offense abilityX-FACTOR
Grab and Smash
High success rate on stiff arm/truck post-catchTIER LADDER
No tiers
Grab and Smash is an X-Factor. X-Factors are not tiered in Madden 27 — you have it or you are out of the zone.
MECHANICS
What turns this ability on, what it changes, and what shuts it off.TRIGGER
When it turns on
THEN
EFFECT
What changes in-game
01Related abilities ↗02Related abilities ↗
Running StiffArmAlwaysBreaksTackleIfDefTackleRatingIsUnderValue
Guarantees a broken tackle on stiff arm moves against defenders below a set tackle rating.
Running TruckAlwaysBreaksTackleIfDefTackleRatingIsUnderValue
Guarantees a broken tackle on truck moves against defenders below a set tackle rating.
THEN
STOP
What shuts it down
No recorded what shuts it down.
ALL TIERS
What you need to know
Not all receivers need fancy footwork. When they enter the zone, they have increased success chance on stiff arm and truck attempts following the catch.
TRIGGERS1GAMEPLAY EFFECTS2DEACTIVATORS0
What else touches this.
Every ability writes a set of gameplay effects. These are the abilities whose sets meet this one's.Identical effects to Wrecking BallGrab and Smash modifies the same 2 gameplay effects as Wrecking Ball. They differ only in when they fire, so the choice between them is situational.
These abilities modify exactly the same 2 gameplay effects as Grab and Smash — not a similar set, the same one. What separates them is the situation each one's own description names.
Viewing Grab and Smash: High success rate on stiff arm/truck post-catch
GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE
See it in action
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