NHL 23

NHL 23 Sliders for Pro Difficulty

Published on November 1, 2022

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With our NHL 23 review, our criticisms were not really with the gameplay. We actually think that’s where the most improvement was this cycle, and with that in mind, we want to showcase some sliders out there that might help you tune the experience to your liking. This set comes from OS user mkharsh33 and are for Pro difficulty. If you want to level a complaint at the NHL series, these are his NHL 22 sliders with some tweaks to them for ’23. In other words, the game is “similar” enough that a lot of the values still work for this year’s game (at least so far). That said, if you don’t want to upgrade to NHL 23, these are useful as well.

NHL 23 Pro Sliders From mkharsh33

NHL SLIDERS – 22 (with ’23 edits noted) – VERSION 2.0 FOR BOTH GAMES

QUICK SETTINGS

NHL Experience: EXPERT
Controls: SKILL STICK
Difficulty: PRO
Gameplay Preset: FULL SIM (Changes to “CUSTOM” once you customize)
On Ice Trainer: (user preference)
Shot Aim: (user preference — I use aim assist)

RULES

Game Play Presets: Custom (Full Sim)
Game Style: Custom (Full Sim)
Post Whistle Rules: Authentic or Relaxed (user choice)
Rules: NHL
Fighting: 2
Icing: Hybrid Icing

Injuries: On
Offsides: Delayed
Penalties: 4
Tie Break: 5 min (3 on 3) then shootout
Trapezoid Rule: On
Penalty Time Scaling: 2/6
Coincidental Penalty Time Scale: 0

GAME SETTINGS

Game Play Presets: Custom
Game Style: Custom
Rules: NHL
Period Length: 9 Minutes
Difficulty: PRO

Camera: Dynamic Medium (**camera angles can be user preference**)
Goalie Camera: Low
Shootout Camera: Dynamic Low
Away Line Changes: Auto
Away Shot Aim: Aim Assist
Home Line Changes: Auto
Home Shot Aim: Aim Assist

GAMEPLAY SLIDERS

GENERAL

Gameplay Version: LATEST
Game Style – Custom
Attribute Effects: 6/10
Broken Stick Frequency : 41
**Game Speed: **NHL 22: **4/6** (**NHL 23: 5/6**)
**Fatigue Effect: CPU: 98 / Human: 97
Fatigue Recovery: CPU: 33 / Human: 34
Injury Occurrence: CPU: 50 / Human: 50

SKATING

Back Skating: 56
Hustle Type: Authentic
Puck Carrier Agility: 40
Puck Carrier Skating: 40
**Player Acceleration: **NHL 22: **CPU: 91 / Human: 25 (NHL 23 **CPU: 85 / **Human: 25**)
Skating Speed: CPU: 45 / Human: 36 (NHL 23 **CPU: 45 / **Human: 38**)
**Skating Agility: **NHL 22: **CPU: 90 / Human: 25 (NHL 23 **CPU: 85 / **Human: 25**)

SHOOTING

One Timer Accuracy: CPU: 8 / Human: 8
Shot Accuracy: CPU: 46 / Human: 46
Shot Power: CPU: 69 / Human: 69 (NHL 23 **CPU: 54 / **Human: 54**)
Slap Shot Accuracy: CPU: 45 / Human: 45
Slap Shot Power: CPU: 65 / Human: 65 (NHL 23 **CPU: 51 / **Human: 51**)

PASSING

Manual Passing – ON
Pass Assist: 45
Min Pass Speed: 26
Max Pass Speed: 54 (NHL 23 **48**)
Saucer Pass Speed: 42
Pass Accuracy: CPU: 0 / Human: 50

Pass Interceptions: 100 / Human: 100
**Pass Reception Ease: **NHL 22: **CPU: 11 / Human: 21 (NHL 23 **CPU: 6 / **Human: 21**)
**Reception Reaction Time: **NHL 22: **CPU: 58 / Human: 50 (NHL 23 **CPU: 62 / **Human: 50**)
Puck Control Rating Effect: CPU: 76 / Human: 76
**Puck Speed Reception Effect: **NHL 22: CPU: 68 / Human: 60 (NHL 23 **CPU: 72 / **Human: 60**)
Pickup Type Effect: CPU: 50 / Human: 50
**Bouncing Puck Receptions: **NHL 22: **CPU: 16 / Human: 44 (NHL 23 **CPU: 16 / **Human: 44**)

PUCK CONTROL

Stick In Physics: Stick, Legs and Body
Incidental Contact Puck Loss: Stick, Legs and Body
Incidental Stick Contact Immunity: 0
**Puck Control: **NHL 22: **CPU: 24 / Human: 44 (NHL 23 **CPU: 17 / **Human: 43**)
Deking Impact: CPU: 55 / Human: 50
Spin Deke Impact: 55 / Human: 55
Skating Impact: CPU: 25 / Human: 25

GOALIES

Goalie Cover Frequency: 37
Goalie Passing: 100
Goalie Cross Crease Reaction Time : CPU: 100 / Human: 100
**Goalie Save Reaction Time: **NHL 22: **CPU: 86 / Human: 90 (NHL 23: **CPU: 88 / **Human: 98**)
**Goalie Deflection Reaction Time: NHL 22: **CPU: 86 / Human: 90 (NHL 23: **CPU: **88 / **Human: 98**)
Goalie Screen Effect: CPU: 100 / Human: 100
Goalie Screen Persistence: CPU: 100 / Human: 100

CHECKING

Board Effect Non-Puck Carrier: 30
Board Effect Puck Carrier: 30
Hitting Assistance: 8
Stumble Threshold: 55
Fall and Stumble Fall Ease: 75
Aggression: CPU: 72 / Human: 52

Hitting Power: CPU: 43 / Human: 13 (NHL 23 **CPU: 5 / Human: 4**)
Size Effect: CPU: 60 / Human: 59 (NHL 23 **CPU: 32 / **Human: 30**)
Speed Effect: CPU: 37 / Human: 36 (NHL 23 **CPU: 15 / **Human: 13**)
Checking/Balance Rating Effect: CPU: 93 / Human: 93
Preparedness Effect: CPU: 55 / Human: 55
Incidental Contact Effect: CPU: 63 / Human: 63
Poke Checking Accuracy: CPU: 7 / Human: 0 (NHL 23 **CPU: 1 / **Human: 6**)
Poke Checking Power: CPU: 21 / Human: 13 (NHL 23 **CPU: 2 / **Human: 19**)
Stick Lift Effectiveness CPU: 10 / Human: 85

PENALTIES

**CPU Penalties: 74 – (NHL 23: **79**)
**CPU Teammate Penalties: 99
Tripping: CPU: 69 / Human: 59

Slashing: CPU: 100 / Human: 100
Elbowing: CPU: 90 / Human: 95
High Sticking: CPU: 100 / Human: 100
Cross Checking: CPU: 100 / Human: 100
Boarding: CPU: 58 / Human: 100
Charging: CPU: 78 / Human: 100
Delay of Game: CPU: 61 / Human: 71
Holding: CPU: 56 / Human: 100
Hooking: CPU: 100 / Human: 100
**Interference: **NHL 22: **CPU: 34 / Human: 74 (**NHL 23: **CPU: 42 / **Human: 76**)

AI Learning: 6
CPU Difficulty Adjustment: 3
CPU Faceoff Difficulty: 58
Fight Difficulty: 50
CPU Strategy Adjustment: 3
User Strategy Adjustment: 0
BAP Strategy Adjustment: 3

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