Robot Wars Rankdown: Extreme 1 & Series 5

Welcome to the Extreme 1 & Series 5 rankdown. Since there's so much overlap, we're doing the two serieses together. We're looking for a total of 9 people, that's myself and 8 others. For 12 hours (I used to give 24, but it didn't seem to matter) following the timestamp of this post, entry is restricted to people that did not take part in Series 4. After that, anyone can join. If you would like to play, indicate so in the comments, with a number if you have a preference- it's ok if you don't, I'll give you a random or whatever's left over. I'm taking Slot 1 for myself so that I can demonstrate for everyone.

Format

Previously we were using the “Follow the Leader” format, this time, we’ll be using the “Pick-n-Mix” format. In this game, rather than one player nominating a pool and the rest cutting from it, players will instead fill the pool one by one.

In round 1, you may cut any robot in the entire population. You will then nominate one other robot, whom you believe should get cut ASAP, to go into the pool. You can’t cut or nom a robot that’s already been cut or nommed. In round 2 and beyond, players will cut a robot in the pool, then add another. Here’s an example of the flow. The example has 5 players, our game will have more:

Round 1:

• Player 1: Cuts any one robot and explains why, nominates one other robot for the pool (no explanation needed for the nomination).
• Player 2: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet
• Player 3: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet
• Player 4: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet
• Player 5: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet. Lists out all the nominated robots for the benefit of the next player (note: Player order does not rotate, if you're player 5, you will always be player 5. All players have equal levels of involvement, so don't worry about that.)

Round 2 and beyond

• Player 1: Cuts one of the 5 robots in the pool, and explains why. (Note: You may not cut your own nominees, unless your nominees comprise more than half the pool) Nominates one other robot for the pool (no explanation needed). Lists out all the nominated robots for the benefit of the next player.
• Players 2-5: Same

This will continue for 13 rounds, unless 19 or more robots remain, in which case, a 14th round will commence. After that, players will rank the surviving robots, and the averages will determine final rankings.

I'll be pretty open about the criteria you use to make your cuts, just a few rule & guidelines:

• Try to insulate it to the series in question - we're strictly ranking the Extreme 1 & Series 5 incarnations of robots
• No discussing how it was received by the fandom - you can call a robot overrated or underrated, complain about fanboys, etc, as long as that is not your only reason for cutting
• No troll-moves. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, but if I see a move that's clearly intended to get a rise out of people or an individual, you will be booted. Slots are very limited, do not take one unless you plan on taking this seriously.
  • You can make backroom deals with other players, but keep in mind, there is no recourse if someone breaks the deal.
• You must have watched & be familiar with all episodes of the series in question, even the obscure ones - it won't do to have a bad robot slip under the radar because people forget to nominate it. Since Extreme is part of this, you'll have to remember all the different appearances that each robot made. The series is on YouTube if you need to refresh your memory, and I will post a spreadsheet in Google Docs, listing all robots in the game, and their status in the rankdown.
• Please be punctual and check in often. The game only works if each person takes their turn in good order.
  • This will now be enforced, in order to keep the game moving. If a player does not take their turn within 36 hours of the last player, the player will receive a strike, and the turn may be taken by anyone not participating in the rankdown. If a player gets 3 strikes, a replacement will be sought. I'm sorry to have to do this, but it is not fair to the other players to keep them waiting an indeterminate amount of time. If you don't have time to write out a summary, I'll accept just the robots names, and you can post the writeups later. If comments are not working for whatever reason, you may use my Talk page.
• Most importantly, have fun, and don't take it personally if a robot you like gets cut sooner than you want it to.

The Doom Dial

To make things more interesting, I’m introducing the Doom Dial, your choice of a special power. Each player may press the Doom Dial once to access one of the following effects:

• Pit: Negate the most recent cut and remove the robot in question from the pool. The robot gets immunity for one full cycle (ie cannot be nominated until after the player you interrupted finishes his/her next turn). It’s on you to play this in time to catch the robot you want, if it’s not the most recent, it can’t be Pitted.

• Rogue House Robot: on your turn, you may cut a robot that’s not in the pool. You will not nominate on the round you use this. You may not cut any robot that has immunity. This cut cannot be negated by the Pit.

• Fog Of War: On your turn, instead of cutting/nominating, replace the entire pool with a new set. You may not pick any robot that has immunity. In subsequent rounds, you can cut robots that you brought in with Fog of War.

The Doom Dial will be available in all rounds except the first and last. You are not obligated to use the Doom Dial. To reiterate, you each get one button press, NOT one of each power.

Usages

• RA2: Round 12, Rogue House Robot
• CrashBash: Round 7, Pit
• SpaceManiac888: Round 8, Fog of War
• Timothy Sillery: Round 9, Rogue House Robot
• HV Lobsta: Round 13, Rogue House Robot
• Hogwild94
• ToastUltimatum: Round 6, Fog of War
• Adster10005
• Toon Ganondorf

Robots to be included/excluded

Included

• All Heavyweight robots, including international entries, that had a fight shown in Extreme 1 or Series 5

Excluded

• Any robot that was mentioned in the "Guide" but didn't actually show (eg Mortis).
• Non-Heavyweights
• TX-108 for not having a televised appearance

Spreadsheet

Here is the spreadsheet listing the 135 robots that took part in Extreme or Series 5: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rdc5AUOOX2lhLjT9Agf1Kftei5qSQS-iyCysfkJJKi4/edit#gid=0

Also, here is a list that CrashBash made, showing how many wins & losses each robot attained in Extreme - very handy! http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:CrashBash/Extreme_1_Robot_Rankings

Signups

1) RA2

2) CrashBash

3) SpaceManiac888

4) Timothy Sillery

5) HV Lobsta

6) Hogwild94

7) ToastUltimatum

8) Adster10005

9) Toon Ganondorf

Rankdown

Let the rankdon, begin! Round 1 is a little different than subsequent rounds. In Round 1, you may cut any robot and nominate any other robot for the pool (excluding ones that have been touched before you take your turn.) Thus, we'll have a pool of 9 robots at then end of Round 1. From Round 2 onwards, you can only cut one of the 9 robots in the pool, then nominate a new one. I have the inaugural cut, so we can get started

Round 1

134. Jugggernot 2 (RA2)

The inaugural cut: Juggernot 2. It had a high clearance, the chassis fell apart from getting tumbled, it didn't appear to have a working weapon, and it didn't look very fast in the five seconds or so that it remained upright. Juggernot, in my opinion beats out absolutely everyone in Extreme or Series 5 in terms of all-around badness.

Nominating: Warhog. Next up is Crash's turn, he will make a cut & nomination of any robots, excluding the two that I've touched. Then the next person goes, with two choices that neither I nor Crash touched... etc.

In the pool: Warhog

133. Flensburger Power (CrashBash)

Powerless to remain in the competition: Flensburger Power. There are technically worse robots in Series 5 and Extreme 1, but we do have to remember that this robot fought three battles and broke down within seconds in two of them by nothing more than its opponent ramming it. That is not a very convincing tale here.

Nominating for Round 2: Draven. A very poor performance and I can't see it lasting long here, but it looked slightly better than some of S5/X1's worst, so I think we can keep it out of the spotlight at least for the moment.

132. Yeborobo (SpaceManiac888)

South Africa goes out at the Group Stage (although this time it was not the host!): Yeborobo. Of all the robots that suffered malfunctions almost immediately into a battle, Yeborobo has to be up there as one of the worst. If filming was delayed to enable Yeborobo to be repaired, yet still failed to move at the start of the battle, something has gone badly wrong.

Consider this a save of sorts: Hippobotomus. Hear me out on this one. Is Hippobotomus uncompetitive for Extreme 1 and Series 5? Yes, it is. However, it accomplished something that some competent robots have or would not have achieved: Survive Stinger to a judges' decision. I doubt robots like Axe-C-Dent, Rohog and Twister will survive even a minute. Heck, even the more competent General Carnage 2 grinded to a halt against the axlebot. Henceforth, while Hippobotomus should not progress too far into the tournament, it surviving Stinger means that it deserves to get past the first round at least.

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotomus

131. Scorpion (Gutripper)

CUT: Scorpion. Barely functional robot in a far less suited time period

Pool: Golem

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotomus, Golem

130. The Tartan Terror (HV Lobsta)

Over a barrel: The Tartan Terror There's really nothing good to say about its stint in The Fifth Wars. I mean, its planned weapons, an axe and a ball and chain, were nowhere to be found on the bot that went into the arena. Even glossing over the fact that before its fight with The Polycarbonate Avenger, its axles sheared (although that also might be part of the bad build quality), Its made of wood. Chan eil sin math.

Nomination for Round 2: Eleven At least Black Widow had a decent looking weapon.

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven

129. Rohog (Hogwild94)

Binned: Rohog. One of the most anonymous robots in the show's history, that just died abruptly and got trashed. Doubt would've been much good were it working right.

Pooled: Storm Force.

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven, Storm Force

128. Whirlpool 70 (ToastUltimatum)

Binned, shredded, incinerated, and released into outer space: Whirlpool 70. In addition to being the worst name in Robot Wars, it also barely held the ability to move, with a top speed no higher than 3mph. The weapon didn't work either.

Pooled: Nasty Warrior

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven, Storm Force, Nasty Warrior

127. Tip-Top (Adster10005)

Bin: Tip-Top, did practically nothing productive in it's fight against Bigger Brother.

Pool: The Spider, similar, but fared a bit better, and if I recall correctly, it got into the battle against Napalm and Gemini.

126. Granny’s Revenge (Toon Ganondorf)

Cut: Granny’s Revenge. Joke robot can’t go too far

Pool: Monad.

Round 2

As a reminder, The Doom Dial is now active.

125. Monad (RA2)

Cutting: Monad. Another problematic robot, it JUST made it into the pool in time for me to cut it. The jaws are held on with chewing gum, the panels fell off from being bumped, it wheelies when it moves too fast, and it's got almost enough clearance to ride clean over a speed bump. Time to put it out of its misery.

Nominating: Rhino

124. The Spider (CrashBash)

Doctor Octagonapus BLAAAAAAAAAAH's: The Spider(man). It's just a very flawed machine, suffering from nearly identical problems as its predecessor. The worst of it is that it had two chances to prove itself in one season and it blew both of them within a minute of fighting. Hippobotamus at least held on to a judges decision against Stinger, a battle it should have been completely destroyed.

Storming into the pool, but not in a good way: Twister. In part just so your vote isn't in vain, Timothy. I highly doubt it'll get too high in the rankings.

In the pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven, Storm Force, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Twister

123. Twister (SpaceManiac888)

Ends before it really begins: Twister. Most of the other robots in the pool have notable flaws, but at least they all moved around a little bit. Twister broke down against Clawed Hopper under no pressure at all.

Speaking of which: Axe-C-Dent hardly did anything in its battle against Destruct-A-Bubble, breaking down after a couple of collisions.

Pool: Axe-C-Dent, Draven, Eleven, Golem, Hippobotomus, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

122. Hippobotomus (Timothy Sillery)

BINNED: OK so yeah third time's the charm, now I know the rules. I'm going to bin Hippobotomus and as to why I'm going to bin them it's due to the fact how they came from such a good team and such a good calibre of robots and then they amounted to this. How do you come from building All Torque to building a Plastic Sandbox with a cutter. Yes they survived Stinger for 5 minutes, they didn't break down which is good and all but I've gotta bin them for a similar reason to Twister beforehand. Such a huge downgrade from Series 2 - 5.

All We Ever Do Is Talk Torque: Yeah I had a change of heart, a huge change of heart and I was thinking to myself, if we're gonna pool one failed splinter group of the All Torque team, why not pool the other one. Yip, I'm going to nominate Bot Out Of Hell. Again people give Hippobotamus schtick but here's the thing, it lasted 5 minutes and it was close to the ground so it wasn't top heavy. BOOH on the other hand, was a joke bot which couldn't do well. Let's put this in a Series 6 context, BOOH is the Demolition Man to Hippo's Brutus Maximus so I'm going to have to pool unarguably the weakest out of the two Torque teams robots. (I say unarguably because I honestly can't foresee a way BOOH could win a match but I can foresee a way in which Hippo could win a match.)

Pool: Axe-C-Dent, Bot Out Of Hell, Draven, Eleven, Golem, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

121. Axe-C-Dent (HV Lobsta)

It was an: Axe-C-Dent. I wish this bot performed better than it did, but in all fairness, it lost to Destruct-A-Bubble, breaking down in the first twenty seconds.

Surprisingly late to the "pool" party: Dome. Speaking of bots that lost to comedy bots, Dome took less than ten seconds to fall against Diotoir, with probably the worst weapon out of all the bots in 5 and Extreme.

