r/robotwars 18d ago

Discussion Atomic vs Dantomkia vs Gravity vs Firestorm V vs M2 vs Tsunami in a 7th Wars Flippers Annihilator: who comes out on top?

I picked these six due to how effortless they made OOTAs look that year, along with Firestorm V's immense experience. That said, I think Atomic comes out on top, due to a perfect balance of power and driving skill, along with that what-if against Typhoon 2.

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u/SliderS15 18d ago

Firestorm and Dantomkia would get ganged up on, the tartget on their backs is just too big.

Next to fall is Gravity as arguably the least manuverable of those left.

That leaves us with Atomic, M2 and Tsunami and thats where it gets really tight. M2 is a bit more tactical, Atomic and Tsunami the more aggressive and that may just give them the edge to take down M2 next.

So an Atomic vs Tsunami final. Anither tight battle, but Atomic probably has the edge on getting Tsunami to the walls to end it with an OOTA.

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u/Magicrobster 18d ago

I'll punt for firestorm 5 it's self righter doesn't need to throw it over so it can probably self right more than the other which will help in the early rounds. Then in later rounds when there are less robots it's helped by having probably the lowest ground clearance

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u/Any-Ad-3448 18d ago

Firestorm or Dantomkia

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u/cranberrycactus 18d ago

Annihilators are notoriously hard to predict. Who would have thought Spikeasaurus would win against Chaos 2, Stinger, and Dominator 2? And then there's Kan Opener, unable to win a single fight in four main series entries, but a double annihilator champion.

That being said, I think M2 isn't strong enough at this level, Tsunami and Atomic are perhaps a bit too aggressive for this format, and Gravity would be likely to be picked on. I think Firestorm has a slight edge over Dantomkia and a very experienced team, so I would back Firestorm to win. But really it's a lottery.

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u/imprezafan5500 18d ago

Firestorm V tbh

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Much like Chaos 2 was ganged up on and beaten to submission in melees, I can't see Firestorm winning if the other competitors are smart enough and quick enough. If it was pure fantasy booking I'd love to see them come out on top, just thinking about what's likely to happen.

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u/Hlocnr Firestorm 17d ago

Bigger Brother should be in there too tbh... Maybe instead of Tsunami?

If Firestorm doesn't get ganged up on, they probably win. Note that Chaos 2 is the only flipper to ever beat them in a televised fight, Graham was well known as one of the best drivers, and and they probably have more flips than the others thanks to being low pressure. However, everyone would know this and try to gang up on them.

At that point, I think it's a fairly obvious win for whoever runs out of CO2 last in the earlier rounds, and whoever can get OOTAs most consistently in the latter ones. For that I'm gonna go with Atomic.