Is Defense Finally Viable

[theCADguy]

I think defense will actually be extremely effective this year. Keep in mind that there is going to only be one game piece for each alliance. This means that only one robot with a drive train that is fast and has decent acceleration will be able to follow their opponents' progress as they cross the field. They would be able to block robots from passing toward the goals, as well as blocking them from passing a ball over the truss and catching it. Also, a tall robot would also be able to park directly in front of a opponent that is attempting to score in either set of goals.(Just how one could defend against a full court shooter in Ultimate Ascent.)This defensive strategy could be effective with only one defender, which allows the rest of the alliance the ability to keep on scoring. Robots do not have to be in the goalie zone to block a shot. In fact, there is no area on the field that a robot can't be defended against.