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Re: Offensive/Defensive
A strong defensive bot could easily be a 3rd pick at championship. In this years game, a good defensive bot should be able to pick up balls super easily, launch them across the field with little regard for aim, win any pushing match as well as out race any robot, and cross the bump with ease. A strong offensive robot doesn't necessarily need to cross the bump that well, doesn't need to be able to push exceptionally well, but it should be quick, good at picking up balls, and very good at making baskets.

So there are different things to focus on assuming you don't have the resources to build the perfect robot that does everything. A good defense robot could hold fender shooters to 0 points and prevent a double balance, easily enough to win matches.

I wouldn't write off purpose built defense robots with trained drivers (although I don't really give too much thought to the robots that have some kind of large sheet of material to obstruct vision and shots).