Coach Abilities Tier List | College Football 25 Dynasty Mode

[@jamesl5258]

They count playoff games as bowl games. So technically you could win multiple bowl games in a year if you make the playoffs and win

[@byrdgame542]

Correct me if I’m wrong but that’s cuz playoff games are bowl games

[@jaym7901]

@@byrdgame542yea they are

[@samnite3]

I was going to post this same comment but you already did. 👍

[@Soopology]

Yep I came here to say this. I unlocked it in year 2 when wining through the CFP.

[@christophercuston]

​​@@byrdgame542As someone else said above, they're bowl games. Winner advance to next game and wins bowl trophy. This game really wants you to be a coordinator 1st.

[@tscott6321]

The fact you can't reset your skill tree like NCAA 14 is just crazy. If you take a lower rated program to a 4.5 star program you wouldn't want the same skillset.

[@billcollector2248]

Had to start a new coach just for that reason , kinda sad about it but the grind was fun and is still fun honestly but wish that was a feature at least once per coach

[@tscott6321]

@@billcollector2248 just put it on the fastest XP setting and go to team schedule and force wins and don't spend any points. Once you max out on points save your game under another name and keep that for when you want to start over. Usually takes 3 or 4 seasons. I'm not grinding again.

[@Dawesome97]

That's when you hop in the coaching carousel and take control of a bad team and work them up to a good program

[@OriginalKanyeTPain]

its not you dont just change your skills as an actual coach, spec better

[@tscott6321]

@@OriginalKanyeTPain I don't get yall. Like I don't play games for realism all the time. Not everybody wants to grind all the time. I'm an Engineer I do enough of that at work. If you want to be an actual coach go be one but a game should fit both realism and fantasy if the user wants it to be. If you want 99 overall for every player or a garbage team that's fine. It's a game.

[@TheOso]

Oh drewski remembered the password for this account

[@TraxxJamez2088]

😂

[@Username2521hh]

Turns out, it was “password”

[@AttackOnWeeb]

As someone who’s made it to CEO having the insta commit is so nice, just got my first #1 class because I had 5 insta commits which saved me scout points to put into other players.

[@jamiehall7188]

Quality, what would you say the % is on the players you offer for the insta commit?

[@jonanderson9185]

@@jamiehall7188it’s only on players that have you as their top school and it’s probably like 10% on average from my experience so far. Which if you’re constantly updating your board throughout the season, it’s likely that you’d offer at least 50 scholarships in total, so five insta commits wouldn’t be too unusual. First full season with the skill and had a 4* instantly commit in the preseason and another 4* in Week 0

[@tscott6321]

@@jamiehall7188 You really don't need it. I'm literally simulating the game on XP coach on fastest and not spending no XP points. Of course I'm forcing wins but recruiting in this game is easy as long as you win most teams won't spend 50 points on recruits. Only reason I'm doing this is to have a game to start off with all points and try out different skillsets from the coaching tree. Developing talent is probably the most important skillset.

[@tscott6321]

Also I'm noticing you probably want players to transfer as well especially players you know won't start.

[@Rickzplayz9]

@@tscott6321what’s the fun in forcing wins …..

[@pepperjack91]

I generally like the progression system and the way it's set up, except for master recruiter. By the time you have two top-5 classes (which does make sense as something that gives you "master recruiter" status), you don't need it anymore. You're already capable of signing multiple five-stars in a recruiting class. Dropping the requirement to, like....4 top-25 classes or 2 top-10 or 15 classes might make it more appealing.

[@PTracer921]

Yes the devs really didn't think this out well..like spent 48 in ceo to not get fired when by the time you have 2 nattys not likely to get fired

[@Katie819172930]

@@PTracer921I got fired 2 seasons after a NC. I went 6-6 cuz I got lazy and simmed 2 seasons straight and didn’t recruit much. I’m now at my second school and enjoying it

[@jacobburch7555]

Bro honestly in my 10th year with ball state I signed 12 5 stars. At that point it really doesn’t matter

[@jacobburch7555]

@@Katie819172930what school did you sign with after NC

[@brendonbuffaloe8830]

@@PTracer921It’s because some guys irl like Dani Sweeney are struggling now but have a long leash due to their past success.

