Reverse hit is way overpowered. I go to poke check someone anticipating they will reverse hit me and they are able to reverse hit me even though I poke check them.
Reverse hit should only be effective when someone is hitting you. This was like this in previous years as well. Why is this happening?
I agree
Reverse hit is way overpowered. I go to poke check someone anticipating they will reverse hit me and they are able to reverse hit me even though I poke check them.
No it's not.
The poke check animation pokes to where the puck is when the action is pressed. When someone uses reverse hit, it changes the position of the puck. This means you can use reverse hit to avoid some poorly placed poke checks.
If you anticipate someone is going to reverse hit you, don't go for the hit or a poke check. Use body positioning to simply obtain the loose puck.
Reverse hit should only be effective when someone is hitting you. This was like this in previous years as well. Why is this happening?
Disagree. Having an action that can avoid a poke check is nice to have.
Disagree. Having an action that can avoid a poke check is nice to have.
Best counter to pokecheck is moving the puck around and using your teamates, i'm not sure why we need ANOTHER excuse to not do that lol.
Because with how "delayed" hits can be (not a fan of btw), sometimes its better to hold it and blow through an aggressive defender vs passing it off only to get "legally" hit over a second later by a guy with truculence essentially sapping you of your entire energy meter.
i'm not sure why we need ANOTHER excuse to not do that lol.
It just adds another layer of puck possession to give you more tools in any given context.
I go to poke check someone anticipating they will reverse hit me and they are able to reverse hit me even though I poke check them.
Here is a good example of how timing the poke check right can work against a reverse hit:
Here's a great example of a poorly timed poke check versus a reverse hit
Reverse hit is a problem. It's too effective right now. Name someone in the nhl thats 160 lbs that can reverse hit Tom Wilson.
If I am running moonlight build for instance. How is a 160lb playmaker going to reverse hit me?
I use it too, but it's very broken.
If I am running moonlight build for instance. How is a 160lb playmaker going to reverse hit me?
Do you think you should be able to run around laying people out unimpeded simply because you're bigger? Should a playmaker who may weigh less than you not have any ability whatsoever to reverse hit?
Just to be clear - a reverse hit doesn't always result in a 'hit'. Sometimes players collide and both fall down. Sometimes the reverse hit simply snuffs the impact a larger hit would have.
I don't think it's good for gameplay balance that a player can just lay out body checks with zero consequences.
If you're choosing a faster more skilled agile build? Yeah, I think you should get hit.. the consequences are the fsct that your opponent is quicker more agile etc, you will miss hits. But, I also think these bigger hitting builds should have limits on their other abilities and for years it doesn't seem to be the case haha.
Yea for sure, a smaller skater should be somewhat more susceptible to big hits from large players.
But for gameplay balance, you should have some kind of tool in your bag to have some resistance to a hit. And like I said, EA does have some logic built into the reverse hit mechanic where, based on the interacting players' height, weight, attributes etc - sometimes reversing a hit can just result in two players colliding and falling to the ice. Kind of like a 'null' of the hit and the reverse hit at the same time.
Your point is a valid one though. I still think smaller players should have the ability to at least 'null' a hit as described above. I would concede that a small player using a reverse hit to absolutely lay out a bigger player is unrealistic though.
Reverse hit is a fringe mechanic that used to belong to enforcer, rightfully so, it causes more issues than it solves. It belongs to the same family as the michigan deke, and it's already not working as what was expected originally. It's one more thing that force passive defense, and bail out players who made bad decisions IMO.
