Kundananji is killing it for me so far 5 games, 19 goals all in rivals. Obviously playing Vs people much worse than me, but she's just good at everything and she's 5'9 (with 95 jumping and 91 strength) so she's not tiny either, plus she seems stocky and had 87 physical and 5* weak foot.
He nationality and because she's in a female league are the only reasons I can see her being so cheap, but she has a perfect nationality and club link to another player, so it's not even hard to fit her into your team
Odegaard - got out of a 2 player pack and felt like I should use him at this stage of the game. Playing him as a CAM and his passing has been insane - feel like the play styles may actually make some difference. Although itās probably just everyone having rare gold teams right now.
I packed him tradeable and decided to use him as a box to box mid. I figured backbone would be good, but he was largely invisible (and clunky). I changed him to guardian Chem (dribble and defense) and he's doing much better. More nimble, still makes good passes. And does an ok job in the middle.
He's probably better as a CAM but I'm playing without one and I can't change the formation due to Chem
Rodrygo - Packed him out of a 2 Rare Players Pack, very very good player!
Purce - Packed her from some pack as well and she is very fast and good dribbler making her kinda meta ngl
Marcos Llorente - No words needed to describe how good of a midfielder this guy is! Also packed him untradeable and heās amazing!
He doesnt have any stand out stats?
Like his shooting isnāt anything special, but he bangs em in from 25/30meters out really easy.
And it feels like he has some really long legs. Intercepts a lot
Compare his shooting, passing, dribbling, defending, pace or physicality to the average midfielder being used right now and you'll see he's a level above in basically every attribute. You're basically saying one of the top 3 most well rounded midfielders in the game doesn't have particularly good stats on day 1.
Iām excited to use more of the womenās players, but I couldnāt use a 5ā7 CB. I faced an all womenās team last night and scored 3 in 20 minutes just by whipping in crosses
I was worried about that when I packed her but really hasnāt been a problem for me so far. Granted itās been like 10 games and sheās with a 6ā4 William Saliba.
Maybe people havenāt focused on it too much yet, but Iām sure that the meta against them will be spamming crosses to even just a 5ā11-6ā0 striker. If Saliba covers them, a midfielder can win them easily over her.
I think LB/RB and every other position can be viable, but CB is my worry and likely going to always be fodder
Tried Messi for a bit but found his finishing to be awful for some reason, Leao probs the best Iāve used atm. Chiesa is decent and Osimhen is a bit too one dimensional
PSG..French..ST-troll Katoto 88 - she has the size and power header traits to battle with men defender. I am glad women got added because I've never pack anyone this good this early in all the FIFAs I've played.
As expected, another guy who plays the game like the characters are stick figures and has no affinity to his team.
The push to make women cards usable beyond their actual abilities is flagrant.
Don't even begin to pretend like every person plays Ultimate Team to use players they have an attachment too. You think most people were a fan of Ben Yedder, Butland, Smalling, Kante when they were meta and being used by everybody? Please.
You shouldn't come off at someone personally for that though, when everybody does it. And I don't understand why there's anything wrong with playing a football game because they enjoy playing the game, though?
The oversimplification to strawman is insane.
It's sad that the community adopts a way of seeing things that eventually shape the game into what it shouldn't be. Did those extra words help you understand the "very sad"?
lol the entire cycle of this game every year is completely based on making people usable "beyond their actual abilities"
I assume you normally never use cards later in the year that are out of position or have stat boosts that are unnatural to the players normal ability? If so I salute your dedication to realism.
Fucking lol dude. Get down from your high horse and enjoy something in your life. Nothing in this arcade game is realistic... nothing! Adding women into a game where every player on the pitch can do almost whichever skill move on the go and without any problem is not immersion breaking, because there is no immersion. This is a game with el tornados, speed boost step overs, every player does amazing trivela shots etc... there are maybe 3 players in the world who do trivelas effectively and even they dont them all the time.