Pool: Dome, Draven, Eleven, Golem, Hippobotamus, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

120. Eleven (Hogwild94)

Binned: Eleven. Great exhibition robot, but just not suited to combat sadly.

Pooled: Kliptonite.

Pool: Bot Out Of Hell, Dome, Draven, Golem, Kliptonite, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

119. Golem (ToastUltimatum)

Own Goal: Golem. Should be fundamentally sound; wasn't.

Pooled: Clawed Hopper

118. Storm Force (Adster10005)

Binned: Storm Force, it did nothing in it's only match apart from being flung around before descending into the pit.

Pooled: Bee-Capitator, well it didn't do much did it.

Pool: Bee Capitator, Bot Out Of Hell, Clawed Hopper, Dome, Draven, Kliptonite, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Warhog

117. Bee Capitator (Toon Ganondorf)

Binned: Bee Capitator. Worthy of Series 2 but not Series 5, a drill was not going to do much.

Pooled: Fighting Torque. Its still a top heavy pyramid, only deserves to be better than Hippobotamus and not by much

Round 3

116. Bot Out of Hell (RA2)

Kicked out of Hell's Angels: Bot out of Hell. Even if the spinner was working, I think they would've struggled. The frame looks pretty unsturdy, so they could knock themselves out by recoil-damage or falling over, and there's a high ground clearance, which Reactor could probably finesse its way under and flip it anyway. As it stands, that's all hypothetical and the delivered product was nothing, because of all weapon designs, this one suffers especially greatly from not having its weapon.

Nominating: Guzunderbot

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Dome, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Kliptonite, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Warhog

115. Kliptonite (CrashBash)

Tossed out by Lex Luthor: Kliptonite. Another largely forgettable robot in Series 5 that just stopped working for no reason and was thusly subjected to over-extreme torture by the House Robots. Dome and Guzunderbot were at least eliminated by knockout, and Rhino at least lasted a few minutes. It also doesn't help that Kliptonite is super generic.

Caught in the wind: Maximill. I think it's fair to say there's a reason the team made a new one immediately after its only fight.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Dome, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Maximill, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Warhog

114. Sabretooth (SpaceManiac888)

Do(o)med: Dome. While losing to Diotoir in seconds was bad enough, it also barely made an impact against Vader, losing its (ineffective) weapon and only winning because Vader got trapped on the pit.

Not praying for Gabe: Sabretooth. The present-day Sabretooth is actually pretty decent. The Series 5 version... was not, especially since it lost to Evolution.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Maximill, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Sabretooth, Warhog.

113. Maximill (Timothy Sillery)

Don(e) Quixote: Yeah I'm going to choose Maximill to leave this round. It had a nice design but it was ineffective as all heck. Gone and Done in one match and I'm pretty sure it didn't do super later on in the Dutch Wars either. Just not that much of a super robot and not having much of a super weapon.

You know what made the dinosaurs extinct? I think it's time to finally pool in the robot which has failed to win a single robotic combat match. A robot which only won 1 football match and then was gone and done. Yeah when all you do is job you'd expect to be in the bottom tier. Pooling Velocirippa for consistently losing.

112. Nasty Warrior (HV Lobsta)

"Wood" it go far? Nope: Nasty Warrior had a weapon many people couldn't even see, it was made of, not carbon-fiber, as its makers said, but plain, old wood(although carbon-fiber wouldn't be much better. Just not effective, other than lucky splintering (heh, just realised Hypno-Disc beat, then was beaten by a Splinter)

Nomination for pool: V.I.P.E.R.-01

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Rhino, Sabretooth, Velocirippa, VIPER 01, Warhog

111. Fighting Torque (Hogwild94)

In the bin: Fighting Torque. The fact that they binned it after one fight and replaced it with Hippobotamus speaks volumes. I still reckon Team Torque's decline was down to the kids getting involved, and wanting a fun robot that they could get behind, rather than the boring but effective All Torques and Small Torque.

Into the pool: Mega Hurts.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Guzunderbot, Mega Hurts, Rhino, Sabretooth, Velocirippa, VIPER 01, Warhog

110. Velocirippa (ToastUltimatum)

Ve-loss-irippa - Draven. Nah I'm just kidding, bin Velocirippa, it died to a slowly moving wedge.

Pooled - Black Widow.

109. Guzunderbot (Adster10005)

Binned: Guzunderbot, it didn't really do much in its fight, and was sent OotA anyway.

Pooled: Shear Khan

Pool: Black Widow, Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, Rhino, Sabretooth, Shear Khan, VIPER 01, Warhog

108. Black Widow (Toon Ganondorf)

CUT: Black Widow. Man cutting the junk in Series 5/Extreme is just not as much fun because there's so much of it.

Pool: Widow's Revenge. Yes Toast, I know it beat Sumpthing but its not a good robot.

Round 4

107. VIPER 01 (RA2)

De-fanged: VIPER 01. I bet you all were wondering who'd be the first English bot I cut, well here it is. The team made a very good middleweight in Hard Cheese, but they crumbled like feta here. Even if the bot could go 15 miles an hour, it was still equipped with a very ineffective weapon with very little hit range. The selection committee said they didn't want too many rear-hinge flippers in Series 5, fair enough, but you're telling me they disliked them so much that they'd rather take a virtually-weaponless generic wedge?

Nominating: Sumpthing. I believe it should be cut before Widow's Revenge.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, Rhino, Sabretooth, Shear Khan, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

106. Rhino (CrashBash)

Joining Sudan and hopefully having a peaceful life with him: Rhino. Such a neat looking machine and one of only two of the Armed Forces competitors to look like their force (the other being Sub-Version), so it looks really cool. But the fact still remains it was really slow and just fell apart really easily. Losing two battles doesn't help it either.

Joining a messy pool: NEAT Machine. Honestly I feel the least memorable of the World Championship competitors.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Sabretooth, Shear Khan, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

105. Shear Khan (SpaceManiac888)

Does this robot hate Sergeant Bash?: Shear Khan. Its weapon may appear to be decent, but its massive ground clearance and lack of srimech are weaknesses that are too great to ignore.

A diamond pickaxe could easily mine through it: Obsidian. Was bullied around by S.M.I.D.S.Y., had a generally ineffective axe and broke down under mild pressure.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

104. Draven (Timothy Sillery)

(B)eating Crow: I'm going to eliminate Draven due to how not only did they never win a match but also they failed to qualify for Series 5. No matter how terrible all the other first round losers are, at least they qualified. But Draven never once won a fight, via qualifying or otherwise so I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to can Draven.

This is a potential break up bot: Sorry Ally but I'm going to have to pool Ajjay. Similar to Draven only without a working weapon. Ajjay could beat like 2% of all competitors, I believe but that's all. There's another robot I'm thinking of pooling but to quote The Beat I'll Save It For Later.

EDIT: Pool: Ajjay, Clawed Hopper, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

103. Warhog (HV Lobsta)

The Hogs of War are silent: Warhog while its weapon was the first dangerous ring spinner on Robot Wars, it broke down in almost every single one. Losing to Napalm isn't a good thing to put on your résumé either.

Pooled: Ansgar. While it was somewhat well-protected, I don't think that dinky little weapon would be able to beat any competent sort of Series 5/Extreme bot.

Pool: Ansgar, Ajjay, Clawed Hopper, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge

102. Ajjay (Hogwild94)

In the bin: Ajjay. A robot that would work great as a 'full body spinner' on AoD, but didn't in real life.

Into the pool: Immortalis.

Pool: Ansgar, Clawed Hopper, Immortalis, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge

101. Immortalis (ToastUltimatum)

Mortal: Immortalis. Did it even have a weapon? Lack of a srimech and random breakdown adds to it all.

Popping In: Destruct-A-Bubble. It did get a Round 1 win, had a fairly active weapon and decent speed, but the loss to Rick is very hard to forgive

100. Obsidian (Adster10005)

Binned: Obsidian - okay machine, but needed to be better for Series 5 standards.

Pooled: Oblark - Like Mortis, but not as efficient.

Pool: Ansgar, Clawed Hopper, Destruct-A-Bubble, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge

99. Destruct-A-Bubble (Toon Ganondorf)

Cut: Destruct-A-Bubble

Pool: The Executioner

Round 5

98. Ansgar (RA2)

Glad to have much better representation in the World Cup: Ansgar. This robot has no reason to continue now that all the robots it "beat" in the German Melee have been eliminated. The crank-shaft weaponry looked good, but had no real power behind it - they got under their German comrades a few times but could not lift them. And the less said about the spike, the better. I like the team; they were very sporting, and made no illusions of their chances against Chaos 2 and Manta. They cleared the top 100 and I think that's pretty good

Nominating: Evolution.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, The Executioner, Widow's Revenge

97. Sabretooth (CrashBash)

PrayForGabeToCalmDownOnceHeDiscoversWhoIsBeingCut: Sabretooth. The first of a series of disappointing performances with a machine that looked really wonky and had all sorts of exposed parts, which showed after its weapon was one-shotted by Evolution of all machines. Thank goodness that later Sabertooths were more refined and effective.

Speaking of which: Cataclysmic Variabot somehow hasn't come to our attention and we need to rectify that.

Pool: Cataclysmic Variabot, Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sumpthing, The Executioner, Widow's Revenge

96. Cataclysmic Variabot (SpaceManiac888)

Cut (as in out of this tournament, not by shortening the name): Cataclysmic Variabot. Poor performances in both its qualifier and Mayhem condemn it to being cut just after it was nominated.

Surprised CrashBash has not yet nominated: Wowot. Sure, it did grab Lambsy (although I heard that Lambsy was suffering from technical problems during that battle?). However, it died simply due to Sir Killalot grabbing its rear. Not a great way to go out.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sumpthing, The Executioner, Widow's Revenge, Wowot.

95. The Executioner (Timothy Sillery)

Executed: I'm going to get rid of The Executioner mainly because I'm surprised how a robot which appeared in both Extreme 1 and Series 5 and crashed out in round 1 both times has lasted this long. Maybe if they had easier opponents and maybe if they had better driving in Extreme 1 they could do better I don't know but for now you're gone.

Dog Dead Afternoon: I'm going to have to pool Mastiff the most notable thing they did was cause Chaos 2 to beat Chaos 2.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mastiff, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot.

94. Clawed Hopper (HV Lobsta)

Hopping on one leg out of here: Clawed Hopper. The least effective at fighting left in the pool, I think, even if it was decently fast for a walker, and no, it wasn't the first walker to win a battle, that was Jim Struts (also first walker to appear on Robot Wars)

Pooled: Shockwave: I don't really see much effectiveness in that weapon, and considering it was shoved around by both Anvil and Sub-Version in its only battle, it deserves to go before them.

Pool:Evolution, Mastiff, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Shockwave, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot.

93. Evolution (Hogwild94)

In the bin: Evolution. Looks great, but sadly just not a good robot in practice. At least Mastiff's weapon might just work slightly.

Pooled: Derek(!)

92. Mega-Hurts (ToastUltimatum)

Mega-Hurt: Mega-Hurts. No offensive output at all, poorly driven, lucky to have any wins

I will be pooling Mega Morg (EXT) for being cumbersome and poorly driven, with a weapon that completed one wttack across three fights, all of which burnt out its motors.

91. NEAT Machine (Adster10005)

Not so neat: NEAT Machine - it nudged W70, before getting flipped and failing to self-right doesn't make it a strong contender.

Pool: Onslaught - supposedly improved, but eliminated in Round 1.

90. Derek (Toon Ganondorf)

CUT: Derek. The "best engineered" limp breakdown.

Pool: Ruf Ruf Dougal

Pool: Ruf Ruf Dougal, Mastiff, Mega Morg, Oblark, Onslaught, Shockwave, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot

Round 6

89. Mega Morg (RA2)

6 feet, sorry, 1.829 metres under: Mega Morg. This represented a very minor improvement from the bot who almost won its heat by doing nothing. Its flipper was decent but as Toast said, only deployed once. The loss to Plunderbird is grounds alone to dismiss it, but it kept eating its speed controllers and had a very weak shell. You ahre the weakest link, goodbye.

Nominating: Napalm

Pool: Mastiff, Napalm, Oblark, Onslaught, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Shockwave, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot

88. Wowot (CrashBash)

I love you, SpaceManiac: Wowot. I don't understand why people legitimately like this robot. It's terrible. You ever heard of the term "glass cannon"? It describes when a robot has a remarkably effective weapon but is extremely fragile all around - basically great offence, terrible defence. This is the perfect way to describe Wowot......'s successor, 259, who despite its frail design still had a good flywheel. Wowot, on the other hand, had a really cumbersome set of jaws that were too awkward to grab anything, could do nothing if it HAD grabbed onto anything and supposedly had the ability to lift another robot, aside from the fact that if it had done so, it would have toppled over. And then it died when Sir Killalot pinched it, only slightly. It's not a glass cannon...it's literally just a pane of glass.

