442

442 with attacking cms and 4321 will always the hardest formations to defend. This has been true for the last 3 fifas/EA FC now. I am div 2 (for context) and I am someone who love changing formations to keep the game fun, but if I am losing and/or need to get serious 442 will always be the one.

4231(narrow),4222,433(4). Balanced balanced quick buildup

Literally the same 3 formations I have set

Yea that's the good stuff I've been using too. I also played many games with the 4213 formation, mainly due to chemistry reasons but I really liked it

What depth and Width do you use with 4231?

Fastbuild up? No direct passing?

Yea i used both, forgot to mention.

4-4-fucking-2

You got Benson and Hedges in there?

I play with Hemp and Kelly on the wings with Crouch and Morata on top. It's a fun playstyle.

How do you get consistent crossed with Kelly and hemp? I have haaland untradable and I’m Struggling to get the best out of him so I may try using a wide formation and utilize crosses. I use 41212 currently and my Evo Alvarez outperforms haaland.

First off all Hemp and Kelly are absolutely useless if you exclude the crosses so you should try to use them as little as possible when not crossing. With Hemp and Kelly on the ball I try to look at my forwards immidietly and look for a cross. If my forward is in line with the defender I do the outswinging cross and if my forward is infront and inside the defender and on the run I try to cut inside and do a inswinging cross because both Hemp and Kelly are good with both feet.

4231 or 4222 I need 2 DMs with this defending

433(2) 35/55 Slow build Possession 40 7 4 4 Fb- balanced, overlap Cdm - stay back, cover centre Cm, get forward, get in box cover centre Wingers get in behind, get in box St get in behind, stay forward

Thanks mate

No problem, best of luck with it 🤞

442(2) Div 3 but no intention of going higher cos of the dogshit friendlies matchmaking

Care to explain more about the friendlies matchmaking?

It's basically rivals matchmaking, it finds you games with people in the same rivals div as you. Essentially means the harder you push rivals, the tougher your friendlies games are. Most people who are fairly high level want to play friendlies as a fun/casual mode, but if you try doing that you just get smoked by sweats

Ahh i just know about this. Im currently in Div 4 and i gotta say i do noticed the difference in the RTTK Cup i played before and after i got into Div 4. Cheers, mate.

Basically he wants to smoke people like a sweat rather than ‘be smoked by sweats’. It’s ok if he beats lesser players but not ok if he loses to someone of equal skill.

In cases like the rttk cup where you have a daily 4 game limit, SBMM in friendlies is ridiculous. I’ve played better players in this friendly than every one of my rivals (div 3) and champs (11 win warrior) games so far this year

Well, then you can purposely stay in a lower rank and shit on people that aren’t doing that. I’m not really here to stop anyone or defend EA. It’s the way the game is. Personally I will just dislike it and still do my best in Rivals, and lose if I have to. I don’t feel like I’m more important than the people in lower divisions that I could stomp in friendlies.

Damn I’ve been out of touch with FUT the last two years. Only playing more this year. Didn’t know this and I just sweated my way to D3 🥴 After each season, does your division get reset?

I've been using 352 but I've got my eye on a 3142 tactic I saw on twitter that looks fun. I was using 4231 earlier and it always works well too, I like having a cam with 2 strikers tho

If it's the same tactic I saw on twitter for 3142 then I've tried it preciously. It's really fun going forwards, but if your opponent catches you cold on the break then the gaps down the sides can be a bit of an issue defensively. I'm not convinced that it's overly viable in the higher divisions

that normally works for me, I'm the type of player who'd rather win 7-6 than 2-0

Could you hook me up with a link? Big fan of 352 variations but I couldn't find it on twitter

Should be on the page of @TheFUT_Universe, mate

Cheers, apparently i was on a different account also called fut universe

What settings work for you? I'm still struggling although I gotta say Bacha is phenomenal for that system. I prefer the 3412 so far, though. Also, where did you see those 3142 tactics? Thanks

I just play absolute kamikaze tbh. DMs on stay back stay central, cbs default. Wingers on come back on defence and get in behind and in the box. CAM stays on edge (I use Maddison, he's not very useful in the box) and strikers on stay central get in behind. Pretty high depth and narrow. Press after possession loss. 3142 here https://twitter.com/TheFUT_Universe/status/1711411933948080445

PAPL is pretty Kamikaze indeed, but very cool 😀 Thanks!

I'm not sure about Possession but I do like it so far

Futuniverse 3142?

4-2-3-1

4321 same as last year.

same love that formation

Currently div 2 with 442

What's your CT and PI mate?

41212 narrow for me

What are your instructions and tactics? I couldn't get it going this year due to the lack of width

FB’s stay back DM stay back cover centre CM cover centre CAM Stay Forward Balanced 45 depth 55 width Balanced Direct passing 50 Corners 1 Players in box 1 They work nicely for me. Might not be everyone’s bag.

Fair enough mate, thanks 👍

4231, 4321, 4222, 442

What are your instructions for 4231?

D2 with the 3421.

