NEW COUNTERS! The Guide to FACEOFFS in NHL 19

An integral part of hockey doesn't even involve any skating or shooting. Well, I mean you still have to get to the faceoff dot but you can crawl your way there or just take your sweet time pretending like you know how to skate. Learn everything you need to know about the basics of faceoffs, including the new counters in this video!
Picture of all the counters: imgur.com/a/KmGrS90
A more advanced version, yes there is more to faceoffs, will come out later in the year.
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[@Insignia6]

Hey Brian, thanks for uploading this. Could I request that you add a link to the faceoff chart? It'd be nice to have it saved so I can look at it while practicing my faceoffs. Liked and faved the video. Peace.

[@IVANDEMIGOD]

I took a picture of the screen

[@Brianstormed]

Added a link! Thank you for the suggestion. You can also find it here: imgur.com/a/KmGrS90

[@JuggaloSupreme]

@@IVANDEMIGOD - Right, or...ever heard of pen & paper? The world has changed so much... (i.e. lazy)

[@IVANDEMIGOD]

@@JuggaloSupreme so you're blaming me cuz i took a picture instead of writing it down..? 😂😂

[@RaydeYT]

JuggaloSupreme always someone bitching about something

[@Ewsterz]

Thanks. I’ve been so confused about this so far this year

[@jordanhachey7476]

I didnt even know they changed the faceoffs this is super helpful thanks!

[@unisolus]

Like the Brianstormed logo on the faceoff chart. Nice touch. Soon to be in gaming rooms everywhere. Thanks for the video

[@camelcase9225]

Ok had to look it up because I've been losing 75-85% of faceoffs inexplicably.

[@johnw3794]

Huge help thanks. Something as simple as holding the right joystick to the right then slide down. Except I noticed when I push it to the right as they square up my guy goes crazy and non stop tries winning the faceoff a bunch of times before the puck drops then I lost out already. So I push it to the right way before the square up and it works

[@ryangoshow9618]

When are you releasing the best strategies? Those REALLY help!

[@Brianstormed]

They are coming within the week! Right now last years strategies aren't working so I have to do a lot of tweaking unfortunately.

[@brettguimond4615]

10/10 thumbnail. I had to let myself laugh for a couple minutes before watching lol 😂

[@Brianstormed]

Hahaha, I had a few chuckles too making it! Subban knows everything!

[@CharlesDesgens]

Thanks Brian, really nice video. Although, could you please highlight the boxes you are referring while explaining your chart? It would be much easier to understand your strategies based on probabilities.

[@Brianstormed]

Great suggestion! I'll try to remember this the next time I make a video like this.

[@jasonyoung3538]

Great video , I like it when it's easy to understand thanks

[@richgannonrocks]

I feel like every time I use a lefty forehand on a face off it always makes the player move up and down non stop, and I'll lose the face off. It doesn't matter how good the player is because it's happening almost 90% of the time with lefties.

[@Brianstormed]

Thats weird, it could be your controller registering your right stick movement as a lot higher or lower than it is. May be time to replace it. I recommend going into practice mode and moving your right stick around and then going into instant replay and seeing where the game thought your thumb was

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

Hey there. I find that against the AI, I win most facelifts when the ref takes a while to drop it but if he drops it quickly I almost always lose. Am I just too late and need to pull earlier or is there any other tips for those speedy puck drops?

[@Brianstormed]

Hmm, can't say I noticed such a thing. Try just doing a basic backhand on those speedy puck drops to see if it makes a difference. It probably won't do and you may just need to be quicker.

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

Cheers.

[@stuartsteele8330]

Any chance you’ll do the Refuse to Lose series again? It was fun watching you climb to the top and play Padre!!

[@Brianstormed]

I won't be playing versus this year. The low overalls with this gameplay is extremely frustrating, especially when I'm the Wings. I played some games against top players and all I did was miss wide open nets. Only rebounds seemed to be consistent. Instead I'll be showcasing Competitive Seasons and HUT Champions and climbing the leaderboards there.

