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I played fifa 19 last year and i faced a few times Rio, he was maybe the best CB I faced right after VVD toty and tots, Ramos toty and Varane toty, so when the set of icons for the first swap was reveled i thought i should give Rio a try, as his baby version is better than his middle version. Fifa keeps on being a game where pace really matters, it matters so much that even Hummels, Boateng, and great CB with low pace are unusable at a good level of skill rating, because you have to face players like dembele, sancho, gnabry, coman, werner, crespo, walcott, mbappe, neymar, so when you see Rio card there is an appealing 84 pace on the card. You then need to see if this card has agility and balance cause a lot of pace low agility and balance equals to no pace at all in many players but he has 60 agility and 60 balance for a guy that is 6´2 (189cm) thats quite high. Cb as Sule or Varane or Scream Pique they all have very low balance, im not saying that scream Pique or Varane are bad im just saying that balance is a very important stat convined with pace as we can see on that 81 gold card that Eder Militao has that is awsome and very cheap. I chose to use a Shadow on him, i know maybe some of you are thinking that is an abuse but really its not. The thing is that with a shadow he has 98 acceleration with 95 sprint speed, he is just a player that can recover and get almost any attacker in this game. All in all Huge guy, really quick, top tier CB, good agility and balance, wins aerial balls (only goal I scored so far with him comeing from a corner), and will not let you down just trust me, totally worth the grind for this God
He is a rock (189cm) and he will anticipate and outrun almost any attacker in this game, his pace is just phenomenal and with his 85 strenght and 84 agression it just turns him in to a very quick tank. I use shadow on him but you can also use an anchor and he will be really good too (I recommend a shadow cause there is no physical need with this card). Then you just have to enjoy this card and don´t let pace abusers win anymore. This card for me is and almost end game CB, at least until Tots i dont think there is a better CB in this game (of course toty will be better but this is almost like a free card) he is up there with VVD, but virgil lacks a bit of pace in my opinion, with a few upgrades well he is VVD he can do whatever he likes hahaha. All in all i pair him with Eder Militao and Ter Stegen as a keeper and I think they are the most overpowered Trio in the game.
The only cons that I found with him was that he may not be the best passer and does not have the best second touch on the ball, you should take away the ball from the attacker and do not try to carry the ball much with Rio cause he does not have the best touch on the ball, but apart from that there is no other thing that I can say.
Ferdinand the Tank is one of the best central backs ive played so far, i used Van Dijk, Joe Gomez 83, Koulibaly and much more... but in this Weekendleague after many many hours of grinding for him.. he was my gamechanger.. his pace is so good and with the sentinal combination he's also a fricking tanky dude, if u did the joe gomez sbc (83 rated road to the final) u must do the ferdinand sbc (icon swaps) i swear this is a deadly lifetime duo.
Fucking solid player
hard to steal the ball
insane tempo
positioning is on point
easy to link
hard to get
I picked up 85 Ferdinand in Icon Swaps 1 because I genuinely thought he was the best value for your time and and he was only 14 tokens. I have no regrets and he is my most played player in my club. The man is a genuine tank and bullies anyone off the ball with ease. Despite the pace, he is actually quite fast and catches up to lots of attackers (apart from Kent, Adama Traore, Daniel James).
Pace: 84 Pace may sound quite bad for a defender but slap a SHADOW on this guy and his pace shoots all the way up to 96. With 98 ACCELERATION and 95 SPRINT SPEED, this English god will catch up to any attacker that your opponent throws your way (apart from Kent, Adama Traore, Daniel James).
Shooting: N/A
Passing: 65 PASSING for a centre back can be quite concerning for some people but if you put a BACKBONE on Ferdinand, his passing upgrades to 73 which isn't the best but it's way better than 65. You do get 88 SHORT PASSING and 82 LONG PASSING with this upgrade but that doesn't hide the fact that he still has 62 VISION with the upgrade of a BACKBONE.
Dribbling: 70 DRIBBLING is okay in my onion for defenders but if you don't like the 60 AGILITY and the 60 BALANCE, then you can put a GUARDIAN on him which fortunately upgrades his AGILITY to 70 but unfortunately, doesn't upgrade his balance at all.
Defending: Before I continue, DO NOT LET THE 84 DEFENDING PUT YOU OFF BUYING THIS CARD! Put a GUARDIAN on Ferdinand and his defending shoots up to 96. With 99 DEF. AWARENESS, 96 STANDING TACKLE AND 98 SLIDING TACKLE, Rio Ferdinand is a force to be reckoned with. The man is an absolute beast and he strikes fear in any opponent.
Physical: 83 PHYSICAL is quite good for a centre back but if you don't like that, then a SENTINEL should do the trick which boosts up to 90. With 92 JUMPING and 93 HEADING ACCURACY, you "MIGHT" be able to score a header with his height being 6'2". The SENTINEL Chemistry Style also boosts the defensive stats to 95.
Overall: If you picked up 85 Rio Ferdinand during Icon Swaps 1, you picked up a bargain. If you didn't, this card will set you back 900,000 which is quite expensive but is worth every coin.
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Ferdinand was always going to be the player I took in ICON Swaps. I loved him in real life, looks like a META card and 16 tokens isn't quite enough to make you go insane. I really, really wanted him to be good but he's largely inconsistent. For reference I am a Div 4/Gold 1/2 player.
I played him next to Lucas Hernandez who is my favourite CB this year, and unfortunately Hernandez seemed to outperform Rio. His tackling is extremely inconsistent, he doesn't seem to 'lock on' like the best defenders in the game do, he'll often go in for a tackle you think he'll make and he misses the man completely or other times he won't come out with the ball in that horrible animation where the ball sticks with the attacking player.
I don't necessarily regret my choice, as the only other player I'd have gone for is Zanetti and I already have RTTF Mbabu who is outstanding, but I am feeling largely underwhelmed by a player I thought would be comparable to the best in the game. Unfortunately he's not.
- Dribbling and composure seem to be decent for a CB, good at playing out from the back
- Passing is solid
- ICON Links
- I love Rio IRL
- Tackling is inconsistent
- Despite using and Anchor chem style on top of his 84 pace, he didn't really feel that quick. Felt more like 75-77 pace
- Strength is pretty poor, rarely out muscles anyone
- Jumping is poor, rarely wins headers
- Reactions? seems to react very slowly to everything
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