[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by NotaJoke

I believe the full court shooter plays a very different role here; it fulfills the saying "the best defense is a good offense." In the case of elimination matches such as seed 1 versus seed 8, where the third robots on the alliance will be of rather varying in capability (an OPR as high as 60 in the 8th seed, and as low as 20 in the first seed) a third robot full court shooter requires the other third robot to cease normal defense (that would have prevented pyramid play of the first and second robots of the first seed) or leave the FCS undefended, thus allowing it to score many more disks than the other third robot. In the likely chance that the defense is pulled, the match then becomes a 2v2, with a distinct advantage for the 1st alliance.

This is spot on. We used this strategy at three regionals and it paid off. Having a FCS and a strong pyramid shooter/cycler often means that they have to pick one or the other to block, leaving one capable robot unattended. I think this is the role we will see in champs, they will be a great distraction at worst and a devastator at best.