[@Salas1891]

Awesome video as usual, keep up the good work! I’m a bit confused though with the faceoffs. A few people that I’ve met recently in NHL 19 (also in NHL 18) has a method to win the faceoffs with their forehand or backhand without even putting their stick down on the ice prior to the puck being dropped. It doesnt matter how I counter, they win almost every single time. Do you know how it’s performed? Would be great to be able to counter back with the same method while playing against such players. It must be some kind of a bug.

[@Brianstormed]

This happens when your opponent is playing on NHL 94 controls (maybe hybrid too?) where they do faceoffs with one button. They seem to have an advantage when it comes to faceoffs, and it is a consideration by EA to keep it fair.

[@MrBO55]

Does the phantom forehand to prevent the push still work? You line up on your backhand, and last second switch to a forehand to cleanly beat the guy trying to backhand push in your zone off a faceoff. That was my go to in 18 to prevent the dude from getting a clean tie up in my end

[@Brianstormed]

No, they removed that as it was a glitch and made it so that the backhand sticklift beats the tieup.

[@kadinallan2436]

I've been a fan of your vids for all of last year and I think they're great. I just want to know if there's any way for me to stop forcing passes. Like I'll see the guy on the back door and instinctively pass to him even if it isn't open.

[@tryhard633]

For me personally I try to throw in many mix ups through out the game. A more experienced player will throw together different zone entries, cycling, passing vs shooting on a 2 on 1 etc. If you go for the pass often I would practice forcing yourself to hold onto the puck on a 2 on 1 in the mid to late game, often times your opponent will get sucked into covering the pass and will leave you open for a shot or even leave you to walk in and deke the goalie. It will get better with time good luck to you!

[@Brianstormed]

Negative reinforcement would work, since you keep going for that pass, it gets intercepted, you recognize that you made a mistake, and you'll try not to do it again. It'll still happen but it will probably be less often. One thing that works in a situation like that is to go for saucer passes with the RB or R1 button which can flip over people's sticks and make it to the guy who is backdoor even if he isn't open. Lots of top players will force passes like this and will still score. Sometimes you just gotta wait it out like Connor said.

[@andrew88_cz50]

Hello, please ... Opponent against me on faceoff, just standing (no forehand no backhand style just stand) and winning all faceoffs ... I loose 24:4 and 19:2 on faceoffs and my tieup is good. Do you have any tips how to win this shit? Please help... Sorry for my English

[@ideosynchronicity924]

I never knew backhand stick lift beats tie up. is it a clean win or does it result in a tie up animation?

[@Brianstormed]

It is a clean win. It's one of the two new counters

[@davidrocchetti8235]

What about the push face off and the straight shot of the the face off?

[@Brianstormed]

The push faceoff move is the tie up move, it's just two different animations. One is when you are doing it against a backhand so its a clean push, the other is a little less effective when you just hold them at their spot. I did forget about the shot off the faceoff, but only because its like the deke. Its useless, you'll never score unless the guy has an empty net and even then it's better to win a normal faceoff because its hard to win against any other faceoff move.

[@davidrocchetti8235]

I find that the backhand tie-up move is amazing against any backhand draw. The shot faceoff is understandable that you didn't mention it because of it only being good if there's like 2 seconds left. Anyways was just curious about those two, keep up the great content. Thanks dude.

[@R0CKtheR3D]

The last few years i would always line up in the forehand. If my opponent went forehand i used stick lift, and if my opponent went backhand i would go tie up. This almost always worked unless i was playing someone super good then i would switch it up. What is gonna be the meta this year?

[@patfcat3187]

Back hand stick lift now beats or ties all other moves

[@Brianstormed]

For the forehand vs. forehand, the sticklift is still op. It beats the basic forehand, and draws with stick lift and tieup. A better faceoff rating would mean you'd win almost all the time. On the backhand, the basic backhand bests everything except tieup. That would be my choice and then switch it up from time to time to the backhand sticklift.

[@Extasei]

@@Brianstormed Actually, the basic forehand beat the basic backhand too. Backhand sticklift beat the basic forehand.