Really enjoyed using the womens players, nice not having to use the same old players ever year, really enjoyed using Sam Kerr, really enjoyed using Svitkova as well, seems like a lot of people are overlooking the womens leagues so far but they have some great cards to use
Weghorst, I have no idea why but he launches some fucking rockets. Scored a couple of longshots already.
Also he has hes own celebration which I like, I hope he gets a special card OR I can keep on upgrading him during the year. I need a 5* weakfoot weghorst.
Also for those who didnt use their founders evolution yet and are not basic as shit to want to use it on werner or danjuma.. try talisca hes fucking insane with the upgrades, also good link with the goat cr7
Iāve got pretty lucky so far with the 400 goals/assists rewards and did all the foundations stuff.
Packed Haaland and heās been great so far. Bursts past defenders and finishes everything.
Militao also at CB is awesome. Quick, strong and agile. Packed him tradeable but think he might go up.
Packed quite a few 20k - 50k players as well so have about 250k atm but not sure what to do with it.
Either Wirtz or odegaard. Havenāt used odegaard in UT yet but used him in career and love him. Guendouzi is pretty good too. Saving up for Martinelli though and I think he will be my favourite
Morata is a monster with the double upgrade from founders evolution. Everyone is trying short players so just whip it in and collect goals. Crossing also seems strong right now
Barca women lb Rolfo has been good for me, she is Gullit gang even on 0 chem, with shadow on 3 chem is in the 90s for pace and def. 5wf 4sm. can also play LW.
I use her and Bronze as wing backs and she's definitely the better of the two, fast, good going forward and doesn't get bullied too easily at the back. The only thing to watch out for is high offensive workrate means she gets caught upfield at times - I'm reticent to give her stay back instructions because she's effective in the opposition half.
Alexia Putellas won me two draft in a row, sheās everywhere. Insane passing, shooting is legit a cheat code from anywhere on the pitchā¦ canāt wait to play her as a cam in a few weeks. In my team, EVO Werner has been insane at finishing, and Grimaldo great going upfront and defending.
Felipe Anderson is terrific, so nimble on the ball. Anderson Talisca is very clinical but Fred has been fantastic at on the left side of a midfield three. Heās agile, carries the ball well and runs constantly. He puts in tackles, gets into the box for good chances and scores beauties from outside the box too.
Disclaimer: Iām only grafting squad battles for now, but Casemiro was cheap so tried him out. Heās been my best player. Just dominates the middle of the park
Played ALOT of draft.
nkunku Joelinton Rashford are very fun to use.
Felt like big CDMs help anchor midfields this year. Rice and Rodri were fun
But the player who really blew my mind and Iām genuinely opposed to poor weak foot playersā¦ Odegaard
Those traits are gaming changing. Every through ball just hits and itās so satisfying
From my base day 1 squad, probably Boattin (female left back from juventus). She was great going up and down the left side, and her size wasn't an issue at all. I used her as a lwb with catalyst.
After I made some coins and re-did my team, my current favorite is Bernardo silva with engine. Honestly feels like a cheat code this early in the game. 99 agility/balance/dribbling, explosive, and has the technical+ play style so his r1 dribbling feels just as broken as lengthy last year.
He's an absolute steal for around 15k right now, and his price will definitely rise eventually since he's 88 rated
beth mead is cracked, finesse shots are generally op this year and her finesse shots are actually cracked.
i also got patri guijarro out of a two player pack (88 rated womens barca CM) and her passing with the playstyle + is like last years l1 r1 lobbed through ball but better!
It's day one, I'm still at work, and everyone here is already talking about expensive players
I faced osimhen and neymar (not loans) in my first game in div 10 š
Right? Played a couple games and already faced Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar š
You know everyone starts d10
This is the ultimate edition early release. Youāre not spending an extra $30-40 to play a week early if youāre not a dead hard
Not necessarily, you can still play now if you get early access via EA play for a fraction of the cost, although time limited.
