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What will be more important largely depends on the alliance you're facing, what your partners can do, and what time of year it is. Early in the season ramps will come out on top as most ringers are inaccurate and score few rings (meaning low ring bonuses). Get 3 good ringers together late in the season though, and we may see our first 300+ point match since 2001.

Defense will be important, but unless the other alliance has no lifting capability and you can guarantee both your partners 12" up, I don't think a purely defensive strategy will work. If they have a lifter and you have a lifter, your 60 offset, meaning your score comes down to... the rack.