[@xKillZone99]

Are you sure sticklift beats tie ups? Just weird to me, i haven't tested it yet. I just hate how they took out winning on your forehand while in your backhand grip to beat ppl who tie up.

[@Brianstormed]

Only the backhand sticklifts, yes. EA specifically stated this as a change to help against tieups while on the backhand

[@xKillZone99]

@@Brianstormed that's pretty cool, I'm an EASHL Center for 10 years now. But the last 2 years people tied up more than ever online especially in HUT. It got to the point where the only faceoffs i would do is the forehand win while in the backhand grip.

[@pologolf91]

Sometimes I play against opponents who just do nothing at the faceoff circle. They just stand there as if they are afk. But just right when it gets droped they do something and win every time! How is that done?

[@Brianstormed]

That is through NHL 94 controls (maybe hybrid too) where the only way they can win a faceoff is by pushing one button. EA tries to keep it fair because they can't do any faceoff counters.

[@MistahJay7]

For some reasons Tieups will not beat the basic backhand. I don't get it lol I still win most of my faceoffs ive always been a 60% or higher faceoff man but the tieups just will not beat the clean back hand. Any suggestions on why? Im lining up on my forehand grip i push the left trigger up first to initiate a tie up and nope i still lose a faceoff if someone does a clean backhand

[@Brianstormed]

Hmm that's weird. Is it often or sometimes? Offline or online? Is your center better than his? If his is better than yours then he has a chance to win even with the wrong counter.

[@pyrofx_4641]

wait I have a question does backhand stick lift beat regular backhand?

[@Brianstormed]

No, regular backhand beats any stick lift.

[@pyrofx_4641]

cool thx appreciate the help

[@crackerjackrappr]

My same lafontaine is an 86 faceoff rating I'm pretty sure.

[@Brianstormed]

Yeah i think they have since updated a bunch of alumnis to increase their stats

[@crackerjackrappr]

@@Brianstormed Love your vids. I'm good at faceoffs online but was struggling with hut challenge where you have to win 65% of faceoffs. I found out you'll win almost all of them on CPU doing the tie up.

[@Finngas]

Hey Brian, I've been watching your videos for some while now and I love the content! But I have a small nit-pick to whine about, you lack some kind of background music. I don't know if it's a decision to leave background music completely out of your videos, but it would make content much 'better'. Especially in the 3 v 3 video with your buddies, the whole video would've been way better if you would've included some music to the background. But yea it's a small thing to whine about but still something I would love to see (well hear). Much love from Finland!

[@Brianstormed]

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I'm not too interested in background music. I've had some in my first year of youtube to try out (namely in HUT Storm) but I decided not to continue with it. I'm also really bad when it comes to editing audio, haha. Of course, it's something that I'd get better at over time. Maybe I'll revisit it for EASHL Shenanigans.

[@Ethan-pr1zh]

Ive always been good at faceoffs but in Nhl 19 i can never win one. Literally has me on the 4th line in be a pro cuz i get -20% per game for losing every faceoff.

[@Brianstormed]

Try just doing a basic backhand, I have had the most successful with that against ai

[@Kingis02]

can you still pull off the slapshot animation in nhl19

[@themiguelodon7206]

Yeetorito to glitch around the AI? Most glitch faceoffs and moves and goals are gone. The forehand backhand and animation cancel goals only work a fraction of the time now

[@Brianstormed]

I haven't done it in the actual game yet, but I did in the beta and it wasn't nearly as effective. It still froze them up sometimes but not something you'd want to do everytime.

[@waalex11]

Damn it. Since I'm visual you lost me with the graph... Gotta focus on remembering what the names are, haha.

[@Brianstormed]

Sorry! I'm trying to figure out a better way of displaying the faceoff counters for next year.

[@cjs2886]

Thanks Dad.

[@TheLastFraudster]

Faceoffs really need to be completely redone. They're just a terrible mini game like rock, paper, scissor and have not changed in yrs. Lazy EA.

[@JuggaloSupreme]

Except that it's more complex than that & they did change a little this year. Watch videos much or just a troll??

