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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
No offense to any teams, but most "defensive" teams are a dime a dozen. There will be a couple of standouts in terms of defense, but they'll be easy to pick out. The next group of teams will be almost identical in terms of what they're going to be able to give you on the field, and I highly suggest that you pick based on reliability and robustness (which is pretty hard to scout effectively).
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Originally Posted by fuzzy1718
Oh and Lil Lavery, if you think defensive teams are a dime a dozen, then you obviously havn't been paying close enough attention. Picking the right defensive bot has made and broken many finals alliances. These teams were diamonds in the rough at the districts my team has been at, and we are kicking ourselves for not picking them.
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I think you misunderstood Sean. He said there are a few elite defenders that stand out. The rest of the (average) defenders are similar in defensive skill and he suggests you use reliability to differentiate them.
The supply of this tier of non-elite elim-worthy defenders typically exceeds the demand (remaining slots) at most events. That is why the second round of drafts are very unpredictable. If you work on preparing a list for your team, you probably watch each draft pick and at least once think "Team XXXX is good, but I had Team YYYY a little higher". Chances are when it come to your second pick you will have 2 bots that you rated about the same to choose from. Occasionally there is that "I can't believe they are still available, steal of the draft pick
" (see Bedford Express in Detroit or my favourite 56 in Philly '09) but usually it is just a another pick. A quality 3rd bot is important for any alliance, no one is disputing that. However, you don't need to hit a home run with that pick to win the regional.