Looking For Input on Chem Boosts

So I'm still relatively new to the whole Ultimate Team thing and have been slowly figuring out things throughout this year's game, but was just looking for input on chemistry boost tiers.

Essentially, which boosts are the most important to be at? Obviously speed is the most important, but for some of the other tiers, is it worth it to keep my chems at a certain level for the agility, jumping, awareness, etc?

For example, my team is currently 40/60 Combine (agility), 30/50 Vikings (+2 strength), and 5/50 Dolphins (+1 strength to my center and fullback), and 5/70 Super Bowl (+1 strength to my DT and DE). I also have a ton of motivators maxed out with Combine players, Country Strong, and Sweet Feet.

Let me know your thoughts and approach! I'm debating on if it would be beneficial to drop a couple of my filler Combine players and the Country Strong/Sweet Feet in order to get my Vikings boosts higher.

storky222 said:

So I'm still relatively new to the whole Ultimate Team thing and have been slowly figuring out things throughout this year's game, but was just looking for input on chemistry boost tiers.

Essentially, which boosts are the most important to be at? Obviously speed is the most important, but for some of the other tiers, is it worth it to keep my chems at a certain level for the agility, jumping, awareness, etc?

For example, my team is currently 40/60 Combine (agility), 30/50 Vikings (+2 strength), and 5/50 Dolphins (+1 strength to my center and fullback), and 5/70 Super Bowl (+1 strength to my DT and DE). I also have a ton of motivators maxed out with Combine players, Country Strong, and Sweet Feet.

Let me know your thoughts and approach! I'm debating on if it would be beneficial to drop a couple of my filler Combine players and the Country Strong/Sweet Feet in order to get my Vikings boosts higher.

Honestly, this late in the year (if not always/forever) stats barely matter.  Everything is based upon abilities.  Speed kills, you definitely have that exactly correct, but I wouldn't stress too terribly much over your team chems.  Almost literally everything in the game is based on minimum thresholds, for example, all of the new receivers that released are going to meet and exceed the minimum 90 route running we'd hope to see across the board, for; short, medium & deep.

Instead of thinking about it in terms of stats, i prefer to match up abilities to areas of grass on the field.  For example, on offense, i know we need five Secure Protectors across the entire O-line, so however or whatever it takes to achieve that.  On defense, i need to have both Deep & Mid Zone KOs all around the outside, both outside CBs and both Safeties.  Deciding how / what / where to run your limited X-factor abilities will make significantly more impact than an extra STR or whatever here or there.

I had been running 70/70 Superbowl hybrid theme team, along with 25/50 49ers and 6/6 AKA Crews "Y2K" for literally 2+ months, only just recently gave up on it as i've been able to move on from the majority of my SB players.  Although i did add both Sweet Feet & Country Strong back to the roster, mostly for giggles.  I'm not sure it's super impactful as we head into May and June... but old habits die hard.

Also, welcome!

Just put C.J Uzomah in your lineup you get a "C.J WhozYoMama" bonus which increases all receivers CIT rating and also makes positions that aren't used as much become 99 overalls including fullback, punter and long snapper. This happens because C.J. Uzomah is the greatest tight end to play the game and is the one of the two relevant tight ends in Bengals history making him a clear hall of famer (sorry for the tangent). Aside from these bonuses C.J Uzomah also provides the "MadeInWuhanChina" bonus which causes all quarterbacks to have decreased deep, medium and short throw accuracy unless throwing to C.J. Uzomah then in that case the QB has increased Accuracy, throw power, and throw under pressure. All in all this is why I recommend putting him in your lineup.

skoopi said:

Just put C.J Uzomah in your lineup you get a "C.J WhozYoMama" bonus which increases all receivers CIT rating and also makes positions that aren't used as much become 99 overalls including fullback, punter and long snapper. This happens because C.J. Uzomah is the greatest tight end to play the game and is the one of the two relevant tight ends in Bengals history making him a clear hall of famer (sorry for the tangent). Aside from these bonuses C.J Uzomah also provides the "MadeInWuhanChina" bonus which causes all quarterbacks to have decreased deep, medium and short throw accuracy unless throwing to C.J. Uzomah then in that case the QB has increased Accuracy, throw power, and throw under pressure. All in all this is why I recommend putting him in your lineup.