[@spiciestcactus3200]

I personally like faceoffs. It takes some strategy but still includes some luck. Thats about as good as you can get in a game.

[@pog5541]

what does that mean “the one that wins is the one thats shaded”

[@Brianstormed]

If you pull up the picture you'll see colors at the top and on the left. The different faceoff moves are color coded to those colors. Where those faceoff moves meet, the color in the middle shows which of those color coded faceoff moves will win in a scenario like that

[@pog5541]

so theres no way according to the chart, no way to counter the opponents tie up, or no way to counter backhand but tie up

[@Brianstormed]

No, the basic forehand and backhand sticklift counter any tieup

[@michaelharris-2001]

I hate when my opponent always uses the damn tie up. I dont use it I only use it when my opponent does. Nobody use tie up this year it's way to OP

[@Brianstormed]

Haha, well the sticklifts either draw or beat the tieups so as long as your faceoff rating is higher you should be fine

[@JuggaloSupreme]

Or you could just learn how to play a bit. Because it's really not.

[@breadwinnerkane9661]

Didnt tell us what button to pushh.... nice

[@Brianstormed]

You dont push any buttons, you primarily use the right stick and i explained this at the beginning of the video. If you are pushing buttons to win faceoffs you are using a different control scheme

[@evandiduk2837]

I would win every draw in nhl 15 - nhl 18 and now I cant win one so pissed

[@Brianstormed]

Is this offline or online? What game mode?

[@dylang6311]

How do you shoot off the faceoff

[@Brianstormed]

When the ref drops the puck, much like the other faceoff moves, push up on the right stick (skill stick/hybrid). It's almost guaranteed to not work unless your opponent drops his controller and doesn't play. You can test it by using another controller to take the faceoff

[@penpal9966]

Does this work v all star cpu, I'm struggling here and have only 3 or 4 days left before the challenge ends. Yeah it's an old video, if anyone reads this, help! 😁

[@Brianstormed]

I'd still be happy to help even though its an old video. I would just stick to doing normal backhands to win the faceoff. The CPUs don't follow the faceoffs logic, unfortunately. However, backhands seem to have the most success against them.

[@penpal9966]

@@Brianstormed thanks man, I'll try it. Been driving me nuts 🤪.

[@penpal9966]

@@Brianstormed Appreciate the quick reply, been subbed for a while maybe since 19 beta? Can't remember but I didn't get around to getting the game till July I think, then started getting into hut properly just as it has ended 😂. Anyway I'm trying to win 4 more faceoffs than opponent for 94 Brian Boyle, I did win a couple there with the backhand ( prezza 99) but then it just feels like a coin toss. I'll try again tommorow though. 👍

[@ChrundleKelly]

Pretty dumb how they got rid of the fake backhand. But i did not know sticklift beats a tie up.

[@Brianstormed]

Yup thats a new counter! The fake backhand was a glitch in EA"s eyes

[@taylorlong65]

the chart is confusing

[@michaelharris-2001]

Forehand bests anything

[@Brianstormed]

I've been on the forehand train this whole time as well, but the changes make the backhand better with two choices that have more success

[@andresales3404]

I hate faceoffs in this game.

[@Brianstormed]

What do you hate about themm, can I help? I don't like them as much either, but you do what you gotta do.

[@hunterpatterson6986]

Alright! You probably don't remember me. but I was hella grateful about your faceoff guide for 18! Anyway. I'm here for 19! Still subscribed! YOU MY BOY! #SuccessfulCenter Edit: YOU ALREADY HEARTED THIS?! You won't pin this!

[@Brianstormed]

I remember seeing your name before! Be on the look out for NHL 20 guides, Ill be putting most of my effort into that next year.

[@gonzo6908]

Aware this is old but the fact that you used two different reds that you can barely tell apart is straight AIDS.

[@Brianstormed]

Sorry. My rationale for it was that if I use two shades of one color for one, and two shades of color for another, people would remember it's either forehand or backhand. I didn't think it would cause an issue.I'm trying to create a better chart for next year.