FIFA 23 Ultimate Team Thread

Blazer · 20-04-2023 8:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120500265#Comment_120500265

I hated him at the start but he's starting to grow on me. Reminds me of Ballack in his movement as he's clunky etc and I find his ball control isn't as good as I expected. But as I get used to him I'm starting to appreciate him more. However any sign of a Trent CM and he's gone. I use mid Zidane as the right CM as part of a 3 man midfield but Centurions Trent I find is just bloody fantastic in that same position especially with the outfoot side trait.

Lord TSC · 21-04-2023 6:27pm

So begins two weeks of pack hoarding….

Davy05 · 22-04-2023 9:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120491405#Comment_120491405

I'm in the exact same situation! Something definitely has to be up..

Blazer · 23-04-2023 7:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120509530#Comment_120509530

everyone uses the last 2 weeks to rank up for some extra packs. Normally the last 2 weeks of a season are piss easy to get promoted in recent years but because rewards were nerfed this year and the powercurve came early rivals is basically meaingless now. Thursday used to be a big streaming day with rival rewards. You never see that now. I can't tell you the last time :I ever saw rival rewards on youtube.

Blazer · 23-04-2023 7:58am

Got hero pepe from the hero's pick and can see why he's still a mill. Was never impressed with him in previous years but he really fits the game this year. His strength is an absolute lie..pity his composure wasn't in the 90's for 1 on 1s with the keeper but then he'd be a 2mill card. Won me countless matches over the weekend playing in CAM.

Frisbee · 24-04-2023 10:36am

Was planning on doing that Ben White SBC when I saw it leaked. Even knowing he won't be getting an upgrade was going to give it a go. But they've massively overpriced it given TOTS starts next week.

BrentMused · 25-04-2023 8:32am

What's the best strategy for TOTS then in terms of packs? Do you usually save them until the Best Of or similar comes out or rip them open as and when you get them?

Aside from the Mbappe's etc which we haven't a chance of packing anyway, I actually think the Community TOTS (specifically Thuram!) would be a good fit for my team so may just start opening saved packs over the weekend.

Hopefully TOTS brings the more casual player back as Champs has been horrible over the last month or two.

awec · 25-04-2023 8:40am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120517972#Comment_120517972

I've barely played at all since TOTY. Tried a few times to go back but it hasn't held my interest for long. They've made such a mess of it this year.

The best of TOTS is still ages away, too long to save packs IMO.

BrentMused · 25-04-2023 9:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120518004#Comment_120518004

Yeah, we get so much fodder during TOTS I'll probably just open packs as and when I get them.

My team is pretty much icons now so don't really have a preference on which leagues to keep them for either.

BrentMused · 25-04-2023 2:38pm

FUT Champs rewards have, of course, been nerfed for TOTS.

14 wins now needed to get the guaranteed 3 TOTS players pack whereas 9 wins was enough for the TOTW pack all year.

It's never anything but discards anyway, God forbid they'd allow you an extra 3 (lets be honest, useless) TOTS cards 🙄

I usually hit 11 wins whenever I play, the odd time 9 if I have a bad weekend, but there's not a chance I'll ever hit 14 even if I had two teams on the field! 🙈

- 9 wins gets 1 of 5 TOTS PP (mixed between the major and minor league)

- 11 wins gets 2 x 1 of 3 TOTS PP from the major league

martyos121 · 25-04-2023 2:51pm

Yeah I’m the same, 14 wins is more often than not one or two more than I can manage. Consistently getting my 11 apart from a couple of bad weekends.

Now it’s going to be tough to even get the 11 with all the sweatiest players coming out of the woodwork for TOTS.

Lord TSC · 25-04-2023 5:29pm

I hit 10 every single weekend. Might see if there’s a 400k investment I can make to my defence to give it a boost.

saving all my packs for PL TOTS. Unlikely to get anything that fits my squad, but on the off chance I can, I want it to be a player I actually know, lol

dmigsy · 25-04-2023 8:40pm

Not sure what to do for tots either. Sitting on 320 packs now. Might spread the pack openings out over the few weeks of it or go all out on Ligue 1 hoping for Mbappe.

