Starter Guide

Oct 22, 2021 

Welcome to FIFA Ultimate Team! FUT gives you the chance to build your dream squad from players past and present, making your Club and Stadium your own as you do it with countless ways to customise to your tastes.

Here are some tips to help you get started on the way to building your dream squad in FUT 22.

Squad Building

Building your dream squad of players is at the heart of FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT). In FUT there are thousands of Player Items for you to build your team around, with different categories of player: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Special, based on their rating and rarity in-game. You can see all of the different Player Item types in FUT here.

One of the key things to consider when building your squad is Chemistry, a special mechanic in FIFA Ultimate Team that has the potential to boost your players’ attributes.

By placing players from the same club, league or nationality next to each other, you will create links in your team. 

The more matching elements, the stronger the Chemistry link is, and the more your players’ attributes will be boosted. Players you find in packs or earn via Squad Building Challenges or Objectives also gain a Loyalty Chemistry bonus giving them a +1 Chemistry boost, while any players you sign from the Transfer Market will earn the same Loyalty boost after playing 10 competitive matches for your club. Players at 10 Chemistry will have the highest possible attributes boosts, whereas players at 0 Chemistry would perform at their base level.

Get inventive with how you link players by changing formation, manager, players’ positions, and more to get your squad up to that perfect 100 Chemistry mark.

You can also use Chemistry Styles to focus your players’ attributes boosts towards two or more of their face attributes (for outfield players: Pace, Shooting, Passing, Dribbling, Defending, and Physical; for goalkeepers: Diving, Handling, Kicking, Reflexes, Speed, and Positioning).

For example, a Shadow Chemistry Style will boost a player’s Pace and Defending attributes but keep their Shooting, Passing, Dribbling, and Physical stats at their base level. Or for goalkeepers, a Cat Chemistry Style would boost their Reflexes, Speed, and Positioning, but their Diving, Handling, and Kicking would remain at the base level. There are over 20 Chemistry Styles in FIFA Ultimate Team, so be sure to weigh up which one best suits each of your players and your unique playing style.

Earning Rewards 

You can earn rewards like Coins, Packs, Players, Stadium Items and much more by playing matches, completing objectives, or completing Squad Building Challenges.

Coins are a key part of FUT, enabling you to buy packs, or sign new players to your squad from the Transfer Market to further your journey to glory.

In FUT, you earn Coins by playing matches, completing Objectives, and selling or discarding unwanted tradeable Player and Club Items.

Keep on top of new Objectives, and play matches throughout Squad Battles, Division Rivals and FUT Champions to keep earning those rewards that will help you improve your squad.

Transfer Market 

Once you have the Coins, you can find new Player and Club Items on the Transfer Market to help you to take your squad to the next level.

The Transfer Market is where other members of the FUT Community sell their unwanted Player and Club Items in return for Coins. You can use it to search for players that will improve your team. From the Transfers tab, go to the Transfer Market and use filters like nationality, rarity, max price, position, or even choose a specific player, then hit search to find the perfect match for your squad.

You can make offers with your Coins for players auction-style with the highest bidder winning the Item, or go straight for the buy it now price to recruit your new talent. Make sure to scour the market to get the best value for your Coins though, as other players list their items for sale in real time.

Find the right match for you 

When you’re ready to take your team to the pitch, there are various ways to play so you can find the right game mode for you:

• Play on your own: In Squad Battles you take on an AI-controlled team of players from the FUT Community with each result pushing you further up the Weekly Leaderboards. Test your skills against the FUT squads of professional footballers, FIFA pros, and celebrities in the Featured Squad Battle each week. You can also shake up your team and tweak with your lineup in Live FUT Friendlies - where Squad Rules and House Rules combine to offer you a range of limited-time matches that change as your season progresses.
• Play together: Team up with your mates in FUT Friendlies to take on friends or the wider FUT community in a variety of modes including House Rules. Or work together in FUT Co-Op to help each other unlock better rewards in Squad Battles and Division Rivals. 
• Play the world: Take your game online in Division Rivals, where you match up online against players of a similar skill level as you compete for weekly rewards. Playing and winning matches in Division Rivals also takes you one step closer to qualification for the FUT Champions Play-Offs. 
• Play the best: Compete for some of the best rewards on offer in FUT Champions. Once you've earned enough points through Division Rivals, qualify for the FUT Champions Finals on the weekend by participating in the Play-Offs at any time during the week, with a points-based system on the way to earning rewards based on your performance.
• Play Ultimate Draft: Draft a squad of 23 players - including the chance to play as the game’s best players including FUT ICONs and FUT Heroes - and win four games in a row against other Draft squads in either single player or online to earn big rewards.

Club Customisation

FIFA Ultimate Team also gives you the chance to make your club your own by customising it to your tastes - on the pitch, and off.

Head to the Stadium tile under “Club” in the FUT Main Menu, then pick from any kits, badges, celebrations, goal songs, chants, anthems, and balls that you’ve acquired in Packs, through Objectives, or off of the Transfer Market as you choose your team’s on-pitch look in the Club tile.

Then edit your FUT Stadium to create your unique design. From structure to stands, the pitch to trophies, crank up the atmosphere to intimidate your opponents. Choose Tifos, Stadium Banners, seat colour, Pitch Trophies, and more, before topping it off with pyrotechnic displays as you create a one of a kind home stadium for your team from pitch side to row Z.

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