Game communities often develop their own jargon, from rocket jumps to 360 no-scopes, and FIFA is no exception. Squads in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team are ‘sweaty’ (reliant on pace more than skill), players are ‘discard’ (they sell for the same amount you get discarding them) and, more recently, every affordable player who outplays his stats and becomes broadly popular is a ‘rat’.
Rattiness has become more than just a label for the players, too. A popular corner-pass-header exploit is now “the rat corner”. Spamming through balls to a fast striker is “ratty behavior”. In fact, “ratty” has pretty much replaced “toxic” as the pejorative adjective of choice for FIFA players. Darwin would love to see it.
But what is the ultimate expression of rattiness possible in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team? What is the squad that most efficiently rides that perfect storm of affordability, in-game quality, and widespread popularity? In the interests of science, we offer you this composition.