[@vipchris18]

They really need to either up the max level for coaches or lower the price of some of these skill trees. With the total amount of points you get you can essentially pour a lot into maybe two trees and then have a couple points left over. This paired with the no skill reset really limits what you can do as a coach. Still having fun though, just wish it were slightly better

[@TheseTheRedOctobers]

Agree 100%, I came into this thinking I could make the greatest coach of all time, but I can’t now I’m stuck at lvl 44 wishing I saved my points on something else

[@emmatay]

It would be interesting if they replaced the one year hot seat ability in CEO with an unlock in CEO for 18 points or whatever that unlocks "Elite Coach" which raises the max level by X levels, would make CEO a must get, and reward players for getting multiple National Championships, while simultaneously locking out the majority of coaches in the game from also just having an extra X amount of points (every small school becoming a powerhouse). Might be game breaking for online dynasty though. =/

[@Soopology]

That was done on purpose though. They don’t even believe Saban or Hayes had everything unlocked.

[@vipchris18]

@@Soopology I don't want to unlock everything, just more than 2.5 of 8 possible skill trees

[@Soopology]

@@vipchris18 you def can with 50 levels lol. You don’t need the whole tree filled.

[@durikas7519]

How about a setting where you control your whole staff, can keep them together, and choose what they upgrade. That way you can build each coach differently and not 1 of your coaches are the best at everything

[@beastlyword0690]

I don’t wanna be that guy, but after extensive testing with myself most of the skill trees are not with it in this game aside from the main 3. All the hybrid ones are terrible and CEO is way too expensive. Just a tip for anyone watching this video down the road.

[@Aleph3575]

8:36 I would also knock the "Last Dance" perk too. You generally want to get guys visiting as soon as you possibly can as a recruiting visit can result in an immediate commit and waiting around for later visits could result in you losing recruits you may otherwise have gotten.

[@Keyosu]

After finishing my 4th season I can say that the off season training with good dev traits will make a world of difference. If you played RTG you already know the skill caps + xp decide your ability tiers so Architect is HUGE

[@KDRusha]

If you get the offseason training boost for all positions in motivator, it helps SO MUCH when the players train bc they level up so much and it’s half your team getting better. I’ve ended up getting 130 SP in one offseason lol

[@jok3r_tr1ckster96]

I wish somebody would release a thing showing just how much an ability does. How much extra influence per 10 hours spent in master recruiter? Just how big of a boost is in tier 3 of motivator? I just feel like more detail would help with choosing what abilities to go for.

[@Jon-ld3jl]

yeah exactly. In a mode where you can't respec just vague words like "increase" isn't enough, i want hard math. Tell me exactly how much of an increase, and how much having stacking coaches benefits me. I've fully specked into Architect trying to get rid of skill caps, and as far as i can tell even when you go undefeated and win the title it rarely ever raises any caps. So that "chance" feels like a 1%

[@jok3r_tr1ckster96]

@@Jon-ld3jl I have all of my coaches with tier 3 in all positions in motivator and it just seems like there isn't a boost at all. It's pretty infuriating.

[@Maestro1886]

@@jok3r_tr1ckster96could be that your players potentials are capped

[@kylehunter1244]

@@Jon-ld3jl Truth.. I don't put points into anything with the words "Chance to" in it.

[@rileybragin8552]

my first dynasty i didn’t know there was no max level i literally put my points only into recruiting and i thought when i max out recruiting then i would spread around

[@tr4pkeedyoungking677]

Their isn't a max? I've literally been doing the same thing

[@rileybragin8552]

@@tr4pkeedyoungking677 bro i’m stuck on level 50

[@mobilityissues4031]

@@tr4pkeedyoungking677The Max coaching level is 50

[@OriginalKanyeTPain]

@@tr4pkeedyoungking677 50, it stops at level 50 you get no more levels or coins after that but it'll keep giving you xp for whatever reason

[@asiantrenchcoat]

Overall I like the game but this is one of my big gripes.

[@mikedavis5288]

They need to make program builder and ceo more attainable

[@Owzers]

Embrace the grind broski!😁

[@goonthegreat5346]

@@Owzersmay have the thought process of an online dynasty in that case I agree

[@redbulloo7]

Need to remove the point cap or raise it so you can have more if you grind it

[@maximus198362]

Agree​@@redbulloo7

[@Jon-ld3jl]

you aren't missing out on much tbh they aren't the best trees.

