Fourth Inning Showdown easy?
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@theu715 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
I haven't made it out the 600's in RS yet, currently around 680. Previous years I've been in the high 800's max. I beat this Showdown on the first try. I went in down 11-15 and I'm also terrible against Felix. Best pointer for this one is take your walks. He walked my first two batters and fell behind 2-0 on my third. I sat on a fastball down the middle and got on with a 3-1 count and hit a 3 run HR. Got a few outs before getting another baserunner and I bunted him to second to stay out of the DP. Hit a walk off HR with Austin Meadows.
I know it sounds redundant because everyone says this, but with the final showdown boss, you really have to work the count and take your walks. Another strategy I use every time is to get 2 speed guys with great bunt ratings. I lead one off and go for a drag bunt and steal second pretty much every time. Next time that guy hits I wait for a strike before trying to bunt again if no one is on first. Final boss is all about getting baserunners on and keeping the pressure on them. Use your perks to your advantage. If you don't have oppo taco, try laying off away pitches because those seem to be the ones where the CPU will make great plays when you slap the ball oppo. If the take off or blast off, whatever it's called perk is available, I take it every time. I never take the ones for errors, nerves of steel, or inner peace, they all seem useless. Hopefully these are a few things that may help.
You say you take two speed guys, one leadoff and bunt, steal. What about 2nd speedster?
I may try it out.
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I beat it first try. Came in down 9-15 and had 13 outs left after a walk off from Jose Ramirez. Still felt like it wasn’t all star. PCI was so small for a lot of batters with decent vision.
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Leave the PCI alone. Do not move it at all or turn it off. Forces you to wait for pitches down the middle. Then do wait for pitches down the middle before two strikes. Be patient for those meatballs, but be ready for them. This also helps you to avoid the dreaded double plays. You know Felix is at the end so lefties are a must. Take your walks. If you are waiting for meatballs you will get plenty of walks.
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Haven't gotten to final boss yet, but the Archer boss was extremely easy, however the blue missions I keep failing. Just can not hit consistently. Two times I lost on 2 out check swings that I made contact with. Having different pitch speeds for different difficulty levels has to be the dumbest thing SDS has ever done. I play one game on rookie and I am ahead on everything thing, i do a mission on all star and behind on everything. And you are only allowed 3 outs. That is no time to adjust. The set ups of these missions would indicate that they should be extremely easy. Yet I keep failing them.
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@Rypien91 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
I beat it first try. Came in down 9-15 and had 13 outs left after a walk off from Jose Ramirez. Still felt like it wasn’t all star. PCI was so small for a lot of batters with decent vision.
This is what I was saying. The pci size at the end with good vision and contact guys is tiny.
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I guess I still suck. Rolling along fine until the pitch one inning and get a strike out. All 3 batters hit pitches out of the strike zone for outs. Ok, fine. Next one, get three outs w/o giving up a hit. Suddenly, by f’n magic Sale can now strike guys out but then Kyle Seager hits an up and away fb outside the zone for a homerun with 2 outs and 2 strikes. F’ it, I am done with showdown and the bs shennanigans.
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I've been blasting through the stage 2 showdowns without losing, but took 2 tries for this inning. His sinker got me good first time through.
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@halfbutt said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@Rypien91 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
I beat it first try. Came in down 9-15 and had 13 outs left after a walk off from Jose Ramirez. Still felt like it wasn’t all star. PCI was so small for a lot of batters with decent vision.
This is what I was saying. The pci size at the end with good vision and contact guys is tiny.
And the pitch speeds ticked up a bit is some bull. Just be honest with the difficulty.
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@Rypien91 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@halfbutt said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@Rypien91 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
I beat it first try. Came in down 9-15 and had 13 outs left after a walk off from Jose Ramirez. Still felt like it wasn’t all star. PCI was so small for a lot of batters with decent vision.
This is what I was saying. The pci size at the end with good vision and contact guys is tiny.
And the pitch speeds ticked up a bit is some bull. Just be honest with the difficulty.
