BEST SKILLS, FITTINGS, and ARCHETYPE in PGA Tour 2K23 | What's In The Bag Of #1 Player in the World

[@scottdoulen8331]

Great video. I am positive the passive skills do stack. Here is how I found out. My driver is at 90 swing path. My 3w is at 93. If you flip it back and forth fast between D and 3w u can see the small difference in your grey swing path. My 3w was a hair bigger. I took my 2nd point in driver and did the same thing and the driver was a hair bigger. A day later I took my 3rd point in the driver and did not lose any swing path. My driver is still a small tick bigger then the 3w. It's a small boost. I would say about 5 points but people need to know this. It's possible they actually changed this in a patch but no one has tested this with screenshots or my method since around launch.

[@sStivess]

Interesting anyone who reads this should pay attention cause that’s huge

[@High_Line_Racing]

Did this get confirmed

[@2cows534]

Thanks Riley. I've been wanting to lose something at the top of my bag to give me my gap wedge back, and losing the 4 iron and extending the 5 makes perfect sense. 👍🏻

[@sStivess]

Love that! Let me know how it goes for you

[@supertykes1356]

Thanks for this video. Never really did anything with my clubs and wasn't getting anywhere. Checked your vid and altered clubs. Just shot -49 first tournament on TGC. Thanks mate

[@sStivess]

Let's go! I will be on the watch for you

[@Veninator07]

It is really interesting to see what skills and clubs you have. I love how you are so laid back about it and keep certain skills/clubs because they feel right. Makes me feel better about my own decisions when it comes to clubs etc. Really enjoying your content!

[@sStivess]

There is no one size fits all approach for club fittings, a lot of it is personal preference!

[@RaymondBuss]

Thanks for sharing! Awesomeness!

[@sStivess]

Thanks for watching!

[@iEpicDreams]

Thanks for making this video! :D

[@sStivess]

No problem!

[@patrick_TheSwing_Kennedy]

Well done and thank you so much. I learned a lot.

[@sStivess]

That's all I wanted to do! Anyone taking even the smallest bit away is awesome

[@brianakers9606]

Regarding the passive skills; I'm not sure that the skills stack when you spend 2 or 3 points on them. I've heard people say that they definitely do not stack while others claim that they do. The assignment instructions use the word "or" as opposed to "and". That tends to make a guy believe that the Effects do not stack. This got me to thinking. If the game's designers decided that the Timing Effect costs 3 points, as opposed to 1 point for the Transition Effect and 2 points for the Swing Path Effect, then they've obviously determined that Timing is of greater importance than the other two available Effects. Folks can disagree about which Effect is better but the design of the video game apparently rewards timing more so than transition and swing path. There's no other logic in determing why Passive Effects Timing costs 3 times as much as Passive Effects Transition. Either way, assigning 3 points is the way to go. You're either stacking Passive Effects or you're purchasing the most important assist of the Passive Effects. Thanks for the video instruction. I think that I'll be changing my Passive Effects point assignments.

[@Wizardstix23]

Appreciate this very much. I took out the 5i and think I’m gonna replace 5 with 4i. 🙏

[@sStivess]

I think it gives a little less timing to where you can still get a better stop on the greens compared to a 4!

[@johncadot]

as a fellow rhythm how important is transition for your clubs in the bag? most important for wedges? thanks buddy

[@sStivess]

I believe transition mainly makes the power number easier to hit. For example if you wanted to hit it 90% and pulled the marker back a higher transition will make the white power bigger. I personally value timing/shaping for the wedges

[@trent_mcneely7554]

Good video. One thing I think people don't realize is that the skills are grouped in 2s. (Power & timing) (SP & transition) (shaping & LR) Each legend fitting is going to give you +8 between those 2. So a +12 power fitting will take -4 timing, a +8 power is 0 timing etc. So powerhouse and rhythm end up the same no matter what for power and timing. You start with 141 total points between those two, and end up with 165.

[@sStivess]

Hmm good to know. The way I looked at it was more so yardages and maintaining at least 80 for timing and swing path and maintaining a good shaping as I feel those are 3 most important stats that can help someone gain more consistency and rhythm starts with higher base timing which makes it easier to build around

[@trent_mcneely7554]

@@sStivess agree I have the same clubs to fill the yardage gaps, but I went with woodsman. You only lose 4 points in the power and timing, 1 in SP and transition, but shaping and LR you get 26 extra over rhythm and 14 over powerhouse

[@shiggarfraggar7804]

​@@trent_mcneely7554I also play under Woodsman and there isn't a Par 5 I can't hit in two and almost every reachable in one Par 4 is also in play for me.

[@trent_mcneely7554]

@shiggarfraggar7804 yeah giving up those few yards is worth it for me for all that lie range boost. Not having 10-12% range out of the rough

[@herogeroi8521]

Thanks for the video. I know the attributes/ skills options offer different strategies for the game but personally i preferred 2k21 when everyone had a level playing field regardless.

[@sStivess]

It definitely is a different style. I like a hybrid of the two in my personal opinion

[@GbWaCkErGuY]

100 swing path on irons i need this bad........ good looks dude

[@sStivess]

haha it is all personal preference

[@GbWaCkErGuY]

@@sStivess im being punished bad for being slightly off on swing path takeaway so hopefully if i can get irons maxed out it will help. hitting perfect tempo on nearly all shots and not hitting my window because of swing path......really affecting my scoring cause my putter patchy.......

[@Booze2407]

Interesting….we have very similar yardages. I go from 98LW up to the same 218 3I. My wedges are lower for the exact same reason, I never want to use pitch above GW so I have the 88 yd pitch and then the 98 LW. My 3H and 3W are lower though. I think I need to raise them up like you have it. Think I’m at 234/256. I do hit driver off the deck way too much like you said….plus my swing plane is ass so I never know where it’s going lol

[@sStivess]

I know a few people who play close to that for yardages. I just like 260 and 240ish cause I just felt I got into situations where my 3W was too short and my 3i was too short between that and my 3W so I made those my yardages

[@kevinjoyce4558]

How does your power fittings on driver give you so much swing path?

[@xsakkeus]

You have to show what fitting is. is it +10, +11 or +12

[@bmoneyblitz9463]

The passive skills do not stack. You get one or the other depending on level. Otherwise decent info.

[@xFunDidox]

Does the fittings matter in which theyre located? For example what if you had timing in the grip vs the head of the club

[@sStivess]

They do not!

[@bobdonda]

Wait, greenskeeper makes the putts FASTER? I thought the Roll boost meant that it made the greens slower!

[@sStivess]

Anything roll boost means it makes the greens faster for the final skill points (lvl 3). It essentially makes the fastest greens, 186s, and turns them into 192s

[@bwb4449]

What irons are those? Look like a P7TW or P7MB

[@sStivess]

Pretty sure they are the TW

[@mitchd3858]

What ball do u like

[@sStivess]

When I used to play I liked friction, but I haven't used a ball other than default in over a year honestly.

[@iTzJakeee]

Yesssssir🫡

[@sStivess]

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