Defense in Ultimate Ascent

[GeorgeM]

Originally Posted by CrazyMohawk

Undefended any good FCS will win this happened at Portland and Seattle.

Although I didn't watch Portland or Seattle, not defending a FCS is not a bright move, because it is a so easy to do.

Evident at MSC when (I forget which team) put on pool noodles to defend against 67!

Although UA is a defence heavy game, I think it is more so an offensive/driving heavy game. An alliance with 3 strong cyclers or FCS is definitely stronger than 2 and 1 defensive robot. (This relies of course on strong Auto/Climbing and of course 2nd pick). The thing about UA (and FIRST games in general) is that it really depends on what your opposing alliance is composed of.

The exciting thing about UA is that Alliance Selection will be very interesting! It will be hard to predict which teams are going to be picked based on which strategies they want to employ. I anticipate some perennially strong teams being lost in the rabbit hole.