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Player Review
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If you are looking for a TRUE striker in this game, look no further.
PIM Van Basten is the player that I say "taught" me how to play FIFA. Before him, I was consistently Gold, with the odd Elite finish. After I bought him, I started finishing consistently Elite, with the odd Gold finish. Let me explain how this card achieves this.
MVB can be run either alone or with a partner. He is a complete striker, with the ability to hold the ball up, make the final pass, and get in behind enemy defenses. He can and will finish EVERYTHING on both feet, which makes him unpredictable, even with 3* skills. Btw, if you're trying to skill with him, you aren't understanding what this card is actually good at. He has the finesse and outside the boot traits, and he his tall and has the cheese body type (high and average+). He is pacey and his size puts him over the edge. There's nothing like a 90 pace MVB taking these massive strides and ending up behind VVD, Varane, Boateng, etc. His dribbling is tight in small spaces, and he rarely has a bad touch. His RT sprint touches are crazzzzy good, because he kicks the ball far but under control, and like I said, his big body and strides allow him to seemingly cross the pitch with the ball in one or two sprints. In tight spaces, he's one touch, one finish. In the open field, he's this big body (who FEELS athletic) who is gliding across the pitch.
Now, here's where MVB "taught" me how to play FIFA.
MVB has m/m workrates and I HATE those workrates for attackers, because they're usually in bad positions, unless you give them instructions. The issue with instructions, at least for me, is that it makes you easy to read. Anyways, I thought I was going to hate those workrates, until I played with him in-game. Once I figured this out about him, it all clicked.
The trick to MVB is to leave all of his instructions on default, let his card's positioning stats do the work for you, and for you to play around what he gives you.
That means:
- If MVB is running behind the cbs, you better over the top it to him.
- If MVB calls for the ball with his back against the CB, give him the ball.
- If MVB is slowing down, that means you have to slow down your attack.
- Wherever he his drifting, shift the play to his side.
You get the idea. Ten times out of ten, where MVB goes, is where you need to play. If you allow his positioning to be the focal point of your attack, you will find so many chances to score as a team. His positioning is perfect, I said it.
For chem, play a CATALYST on him, not an ENGINE. The engine card is tempting, but the dribbling difference between an engine and not isn't noticeable (because of his body type), but the catalyst's pace and passing change is very noticeable. His base dribbling is already really good.
- finishes everything, two footed with outside the foot trait and finesse shot
- complete striker, can hold up play, play in other players, run in behind lines, etc.
- physical and athletic presence on the pitch
- the closest card to MVB - technical and elegant on the pitch
- if you're not used to this type of striker, you will need some adjusting,
- if you're a dragback spammer, you're gonna have a bad time. Like i said, he has both shot traits - see the ball, shoot the ball, he has a shot for every angle and for both feet.