Reeled into the pool: Philipper. We're starting to get through all the robots that just didn't perform in Extreme 1, and its knockout of Panzer Mk 2 doesn't change the fact that Philipper lost both its battles that series, when every other robot in that position has either already gone out, has been nominated or, in the case of Gemini and S.M.I.D.S.Y., has some victories in Series 5 to fall back on.

87. Shockwave (SpaceManiac888)

No Aftershock: Shockwave. To be honest, I find Shockwave to be overrated by some. Sure, its weapon does LOOK powerful, but in its only fight, did little in terms of damage to either Sub-Version or Anvil. In addition, poor control was another critical weakness of this machine, costing it in its only battle.

1-4: Comengetorix. Had a terrible time in Extreme 1. Yeah sure, the robots it lost to included Tornado, Pussycat, Diotoir, Bigger Brother and Disc-O-Inferno, but what did it actually do to ANY of them? In addition, the reason it won a battle was due to Spawn Again carrying it.

86. Napalm (Timothy Sillery)

Apocalypse How?: I was really fighting with myself about this because I wanted to get rid of it but there's others in the pool which did worse. But I'm going to get rid of it anyways. I'm choosing to eliminate Napalm. Yes it won a match in Extreme and S5 but it didn't win due to it being good it won because other robots beat themselves. They have weak armour, weak weaponry but they still won matches. *sigh* I just can't rate them.

Pool: 101 Super antiquated and I believe the only match they won was due to King B breaking down.

Pool: 101, Comengetorix, Mastiff, Oblark, Onslaught, Philipper, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge.

85. Comengetorix (HV Lobsta)

Come and gone: Comengetorix. Limp is the word I'd use to describe Comengetorix's battles. It did improve in Series 6, but that's not in discussion here, of course

Pooled: Ming 3. Never really been that effective in my opinion.

84. Oblark (Hogwild94)

Fired: Oblark. Done well to get this far in, but now is its time. It definitely deserves to be in the top three for the Forces robots, I'll give it that.

Pooled: Panzer 'Wrath'.

Pool: 101, Mastiff, Ming 3, Onslaught, Panzer Wraith, Philipper, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge.

FOG OF WAR (ToastUltimatum)

It's time for a Fog of War!!!

The new pool: Cerberus, Mastiff, Mini Morg, Panzer Wraith, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sub-Version, Sumpthing, T-Bone, Widow's Revenge

• The robots that got added: Cerberus, Mini Morg, T-Bone, Sub-Version
• The robots that remained: Mastiff, Panzer Wraith, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sumpthing and Widow's Revenge
• The robots that got saved: 101, Ming III, Onslaught, Philipper

Please note that no other Fogs of War may be played until after Toast's next turn.

83. Ruf Ruf Dougal (Adster10005)

Cut: Ruf Ruf Dougal - fought well, but eliminated by Gemini in arguably it's weakest form.

Pooled: Wolverine - OOTAed against Wheely Big Cheese in it's arguably strongest form.

Pool: Cerberus, Mastiff, Mini Morg, Panzer Wraith, Sub-Version, Sumpthing, T-Bone, Widow's Revenge, Wolverine

82. Sumpthing (Toon Ganondorf)

Cut: Sumpthing. Well overdue for cutting is Widows Revenge and therefore Sumpthing must go

Pool: Aggrobot 3

Round 7

81. Panzer Wraith (RA2)

Tanked: Panzer Wrath. Highly exposed tracks, and a tiny weapon that was all folded up at the end of the match. They spent the entire match crawling on their opponents and just generally not winning.

In space, no one can hear me nominate: Alien Destructor

Pool: Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Cerberus, Mastiff, Mini Morg, Sub-Version, T-Bone, Widow's Revenge. Wolverine

80. Mini Morg (CrashBash)

Joining its big brother: Mini Morg. Honestly, I was more impressed with Mega Morg. Mini Morg didn't do a great deal, its axe wasn't that good and honestly, I don't even get why the team decided to use it on Kat 3 when they could have used their lifter to try and overturn the srimech-less robot. That seems like poor strategy.

Held in contempt of pool: Judge Shred 2.5. A rather poor performance where it was let down by the exact same problem it was in Series 4 - flipped over and its srimech didn't work. No wonder Spirit of Knightmare was turned to as a replacement for Bulldog Breed.

Pool: Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2.5, Mastiff, Sub-Version, T-Bone, Widow's Revenge. Wolverine

79. Mastiff (SpaceManiac888)

Did better than the Italian National Football Team, I guess: Mastiff. Sure, getting dominated by Chaos 2 is nothing to be too ashamed of. However, if the robot could barely self-right the first time and eventually get stuck on its rear, it probably is not competitive enough in the Extreme 1-Series 5 era.

Outdated: Killertron. Yeah, I am sorry. I admit that its only battle in this era was a mess to say the least. From Aggrobot 3 arguably losing a match it should have won, Splinter being overturned, righted and then attacked by Dead Metal, and debate over whether Killertron should have or should not have been pitted by Sir Killalot (did Killertron break down, may I ask?), this is one battle I think the BBC would want you to forget. However, Killertron cannot be forgiven in this era for having a massive ground clearance, weak pickaxe, lack of control, a weak power system and plastic armour from a wheely bin lid.

Pool: Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2.5, Killertron, Sub-Version, T-Bone, Widow's Revenge, Wolverine.

78. Killertron (Timothy Sillery)

Killerdone: Yeah I'm going to eliminate Killertron for all the reasons that SpaceManiac mentioned already. An antiquated robot by Series 4 standards, it never was going to achieve much in Series 5 and Extreme. Shame we never got to see Killertron 2, though.

You ever get a sense of Deja Vu?: 101. Again. For the reasons I mentioned before. Just like Killertron. Antiquated, only won one fight and that was due to the unreliability of their opponents more so than the effectiveness of their weapon. Lack of damaging weapon. It goes on and on and on.

Pool: 101, Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2.5, Sub-Version, T-Bone, Widow's Revenge, Wolverine.

77. Widow's Revenge (HV Lobsta)

Vinnie's dinner's cold now: Widow's Revenge. The least effective robot in the pool, and it has no srimech.

Pooled: Major Tom: It's still in somehow...

Pool: Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2.5, Major Tom, Sub-Version, T-Bone, Wolverine.

76. Sub Version Hogwild94)

Sunk: Sub Version. The second best armed forces robot, but I can't keep it in over any of the others.

Pooled: Big Nipper.

Pool: 101, Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Big Nipper, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2.5, Major Tom, T-Bone, Wolverine.

75. T-Bone (ToastUltimatum)

Eaten: T-Bone. Its disc apparently had promise, and the robot's co-builder went on to be a complete legend, but in practice, T-Bone bent its own disc while failing to slice through 8645T of all things, then had absolutely no back-up plan.

Pooled: Spirit of Kan-Nightmare.

Pool: 101, Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Big Nipper, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2½, Major Tom, Spirit of Knightmare, Wolverine

74. Major Tom (Adster10005)

Cut: Major Tom - it lost it's only extreme battle, defeated an easy opponent, then reversed into the pit.

Pooled: Plunderbird 5 - absolutely destroyed, but not all their fault (I think most robots would have struggled against S3, but sadly, it fell to Plunderbird)

Pool: 101, Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Big Nipper, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2½, Plunderbird 5, Spirit of Knightmare, Wolverine

PIT Spirit Knightmare (Toon Ganondorf)

CUT: Spirit of Knightmare. A genuinely terrible machine with two losses and two bouts where it was carried by better machines. A flipper with no flipping power or range, a laughable claim to a srimech, and such fragile internals it actually broke down being flipped by Bulldog Breed.

Nominated: Kronic 2....Yeahhhhhhhhh!! It's important not to be deceived by this robot's functional design, an outdated King Buxton absolutely wiped the floor with it.

CrashBash: PIT: Spirit of Knightmare. I shouldn't even need to explain why I'm saving it, other than you really need to actually watch the annihilator, TG. But because I know that won't work, I'll say this much....Spirit of Knightmare has two losses, yes, but it also has two wins. It wasn't "carried by better machines", if anything it was the dominant force in the second annihilator round. It was able to throw Steel Avenger around easily, it didn't even need a srimech, it was never even flipped by Bulldog Breed so that argument is moot, especially considering that was one fight and in another it tanked Disc-O-Inferno for a considerable amount of time....and more importantly, there are still worse robots to be eliminated. Aggrobot 3? Cerberus? Simply put, its time is close, but it's not now.

Round 8

73. Big Nipper (RA2)

I have to nip this in the bud: Big Nipper. This was such a far cry from the fantastic design & worthy Hall-of-Famer that it would later become. You can say they got a very unfortunate draw, but I wouldn't put money on them against any destructive weapons. The armour looked paper-thin, as consequence of such a large chassis. The pincers bent, and though we don't see exactly how it happened, I suspect that it didn't take all nine tonnes of Razer's crushability.

Little Bo Peep's about to lose a sheep: Lambsy.

Pool: 101, Aggrobot 3, Alien Destructor, Cerberus, Judge Shred 2.5, Kronic 2, Lambsy, Plunderbird 5, Wolverine

72. Cerberus (CrashBash)

Once a poor fighter, always a poor fighter: Cerberus. Sorry guys, I know you all like Cerberus, but at this stage, we're going to have to ignore good looks, because that simply won't carry. Cerberus, in my views, has never been a good combat robot, and Extreme 1 proved this - credit for holding on against Steel Avenger, but it only won by being carried and did very little in either battle.

When you have two robots you want to pool and you can only pick one: The Revolutionist. I wanted to pick Kan-Opener, since it was a robot whose srimech didn't even work properly, but The Revolutionist seems to be slipping through the cracks here. Despite so much promise, it barely functioned in its World Championship heat and then just sorta disappeared from the action. Probably why it's gotten this far without anyone noticing. Still, I suspect Kan-Opener won't be long.

71. Alien Destructor (SpaceManiac888)

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.

70. 13 Black (Timothy Sillery)

"You want to play twenty one? Well I've got twenty two": Yeah I'm gonna eliminate 13 Black they lost to a practically weaponless full body spinner. (Corkscrew's weaponry was barely functioning throughout the heat and it still reached the heat final.) One and done for this Rankdown but don't worry Black, ya gonna go far next Rankdown.

Can't think of a witty thing to say: So I guess I'm gonna say that I'm gonna pool Ming 3 Yes they beat Mega Morg, but they got destroyed by Hypno Disc and Disc-O-Inferno and they controversially lost to Terrorhurtz. Just another reason why you don't bring wheels into the arena.

69. Plunderbird 5 (HV Lobsta)

Internationally Wrecked: Plunderbird 5. The only robot in the pool to have no srimech (other than the Nave family's machine), this Plunderbird lost four out of its five matchups, only being able to defeat the already cut Mega Morg.

Pooled: Tetanus. It lost to Three Stegs easily, what can I say?

Pool: 101, Aggrobot 3, Judge Shred 2.5, Kronic 2, Lambsy, Ming 3, The Revolutionist, Tetanus, Wolverine.

68. Lambsy (Hogwild94)

Slaughtered: Lambsy. Cannot keep it in over any of the others, a poor flipper that got somewhat lucky with its first round draw, and its opponent's doing itself in.

Pooled: Kan-Opener.

Pool: 101, Aggrobot 3, Judge Shred 2½, Kan-Opener, Kronic 2, Ming 3, The Revolutionist, Tetanus, Wolverine.

67. Aggrobot 3 (ToastUltimatum)

Once beat Razer in the past...: Aggrobot 3. It deserves a medium finish for maintaining a lead over Splinter, but it ultimately crept away in a very awkward manner. Limited potential otherwise.

Pooled: The Danish robot that Botomatic may or may not have discovered in the Second World Championship. Also TX-108. Also Doom. Also Pants. Also Mousetrap.

Pool: 101, Judge Shred 2½, Kan-Opener, Kronic 2, Ming 3, Mousetrap, The Revolutionist, Tetanus, Wolverine.

66. Tetanus (Adster10005)

Vaccinated: Tetanus - potentially the weakest in the pool, and doesn't want and had to rely on the judges to get through it's only win.

Pooled: Thermidor 2 - despite an excellent Extreme, it's first round exit puts in danger.