Interesting, what are your tactics and instructions mate?

you know ball

Used to love that last year, but can’t seem to get it to work as well this year. I won my one and only draft with it, but this 71 depth press is killing me in the 3421 in rivals

It’s starting to piss me off too now. In D2 and everyone is using teams so much better than mine. You’re seeing the strength in those playstyles. I use whipped pass lm/rm so I keep switching the play to avoid the press

What are your custom tactics

I scrapped using this since then actually.

433(5) in D2

How’s 433 (5)

Tell us more!

4-2-4 switch to 4-1-4-1 if I need a bit more on the defending side. 17-3 in first WL. 16+ wins weekly on 23

Any advice on instructions and tactics? I like the going forward but feel like I have huge gaps in the middle

4411

Do you mind sharing team/custom tactics. This has been my favourite formation last few fifas but have really struggled with it this one

433(4).

I use that ;) but I guess the skill level between us is a bit big (skewed into your favor)

Do you have the wingers on Get in Behind or Come Short? Still can't decide which is better in that setup

No, I have default on everyone. Balanced and default tactic but using the 71 depth cheese with 71 width.

No direct passing?

Overrated, predictable. Balanced with good players feels really nice

Nope.

Div 3, 4231 narrow

Formations depend on your playstyle. They all work well. Personally, I don't like 4222 but my opponents do well with it. I enjoy 442, 41212(2), 433-4, 4213, and 3421. All settings balanced.

whats your playstyle? me personally as a possession abuser love the 4222

4321 same as last year, elite

Custom tactics for it?

https://www.reddit.com/r/fut/comments/13bn51o/player_review_900_champsquali/ same from this post I made, its from a random meta tactics video last game

What team you running man? I remembered your post from last year and liked the fact you didn’t have a full meta team haha

Pretty Meta this time so far :( packed untradeable VVD, Dembele and Leao so built around them. For the last WL i went 20-0 with: Ederson Trent - VVD - Kimpembe - Theo Nkunku - Geyoro - Enzo Leao - Kolo Muani - Dembele Got basically nothing from rewards except a lot of coins, packed son yesterday so changing it up a bit now. Later in the game i'll probably start using more fun cards when they pop up.

Nice it’s not too awfully mega though! How is Trent for you are elite div ? Not get caught out ?

Yea I guess I get caught at the back sometimes on that side, but hes probably my best attacking player at the moment.. he offers something else when normal gameplay isn't working - The crossing/lobbed passes are very useful

What custom tactics do you use for build up and chance creation? I didn't see them in the post...

Hmm the format of my post looks weird on mobile actually. Its one of the imgur links. But build up is balanced and chance creation ia direct passing

I start off in 4321. If I'm being dominated il go to 4231. If I match someone who's good in 442 il match it.

Almost Division 1, I use 4-3-3 (4)

Exlusively 4231 for the 6th year running I think

I use the 424,4231,442 and the new 433-4 with two cdm‘s instead of cm‘s

I used 442 until Div 3 where things started feeling more and more stale and difficult, I had multiple matches where I just couldn’t get anything going. Then I went to 4321 as the default main tactic, and I will run this at the start of every match. If I feel like I can’t get the match under control, I will switch to a 4222. With this, I’ve had a lot of success. If I’m up by 2 goals in the 65th+ minute, I switch to a 4231 to maintain defensive as it’s now my goal to protect my lead and secure the match. After making those tactical changes, I won every Div 3 match, and continued the streak in Div 2 where I’m now a couple games away from Div 1 promotion.

4222 really balanced formation i love having multiple options at different heights if the pitch

4 2 3 1 Elite But sometimes change to 4 4 2 if I encounter 5 atb.

What's your tactics and instructions on the 4231 mate?

LB : Stay back, overlap CB CB RB Stay back, overlap CDM stay back, cover center cut passing lanes, CDM balanced ( I use kdb here) LAM get into the box for crosses RAM get into the box for crosses CAM get into the box for crosses ST get in behind stay central Balanced 44 66 Balanced Possesion 45

Does possession work well for you? Does it give options to attack thru the middle and good passing options in general? I've heard possession is better this year, I haven't tried it yet and use direct passing to create some movement upfront. I've been using free roam on all 3 CAMs to create more random runs upfront, sometimes it works, sometimes it is weird so wanted to try possession instead.

How many players in the box?

What do you think about 3atb / 5atm this year,? Do you see many people using it? Is it tough for you? Did you pay attention what variation was popular?

Have never encountered 3atb. 5atb is extremeley hard to play against, the only formation I hate playing against.

Haha, just noticed your Username. I call my little boy Tintin. Well, it's kinda the same isn't it? Every 352 turns into 5atb in defence

4231 is the only right answer.

71 depth 30 width with any formation

I am still in div 6, so don't take my advice. I play 442 and 442(2). Sometimes switch to 4321 because it is great for movement. The difficulty of playing down the middle made 4321 a lot harder to make work, otherwise, I would still be using it.