Sudden Valley · 26-04-2023 3:40pm

So two wins away from Div 1 and I cant buy a win. Relegation is tomorrow right? Very annoying.

Blazer · 26-04-2023 5:25pm

yep tomorrow...keep trying ..you;'ll get a few tonight who will quit a goal down etc

BrentMused · 27-04-2023 9:40am

Credit where credit is due, the new Season Rewards for ranking up the levels are actually excellent.

Loads of easy opportunities to rank up and build up fodder too.

Who has hacked into EA? 😅

Cyrus · 27-04-2023 9:43am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120526911#Comment_120526911

hoarding packs is so boring tho!!

BrentMused · 27-04-2023 11:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120526925#Comment_120526925

Just open them as and when you get them, starting tomorrow evening.

Community TOTS looks really good and you'll have tens of good packs a week at this rate for the other leagues.

Lord TSC · 27-04-2023 5:25pm

Lol the Ligue 1 SBC is 75+ x 11, instead of 81+ x 11 like all the other leagues.

Lord TSC · 27-04-2023 5:26pm

Oh wow, the community one does look great.

https://twitter.com/FutSheriff/status/1651593945078542336

Blazer · 27-04-2023 7:30pm

that Thuram card will be crazy....think I have 52 packs ...that's a record for me... it kills me to wait even a day to open packs

Lord TSC · 27-04-2023 8:29pm

Some people are packing TOTS Morata and the predicted stats are waaaaaay off.

martyos121 · 27-04-2023 8:54pm

I have 1.2m saved and I reckon most of that’ll go on TOTS Robertson. Sick to the teeth of Centurion Trent and HM Cancelo would work so much better as a right back.

BrentMused · 28-04-2023 7:46am

Good breakdown of what's on offer for each rank in FUT Champs.

Lord TSC · 28-04-2023 9:01am

Blargh, dropping nine wins down to one pick :(

I might burn a few high rated loans to grind out that 11th win.

Blazer · 28-04-2023 1:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120529808#Comment_120529808

I love Trent's card...he's only a sub for me as I have prime Cafu but as a supersub in midfield he's right in the meta of it. Outside foot trait and body type makes him one of my favorite subs.

dmigsy · 28-04-2023 5:21pm

Opened 25 packs. Not great but fodder restocked

BrentMused · 28-04-2023 6:01pm

Community TOTS is meh compared to the leaks to be honest.

My premature epackulation can't hold any longer so just going to open up all of my packs now and see what I get.

Hoping to restock my club at worst as I literally have 8 gold players outside my squad left! 🙈

Lord TSC · 29-04-2023 6:43am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120529808#Comment_120529808

Robertson already only 370k at the moment, so you're going to have a little bit left over lol

Lord TSC · 29-04-2023 2:33pm

Speaking of…

Happy with that. Got the 11 wins. Robertson upgrades Dalot, and I will read up to see if Ake upgrades either Van Dijk or an off chem TOTY Milato.

martyos121 · 29-04-2023 2:38pm

Ake is terrific, he’s finally displaced Baby Maldini for me and he’s a big, big upgrade IMO. Once I saw his stats I didn’t even bother with Robbo.

Currently on 9-3 in my WL. You’d think I’m on course for 14 with form like that, but it just means I’ll have the worst 8 games of my life coming up and I’ll be lucky to scrape to 11.

Boulders8 · 29-04-2023 3:04pm

Anyone noticed that the requirements for the TOTs Eredivisie Cup is broken - basically says use a full Eredivisie squad but you can actually use any one league squad including full Icon team.

hope they actually fix this soon - as it’s just full on sweat mode with people desperate to get that TOTs pack

dmigsy · 30-04-2023 11:49am

9-0 so far. Nice and handy too. Seems like a lot of casuals are back on for TOTS. I'll likely hit a wall now. 😂

BrentMused · 01-05-2023 1:47am

The usual 11 wins in WL.

De Gea and Danilo the "best" picks from the reds.

Nothing of note from the packs, just high rated fodder.