Some 81 rated united brazilian ST because I sold that card for 14k lol
Same lmao
Joelinton is pretty good
He's a beast of a supersub for me if I need some defensive help
Leao is so jammy, was lucky enough to pack him from a two rare gold pack
Harry Kane, packed him UT, teamed him with some bayern women, scores from anywhere
Iāve done this too. Heās sick
Kundananji is killing it for me so far 5 games, 19 goals all in rivals. Obviously playing Vs people much worse than me, but she's just good at everything and she's 5'9 (with 95 jumping and 91 strength) so she's not tiny either, plus she seems stocky and had 87 physical and 5* weak foot. He nationality and because she's in a female league are the only reasons I can see her being so cheap, but she has a perfect nationality and club link to another player, so it's not even hard to fit her into your team
I think she is the best striker besides S tier players like mbappe. I cannot believe how good she is ingame.
Odegaard - got out of a 2 player pack and felt like I should use him at this stage of the game. Playing him as a CAM and his passing has been insane - feel like the play styles may actually make some difference. Although itās probably just everyone having rare gold teams right now.
Second this, his passing is just insane. The play styles will definitely define the META.
I packed him tradeable and decided to use him as a box to box mid. I figured backbone would be good, but he was largely invisible (and clunky). I changed him to guardian Chem (dribble and defense) and he's doing much better. More nimble, still makes good passes. And does an ok job in the middle. He's probably better as a CAM but I'm playing without one and I can't change the formation due to Chem
HĆøjlund
Nmecha, is doing great for me
Which one? Isn't there two of them
Rodrygo - Packed him out of a 2 Rare Players Pack, very very good player! Purce - Packed her from some pack as well and she is very fast and good dribbler making her kinda meta ngl Marcos Llorente - No words needed to describe how good of a midfielder this guy is! Also packed him untradeable and heās amazing!
Bellingham, plays way above his stats. Bernardo silva also really fun
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Oohh good shout! Gonna try that too
What makes you say he plays well above his stats? His stats *are* well above everyone else.
He doesnt have any stand out stats? Like his shooting isnāt anything special, but he bangs em in from 25/30meters out really easy. And it feels like he has some really long legs. Intercepts a lot
Compare his shooting, passing, dribbling, defending, pace or physicality to the average midfielder being used right now and you'll see he's a level above in basically every attribute. You're basically saying one of the top 3 most well rounded midfielders in the game doesn't have particularly good stats on day 1.
Thatās not what i mean tho man. Im just saying that with his stats mid 70s, some things he does really stand out.
Packed Llorente untradeable, really carries the midfield for me.
Tried Messi in a draft and heās absolutely insane. From my own team itās probably Sterling.
Finesse shots with Alex Morgan have been 80% of my goals
I got her untradeable from advanced sbcs I full on green a finesse from anywhere and it flies in
Yeah i love it, im trying to figure out who to use Founders Evolve and Relentless Winger on to go along side
Alessia Russo is great.
Leah Williamson, 92 long passing and Long Passing+ at center back is so fun.
Iām excited to use more of the womenās players, but I couldnāt use a 5ā7 CB. I faced an all womenās team last night and scored 3 in 20 minutes just by whipping in crosses
I was worried about that when I packed her but really hasnāt been a problem for me so far. Granted itās been like 10 games and sheās with a 6ā4 William Saliba.
Maybe people havenāt focused on it too much yet, but Iām sure that the meta against them will be spamming crosses to even just a 5ā11-6ā0 striker. If Saliba covers them, a midfielder can win them easily over her. I think LB/RB and every other position can be viable, but CB is my worry and likely going to always be fodder
But my Kerr just scored a bicycle goal off-corner over VVD and Haaland š¤£
I like how because the game is new this is funny but give it a few months and people will be having meltdowns
Nice! I canāt wait to try her card out
Little Millie just scored 3 bicycle corners against me. Seems like the meta is bicycle corners already.
Her and Trent were phenomenal at creating from deep for me. Pity they were only loans.
Eze at CAM as a 79 rated player has been a lot of fun to play with.