One of the problems I'm finding is that when you go through the mini missions on veteran and then hop to the final on AS, it seems like a bigger jump. Now, I play a conquest AS or HOF game before that final boss for a warm-up. It has helped me.
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Yeah, @halfbutt I was in the same spot, those pitches were coming in hot. I played it more as a test, I should have worked the count more, played smarter. But the individual missions don't seem so bad, I'm hoping tonight I can get to Felix with 10-12 runs, be patient and scrape together a victory.
Ellsbury and Mitch Haniger are beasts in this mode. I'm glad they have added some pitching missions, worth taking a gold SP/CP now.
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Took me like 6 tries...had some issues with Felix but I just finally beat it
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@SchnauzerFace said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
I thought the missions and halfway-boss were very easy and I went into the final showdown 13-15... but I, too, was a little surprised at how much trouble Felix gave me. I won, but it was way more of a nail-biter than a 13-15 showdown should have been (it took me 13 outs to finish it off).
One thing (well, kinda two things) that really got my goat. In the final diamond draft, I had the option of 3 pitchers and FOTF Carlos Santana. First, there should NEVER be a pitcher in the last draft, let alone three (I guess FotF Ohtani, maaaaaybe). And second, I already had the gold LS Santana in my squad. Obviously the FotF was better, but I ended up making a small improvement to my team when I should have been able to make a huge improvement with one last stud. SDS — please fix this! No more pitchers in the last draft, and don’t offer me a player I’ve already got!
Had this happen to me earlier. Was being dumb and ended up picking the Braun rookie card and near the end his LS showed up and I needed someone for 1st. Didn’t even think about what I was doing until I tried to put him in the lineup and wouldn’t let me. Wasted 500 stubs and restarted lmao. Doesn’t make much sense to offer the same player I’ve already picked. But oh well it was my stupidity for actually drafting both of them I guess lol.
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4th inning is the First showdown out of all of them that it only took me one try to beat it....i went into final showdown 15-13 an won pretty quickly....I'm not complaining at all about that lol
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@wingspan1985 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
Yeah, @halfbutt I was in the same spot, those pitches were coming in hot. I played it more as a test, I should have worked the count more, played smarter. But the individual missions don't seem so bad, I'm hoping tonight I can get to Felix with 10-12 runs, be patient and scrape together a victory.
Ellsbury and Mitch Haniger are beasts in this mode. I'm glad they have added some pitching missions, worth taking a gold SP/CP now.
I’m back for my second try with 10 runs. First two at bats, Jacoby and Chipper both work count to 2-2 and 3-2 then good/good right to a fielder. Here we go again. The pci seems bigger this time...
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@halfbutt said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@wingspan1985 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
Yeah, @halfbutt I was in the same spot, those pitches were coming in hot. I played it more as a test, I should have worked the count more, played smarter. But the individual missions don't seem so bad, I'm hoping tonight I can get to Felix with 10-12 runs, be patient and scrape together a victory.
Ellsbury and Mitch Haniger are beasts in this mode. I'm glad they have added some pitching missions, worth taking a gold SP/CP now.
I’m back for my second try with 10 runs. First two at bats, Jacoby and Chipper both work count to 2-2 and 3-2 then good/good right to a fielder. Here we go again. The pci seems bigger this time...
Good luck, hope you can smack him around and get the W!
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@halfbutt said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
So it sounds like some of you guys are above 700 but I can’t tell from some of your answers. I’m on my second try and I think I’m just going to leave it for a while.
I understand that waiting for a good pitch to hit is part of baseball, but I just am not finding at bats like this fun.
I don't play RS that much. I think I'm 7-8. Couldn't tell you what my rank is or if I even fully understand what a 700 is haha.
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@wingspan1985 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@halfbutt said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@wingspan1985 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
Yeah, @halfbutt I was in the same spot, those pitches were coming in hot. I played it more as a test, I should have worked the count more, played smarter. But the individual missions don't seem so bad, I'm hoping tonight I can get to Felix with 10-12 runs, be patient and scrape together a victory.
