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Originally Posted by Coin3
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That said, there is still a lot of room in the high goals for the offense to aim at. I think the best way to counteract a good defense is to have a robot that can turn very quickly and then adjust the power of the launcher to account for the different angle.
I think that defense is definitely viable, and more teams should go for it this year. If we had a defensive robot on every alliance, it would make for much more exciting matches than the assembly line business that going for high points would bring.
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Consider a 5' tall defender up pushing against a high goal shooter. Unless the ball comes out of the shooting robot at 5'+ it can be blocked by the defender.
A quick aggressive defender with a powerful drivetrain can block all but the tallest shooters.
Just another strategy.
also consider a pass advancing robot where a defender pushes up against it such that the pass advancing robot cannot get the ball out of their own robot ...
Defense will be played this year, and (by some) will be played very effectively.