[waialua359]

Here's more food for thought.
Last year, if the alliance only had 1 ringer scorer, the opposing alliance always had 1 defensive robot on that scorer and in other cases, sometimes 2 of them blocking the scorer.
If an alliance this year only has 1 hurdler, I would strategize against that one robot with one of our alliance bots strictly to make it difficult for them to grab/pick up balls and to shoot/hurdle. Bumping into balls is still great defense. Keeping stationary in their way is still great defense.
The other disadvantage is at end of matches. If the opposing team has two bots placing balls on the overpass at the end of matches, there is no way for that bot to knock off or prevent both balls from staying up on the overpass.

My point is that I think teams definitely need 2 hurdlers and it will be a huge disadvantage if a team only has 1 hurdler that can knock or place balls on the overpass. Most of the lappers that I have seen are built for speed, compact, and manueverable. They wont have ball poppers to knock balls off the overpass. **not talking about the exceptional bots like 217 who is hella fast too**
Most of the posts that i've read agrees that you need at least 2 hurdlers also. I would want the 3rd bot to be a great defensive bot who can knock balls off the overpass with great efficiency. Choosing a speedster would be lower on my list, only because they cant knock balls off the overpass.
Many matches last year were won on bonus points at the end of matches. I dont think this year will be any different.