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Thought I'd post this in general... I simmed the rest of the life of my blitz LB. All natural attributes.
Speed 103.05
Agi 93.05
Str 70.71
Vis 69.71
Sta 61.71
Con 30.71

Tackling 76.05
Everything else stayed 8

SA:
Trash Talk 1
Glare 2
Shed Block 4

First Step 4
Disguise Blitz 4
Head of Steam 4

And I still have 24 SPs left. What do I do with those? Bump and attribute higher, or spend it on SAs?

1st Step needs to be at 10+.

Originally posted by TJ Spikes
1st Step needs to be at 10+.

Sorry for not saying that before, but I will have saved up enough BT to buy/build 4 AEQ. I was thinking I'd put all of them into SAs, that's why they only went up to 4.
Is the rest of the build okay?

Originally posted by andrew7taylor
Sorry for not saying that before, but I will have saved up enough BT to buy/build 4 AEQ. I was thinking I'd put all of them into SAs, that's why they only went up to 4.
Is the rest of the build okay?

In general you don't want to spend AEQ on SA's, especially front of the tree ones like first step. Not a lot of value in doing that Going to want 2 x Break block pieces, and at least one MT piece.

Originally posted by sunder B
In general you don't want to spend AEQ on SA's, especially front of the tree ones like first step. Not a lot of value in doing that Going to want 2 x Break block pieces, and at least one MT piece.

100% (the bolded statement) this. The first few items in the SA trees are the easiest to upgrade while those at the back (especially the 'Preferred' SA's) are much harder to upgrade because you are FORCED to upgrade those in the front first... which makes the last SA in the tree the single most expensive SA to upgrade (and, supposedly, makes it the most powerful SA in the tree as well [ ]).

Since your LB is more agility based than strength based, I disagree with Sunder on the 2 x BB (break block) pieces as you're most likely to get to the QB (when blitzing) by using the elusive style of pass rushing. Instead I would go with 2x on the Make Tackle piece... probably one BB piece and use CEQ for BB % enhancement as well. As for the 4TH AEQ piece, I'd consider either one of the top tier SA's (late in the tree) or something more appropriate to your build style (elusive pass rusher).

Now, if you switched Agility and Strength, then you should correspondingly switch the AEQ strategy as well.

Thanks guys, makes sense!

I guess it'll be 2 make tackle and 1 shed block %. I made him to not engage in blocks in the first place, because the primary/secondary attributes make it that way. Hence Head of Steam & Disguise Blitz. But I assume sometimes he's gonna anyway, hence the Shed Block SA and the AEQ %.

What's your opinion about the rest of the build? Currently he's lvl 44.

first thing first. you really have to get with the right team who plays aggressive rolb blitzing defense constantly. talk to the dc every time. If they do it once in a while to pacify you, he will never make an impact and will SUCKKKKKK in coverage, I mean really suck. They make good plays on outside runs though which is the main reason a team would sign one I guess. GLB today is a nonblitz league. From my experience. Just way easier to play containment defense I guess. Like a tampa 2. build is fine though. Have to live with missed tackles and such.

My advice is don't bother building a blitz LB....he will get very little use in the current sim. Mine has spent the last couple of seasons in WL and he barely sees the field, (which is understandable given it's a specialised build), and has barely any stats which is boring as hell!
Next season i'm moving him to a team in Pro or even Reg Pro just to play and do a bit of stat whoring....i don't even care how crappy the team is

Originally posted by drewd21
My advice is don't bother building a blitz LB....he will get very little use in the current sim. Mine has spent the last couple of seasons in WL and he barely sees the field, (which is understandable given it's a specialised build), and has barely any stats which is boring as hell!
Next season i'm moving him to a team in Pro or even Reg Pro just to play and do a bit of stat whoring....i don't even care how crappy the team is

That sucks a great deal. Is it about the sim? Does the engine reward containing defense more than agressive ones? Or is it about the coordinators - are they more likely to play conservative?

