NHL 16: the best tips and tricks
At NHL 16 you build your own hockey team and plunge into intense matches. In this article, we show you tips and tricks that will significantly simplify the gameplay - a good step towards many victories on the ice.
Team strategies in NHL 16
- Don't underestimate your team! You should definitely make tactical adjustments before you jump on the ice.
- So go to the strategy menu right before the start of the game and make various settings - related to the offensive and defensive. Expensive players are of no use unless you decide in advance how tactically to proceed.
Tip: choose the right coach
- In Ultimate Team, your first purchase should be a good coach. It will have a tremendous impact on and improve your players' skills and rating.
- There are only two really worthwhile coaches in NHL 16 that you should choose between: D. Samuels and I. Skuin. Samuels is the best choice for your team during its development stages, as it causes a +2 boost in each attribute category. Skuin provides a +3 skating boost, a +3 shooting boost and a +2 defensive boost.
NHL 16: First offensive, then defensive
- Unfortunately, all of your players in NHL 16 suffer from the rather poor AI. Even very good defensive players will sometimes look pretty stupid if they are controlled by the computer in the game.
- This is not as good as you are when you lend a hand and control the players. So try to build a group of talented offensive players first before you take care of the defensive unit later. There are many interchangeable defenders under 650 coins, but not even half as many good attackers for this price.
Don't waste anything in NHL 16
- Contracts and healing cards are important and valuable components of NHL 16 that will quickly exceed your budget. Sooner or later you will be forced to buy these "goods" through the marketplace instead of getting them for free through cardboard boxes.
- Save these valuable items for your top players and don't waste them on mediocre players, who may not be good enough to become a part of it a week or two after the team was created.
Trick: captains in NHL 16
- Once you start swapping your timed players with long-term players, you should choose a primary captain and two secondary captains to further improve and increase the rating and rating of these three players.
- Here's a little trick: choose the captains from the first two rows of your team - they will touch the puck the most in gameplay and are therefore most likely to score.
Trailer: NHL 15
In the next article we will tell you whether there is a demo of NHL 16.