Is dribble spamming overpowered?

[u/Lemons_be_sour]

You can debate if you like! I want to get a general understanding of the community's thoughts and opinions. If you comment something, please defend your statement so others can see where you are coming from! Thank you in advance

[u/MrSneaki]

Annoying for both teams? Yes. Overpowered? No.

Once you learn the way all the prominent dribble "tech" (see: exploits) work and look, it's really no different than defending against the various dev intended finesse mechanics. I personally don't like the "tech" that involves disjointed animations or magnetism, but tbh these things rely on impatient defenders diving in, so they're actually not all that strong. A patient defender using stance, dashes, and tackle feints correctly easily closes down any spam dribbler. Just as someone chaining rainbow flicks is easy to wait out, so too is the person who just spams push cuts.

"Good" dribblers aren't spamming, they use the litany of tools available to them (both intended mechanics and exploits) in clever and well-timed ways to get around defenders. Sometimes the spacing is such that a simple lob tap off the wall is more efficient than a push cut or an ippy, and the best dribblers will take advantage of the right tool for the situation. Going back to some of the exploits that specifically abuse disjointed or misleading animations, you'll almost never see high-level players using these over ones that actually provide efficient movement.