What's up, CHEL fans.For this season in NHL 22 the team is introducing customizable attribute system. We have a detailed breakdown on how the system works in our World of CHEL Deep Dive video below. Our deep dive blog explaining can be read here. So what's this forum post all about? This is where you can discuss with others within the community on what builds are working for you in each type of game mode. Share with others what type of build makeup your club is running and what your strategies are going into each game. Do you think some skater builds aren't that effective and need cost adjustments? Let us know by replying below.The ice is open here. Let's have this forum post serve as a strategy guide for all World of CHEL skaters out there looking to take their game to the next level. If you're looking to join a club we have the Looking for Club Recruitment Room at your disposal. Let's talk skater builds.

This is my bread and butter DMan build right now, though I am going to tweak a couple things I think

With the removal of the hidden 'bubble' and constant invisible banana peels being chucked onto the ice, the Beta confirmed Skating is the category to focus on...Being mid 80's in Speed, Agility, and Acceleration, Snipers and Playmakers will most likely remain the meta in EASHL 3's. I'd recommend going for a 6 foot player instead of the old 5'7 guy - yes, you can still hit as the small guy, but there are many benefits to having a longer reach with the new system. My buddy and I used to roll with 2 Grinders lol, you might be able to recreate the magic by dumping everything into stick and reception. Fighting doesn't matter in this mode, you'll want to choose either poke check or hitting as your staple defense - trying to balance the two can get you into trouble with slower builds if you can't time your hits.EASHL 6's you can basically play whatever build and position you want which I absolutely love that - I think I can actually manage some defense with my Sniper and the ability to subtract/increase makes me really think I can bring some old builds back and really fine-tune exactly how I want to play each match. You're able to play with a small sniper here - I encourage players to look into the big bully builds of old though these will only work their best if you hang back - absolutely zero zoom for you being a pinching hero.You might as well stick to being a small Sniper in Ones mode as well - I find there is 0 quick-step...ness to playing now and every type of build (believe me, I tried) just slips all over anyway with next to no recovery so you might as well just fire on net and hope for a random cheeser. The last few years have added great systems to the game overall, but I find they don't exactly correlate well in Ones - You should be as twitchy as possible in all aspects, not just when poking the puck; long gone are the days of threading the needle at break-neck speeds.Two-Ways and Grinders are phenomenal in this mode when it comes to defensive but the mode itself has become so much slower, with everyone getting clogged you won't have enough time to burst out in front of the net.Threes Eliminator you obviously want at least one Power Forward. You don't get penalties for smashing people outside of the play so just dump everything into strength and body checking - With how some of the traits work, you can nearly max out your rage hulk and almost guarantee wins. This mode is wacky and allows for snipers to take -5's in their shots and defensemen to take all their awareness away - I think this is the mode to go absolutey crazy

In NHL 21 I only used two builds which both suited my style of play. I play 6’s only. A 5’7, 169 lbs Sniper for RW and after successfully killing so many penalties and playing effective defensively with this build I decided to create another Sniper build for my RD with a few tweaks. I increased my height to 5’10 and weight to 185 lbs for this one. I generally used the same traits and specialities for both. Booming slap shot, back checking and PK specialist and sometimes one timer instead of PK a for my RW Sniper. These two builds allowed me to keep pace and not get beat by the opposing small Snipers which so many often used. I don’t often throw hits and don’t need to to play effect D so I didn’t need the hitting and strength although these builds were weak while holding the puck which I try not to do too much. I’m more of a quick pass, get open, pass, shoot, one timer player anyway. I had no issues with passing either whether it was in the offensive zone or quick and long breakout passes to my forwards. Defensively I didn’t have many issues with either build. It was like using a hybrid between the Puck Moving and Offensive Dman builds. My biggest strength was my slap shot. I could rip both slap shots and one timers pass goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone. For NHL 22 I’m basically going to try to recreate both builds but with the customization back and the other new aspects I’ll tweak this build to add to my areas of strength and decrease/improve my areas/categories of weaknesses.

Well, it's a week later and I have changed this build a couple times already LOL. Tried making a more offensive DD but I peeled that back yesterday and ran with pure defensive build again.My Zone ability is the same (Bouncer) but I put the In Reverse back skating Superstar ability on. I can't recall if my other Superstar is Quick Pick or Stick Em Up. Will post a screenshot tonight. My new build is an absolute beast on defense.

Go to your loadouts. Go to abilities and boosts.Go to whichever ones you want info about.

World of CHEL Skater Build Strategy Discussion

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Sgt_Kelso
New Adventurer
3 years ago
High speed/acceleration is also very hand with forechecking. Often these kind of players are VERY aggressive, counting on three guys swarming on all your passing lines before slow old you can make the pass.
I feel this is way OP considering what tools you have to defend the traditional (real hockey?) way, handling the puck and making passes. No wonder everybody is going for these builds. Best defence is attack?
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
3 years ago
@Sgt_Kelso

It's definitely tough going up against high pressure like that. If your teammates are aware of opponents playing that way, they should look for more opportunities to be a good option for a pass. I know I like to try to keep an open lane to myself when I see one of my teammates breaking out so they have another option to move the puck instead of potentially turn it over. There's always the dump and chase as well. So much of this is dependent on chemistry with your teammates.
TTZ_Dipsy
Legend
3 years ago
Unless you've gone to a minimum 90 speed with elite edges, I wouldn't recommend the dump and chase, at least not in the traditional sense where you want the puck behind the net.

In 3's mode, if the other team has an AI defender it's actually better to chip it to the corner, infront of the red line - the AI for whatever reason always tends to curl back towards the goalie/net in a panic and is prime for a takeaway
ManicX777
Rising Traveler
3 years ago
Someone needs to explain to me how I have a 90 speed and 88 Acceleration, and a power forward is still out skating me, even gaining distance from me when I chase them using boost? I've checked and a power forward can only get 87 max speed with low weight and low height and this power forward didn't have the low weight or low height. Does speed not matter if you're a shorter build? I'm thinking even a 82 speed but tall build can make up for speed.
IceLion68
3 years ago
@ManicX777 wrote:
Someone needs to explain to me how I have a 90 speed and 88 Acceleration, and a power forward is still out skating me, even gaining distance from me when I chase them using boost? I've checked and a power forward can only get 87 max speed with low weight and low height and this power forward didn't have the low weight or low height. Does speed not matter if you're a shorter build? I'm thinking even a 82 speed but tall build can make up for speed.
There is a video that shows for practical in game purposes there is not a huge difference in speed attributed to height and weight - length of stride perhaps?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGwA8UGSjRw
ManicX777
Rising Traveler
3 years ago
I knew it! Thanks for the video.

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