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4.0

is he good?

By YungMug, 29-01-2022

I opened up my mid or prime icon pack and for someone who never really has the coins nor fodder for an icon pack I knew I was going to get an L but how big of an L was it going to be for my team I saw Ivorian and he walks out at first I was understandably annoyed because he is the complete opposite of how I play the game i like to dribble past players and throw in a couple of skills and with a grand total of 23 agility per leg (thank god he has 3) and being 6'2" I knew he wouldn't fit my play style what so ever but stuck him in my team because I wanted to see if i could find a way for me to use him and after 20 games of weekend league and 10 games of rivals I can safely say if you use him right he can be a monster in and around the box

there are no two ways of saying it but obviously the man isn't going to feel like Messi nor does he have 5* skills and he is a whole foot taller than insigne one look at the card can tell you that but give him a hunter and 30 games with a back up striker like Di Natale and he does a job and does that job well for some reason even without the engine (which I tried and quickly realised it was an awful chemistry style choice) he had really surprisingly good passing ability and whilst not doing it to Messi standards could cut away from some defenders and the obvious pros of the card like shooting, aerial ability and strength stood out with the engine chemistry style I noticed he got pushed off the ball despite his large stature and high strength stat and I couldn't imagine it was anything other than being too slow and the defenders slipping in between him and the ball or being too slow for his touches etc so I changed to a hunter and that's when the card really shone, at this point I changed to a 4-4-1-1 hoping he would make runs in behind with Di Natale backing him up feeding him lob passes or through balls or using him as a 1-2 option and a combination of the formation and chemistry style really boosted this card from a humongous raging L to a small L maybe even a tiny w because I never tried to use cards like this before so I had to cater my play style in the process making me a better player. After these changed he began making good runs as apposed to when he wasn't before he felt more solid on the ball he felt like he had pace where as with engine he felt like he physically couldn't run and finally the shooting, get this man in the box or making a run into the box on either foot volley or not and its going in even with goalies feeling extremely good after the patch at one point he even scored a weak foot outside of the box bicycle kick in a game where he produced 5 goals and 1 assist as you can tell from this point onwards he was on fire give this man a through ball of any kind and even with a defender in the way run right past them and its in the net but i dont see him scoring many other ways in my only complaint

-pace (with hunter he feels really fast)

-shooting, need I say more?

-passing, surprisingly good

-strength

-aerial ability, you can trust the man with a good few headers

-dribbling, if you dont over do it he can cut away from a defender or two but no more despite his 3rd leg he still doesn't have a ton of balance

-cost, unless you pack him or he is under 170k I really dont see a reason to buy him there are cheaper option who will be better for your play style and in general none the less he is still a really fun card to use

Formation: 4411

Position: ST

Games: 33

GPG: 0.94

APG: 0.18

4.0

Overall

3.0

Value

4.5

4.0

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (7/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (8/10)

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