WC Hero Papin the best option from the Hero PP. And by best I mean highest rated fodder as the 3 options were shocking!

Have my 8 Rivals wins done also so that's my gameplay done until next weekend 😅

dmigsy · 01-05-2023 6:17am

Finished on 14. Ake the best pull. Still only makes the bench.

Dave0301 · 01-05-2023 10:58pm

14 wins and ended up with dupes from my picks and the TOTS pack.

BrentMused · 03-05-2023 12:42pm

Trading tip if you have plenty of position modifiers:

Buy Mason Mount CAM for around 5.5k, stick a modifier on him and sell as a RW for 9.5k.

I made about 250k from this before running out of modifiers! 😭

It's still working this afternoon.

That TOTS 3 SBC last night has caused some cards from big leagues/nations that can change position to rocket.

Lord TSC · 04-05-2023 7:33am

If you did the Community TOtS SBC and got a moments, congrats, you’re getting another pack with a TOTS in it…

https://twitter.com/eafifadirect/status/1653940925234814979?s=46

BrentMused · 04-05-2023 10:59am

Had so much fodder from TOTS and all the packs so far that I managed to do mid Cruyff from scratch for around 400k.

He was 2m when he was first released around 6 weeks ago so I was delighted with that.

He's superb also, so much fun to use. I play him as CAM behind TOTW Mbappe.

I've gone back to 4-2-3-1 after using 4-2-2-2 or 4-3-2-1 for most of the last few months and finding better success with it. Since the patch I find I need a bit more solidity defensively and having Cruyff, Mbappe, FB Vini Jr and Jairzinho means I can still create chances.

Up to division 3 again after the end of season relegation and went 5-0 in the WL playoffs last night.

Bought TOTS Thuram to play B2B in my 4-2-3-1 but I haven't been that impressed with him. He gets rave reviews online so it's probably just me! I could sell him for a 50k profit so might look to do that and replace him.

Any recommendations for a B2B CM around the 1m max price range?

Blazer · 04-05-2023 1:34pm

I'd hold off....looking at the premier tots and they're massively boosted.

Reckon a lot of people will be dropping a lot of their current players for tots.

Also Moments Varnane incoming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ek3f1KtyGw

BrentMused · 04-05-2023 1:53pm

Cheers.

I was looking at Mid Matthaus. Never owned a Matthaus in any FIFA so he interests me as someone who appears to be really good but also someone new to try.

That said he's only 400k so maybe not as good as he appears!

Anyone here used him?

Cyrus · 04-05-2023 2:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120554483#Comment_120554483

presume those arent confirmed stats are they? 99 Haaland??

Lord TSC · 04-05-2023 2:17pm

Rashford, Casemiro and Varane 🥰🥰🥰

Blazer · 04-05-2023 3:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120554680#Comment_120554680

no but they wouldn't be far off...have to give Haaland in fairness the highest rated card...he's just blown scoring records away this season in the Premiershp.

Cyrus · 04-05-2023 4:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120555114#Comment_120555114

i have his TOTY which is an insane card.

Lord TSC · 05-05-2023 8:56am

I wish all my fellow boardsies the best of luck this weekend, in what is typically the sweatiest, most toxic weekend of the year 😂

I really cannot stress how much I'd kill for a red Casemiro or Varane this weekend.

awec · 05-05-2023 10:20am

I sold off all my tradeable cards a few weeks ago, don't even have a team to play with! Wonder if I'd be better avoiding this weekend as prices might go up for all the people wanting to play WL for PL TOTS?

Lord TSC · 05-05-2023 5:13pm

80 packs to open, and got Saka in my first one, all downhill from here 😂

Lord TSC · 05-05-2023 5:51pm

45 packs down.

Saka, Ramsdale, Odegard and Trippier. Not bad so far.

Lord TSC · 05-05-2023 6:23pm

Final tally

Saka, Martinelli, Ramsdale x3, Trippier, Odegard, James and a tradeable Saliaba who I sold for 600k, and I’ll just to find Casemiro and Kane. Also did four of the six ASM segments with dupes.

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