Will Alliances Win?

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I should also mention- most teams don't have a good way to measure effectiveness in defense, so if you did build a defensive robot, you'd purely be hoping that your ability to prevent other robots from scoring wins you matches during Quals, which is not easy to count on. (As well as it makes it harder for your alliance to score rank points due to the fact that you're not contributing to it.) So when alliance selection comes around, most stats will say that that robot scored 0. And it might be noted that t played defense well, but ultimately, alliance captains will want robots that can help score lots of points (such as getting rotors spinning) over having a purely defensive robot.

Like I said though, that doesn't negate the need for a defensive robot in dire situations, but said robot should not be built for defense.