[@SportsTalk-J]

Recruiter Strategist Tactician Winning non stop 5 stars and giving them in game boosts.

[@StrongLikeSheep]

Maybe this is me being a hater, but what is the point of doing a tier list if over half of the abilities are in the same tier? You didn’t utilize any D or F tier spots. Bump the lower ones down and maybe differentiate 6/11 abilities? If you truly think they are all equivalent that’s fine but I just find that unlikely

[@Jon-ld3jl]

he's on the madden overall scale where the numbers go from 1-99 but he only grades from 60-99

[@chadraybon4822]

If you are winning your conference consistently Architect paired with Motivator is maybe the strongest combo in the game. I’ve had Impact development Redshirt Seniors hit 93 overall with that combo. The main factor in a kid’s ceiling is in the ratings caps. Being able to take away even a couple is a big deal and I’m on average removing all but 4 or 5.

[@eliwebster665]

How many skill caps do u tend to get removed from players from architect? I’m wondering if the rising seniors perk helps more or less

[@keonhobgood1551]

Architect, motivator, and scheme guru is god tier. Removing caps cross training players and getting offseason boost pretty much guarantees your gonna have consist 90 plus overall players.

[@austinm2817]

Just wish they made it where you can max it out if you want to

[@warriorsa-cash8534]

Yeah, and made the coach xp gains much slower

[@brettk9316]

Putting on slow is pretty slow starting with a new coach.

[@RyanMay94]

Started motivator and it seems pretty op for simulation, won the natty year one with Boise without playing at all

[@LandonB78]

I wish we at least had the option to increase the max level. I understand the realism aspect, but at the end of the day, it's a video game. If i want to be good at everything, then let me. If i want to challenge myself and limit my abilities, then also let me. I also wish i could manually spend my coordinators points where i want them and also manually upgrade my players instead of having them spend their points on whatever the hell they want

[@sebastianprice8760]

Senior superlative with architect is absolutely worth it if you focus on getting it. Being able to have players develop past their caps changes the entire way you play. But if you don’t play a long dynasty with one school, then I can understand not wanting it. I’ve taken Georgia Southern up into the big 12 and made them a powerhouse. I don’t plan on leaving and want to develop the players I have long term.

[@ryanbell78]

Got program builder and ceo before elite recruiter from my limited experience it still comes down to having a schedule where you can win most of your games everything else will fall in line

[@jacobburch7555]

I personally would love if you could choose if there was a level cap. Sometimes I like to be realistic but other times I just wanna make a legendary coach with every ability. I think there should be an option for the level cap.

[@jonquis07]

Architect and Tactician are the slowest XP for the coach. Both are great for your assistants. And strategist is the worst basic tree.

[@ecottman57]

The strategist tree that takes 4 bowl wins can be done in two years if you can win a national championship that is 3 and win any other bowl or first playoff game your 2nd year

[@Captain_Smitty]

You can do it in 1 year

[@denniscarney5249]

Conference championships count too, it can be unlocked in year 1.

[@aaronross3728]

I really wish they would give an option to either reset skills, or have an optional way to toggle off the skill cap at 50. I feel like if they give you the chance to earn xp fast or slow, they should give you the option to turn off skill cap

[@LeaveChrisAlone18]

So I see a lot of people complaining. I hadn't focused on offline play until yesterday, why not just save points ? I am starting with SDSU. And I'm gonna focus on recruiting up to where I feel comfortable and then gonna save up points for when I can unlock other tiers.

[@ugfpandas007]

CEO ain’t worth it

[@jeromethomas9210]

Why

[@otisV2]

The ability where you have a chance for an insta commit for recruits that have you 1st in interest is defintely worth it. The rest of CEO is underwhelming.

