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Originally Posted by Looking Forward
Week two saw the emergence of defensive specialists, the continued need for secondary scoring, and a reduced roles for super cells. Fewer third picks were dedicated to running empty cells and more concentrated on shutting down the primary threat on the other alliance. How these strategies will fare against one another is yet to be seen. Lunacy is far from the final form of competition, and while defensive specialists will be important, don't bet the farm on them yet.
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While I definitely agree that Defensive bots were a major part of week two, I felt that Kettering showed that Supercells were a big part also. While they decided mostly QF matches (3 out of 4 pairings went to 3 matches, and the one that did not was only a 1 point difference in the first round), the threat of Supercells limited scoring in the final 30 seconds of the matches as teams stayed away for good Payload specialists that had Supercells in Hand. Not having one in hand allowed your competition to continue scoring until the buzzer.