[Mr. Pockets]

Defense this year is going to be a bit less prevalent in my opinion this year, largely due to the field set up.

For starters, the field is split in two, this inherently limits mobility. Then, within each zone, the key and alley are off limits, further limiting defense movement. Then there's the fact that the fender takes up further more space, as well as the overhang from the bridges. In a nutshell, playing defense will require such careful positioning and caution to avoid the minefield of penalty risks, it almost seems not worth the trouble, or at the very least, highly risky.

EDIT: Possibly more viable will be hard pushing bots that have the ability to stop well placed wall bots from interfering with the scorers.