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Re: Defensive Robots/Strategies?

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Originally Posted by ns3517 View Post
What about a team who builds a very small drivetrain then just defends shots.
Ex. A team chooses the 36x40x24 volume and builds a 29x18x24 chassis. They can now extend approx 15 inch from their frame. They could extend a 15 inch shield or sorts to hover over top the opponent shooter. Like team 1405's robot in stronghold.
My team (who also cheesecake a blocker of our own last year) considered this idea early on in the season. We didn't go with it since we thought that we would be far better off with a larger drivebase which would help us in pushing matches. IMO the most effective defense this year will be ramming, pushing, pinning, and misaligning opponents with your drivetrain, thanks to the lack of safe zones (and the huge point value discrepancy between gears and fuel). I believe that teams who want to play defense should invest far more into their drivetrain than a blocker.
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