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Originally Posted by Abhishek R
There's not a lot of space in the neutral zone. A single robot can effectively lock up an opposing team trying to breach defenses or make it your courtyard if they play it correctly. If you can trade one of your less offensively equipped robots for one of theirs, why not?
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Originally Posted by ahartnet
I think a key thing everyone here is missing is that the defender may not be focusing so much on blocking shots or messing up a robot trying to shot but preventing boulder pickup from the secret passage.
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These are the reasons defense is played. When there is an offensive mismatch. This particularly comes into play when one robot is significantly stronger than any contender on the opposite alliance. Yes, you definitely want to get that RP in -- win or lose...but why have 1 when you can have 3?
If two of your robots are better at doing what two robots on the other side of the field are doing, you want to try to neutralize that 3rd robot's attack the best you possibly can.