Pool: 101, Judge Shred 2½, Kan-Opener, Kronic 2, Ming 3, Mousetrap, The Revolutionist, Thermidor 2, Wolverine

Note: since we didn't get a replacement for TG, the game will continue with 8 players. We'll add on rounds as needed until we end a round with 17 robots or fewer.

Round 8

65. Judge Shred 2½ (RA2)

• Sprit of Knightmare's immunity has ended.

Removed for contempt: Judge Shred 2½. What a grave injustice that this bot could've beaten Thermidor in the rankdown. A lot of people had objections to SoK replacing Bulldog in the Annihliator rather than this bot, but that's overruled - review the evidence and you'll find that Judge Shred's only exoneration is not-dying for longer than SoK, in fact, the latter actually badgered Bulldog Breed a couple times, while the Judge contributed about as much as a unused reserve juror. When they got cross-examined by Bulldog Breed's flipper, the srimech failed to give any testimony of its strength. Fine, they fired off a couple times after the ruling, but there's no retrials in Robot Wars. I find them guilty on multiple counts of overstaying their welcome, and sentence them to 65th place in the rankdown (*gavel*).

Bringing back the 18th Amendment: Corkscrew. I don't normally say anything about my nominee, but we've got robots capable of winning battles in jeopardy, and this bot, a far cry from the Series 6 monster, needs to go before those.

Pool: 101, Corkscrew, Kan Opener, Kronic 2, Ming 3, Mousetrap, The Revolutionist, Thermidor 2, Wolverine

64. Kan-Opener (CrashBash)

Have you got a srimech? Course we 'ave....it just doesn't work: Kan-Opener. I think that pretty much speaks for itself. We have no idea how capable the claws really are because the team built a srimech which they seemingly didn't test properly. I know that seems harsh, but the fact is, Kan-Opener had a fatal flaw that proved to be easily exploitable.

No Beast of Bodmin: 8645T. At this stage, I think most of the genuinely rubbish robots have gone. Even the robots left that didn't win a battle and have yet to be nominated looked to have some promise, the main reason why I have yet to renominate Philipper. I did consider putting Spirit of Knightmare back into the pool since it is very middle-of-the-road, this would be a suitable place to let it go and most of the robots left could beat it, but thinking back over, 8645T was cumbersome, largely ineffective, top-heavy and, were it not for the name gimmick, it would be largely forgettable. Not really the sorta thing you want at this stage of the rankdown.

Pool: 101, 8645T, Corkscrew, Kronic 2, Ming 3, Mousetrap, The Revolutionist, Thermidor 2, Wolverine

FOG OF WAR (SpaceManiac888)

Time for the second Fog of War!

Out: 8645T, Corkscrew, Ming 3, Mousetrap, Thermidor 2 and Wolverine.

In: Gemini, General Carnage 2, Hydra, Onslaught, Sir Chromalot and X-Terminator.

Unchanged: 101, Kronic 2 and The Revolutionist.

New pool: 101, Gemini, General Carnage 2, Hydra, Kronic 2, Onslaught, Sir Chromalot, The Revolutionist, X-Terminator.

63. Onslaught (Timothy Sillery)

Professor X-Tinct: OK, I honestly didn't know that Professor X and Onslaught were the same. But yeah I'm eliminating Onslaught due to falling in the first round to Tetanus, and seeing as Tetanus has already gone, it's fair to say that Onslaught also deserves to go. Knocked out in Round 1, they remind me a little bit of Sumpthing, in which they appeared in multiple wars but they're main claim to fame was Series 4.

Shoot for the stars: I'm going to pool Supernova. They're a good robot but they got knocked out in Round 1 so it doesn't seem right pooling robots which won matches over them.

Pool: 101, Gemini, General Carnage 2, Hydra, Kronic 2, Sir Chromalot, Supernova, The Revolutionist, X-Terminator

62. Sir Chromalot (HV Lobsta)

Needs a new chroming: Sir Chromalot is the most outgunned in the pool right now. I mean, its lifter couldn't let it self right till Series 6, and that armour isn't much either.

Pooled: Rick. That lifter isn't up to much, is it?

Pool: 101, Gemini, General Carnage 2, Hydra, Kronic 2, Onslaught, Rick, The Revolutionist, X-Terminator.

61. Hydra (Hogwild94)

Slain: Hydra. A three way toss up between it, General Carnage and Kronic 2 (YEAAAAHH!!!!), but they have a win and not breaking down in their favour respectively. Hydra has neither of those.

Pooled: Corkscrew.

Pool: 101, Corkscrew, Gemini, General Carnage 2, Kronic 2, The Revolutionist, Rick, Supernova, X-Terminator.

60. General Carnage 2 (ToastUltimatum)

Sorry Hull: General Carnage 2. It was between that and 101 for me, and if even NJGW is advising me to save 101 in that scenario, I have to send Hull packing. General Carnage had the OotA and a nice low wedge, but those are its only real qualities, to go with sluggish speeds, reliability issues, and still quite limp weapon power

Pooled: Spirit of Kan-bloody-ightmare...

59. Kronic 2 (Adster10005)

Cut: Kronic 2 - Round 1 exit, and lost despite King B having some sort of control error.

Pooled: Shredder - it reversed into the pit, that it just opened (if I remember correctly).

Pool: 101, Corkscrew, Gemini, General Carnage 2, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder Supernova, X-Terminator

Round 9

58. Corkscrew (RA2)

Let's raise a glass to Hogwild for nominating.... Corkscrew. This robot has ridden its Series 6 performance for quite long enough, t's time to breach the heat-finalist tier. The inital design was quite lacking, just to give you a sense of evoution, Blendo was the most recent robot prior to use that folded-teeth design, and it reached obsolecence in 1998. The impactors of were virtually weightless, too, what I'm saying is, it's not a powerful spinner design. They beat 13 Black after getting the aforementioned tooth stuck firmly but shallowly into the latter, then lucked their way into a Heat Final. This is just as much a criticism of their Series 5 performance, as it is a testament to how much better they became in Series 6. But just to add one final nail to the coffin, they got dominated by The Spider in a qualifier battle

Speaking of coffins... Gravedigger, come on down!

101, Gemini, Gravedigger, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Spirit of Knightmare, Supernova, X-Terminator

57. Gemini (CrashBash)

The future is bleak: Gemini. I think these series showed that Gemini had some serious flaws and nothing the team did was able to help them out. Without the wheely-bars, Gemini ended up flopping around all over the place, exposing itself to Razer's crusher despite a spirited effort. Adding the wheely-bars just ended up causing Gemini to get stuck on its back, thus losing to the likes of NAPALM. At this stage, I feel Gemini may have outstayed its welcome.

No Brazil win (spoilers) can save you now: Philipper. I know it beat Panzer, but we're at the stage of the competition where we need to consider who really performed the best just as much as who did the best, and two losses with no wins isn't going to cut it.

Pool: 101, Gravedigger, Philipper, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Spirit of Knightmare, Supernova, X-Terminator

56. 101 (SpaceManiac888)

Cry and let loose Anarchy after this vote: 101. In the 80kg era, 101 was a very decent pusher. However, it, along with robots such as Killertron, were really starting to show their age by the 100kg era. Nonetheless, the team were originally planning to enter Anarchy, so I can understand 101's lack of competitiveness in this era.

Speaking of which: It is probably time to nominate King B Powerworks. Sure, it did better than 101 in this era, taking out Draven and Kronic 2. However, it also lost to 101, suffered issues against Mega Morg and Steel Avenger, and was outclassed by Dominator 2. This machine was starting to show its age by this point.

Pool: Gravedigger, King B Powerworks, Philipper, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Spirit of Knightmare, Supernova, X-Terminator.

55. The Alien (ROGUE HOUSE ROBOT) (Timothy Sillery)

Using my Rogue House Robot function of the Doom Dial to cut The Alien sooo...

Get Away From Her You...: I'm choosing to cut The Alien due to the idea that this is where we seperate the lower mid-tier robots from the upper mid-tier robots and The Alien is strictly lower mid-tier. The only robot they beat was Velocirippa and then they lost to Prizephita Mk II. Honestly I think they'd lose to all of the guys in the pool currently and I understand why they've gone under the radar but I think it's time for them to go.

Pool is unchanged: Gravedigger, King B Powerworks, Philipper, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Spirit of Knightmare, Supernova, X-Terminator

54. Spirit of Knightmar (HV Lobsta)

Spirit of Knightmare's dream ends here: There are quite a few robots here that will exploit Knightmare's lackluster armour, and reliability in a one on one fight.

Can I pool 8645T?

If so, pool is: 8645T, Gravedigger, king B Powerworks, Philliper, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Supernova, X-Terminator.

53. 8645T (Hogwild94)

Instabinned: 8645T. Can't really justify it beating any of the others, except maybe Philliper, but even they I doubt it. Would improve in future, but not as convincing a first effort unfortunately.

Pooled: Barber-Ous.

The Pool: Barber-Ous, Gravedigger, King B Powerworks, Philliper, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Supernova, X-Terminator.

52. Barber-Ous (ToastUltimatum)

Instabinned 2: Barber-Ous. Much like Corkscrew, this machine would see serious improvements over time, but the reliability issues that plagued its entire career are still present here, and the drum struggles to find purchase due to the awkward wheel spokes.

Pooled: 3 Stegs to Heaven. Let me remind future voters that 3 Stegs to Heaven became immobile in all four of its battles, including the two wins and the loss where it somehow reached a Judges' decision...

51. Gravedigger (Adster10005)

Dug its own grave: Gravedigger Weakest form of the robot, if not the most creative design, but a first round exit in addition to being immobilised means it places 51st.

Pooled: Ming 3 - wasn't the strongest robot in all honesty, was it?

Pool: 3 Stegs to Heaven, King B Powerworks, Ming 3, Philliper, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Supernova, X-Terminator.

Round 10

50. 3 Stegs to Heaven (RA2)

Not quite instabin but close: 3 Stegs to Heaven. This is a fair ranking that gets the robot over the bias of it being worse than its predecessors. The weapon is far from the worst in the rankdown, but it lacks the delivery system that the top 49 robots all possess. Where's the stopping power? Most robots could just take a hit from 3 Stegs and then control the rest of the fight. 3 Stegs were losing badly to Tetanus before Tetanus broke down for what didn't appear to be anything 3 Stegs did. I can name almost 49 robots that could've beaten Eleven and Tetanus, and for that reason, Stegs' heat final achievement can no longer carry it.

Pooled: Kat 3. The rare exception to the above statement.

Pool: Kat 3, King B Powerworks, Ming 3, Philliper, The Revolutionist, Rick, Shredder, Supernova, X-Terminator.

49. Shredder (CrashBash)

Binned itself: Shredder. It's one of, if I've got this right, seven robots left in this rankdown that did not score a win. Of those, it's one of only four to not make at least a judges decision. The others, despite a strong start, were eventually overpowered by their opponents. Shredder, meanwhile, was overpowered by a strange desire to reverse straight into the pit. As JP said, "It looked good...it should have looked where it was going"

Welcome back to die!: Wolverine. One of the aforementioned four. Because Supernova is already sitting in the pool, and Panzer Mk 2 was more dominant over Tornado than Wolverine was over Wheely Big Cheese.

Pool: Kat 3, King B Powerworks, Ming 3, Philliper, Rick, Supernova, The Revolutionist, Wolverine, X-Terminator

48. X-Terminator (SpaceManiac888)

Terminated: X-Terminator. Indeed, this veteran was at its lowest point during its history. It broke down in the Annihilator early on, the range of robots it did beat (Panzer Wraith and Immortalis, the former being the one responsible for the knockout of Cataclysmic Variabot), were not exactly world-beaters. In addition, it lost to Corkscrew due to a battery failure.

A number of flaws here: Trouble 'n' Strife. Did well against Wild Thing, but it should be noted that it had no srimech, a poor turning circle and was back-heavy. These weaknesses can be exploited by many of the robots still competing in the Rankdown.

Pool: Kat 3, King B Powerworks, Ming 3, Philliper, Rick, Supernova, The Revolutionist, Trouble 'n' Strife, Wolverine.

47. Wolverine (Timothy Sillery)

De-clawed: I was close to eliminating King B but they survived 5 minutes against Dominator 2 so now's not the time so I was looking at the remaining pool and I realised that Wolverine was still in. So I'm choosing to eliminate Wolverine due to them being a Round 1 Faller and I struggle to foresee them beating any of the others left.

Which Came First?: I'm pooling Robochicken-EVO due to them being one of the last few remaining first round fallers.

Pool:Kat 3, King B Powerworks, Ming 3, Philliper, Rick, Robochicken-EVO, Supernova, The Revolutionist, Trouble 'n' Strife

46. Ming 3 (HV Lobsta)

I cut Ming 3 because it's wedge, struggled to get under anything, its wheels were easy targets for spinners, its weapon just wasn't good, and it's one of the last Round 1 bots not to lose by JD, and I pooled Anvil, since it was pooled before, before FOG OF WAR happened.

