Shoving in front of the net
Been running into a lot more instances while playing defence and attempting to use the shove function to clear the front of my net only to have little or no effect on offensive skaters. Sometimes it'...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerI'm trying to find out what stats affect shoves. I assume body checking and strength. I'll let you know when I have some info.
Personally, I use the stick tie-up instead of Y/Triangle. It's still tricky to engage since you can't do this to a player in motion. It does come in very handy though.
For context, that build I'm using in the clip on RD is a 6'1 180lbs PMD with 88 strength 80 body check and 75 balance with silver shutdown perk. For net front shoving in my experience I haven't noticed any benefit to higher balance on builds that offer that as a trade off over more speed or agility, they all seem to have the same capabilty to shove regardless of how much i try and build for that aspect of defense. Perks like bouncer or truculence seem to have no actual benefit for shoving even though it does "light up" when used as a gold perk on the DD. As far as using the tie up and net front battle function they are just more unreliable and slower than shoving imo, coupled with the fact that any skilled forward isn't staying stationary long enough to really get them tied up Im usually just sticking to trying to shove them. I still initiate the net front tie up from time to time just by skating into someone and trying to shove but I'd rather send them stumbling off balance a few strides away from the danger zone rather then them pulling out of the tie up just to tip a shot at the right moment.
- EA_Aljo
I have the hardest time getting the net battles to engage. The stick tie up works for me, but of course it's dependent on the forward being stationary and good players tend to keep moving. As you mentioned, shoving them is often better. When I have some news, I'll let you know.
- @EA_Aljo Yeah it would be nice if you could tie a person up in the slot or on the boards more easily. Maybe add the state of them being at low speeds. Would help a lot with some of the issues of players kissing glass when holding the puck and not really being able to do a lot about it as they will just turn and burn you when you start to approach. Actually seems like the CPU has the ability to do this at times.
- EA_Aljo
I use the boardplay very frequently. I just like it better than smashing players on the boards and potentially getting called for it. I haven't noticed opponents escaping boardplay attempts as you've mentioned. If you've got some vide of this, feel free to post it and I'll send it over to the team. I do agree on tying up players in front of the net. I'd like to see that become a little easier.
