.
 * 4. Atomic. I am absolutely gutted that what happened to it happened. This was a machine that tha romped through its (admittedly easy) heat, scored four OOTAs and very very nearly beat Typhoon 2. It's a shame we didn't see more of it ultimately. It could have done more. Heck, it could have even won.
 * 3. Tornado. I need no justification. It's Tornado, we know what it can do and we know it can do it very well. It didn't do anything wrong this series - it was just outclassed by a robot that was exactly it but better.
 * 2. Typhoon 2. Both grand finalists had a great run to the Grand Final and both certainly can say they deserved to be there. Both are as good as each other, and Typhoon 2 showed it was capable of great destruction. Literally the only reason why the eventual champion is lower than the eventual runner-up is because it had more issues to contend with, and wasn't as strong in some of its fights, like its first round battle.
 * 1. Storm 2. I fear a negative light may have been placed on Storm 2 considering the contradicting controversy points, but the fact remains, even in defeat, Storm 2 was extremely explosive and showed so few signs of weaknesses. Plus, it had some really great moments, including that KO on Steel Avenger that no doubt goes down as one of the all-time greatest.