Scotch Move
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In one sentence
Unlocks the Scotch move on the cut command with the stick roughly forward, timed as if Dribbling were 20 higher.
Who does this affect?
Both: the move code is the same for the player you control and for CPU players.
How it works
With the skill, the cut command with the stick pointing roughly the way he faces plays the Scotch move instead of the basic cut. The band runs from 45° on one side to 22.5° on the other; which side gets the wider half depends on his preferred foot. The move is timed as if Dribbling were 20 higher. Without the skill the same input gives the basic cut.
When it applies
- He has the ball and the cut command is entered with the stick within 22.5–45° of the way he faces. In the code one ‘cut’ command covers the basic cut, Tap Trick, Scotch Move and Cut Behind & Turn; the stick direction picks the move. In the in-game Command List the matching inputs are most likely Draw and Open (to the side) and Draw and Close (Scotch Move, forward).
- When the game picks feints automatically, the Scotch move is offered for forward inputs.
Without it
The same input plays the basic cut, a Sole Control move.
Which stats it reads
Dribbling sets how strong
Sets how fast the move plays: about 2.5 points of play speed per 10 Dribbling. For this skill’s moves the game counts Dribbling 20 higher. There is no ceiling, so booster points above 99 keep making it faster. No minimum Dribbling is needed.
Ball Control sets how strong
Only matters when the ball is moving fast (over 36 km/h) as the feint starts: each point lowers the chance of a spoiled feint touch by about 0.46 percentage points, up to Ball Control 105. It also shrinks the small random error of feint touches, up to 99.
In numbers
Dribbling → · % of normal speed
Chart values
| 60 | 112.2 | 102.0 |
| 80 | 117.3 | 107.1 |
| 99 | 122.1 | 111.9 |
| 120 | 127.4 | 117.3 |
Common questions
Can players without the skill do a Scotch move?
Short answerNo
They get the basic cut on the same input.
Does the skill make other feints faster?
Short answerNo
The +20 only covers the Scotch move.
Does the move need high Dribbling?
Short answerNo
There is no Dribbling check; Dribbling only sets the speed.
Does Balance make feints faster or safer?
Short answerNo
The feint code only reads Dribbling, Ball Control, preferred foot and Weak Foot Usage. Balance is never read.
Not yet confirmed
- A side effect in the choice of kick animations (one kick animation skips a position check for owners) was found; what it does in a match is unknown.
- The code only sees a feint command plus a stick direction. Which buttons or screen gestures make each command depends on your Feint Command Type setting (see the in-game Command List); that link was not traced in the code.
- What exactly happens when the fast-ball check fails (a missed touch or a cut-short move) was not traced.
- Stick angles are measured by the game against the way he is facing; whether this is his body facing or his running direction was not separated.
- That the body-size value behind the height effect is height ÷ 180 cm is likely but not fully traced.
The maths
ConditionOnly owners get the Scotch move; the input is the normal cut command pointed forward.
DetailIts +20 applies only to the Scotch move itself; other feints are not affected.
DetailThe basic cut that everyone gets on this input belongs to Sole Control: it is timed at Dribbling +20 for Sole Control owners and −20 for everyone else. So the speed gain is about 10 % over a player without Sole Control and none over one with it.
LimitTired legs: when his sprint reserve has dropped to 80 % or less (after a long sprint), every feint counts Dribbling 25 lower, up to 50 lower when the reserve is empty. This comes before the skill’s +20.
DetailFast ball: if the ball is moving faster than 36 km/h when the feint starts, the game rolls a check that can spoil the feint touch. For a 50 km/h ball the chance is 86 % at Ball Control 40 and 59 % at 99; owning the skill of that move cuts it by a tenth (59 % → 53 %). At 36 km/h or slower this roll does not happen.
DetailBody height counts too: shorter players play every feint slightly faster (about 2.6 points of speed more at 165 cm than at 180 cm, and 2.6 less at 195 cm).
DetailNot used by this skill: Balance — the feint code never reads it; Speed, Acceleration and Tight Possession — not read by the feint moves themselves (they govern running and normal dribble touches)
Booster points per stat
DribblingBooster points count here.
Ball ControlBooster points count only partly here.