Stacking position 1 is the only way f2p survive late game, I've personally been beat by kushimaru blitz teams that were weaker but won out from high initiative on position 1 locking all the time.

Depends on your team in my opinion, if your team is like Kushimaru or somewhat needs fast move1 skill release then stack in pos1 .. But in my experience, im using the cancer water-han-roshi-sailor .. and some of my opponent's move2 is slow, that's why my Han survives casting his skill in round1, then the Sealing Slash or Masked Man's gets him under control .. But atleast, the root's already gone ..

If you are f2p your only hope at high power is to go for endurance teams and prioritize defensive stats the most spreaded possible. Overstacking move 1 for a f2p simply make you a faster killing target for whales and you will never ever be able to own a so overstacked move 1 that is able to let you beat with some constance low cashers that did not do like you. You will just have the upper hand on some of the other f2p but you would have no chances with any low casher or against any f2p that plays since 2-3 months more than you and did not make mistakes.

Really much this and in the end you are facing against again +10-20k power opponents so its going to be the same. Only worth if you can stack up really high. Like42k+ pos1 or more.

Well im not f2p but I rarely cashed. I'm sitting at 126k and idk if I should. Right now I'm running habanero kushina as my position 1.

How competitive are you?

Do you attend SWB 2-3 times a week?

I don't know what your Sage bracket is, but if you're mild competitive. It's better to stack pos 1.

It does help in other fights also.