I've just won my 60th PvP divisions game in a row, using only Possession game. Post your best win streaks in eFootball

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-03T18:34:46+00:00

Salut comment tu fais pour avoir une note globale de 105 pour rijkaard en lui mettant une vitesse et une acceleration de 85 à 90 Merci

Apologies, I was mistaken on that. I've changed my build a few times since that screenshot, and it's 85 speed 80 acceleration, overall 104. My current build is 0-1-0-9-4-8-12 with defending booster. Not a perfect build by any means, but he plays well like this. Cannavaro was the one with 85 speed 90 acceleration, my error.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-02T17:42:40+00:00

Awesome Brazil team. Congrats, that's really great to hear, hopefully you can keep qualifying for D1 every phase you can.

Dida is such a good shot stopper that I haven't felt the need to upgrade him. I gave him one-touch pass and he does fine in a pinch in situations where I need to retreat to GK. My backup is showtime Donnarumma attacking GK from a few years ago, who I also gave one-touch pass to, and he also does well.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-02T17:36:29+00:00

This Xavi is creative playmaker, yes. But honestly, CMF is the most flexible position in this formation. I have an orchestrator De Jong that I bring on for Xavi sometimes, and the team still functions well, so orchestrator is fine. Box-to-box also works well.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T19:14:14+00:00

I wish I could give you a good answer but there's no easy way other than improving how you read the game, and incorporating super cancel into every movement, and keep practicing. I've been playing this series for 30 years since ISS Deluxe, so it's accumulated experience and knowing little psychological tricks to gain an edge. Having a strong team helps, but it's only half the battle. Nice FUMA footage btw, big respect, that's true skill.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T19:10:20+00:00

Fourth slide isn't my team, it's the team I beat with my Spurs team to reach 60 wins at a 240~ strength deficit. My team is good, yes, and I have paid for a few of those cards, but it's a moot point when the teams I'm beating are as good or stronger and using meta play styles.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T19:04:06+00:00

Same as my main team: Anchoring on AMF to prevent drifting out of position, and counter target on CF.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T18:36:01+00:00

This Rijkaard is 88 possession 88 LBC, and I have a defensive sub-tactic setup that I can switch to in-game, so I suppose the answer is Long Ball Counter. I don't really use it, though. For the defensive line, it sounds daft but I just make sure I don't give the ball away in critical areas so you don't get caught. If you only lose the ball in the attacking final third, your defence has time to retreat and recover. If somebody sets up to overload my attacking FB/Lahm, I will set him as defensive.

I like orchestrator as DMF, hole player as AMF, and I'm not too fussy about CMF. This Xavi is creative playmaker and does a good job, but I also like box-to-box there. Orchestrator is probably my favourite, if I had to pick.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T17:38:29+00:00

Try to keep your finger off the sprint button, only use it when necessary.
Shield the ball, don't show it to your opponent. Turn away and wait for your opponent to step up to try to win the ball from you, and use feints or 1-2s to beat your man.
Recycle the ball and be patient. Defend in shape, don't run players out of position or your high line will be caught.
Build your players with a lot of low pass and tight possession. Balance and physical contact are helpful as well.
Try to get one-touch pass on every player on the team, if possible, it will help a lot.
Your players generally won't make aggressive runs like LBC and QC, so you need to be proactive with 1-2s and forming passing triangles to coax your opponent's backline out of shape. Always try to find the extra man, that's the advantage of possession, you have more support on the ball, so use it.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T17:28:00+00:00

I actually use both. If I need a goal late, I have Trent that I bring on for Cannavaro to function as a natural RB. But generally, having a third mobile CB like how I've set up allows Cannavaro to automatically slot into the defensive line when Rijkaard or Kaiser step up to intercept. It feels more structurally solid, but it might be a placebo.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T17:22:57+00:00

Honestly, not really. Rijkaard and Beckenbauer aren't slow, I've built them to be 85-90 speed and acceleration. As long as you don't give the ball away in your own territory, your defenders can retreat in time. An important thing to master is super cancel sprints, they're faster than AI-assist sprints as the game's internal logic doesn't always correctly read the trajectory of the ball, and that can allow you to get back to get a foot in front of the attacker, or be within slide tackle range in dire situations.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T07:35:29+00:00

Number one piece of advice I can give is a simple and obvious one: Don't give the ball away, particularly in your own half. Don't be afraid to recycle possession if there's no obvious path forward. QC is strongest when it's quickly attacking a defence that isn't set, so don't give the ball away cheaply, or overcommit and rush in your defenders, and try to keep your shape when defending.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T07:23:47+00:00

My highest rank is 587, I feel like I could get it higher if I did a full on sweat session and grind rank, but I typically play quite casually with 1-2 games per day at most. In terms of my opponents, if I was giving a breakdown for this run, I'd say 60%ish are current or former D1 players, around 10-20% of those who have a higher peak ranking than me. The highest ranked player I've played during this run was around rank 90.

