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Hi,
I was just wondering what the best special ability in your opinion his.
So if you could choose only 1 ability to have in your team, what would it be?
I would go with defensive wall because I lost count on how many times my player with that ability has blocked a free kick.
So, what do you think?
Free-Kick for me... Kevin Mensah can't stop scoring those.
Is it really? To me Defensive Wall would be the last SAs I would like to have.
I would like to have Playmaker or One-one-One or Header
Penalty taker would be last IMO (never had a corner specialist though), i agree with fourth, free kick takerQuote:
Originally Posted by singaboy
Never had a corner kick taker SA... anygd? I have a 4* who was a 5* but hes awful at fks compared to a 2-3* i had the season i got the 5* :/ i have about 6 players atm with SA in my first team. I like the ariel header the most atm, gives my cb verygd ratings and he seems to clear loads. I just got a playmaker 5* so looking forward to seeing his impact. Not really seen any difference with 1 on 1 SA gk yet.
I believe free-kick specialist and corner taker specalist are best abilities.
Two footed corner takers and free kick specialists are highly rated by me at least.
I suggest if you use Freekick and Corner Specialist make sure they are scouts or very high quality players because I believe when they are at higher level they are more effective with the SA. If you use 5* freekick taker against a 5* or 6* team I don't see they do much damage.
corner specialist makes no difference for me. in fact, my best corner taker is someone without that ability as the guy with the special ability sucked at getting the corner assists. im in league 3 though
I dont believe the higher the rating the better they are at a SA from my experience.
i would take pentaly specialist, i always lose at them :(
I fully agree with what you sayQuote:
Originally Posted by Shadow
I have 3 corner specialist, and one freekick specialist, and I am glad to have them. So I totally agree with youQuote:
Originally Posted by Shadow
Corner Kicks taker combined with STs with Aerial defender ability (yes, they do exist).
Free kick taker
Shadow striker
What can a Shadow Striker really do? How do you know that it is effective?
is the DEFENSIVE WALL really about being able to block freekicks? doesnt it mean that the player is just very hard to get past in open play? that he is like wall - impossible to penetrate? That's usually that a defensive wall means
I'd like to know that also, I never had one of those..Quote:
Originally Posted by hullabaloo
best for me is the free-kick taker and corner specialist.
When I play my defensive wall players the opposing team always shoot their free kicks into the wall. I'm mostly playing lower quality wise players though but it seems to work.
I have had all SA players accept aerial def, one on one scorer and shadow striker in the previous 6 seasons. Never trained them, always bought.I wiould rate them like this:
GK
One on one stopper: Had this guy Anderson who played 2 seasons as 4 star and another half as 3 star. Was great!!! That's all I can say. He stopped many penalties as well.Was actually gr8 in one on one situations.
Penalty Stopper:Had this guy Grieve who played about a season 4 me. Was avg and stopped 50% of penalties.
So I recommend u to have a one on one stopper as they are better and one on one situations are much more common than penalties. u never have them in leagues and have them in ch league or cup only if there is a 2 leeged draw,
Defenders
Defensive wall: Had this guy Mustafa Daud(still have him as sub). played 2 seasons as 4 star and was gr8 during free kicks and counter attacks against me.
Aerial defender: Never had one, although I have heard that they are damn useful during corners and indirect free kicks against u. They also block crosses. They also head in many goals when u have corners. Never bought as I never needed anyone of the position of the player who appeared in my market as the aerial def. Hope to have him some day.
Recommended: Both of them.
Mid fields and strikers:
Dribbler: Bought one yesterday and scored 2 and assisted one to get the man of the match. Name is Ayuk.In real life, I am myself a good dribbler and am a messi fan, so its a dream come true 4 me to own a dribbler. They r rare on my server.
Shadow Striker: Never had one. Have heard they r avg and not necessary. They are gud at long range shots and u can use them to take free kicks if u have no specialist 4 dat. They make gud pair wid playmkers.
Playmakers: Have had several of them. Most recent being Atliok who got a broken leg and went out fro 10 days and so he went out of my team(some moron poor guy bought him. LOLs. So never buy inj players). Will describe them in one word: Useless. They are supposed to pass and promote attack. Dey need tro pass to correct players nd provide assists. This Atliok played 10 matches 4 me and scored none and assisted none being a ML. His avg form was about 6. Same wid other playmakers I have had.
One on one scorer: Never had one. Have no info so sorry. But as the name suggests, they shud shoot more them pass when one on one and score at a higher rate when one on one.
Set pieces:
Penalty specialist: First had Ganguly then had Chang. Again one word for the: Pathetic. They are supposed to score more in penalties bu they actually miss more than onyone else. this chang missed 4 out of 4 he got in 3 friendlies and 1 league match. didn't score otherwise as well and had no assist. avg form of about 6 and no MoM. Sold him after 10 matches. Was a burden on finances. Same 4 ganguly. If u unfortunately have one of these burden on finances, don't use them. Use players wid highest shooting skills.
Free kick specialist: Had this guy Hutcheon who played 2 whole seasons 4 me. Was GR8. He scored at about 80% success rate in free kicks and and was my highest scorer overall, and also my captain. Was one of the best players I ever had. If there was a hall of fame of my club, he wud have surely beed there. He was an AMC. If u don't have one, use the player wid highest shooting skills.
Corner kick specialist: Have had several. Rite now have Yousuf Atta in subs. Atta played more than one whole season 4 me and was gr8 at corners. dat time I cudnt see the leg of the player as the update had not cum. Later got to know he was either footed.:o They r gud at crossind in corners and about 7/10 of his crosses were headed by one of my players. He was a DMC. If u don't have one, use the player wid highest crossing skills. Mind the leg.
So overall, I recommend a one on one stopper goalie, a defensive wall, an aerial defender, a free kick specialist, a corner specialist, a one on one scorer.
Hope this helped. It is purely based on my experience of 6 seasons. Pls correct me politely if I am wrong anywhere.
Sorry 4 long post... Its my habit. :p
Free kick, corner, aerial defender
Also defensive wall in my opinion;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith Gaule
Yup, always good to have one defender with that skill
For me Free Kick Specialist, Shadow Striker and One N one scorer.
Some SAs are clear on what exactly they do while others are quite a mystery. We first need to get some answers about what "being of one star higher quality for that opportunity" means and when "Counter abilities" activate, before we start discussing about which SA is best.
Take "defensive wall" for instance. All the wiki says about it is that it's the counter ability against FK specialists. Makes you wonder what exactly is the timing for it's activation. Does it activate everytime the opponent kicks a FK? Does it activate only when a FK specialist kicks a FK and is otherwise useless? Further more, does it activate when the player who kicks the FK crosses or does it only activate when the player kcking the FK shoots for the goal? And if we go even further... Is it only usefull against FKs or does it have hidden uses, like blocking long shots from SS or (as Hullabaloo said) making the player hard to get past? There are many factors to be taken into account before judging a SP I think.
p.s. I have to agree that FK and CK specialists are sure useful to have around, though.
In my opinion/experience corner spcialists are very effective. My one v one striker is my top scorer, defensive wall with the combination of pk stopper(goalie) using high pitch press and hard tackle has been quite effective. I have yet to see real results from my mc playmaker( still early though). One thing though is an mc shadow striker seems highly sout after in the transfer market. Still can't get my hands on one though. My thought is that these things also depend on your tactics. Would love to get an aerial header as well. Good topic
Free-kick , i think .
I like the corner specialist ability, the free kick ability, the aerial defender ability, the defensive wall ability and the shadow striker ability.