Can we please fix abilities???

Tank is the only ability that actually works

Whats the point of Edge Protector if they get  shedded by DEs with no abilities

Conversely, whats the point of Edge Threat if they cant beat OTackles with no abilities

And dont get me started on the corruption of Pick Artist...how DBs will still drop half their ints, while lineman with no abilties Lurk Ints

My LT Andrew Thomas 93ovr  (40/40 TT + edge protector) is total joke 😎 Madden plays better…

How about QB Marigotas Truzz-skill, it can’t activated at all 😎

Almost every skill on defense except Film Study are suspect 😀

Most value for cost are kicker/punter skills because they actually work 🤘

I’d rather they remove them tbh

Rski13 said:

My LT Andrew Thomas 93ovr  (40/40 TT + edge protector) is total joke 😎 Madden plays better…

How about QB Marigotas Truzz-skill, it can’t activated at all 😎

Almost every skill on defense except Film Study are suspect 😀

Most value for cost are kicker/punter skills because they actually work 🤘

al;sekdj;alsdkjfasl;jfk, typed out a couple small paragraphs of my usual rambling nonsense, only to fat finger something and completely lose it all.  Ahh well, it's hell to get old.  I'm devolving into a straight up Boomer.  Anyhoo, i scooped Andrew Thomas, specifically for that 1AP Edge Protector, before quickly realizing i was wasting precious AP.  Went back to 2AP Tank on my RB, instead of a pair of discounted Edge Protectors.  Bleh.

A large part of the challenge for new players is first learning that abilities are EVERYTHING, only to quickly discover that most abilities do not even function, let alone resemble their in-game descriptions... so we're all required to do homework to even get a basic understanding of what is going on.  Heck, even the EA team don't seem to have any indication of how their own game functions.

Thanks to MUTgg for this ability tier list.  Doesn't get updated a ton, but it's pretty reliable info.  On defense you just want a bunch of MZKOs, maybe a Double or Nothing on D-line.  Even the Zone KOs have been severely nerfed, which is a good thing -- the improved reaction time is vastly superior to the knock-out component of the ability.

Lurk and Pick Artist used to be absolutely elite, now it's barely worth the AP.  Our USERs (with LurkArtist) will still refuse to animate more often than not and in the rare instances they do put their arms up, the ball will regularly be swatted, or drop straight to the ground.  That's a clear indication to me, when i scope an opponent's ability setup, if they know what they're doing, or not.  If you are spending ~10AP on Pick Artist, that's GREAT for me.  Worked last year, but not so much in 2025.

The fact that EA has not been sued if very surprising

If there ever was a class action lawsuit against this corrupt game. I would gladly work overtime to make extra money and contribute

It would be an easy layup for any experienced lawyer

Rski13 said:

My LT Andrew Thomas 93ovr  (40/40 TT + edge protector) is total joke 😎 Madden plays better…

How about QB Marigotas Truzz-skill, it can’t activated at all 😎

Almost every skill on defense except Film Study are suspect 😀

Most value for cost are kicker/punter skills because they actually work 🤘

I agree with you almost 100%, but to be fair, Truzz  makes for the most annoying kind of players to go against. I feel like it's only worth spending AP on if your scrambling at naussiam just abusing madden cheese. TBH it's the least-fun experience for both players in my opinion and you'd only spend AP on it if your gonna spam scramble, but to each his own... Honestly, I'm not mad at all that truzz is broken lol... Edge protector, and a lot of defensive abilities are lost in the dark though, and EA needs to put some kind of effort to clean it up for sure.

Skidmarx said:

I agree with you almost 100%, but to be fair, Truzz  makes for the most annoying kind of players to go against. I feel like it's only worth spending AP on if your scrambling at naussiam just abusing madden cheese. TBH it's the least-fun experience for both players in my opinion and you'd only spend AP on it if your gonna spam scramble, but to each his own... Honestly, I'm not mad at all that truzz is broken lol... Edge protector, and a lot of defensive abilities are lost in the dark though, and EA needs to put some kind of effort to clean it up for sure.

Actually, I agree 100% with you when we are discussing scrambling, however, nowdays its very easy stop qb scrambling attack -even that def linecontains dont actually work. But most of us remember horrors few years ago when QB Henry scrambled left and right 200y every game, luckily that not possible anymore.

But on option attacks, qb fumbling rate makes them unusable (unless you play with Allen?), so Truzz skill is a must. 

On the other hand, Marigota isnt ineven in release moment anyway high end qb, so 3 ap truzz gives some sort of strategic angle to use him... And after few runs and hits, qbs are very exhausted, that they pass very poorly, what is reasonable. 

If Truzz skill worked only in runs and not is scrambles, that wouldnt be wrong. But knowing EA quality, they surely would miss RPOs etc what is actually to point of using truzz qb... 

