|
Re: Winning Defensive Allaince?
Generally the success of the defensive robots is when an alliance only has 1 really strong offensive bot. The other two are just ok. But if you face an alliance comprised of 3 strong offensive bots, or at least 2, like you will encounter at championship or the stronger regionals, a dedicated defensive bot will not do as well. A defensive bot can far okay if it just has to concentrate on one opposing bot, but when two or more threats are present on the field its efficiency is reduced. If it tries to defend two bots it means it will have to spend more time running in between the two, which will lead to more wasted time. It also increases the chance of penalties as your robot will be speeding at high speeds twoards other robots and loading zones.
But if you decide to focus on one of the offensive bots, the other will probably be able to pick up the slack.
The Colorado regional is probably the best example of this. When teams tried to hinder both 233 and 118 they ended up leaving one, or both, undefended for long enough for them to score at least one tetra. When they tried to focus on one (usually 118), the other would score several tetras and would handily beat the other alliance. Most the matches werent even highly competitive.
Look at what Team 71 did for more proof. They won purdue by basically forcing the opposing defenses to defend them, and allowing their alliance partners to score in their place.
Having a dedicated defensive bot just means you hindering your own offense. You can play almost as effective, if not more effective, defense by just hindering an opposing robot when they are in the same area as you, ect. Keep in mind, many times the best defense is offense. When a defensive bot screws up and lets an opponent cap, he can't reclaim the goal (or if he can, not as quickly). But an offensive bot can quickly reclaim the goal. Many of the best alliances did not play much defense at all (in the sense that this thread has been talking about), rather they just broke up opponents rows with their own caps.
__________________
Being correct doesn't mean you don't have to explain yourself.
|