NHL 23: A D-man perspective
I've been playing NHL as a D-man as far back as I can remember. I play mostly 5v5 and 6v6. I've been lucky to be on Top 10 teams for the last four years with experience in LG, XHL, and 6HL. I've also...
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Does anyone have any tips/builds that seem to be helping?
I have actually resorted to taking all points out of stick checking since its basically utterly broken - and dumping them into hitting/passing/def awareness
I also noticed that quick pick seems to be the only gold outside of truculence that seems to be making a difference. Of course I dont have that unlocked on DD yet so I am playing build classes I wouldnt normally (e.g. TWD) in order to try out the golds that I do not have unlocked on other builds.
@IceLion68 I’m still trying to figure that out myself. Seems like no one can figure out what to counteract with the massive op offense and speed. I play TWD with Gold Shutdown and Heatseeker and Truculence with big checking +4 and Defense awareness +4 boosts. Heatseeker plus a forward with big tipper is OP for clubs. I adapted not to use the stick checking anymore because EA said bye to that. Even with perks, hitting in this game is still a toss up. I don’t even pinch anymore, I just sit in the neutral zone and wait. They need to address the tuners for defense and human goalie positioning because our club is getting bored of these 9-8 games.
