Is Powertraining a waste of time?

[Capt.Kaplan]

I play this game since 2013 and over the years I also gathered some knowledge (a part of my knowledge got worthless after updates) but still, I know a thing or two.

My current goal is to create a clinical finisher and for this I am applying some timeproven knowledge:

- From my experience an ST is scoring less than an AML-C-R.

- In my theory the best Special Ability(SA) when it comes to scoring goals is the Freekick SA, since I never saw the 1vs1-SA at ingame animations.
I once saw Phantomstriker SA but it is so scarce. Freekicks happen a lot in this game so I think this is the best bet on getting additional goals through an SA.

- A 3* 18year old offensive player without weak foot (because of Freekick SA), is the optimal player to breed and shape to an "effective" striker.

- The maximum value of a specific attribute is capped at 340% (NOT REALLY THOUGH!)


So for this matter I was searching last season for an 18 year old 3* offensive player without a weak foot. I found an AMR and later added the ST and MR positions through training. After positions I trained his Freekick SA. I spent about 120 rest packs for this process.

Now all I had to do was powertrain him, I did this allready multiple times, but this time I did not want to create just another legendary player... This time I wanted to create a clinical finisher, meaning powertrain his shooting and finishing stats to 340%.

As I was about to start, I discovered this team:



and if you take a closer look to his striker and their stats you will see the following:









He allready has what I was about to achieve, but when I checked their stats I was very disappointed.
Don't get me wrong I was not expecting a player who scores 5 goals per game but atleast 1 per game...
Well to be hones I expected to create something like the legend Miguel Costa from nash123(btw I love you dude <3 #NoHomo):



SIR MIGUEL COSTA is the PELE of TopEleven! Approx. 2 goals per game is insanely good for a striker.
And I really want a Miguel Costa for my club aswell, but after I saw that even fine tuned offensive players (300+ % in attacking) are not really goalgetters, is a bit of a hitback.

My Lionel Messi has good attributes for a striker but is still not top of the line with his stats:





About 1.1 goal per game (league) where as my young Rey Mysterio is scoring 1.5 goal per game (league):





From these discoveries I can conclude that there is a hidden value in each player which essentially describes if the player is gonna be clinical or not.

What are your comments on this? Should I invest 1000 restpacks to precisely train only shooting and finishing till I hit 340% on each and then move on to physical attributes, or not bother at all and just get his legendary quality.