Hello,
Can anyone explain how to control the spin move more effectively in the direction you desire? I have tried to use the R stick to spin different ways but it does not consistently spin the way I want and seems to depend more on location of ice than on the r direction I am pressing. Any advice on this would be helpful.
Thanks!
K so I just tested a bunch of spins in practice mode and while the initial deke (after a small amount of puck possession) seems to work fine, any subsequent deke appears random
Community ManagerHi there, @hokiesjg29
This is dependent on the angle you're skating. If you go diagonally towards a defender, you should spin around them. You can also do this manually and decide which direction you want to spin. That is done with L2/LT + rotating the right stick from 6 to 3 or 6 to 9. Depending on which way you want to spin.
Ah right, I forgot all about the 6to3 and 6to9 dekes. I don't know if I have a crooked thumb or what but I always find manual dekes with R3 to never do what I want.
Wouldn't it be easier to automatically forehand deke when you're by yourself on the ice and auto-deke into the closest opposing player (let's say within 7 or so feet) with a tap of LB/L2 and remove the manual deke for something else altogether?
Community ManagerNot a bad idea, but I'd also hate to see this functionality removed for the people that use it. I used to use the more manual method, but just tapping LT/L2 has been working very well since it was implemented. It's extremely uncommon to have my player rotate in a direction I'm not expecting. I'm not saying because of that your idea isn't needed though. It's possible these controls could change at some point, but for now, if there are any issues with spins going the wrong way, it would be good to see some video.
Didn't this used to work by either holding X (protect puck) or not? I feel like I had this figured out and something changed in the last two or three weeks, experiencing the same sort of "random" will I spin into the guy and lose the puck, or away from the guy and keep it, as OP suggests. Same applies to the "half spin" to skate backwards and look for a pass and not get poke checked.
Community ManagerThese controls haven't changed recently. Does it behave the same way if you use a different controller?
Yes. I went and got a new controller because I was tired of the "too early" problem on faceoffs that we briefly talked about, figuring maybe just the controller I had since I bought the system is getting worn out. I'm having far less faceoff issues now, but the spin control is just "gone" (and was before swapping controllers, too). I thought I had that re-solved, too, with "left hander on the left side, hold X" getting the right spin, and same for right-on-right-side, but nope... just seems random compared to when I first learned, now, so thought maybe something had changed. I'll try to pay attention to my angle relative to the defender... a lot of times, that just results in spinning into the boards, though, and losing the puck or getting held (and losing the puck or not getting a penalty called).
Community ManagerI don't normally use this move along the boards. I cut more towards the center, traveling away from the boards and have been able to easily spin around defenders with a quick tap of L2/LT. If you could get some video, that may help understand what you're experiencing. If you hold X/A down at the same time, that normally rotates you away from the defender and in the direction of the boards.
If you hold X/A down at the same time, that normally rotates you away from the defender and in the direction of the boards.
"Normally", I would agree 😃.
For the last couple weeks, though, this has gone out the window. It's felt like no matter which hand my player is, which side of the ice I'm on, or whether I use X or not, my guy spins into the D and coughs it up. That's why I thought maybe something had changed in the controls, and jumped in when I saw this thread.
I'll try to be more aware of what I'm doing, I guess.
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