Ellsbury and Mitch Haniger are beasts in this mode. I'm glad they have added some pitching missions, worth taking a gold SP/CP now.
I’m back for my second try with 10 runs. First two at bats, Jacoby and Chipper both work count to 2-2 and 3-2 then good/good right to a fielder. Here we go again. The pci seems bigger this time...
Good luck, hope you can smack him around and get the W!
Got it done this time with one out to go. There were a couple diving plays preventing me from scoring or advancing on well hit balls.
One base running gaff where my runner at second watched the ball bounce off the wall instead of scoring the winning run was particularly egregious and that ended up forcing the batter back to second for an out.
Definitely the pci seemed much bigger this time so either I just had a better draft or was really hungry the first time. Glad that’s over.
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@Abvid said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@theu715 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
I haven't made it out the 600's in RS yet, currently around 680. Previous years I've been in the high 800's max. I beat this Showdown on the first try. I went in down 11-15 and I'm also terrible against Felix. Best pointer for this one is take your walks. He walked my first two batters and fell behind 2-0 on my third. I sat on a fastball down the middle and got on with a 3-1 count and hit a 3 run HR. Got a few outs before getting another baserunner and I bunted him to second to stay out of the DP. Hit a walk off HR with Austin Meadows.
I know it sounds redundant because everyone says this, but with the final showdown boss, you really have to work the count and take your walks. Another strategy I use every time is to get 2 speed guys with great bunt ratings. I lead one off and go for a drag bunt and steal second pretty much every time. Next time that guy hits I wait for a strike before trying to bunt again if no one is on first. Final boss is all about getting baserunners on and keeping the pressure on them. Use your perks to your advantage. If you don't have oppo taco, try laying off away pitches because those seem to be the ones where the CPU will make great plays when you slap the ball oppo. If the take off or blast off, whatever it's called perk is available, I take it every time. I never take the ones for errors, nerves of steel, or inner peace, they all seem useless. Hopefully these are a few things that may help.
You say you take two speed guys, one leadoff and bunt, steal. What about 2nd speedster?
I may try it out.
If they’re someone who is a bronze or silver a lot of times I leave them on my bench for a pinch runner. If it’s a decent hitter I’ll slot them in the 2 hole where I could get 2 runs early if I get them both on and steal again. The last option I go with is putting them before the pitcher slot where I usually have a slow runner and power hitter.
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@theu715 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@Abvid said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
@theu715 said in Fourth Inning Showdown easy?:
I haven't made it out the 600's in RS yet, currently around 680. Previous years I've been in the high 800's max. I beat this Showdown on the first try. I went in down 11-15 and I'm also terrible against Felix. Best pointer for this one is take your walks. He walked my first two batters and fell behind 2-0 on my third. I sat on a fastball down the middle and got on with a 3-1 count and hit a 3 run HR. Got a few outs before getting another baserunner and I bunted him to second to stay out of the DP. Hit a walk off HR with Austin Meadows.
I know it sounds redundant because everyone says this, but with the final showdown boss, you really have to work the count and take your walks. Another strategy I use every time is to get 2 speed guys with great bunt ratings. I lead one off and go for a drag bunt and steal second pretty much every time. Next time that guy hits I wait for a strike before trying to bunt again if no one is on first. Final boss is all about getting baserunners on and keeping the pressure on them. Use your perks to your advantage. If you don't have oppo taco, try laying off away pitches because those seem to be the ones where the CPU will make great plays when you slap the ball oppo. If the take off or blast off, whatever it's called perk is available, I take it every time. I never take the ones for errors, nerves of steel, or inner peace, they all seem useless. Hopefully these are a few things that may help.
You say you take two speed guys, one leadoff and bunt, steal. What about 2nd speedster?
I may try it out.
If they’re someone who is a bronze or silver a lot of times I leave them on my bench for a pinch runner. If it’s a decent hitter I’ll slot them in the 2 hole where I could get 2 runs early if I get them both on and steal again. The last option I go with is putting them before the pitcher slot where I usually have a slow runner and power hitter.
Yeah the speed guys sure come in handy for avoiding double plays.
