[Abhishek R]

I'm pretty certain that the "pure offense" strategy will not work. After watching several of the regionals from the current season, most of the "defense" was just a robot moving side to side along the centerline and occasionally the tall blocker to attempt and deflect full-court shots. A more risky strategy, requiring a stellar drive team, is the man-to-man defense (or, since CD likes using hockey for this challenge, body-checking) as was displayed by 2789 TEXplosion at the Lone Star and Alamo Regionals. By making the trip back-and-forth from the feeder station a nightmare for the pyramid shooters with a quick and powerful drivetrain, they were able to delay the number of cycles these pyramid shooters were able to make taking it down from 5+ cycles to even just 1 cycle. They also had a removable blocker for those pesky FCS'. Even matched up against the now famous alliance of 1114 and 2056, I think a good defender could completely take down one, if not both robots. I'd imagine the scores in the finals of each division will only be around 150, assuming this strategy of man-to-man defense gets played.

I think the alliance that gets to Einstein will be composed of:

-Extremely mobile pyramid shooter with under-pyramid capability and 7 disk auto

-Full-court shooter with perfect 3 disk auto

-Fast and strong drivetrain defender with good drive team