Because if it's the first, I guess retirement is an option. If not, I'd rather not. I've just bought him CE and I'm pleased with how the process of building him is going.

As the sim has become more run-heavy there are fewer opportunities to rush the passer. There are some WL teams who just don't use blitzing LBs at all.

But I don't think they are hopeless. I had one win numerous WL sack and hurry trophies from seasons 53-56 with a build fairly similar to the one you're proposing.

Originally posted by blackrock
As the sim has become more run-heavy there are fewer opportunities to rush the passer. There are some WL teams who just don't use blitzing LBs at all.

But I don't think they are hopeless. I had one win numerous WL sack and hurry trophies from seasons 53-56 with a build fairly similar to the one you're proposing.

Which brings us back to this;

Originally posted by buckets99
first thing first. you really have to get with the right team who plays aggressive rolb blitzing defense constantly. talk to the dc every time. If they do it once in a while to pacify you, he will never make an impact and will SUCKKKKKK in coverage, I mean really suck. They make good plays on outside runs though which is the main reason a team would sign one I guess. GLB today is a nonblitz league. From my experience. Just way easier to play containment defense I guess. Like a tampa 2. build is fine though. Have to live with missed tackles and such.

Having built specialized dots myself I can tell you if what you are building is NOT an integral part of the offensive (OC's) or defensive (DC's) scheme then you are in for a LONG disappointing career... or simply enjoy the few highlights you'll get along the way. I loved building blocking WR's that were also very useful in the passing game. On teams that knew how to use them, they were fun. On teams that didn't... they either played Special Teams or hardly at all. The builds weren't bad... they just weren't what the OC wanted to use in his gameplans.

Originally posted by blackrock
As the sim has become more run-heavy there are fewer opportunities to rush the passer. There are some WL teams who just don't use blitzing LBs at all.

But I don't think they are hopeless. I had one win numerous WL sack and hurry trophies from seasons 53-56 with a build fairly similar to the one you're proposing.

It boils down to the bolded part of blackrock's statement. You will struggle to find many DCs who use a bLB at the top levels of the game. When I had my player on the market during the past off season I even had a top WL DC (Farlig I believe) say he would happily take my player if he could be bothered to re-incorporate bLBs back in to his defensive gameplans. If you can find someone who will use him correctly it can be fun but I guess I'm just warning that the reality is you will struggle to get much satisfaction from building a bLB these days .

http://glb.warriorgeneral.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=5278755&page=1#49606718
Edit: here's the link to my ad. It was indeed Farlig and I am just saying you will struggle to find a satisfying home for a bLB, but good luck with it .

Originally posted by drewd21
It boils down to the bolded part of blackrock's statement. You will struggle to find many DCs who use a bLB at the top levels of the game. When I had my player on the market during the past off season I even had a top WL DC (Farlig I believe) say he would happily take my player if he could be bothered to re-incorporate bLBs back in to his defensive gameplans. If you can find someone who will use him correctly it can be fun but I guess I'm just warning that the reality is you will struggle to get much satisfaction from building a bLB these days .

http://glb.warriorgeneral.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=5278755&page=1#49606718
Edit: here's the link to my ad. It was indeed Farlig and I am just saying you will struggle to find a satisfying home for a bLB, but good luck with it .


I remember that happening. It was an interesting exchange, as trying to build dots that keep your interest is getting harder.

Originally posted by Sonic
I remember that happening. It was an interesting exchange, as trying to build dots that keep your interest is getting harder.

This is my point exactly. I can build useful dots all day long but that has gotten stale as hell....try and build something a little bit different that might be of interest to you, my advice, don't bother! Spend months waiting for said player to mature, realise he's not playing/getting stats, retire, rinse, repeat or build a useful player that's just plain boring from start to finish

You guys are making me want to dig up/remake the old blitzing LB plays to give agents more options for "fun" dots