Nominaate: Anvil

45. Philliper (Hogwild94)

In the bin: Philliper. I gave it the benefit of the doubt last time, can't do the same this time. Deserves to have got this far, but one can overlook such a hilarious hibsing for so long.

Pooled: Mousetrap.

Pool: Anvil, Kat 3, King B Powerworks, Mousetrap, Rick, Robochicken-EVO, Supernova, The Revolutionist, Trouble 'n' Strife.

44. Trouble 'n' Strife (ToastUltimatum)

More Troubled than people let on: Trouble 'n' Strife - End of the line here, fella, it can hardly move and it only came close to a victory based on Wild Thing's own driving. Peter Forsey is very scathing of his own machine and we hardly give Revenge of Trouble & Strife credit, despite him giving firm reasons as to why it's the better machine.

Pooled: S.M.I.D.S.Y. - Across Extreme and Series 5, S.M.I.D.S.Y. accrued two wins in comparison to three losses, and all of those losses included a fairly random breakdown. This puts it in the bottom rung of Heat Finalists.

The Pool: Anvil, Kat 3, King B Powerworks, Mousetrap, Rick, Robochicken-EVO, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Supernova, The Revolutionist

43. Robochicken-Evo (Adster10005)

Cut: Robochicken-Evo it's had a good run, but took part in one battle and lost it.

Pooled: Thermidor 2 I think it's not been cut.

Pool: Anvil, Kat 3, King B Powerworks, Mousetrap, Rick, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Supernova, The Revolutionist, Thermidor 2

Round 11

42. Anvil (RA2)

Flying as well as an Anvil. Capping of the Forces special, we have an "undefeated" robot. Being undefeated in a real feather in one's cap, but it's not like they were up against an all-star lineup. No one knows how heavy was the namesake anvil that it pushed - they've been spared this far because we assumed that the anvil weighed well over 100kg - I don't doubt that it was, but I also don't believe it was a pusher that set the world on fire. Everyone left in the rankdown (except Kat 3 but that's out of my hands) had a well-designed weapon that at least worked in theory, and thus, deserves higher placement for their efforts.

Coming down the river: Tiberius 2

41. Kat 3 (CrashBash)

Shooting itself: Kat 3. I'll give the team credit for finally scoring some wins, but despite having a better track record than most of the other robots across Series 5 and Extreme 1, it had a lot of problems. Its axe barely functioned against Mini Morg, and when it did, it largely just missed. Also managed to have its armour buckled by Major Tom. Great team, and I do rate the S6-7 Kat 3 better than some people think it is. But the Series 5 version had many problems.

In the trench: Panzer Mk 2. Purely on the virtue that I believe it's the only robot without a win in these two series that hasn't been nominated. It can't use its status as American champion to save itself...not yet, anyway. Once we do the Extreme Warriors 1 rankdown, though....

Pool: King B Powerworks, Mousetrap, Panzer Mk 2, Rick, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Supernova, The Revolutionist, Thermidor 2, Tiberius 2.

(oh, BTW, "shooting the cat" is an actual term. It means "throw up". You're welcome)

40. The Revolutionist (SpaceManiac888)

Declaration of Dependence: The Revolutionist. Kind of glad this robot was not binned on the Fourth of July, ha ha (and yes, I know the Congress voted for independence two days prior). But, while The Revolutionist was good in Extreme Warriors, its performance in the World Championship was just as uncompetitive as some of the German machines. Heck, this was the first battle I saw involving The Revolutionist, making me feel it was a 'bad' robot, when it actually was not.

Not quite the good hit: Terrorhurtz. Did decently against Ming 3, but in terms of axe potential and armour, left a lot to be desired in its debut series.

King B Powerworks, Mousetrap, Panzer Mk 2, Rick, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Supernova, Terrorhurtz, Thermidor 2, Tiberius 2.

39. Rick (Timothy Sillery)

Wubba Lubba Dub Dub: I'm going to bin Rick this round primarily due to it having a 1-2 record in Series 5 alone. It reminds me of The Morgue in that regard only a better machine. But all in all it's a solid top 40 robot any wars it appears in.

Talking about Rick: I'm going to pool Suicidal Tendencies specifically due to it being the final round 1 faller.

38. King B Powerworks (HV Lobsta)

Lost his crown: King B Powerworks. Fragility and reliability have always been the main weaknesses of the King (not Elvis). No more evident in these series, breaking down against Diotoir and losing a wheel after the Polycarbonate Avenger nudged it.

Pooled: Axe-Awe had a pretty bad flipper, an axe with not much in the way of reach, and had problems aiming those weapons.

37. Tiberius 2 (Hogwild94)

Overthrown: Tiberius 2. These are all good robots, but Tiberius is likely the weakest I can get rid of.

Pooled: Arnold A. Terminegger.

36. Mousetrap 2 (ToastUltimatum)

The Saboteur: Mousetrap. Shouldn’t have passed Tiberius, Mousetrap had one good performance which was a loss, one embarrassing loss, and a win where it did nothing. It’s slow, it can’t self-right, it’s inaccurate, poorly armoured, and wasn’t even great in Series 4 to begin with.

Pooled: Diotoir. Pooling the other slow robot that can’t self right

Pool: Arnold A. Terminegger, Axe-Awe, Diotoir, Panzer Mk 2, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Suicidal Tendencies, Supernova, Terrorhurtz, Thermidor II.

35. Axe-Awe (Adster10005)

Cut: Axe-Awe. It won one match against a novelty robot, then pretty much flew across the arena. And lost to Panic Attack.

Pooled: Drillzilla. All it really did was shunt Firestorm around in its heat. Got lucky against Manta before getting beaten by Razer, who dominated the battle in the final.

Round 12

34. The Steel Avenger (ROGUE HOUSE ROBOT) (RA2)

One robot I feel is unjustly safe. So I'm taking my large magnet and pulling them in with ROGUE HOUSE ROBOT

I'm Steel-ing their chance to remain: The Steel Avenger. I'm sorry to say, but I never got on the Steely hype train - whatever good things you can say about its engineering, it is just not optimized for combat. Terrorhurtz is having its feet to flames for the axe that wasn't yet powerful, but in the meantime we're overlooking the one whose axe was never powerful - just look at all the free hits it got on King B. And that pointy front, how were they supposed to hit another robot? If you said "slam into it and then bring down the axe," you're wrong, because as soon as they did, the robots would glance sideways. Numerically, they look like they had a good run in Series 5/Extreme, but let's run down all the robots they beat: Tartan Terror, Napalm, unmoving Sir Chromalot, Cerberus, stuck-in-forward Thermidor, dead Tornado, King B, Hippobotamus, and Napalm again. They were never going to beat Chaos 2, I grant, but they were never going to be a worry either.

Pool is unchanged: Arnold A. Terminegger, Diotior, Drillzilla, Panzer Mk2, Suicidal Tendencies, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Supernova, Terrorhurtz, Thermidor 2

33. S.M.I.D.S.Y. (CrashBash)

Sorry Mate, I Binned You: S.M.I.D.S.Y. I suppose we've now got to start being critical of the robot's appearances in both Series 5 and Extreme 1 from here on out, and for me, that really puts S.M.I.D.S.Y. in a lot of trouble. Five battles, three breakdowns, didn't exactly beat the best robots....yeah, that doesn't really bode well. Supernova technically did worse with zero wins, but I wouldn't say it randomly broke down - Behemoth had to work hard to force it into Matilda to break down. That's why I'm not eliminating it....yet.

Speaking of: Stinger. If we wanna talk about being critical, then Stinger's decent run in Series 5 is hampered by a pretty poor run in Extreme 1. For a robot that was supposed to be "one of the greatest of its time", the fact that it barely beat Ajjay and Hippobotomus, of all robots, worries me. Also, against the actual all-stars, it seemed to struggle, not to mention I noticed during Extreme in particular (specifically, the fights held after Series 5) it tended to lose mobility a little too easily.

32. Supernova (SpaceManiac888)

Magnetar: Supernova. Of the three round one fallers, Suicidal Tendencies and Thermidor 2 at least had notable success in Extreme 1. Supernova did not.

Bit of a surprise here, but: Bulldog Breed 3. Yeah sure, Atomic 2 was beaten by Hypno-Disc beforehand, and was quite fragile, so maybe I should have nominated one of my least favourite robots instead. But here is the thing: Atomic 2 was very explosive (pun intended), easily dominating its melee, taking out Kan-Opener with relative ease and troubling Hypno-Disc at first. While Bulldog Breed 3 had more success, it was only because Atomic 2 was controversially drawn against Hypno-Disc first. It did take a judges' decision to defeat Lambsy, while it appeared to be immobile prior to losing its removable link against Hypno-Disc. In addition, perhaps the biggest reason why I am nominating Bulldog Breed 3 before Atomic 2 is that, apparently, it has no srimech. This is critical in an era where flippers were becoming more common.

31. Terrorhurtz (Timothy Sillery)

Amish Paradise: This may come as a bit of a surprise but I'm going to eliminate Terrorhurtz. They beat Ming 3, yes but then they got destroyed by Fluffy, they remind me a wee bit like 13 Black, both will be world beaters next rankdown but here, this is the end of the road my friend.

from the ocean to the swimming POOL: I'm going to be pooling Manta. Why? Because the only match they won on Extreme was due to Chaos 2 committing suicide and no offence but Ansgar and Mastiff aren't really the Bee's Knees when it comes to opponents.

Pool: Arnold A. Terminegger, Bulldog Breed 3, Diotoir, Drillzilla, Manta, Panzer Mk2, Stinger, Suicidal Tendencies, Thermidor 2.

PIT Diotóir (HV Lobsta)

Been always burning since the world's been turning: Diotóir's main problem, as has been stated by Toast, is being slow and having nothing in the way of a srimech. While it was reliable in the traditional sense (I don't think it broke down on its wheels at any point in the original run), its weapon decently powerful, it was becoming a bit antiquated by now.

Pooled: Splinter. Speaking of ageing, Splinter, while it did try to improve in these series, it's only addition, the axe, didn't help it self-right.

Adster1005: Pitting Diotoir. Stronger than Tornado, Diotoir got lucky as Spawn Again broke down in the heat final, showing it was close.

Pool: Arnold A. Terminegger, Bulldog Breed 3, Drillzilla, Manta, Panzer MK2, Splinter, Stinger, Suicidal Tendencies, Thermidor 2.

30. Thermidor 2 (Hogwild94)

Broiled: Thermidor 2. Looked awesome in that Mayhem, but never really impressed otherwise, and broke down randomly three times over both series.

Pooled: Crushtacean.

Pool: Arnold A. Terminegger, Bulldog Breed 3, Crushtacean, Drillzilla, Manta, Panzer MK2, Splinter, Stinger, Suicidal Tendencies.

29. Arnold A. Terminegger (ToastUltimatum)

Asta La Vista: Arnold A. Terminegger. It came down to that and Splinter, and ultimately Arnold just has a couple too many weaknesses, with broad sides, non-damaging weaponry which was starting to become obsolete, a lack of appearance in Series 5, and a lack of a head-to-head victory. 29th is perfectly respectable.

My Gut Reaction: Reactor II. It's easy to think that because Prizephita and Reactor reached the same stage of the competition, they're of a similar competency. In actuality, Prizephita was much better, and it's often forgotten that Reactor was being utterly dominated by Gemini before it landed the killer flip.

28. Reactor 2 (Adster10005)

Cut: Reactor 2. Dominated by Gemini until one flip gave it it's second wind.

Pooled: Tornado. It lost to Diotoir. Despite a good extreme, it lost to Diotoir. I still kinda think it was warming up, before a good Series 6 & 7.

Round 13

This is the last round where the Doom Dial may be played.

27. Stinger (RA2)

Antivenomed: Stinger. I suspect that this will come as a shock to many, but let's not beat around the bush, this was a bad year for Stinger. They got beaten up by robots of all sorts and different weapon types, and their controllability was especially dodgy. No proof of concept was shown here, and if observed in a vacuum, we'd say Stinger is a novel design with a fatal lack of finishing power, so they must bow out here to the more dominant winners.

Spawning an early exit: Spawn Again

26. Manta (CrashBash)

Turned into soup: Manta. Manta is such a sleek, beautiful machine with a great drive and a great weapon when it works. However, throughout its entire run, its battles in Extreme 1 included, it suffered from the same major problem....it had absolutely no staying power. If it couldn't finish its opponent quickly, it just slowed to a crawl and couldn't do anything. Take its battle against Drillzilla. It looked fairly even, and then Manta just lost power and lost the battle as a result.

