[Donut]

I think it will be an alliance made up of 2 extremely good arm robots (they may be a hybrid, or they may be just an arm, either way they're there for their arm ability, not their ramps/lifters), and 1 robot that is either a hybrid arm/ramp or a ramp with defensive power.

The winning alliance will put up an amazing amount of tubes (trying to score at least 2 tubes in auto every match, being succesful usually), but will start out with strategic placement to limit their opponent's options. Then at the end they'll either lift for 60 with their very consitent ramper or they'll put up the 7th ring, depending on how the game has played out.

I don't see a defensive game where you just push the other guys around and ramp at the end winning. More than half of all elimination alliances will have a good lifter; I see ramps becoming a necessity not to win matches but just to survive them. You need a ramp just so you have the option of cancelling out the 60 your opponents will put up with theirs.