AHQ Madden NFL 18 Launch Event - Week 2 tips and tricks for Head to Head

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We want your best tips and tricks for Head to Head mode this week. If your tip gets picked as one of our top five, you’ll be rewarded with some MUT packs.

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So post in this thread and let us know: What's your best tip or trick for Head to Head?

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DalmarusFTW
8 years ago
Thanks to all the participants. It was a tough fight, but we have our winners! Congratulations to everyone! We'll be dropping the packs on your account later today. If we're unable to find Madden 18 on your account, I'll reach out to you directly.

Be sure to also check out this week's tips and tricks category - MUT Squads for another chance to win!

Top Tipster - 21 packs

jdog0825
"Overall, the best way to be successful is to practice running your favorite plays in your favorite playbooks, and have a variety of different formations. The more variety you have, the more options you have when trying to score on an opponent, or stop them."

Runners-Up - 7 packs each

DHG_BADSELF
"On defense, wait to see the offensive personnel. If the offense has 3 or 4 wide receivers, pick a big dime or nickel. If they are using two hbs and you need to stop the run, use a 3-4 or a 4-3 to stuff the run. Just pick defensive plays based on the personnel of your opponent, and you will immediately start winning games in no time!"

dcboy88
"Master running the ball.Once the run is established you have increased chances of the pass plays being extremely successful especially if your passes prior to the run have been shut down. Play action will be the best pass plays that will become available. Don't call the same plays over and over. The defense will adjust and counter. Never force the play. 9/10 will result in a turnover!"

menacespeed
"I'd have a long distance passing play, where each receiver on the sides goes straight, as an audible. This is a good way to trick your opposing head to head player!"

randynmich
"You're going to want to master the defensive side of the ball. offense is fairly easy and simple to understand, but a good defense can win you most of your games. first you're going to want to get good linebackers and defensive tackles, the tackles will put pressure on the quarterback while the linebackers will help you control the middle of the field. i generally call zone plays and control the middle linebacker, allowing me to be able to manually cover the middle of the field while also giving me enough time to adjust for a run play."

Weekly Drawing Winner - 3 packs

rayallen121212
"My best tip for H2H is: make sure if you see your opponent is throwing to the running back out of the back field a lot, you should set a zone and put hard flats on your outside linebackers to stop those little check down passes!"

Congratulations again everyone!

26 Replies

menacespeed
8 years ago
I'd have a long distance passing play, where each receiver on the sides goes straight, as an audible. This is a good way to trick your opposing head to head player!
jdog0825
8 years ago
H2H, or "Head to Head" is a mode where you play against another Ultimate Team player. The best ways to be successful in H2H is to study and learn your playbooks, what formations and plays are in the ones that you use.

Each playbook is different, some offensive playbooks contain more run-heavy formations, others contain several passing formations. When choosing a playbook to use competitively, it is important to understand how you like to play.

Defensive playbooks are trickier to understand, mainly because defensive formations are more versatile and needing of more well-rounded players. Make sure to use players that fit your scheme. If you run a 3-4, you probably want Outside Linebackers with high power moves and finesse moves. If you run a 4-3, coverage stats are more important.

Overall, the best way to be successful is to practice running your favorite plays in your favorite playbooks, and have a variety of different formations. The more variety you have, the more options you have when trying to score on an opponent, or stop them.
1560011
8 years ago
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randynmich
8 years ago
youre going to want to master the defensive side of the ball. offense is fairly easy and simple to understand, but a good defense can win you most of your games. first youre going to want to get good linebackers and defensive tackles, the tackles will put pressure on the quarterback while the linebackers will help you control the middle of the field. i generally call zone plays and control the middle linebacker, allowing me to be able to manually cover the middle of the field while also giving me enough time to adjust for a run play.
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bigtank315
8 years ago
My best advice is to utilize the te. Many people are adept at guarding the wide outs, so I run a lot of 2 tight end sets as well as tight end inside slants.
bigtank315
8 years ago
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hoss1man2
8 years ago
I would advise you to get twitch once you have twitch watch some of the pros play see how they like to break things downs and look at the game also yotubers as well, then grind your solos and make sure you have a good team then find playbooks your comfortable with and learn a scheme out of them and next just start making all your opponents rage quit and then your doing good to start off your year
DHG_BADSELF
8 years ago
The best tip I can give, and the one that helped me most, is on defense, wait to see the offensive personnel. If the offense has 3 or 4 wide recievers, pick a big dime or nickel. If they are using two hbs and you need to stop the run, use a 3-4 or a 4-3 to stuff the run. Just pick defensive plays based on the personnel of your opponent, and you will immediately start winning games in no time!
Anonymous
8 years ago
most defense are prepared for a run or play action pass on first down after the kick so choose a play in long pass or short pass that has one of your number 1 or 2 or both going deep while the other ones are running slants and posts hike the ball step back and give a few seconds for the receiver to get past the line backer and corner and throw up a bomb by tapping the throw button and the receiver will be one on one with the safety and if he is fast enough will not only catch it but will burn him all the way to the end zone
Anonymous
8 years ago
I would say that you always need to be making adjustments on defesne and bringing some sort of blitz every play. If you don't make adjustments, the good guys will just shred your coverage. And if you do not bring a blitz, it will allow your opponent to have a very long time to throw the ball and scramble around, and will most likely end up in a complete pass. Plus if you bring heat, your opponent may panic and make a huge mistake