And, if you release player with note that "it has a truzz skill", and you dont deliver it, give any explanation or compensation, in my perspective, is kind of wrong...

unpopular opinion but i think the lack of abilities is actually saving the game

Infinitekirito said:

unpopular opinion but i think the lack of abilities is actually saving the game

I think what OP is saying is that of you're going to put abilities in the game, at least make them work.

MaddenIsTerrible said:

I think what OP is saying is that of you're going to put abilities in the game, at least make them work.

Yes.

If the ball touches the hands of a DB with pick artist.  They should catch the dam ball

peatrick said:

al;sekdj;alsdkjfasl;jfk, typed out a couple small paragraphs of my usual rambling nonsense, only to fat finger something and completely lose it all.  Ahh well, it's hell to get old.  I'm devolving into a straight up Boomer.  Anyhoo, i scooped Andrew Thomas, specifically for that 1AP Edge Protector, before quickly realizing i was wasting precious AP.  Went back to 2AP Tank on my RB, instead of a pair of discounted Edge Protectors.  Bleh.

A large part of the challenge for new players is first learning that abilities are EVERYTHING, only to quickly discover that most abilities do not even function, let alone resemble their in-game descriptions... so we're all required to do homework to even get a basic understanding of what is going on.  Heck, even the EA team don't seem to have any indication of how their own game functions.

Thanks to MUTgg for this ability tier list.  Doesn't get updated a ton, but it's pretty reliable info.  On defense you just want a bunch of MZKOs, maybe a Double or Nothing on D-line.  Even the Zone KOs have been severely nerfed, which is a good thing -- the improved reaction time is vastly superior to the knock-out component of the ability.

Lurk and Pick Artist used to be absolutely elite, now it's barely worth the AP.  Our USERs (with LurkArtist) will still refuse to animate more often than not and in the rare instances they do put their arms up, the ball will regularly be swatted, or drop straight to the ground.  That's a clear indication to me, when i scope an opponent's ability setup, if they know what they're doing, or not.  If you are spending ~10AP on Pick Artist, that's GREAT for me.  Worked last year, but not so much in 2025.

I would remove gunslinger from the elite list until they fix the random overthrows. 

These overthrow  have cost me a lot of close games

jimshredder said:

I would remove gunslinger from the elite list until they fix the random overthrows. 

These overthrow  have cost me a lot of close games

I love those types of trade-offs to help balance the game. Gunslinger is quite possibly THE best, if not most important ability in the entire game. 

You know what costs me games? Taking sacks and not being able to deliver the ball on time, especially this year when barely anyone bothers to even TRY and play defense, they basically rush 6 (simulate 7th blitzer by hovering USER over D-line) nearly every single down. 

So I would ask you, are the random overthrows really that bad? It requires significant reps with a new QB in order to get the timing down, especially with Gunslinger. I kid you not, I thought Josh Allen was "mid" when I used him Christmas morning, due to how often the passes were missing. After a couple/few days it became more automatic, to the point where I was back to throwing mostly perfect blue passes. 

Are you using the Placement & Accuracy mechanics, or which you on? It's great there are a TON of usable QBs for a variety of play styles. 

That's a really good place for the game to be in. I hate when everyone has nearly identical teams, because there's a clear "best" player at each position. I went through a bunch of discount Gunslinger QBs before landing back on Josh Allen, never should have sold him after JAN09.

Rski13 said:

Actually, I agree 100% with you when we are discussing scrambling, however, nowdays its very easy stop qb scrambling attack -even that def linecontains dont actually work. But most of us remember horrors few years ago when QB Henry scrambled left and right 200y every game, luckily that not possible anymore.

But on option attacks, qb fumbling rate makes them unusable (unless you play with Allen?), so Truzz skill is a must. 

On the other hand, Marigota isnt ineven in release moment anyway high end qb, so 3 ap truzz gives some sort of strategic angle to use him... And after few runs and hits, qbs are very exhausted, that they pass very poorly, what is reasonable. 

If Truzz skill worked only in runs and not is scrambles, that wouldnt be wrong. But knowing EA quality, they surely would miss RPOs etc what is actually to point of using truzz qb... 

And, if you release player with note that "it has a truzz skill", and you dont deliver it, give any explanation or compensation, in my perspective, is kind of wrong...

Fair point... QB options haven't really provided a threat in my personal experience, so I just figure that your not running qb options enough to spend the AP, but whatever works for you. There may be a meta to the option that I'm unware of... For me it's a play that 85% of the time goes for little to no gain against me, not bragging or anything just haven't played anyone who was cracked with it. Just the fact that truzz at 2 AP cost as an ability (not x factor) is gonna 100% create maybe not cheese, but certainly toxic and annoying offenses to go against, so I'm still cool with it being a madden bug at the moment. Abilities in general need to be redone though. We need clear descriptions that actually do what there described to be doing lol

Abilities are too OP. Abilities don't do enough. Everyone is always complaining about something.

 Honestly this year is probably the best abilities have been since being introduced.