Article by Giovanni Panzano
October 6, 2022
Available forThe most awaited moment of the year for virtual football fans has arrived again: FIFA 23 has arrived (do you want to know if we liked it? Here is the FIFA 23 review) on PC, Google Stadia and all old and new generation consoles and we at Soultricks.com offer you a series of useful tips to take your first steps in the new FIFA Ultimate Team, so as to immediately start building the perfect team to face other users in online modes and complete any type of challenge.
The right nation
One of the first actions you can take in the FIFA 23 Ultimate Team menus will be choose a country for your club. It might seem like an obvious decision to select Italy, but know that it is also possible to opt for other shores and obtain advantages.
Thanks to some countries other than Italy, for example, it is possible to complete the forms more easily Squad Building Challenge (SBC, in Italian Challenge Creation Squad or SCR), or those tasks that require the player to form a team according to specific criteria, some of which could concern the nationality of the players. If you want an advantage in this sense, we suggest you fall back on your choice France, Germany, England or Spain.
Play FIFA 22
For many it will be taken for granted, but it is not said that FIFA 23 players have played the previous chapter and it is good to specify it: launching FIFA 22 at least once on the same account is really useful to take your first steps in Ultimate Team. Everyone who spent time in the old episode will get some sort of 'loyalty bonus', which consists of a small collection of packages which guarantee a collection of cards with which to start the FUT adventure in FIFA 23.
If you own the game or through one of the many subscription services you have the opportunity to launch the game and start a career in FUT, do it as soon as possible to then reap the benefits in the new FIFA 23.
Make the most of all the cards
As you can easily guess from the previous advice, in the first hours of the game in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team you will be provided with all the opportunities to get your hands on some packages, so that you can have a small collection of football players.
The best way to get organized immediately after these first unpackings is to make a little selection within the inventory, keeping all those cards that you might need and freeing yourself instead of those that will certainly not have any kind of use.
All those cards that have a are generally considered of little use in building a team value lower than 83. This does not imply that these cards are useless, on the contrary: as FIFA Ultimate Team veterans will well know, players with lower potential can be used in SBC to complete the challenges and obtain rich rewards, not to mention the possibility of sell them in the market to get credits to reinvest in packs.
Study the new Entente
Now that you've unpacked and cleared your collection of weaker cards, It's time to start building your squad in FIFA 23 FUT. In this regard, it is very important that you think carefully about the players to use, so as to make the most of the mechanics of the Entente. If you are a veteran of the series, know that this game dynamic has been revolutionized compared to the previous chapter and has some differences that require a minimum of attention from the player, so as to maximize the efficiency of the various elements of the team.
To improve the efficiency of the players is not only good to exploit athletes from the same club, league or country, but also positioning: every sportsman has a main role and various secondary roles, so that he can be positioned on the field according to the needs that arise. If the Chemistry is high, the statistics will get a significant increase, but with the new system it is impossible that a player deployed out of position and with zero Chemistry does not perform at least according to his attributes. This is a substantial difference compared to the past and which cannot be ignored.
Companion App
Anyone who plays Ultimate Team shouldn't be unaware of the FIFA 23 Companion App, which can be downloaded for free on Android and iOS devices and is accessible from PC via the Web App. It is an application that allows you to open packs , completing SBC challenges and claiming rewards even when you are away from the console and is almost mandatory for any enthusiast.
Thanks to the application it is also possible manage the trading of cards, so as not to miss out on opportunities or keep an eye on the items on sale in the market.
Enable cross play
If up to now you have been forced to buy the EA Sports title on the same platform on which your friends also played, know that with FIFA 23 it will no longer be necessary to take this detail into account. FIFA 23 integrates cross-play between platforms of the same generation (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S or PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) for one-on-one modes Ultimate Draft, FUT Champions, Division Rivals and friendlies.
Of course, it is also possible to play private matches by inviting other users from your friends list. On the other hand, what has no limit is the new Shared Market, since it will be unified between PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Google Stadia. So make sure to enable the option useful for playing with users of other platforms in the settings menu.
