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4.5

The Ruud Devil (Ruud Van Nistelrooy)

By FifaTekks, 29-12-2018

So,

I went out to test some Icon strikers, to see who were the best, and after reading some reviews and watching some videos I wanted now to use Ruud Van Nistelrooy comparing him to the other icons I used (Thierry Henry, Stoichkov, Van Basten, Butragueno, Raul, Lineker, and some more) (Reviews will be up when verified).

My expectations for Van Nistelrooy by reading his stats were very OK, the reason being by reading his stats they were great, 91 Shooting, 86 Pace, 85 Dribbling, 3* skill 3*weak foot, and 82 Physicality. Those stats are great for most strikers but by just stat reading they were not as near good as Thierry Henry or some other Icon Strikers. But stats and gameplay are many times different, and these times they were. I mostly played Nistelrooy in WL at a 4-2-3-1 as the Loan Striker, which worked out well, I also used the Architect Chemistry Style to increase passing and Physicality.

Out of 15 games in WL

24 Goals

8 Assists

Those are very very good and he was a game changer, he had help from my LM and RM being Rivaldo Prime and TOTGS Messi with great balls in from both of them but sometimes he scored crazy individual goals. He truly was an amazing player for me. The main way he really scored in those crazy ways were not long shots or tight angle finesse which he did but it was the strength added by Architect CS and sometimes he just pushed down players like VVD and Ramos.

For Chemistry Style Architect was the best for me because it adds to Physicality which really helps it and boosts it up. Comparing his price to the other strikers it was one of the cheapest, so that is a big factor to think about.

PACE

Since Fifa 19 does not make PACE the most important factor of all, this does not exactly matter, but 86 Pace is good enough to run along way, and if you are 4 meters away from the goal he will run the whole way and not get caught, which is good enough. If he is against VVD or Davinson Sanchez, he will get caught, but his strength is good enough most of the time to push them away, so his pace is good and it is not horrible and all players in my view can live with it.

8/10

SHOOTING

I was thinking that his shot was his only stat that was fantastic but it was even better, it felt a bit like 94 shooting and Architect does not add up to it, in or outside the box, finesse or power or chipping the goalkeeper or driven shots, from head to feet they were brilliant. It does not matter how you shoot just that you do it and it does not need to be timed shooting it just has to be a shot. The amount of goals he scored states this also. The only bad thing about his shooting is his weak foot which feels a bit like 2* not 3* but sometimes I just bring it to his right foot and he would mostly score them. But because of his weak foot I must lower some markings.

9/10

DRIBBLING

I am not going to make this a CON but it is very much an average PRO because his dribbling was, ok enough, he could not glide past people and instead he ended up pushing past people and when a defender got near him it was a strength battle which he won many times, his best thing is reactions in the dribbling category and I must agree with that.

6/10

PASSING

Now, without a chemistry style his passing is not great, it would be a con, but with architect, it was AMAZING! Man 8 assists for a striker is good. I would not depend on him making some great long balls, but sometimes he made those inch perfect through balls that staggered me. His 1-2s are great too which gave him many goals. But without a CS to help his passing it was not great, reason being that he would only be able to do some short passes which need to be very direct and noone is blocking him and the person who will receive the pass.

9/10 With Chemistry Style

6/10 Without

PHSYICALITY

HIS BY FAR BEST STAT, WITH OR WITHOUT CHEMISTRY STYLE! If you are running with Cruyff, or Pele and you get shoulder to shoulder with a defender, pass, shoot, do a 4* plus skill move, or hope for the best because YOU WILL GO TO THE GROUND, with Van The Man, you will not! You will just fight your way to win, without his Chemistry Style he wins some of the battles but I recommend Architect AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

10/10 With Chemistry Style

9/10 Without

STAMINA

It wasn't too bad but it was not good enough, Ruud Van Nistelrooy would run for 80 minutes then just fade away, so I mostly subbed him off with a CDM to protect my lead because of the amount of goals he already scored, so it would not really matter but his stamina is not great.

6/10

DEFENDING

He is a striker so it does not matter.

N.A/10

Formation: 4231

Position: ST

Games: 15

GPG: 1.60

APG: 0.53

4.5

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

3.0

Stamina

Pace (8/10)

Shooting (9/10)

Passing (9/10)

Dribbling (6/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (10/10)

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