Going straight int-no, straight....straight....STOP TURNING RIGHT!: Prizephita Mach 2. So, did anyone else notice that during its run in Series 5, Prizephita seemed to have consistent mobility problems? Like it would always keep pulling to the right? Although given that Tornado is now being pooled for some reason, I was really tempted to pool Hypno-Disc, because it's essentially the reverse of Tornado (great S5, terrible X1)

25. Suicidal Tendencies (SpaceManiac888)

If Toast will not, I will: Suicidal Tendencies. Good robot, who deserves to have made it this far. However, I have to bin it, because I struggle seeing it beat many of the robots still here. In particular, while it outpaced Pussycat, could it others that make up the best in Series 5? I do not think so.

About to explode: Atomic 2. Good, but fragile. Which is a critical weakness considering how many powerful spinners, axes and crushers that still remain.

Pool: Atomic 2, Bulldog Breed 3, Crushtacean, Drillzilla, Panzer Mk 2, Prizephita Mach 2, Spawn Again, Splinter, Tornado.

24. Panzer Mk 2 (Timothy Sillery)

Dolphin Food: Yeah I'm going to have to eliminate Panzer Mk 2. I mean I struggle to foresee how they've survived this long considering how they One and Done in a Knockout Loss in X1/S5. If this was outside this vacuum then yeah I could foresee but I honestly can't see how a robot which lost to Philipper (a robot which finished 21 places lower) can rank this high. Sorry dude but as the only robot left to have won 0 matches in Extreme 1 and Series 5 you've gotta go.

The Bigger They Are...: Bit of a shock, I know but apart from the win against Hypno-Disc, what else did Behemoth do? They didn't win anything and they managed to lose by getting flipped over by a crusher. And now more than ever the line between pooled and un-pooled is thinner than ever.

Pool: Atomic 2, Behemoth, Bulldog Breed 3, Crushtacean, Drillzilla, Prizephita Mach 2, Spawn Again, Splinter, Tornado.

23. Bulldog Breed 3 (HV Lobsta)

Put down: Bulldog Breed 3 - In their one extreme battle, SoK conked out by itself while it took a long time to dispose of Judge Shred 2.5, with Bulldog Breed only having one meaningful attack in the entire bout. Its first Series 5 opponent, Juggernot 2, was voted as the worst of Series 5, and it didn't come close to finishing off a rather easy opponent in Lambsy, before losing in poor fashion to Hypno-Disc.

Pooled: A surprise for some, but I think Wheely Big Cheese was one of the worst semi-finalists of S5. Not forgetting that it had only one win in Extreme, to Diotoir of all bots, and that it struggled in the first round of S5 against Wolverine, which is 24 places behind this cut/pooling, till it got a lucky flip.

22. Diotoir (ROGUE HOUSE ROBOT) (Hogwild94)

ROGUE HOUSE ROBOT: Diotoir. I understand Adster's reasoning for saving it last time, but, with the exception of Crushtacean (which I can't bin), I can't see it beating any of the robots currently in the pool. Just outside the Top 20 seems like the right place for it to finish.

21. Crushtacean (ToastUltimatum)

Crushed and now stationary: Crushtacean. Great machine, just missed out on Top 20 due to it's matchup dependant weapon, loose aerial and near loss to Robochicken.

Pooled: Fluffy.

20. Prizephita Mach 2 (Adster10005)

Cut: Prizephita Mach 2 - despite having a 66.66% win rate, it did only fight 3 times, and that rate could have been lowered if it fought in EXT 1. Also, I believe it to be one of the weakest left.

Pooled: Wild Thing - the robot with the joint lowest overall win rate hasn't been pooled.

Round 14

19. Splinter (RA2)

"Pencils are made of that": Splinter. HV wasn't allowed to cut this, but that doesn't mean it wasn't time for this bot to hit the road. Much like the annihilator, it's manged to sneak its way into a late stage It wasn't really a dominant force with its none-too-powerful axe and grabbers, and could only deal with bots that were really small or had no offensive power themselves.

Pooling: Panic Attack

18. Wheely Big Cheese (CrashBash)

10 is a better number than 6 or 7 - both ways: Wheely Big Cheese. This is going to raise a lot of eyebrows. Yes, Wheely Big Cheese made it to the semi-finals. Yes, it performed that spectacular flip on Axe-Awe. And yet it broke down after just a few seconds in the Flipper Frenzy, failed to do anything to Chaos 2 in the All-Stars, broke down after bossing Dominator 2 in the semi-final and then broke down again after BEING bossed around by Firestorm 3 in the loser's melee. But that's not what really killed Wheely Big Cheese this season - it was the hype. In all but the FF, it was somehow considered to be the favourite going into the fight. This was despite the fact that Chaos 2 was the then-reigning champion, Dominator had technically been more successful and both Firestorm AND Panic Attack were not only more successful in previous wars, but seeded HIGHER. And only against Dominator did it put up any fight. So, why am I not voting for Spawn Again, who also broke down continually? Well, Spawn Again simply put was never hyped. Certainly not to the degree Wheely Big Cheese was.

If one goes in, the other follows: Hypno-Disc. A really solid run in Series 5, which I'll give it that, was let down by a terrible run in Extreme 1 where it ended up losing to a wooden robot and lost to another robot in such a humiliating way that TPTB just decided NOPE.AVI and kicked it out. Not to mention limping through the annihilator. Controversial again, but hey, we already have Tornado sitting in the pool, and Hypno-Disc is basically the reverse Tornado here.

17. Behemoth (SpaceManiac888)

Contributed towards it being unseeded in Series 6: Behemoth. It beat Hypno-Disc, but that was in Extreme 1, where the spinner lost to a wooden robot. It beat Stinger, but the axlebot was struggling in this era. It beat Supernova, but the spinner was not at its prime yet. It then lost to Razer and Tornado in close battles, before losing easily against Thermidor 2 and being taken out by Crushtacean. At least Tornado's success in Extreme 1 and Hypno-Disc's achievements in Series 5 were significant. Behemoth lacked that level of success in either series.

So if Wheely Big Cheese was on top against it: Dominator 2 must therefore enter the pool. This is a controversial nomination, but hear me out on it. Dominator 2, as always, was an exceptional machine. However, I have an unpopular opinion regarding this version of the machine: it was the least likely to win in its series when compared to the other variants of Dominator 2. At least the Series 4 Dominator 2 had an advantage of terms of damage potential. At least the Series 6 Dominator 2 had an advantage in terms of armour, beating out good opponents like S.M.I.D.S.Y. and Hydra early on, and almost defeating 13 Black despite being crippled. Series 5 Dominator 2 lacked any of this, as although it easily took out Derek, was forced to rely on a judges' decision against King B Powerworks, an overturn of an underdog Corkscrew and Wheely Big Cheese breaking down. In addition, Dominator 2 in Series 6 and Extreme 2 SURVIVED multiple blows to the area surrounding the wheels, when it faced Hypno-Disc and 13 Black. Dominator 2 in Series 5... really did not. Henceforth, I have to nominate Dominator 2 here as the weakest Semi-Finalist not yet in the pool, especially when considering the robots it beat were not exactly world-class. However, I expect the Series 6 Dominator 2 to go far, unless Hogwild disagrees (referring to how Series 6 Dominator 2 was regarded as the weakest version by him, an opinion I do not agree with. Also, I think have may have misinterpreted what I said in the original, oops! Sorry.).

Pool: Atomic 2, Dominator 2, Drillzilla, Fluffy, Hypno-Disc, Panic Attack, Spawn Again, Tornado, Wild Thing

16. Atomic 2 (Timothy Sillery)

Nuclear Meltdown: I'm going to have to eliminate Atomic 2 here. They're a great robot with a great flipper and they could have won the Annihilator but here's the thing. They got knocked out in Round 2 of their heats and I find it mighty frivolous to eliminate a Semi-Finalist before a Round 2 faller no matter how better the robot may be. (Yes going by this logic, if Razer got knocked out in Round 2 and Granny's Revenge reached the Semi Finals I would've rated GR over Razer.) And all the other robots were either finalists or reached a round higher. If Atomic's heat went the way every other heat I would've knocked out Fluffy in a heartbeat but as the only robot not to reach a heat final in S5 or to reach a final in X1, sorry Atomic, I love you goodbye.

I mean if we're going by luck...: I'm going to pool Pussycat, if we're eliminating Diotoir then we've gotta pool The Millstone of the Diotoir team. Not only that but they were only semi-finalists by luck. At least the other semifinalists won their heat by defeating their opponents, Pussycat only reached the Semis because Fluffy beat Fluffy. Not only that but their two opponents were The Executioner and Clawed Hopper. Panic Attack was legit the only good robot in S5 that Pussycat beat so yeah, I'm gonna have to pool Pussycat. Yes they won The Annihilator in X1 but the margins are so finite now, they are practically no bad robots left anymore.

Pool: Dominator 2, Drillzilla, Fluffy, Hypno-Disc, Panic Attack, Pussycat, Spawn Again, Tornado, Wild Thing

15. Spawn Again (HV Lobsta)

Camping at spawn point: Spawn Again had serious reliability issues in every series it was in. Why did Scutter's Revenge and Spawn of Scutter not have them, who knows, but Spawn Again lost to many of the rest of the pool, or would've, if Tornado hadn't hit the roadblock of Diotoir (btw because of Tornado's performance in X1, I'm putting Spawn Again below it.

Pooled: Disco-Inferno. In all fairness, it fought, on average, two less battles in its Annihilator than the other winners, because Napalm and PA broke down, and had one of the most one-sided last battles I've ever seen in an Annihilator against SoK. It should've fought in S5, would've made semis for sure...

14. Fluffy (Hogwild94)

Binned: Fluffy. Loses big points for the AoD style breakdown when it was just seconds away from beating the second seed. And that even worse breakdown in Extreme does it no favours either.

Pooled: S3.

13. Panic Attack (ToastUltimatum)

Shuntposting Best Driver Wasn’t Enough: Panic Attack. Still a great machine, hence the Top 15 finish, but it’s limited weaponry was finally starting to hold it back, as was its control problems that affected it throughout the Series 5 semi-finals. I never did get how it was busted out of commission in the Annihilator either.

Pool: Chaos 2. Finally let down by its weight disadvantage, overflip tendencies and poor self-righting.

12. Hypno-Disc (Adster10005)

Cut: Hypno-Disc. It had a good Series 5, but it lost to Firestorm 3 and Bigger Brother, and in my opinion, it didn't perform as well as Series 3 and 4. It's Extreme went abysmally. It had a good Mayhem win, but performed badly in the Annihilator, and it also lost to TX-108 and Nasty Warrior, two machines that weren't the best. By no means does it have the worst win-loss record for X1/S5, but it isn't on the good side of it either.

Pool: Firestorm 3. Quite simply, Razer had 1 loss over X1/S5, and that was to Pussycat, which was arguably at it's prime. Bigger Brother had that miracle comeback over Hypno-Disc, and that leaves Firestorm 3, which despite winning good battles, arguably should have won it's World Championship heat.

