D-line Abilities

I have seen a ton of different thoughts and opinions on what to run on d-line. What have y'all found to work the best?

IMO they're the only abilities worth running on d right now. I have three d linemen with some sort of combo of double or nothing, BOGO, el toro, instant rebate. I notice a difference with these in the pass rush for sure.

DoN and BOGO are Tier 1

Everythign else is too much RNG

Inside stuff/no outsiders only work if you run commit

Didnt notice anything with Interior Thread/Edge Threat

Swimclub, el toro - power/finess based moves are worthless, as we dont know who has which traits

Gh0sty said:

IMO they're the only abilities worth running on d right now. I have three d linemen with some sort of combo of double or nothing, BOGO, el toro, instant rebate. I notice a difference with these in the pass rush for sure.

El Toro only works if players have bull rush trait...and theres no way to determine which players have this?

jimshredder said:

El Toro only works if players have bull rush trait...and theres no way to determine which players have this?

trial and error I suppose, I try it on High power move rated players, Jonathan allen with high strength and high PWM in the middle of the line with eltoro feels noticable to me.

As others have said no abilities really seem worth it, but might as well put on DON, def rally, (BOGO/instant rebate/extra credit) etc.  I have tried some of the huge ability stacks and have not seen a noticeable difference.

Settiii said:

I have seen a ton of different thoughts and opinions on what to run on d-line. What have y'all found to work the best?

Defense is extremely difficult, i'm finally understanding what all the Comp guys have been doing and what/why this is the current meta.  Basically just sending two man pressure most downs, dropping 9 into coverage and hoping for a quick shed.  Therefore, it makes sense to use the bulk of our AP onto the D-line.

So any two players who can get the following combo, one "DT" and one "Edge" (personally i'm using Lawrence Taylor and Travon Walker, but anyone with the "DoN stack" will suffice).

• Double or Nothing
• El Toro (2AP, for your edge) or Interior Pressure (3AP for DT)
• B.O.G.O. or Instant Rebate / Extra Credit (anything to help with the pass rush points, i'm using BOGO)

That's about it.  7AP on the edge and 8AP on the interior, add a few 0AP X-factors, just for giggles and voila.  Go nuts!  I find myself running a ton of Dime 1-4, using a Texas 2 Man type stunt, which allows the DT to loop around the LT and get to the QB, if that fails, often LT will split the double team block and get a quick pressure up the middle.