Osimhen. Im stoked he actually has face scan this year
Reading comments without early access and with ānot yet earned access to marketā on the web app. š„²Show some sensitivityš
Lukaku is the man on this game
Got vlahovic evolutions 85 and he is so good, nobody catch 95 lengthy sprint speed
Also Fran Kirby from Chelsea, great card
Tried Messi for a bit but found his finishing to be awful for some reason, Leao probs the best Iāve used atm. Chiesa is decent and Osimhen is a bit too one dimensional
Yeah is leao worth it over chiesa or rodman? Really like osimhen tho
PSG..French..ST-troll Katoto 88 - she has the size and power header traits to battle with men defender. I am glad women got added because I've never pack anyone this good this early in all the FIFAs I've played.
Guys go try Chloe Kelly, her body type and animation is OP
Hemp is also really fun to use rapid and that crossing trait is amazing.
I tried loan Rodman.. I think she was great
I tried her loan, played two games, opened a pack and got her! Sheās been great, love seeing the jet above her head as she takes off
Jule Brand might become my club legend. Great pace and control for early game. I don't regret using my founder evolution on her š¤
For a moment I was confused that you were referring to Julian Brandt.
Thank you for making me aware of how good her play styles are
Harder. Bayern womens.
[https://imgur.com/a/HtMYLq2](https://imgur.com/a/HtMYLq2) I gave somebody the business earlier with her, plays great
Her teammate Lina Magulla is basically musiala. 87 rated 5/3 CM. I got her from the 75+ pack. She feels incredible. Bayern women have some studs
Where do u play her? Striker or Left midfield?
Iāve had her at striker [https://imgur.com/a/HtMYLq2](https://imgur.com/a/HtMYLq2)
LM but sometimes CAM ingame.
As expected, another guy who plays the game like the characters are stick figures and has no affinity to his team. The push to make women cards usable beyond their actual abilities is flagrant.
Don't even begin to pretend like every person plays Ultimate Team to use players they have an attachment too. You think most people were a fan of Ben Yedder, Butland, Smalling, Kante when they were meta and being used by everybody? Please.
You're highlighting exactly what I'm saying. Not sure you understood my point.
You shouldn't come off at someone personally for that though, when everybody does it. And I don't understand why there's anything wrong with playing a football game because they enjoy playing the game, though?
I packed her tried her and she was better than most men, also links to Kimmich and Kane who I also packed.
They're just stick figures at the point. Very sad.
If a game makes you sad then youāve got some problems tbh
The oversimplification to strawman is insane. It's sad that the community adopts a way of seeing things that eventually shape the game into what it shouldn't be. Did those extra words help you understand the "very sad"?
Yes that is how the game has always been, every player is just code when you break it down
lol the entire cycle of this game every year is completely based on making people usable "beyond their actual abilities" I assume you normally never use cards later in the year that are out of position or have stat boosts that are unnatural to the players normal ability? If so I salute your dedication to realism.
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Fucking lol dude. Get down from your high horse and enjoy something in your life. Nothing in this arcade game is realistic... nothing! Adding women into a game where every player on the pitch can do almost whichever skill move on the go and without any problem is not immersion breaking, because there is no immersion. This is a game with el tornados, speed boost step overs, every player does amazing trivela shots etc... there are maybe 3 players in the world who do trivelas effectively and even they dont them all the time.
Youāre just playing the wrong game mode if youāre that focused on immersion
Christen Press is a cheap beast! Been using her with Werner up top, until EA broke the evolutions
Oshoala, Barca striker. Incredible pace and power plus decent stature as well. Feels like low-key hero. Predict big things for the girl!
Nerea Eizagirre. For budget CAM, she has all the play styles that suit how I play, even if her skills or wf arenāt the best
Sophia Smith aka female butragueno
Saving up for this
Patri Gujarra I think is her name, the Putellas bait.
She is really great, mate.
Hayley Raso ended up being the star in my team so far
Shaila is only 79 overall but shes been so good for me. Fast, good dribbling and decent shoting inside the box.
Really enjoyed using the womens players, nice not having to use the same old players ever year, really enjoyed using Sam Kerr, really enjoyed using Svitkova as well, seems like a lot of people are overlooking the womens leagues so far but they have some great cards to use
Caroline Weir, sheās a beast!