Final Rankdown

It is now time for each player to rank the remaining robots. I will give everyone until 11:59 PM EST on Sunday. You can change your rankings if you've already submitted, as long as you're happy with how they are when the deadline passes. The top 11 robots are:

• Razer
• Bigger Brother
• Firestorm 3
• Chaos 2
• Dominator 2
• Pussycat
• S3
• Wild Thing
• Tornado
• Disc-O-Inferno
• Drillzilla

11. Dominator 2

• "The magic just wasn't there this season. The robot looked good and the axe seemed damaging, but ironically the robot called Dominator showed the least dominance out of anyone in this list. They struggled against every robot that wasn't slow with a soft top, and King B was the only robot they beat without assistance from the other bot's misfortune." - RA2, 11

• " Still a robot to be feared, but in my opinion, this was its weakest series. Its heat win was not exactly impressive, it almost lost to Wheely Big Cheese and its wheel guards could not prevent terminal damage against Hypno-Disc. However, it would return next series, more powerful than ever..." -SpaceManiac888, 11

• "Much the same reasons as the other seven, in that this was Dominator 2's worst two series, with X1 being a win and a loss, and S5, being a lackluster heat win, a lucky escape from Wheely Big Cheese, and one of the most boring fights in the history of Robot Wars, against Hypno-Disc." -HV Lobsta, 10

• ". On principle, this should be ahead of Wild Thing, based on its higher finish in Series 5. However, Dominator II directly lost to Wild Thing and generally wasn't that impressive in its own wins, all of which were against robots not within this Top 11." -Toast, 10

• "After its impressive rise to fame last series, things were just a bit… bland this time around. We didn’t really see anything new from it across either series, more or less the same as before, only not as spectacular as we knew what to expect. Shame, but at least it was consistent." -Hogwild, 9

• Honestly I'm only putting Dominator 2 here because it A. Reached the Semis and B. Didn't look like it would lose it's heat during any of it's fights." - Timothy Sillery, 9
• Speaking of only getting a robot so far, Dominator had a rather lackluster run in Series 5 in comparison to what it was the previous season. Twice in a row, it ended up winning a battle because its opponent either wasn't working or just stopped working, the latter of which it was losing before said breakdown. And then it ended up in one of the worst fights in RW history because nobody noticed it was immobile. What worries me is that it barely even landed that many axe-blows this series." -Crash, 8

• "Not in it's best version here, it lost to Wild Thing in the All-Stars, but it did beat Wheely Big Cheese, which is really good considering it threw Axe-Awe out." - Adster, 6

10.Wild Thing

Note: Dominator 2 & Wild Thing ties in the averages. Wild Thing won on a 5-3 tiebreaker

• ": It has the worst W-L (with Wheely Big Cheese), but then again it nearly beat Chaos 2, which helps it, but not at this stage." -Adster, 11

• "That disc was supposed to increase its offensive potential, but in reality, all it did was rob it of what made it such a dogged robot in Series 4: the excellent front scooping wedge. Loses points for that, and for choking when it had the chance to get Chaos 2 in the pit." -Hogwild, 10

• "They had a fantastic match against Chaos 2, but they're bogged down by their many struggles - most egregiously, they almost lost to the barely-mobile Trouble n' Strife. The footage of their battle with Arnold made them out to be the clear winner, but I'll trust the judges got it right, meaning they choked up quite badly. I can do no more than put them above Dominator for beating them fair and square." -RA2, 9

• " We now reach Wild Thing's time, it was wonderfully plucky and performed so well in combat, but had very visible weaknesses, and ultimately did not succeed in winning any of its valiant efforts against Tornado, Chaos 2, S3 and Firestorm III." -Toast, 9

• " As tenacious as ever is Wild Thing in these series. But here I feel it was beginning to show that its weaknesses were too well known. Across all its fights, it had one KO for it, one KO against it, and then every other fight it had was a judges decision, with a 3-4 win ratio. All credit for hanging on, but that'll only get it so far." -Crash, 9

• "Maybe it is just me, but I feel that Wild Thing's disc actually hindered it more than it helped. Indeed, without it, I believe it would have beaten Chaos 2. Plus, although it beat Dominator 2, it also lost to Arnold A. Terminegger." -SpaceManiac888, 9

• "suffered in X1 and S5 due to a difficulty in self-righting and weak weaponry. It one ONE match in X1, against Dominator 2, losing to Firestorm, Tornado and Arnold A., then had a difficult heat in S5 against Trouble n' Strife and Prizephita Mach 2, losing twice in the semis. Its lucky its this far, in my opinion" -HV Lobsta, 9

• "Honestly the only reason why I rated Wild Thing over Dominator 2 is because Wild Thing beat Dominator 2 in the All Stars. But apart from that Wild Thing with the exception of Napalm had 2 great little tussles between Trouble & Strife and Prizephita Mk 2 in it's heat whereas D2 and C2 did not have any great little tussles." -Timothy Sillery, 8

9. Disc-O-Inferno

• "The absolute blotch on the Top 11, and the fact that it's here in place of HYPNO-DISC is just so bad it's not funny. I admit that Disc-O-Inferno wasn't far behind the next in the list, but I still don't trust this robot's reliability. It lost some of its mobility or its weapon in two Series 6 fights, and we all know about Series 4, so can we be certain that it's fully reliable in Series 5? We can't, because it was immobilised in one of its wins, and it didn't even enter Series 5 anyway..." -Toast, 11

• "I honestly thought someone would’ve done away with Disc-O before now. I didn’t as, despite hardly being tested in the Annihilator, it was at least reasonably reliable, for once, and only broke down once thanks to Matilda. Deserves a high finish for its victory nonetheless, but top ten? Not quite IMO." -Hogwild, 11

• "Disc-O-Inferno is right to be above PA and The Polycarb Avenger (I'll never stop calling it that), but was badly bullied in the fight where they both went out (It was SoK who delivered the killing flip to SA, which probably saved D-O-I the Annialator). Also, its absence from S5 dosen't help its reputation." -HV Lobsta, 11

• "A spinner I feel could have beaten several of the opponents above, and of course, Dominator 2. However, seeing as it did not even want to appear in Series 5, as well as benefitting slightly due to misfortune of others, means I cannot really put any higher" -SpaceManiac888, 10

• "An extremely impressive performance in the annihilator all-round, aside from a brief scare in Round 1. It was basically what Hypno-Disc should have been. That being said, like Drillzilla it wasn't exactly "challenged" going in with only one A-tier, two C-tiers and two GTFO-tiers. I rank it above Drillzilla because I feel it could have been a heat-finalist in Series 5 had it competed...so here seems reasonable." -Crash, 10

• "Sure they only had a 3-round annihilator, but that was partly their influence - kicking the snot out of Panic Attack. They looked extremely destructive, but the reason I'm ending them here is because we can only speculate how well they'd do if they competed in Series 5, and it does not help that they experienced issues in both Series 4 and Series 6. If I'd had my druthers, they would not have finished above Hypno Disc, because I intuitively don't buy that they're technologically better." -RA2, 10

• " Yes, it won the easiest annihilator, but Annihilators are always difficult and had two robots that had at least two wars previous experience. It also had 100%, one of only three robots to do so, but not entering Series 5 isn't good enough to make it higher." -Adster, 7

• "Not as obvious, but here's the thing it is the only unbeaten robot left in this ranking so I have to rate it high but not as high as Razer but due to it being undefeated I decided to rank it 2nd." -Timothy Sillery, 2

8. Chaos 2

• " This seems super shocking but it lost to Mastiff in the First World Championships, it didn't have any stand out matches and honestly if the match lasted the full 5 minutes and if Refbot did its job and let SMIDSY off the arena wall, SMIDSY would've beat Chaos 2 in the heats. It's super antiquated and it nearly lost 2 battles in a row before finally biting the bullet." -Timothy Sillery, 10

• "Chaos 2 all in all, had a “meh” S5/X1. While it won many matches, and got to the second round of the semis, it had problems getting there, and got beaten a lot in X1, mostly by Tornado. It certainly had a better time than in Series 6 and Extreme 2, but that’s for next time…" -HV Lobsta, 8

• " As I mentioned when I pooled it, Chaos 2 mysteriously GAINED weaknesses for Series 5, as it overflipped repeatedly and struggled to self-right now - a terrible combination which led to it KO'ing itself against S.M.I.D.S.Y., and basically repeating it against Tornado. Underweight." -Toast, 8

• "Same reasons as Toast - it had too much overflip in its heat final and it needed more CO2 to be viable this series - it beat Tornado in Series 4, but not here, and it very nearly got beat by Wild Thing." -Adster, 8

• " In fairness, Chaos 2 had an up and down year. It started off well enough in Extreme, especially in the All-Stars. I will forgive its losses in the World Championship and Flipper Frenzy, but not the Tornado battles, which started to showcase Chaos 2's issues with weight and over-flipping. Nonetheless, apart from an overflip against S.M.I.D.S.Y., Chaos 2 still did relatively well in Series 5, losing to Bigger Brother is nothing to be ashamed of." -SpaceManiac888, 7

• "Maybe controversial to rank them this high, but I believe the champs still had some feist left in them. Sure, they had no chance of winning the title, but they still fell to only the creme of the crop, and could get OOTAs on 100KG robots." -RA2, 7

• "By now, it was obvious Chaos 2 was falling behind the times, and nothing displays this better than its two defeats to Tornado, a robot it had easily dealt with the previous year, albeit at the third time of asking. Still, it deserves this high a finish overall." -Hogwild, 6

• " Also rather lucky to get through its heat, and of course this being a CFH (Champion's Fodder Heat) makes the fact it nearly boltsed it up even worse. Also its weaknesses were really beginning to show, especially with the jammed flipper and overturning itself. Still got itself some solid wins though, so I have to give it some credit." -Crash, 6

7. Drillzilla

• " Drillzilla's ranked dead last here because it didn't win anything. It showed up for one (1) episode, won a couple of fights and then lost to Razer. I struggle to foresee how a one time loser made it this far but OK." -Timothy Sillery, 11

• "Absolutely solid as far as robots go. I still wish to stand by one of my original claims that it was one of the "unbeatables". However, for the most part, it was in a competition where it honestly had very little competition. It was the underdog going against Razer anyway, but I feel it should have been pressured more." -Crash, 11

• " Genuinely surprised how it got this far, it got lucky in it's WC heat and semi-final, but got beat by Razer, and since it only competed in that, it's hard to really judge." -Adster, 10

• "If we were strictly to go based on who could beat whom, this would rank higher, however, I factor creativity & interestingness in too, and to be fair, they're not ranked below anyone who's incapable of beating most robots." -RA2, 6

• "Drillzilla is mostly here due to potential, and surviving a three minute bout with the champion of this Rankdown (spoiler,not spoiler, it's Razer), and defeating a grand finalist in the form of Firestorm, but it being only in Extreme, its down here." -HV Lobsta, 6

• " In awe at the size of this lad, absolute unit. I would confidently back Drillzilla to beat any of the robots below it in this Top 11 apart from maybe just Chaos 2, and it even managed to beat the #3 on my list within Extreme! I have always factored Extreme Warriors success into my votes throughout this rankdown, as it's evidence of potential which pertains to that exact version of the machine, and Drillzilla reaching a World Final in the UK is hardly a lacking result. If you put Drillzilla in Series 5, it would make the Grand Final, easy." -Toast, 4

• "Apart from Razer, Drillzilla was the only robot that made Firestorm 3 look like an alsoran. And considering how competitive the Firestorm series was, that is quite the accolade. Had it entered Series 5, it could have reached the Grand Final, I am sure it would have dominated machines such as S3, Hypno-Disc and even Chaos 2 on route to the final. Ultimately, however, exceptional rammers and crushers prevent it from taking the top spot." -SpaceManiac888, 3

• " The American Razer, as CrashBash once called it, may have had a dubious advantage compared to the others on this list, but there’s no denying it to be a terrific fighter, very hard to think of any robots, apart from Razer obvs, that could beat it. It’s not second in his ‘unbeatable robots’ list for nothing, after all. If it had been in the UK series, I think it very much would’ve beaten all bar Razer, and had the US championship used a proper knockout format, I think it would’ve won." -Hogwild, 2

6. S3

• "This monster did well in its heat, but there were some issues I need to point out. Firstly, yeah it lost to the champion and runners-up, but the problem is that it lost to both far too easily. In addition, S3 struggled against the rather average Mousetrap, and almost lost against Wild Thing too. So while it was deadly, I cannot place it any higher on this list." -SpaceManiac888, 8

• "Defeated five good, seasoned veterans en route to a semi-final defeat to the eventual champions; just about sums up a successful first campaign." -Hogwild, 8

• "What an unfortunate robot in the sense that it lost to the winner AND runner-up of Series 5 in one tournament! That said, the edit basically showed it lose to Wild Thing, and it may only have won based on hitting Spawn Again. S3 had a brilliant weapon, but had various weaknesses including thin armour, exposed wheels, poor form against flippers, and a very large pittable shape, which keep it just shy of the Top 6." -Toast, 7

• "S3 is the (second-last, just realised Firestorm 3’s run was a thing) last Series 5 robot in the rankdown to lose in the first round of the semis.(albeit getting into the second round by winning the Loser’s Meele) It had an amazing debut, what with defeating former semi finalists and a grand finalist in its heat, but losing badly against the well armoured Bigger Brother. It, in my opinion, is just outside the grand finalist tier." -HV Lobsta, 7

• "S3's 7th due to its S5 performance, coming from a team which was a 2 time loser and coming out with a robot which beat 3 former semifinalists (Plunderbird team, Mousetrap and Stinger.) to finish quarter finalists. A wondrous debut series for S3." -Timothy Sillery, 7

• "An amazing debut series, but 2 losses puts it at a disadvantage here, it did well, losing to both the series runner-up and champion doesn't make it bad, perhaps a lucky draw would have seen S3 climb this list." -Adster, 5

• "Now here's a robot that you can just look at, and know that it's going to make a wreck of the pedestrian boxy designs. One of the coolest robots in the entire show, one that could simply walk into a room and steal the spotlight. They brought the vertical flywheel to the UK, and were responsible for the most-destroyed robot in Series 5" -RA2, 5

