Reviews

I received this Werner from my gold 2 rewards, and built a pretty cool team with him for this weekend league. I was worried about his 3* skill moves and his low passing stats, especially since he was replacing my baby Baggio as Eden hazard ST partner in a 41212(2).

I played 6 Div2 rivals games with him, as well as my 30 weekend league games (Gold1 20/30). He has 36 goals and 20 assists in those 36 games, with 0 penalty.

I put a Hawk on him, and he feels amazing in game. His shooting is incredible, he finishes with such power, often finding the top corner. He is also really fast, and surprisingly, his dribbling feels really good. His first touch is great, really making a difference in the box, and his passing has been pretty reliable, definitely better than what his card stats suggest.

I play him as Right ST in a 41212 (2) with Hazard as the other ST and Okocha as CAM, and they all feel really good together, but Werner stole the show inside the box, while the others struggled a bit more.

Overall, I am really glad that I got him from my Fut Champs picks this early in the game, as I see him be a starter in my team for many weeks. I was worried his passing would be a deal breaker, but I never noticed him missing a pass that I felt he shouldn't. Maybe the next update will change that review, but as of now, he is 5/5.

He is definitely a really good striker. Decides a lot of WL games for me. Not sure if it's worth the price, since I got him untreadable, but you can definitely give him a try. Im not gonna put him number of matches, goals and assists, since they are a little messed up bc I did the challenge in beginner mode squad battles to get the 50k pack, and he score about 15-20 goals in each match so they are a bit inaccurate. But I am pretty sure he has an average of about one goal per game and assist once every 2-3 games.

Where can I even begin to describe this card?!

I have used him for exactly 100 games in Rivals and 2 weekends of Fut Champs. He has been the only striker I have heavily used this year other than Rulebreakers Talisca who is his strike partner in a 41212(2), of was the cam behind Werner in a 4231

He is DEFINETLY worth his price, I really recommend him to anyone who is thinking about buying him!

Let me explain why:

PACE:

My tactics have long ball so I don't even put get in behind on this guy and he makes the craziest runs in between and even around the defenders, And even if he doesn't make the run once in a while just L1 trigger his run manually and he's gone, no one can catch him. With hawk he gets 99 acceleration and in game he gets running faster than Usain Bolt in 2009 when he got the World Record.

SHOOTING:

There are no words to describe his finishing. Once he's in the box, 99,9% of the time it's a goal if there's no AI block. The power this man has in his legs is insane, the ball just teleports into the net and the GK has no chance of saving it. With hawk he has 97 shotpower and 95 finishing with 89 longshots, so even just outside the box he's as deadly as the nukes in Kim Jong Un's back garden. He also feels like he has no weak foot at all. He does have 4* weak foot so you expect it to feel a little less than his right , but that's not the case.

PASSING:

If I have to give one reason not to buy this card it's his passing. It feels very clumsy and makes quite some passes go out of play or straight into the opponent's feet. This was kinda an issue, as I pass a lot between my two strikers but I stuck through it and got used to not wanting to do some insane passes with him.

So don't use him as your CAM if you don't have to. But you won't buy this card for his passing, as all his other stats almost feel end game quality already.

DRIBBLING:

So for dribbling I don't have much to say, he's only got 3 star skill moves so you won't be pulling the craziest skill runs with him. But overall his actual dribbling stats feel as they should be, maybe a bit clumsy because of his 76 Balance, and if that bothers you, slap a chem style that fixes that on him. But for me his dribbling was never really an issue as his other stats make up for it.

DEFENDING:

At first it doesn't look like there is anything to speak of in terms of defending but he can actually track back and recover the ball quite often because of his pace and stature. If you do this manually of course. I'm not really that good with crosses yet so I can't speak of his heading, i'm sorry.

PHYSICAL:

His stamina is absolutely no problem at 84, only if you have made many runs with him all game he won't be able to give his all in extra time in Fut Champs but that's what substitutes are for of course. With hawk his jumping goes up to 86 which you can feel with goal kicks. If he is in front of the defender and you hold L2 most of the time he will jump high enough to control the ball with his chest and keep the ball in play.

Packet him untreadebel from my rivals rewards. He's just insane!

One of the best strikers in the game. He can win games for you all alone. One of the top 10 strikers in the game.