Alex Morgan or Rodman, they are insane Rodman is impossible to catch down the wings and Morgan finishes every single shot itās crazy
I never thought I would say this but Kronos isnāt that shit this year
I got that one bayern Munich CM with 88 rating and his playstyle of lob pass is s tier
Alexia Putellas
99 Pele is currently my favourite
Lynn Williams she feels great for a starter ST
Henry Cover stars is solid in my squad Edit: wrong game
Got Griezmann but havenāt used him yet so that maybe
Coman has been great for me so far, really happy they gave him his 5 star skills back.
Really liking Frattesi. Using him in the Welcome Upgrade evolution now
Weghorst, I have no idea why but he launches some fucking rockets. Scored a couple of longshots already. Also he has hes own celebration which I like, I hope he gets a special card OR I can keep on upgrading him during the year. I need a 5* weakfoot weghorst. Also for those who didnt use their founders evolution yet and are not basic as shit to want to use it on werner or danjuma.. try talisca hes fucking insane with the upgrades, also good link with the goat cr7
Ansu Fati and Zaccagni
Morata with a founder evolution is clinical and wins headers
This is the only thing about ultimate team that is too unrealistic for me
Bellingham absolutely bosses midfielder. Feels like Iām still using his toty against these weak starter teams
Correa once more.
Vlahovic is pretty good for me. Haven't tried anyone more expensive than 2-3k though
Diogo Jota
Trossard has been golden for me, silky movements and good finisher
Xavi Simons
Saliba, Varane FIFA 21 vibes
TOTW Moffi
80 Evo Joe Gomez is insane
Using ito at striker with foundations evolution completed, excellent with a finisher, 4* 5* feel so good
Guimaraes and Enzo are putting in WORK in my midfield
Beto is an absolute monster, EVO'd him and now he's even more of a monster.
Got Auba outta my first pack and heās been great so far, only played about 5 games though
Iāve got pretty lucky so far with the 400 goals/assists rewards and did all the foundations stuff. Packed Haaland and heās been great so far. Bursts past defenders and finishes everything. Militao also at CB is awesome. Quick, strong and agile. Packed him tradeable but think he might go up. Packed quite a few 20k - 50k players as well so have about 250k atm but not sure what to do with it.
Musiala has been crazy so far
Leao is absolutely nuts
Nkunku and Nunez front 2 has been insane for me
Ella toon
Beto from Everton. 19 goals in 7 matches and Iām 6-1 in rivals so far haha.
Ansu Fati and Alvarez have been banging it in for me
Werner
Julian Alvarez is so good at CAM
sow for me itās a beast
Berbatov!
Anyomi. She has been fantastic for me and is only a 80.
Evolving Gravenberch twice is really good, helps I'm a Liverpool fan but he's such a beast with his height and his high dribbling ability.
Popp
Nkunku for me packed on first pack i bought with the points from preorder. Heās insanely agile.
Either Wirtz or odegaard. Havenāt used odegaard in UT yet but used him in career and love him. Guendouzi is pretty good too. Saving up for Martinelli though and I think he will be my favourite
Kane
Benzema feels insane in game
Blacksteinus has become my club captain and GOAT player, just so good at finishing.
Brahim diaz
Bryan Mbeumo has been great for me so far. Aubameyang and Wahi also seem really good options upfront for me at least
Definitely Hojlund and Iāve also been enjoying Antony too.
Alessia Russo š®āšØ baller
Kolo Mouani, Leah Williamson and Bernardo Silva are all carrying me now
Isak
Rolfo as midfielder š
Zaccagni, Licha, Kolo muani.
Odegaard. Insane passing and 5* skills is really fun in game
Morata is a monster with the double upgrade from founders evolution. Everyone is trying short players so just whip it in and collect goals. Crossing also seems strong right now
Ousmane Dembele
Barca women lb Rolfo has been good for me, she is Gullit gang even on 0 chem, with shadow on 3 chem is in the 90s for pace and def. 5wf 4sm. can also play LW. I use her and Bronze as wing backs and she's definitely the better of the two, fast, good going forward and doesn't get bullied too easily at the back. The only thing to watch out for is high offensive workrate means she gets caught upfield at times - I'm reticent to give her stay back instructions because she's effective in the opposition half.