Lmao I am truly amazed by the amount of time and effort you put into this comment! I'll definitely use this piece of advice for the rest of my MUT-playing career!! lol

peatrick said:

Honestly, this late in the year (if not always/forever) stats barely matter.  Everything is based upon abilities.  Speed kills, you definitely have that exactly correct, but I wouldn't stress too terribly much over your team chems.  Almost literally everything in the game is based on minimum thresholds, for example, all of the new receivers that released are going to meet and exceed the minimum 90 route running we'd hope to see across the board, for; short, medium & deep.

Instead of thinking about it in terms of stats, i prefer to match up abilities to areas of grass on the field.  For example, on offense, i know we need five Secure Protectors across the entire O-line, so however or whatever it takes to achieve that.  On defense, i need to have both Deep & Mid Zone KOs all around the outside, both outside CBs and both Safeties.  Deciding how / what / where to run your limited X-factor abilities will make significantly more impact than an extra STR or whatever here or there.

I had been running 70/70 Superbowl hybrid theme team, along with 25/50 49ers and 6/6 AKA Crews "Y2K" for literally 2+ months, only just recently gave up on it as i've been able to move on from the majority of my SB players.  Although i did add both Sweet Feet & Country Strong back to the roster, mostly for giggles.  I'm not sure it's super impactful as we head into May and June... but old habits die hard.

Also, welcome!

This is great to know, I plan to do a little experimenting with my lineup tonight and see what happens. Sometimes I get caught up in seeing the actual ratings of a player in the lineup. I found that playing a few players out of position can be beneficial, like the BND Linderbaum at right guard since I don't need the chems. His rating only showed as like 94, but when I looked at him head-to-head against my previous right guard, he was better across the board. Thanks for the tips!

storky222 said:

This is great to know, I plan to do a little experimenting with my lineup tonight and see what happens. Sometimes I get caught up in seeing the actual ratings of a player in the lineup. I found that playing a few players out of position can be beneficial, like the BND Linderbaum at right guard since I don't need the chems. His rating only showed as like 94, but when I looked at him head-to-head against my previous right guard, he was better across the board. Thanks for the tips!

Great assessment work you've done on your own -- none of this type information is readily apparent, at least not to me... based on in-game menus and descriptions.  Half the battle is figuring out which abilities even work, versus which are pointless.  Obviously 0AP above all else.  Cannot stress the importance of Secure Protector enough, at least if you anticipate trying to play competitively online against all the various D-line X-factors, such as Unstoppable Force and/or Colossus.

Get yourself an Angry Runs running back, well worth the 1AP investment.  QB needs to have the following quad/god-stack:

• Set Feet Lead (or Pass Lead Elite) -- velocity ability
• Gift-Wrapped -- to improve pass catching on offense, especially various high point passes, etc.
• Gunslinger -- helps the ball come out faster, to avoid sacks
• Hot Route Master -- this one becomes sort of optional, based on your play style or abilities, such ast he various WR/TE/RB/Slot Apprentices

I'm also doing a bunch a handful of OOP linemen.  Andrew Thomas gets both SecurePro + Linchpin (which improves run blocking across the entire O-line) for 0AP, he's a fantastic option.  I've got him at center, as I continue using the Superbowl Andrew Whitworth with a LIU token for 0AP SecurePro, as well.  PLEASE let us know if you have any more questions or issues.  So many people in this great community helped me out tremendously, i just started last year during the Christmas `23 cycle.

storky222 said:

This is great to know, I plan to do a little experimenting with my lineup tonight and see what happens. Sometimes I get caught up in seeing the actual ratings of a player in the lineup. I found that playing a few players out of position can be beneficial, like the BND Linderbaum at right guard since I don't need the chems. His rating only showed as like 94, but when I looked at him head-to-head against my previous right guard, he was better across the board. Thanks for the tips!

