[EricH]

Originally Posted by Randy Picolet

I think this (combined with other defs/rules) is intended to mean you have to deploy completely (host and mini) below the deployment line, and then the minibot can start climbing but the host better not be pushing/following/touching the mini as it starts to cross the line. Maybe some clarification needed, but that seems like the idea we should all be going for...

(emphasis mine)

That is the safest plan for sure. Start low, and if you're allowed a little height, you can take it--but only if you like living dangerously.