There is nothing wrong with that guy, apart from one thing : flavourmattgslater wrote: Blocker v2
6/3/2/9 Block GS 70k
That's why i prefer this profile :
5 3 2 9 Block, Tackle GS 70 k
With this design, he would have his own flavour, and would not be just a "less agile, more armored" blitzer.
Sure, Block + Tackle is a dreadful combo, but with only 2 of those guys, which are only MA 5 and AG2, so they can be avoided quite easily. Also remember i'm talking about those guys replacing Blitzers, not Catchers, so they' d better bring something to the team.
(i don't think those guys should replace 2 Catchers : it would break the team's finesse/bash balance, and Human don't deserve to have 6 guys starting with block : they are no Norse...)
Right now, despite they suffer a lot of critics, you still see a lot of Human teams with 2 or even 3 Catchers since :Patchwork wrote:While the Runners could be built into catchers, they are more likely to be turned into wrestle blitzers, espically with blitzers droping to 0-2 and if you drop the Blockers ag to 2. That would be replacing one of the most popular ways of developing Catchers but has the potential to free the Catchers up for out and out scoring or as a mobile dirty player or being completely ignored. Being a 0-2 positional might make them a little less disliked too, no more questioning what you'd do with 4 of them and less of a fragile link in the team with the blockers helping to make the team tougher.Rhyoth wrote: 1) Catchers need to be fixed, so they could stand the comparison with Runners, especially with AV 8 runners
(possible fixes : still torn between Sure Feet for free, or price reduced to 60 k)
_ they are the fastest players of the team
_ they start with Dodge (and Catch)
_ they're the only players of the team with access to Agility skills
Now, if you introduce Runners, you will strip Catchers of 2 of their main assets : their only remaining quality will be their MA 8 : i'm not sure it will be enough to make coachs forget about all their drawbacks...
So, yeah, even if we do boost them, i'm afraid there won't be any spare room for them in human backfield anymore (with 2 Blockers, 2 Blitzers, 2 Runners, 1 Ogre and 1 Kicker, all the spots are taken...)
Note : i think such a change should be done anyway, even if you don't introduce Blockers/Runners