Yeah, there's not much of penalty for playing someone oop. Generally, it just makes their displayed ovr go down. If they have good enough attributes/abilities for that position, you can generally play Safeties at CB, CBs at Safety, TE at wr, fb at hb, and Oline at most other oline positions without any issues. 

Center is the one oline position you should try to use an actual center at if you can. I believe it has something to do with the fact that your center's awareness replaces the lowest awareness on your oline. But that won't happen if you use an oop oline at C

peatrick said:

Great assessment work you've done on your own -- none of this type information is readily apparent, at least not to me... based on in-game menus and descriptions.  Half the battle is figuring out which abilities even work, versus which are pointless.  Obviously 0AP above all else.  Cannot stress the importance of Secure Protector enough, at least if you anticipate trying to play competitively online against all the various D-line X-factors, such as Unstoppable Force and/or Colossus.

Get yourself an Angry Runs running back, well worth the 1AP investment.  QB needs to have the following quad/god-stack:

• Set Feet Lead (or Pass Lead Elite) -- velocity ability
• Gift-Wrapped -- to improve pass catching on offense, especially various high point passes, etc.
• Gunslinger -- helps the ball come out faster, to avoid sacks
• Hot Route Master -- this one becomes sort of optional, based on your play style or abilities, such ast he various WR/TE/RB/Slot Apprentices

I'm also doing a bunch a handful of OOP linemen.  Andrew Thomas gets both SecurePro + Linchpin (which improves run blocking across the entire O-line) for 0AP, he's a fantastic option.  I've got him at center, as I continue using the Superbowl Andrew Whitworth with a LIU token for 0AP SecurePro, as well.  PLEASE let us know if you have any more questions or issues.  So many people in this great community helped me out tremendously, i just started last year during the Christmas `23 cycle.

Does linchpin stack? Ive got two linemen who get it free so i enabled it on both. Just wondering if the second one does anything in addition to the first.

doncoyleone said:

Does linchpin stack? Ive got two linemen who get it free so i enabled it on both. Just wondering if the second one does anything in addition to the first.

Please don't quote me on this, as i cannot be certain, but no i do not believe they stack.  It should increase the run-block timers, perhaps to liek minimum of 3.0 seconds.  I think.  Could stack with stuff liek Goalline Back, but not another Linchpin, sadly.  I'm in the same boat, both Rob Havenstein and Andrew Thomas both have it for 0AP.  Try to search for Identifier and/or Threat Detector if you have wiggle room on the O-line, both provide great insight into what your opponent is trying to do on defense.

Here's the actual ability, as it's coded in-game, so you don't have to merely take my word for it: https://www.abilities.fyi/abilities/linchpin

Description

Players with this ability grant improved blocking to the entire offensive line.

Running plays block shed initial timer penalty.

Early in the year it’s important to have 50/50 for plus 2 speed. It can give a receiver or RB an u fair advantage. Once everyone has 98 speed, then you no longer need  50 and you can start reducing your main TT down to 40 or even 25. then just run the players you like for your scheme.

storky222 said:

Lmao I am truly amazed by the amount of time and effort you put into this comment! I'll definitely use this piece of advice for the rest of my MUT-playing career!! lol

Thank

I having the combine theme team players who get extra ability boosts is worth it even if they are in your lineup as back ups.

mberezoski said:

I having the combine theme team players who get extra ability boosts is worth it even if they are in your lineup as back ups.

motivator boost.

Abilities matter more than anything in this game but your team seems pretty good chems wise. As long as you have meta players with as many 0 ap abilities and lit up X factors as you can you’ll have a great team