Diving Tackle comes next to keep the opponent you are marking tied up more often. Side Step comes next to keep you next to a target, to control the space and cuts down on the number of hits they will take. This will keep their Catch skill in play for bouncing balls and interception attempts. Start with Block rather than Wrestle, as you want to keep them upright as often as possible. Normal: Block, Side Step, Diving Tackle, Fend / TackleĪmazon Catchers are incredibly useful to have and don’t need any double rolls to become effective.I would think of that more as an option to take when your drive breaks down or you need to score quickly. They can be built under the current rules to be far more effective at catching then they were previously, though that isn’t your primary play style with this team. If you don’t think of them as being out and out Catchers you can build them to be far more effective players. These are two great skills to have on the team for both offence and defence. This may not seem that great when they start with two agility skills already, but it gives easy access to Side Step and Diving Tackle. The advantage Amazon Catchers bring to the team is that they get agility skill access.

They are also hard to knock over so they can get stuck in. Their average agility and lack of speed are the main reasons for this.

If you don’t know already Amazon teams play a caging, running, hitting play style in a far more effective way than a passing one. You need to look at them not in the mindset of them being Catchers, but of how they fit into the team and what they bring to the table. If you look at them like that then they don’t seem a very attractive prospect, though in my opinion they are the second most important player on the Amazon team.

They aren’t very fast, they have average agility and still have the typical low armour of a receiver. When you compare an Amazon Catcher to catchers on other teams, they may seem to be rather poor alternatives.

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