[t0ny127]

Well, as good as a combination robot may seem, think of it this way. You can either have a combination robot, which is like a Jack of all trades master of nothing (not saying all combo robots aren't great), or have a robot designated to 1 or 2 main tasks, and it could focus all of its efforts on those tasks. I would say a good alliance would be composed of the following: 2 teams that can hang and cap very efficiently, and 1 team that is an efficient ball herder. Even if 2 big ball teams are playin a match, most robots can still push a couple balls into the corrals...and with the 100 points from the 2 hangin robots, theres a better chance of winning the match. Same deal with when a big ball team is playing with a ball herder...human players shoot in all the balls they can, and the big ball hangin team goes up to hang.