• "Really solid performance and what we like to see from a spinning disc. Two destructive clashes, two very tight battles (one being an amazing comeback) and it needed both the eventual champion and runner-up to beat it. Just wish we could have seen more of it." -Crash, 4

5. Pussycat

• " Another robot with a W-L record that seems decent, but falls apart when you analyze the wins. They beat Razer legit, and that's respectable, but I certainly can't rank purely based on who beat whom. They were dead to rights against Fluffy, and completely dominated twice by Tornado, meaning they struggle against both heavily-armored boxes and destructive weapons, which doesn't leave a diverse array of bots they CAN beat. In the annihilator, they only had to "beat" two robots, the first half everyone was just focuesd on taking out Hypno Disc. And the less said about Tag Team Terror, the better." -RA2, 8

• " On the one hand, Pussycat won the annihilator in Extreme, and managed to take out Razer, so I think that'll score it higher than Wild Thing or Dominator. On the other hand, it was extremely lucky to get through its heat and had to rely entirely on Diotoir to get the Tag Team Terror title. This seems like a good compromise." -Crash, 8

• "Loses points for that performance against Fluffy, and for losing to an ailing Firestorm, albeit only just. Gets points back for the wins over Panic Attack and Razer in Extreme, the only robot to properly kill Razer." -Toast, 7

• "This is such a weird one to rank, because it cruised to the Top 8 of Series 5 through little-to-no effort, against robots that were either crap, broken, or died while winning. However, Pussycat had an extraordinary Extreme, beating Razer, winning two side events (one being much more impressive than the other), and this same version of the machine provided more evidence of capability in Extreme Warriors. I just wouldn't pick it to win against any of the remaining five machines." -Toast, 6

• "Still an excellent machine, while Pussycat could have lost its heat, I still think its reliability and expert control should not be underestimated, at all" -SpaceManiac888, 5

• " Pussycat, while it performed immensely well in X1, and very well in S5, it was sometimes hampered by its weapon’s slow fall into obsoletion, and that it had difficulty with dealing with any robots with any sort of push (see Arnold A., many of its opponents in Extreme Warriors, and of course, Tornado.) There, in Tornado’s fights, it showed its other weakness; powerful weapons damaging its wheels or destroying its blade, like Fluffy did." -HV Lobsta, 5

• " I ranked it higher than most due to it winning 2 tournaments in X1 but I couldn't rank it higher than Disc-O-Inferno because truthfully" -Timothy Sillery, 3

• " It could beat arguably ALL of the robots here, except it didn't beat Firestorm 3. However, it did win the stronger annihilator, so it places 3rd." -Adster, 3

4. Firestorm 3

• "Firestorm 3, like Series 5 Dominator 2, was having a few teething problems here and there. Although it was better than the previous two Firestorms, Firestorm 3 simply lacked the ground clearance, armour and reliability that its sequels had. And this caused it to generally have to work exceptionally harder to win its battles. While it won most of them, remember how a single blow from Hypno-Disc took it out (which, even if it was a fluke, would have taken Firestorm out of the tournament a series ago), how Razer actually dominated it in Extreme, and how Drillzilla came from behind to eliminate Firestorm 3 from the World Championship at the first stage. To make matters worse, I feel that Firestorm 3 would have lost to four of the five robots above it, meaning I cannot really place it any higher." -SpaceManiac888, 6

• "A troubling campaign, but it still finished third respectably; ironically, its best performance of the series was the defeat to Razer. Though the Wild Thing win was decent as well." -Hogwild, 5

• "I rated Firestorm 3 over Bigger Brother for the simple fact that Firestorm 3 had a better X1 than Bigger Brother did." -Timothy Sillery, 5

• "An amazing machine and defeated some good robots, but struggled twice against Razer and arguably Drillzilla, which stops it from getting higher than 4th (sadly)." -Adster, 4

• ". Not much to say, except that few robots could hope to beat Firestorm" -RA2, 4

• "Once a Firestorm, always a Firestorm. Gets the edge over the Drillzilla it lost to thanks to its greater results, you really had to be a master to beat Firestorm." -Toast, 3

• " Firestorm 3 defeated Pussycat in the second round of the semis, quite fittingly, and ended up third overall(like in my ranking… seems legit) Funnily enough, it lost to Hypno-Disc in the first round of the semis, but defeated it in the Play-Offs to win bronze. It had an easy win of its heat, defeat of Pussycat, and were only defeated in the All-Stars Tournament by none other than Razer. All in all, a very consistent run." -HV Lobsta, 3

3. Bigger Brother

• " I could not rate Bigger Brother lower due to it's magnificent Series 5 performance. It's a shame that its X1 performance let it down." -Timothy Sillery, 6

• "This is controversial, I admit, but if you look at the remaining robots in my pool, Bigger Brother actually fought none of them in Series 5 or Extreme except for Razer (which it lost to), and I don't think it would beat any of them. Bigger Brother had such a wonderful run to the Grand Final, but was a little bit fortunate to have a run of robots it was capable of beating, while the remaining machines were elsewhere in the bracket, in my opinion. The armour wasn't the best yet, the flipper was good-but-not-great, and it really shouldn't have lost to Spawn Again and Comengetorix in the Tag Team." -Toast, 5

• " After a disappointing performance in Series 4, Bigger Brother was so much improved here, and while it didn’t get a great deal to do in Extreme, it’s magnificent underdog run to the final battle of Series 5 proves it worthy of such a high finish." -Hogwild, 4

• "Bigger Brother while it got runners up in S5, it did next to nothing in X1, save for a loss of a tag team battle with Comengetorix, then a grudge match, which it won easily, then a sudden breakdown in the Flipper Frenzy (How was Therms the only reliable robot there?). Anywho, it like Firestorm, had an easy heat, defeating the sadly lackluster 3 Stegs (I watched the podcast, kinda sad how Team Jurrassic Park went out like that). Yes, it defeated Hypno-Disc, but so did Firestorm 3. BB was lucky to get the spinner instead of Razer, who handed BB’s ass back to him in the final." -HV Lobsta, 4

• "Solid year for this robot, Bigger Brother made S3 out to be like a round one dropout, while also outclassing Splinter and Chaos 2 on route to the Grand Final. What drops it in the ranking, however, is that Bigger Brother did not cleanly beat Hypno-Disc. If it did, it would be in the top two." - SpaceManiac888, 4

• "They set out to be Chaos 2 but better, and boy did they succeed. They had a really tough route to the finals, but proved they could go the distance. I actually like this version better than the Series 6 and beyond rebuild - this version was more reckless and flipped harder." -RA2, 3

• " An amazing run through Series 5 guaranteed it a spot in the top three. It was the robot who finally ended Chaos 2's reign and one of the greatest comeback victories ever against Hypno-Disc...the fight nominated as THE best Robot Wars fight of all time. It was clearly much improved. It's just a shame that it performed poorly in Extreme." -Crash, 3

• "Despite a bad Extreme, it pulled it back with a great Series 5 surviving the wrath of Hypno-Disc and forcing Razer to a judges' decision." -Adster, 2

• "A solid performance in Extreme even though it didn't really compete much is one thing. But what I want to talk about is its Series 5 performance. It's one thing to do as well as it did, but you have to remember, it reached third place AFTER suffering severe damage in its very first battle that it never really fully recovered from. And yet it still finished third. Even after getting its flipper destroyed by Razer, it refused to back down and very nearly beat it. That deserves serious credit.." -Crash, 2

2. Tornado

• "Arguably at it its weakest - it lost to Diotoir in series 5, and despite a good Extreme, it doesn't make up for the fact it lost to Diotoir, particularly at this point." -Adster, 9

• "A great performance in Extreme, beating Chaos 2 and Pussycat twice each, defending two Challenge Belts and just pretty much dominating everyone that came its way. If it weren't for its embarrassingly early loss to Diotoir in Series 5, it'd be number two, easily." -Crash, 5

• "Tornado's 4th only due to it holding onto it's Challenge Belt. If it hadn't have won that then it's 2nd round loss to Tag Team Champion Diotoir would've left it 10th." -Timothy Sillery, 4

• ". In contrast to the above, Tornado’s excellent showing in Extreme, in both the All-Stars and the Challenge Belt, propels it further up this list, and I’m sure it would’ve reached, at least, the Series 5 grand final had it not been for that unfortunate loss. And probably won the second Annihilator had King B not spiked it in just the right place. In fact, I’d say only 2001 robots could beat Tornado: Panzer MK2 (was doing so until Philipper interfered), and the following…" -Hogwild, 3

• "Did you expect it to be this high? Well, in fairness, it was really unlucky to break down against Diotoir, and would’ve pretty much destroyed everything behind it in this rankdown, and its record in X1 shows it, only another sudden breakdown, and a fair defeat against the champion…" -HV Lobsta, 2

• "Considering it had the scoop in this era, I have to put it here. No doubt about it" -SpaceManiac888, 2

• "Yes, it lost to Diotoir, but I do not care - no roboteer should have a countermeasure for the opponent genuinely breaking the rules. Peter Redmond has completely admitted that he put tears in his fur so that it would specifically entangle Tornado's drum in a match it was clearly winning. I'm still perfectly happy that Diotoir won the fight, but it can be disregarded here, leaving only The Steel Avenger as a dodgy loss. That's in comparison to ELEVEN wins across Extreme and Series 5, almost all of which were against strong opponents. Tornado beat three of the robots in the current pool, beat two of them for a second time, and then went on to best two more of them with almost exactly the same machine in the following series (discounting Razer because that wasn't what you'd call the same Tornado). We KNOW Tornado is this good, and I'm not going to use the Diotoir loss to hold it back." -Toast, 2

• "Yes, their Extreme performance was so good, so powerful, that I'm willing to write off their breakdowns as a fluke. They beat Stinger, they beat Behemoth, they DOMINATED Pussycat and Chaos 2 twice apiece, and racked up more wins than any bot in Extreme. Somehow they stuffed a disc into a rammer with more push than some barely-weaponed bots had If Razer was the king of Extreme, Tornado was the queen. That monster looked invincible to anything except Razer, so in my mind, there's no question it should finish second only to..." -RA2, 2

1. Razer

Note: Razer was unanimously voted #1

• "But at the end of the day, was there ever any doubt? At long last, Razer was finally able to put the gremlins of its past behind it, and it showed. All-Stars Champion, World Champion and finally UK Champion. Yes, some of its fights were very one-note, but really I think that's just more showing how advanced Razer really was in its time. Plus, it had some tense battles against Gemini, Behemoth and Firestorm, so it's not all bad." -Crash

• " But not even Tornado could challenge Razer in this era. Sure, Razer may have lost to Pussycat, and almost lost to Firestorm 3, but apart from that, it was plain sailing for it, winning multiple tournaments along the way." -SpaceManiac888

• "No, I am not a Razer fanboy, but holy shit he was on top in every way in Extreme 1 and Series 5. Every single battle won (except for the grudge match), three competitions won, and it finally lifted the UK Championship trophy." -HV Lobsta

• "his will probably be unanimous. After three years of frustrating underachievement, tempered by success in pretty much every other side event, this was when Razer finally got it right and went all the way to a well deserved victory. Any other robot that reached the semi-finals at its fourth attempt, we’d be talking about it for years, but with Razer, no-one batted an eyelid, that says a lot. It finally got the chance to become the all-conquering phenomenon it was supposed to have been the last three series, and grabbed it, literally, with open arms, literally!" -Hogwild

• "This was never in doubt." -Toast

• " Super self explanatory, only lost 1 match and that was a vengeance battle, every tournament it entered, it won." -Timothy Sillery

• "It won the All-Stars, it won Series 5, it won the World Championship. The only thing it couldn't topple was Pussycat, so surely Pussycat should be here, right? Wrong. Despite these both being the robots best series, Razer slightly edges out the Annihilator winner(s) into 2nd and 3rd." -Adster

• "A lot of critics will say that Razer had an easy run because they only paired it off against favourable rock-paper-scissors designs. Fair enough, to an extent, but just by making that argument, the critics have to concede that in any given grab-bag of robots - including the All-Stars or the Series semifinalists - Razer could steamroll the majority of them. And it cannot be understated that the crusher is, bar none, the hardest weapon to be successful with. Look at the first Chomp from the first reboot season of Battlebots, they had a crusher with tons more power than Razer, but couldn't get a single win. Razer may not have a 100% reliability rate, but they have something most crushers don't - all the fundamental problems accounted for. It can crush without breaking itself, it has the valve well-protected, it self-rights as well as can be expected, and it has both the drive system and the driver to easily get the crusher in position. The mere fact Razer makes it look easy, is a testament to how godly it is." -RA2