Contested Marking on Legend..

[Jacare]

Can anyone give me some tips for contested marking? I can't manage to mark in my own forward line even when I'm in front of the contest which makes goal scoring exceptionally hard. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, any help?

Thanks

 

[BlackMamba]

Can anyone give me some tips for contested marking? I can't manage to mark in my own forward line even when I'm in front of the contest which makes goal scoring exceptionally hard. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, any help?

Thanks

Wait til the patch comes out when you'll be able to jostle in marking contests. Otherwise, at the moment, only go for the mark if you're the only one going up.

 

[r1nce]

Can anyone give me some tips for contested marking? I can't manage to mark in my own forward line even when I'm in front of the contest which makes goal scoring exceptionally hard. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, any help?

Thanks

It's about positioning and the relative marking/spoiling skills of the players in the contest. Kicking to a leading player greatly increases your chances of winning the mark.

The long bomb into the forward line doesn't always work, so you have to consider shorter chip passes, or kicking towards space where you have a 2on1 advantage and use your numbers advantage to shephard the opposition away from the contest.

As with everything, there are exceptions to this general rule of thumb here and there, and some teams' playstyles may be a little more difficult to play against, but perseverance will see you through.

Good luck!

 

[illnino]

Wait til the patch comes out when you'll be able to jostle in marking contests. Otherwise, at the moment, only go for the mark if you're the only one going up.

This.

It's a bit of a bug Jacare...

Currently, pushing the right stick in a marking contest spoils the ball. It shouldn't, it should actually bumb/jostle (just like the AI can bump us in marking contests). After the patch, the controls for marking contests will be as follows;

Right Stick = Bump/Jostle
LT/L2 + Right Stick = Directional Spoil
LT/L2 + Y/Triangle = Spoil
Y/Triangle = Mark

Hope that helps.

 

[Jacare]

This.

It's a bit of a bug Jacare...

Currently, pushing the right stick in a marking contest spoils the ball. It shouldn't, it should actually bumb/jostle (just like the AI can bump us in marking contests). After the patch, the controls for marking contests will be as follows;

Right Stick = Bump/Jostle
LT/L2 + Right Stick = Directional Spoil
LT/L2 + Y/Triangle = Spoil
Y/Triangle = Mark

Hope that helps.

Oh I wondered why I was always getting pushed out of contests, that does help thanks.

 

[jazzalinko]

Im glad they are changing it up a bit, We must be able to Bumb and Jostle in a marking contest.

This will help a lot

 

[Hagla]

I can never ever take speccy's so i know my timing is wrong when i'm trying to mark. Some people i play have obviously mastered the timing of taking a mark because they out mark me nearly every time unless i just go the spoil. I just can't seem to find the right timing and i know it must be hard to explain exactly when to press mark but any help would be good... thanks

 

[TheGhostOfJohnBelushi]

I can never ever take speccy's so i know my timing is wrong when i'm trying to mark. Some people i play have obviously mastered the timing of taking a mark because they out mark me nearly every time unless i just go the spoil. I just can't seem to find the right timing and i know it must be hard to explain exactly when to press mark but any help would be good... thanks

Same. Yet my cousin, a notorious button masher, pulls marks out of his arse left right and centre.

I just friggin spoil unless I'm clear or I'm up forward.

 

[carn tigez]

It's about positioning, not just timing.

 

[Jesse Custer]

It's about positioning, not just timing.

Like in the real world.

 

[Archer_11]

Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere but this seems a good place.

Have any of the 'legend masters' here - the guys that win on legend by 20+ goals etc - beaten Collingwood playing as Gold Coast?

Seems an obvious answer but I'm genuinely struggling to beat the top teams playing as North on veteran. But I switch to say Geelong and then win my matches easily. Right now I feel like stats have a massive bearing on the outcome of a match.

 

[SugarShane]

I went through a season of Legend with a custom team rated 1.5, and lost only 2 matches by a combined total of 4 points. Funnily enough they were against Melbourne and Freo, yet i pumped Collingwood by about 12 goals.

 

[carn tigez]

Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere but this seems a good place.

Have any of the 'legend masters' here - the guys that win on legend by 20+ goals etc - beaten Collingwood playing as Gold Coast?

Seems an obvious answer but I'm genuinely struggling to beat the top teams playing as North on veteran. But I switch to say Geelong and then win my matches easily. Right now I feel like stats have a massive bearing on the outcome of a match.

Yeah very easy even with Gold Coast for me. But definitely easier with Geelong/Collingwood.

 

[Archer_11]

Again sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but what's the secret for beating legend with a weak team? Is it always winning the ruck contest and clearing the ball? Because surely the AI lets you down in the defending 50, last night the Cats were unstoppable in attack and no amount of perfectly timed button pressing and player selection would have changed that. But in general field play I was more of a chance.

 

[UAWM]

When is the patch coming out do you know?