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Quote: Originally Posted by AtlantaLarry

I have to respectfully disagree with a few of your observations. I've been playing with a 6'3", 215 lb., TWF Center for quite a while now, and I've personally found that: - Wrist shot power seems to be WAY more important than accuracy. And neither even have to be as high as 90 to be highly effective. I go with 82 ACC and 86 PWR, and I can pick corners on snappers and wrist shots really well (my shooting % is 20% and I average a little over a goal a game thru 450 games or so, logging a bit of time on D as well). I previously had it at 90 ACC and 80 PWR, and found it much more difficult to just beat the goalie with that setup, and I now score at about the same rate as my wingers who have their ACC in the high 90's.I - Puck Control is maybe the most important Offensive stat, and I think anything under 90 is really difficult to handle with all the 99 Stick Check/Def Awareness opponents running around now that everyone is a Legend. I go with 95, myself, and I think it's especially important for a TWF as you don't want the turnovers you create going right back onto the opponent's stick. - As a TWF, 99 Disc is a MUST, just because of how cheap it is. It really makes a difference, I've found, going from even 95 to 99, you can get away with a lot more poke-checking that would otherwise constantly send you to the box for tripping. - I just can't justify going 99 on Faceoffs. Sure, it's a nice advantage, but losing faceoffs can always be remedied with good team play, and the points are so much more valuable in other categories. And honestly, I think Connectivity/LAG has more to do with faceoff wins than anything else most of the time. I go with 85 myself, and I think I'm something like 45% overall, which should be plenty good enough to give your team a chance. - Acceleration is suspected to be a "broken attribute" by a lot of EA Forum members. I don't think that's necessarily true, but do think it's very much compensated for with a fairly high Speed and Agility. I switched from 85 ACC, 85 AGI and 87 SPD to 78 ACC, 90 AGI and 90 SPD and I felt much more maneuverable and quick. - If you use the speed burst sparingly (as you should if you're a good positional player), Endurance is pretty much inessential. I think I've got mine at 74, up a bit from default only because I had a few leftover points to use. I can't even remember the last time I got the "tired animation", and I'd say I use the speed burst maybe 5-8 times a game. Good write-up, though, just thought I'd share a few of my observations.

Thanks my man. I appreciate you throwing some parts of your build out there. I just happened to Check your post right before jumping on to play so I figured I would try your build out. I ran 6'3" 215 with 82 accel, 90 agility, 90 speed, 86 strength and guessed and 85 balance with an 80 endurance.

First I will say that the hitting is exactly what I'm looking for. The puck control, to be perfectly honest is very similar to what I play with at 5'11" without the increased stats. Occasionally you get stick lifted but most of the time you hold onto the puck. Maybe my player just doesn't need as much puck control because of the height... Not sure... Either way it was a wash for me. The speed and general movement was slower than I am used to. It was a tiny bit difficult to get by both human defenders effectively at the blue line. Overall I liked it.

The only thing that I would change of course is the shot. I say "shot from the circles" but what i really mean is glitch shot. Hate it or love it... It's part of the game and used often. I think that everyone should learn how to defend it before I stop using it. I am used to the shot going in 80-100 percent of the time and quite frankly I couldn't get the lift I needed in the shot from your build. I moved the goalie to center position like normal and I just couldn't lift the shot above his glove side. I took about 3 of these shots and they all missed. Again I am used to hitting this almost every time so I definitely know how it works. I used 89 power and 89 accuracy because you mentioned you don't need your shot in the 90s. I played with a 95 deke... Maybe it needed to be 99. Who knows?

Either way... Overall I liked the build outside of the shot. The hitting was great. Stick lifting was perferct. 6'3" 215 isn't something that I've tried on a forward before so it was a good change of pace. I think you might have something with the height/weight combination here. It might just take some fiddling around to get it where I would want it. Thanks again for a solid build!