Scouting at the championship

[Eagleeyedan]

It's always beneficial to scout. Even if you don't foresee being a picker, going into even qualification matches knowing what your opponents do and what your partners do, it can give that slight edge and if it wins a match, that's better than losing it is it not?

Also, during qualifications, if you are allied with a team who ends up as a picker and you are able to show them during that quals. match that you know what you are doing, if there's a tie in their data between teams, it can bump you up to the position of being picked versus almost being picked.

When you are picked, it is always great to assist your alliance by being able to contribute in the third pick, if you are third pick yourself, you can still go into your matches all the more knowledgeable. Don't rely on your partners to give you all the scouting data they think you need. If you can add to the strategy conversation, you will be a much more valuable addition to the alliance and have a better shot at winning.

In other words, you should probably scout. A word of wisdom though, scouting does you no good unless you relay that information to your drive team. You can have the best data in the world but never use it unless you designate someone to give it to the people who need it.