Offence vs. Defence.

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Originally Posted by Chris is me

Defense wins championships. Unless the year is 2005, 2008, or 2009.

There are key points in the game where defense is needed to augment offense, and if you don't succeed at them, you won't succeed on the field.

Defense is important when used as part of a thoughtful offensive strategy. Defense can and does win matches and tournaments, but a purely defensive robot gets picked into a winning alliance less often than robots that have excellent scoring capabilities combined with the ability to play "heavy D".

Originally Posted by Taylor

Adaptability will be king in this game. If your robot has design(s) that are adaptable to many uses, success will follow. At any rate, "offense" and "defense" are much too vague to be employed as strategies.

100% Correct! Whether you are a defensive or offensive robot, if you only have the ability to do one or two things well, teams will come up with a strategy to succeed against you.

The second statement is far more important to this whole thread. Neither offense or defense wins matches and tournaments... Strategy wins matches and tournaments!