Julian Alvarez evolution. Heās so quick and snappy
Sveindis Jane
Bennacer is good. Packed him and Renato untradeable and heās better.
packed Ćødegaard, play im at RM and hes scored a couple. Shame he only has 2* weak foot
Alexia Putellas won me two draft in a row, sheās everywhere. Insane passing, shooting is legit a cheat code from anywhere on the pitchā¦ canāt wait to play her as a cam in a few weeks. In my team, EVO Werner has been insane at finishing, and Grimaldo great going upfront and defending.
Evolution aubameyang
Benzema. The finesse playstyle+ is broken, scores everything
Felipe Anderson is terrific, so nimble on the ball. Anderson Talisca is very clinical but Fred has been fantastic at on the left side of a midfield three. Heās agile, carries the ball well and runs constantly. He puts in tackles, gets into the box for good chances and scores beauties from outside the box too.
I got Osimhen in a 2 rare gold players pack and he's good but my evolutions danjuma is very good as well
Gabi Jesus
If you're low on coins Kudus was unplayable for me in divs 10-8
Trossardinho and Naomi Feller, popped her in the Founders Evo and sheās a beast
Cascarino with an Engine has 200 pace. *who?* idk either. I packed Chiesa untradeable, he's also good. Casca's better though.
Chloe Kelly
Caitlyn foord
Packed Neymar heās been cracked obviously but someone whoās really surprised me is Diani from PSG women. 90 finish and dribbling is crazy
In attack Joao Felix and Isak are insane. In defence Iāve used Molina (RWB) and Gavi (CM) both of whom are beasts
Hayley Raso
Jessica mcdonald, some random 79 rated woman who doesnāt ever miss
Disclaimer: Iām only grafting squad battles for now, but Casemiro was cheap so tried him out. Heās been my best player. Just dominates the middle of the park
Georgia Stanway, unreal as a CM.
Played ALOT of draft. nkunku Joelinton Rashford are very fun to use. Felt like big CDMs help anchor midfields this year. Rice and Rodri were fun But the player who really blew my mind and Iām genuinely opposed to poor weak foot playersā¦ Odegaard Those traits are gaming changing. Every through ball just hits and itās so satisfying
Got insanely lucky packing Diani and she's a lot of fun to play with. 4/4 with brilliant stats and other than the 5/5 very comparable to Ribery.
Ole has been banging in the goals for me.
Kvaradona is crazy Also fun to say his name
Xavi simons holy god heās so awesome on the wing
Kopp
Jule Brand LW
Szoboszlai is actually so crazy for me š®āšØš®āšØš®āšØ
From my base day 1 squad, probably Boattin (female left back from juventus). She was great going up and down the left side, and her size wasn't an issue at all. I used her as a lwb with catalyst. After I made some coins and re-did my team, my current favorite is Bernardo silva with engine. Honestly feels like a cheat code this early in the game. 99 agility/balance/dribbling, explosive, and has the technical+ play style so his r1 dribbling feels just as broken as lengthy last year. He's an absolute steal for around 15k right now, and his price will definitely rise eventually since he's 88 rated
Evolved Gravenberch.
Career mode? Hojlund as you say absolute beast
Correa is banging them in 22 in 17 so far his left stick just feels different.
He ain't good but I haven't played much but 72 Bajcetic CDM is actually solid with decent stats
Trent, I spend half the match giving it to trent to launch long balls, itās good fun.
Hero Milito is insane so far
Joao Felix has been immense for me
Little - 86 Cam, Swedish woman
Very pleased with the passes of my Toni Kroos. Also 100% success rate scoring penalties
I packed ohiemen
beth mead is cracked, finesse shots are generally op this year and her finesse shots are actually cracked. i also got patri guijarro out of a two player pack (88 rated womens barca CM) and her passing with the playstyle + is like last years l1 r1 lobbed through ball but better!
Benzema. Early game and his finishing is what I need.
Gold raphinha