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Mental Abilities are passive buffs you’re able to apply to your custom athlete in the Road to Glory mode ofEA SportsCollege Football 25to give yourself an advantage over your competition. As you build a strong player, you can apply a limited number of Abilities to them before a season. As you progress through different games, you can upgrade or switch between these bonuses to maximize your character’s potential.
Every Mental Abilityonly applies to the Road to Glory mode, where you craft a custom team to try and win the National Championship. Your goals are to take your athletes not only to the biggest tournament in college football but also into the pros. Depending on which team you’re on, you could be trying to accomplish these objectives alongside many of thetop players inCollege Football 25.
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How To Use & Equip Mental Abilities
Assign Your Athlete With Limited Specialties
You either getthree Mental Abilities at a time with custom charactersor apre-assigned set of abilities if you’re playing with a standard team roster. A standard roster just includes the players normally playing on a team that you would see in multiplayer modes. This could include defensive giants oroffensive powerhouse rosters inCollege Football 25, but your customization for Mental Abilities would be limited.
Not every custom character is restricted to just three Mental Abilities though, asBlue Chip and Elite prospect athletes can have more Abilitiesassigned. This does come at a sacrifice to other traits and stats, so be careful when choosing this route. Recruiting prospects can be a tricky process, as everyone has different Attributes, Development Traits, and Physical Abilities on top of the Mental ones.
Another tough part of the recruiting process is thePipeline system inCollege Football 25, which restricts how well players you can add to your team can do based on how close they are to a certain region.
To assign Mental Abilities, head to the Recruiting Board for whatever team you’ve chosen to guide through Road to Glory mode. From available prospects, you’re able to add players to your team andgo to the far right of their athlete cardto see the section labeled"Mentals.“You can go into the pre-assigned Abilities and change them to others available within the game depending on how you want to adjust that player’s focus.
How To Upgrade Mental Abilities
Go Through Four Scales Of Ability Grading
Each Mental Abilityhas four different levels of powerthatincrease as they are used in games by specific players. For example, a player with the Road Dog Mental Ability can have it upgraded from a Bronze trait into a Silver trait if they keep using it game after game. Mental Abilities start at Bronze before increasing to Silver, then Gold, and finally Platinum inCollege Football 25.
Every tier of Mental Ability does something drastically different from one another, making some traits worth upgrading based solely on their Platinum effect. You’ll want to study the relationship between the best trait of a Mental Ability and an athlete’s stats to see if the result is worth the effort. It will take several games throughout the season to improve Mental Abilities to their strongest state, making them an investment.
Since Mental Abilities are passive, it can be hard to see their effect during games until you reach their Gold or Platinum quality. Make sure to pay attention to the Composure stat before games, as many of these Abilities impact this score directly. Some abilities are specific to certain positions on the field as well, such as the Kicker or Linebacker, sodon’t assign Abilities to athletes they won’t affect.
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Every Mental Ability Effect
Know What Every Ability Does
There are13 total Mental Abilitiesin the game, with most tying to keeping an athlete’s Composure during a variety of situations. For example, one Ability gives a player decreased loss in Composure when they compete in particularlyharsh stadium environments inCollege Football 25. With every Ability having three upgrades each, there are plenty of effects to explore.
As you can see in the above video by YouTube creatorCB Gaming, you can view every Mental Ability’s upgrades even if you don’t have them unlocked for a specific athlete before you assign them.
Ultimate increase to Composure gains on the road.
Winning Time
Slightly increased Composure with two minutes to go when the score difference is three or less.
Moderately increased Composure with two minutes to go when the score difference is three or less.
Significantly increased Composure with two minutes to go when the score difference is three or less.
Ultimate increase to Composure with two minutes to go when the score difference is three or less.
Ultimate increase to Composure gains at home.
Headstrong
Resists hot routes being incorrect and slight Composure protection from stadium pulse.
Resists hot routes being incorrect or failing and moderate Composure protection from stadium pulse.
Resists hot routes being incorrect or failing and significant Composure protection from stadium pulse.
Resists any pre-play adjustment failing and ultimate Composure protection from stadium pulse.
Field General
When on schedule, moderate ability to see post-snap blitzers.
When on schedule, moderate ability to see pre-snap blitzers who are close to the line of scrimmage.
When on schedule, moderate ability to see pre-snap blitzers and coverage shell.
When on schedule, ultimate ability to see pre-snap blitzers, coverage shell, and slight ability to see disguised coverages.
Platinum
Clutch Kicker
Slightly easier accuracy timing on field goals with two or less minutes remaining.
Moderately easier accuracy timing on field goals with two or less minutes remaining.
Significantly easier accuracy timing on field goals with two or less minutes remaining.
Ultimate accuracy timing and immune to icing on field goals with two or less minutes remaining.
Ultimate ability to resist weather impacts.
Team Player
Slight protection from negative rating impacts for playing out of position.
Moderate protection from negative rating impacts for playing out of position.
Significant protection from negative rating impacts for playing out of position.
Ultimate protection from negative rating impacts for playing out of position.
Best Friend
Slight Composure gain for the QB when making a 1st down catch on 3rd or 4th down.
Moderate Composure gain for the QB when making a 1st down catch on 3rd or 4th down.
Significant Composure gain for the QB when making a 1st down catch on 3rd or 4th down.
Ultimate Composure gain for the QB when making a 1st down catch on 3rd or 4th down.
Ultimate Composure gain for other Defensive Linemen on sacks.
Offensive Rally
Slight Composure gain for other Offensive Linemen when performing a pancake.
Moderate Composure gain for other Offensive Linemen when performing a pancake.
Significant Composure gain for other Offensive Linemen when performing a pancake.
Ultimate Composure gain for other Offensive Linemen when performing a pancake.
Legion
Slight Composure gain for other Defensive Backs when intercepting or deflecting a pass.
Moderate Composure gain for other Defensive Backs when intercepting or deflecting a pass.
Significant Composure gain for other Defensive Backs when intercepting or deflecting a pass.
Ultimate Composure gain for other Defensive Backs when intercepting or deflecting a pass.
As of this time of writing, it is unclear whether more traits will be added to the game with future updates. This is unlikely though, so be prepared to make the most out of all the Mental Abilities you can use inEA Sports College Football 25to turn your athletes into composed, focused players ready for their next game.
