Even when retaking the ball mid air against a rainbow flick you loose the ball.

[Neonbu]

I have seen a lot of comments asking for rainbow flick nerfs in terms of stamina costs and other people calling them noobs and claiming its easy to defend against it and just to "git gud", I agree with the second camp but retaking the ball feels bad when you instantly loose it and there is no punishment for the attacker that did the rainbow flick.

The only thing rainbow flick needs in terms of nerf is not being able to slide tackle instantly if an opponent takes the ball mid air with a good distance defense or the defense being invulnerable to sliding tackles when retaking the air ball. Idk if it was just me playing on 80 - 120 ping but way too many times I was able to take control of the ball mid air when defending a rainbow flick just to be slide tacked instantly and loose the ball + being stunned.

[View The Phenom]

Use Headers, the attacker is out of position and can't tackle immediately since they need to turn around. And it's effectively a pass, so you can tap it away from yourself and regain possession.

[Neonbu]

Originally posted by View The Phenom:

Use Headers, the attacker is out of position and can't tackle immediately since they need to turn around. And it's effectively a pass, so you can tap it away from yourself and regain possession.

The problem is the timing, as soon as the ball touches your head, chest or feet the attacker can slide tackle you before you have time to make any input. Even if you are not worrying about you positioning and the balls positioning to regain control, and are able to smash the pass button before the ball touches you, if the attacker times it well you will be stunned and loose the ball before your animation ends.

[View The Phenom]

Dribblers cannot interrupt header/push ball actions that move the ball away from them.
When they Rainbow Flick, they are stuck running forward. Headers go in the opposite direction, which means they need to manually turn around after recovering and then tackle.

Unless you're playing in a very laggy environment, which could be common during the beta, then Headers are a surefire way to take possession away during Rainbow Flicks.

I recommend trying it more often in the next beta. Stand your ground, wait for the Rainbow Flick, head the ball.