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stnaigkroywen
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Hi, I don't really have a problem with my build, just looking to get some advice from you smarter folk . So if you could please post any advice on improving his build, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


He's a level 20

Strength: 30.37 Blocking: 13.8
Speed: 52.67 Tackling: 7
Agility: 52.43 Throwing: 13.8
Jumping: 13.8 Catching: 18.28
Stamina: 34.89 Carrying: 31.47
Vision: 38.66 Kicking: 7
Confidence: 20.67 Punting: 7
Last edited Jul 12, 2008 11:58:26
 
King Henrik
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my advice

tell your owner to give you more playing time
 
stnaigkroywen
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haha, yea, I'm done with that team after tomorrow, gettin myself a starting job
 
Dravz
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If that's with equipment, you need to get speed to a base 48 next. Good build though. Any SA's?
 
Dravz
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Ok your build is open, so I see.

I would move all your equipment over to speed (is it 48+ base? I can't tell) and then use your next skill points to replace the points you lose from moving over your equipment. You can probably leave stamina where it is though, 30+ should be plenty.

I'd have strength or confidence being trained.

May wanna increase carrying for next season's changes, and then bump up head fake and juke.

I still say it's a good build, even if you ignore everything else I said. None of these changes are high priority, imo.
 
megamatt726
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you should try moving your equipment to either 1 or 2 key attributes rather than spread all the points around
 
stnaigkroywen
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Originally posted by Dravz
Ok your build is open, so I see.

I would move all your equipment over to speed (is it 48+ base? I can't tell) and then use your next skill points to replace the points you lose from moving over your equipment. You can probably leave stamina where it is though, 30+ should be plenty.

I'd have strength or confidence being trained.

May wanna increase carrying for next season's changes, and then bump up head fake and juke.

I still say it's a good build, even if you ignore everything else I said. None of these changes are high priority, imo.


My base speed is exactly 48. And yeah, my carrying has been 'fishy' to say the least. I've had 8 Fumbles this season, and not many carries, so thats worried me. But if I train confidence, strength, and carrying should help that out. Thanks for the help.
 
stnaigkroywen
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Okay, I put training on confidence, and upgraded my strength some, along with speed, also got a bonus for my ability tree, how does it look now? Is my vision good?
 
Kayoh
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I would definitely NOT put more into speed. As a RB, there actually IS such thing as TOO MUCH speed, because you WILL out run your blockers and get tackled behind the LOS.

The counter logic to what I just said is "Yeah, but what if he gets into the open? You have to have breakaway speed," to which I say "It doesn't matter if he constantly gets tackled before he gets into the open because he doesn't have anybody blocking in front of him".

I'm going to be completely honest with you. I'm hoping you can afford to do it, and if not, then hopefully you can at least do part of it.

I'd say to change ALL of your equipment to +Agility. This will do 2 things: First of all, it will make your Special Abilities activate more and be more effective when the DO activate, and second of all, it will mean that you don't have to do the 2-for-1 deal since your Agility is at the soft cap. Then, if you want to round your player out like he is now, with your equipment all over the place, you can just put SPs there, since it'll only cost 1 SP to do so.

Then, once you're satisfied with him being well-rounded, focus on 1 Special Ability. Your best options at level 20 are definitely Juke and Spin, so personally, I'd go with Juke. It's cheaper and almost as affective.

There ya go. You said Elusive back, and these guys are telling you what to do if you wanted to build a speed back. Elusive backs are the guys who weave in and out of players, and before you know it, they're in the clear, picking up 20+ yards, possibly even a TD.

Another good idea would be to pump up your vision. It helps you to set up your blocks easier.
 


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