Triple Cyclers or Defense?

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Originally Posted by oliviat3357

What about the teams that place a defense bot in their own courtyard? It gets pretty crowded with four bots, but it allows for two to cycle shoot, and the last to stand it the way of the opposing alliance's defense. It worked well for our elimination matches in East Kentwood (and in some cases, the defense bot could still contribute scoring 3 low goals or so).

I'm pretty sure that you mean opponent's courtyard here, so I'm going to go off that.

IMO, this is lowkey potentially one of the strongest offensive strategies, but it relies of a few things:
1. Incredible coordination between Alliance Partners. I'm pretty sure that with 3 robots in the courtyard, it started to feel cramped for our drivers at Waterloo. Adding a fourth could potentially ruin cycle times as robots struggle to make space for each other while efficiently running cycles.
2. You believe that your 2 scorers are stronger than the opponent's 2 scorers. Not a difficult assessment to make, as hopefully you have scouting data to work off of.

I think that if you're able to secure >12 balls in the opponent's courtyard/side of the field, this strategy will guarantee a win. However, if you are unable to secure those balls, you run the risk of being forced to roll boulders into your opponent's eagerly waiting intake.