Defense, Pass Protection, Weak Box, Catching, Knockouts, and More: Gameplay Deep Dive - Information and graphs provided by MUTLeaks, compiled by rka7731
Defense - Coverage:
- Max lag time for man coverage is 1 second
- 0.5 second break on ball penalty in the event of vision loss
- Max trail distance is 5 yards for man coverage
Vision loss:
- 0.5 second break on ball penalty in the event of vision loss
- Vision loss is when the defender is not looking at the QB
- The defender is more likely to/less likely to look at the QB based on their AWR (Awareness) rating.
- Hence, the higher the awareness, the closer the defender may play in MCV
Here's a graph to represent the information. The higher the MCV rating, the closer they stay to the receiver.
Nano Detection:
- Only applies in online games
- Maximum time for nano to occur via pass rush is 1.5 seconds
- Maximum time for pass protection when the offense is outnumbered via pass rush is 0.75 seconds
- Amount of time for pass protection vs user rusher is 0.75 seconds regardless
"Weak Box":
- Disabled if defense is up by 8 or more points
- Disabled most times if there is less than 60 seconds left in the half
- Defense has 15% less speed, strength, tackle, awareness, agility, acceleration when being "weak-boxed"
Defensive - Basics:
- Defender collision penalty is 30%
- Defensive players on offense receive a 25% catch penalty
- Defensive players receive a 15% catching bonus if wide open
Offensive - Basics:
- Offensive players have a 70% minimum catch chance if wide open
- Minimum default base catch chance is 30%, maximum is 100%, scales to ratings/with modifiers.
- Sideline catch starts triggering 5 yards from sideline, stops working .35 yards from sideline.
Tipped Passes:
- Tipped passes below the waist increase catch difficulty by 50%.
- Tipped passes while jumping increase catch difficulty by 80%.
Knockouts:
- Catch knockouts scale directly to the severity of the hit
- Being tackled midair while catching the ball increases knockout chance by 45%
- High Passes increase knockout chance by 10%
- RAC Catches increase knockout chance by 25%
- Possession catches decrease knockout chance by 20%
- Impact with an additional defender during catch adds 50% knockout chance
Other:
- Defensive lineman have a 25% catch chance penalty
- Defensive players catching over the shoulder have an 80% catch penalty
- 7% base recovery chance on onside kicks.
- First attempt has a 7% chance of recovering
- Second attempt has 2% chance of recovering
- Third attempt is a 0% chance of recovering
Fumbling:
- Playing a wide receiver at halfback increases fumble chance by 25%
- Celebrating increases fumble chance by 75%
- Getting hit well hurdling adds 50% fumble penalty, getting hit well diving adds 15% fumble penalty, getting hit well diving as qb adds 20% fumble penalty
- When a fumble happens, forced emergency recovery by the fumbling team will occur after 6 seconds.
Catching:
- You must be within 1 yard of the receiver or .75 yard from the ball landing spot to be able to jump catch as a linebacker/DL
- Additional defender adds 50% catch chance reduction
- Defenders in the secondary must be within 3.5 yards to impact catch chance
- Using a secure catch on offense decreases interception chance by 10%, decreases break tackle chance by 10%
- 24% base interception chance on contested catches
- 24% base broken tackle chance on contested catches
How Ratings Affect Catching:
Knockout Penalties vary based on Catch In Traffic Rating. Here's a graph to represent this information:
When a pass is tipped, the closer players are to the ball, the greater chance of a catch. Here's a graph to represent this information:
In contested catches, win chance is based off of ratings.
Spec catch:
Secure catch:
RAC Catch:
