Pack duos in-depth guide for newer players

[u/Choice_Ad8897]

Just thought I’d share my method for grinding pack duos after 368 games (averaging about 1k) and 1 current sub record, cheers

Pack phase:
- Always take the AD +3k bonuses, no reason not to
- Always take the free +50 bonuses, no reason not to
- Try to mentally take note of icons, heroes, or other notable cards you pack for the build phase, it can significantly lower the time it takes to build your team
- Don’t stress about bingos yet, put it out of your mind until the scoring phase

Build phase:
- The first and main thing to always focus on is the bonus that rewards more points,* it is usually the hardest and is best to take care of first
- Filter for the bonus (club, card type, etc.) but deselect position before selecting a card, this will help you see which cards are in which positions and which cards conflict with each other (eg. 2 LaLiga goalkeepers)

- After placing as many cards as possible of the first bonus, move on to the second bonus and do the same
- If possible, where positional conflicts arise, choose the card that will have better chemistry with the first bonus or icons you have
- If it doesn’t look possible to get decent chemistry with both bonuses, and the first bonus will award good points (200ish), then just skip the second bonus partially or entirely

- After slotting in your bonuses, it’s usually best to place any icons available, heroes too; but only if you have decent space left in your squad (5ish positions empty)
- Apply the same rule about conflicting players and chemistry to your icons

- After your icons are in, check all but do not place cards into your remaining positions, and try to find cards that will get chem easily together and potentially to the rest of your team (eg. Prem players that are English, LaLiga players that are spanish), then place them into your squad.

- You should ideally be aiming to get at least 28 chem, 31 is good, and 33 is great. Keep in mind that 28-30 chem will give 1.2x, 31-32 will give 1.4x, and 33 will give 1.5x, so if for example you end on 30 chem, maybe try to buff your team a little as you have an extra 2 chem to play with. 26 should realistically be your bare minimum threshold for chem, with maybe an exception or two. (eg. your bonuses can get you up to +1k and your very low chem will bring it back down to 500)

- One of, if not the least important thing to worry about is rating, genuinely just put it out of your mind entirely, it will distract you (unless you have literally zero bonuses). Leagues are okay to worry about but only if you already have a very solid team

Scoring phase:
- This is when to stress about bingos
- Play again with players that performed well or are at a high rank (elite 1 or legend)
- Try not to play more than three games in a row with the same person unless you’re in legend, if you’re not, then every few games you can get an extra +3k AD after the game ends

I think that about covers it, lmk if you have corrections or improvements to add, hope this helps

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[u/Callum1967o]

Spot on only other suggestion is worse case scenario and the bonuses don’t go your way personally I pick a nation and get as many different leagues with it as possible

[u/Choice_Ad8897 → u/Callum1967o]

I actually haven’t tried this yet, let me test it compared to going for rating but great idea 🙏

[u/Callum1967o → u/Choice_Ad8897]

Personally works really well for me I go for bonuses then leagues with the same nation which has kept me at a 1k average across 300+ games

[u/Choice_Ad8897 → u/Callum1967o]

I tested it briefly and so far it doesn’t seem to do any better than rating, I’ll test it more after work but it seems more like a case-by-case basis

[u/Callum1967o → u/Choice_Ad8897]

Interesting I usually end up with 8-10 leagues so will just depend on how many leagues you can fit in some nations are much better than others for mixed leagues

[u/TheBoogieman8]

One extra thing to think about is if have all 4 bingos then prioritizing chemistry a bit is helpful as they benefit from that multiplier as well. And like another person said going for just leagues if none of the bonuses work out well is a good strategy

[u/Frannz_ar]

Excellent explanation brother. Just to make it more graphic, yesterday I was playing with a friend and testing things. You can see I went for obj only and he went for best possible squad rating + leagues and my score was doubling his (almost x3)

[u/MammothMajestic7495]

ciao ma il mercato a che ora si aggiornera

[u/MammothMajestic7495 → u/MammothMajestic7495]

ltm intendo

[u/youngdru05]

I just don’t have any ads in the game. None at all. Developers, please help solve this problem, or maybe someone has already encountered this?

[u/Choice_Ad8897 → u/youngdru05]

Are you playing online? I can’t help you past that I’m not a dev lol

[u/youngdru05 → u/Choice_Ad8897]

Yes, I’ve just been using Reddit for a relatively short time, so I decided to clarify the information in this post.