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Originally Posted by Esoteric
I agree, when you time it right a pokecheck if extremely effective and not hard to do.
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Originally Posted by iLoveLamp
Why does everybody think stick lift and poke check are so ineffective? I have no problem poking the puck away from people. Stick lift works decently too. Are you guys complaining about online or offline pokes/stick lifts?
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for me the problem with the poke check is two fold:
first, all too often, a very solid poke check or stick lift will indeed work, only to see the forward immediately regain possession. often this can happen several times in a row as you continue to try.
the other is that its entirely too random. you can be in a great position and time it right and it just does nothing. conversely you can be in a terrible position and it will work perfect. instead of rewarding players for only using it judiciously when they have their best shot, it instead encourages players to just spam the button over and over and over...
and i'm not saying it doesnt work at all, i was implying the best play in the game is to take the body as thats the better chance of causing the forward to lose the puck. but as was demonstrated in the video, even that has totally unrealistic expectations...