I Won - BUT know I could have played this game Better - Would Love Advice

[FlyingV]

Why NOT use defensive? Understand that mentality, as far as we know based on Nordeus, only determines how risk-taking your team is with their shots.
Hard Attacking = more long range & risky shots, less likely to be on target
Hard Defending = Fewer shots, more likely to be on target

Your formation isn't bad. Against 4 defenders with no DMC I use an AMC and lone ST and attack the middle (the weak spot between the central defenders) - essentially what you have except replacing one ST with an AMC, and moving the wingers around depending on whether I want to be more cautious or more attacking.

As for tactics, as I said, don't be afraid to go defensive - read everything Nordeus has posted and read some of the older tutorials. It seems a lot of people come into this game with an erroneous idea of what team mentality and arrows actually do. I also find counterattack to be effective quite often because so many people use a kamikaze all-out attacking formation. Also, match focus passing to your formation, so even with the formation you have I think middle or mixed would have been more effective than what you used - down the flanks with your wingers pulled back seems counterproductive, doesn't it?

This was really well good Razz,

I am not too ashamed to admit that until you posted this I did not know about a couple of Items you mentioned. If I had known about the Defensive mentality this well I would have tried it and now I will.

I love these ideas and will seriously use them and your right about the counter attack, I just needed to hear someone experienced say what I knew was in my gut.

Thanks so much for this Razz, time to add a much needed AMC to my squad. You have been of great help.

Dont Laugh, I always thought using 2 central defenders had me protected for Center Defence (example 4-4-2) This also explains a couple of things now. Great stuff, seriously.
Cheers,
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