Better Overall Card: QuadFather or King Henry

I’m trying to decide who to get for my starting RB. Who is better?

I haven't tried either myself, but I've heard a lot about how Quadfather is still better.

The Quadfather is better because of the activation of the ability. 

If you add in the sprinter strategy card you pull Quadfather far ahead. 

I know the obvious question is "if you use sprinter on Henry won't he be faster too?" and that's right. What I've seen is that getting Quadfather to 95 has more impact than Henry at 97. The Quadfather being able to get hit, accelerate, and hit again is invaluable. At his base acceleration, Quadfather shrugs off a tackle but slows down so multiple tacklers will take him down. With that acceleration boost he's able to shrug off a tackle and get back to speed faster so there's less chance of multiple tacklers converging on him at once and taking him down.

Derrick has more height weight and speed. If you don't mind the x factor turning off him for sure. even without X factor hes still better with 1 ap tank and 0 ap bruiser. do that what you will but imo derrick. also he will hold value bc of tvp going away and him being  a LTD for a similar price.

DMoney said:

Derrick has more height weight and speed. If you don't mind the x factor turning off him for sure. even without X factor hes still better with 1 ap tank and 0 ap bruiser. do that what you will but imo derrick. also he will hold value bc of tvp going away and him being  a LTD for a similar price.

Agree with this.

Quad and it isn't even close.

Jaysonguy said:

The Quadfather is better because of the activation of the ability. 

If you add in the sprinter strategy card you pull Quadfather far ahead. 

I know the obvious question is "if you use sprinter on Henry won't he be faster too?" and that's right. What I've seen is that getting Quadfather to 95 has more impact than Henry at 97. The Quadfather being able to get hit, accelerate, and hit again is invaluable. At his base acceleration, Quadfather shrugs off a tackle but slows down so multiple tacklers will take him down. With that acceleration boost he's able to shrug off a tackle and get back to speed faster so there's less chance of multiple tacklers converging on him at once and taking him down.

I have also noticed that for some reason as soon as I started using Sprinter that Quadfather feels like a completely different card.  The way he can reaccelerate is insane.

My vote goes to Henry. If you're comparing xfactors, Quadfather is by far and away the best. The only reason I give the nod to Henry is because he's so good without his Xfactor. When I used Dillon, when he wasn't activated, I wasn't a huge fan of how he played. Seemed to fumble a lot and wouldn't really fall forward a ton for me (could've just been bad luck, not sure). With Henry, I don't run his Xfactor at all and run the combo of Tank and Goal LIne Back for 1 AP and he's been incredible. Feels fast, still breaks plenty of tackles without the xfactor, and that ability set up is almost impossible to stop on the goal line. 

Obviously, it comes down to preference and playstyle mostly. If you're a heavy runner and willing to spend 2-3 AP on your HB, Dillon is probably the move. If you're a heavy passer or run a much more balanced scheme, I'd vote Henry with no xfactor.

Quad

Gent said:

My vote goes to Henry. If you're comparing xfactors, Quadfather is by far and away the best. The only reason I give the nod to Henry is because he's so good without his Xfactor. When I used Dillon, when he wasn't activated, I wasn't a huge fan of how he played. Seemed to fumble a lot and wouldn't really fall forward a ton for me (could've just been bad luck, not sure). With Henry, I don't run his Xfactor at all and run the combo of Tank and Goal LIne Back for 1 AP and he's been incredible. Feels fast, still breaks plenty of tackles without the xfactor, and that ability set up is almost impossible to stop on the goal line. 

Obviously, it comes down to preference and playstyle mostly. If you're a heavy runner and willing to spend 2-3 AP on your HB, Dillon is probably the move. If you're a heavy passer or run a much more balanced scheme, I'd vote Henry with no xfactor.

That's a nice breakdown. 

Do you use any strategy cards that boost the RB position?

jwasylenko said:

I have also noticed that for some reason as soon as I started using Sprinter that Quadfather feels like a completely different card.  The way he can reaccelerate is insane.

I agree. 

At 95 acceleration, even losing his X factor, he is still able to not only move quickly but turn quickly as well. 

Henry feels sluggish changing direction compared to Quadfather. Of course, no one is picking either card to be nimble, it's just nice to have that added skill.

Jaysonguy said:

That's a nice breakdown. 

Do you use any strategy cards that boost the RB position?

I have the +1 Acc Sprint boost that's attached to my Let It Rip strat card. I run a legends team as well, so Henry isn't getting any other boosts besides that.

Does Henry’s X-Factor stay on until TFL just like Quadfather

Quaddaddy!!