![]() ![]() Thanks for checking out this post and my channel, the next one will be a bit shorter and focused on an easy skill move.Criticism of FIFA 18 is nothing new. If you have any questions, feel free to drop a comment. But if you can start implementing these core principles, you’ll be more golden than my last shower. That’s it for now comrades, we’ll see how defending evolves as the game comes out. I’m not sure if it’s a bug, by design, or a limitation of the demo, but frequent jockey spam against the AI makes them way more predictable, and many times it’ll make a crappy decision, like a long ball to Rashford when he’s not open. You can use this to fuck with any team you’re up against. The more you jockey (even when you don’t need to), the more the AI chills out. The harder you push it the further the player switch will go. Player switching - practice with the right stick and try to get comfy with it. Sprinting - don’t do it unless you’re playing catch up or have no better options to close gaps. Jockeying - you should be jockeying (L2/LT) often and letting go of it in order to reposition your players quicker and the move more like a sexy football genius spider. ![]() 2nd man press is still good if you can spare a player, but I don’t think we can really talk about it too much until FUT gets going. You’ll have to be more manual about marking enemy attackers in this game. For example, if you send a CM wide to defend, you’ll have a huge central hole (hehe) that will ruin your day. The same goes for your midfielders as well. You never want to break your team’s defensive line, don’t wildly rush out with your defenders unless it’s a last ditch effort. But since you have more to think about in this game, positioning becomes way more important. Positioning is absolutely crucial in FIFA 18, and it was in 17 as well. I’m anticipating a lot of weird animation fuckery as we get big chem boosts and TOTS cards, but for now, this is all we know. So when you’re defending, it’s less about “I need to take the ball in this very exact spot,” and more about “I need to be in the path of enemy attacker whilst jockeying or tackling.” Players in this game seem to love getting in tussles, and the animation engine seems to support it. For example, I’ve made tackles from behind with my player actually fighting for the ball and working his way around the ball carrier, all from a single button press. In FIFA 18, we seem to have way more tackle animations. Generally, you want earlier timing if possible. Tackling isn’t broken so far, but it it is timed differently than FIFA 17. And it means that smart defending gets rewarded…. ![]() Defending requires you to read the game now.īy raising the skill gap on tackling (regardless of whether you like the mechanic or not), the game seems to promote a more fluid build up. You can even use the tackle delay to your advantage, repositioning your body as you hold down the tackle button. If you must make a tackle, do it towards where the enemy player is heading. If you can’t, you gotta think in advance. If you can get them to run into you more or less, great, you’re defending like a true champion. You need to position yourself in the path of the enemy attacker whenever possible. In FIFA 18, you can charge/delay your tackle. Many people let the AI do most of the defensive work. If your tackle wasn’t perfect, it was useless. In FIFA 17 your tackles (B for XBOX, circle for PS4) were pretty static, there weren’t that many animations. I will link here to updates as they happen.Įdit: here's a more detaield defending guide! It covers the mechanics and core principles of the gameplay, we don’t know how the pvp meta will evolve yet. But don’t worry, you’ll get used to it with practice, and hopefully my tips help you out.Īs always you can see the video portion of this tutorial on my YouTube channel (drpoplove).ĭisclaimer: this guide is written without the full game yet, it is based on the demo gameplay. The transition to the new defending in FIFA 18 is brutal, it feels as significant as when we moved to Tactical Defending. Hey comrades, welcome back to part 2 of my FIFA 18 Academy. ![]()
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