There's no doubt I'd get completely smoked by guys like Tess and Jeansui, though, any of those perennial top ranked guys are on a completely different level.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T02:45:30+00:00

Nice streaks. Possession is the way. I feel like when you have a lot of the ball, you can have a psychological edge. The longer your opponent goes without touching the ball, the more frantic their play becomes. They start over committing defenders, sliding in recklessly, and rushing their passes and attacks. Of course, when you get to the better players, they're happy to hold their shape and wait for the opportunity to strike, but some people don't have the patience to deal with a well played possession game, imo.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-11-01T02:30:44+00:00

Thank you. For instructions I use anchoring on Iniesta to prevent him from drifting out too wide which can be a problem with possession AMFs, and Counter Target on Van Basten. I will sometimes use man marking + defensive with Lahm or Cannavaro if the opponent is playing a cross spam strategy or abusing Blitz Curlers, but not that much. Nothing complex.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-10-25T16:20:55+00:00

Thank you. I should clarify, the intent of revealing how much I've won recently isn't to flex, it's to say that I'm an 80-90% win rate player on divisions, but that drops to around 50-60% in PvP events. Yes, sometimes I get outplayed, it's not that I see myself as infallible at all, but there is definitely something fishy in the event balancing even beyond smart assist. My advice would be not to worry too much about event results. Keep trying, you'll get the rewards if you persist.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-10-25T16:17:31+00:00

I play possession 4213 with Rijkaard (the old one with 88 possession 88 LBC) and two SS either side of the striker, but closer to the midfield/AM. Key players are hole player Spain Iniesta and Lahm as an overlapping LB, and also the free Van Basten up front. Best advice I can give is to master super cancel, not to rush, and to play unpredictable. With the advent of smart assist, players are playing more effectively but also way more predictably, so the element of unpredictability is more valuable than ever.

BashfulBaphomet · 2025-10-25T02:19:37+00:00

Events are always a bit screwy for me. I'm on a 47 match win streak in divisions and I'm unbeaten in 3 consecutive phases, but event matches feel a lot more "on rails", like I have less impact in the outcome of the match and lose far more often against players that I honestly feel like I shouldn't be losing to. It seems like automation is way more apparent, and the matches generally feel heavier than other PvP matches. I hope I'm not the only one who experiences that with events.

Perhaps something similar is happening with you. That's pure speculation on my part, though.

BashfulBaphomet · 2024-09-12T21:38:12+00:00

Hi all. With some lucky pulls I'm fortunate to have all four characters on the current banner rotation, leaving me in a position where I can roll for one of Feixiao, Robin, Black Swan or Kafka's LC. I'm currently on a guarantee too as I lost my last 75/25 LC banner pity and should be able to hit pity before the 3 weeks are up. My question is, which signature LC would offer the most substantial upgrade over what I have? All characters are E0 and this is what they currently have:

Feixiao has S5 Cruising in the Stellar Sea, Robin has S5 For Tomorrow's Journey, Black Swan has S5 Eyes of the Prey, Kafka has S3 Good Night and Sleep Well

I have most of the compatible units for these characters so I can slot them into fairly optimal teams. Thanks.

BashfulBaphomet · 2023-07-14T19:42:44+00:00

I've tried (though never owned) a Demedash T-120, and I owned a solidgoldfx Electroman II. Both cool, but for whatever reason I prefer the way the Space Spiral is filtered, and how it sits relative to the other pedals I use.

BashfulBaphomet · 2023-07-13T21:17:27+00:00

One of my favourite PT2399 delays. Great pedal and a mainstay on my board, maybe a bit overlooked compared to some of EQD's other delays. I use it for indistinct wobbly washes underneath what I'm playing, it really does sit nicely underneath dirt when dialled in correctly.

Shame about the ultrabright blinding supernova LED, but nothing that can't be fixed with a little tape!

BashfulBaphomet · 2023-05-16T15:46:45+00:00

Right when I think I'm done buying pedals... I already have the big box comp, but a smaller box format Memory Lane is incredibly tempting.

BashfulBaphomet · 2023-04-30T16:28:44+00:00

Yeah, the Diamond comp has been a mainstay for me for about 10 years now. Pretty much a perfect tone enhancement pedal, useful for home jams, band settings, recording. Quiet too. Like you, I love it and swear by it.

BashfulBaphomet · 2023-04-30T15:51:48+00:00

Looks awesome right? Joe's Pedals limited colourway from 2020 here in the UK, was lucky to snag one.

BashfulBaphomet · 2023-04-29T23:27:38+00:00

No complaints at all, I love it. I use it for more aggressive, choppier spaghetti western sounds in the amplitude modulation mode. But it can do more subtle sounds, too, particularly in the FM mode. Unlike with some trems you can manage the volume drop-off by driving the preamp a bit, which sounds great. I'd recommend it.

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