[@warriorsa-cash8534]

@@otisV2but the thing with that is that you still have a chance even without that ability

[@warriorsa-cash8534]

@@jeromethomas9210way too expensive and need to win 2 nattys

[@sc9b]

@@warriorsa-cash8534a 1/20 chance or so. With ceo it’s like 1/7. Huge help honestly

[@wildcatlax2015]

Idk if it's a glitch or just random but you can get insta commits without the CEO ability. I had a 5 star recruit insta commit to me (year 2) as UCLA cuz I was there number 1 school. It doesn't happen often but I've seen it a few times

[@punkake3051]

i had a 4 star gem also insta commit to me without CEO.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Architect won't take too long if you play in the MAC since almost every school in the MAC has at least two rivals within the conference, and the 10 points you sped to unlock Motivator or Tactician count toward the 25 you need to spend,.

[@keonhobgood1551]

I picked UAB and unlocked it in one season. Beat Troy, and southern miss, then I beat Memphis in the regular season and conference championship.

[@kevmiller04]

This was super useful!! Could you do a video on the best physical and mental abilities in scouting recruits? Thanks!!

[@topdeckrip]

you made a tier list and you didn't even test all of the abilities? so you just made a video reading the abilities and taking a guess if they are good not.. LOL great content /s

[@mr.monkey6012]

They should really allow you to respec like once a season. With how bad sim is it could take 10 years to unlock some of the trees on a rebuild.

[@JayIceColdD]

Does anyone know the discount for the Friends and Family ability in the Program Builder ability? I'm borderline losing sleep over it because my perfect build depends on what it does. Yet another reason why the level cap should be raised or you should be allowed at least 1 respec.

[@eliottbressler8562]

schedule more OOC rival games to get your rival victories sooner

[@SebaOW]

The costs of some of these perks really go to show how half baked this dynasty mode is, I hope they keep working on it, instead of fully abandoning for CUT.

[@devonpack906]

They just need to give us ability to refund points and respec

[@weallknowchris205]

@@devonpack906you can speed up xp gained..

[@mikedavis5288]

@@devonpack906 that takes away the whole idea of specializing in areas, I’d rather them just give us more coach levels and more coach points so we can actually get some things in ceo and program builder

[@lilpronto3627]

Really like the direction this game is headed in, just imagine 26 & 27 this a good foundation to build off of, dynasty is super detailed & I can only see it getting better along with the gameplay, the wear and tear system would be good for a realistic shooter game too or GTA idk seems like it’s something other games should use as well

[@CertifiedClapaholic]

You must be new to EA. There is only one direction EA Sports games move and that's backwards lmaooo. This is probably the best CFB game we'll get for the next decade 😂😂😂

[@CaptainCrunch03]

@@CertifiedClapaholicyeah, hes def new here.. lol

[@lilpronto3627]

@@CertifiedClapaholic I’m sorry man I didn’t know

[@lilpronto3627]

@@CaptainCrunch03 sheesh sorry man

[@davidtaylor606]

Which coach ability do I need that will increase the speed of my WRs and DBs??? In season or offseason ?

[@tmaine510]

Roster retention is goated

[@calebschmidt5592]

Can anyone help explain to me how player development works? What factors it’s based on, what the gem icon means, what the dev traits mean?

[@amandusvonborstel7515]

I think the green gem means the player is underrated and is one star level better than he actually shows. The red gem means he is a bust and he is one star level lower than he shows. You can scout players development in one of the coach trees, it's not in the recruiter tree though. I can't recall which tree atm. The better a players dev trait the faster they will gain XP and abilities

[@Aka_GodSpeed]

@@amandusvonborstel7515gems are just for dev traits tbh

[@robertmajors1737]

The green gem means they have an above normal development trait. This can be either impact, star, or elite. This means that player will go up in overall faster. The ones with the red x through the gem just means they are normal development. They can still be great players, but won't go up in ratings as fast as green gems.

[@michaelruth4896]

@@robertmajors1737not true , i tested this last night i had a 5 star “bust” with the red x through the gem and he came out with an impact development trait i also had a 4 star “bust” and he came out with a star development trait , my experience is that the green gem means there is a higher chance at an better dev trait but its not guaranteed to be elite or star but an increased chance to get star or elite where as the bust means you have a higher chance at getting normal dev trait but again it’s not a guarentee, im currently testing on whether or not the green gem and red bust have any effect on the amount of level skill caps for the player

[@Elevation196]

Definitely would have to build a schools identity as for a Pro farm for certain positions or like a program that just always has a good team and able to win year in and year out but doesn’t have big name players or your school always produce great players in a certain position. I like the idea of the skill tree just need some more work and IDK what it is . Because they game from what I’ve seen is to easy or people can just be playing on a low difficulty lol (which I’m seeing a lot 😅😭) but if your playing in heisman I can HFA and the composure for aways games being affective and also getting your player drafted and increasing pipeline Exp is amazing

[@tonylee3091]

What makes your players overall better when you’re using them in games?

