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92 - Headliners Upgrade
Packed him right after his hat trick, so I figured I'd keep him over the weekend and try him out. I don't mind "off-meta" players, so trying him in WL wasn't an issue for me, and his stats looked pretty good. I thought this card had hidden gem potential.
...he's okay, but that's about it. There are a few things that REALLY hamper this card from being a truly elite one. He has very obvious pros and cons, and (sadly tbh) the cons outweigh the pros. Part of this is the way FIFA programs tall players, and part of it is the way his stats are allocated.
For reference, he played all 30 WL games for me this past weekend AND he played an evening of rivals after the 89 live upgrade. I tried him with engine, hawk, and hunter cards.
Let's get to the pros and cons.
- Highly skilled, he will make every pass in the game and make every shot in the game.
- 95 base long shots, 90 base passing, 90 base curve, 95 base dribbling, 95 shot power- you can feel all those stats in game, even in bad connections. Like I said, he is one of the most skilled cards in the game. In terms of passing, the card he felt closest to me was Prime Laudrup.
- Finesse shot makes his decent base shooting jump to very good/elite shooting.
- 4*, 4*, lefty, but his weak foot genuinely felt 5*. Like I said, he will make every pass you can think of with both feet. I also felt no "penalty" when he shot with his right foot. His finesse trait AND base 95 shot power and pseudo 5* WF, make his shooting feel amazing.
This is where the card goes to shit, and it falls mostly on the way FIFA programs tall players. Ilicic has THREE major flaws.
- The first his is dribbling. With an engine card, Ilicic falls right behind the :threshold" of usable dribbling stats for tall players - 80 agility, 80 balance. When a tall card has 80/80, they don't feel as clunky and you can take advantage of their dribbling stats. The player I always think of is Firmino, who has base 80/80, which allows you to take advantage of his insane dribbling.
- Because Ilicic doesn't have 80/80, you can rarely take advantage of his 99 dribbling. I would be clean on goal or have space, and he would take these god awful touches or look like he was tripping over himself. Other times, you COULD feel his 99 dribbling, but those opportunities were rare, and didn't happen often enough for me to justify the 99 dribbling stats on the card.
- The second are his physical stats. He is 6'3 but has little strength and aggression, so you can't really run in behind people because he gets bodied too easily, and you can't take advantage of jump balls because he can't jump or fight for second balls. This kills the card!! Other tall players usually have decent physical stats to make up for their lower dribbling stats, but Ilicic doesn't have them. Players like Socrates, Firmino, Zlatan, Kane, Henry, De Bruyne, Balotelli, etc ALL are strong to compensate for it. Ilicic is one of the tallest, yet weakest players in the game and you feel it!
- On top of that, he has low stamina, so after a few bumps and tussles, he's dead by the 70th minute. I tried everything with him, conservative interceptions, possession, etc, but he's too weak and has too little stamina to be effective at the end of a game.
- The third are his work rates. M/M by itself isn't a killer, but coupled with his low strength, aggression, and stamina, Ilicic ends up being a passenger most of the game. He has too little stamina to be a central cam and not enough pace to be a winger. The position where he's most effective is as a second striker in a two striker formation.
I was waiting for Headliner Lautaro Martinez and I sold 91 Hazard(i was playing him as a CAM in 4231) and I've needed a ST for WL. I started searching and I saw him. First I thought that he would be bad because of his pace, agility and balance. But I've needed a tall striker with some physical and I bought him for 61K. And in the first match he impressed me. He scored 2 goals and made 1 assist. I've continued to play with him and he was so good. But i've sold him. I needed a change in my team and I sold him. I've selected him cause i play for fun and I love to play with players that are not meta. If you searchb for a ST from serie A I recomend Ilicic or Lautaro 86.
Finishing
Short and long passing
Crossing
Ball control
Pace
Agility
Balance
He's a great cam with amazing stats he shots every ball he touches and he has a great passing , he also has amazing skill and this card with an engine is amazing.I had also his 90 card and he was a beast. He's also tall but he doesn't score a lot headers and his free kicks are AMAZING. He has a good pace for a cam.
Great shot
Pass and Vision
F.K.
He`s not regular
Stamina
When I bought this card, it was to use him in an anti-meta 3-4-1-2 serie a team with him as right striker on stay central and false-nine. This worked very well as it complemented his stats, for example his his dribbling (not agility and balance), ball control, low-ish pace and high shot power and long shots. Because of this he has a certain feel to him which is quite hard to find in this game. He is surprisingly good against the likes of kante, torreira or makelele. This is because of his height which can give him an op strength feel. One more interesting feature about him is his low jumping which makes him volley the ball most of the time and he finds a way to get the ball in the net. His obvious drawbacks are his low agility and balance but you wouldn't expect him to have that considering he is an anti-meta card. Overall I highly recommend using him if you want to have a different experience playing fifa 20.
Long shots
volleys
hold up play
long passing
agility
balance
I packed him untradable out of my twitch prime pack, and have used him as a sub while doing the mendy objectives. He feels ok on the ball with great movement and very good long shots. Does miss the occasional chance and his weak foot is very good.
Weakfoot/skills
Long shots
Height
Passing
Clunky ingame
Occasional misses
Pace