(Overview)
Prime Pele (mainly on Basic chemistry)
20 GAMES (10 Mendy DKT, 10 Online seasons)
Total: 20G & 9A
DKT: 10G & 4A
Online seasons: 10G & 5A
All 20 goals (0 headers, 0 PK goal, 1 PK missed)
(Before doing the SBC)
Decreased 700k of my total coins (1.9m to 1.2m) after selling the pack rewards + submitting Prime Larsson, Prime Rui Costa, 3 Base Icon SBC, and tons of high rated untradeables such as Birthday Rooney, Bastian, EOAE Kaka, SBC Promes, Casillas, Cavani, Al Soma, Thiago, Giovinco, Teodorczyk, and Futswap Zlatan.
For me, it is a must to do a Premium Icon given my untradeables. Have already tried loan Maradona, played with R9 on Play a friend's squad and 5-match pre-order loan.
I don't really get on with R9. Hence, I decided on Pele as I gotta try Prime Pele at least once in my life. And Pele loan is not worth shelling 50k for its nature. Could have get POTY Sessegnon for that amount and I’m too cheapskate to add 50k into the cost.
(DKT)
First try with Pele, brought me straight to DKT final with this team. (I know Ramos is on 4 chem. Did not realise it until mid-game. But he does not feel bad, so I carry on using until I lose.)
Lost the final after opponent equalised with this goal. After that, I threw the game away. Got thrashed 5-1. He was better than me as well.
Subsequent 6 DKT games, I switched between this two teams for squad fitness.
Pele featured in every game as I have quite a few fitness cards in my club.
(Online seasons)
Accidentally applied Shadow on Pele while I was trying to change his position from CAM to CF. Decided to just continue playing next 10 games with him. No difference felt to be honest. Tinkered around these teams and formations around Pele
(Attributes)
PACE:
Pace was good. But I don't feel godly at all. More like 90/90 ACC & SPRINT.
Feels like Prime Larsson level of pace, maybe slightly faster here and there.
I feel that Prime Maradona (loan) seems to be faster despite Pele having better pace on face value (92 vs 95).
DRI:
Dribbling is very precise. However, I still feel that Maradona and R10 have better dribbling. It's like Pele's dribbling is very precise, but does not feel smooth enough.
For those skillers or players that are good at dribbling, you won't be disappointed. I would say my skilling level and dribbling level is pretty average. Hence, I can't utilize him fully. But there's a 100% difference between R10 and Pele dribbling, and R10 wins.
SHO:
Insane shot power, and low-driven. Great positioning, one of the best finishers. Decent left foot as well
PAS:
Perfect passing, extremely useful for build-up plays, playmaking and 1-2s. (Extremely important for a No.10) Corner kicks were okayish. Nothing spectacular.
DEF:
You don't buy this legend to defend. However, Pele is always involved in the game be it on the ATK/DEF. Yes, Pele can tackle/ defend okayish. Like Rooney and Tevez kind, to chase down opponents and win balls back. But don’t worry, Pele is not like those who stays back and wouldn’t stay forward.
PHY:
His ultimate weakness is his strength. Definitely the major issue for this card.
Does not feel like 76 strength at all. He is very lightweight and feels like 65 strength and below. Somewhat like Prime Larsson. I feel that Pele could be easily displaced off the ball by the likes of Bakayoko and Van Dijk. Definitely not the man you can count on getting past Rio or Desailly via bulldozing lightning speed unless you're a good dribbler.
Good stamina. Able to last full match without any problem.
As for his jumping and heading, didn't really notice much. Pele didn't score a single aerial goal despite having aerial threat speciality.
For example, I feel that R10 or Maradona would have gotten past Bakayoko. And I expect Pele to be able to whizz past him (a bit hoping for a cheat code).
Work rates: High/ Medium. (Just nice for me)
Pros:
Cons:
(Some magical moment of what R10 did and Pele haven't did for me)
Verdict
I mainly bought Pele as a striker. Doesn't matter if is he is a lone ST or pair up with another ST. However, I feel that he is suited more towards a deeper role (CAM/ CF), and build his play from there.
I feel that Pele will be a better supplement to a godly team, rather than a lone hero like R9, CR7, R10. Not worth for a 3.2m player unless you have untradeables. He feels like Prime Larsson to be of 5-star skill, on "max stats", and being able to make solid passes.
The main reason why I got Pele instead of Maradona is due to his weak foot and stamina. You wouldn’t want to get a player of such price that would gas out after 80mins. That’s what I felt with Maradona. However, Maradona seems to be more efficient despite his stamina. Given the chance, I might do Maradona instead due to my bias towards him, and have Prime Larsson and Rui Costa still in my team.
Also, Prime R10 felt more entertaining to play with and is more efficient than Pele at CAM or a No.10 role. Hence, Pele is kind of like stuck in between ST and CAM. Still yet to find his “final form” yet after 20 games.
Who should get him?
Tl;dr