Katana 4231 100p v3

tweaked version of this https://fm-arena.com/thread/8594-katana-4231-101p-v1-3/

Changes -

Added overlap left and right
Removed roam from position
Added hold ball up to IF/AM
Mentality changed to positive

I've taken inspiration from https://fm-arena.com/thread/8753-box-levante-x-pirate-2/ in terms of mentality and PIs

This one could really work fine

Gianaa9 said: This one could really work fine Expand

I hope for a good score return, very good XGA. When I was thinking about it, it makes sense to add hold up ball to forward players where possible especially if you're playing overlap and underlap

After looking at the test results of Grass Fury with the new update, I will try this version of Katana right now, because I hadnt updated yesterday when I stopped playing my Bayern save in FM. Perfect Time btw. I'm in the Winter break. lol

RawJah said: After looking at the test results of Grass Fury with the new update, I will try this version of Katana right now, because I hadnt updated yesterday when I stopped playing my Bayern save in FM. Perfect Time btw. I'm in the Winter break. lol Expand

From my testing mate, this is proving to be better than v3.1, tested 5 times, 107pts, 105pts x 2 and 103pts x 2, 20+ cup wins too

CBP87 said: From my testing mate, this is proving to be better than v3.1, tested 5 times, 107pts, 105pts x 2 and 103pts x 2, 20+ cup wins too Expand

OMG. Better? My mind cannot even compute how anything could work better than 3.1 hahaha Like, I showed you my winning percentage and goal statistics, how is it even possible to go up from there.. Now I'm even more excited to test V3 moving forward!

Edit: So far and its very early in my continued Bayern-Save, it looks like you're right, so much even that I wrote a raving review for V3 in the V3.1 thread. Hope thats alright. Cant thank you enough for making me aware of this version though. I'll keep you updated. <3

@CBP87 or, if i’m not wrong, you could simply ask for a retest of this one, that should be the same as the current top tactic with hold up on AM instead of Dribble More

Gianaa9 said: @CBP87 or, if i’m not wrong, you could simply ask for a retest of this one, that should be the same as the current top tactic with hold up on AM instead of Dribble More Expand

I think I have requested it mate, but retest requests have been suspended

Okay, so I have just finished the Bundesliga-Season with Bayern, in which I changed from v3.1 to this version in the winter break because of the FM-Update. Because it happened in the winterbreak I can easily compare each halfs of the season..


V3.1, first leg of the season


v3.0, second leg of the season

Note to add for consideration: During the second leg I had to deal with up to 8 or 9 (i dont remember) unhappy players for one reason or the other. The team had to slightly adjust to the new mentality of the tactic and in the Bundesliga my backups started more games than in the first leg, because I rested my starters before and between CL games.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I also had slightly more injuries in the second leg, which had nothing to do with the tactic, I literally had almost none in the first leg, which was one of the reasons for the amount of unhappy players lol

One effect I noticed is, that it feels like the striker is more dangerous, especially compared to the AMC. Using v3.1 one year my starting AMC (Florian Wirtz) literally won the golden boot of the Bundesliga and Europe, scoring significantly more goals than my starting Striker. But its just a feeling..

RawJah said: Okay, so I have just finished the Bundesliga-Season with Bayern, in which I changed from v3.1 to this version in the winter break because of the FM-Update. Because it happened in the winterbreak I can easily compare each halfs of the season..


V3.1, first leg of the season


v3.0, second leg of the season

Note to add for consideration: During the second leg I had to deal with up to 8 or 9 (i dont remember) unhappy players for one reason or the other. The team had to slightly adjust to the new mentality of the tactic and in the Bundesliga my backups started more games than in the first leg, because I rested my starters before and between CL games. Expand

Well that's really impresive pal, well done! What were the players stats? Who scored the most goals?

alex said: Well that's really impresive pal, well done! What were the players stats? Who scored the most goals? Expand

Thank your for your kind words.


Here are the stats. Kolo-Muani scored more goals than in any season before. It might help that I have probably the best RB in the game in Fredriksson who got 38 assists (28 in the Bundesliga) and he's not doing any set-pieces. As you can see Tel made the second most goals overall but he's my AML-Backup (and hates it lol). But he got also some playing time as my Striker-Backup when my Striker-Backup was hurt.

Congratz bro, could you create like 352 tactics? i wanna play with triple defence.

AnilBahadir said: Congratz bro, could you create like 352 tactics? i wanna play with triple defence. Expand

Thank you, mate. I didnt create this tactic. CBP87 deserves all the credit for it.

What are the role-by-role characteristics that players must have to make the tactics work?

Does the katana v3 only work in the current patch or does it also work in the previous patch?