To me, if we're talking start-up, it all really "just depends" on where things fall on the map...I'm a fairly good basher, but at the same time I'm also content with just being the little turtle that could, either way sooner or later villas become mixed regardless of what anyone says...if your a basher that doesn't have any basic defensive troops/high lvl wall...all it takes is a quick dodge and a backtime attack to clear your fearsome axes and lovely ponies...as with if someone is all defensive...really the only downside to defensive builds (if not mixing with L.C for farming) is that farming is vastly more time consuming, and having these bashers run crying for support because they woke a sleeping giant while trying to get their ODA rank up...can get on your nerve...