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I'll have 17 points to spend later. I'm thinking max out Heavyweight, but beyond that I'm not sure.

Also any other build tips appreciated of course, even though I think maybe I'm gonna retire him after this season and start over since I didn't know how to build correctly until like a season or so ago.

Gareth van Dam (Lv. 37 DT)
Ht/Wt: 6'1", 335lbs

Next Level: 645/1000

Attributes
Physical Attributes
Strength: 98.6
Speed: 53.35
Agility: 64.6
Jumping: 9
Stamina: 42.82
Vision: 42.17
Confidence: 38.92

Football Skills
Blocking: 20.62
Catching: 10
Tackling: 53.6
Throwing: 10
Carrying: 8
Kicking: 10
Punting: 8

Special Abilities
Pass Rusher Abilities
The Glare: 1
Shed Blocks: 2
Swat Ball: 1
Strong Base: 1
Big Sack: 0

Run Stuffer Abilities
Wall: 6
Break Through: 6
Snarl: 4
Big Hit: 4
D-Line General: 4

pass rusher?

JTS ?

Heavyweight, ldo

Originally posted by Kayoh
Heavyweight, ldo

This + Pass rusher/ Nat leader

heavyweight

Why is everyone so up on Heavyweight? Why not Sure Tackler, Power Tackler or BrickWall? I would think for a DT, Brickwall (Stopping the Runner) and Power Tackler (Cause Fumbles) would be more important then the possibility of getting 8-10 sacks on the year.

Originally posted by BSUblemler
Why is everyone so up on Heavyweight? Why not Sure Tackler, Power Tackler or BrickWall? I would think for a DT, Brickwall (Stopping the Runner) and Power Tackler (Cause Fumbles) would be more important then the possibility of getting 8-10 sacks on the year.

None of the SA's you mentioned are bad (although I question the strength of brick wall), and I personnaly think power tackler is great. However, heavyweight has ALOT going for it. It helps against pass and run, works with a majority of DL builds, and it has proven to give results. Also, sacking the QB certainly can lead to fumbles, even w/o power tackler. It really boils down to opinion in the end, though.

Originally posted by joehan
Originally posted by BSUblemler

Why is everyone so up on Heavyweight? Why not Sure Tackler, Power Tackler or BrickWall? I would think for a DT, Brickwall (Stopping the Runner) and Power Tackler (Cause Fumbles) would be more important then the possibility of getting 8-10 sacks on the year.

None of the SA's you mentioned are bad (although I question the strength of brick wall), and I personnaly think power tackler is great. However, heavyweight has ALOT going for it. It helps against pass and run, works with a majority of DL builds, and it has proven to give results. Also, sacking the QB certainly can lead to fumbles, even w/o power tackler. It really boils down to opinion in the end, though.

Fair enough. Thanks for the info

Originally posted by BSUblemler
Why is everyone so up on Heavyweight? Why not Sure Tackler, Power Tackler or BrickWall? I would think for a DT, Brickwall (Stopping the Runner) and Power Tackler (Cause Fumbles) would be more important then the possibility of getting 8-10 sacks on the year.

A well built interior linemen is not going to miss many tackles in my experience. DT should be nasty-fide, imo.

My guys have Power Tackling and Heavyweight (my NT also has Natural Leader)

What about Streaky? If you pump 15 VA's into Streaky, you should receive an 80% chance of having a good day. Why wouldn't that be the perfect VA for a DT?

Well I've put 10 in heavyweight and 7 in pass rusher... but I'm not sure how much value there is in a situational boost type of VA in pass rusher. Our team is pretty good defensively but the 3rd and long passing plays still only happens a relatively few times per game, and like maybe a quarter or more of those times I'm not even in the play on account of the DT rotation my team is running. I think that maybe going into something like power tackling instead would be more beneficial. But I suppose then I need to get my natural tackling a bit...?

Originally posted by BSUblemler
What about Streaky? If you pump 15 VA's into Streaky, you should receive an 80% chance of having a good day. Why wouldn't that be the perfect VA for a DT?

This seems like a great idea once I get to lvl 40 and can shuffle around my VAs hopefully with another reset, but only once I can actually sink the whole 15 at once.

I recommend Just the Snap and Heavy Weight. Pass Rusher is too limited, how many 3rd and 4th downs do your DE play in a game? Pass Rusher would be awesome if Bort adds second and long.

Anyway, so far after the reset my DE 2 sacks against a lvl 37 OT, so far so good.

Originally posted by Exystence
Well I've put 10 in heavyweight and 7 in pass rusher... but I'm not sure how much value there is in a situational boost type of VA in pass rusher. Our team is pretty good defensively but the 3rd and long passing plays still only happens a relatively few times per game, and like maybe a quarter or more of those times I'm not even in the play on account of the DT rotation my team is running. I think that maybe going into something like power tackling instead would be more beneficial. But I suppose then I need to get my natural tackling a bit...?

Originally posted by BSUblemler

What about Streaky? If you pump 15 VA's into Streaky, you should receive an 80% chance of having a good day. Why wouldn't that be the perfect VA for a DT?

This seems like a great idea once I get to lvl 40 and can shuffle around my VAs hopefully with another reset, but only once I can actually sink the whole 15 at once.

My question is, does Streaky provide a 65% chance to fire or an 80% chance to fire? Has Bort Commented on this?