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How to master FIFA 19 Ultimate Team without spending any money
You don't need to spend a fortune on packs with our FIFA 19 Ultimate Team tips.
While many people spend real money on buying packs on FIFA Ultimate Team in an attempt to get a world class XI, It is possible to prosper in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team without spending a single penny. We’re almost at 400k coins without forking out a dime
If you want to earn loads of FIFA coins to spend on players without spending your own money, these FIFA 19 Ultimate Team tips will help you.
1. Play squad building challenges to unpack the best players
You have to complete Squad Building Challenges to get great rewards
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Squad Building Challenges (SBCs) are absolutely crucial to succeeding in FUT, whether you’re spending money or not. They’re essentially like in-game puzzles that utilise the squad building system. Ranging from the very simple to extremely difficult – you purchase the cheapest players you can find that abide by the criteria then exchange them for a greater reward.
When you get to the Advanced SBC category, you can earn some great prizes such as Rare Mega Packs worth 55k and Prime Gold Players Packs worth 45k. You’ll need to invest some coins to begin with, because you have to buy the right players off the transfer market, but it’s rare that you’ll spend more than 10k completing an Advanced SBC. In return, you get packs that are worth far more than your initial investment.
If you’re keen to unpack one of the best players in the game, this is the way to go. Some fans even speculate that packs awarded through SBCs are weighted better than those bought from the store, though there’s no substantial evidence behind those claims.
2. Get coin multipliers from the catalogue
Buy these coin boost multipliers to earn many more coins
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Of course, to be able to invest in SBCs, you need to have some coins saved up already. Playing matches and only earning 500-800 coins per match depending on your performance may not seem like very much and frankly, that’s because it’s not.
However, if you press R3 while in the Ultimate Team menus, you’ll be taken to the catalogue. Here you can spend your hard earned points associated with your EA FIFA account, accumulated across all FIFA titles. There’s a number of coin multipliers available, from 200 bonus coins for five games to 1,000 coins for 15 games. Spend your points on all of them right away – they stack, so as soon as one ends, it’ll automatically apply the next one you’ve purchased. Nothing better than earning almost 2,000 coins per match.
3. Research average prices to buy low and sell high
You can make a tidy profit if you research average transfer prices
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In Ultimate Team, though, buying low and selling high is actually not too difficult, especially at the start of the game. When searching for players on the transfer market, take a look at the average price they're going for.
Gradually increase the Buy It Now price you’re searching for until you’re only getting one or two results. Snap up those players as quickly as you can, then you can sell them on for a few hundred coins more. Casual FUT players tend to guesstimate the price rather than doing research, meaning you can find some real bargains and money-makers.
On those same lines, if you acquire an in-form Team of the Week player, either through the transfer market or in a pack, hang on to him. As time goes on, TOTW players tend to increase in price because they become less readily available when they’re not in the current TOTW. Someone who only goes for 10-15k on release could considerably increase later down the line.
4. Play Division Rivals and Squad Battles to earn rewards
You can earn rewards in Division Rivals
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On top of earning coins for completing matches, both Division Rivals (normal online FUT matches) and Squad Battles work with weekly seasons. You play and earn points throughout the week, then at the end, you earn rewards relevant to the amount of points you’ve earned.
Division Rivals has five ranks – if you don’t make it out of Rank V, you only earn a Premium Gold Pack and a Jumbo Gold Pack. Soar all the way to Rank I? You have three choices, all of which grant you expensive packs and boatloads of coins.
Squad Battles on the other hand has a lot more tiers. From Bronze 3 all the way to Elite 1, you earn rewards. 50% of all players make it to Silver 1, which rewards you with two Jumbo Premium Gold Packs and 7,000 coins, so it’s not a particularly hard target to aim for. If you breeze past that and make it to the Elite tier though, expect Mega Packs, thousands of coins and more. It’s also worth mentioning that if you’re one of the very best – one of the top 100 players in Squad Battles – you can earn Ultimate Packs, Rare Mega Packs and up to 100k in coins.
There’s no foolproof way to instantly earn a small fortune, but with lady luck on your side, time and practice, it’s possible to make some good profit on Ultimate Team. Whenever you do open packs, make sure that you’re thoroughly checking the market for how much each player goes for. There’s nothing worse than assuming you know that an average player goes for cheap, putting him up for that much then him selling instantly because you failed to remember he’s part of an SBC at the moment and is selling for loads. Invest your coins wisely and before long, you’ll be able to assemble a world beating squad.