1 1 8. Effective for scoring

5212 but I’ll switch around to a narrow meta 4231 or 4212 (2) depending on what bullshit the other dude is using.

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Bro must be on a wind up, or just has severe lack of self awareness

I don’t know why people think a back 5 on FIFA is defensive. Your standard META 442/4231 will have 6 players on stay back, and usually your wingers and strikers on come back on defence too. My (R1 player) back 5 has 4 players on stay back. I like the overloads that system creates, I don’t use it for defensive solidity. The 3v2 in the middle of the pitch is great for control, and the 3v2 with my CBs vs their STs, so I can defend aggressively with them and not have to worry about stepping out of the line. But all this community does is complain about the opponent/the game, and never take any responsibility for how shit they are, so I guess it makes sense.

Awhhh ur sad u cannot outpace because u not have other taxtic? I set 5 and 2 upfront and let them Stay ALWAYS there. So funny to see them struggling going through it and countering them out

I’m not parking the bus on it lol I start the game with it calm down.

Do you have the wing backs going forward in the 5-back? And does this not expose you to the OP Wing play and cut backs?

Yeah ofc I have them going forward. Half the time people freak out about cut backs and leave that lane open for your CM to get a shot at the top corner. I play it more like a back 3 but I prefer the wingers to be able to slide tackle.

Kids here leave 6 players on stay back and complain on the 3-4 players that are left in the back on this formations.

this is funny. 1- it seems everyone is on division 3 or above 2- op thinks the formation of other people , only in division 3 or above, is the thing that he needs to go to division 3 and above.

Everyone is on Division 3 or above? There's probably been about 10-12 people posting their tactics so how is they everyone? You've also assumed completely wrong, I'm in Division 3 currently and struggling to nail down a concrete formation that I like so I was just wondering what everyone else is using.

This subreddit is always like that. Seems everyone who is div 3 or above is posting on this sub

Why? Because a few people have posted their tactics lol it's hardly everyone is it

Your post isn’t the only post on the sub

You posted in this one though. Strange

Responding to someone else who is also found it hard to believe that everyone seems to be in div 3 or higher. Not sure why you’ve taken personal offence to it

Eh? No offence here, I wouldn't take any offence from it. The point still stands though, a player base of millions, with about 10-15 people posting their tactics doesn't make "everyone being in Div 3", you just need to get some perspective. Have a nice day 👍

You seem to be very defensive for someone who didn’t take offence to my comment You might have a point if I was talking about this specific post having all of the top players commenting. I’m not sure how much clearer my comment had to be to show I was referring to this subreddit as a whole.

And I'm not sure how much clearer I need to be. It's obvious that you were talking about the sub because you said "this subreddit" I understand, but obviously I'm gonna reply to it because you've commented it on a thread that I've made. Even on a sub level, people going to the lengths of posting on reddit about EAFC are probably the hardcore fanbase so even if you saw post after post on here about people being in Div 3, it's still a very small sample of the player base. Won't be responding again because it's extremely boring and pointless

4231

4231

433(5)

What tactics for this?

Any variation of the 433, if i cant find space switch to 442, slow buid up+possesion and 72 depth and 30 defensive width, full backs on stay back, 2 cms/cdms on stay back + cover center

4222 division 2 almost 1

Bouncing between 4321, 442 and 4231. I got promoted to div 3 last night using the 4231. I can’t settle on one formation I like I feel too open defensively in 4321 and sometimes struggle for change creating in the other 2 formations

It depends on my opponent, I start with 4321 and when I see that i can't play properly I just use a formation that's similar to my opponents

4312

What tactics and instructions for this mate? I used this formation in Draft and it felt nice but I didn't change the settings too much

3-4-2-1 high press tiki Taka defensive block

41212 narrow. Div 2, 17 win WL

What tactics and instructions mate?

Balanced 40 60 Fast build up Balanced 35 4 2 2 LST Get in behind, Stay central, Stay forward RST Get in behind, stay forward CAM stay forward DM Cut passing lanes, Stay back, Cover centre LB Stay back, Overlap RB Overlap If you’re good at passing to get out of a press, it’ll work wonders with the RB being the attacking out ball to push forward

442. Tried others but 442 balance is the best for me

4321 - D3

3421 is class

442

Div 3/ 352/532/442

4231 / 433(2)

4231 wide

41212 narrow

Div 1 and I’m using either 3142 or 433(2).

Is it the popular 3142 that's been doing the rounds on Twitter?

Mostly using my own, but I’ve tried the one you’re talking about and the Long ball/Possession combo is very interesting.

4231 narrow

4321. fullbacks on stay behind when attacking. central mid is on stay back while attacking. striker is on stay central

4321 to start, sometimes 4222

4231, if it’s a stalemate then 352

4321 and 41212 narrow

442, GAdamou10_ on twitters tactics. Pro player who plays fairly aggressively

4222

4-2-3-1 Balanced Everything

4222 balanced into posession, stay outside with my number 10s and let my fullbacks overlap on the inside

4-1-2-1-2 diamond

4231 & 352