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Defense Type and Position Selection
After getting through one competition and getting the chance to pick defenses in many matches against several different combinations of alliances I was wondering what strategies teams are using for selecting defenses and defense position.
What is everyone's first choice if there is no scouting data on teams. What do more teams struggle with? Our thought process was that if all else is equal, put the RockWall, Drawbridge, Cheval, and Ramparts on the field, but we just felt that those are the defenses more teams would struggle with, it wasn't based on data. Does anyone have some good data on which defenses from each category tend to lead to less breaches?
Then when we are thinking about field vision the choice of Portcullis vs. Cheval and Drawbridge vs. Sallyport came in to play.
What other considerations do people have for their selections of defenses?
The other thing that I have been thinking about is defense position. The things that came into play when we were selecting defenses was field vision, but also what routes teams would have to take to do their scoring. We wanted to make their routes as long as possible and create as much congestion as possible for the opposing alliance. The only other thought we had was to put the sallyport in position 5 whenever we put it on the field. The logic is that it is much harder to get into the sallyport if you don't have as much space to approach from the side.
Do people have any other thoughts on picking defense position or anything at all with regards to defense selection?
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