This is mainly due to the meta: speed is the key to success on the virtual green. Special cards form an advantage with their increased values. However, speed alone is not everything, of course. Every year, there are ratings that tip the scales past the overall strength to the “in-game strength” of the cards. Thus, also in the current FIFA part a few players can be found, who appear particularly often in FUT and do not only cause joy

These cards cause FUT frustration

Paris Saint-Germain’s Presnel Kimpembe serves as a prime example of a man whose overall rating of 83 is not outstanding – and yet a petition has been started to remove the center-back from the game. Simply on the grounds that many players are annoyed with how well he defends. After all, it doesn’t make much sense that the Frenchman is better at winning the ball than the highest-rated defenders in the game.

German international Timo Werner is also represented among the seemingly unfair cards. His Champions League Road to the Knockout variation is heavily rated at 88 anyway – but the salt in his soup is positional play. Werner is one of those attackers who is so often in the right position (and nets so ice-coldly) that question marks arise in the community

Nabil Fekir’s RTTK card also causes frustration. No value (86 GES) justifies the sheer unstoppable class of the central attacking midfielder. Long-range shots are his absolute specialty. “He’s better than R9,” or “Having him as an opponent is just disgusting,” can be read about his special card. In addition, it was only available as a Squad Building Challenge. So if you don’t have it yet, you can’t get it anymore. This additionally annoys quite a few fans who missed it

Dembelé is a phenomenon in FIFA

But with hardly any player is there as much eye-rolling as with Ousmane Dembelé. The former Dortmund player has been considered meta for years. This – Season , his standard version is even more common than in the past, because he is due to the transfer market splitting as cheap as rarely before.

If you look at his time at FC Barcelona, however, you do wonder why EA still gives him an overall rating of 83. After all, he regularly drops out due to some ailments and does not get beyond the status of a substitute. The 24-year-old only played five league games over the full – Season in the 2020/21 – Season

In fact, he feels much better than his 83 would suggest. His sprints make defenses despair. In FIFA, he remains a phenomenon and particularly difficult to defend. More difficult than it should actually be. The net also complains about this: “Dembele simply shouldn’t be this good anymore. Everyone uses him, he plays like he’s bent,” can be read about him in a large Reddit thread.