[@Jisaacs91]

I go Tactician 1st, helps you win now, then recruiter year 2 to build the future.. within those, i dont spend points in recruiting K/P and in tact i dont waste points in OL/DL one

[@korionterivers9995]

U could never waste points on OL/Dl the most important positions in the field after Qb

[@Jisaacs91]

@korionterivers9995 the cross training one for tactician, Oline gets Dline and Dline gets Oline boosts

[@tandoky4690]

CEO is hot garbage, not nearly enough in it to make it worthwhile, and most of them are no longer relevant by the time you get to it. As for the insta commit, I have seen several videos of people who have had insta commits without having this perk, so seems like it increases the chances rather than it being impossible without. To make it worthwhile, adding the dev trait from strategist, although it would basically make that whole trait otherwise useless.

[@Katie819172930]

Insta commit is the hot garbage Raising skill caps on seniors is the way to go

[@tandoky4690]

@@Katie819172930 Thanks for the tip, I’ll take another look at that option.

[@MarkUp-_-]

Do you get more points for transfering teams? I got over 100 for swapping

[@Tarhockey33]

Hopefully one day they will increase the level cap

[@Locotasty]

Yeahhhhh we’re never getting the UGF panda series bro acting like he can’t use Microsoft edge to make the team

[@good5453]

you're too nice in these rankings..... most A tiers were B or C tiers at best imo but nice explanation on the videos

[@TigerWon]

Why doeant each coach get their own xp gains and ability to spend on them only.

[@roba168]

Do I really need recruiter first if I’m USC I really want to go tactician and boost OL

[@AFGixxeR88]

Do you play on console?

[@terrykmoney]

Won't take 4 years for strategist it says playoff games

[@Buc1CANE1ers]

How old is this channel?

[@briancolvin761]

Lmao bro you put everything in A. When some of the abilities are useless

[@Andy_lightV1]

Is portal preview basically worthless?

[@Philly1326]

They should add a setting to keep leveling up forever lol I want to grind and max out my coach and get every ability 😂😂😂

[@demarcoscott3998]

What ability would you give your OC? and DC?

[@nickhancockgolf]

I usually have one guy with a bunch into recruiting and a second guy with an even split of yellow and blue. That way my HC, which is all in recruiting and program builder, I can double up on recruiting and get some of the yellow and blue perks.

[@skruffelz]

wtf lmao dude resurrected his channel

[@jwcalho]

So lame the cap is level 50

[@shim6057]

When you start a dynasty. How meny seasons can you play?

[@DJ8TEE9YNE305]

30 years

[@mr.monkey6012]

Why’d you even have the D tier if you’re not not going to use it?

[@Lou_Sassil]

Took me 4 years with Kennesaw St to sign the 2nd best class in the nation. I have recruiter maxed out but nothing into elite recruiter.

[@SlawDadGaming]

I’m in year two of the same rebuild 🫡

[@imcmoon]

won a natty 16-0 and i can’t even crack the top 30 class man 😭

[@Katie819172930]

Do that without recruiter

[@nyne2928]

I don’t understand motivator is S tier

[@TheCrawdaddy029]

Any ability that increases your xp gain is a waste of talent points.

[@zz_zamurai_zzzzz390]

We need more points

[@Luvmesumchicken]

My dog name is Luna too

[@ryanremotigue2182]

Win 4 games, bare minimum 4 years... Um.... Should I tell him? I shouldn't need to tell him right? "Recruiter is better than Motivator" *places motivator in same tier*. Lol yea, guy is wack

[@devonpack906]

Motivator offseason program is ridiculous

[@user-kw7rt9zl4e]

Still looking at cross training to see if it helps with those athletes