[Boltman]

Originally Posted by Ginger Power

Another question that I've been thinking about: Can a defensive robot be a first round pick? An early first round pick? Usually the alliance captain will be good at breaching, and in deeper events, the alliance captains will be good at breaching and scoring. There are a ton of teams that can breach effectively that could be picked up in round 2. So if there's an elite defender on the board are they worth a top pick? Let's assume this defender can climb and play spot offense (not highly effectively) as well.

I would say yes because an elite defender can prevent a capture, and a capture can be done by an elite robot being fed by a breaching 2nd pick. If you capture, and prevent a capture, you basically win.

No because there are no elite defenders and you can find "Hidden hybrid defenders" that can not only defend but score if needed also and possibly scale.

A defender no matter how good will probably lose you a regional with the sole exception of 179 so far

More important are boulder bots and scalers