FIFA 13 How to Beat Legendary & Ultimate Difficulty CPU Tutorial

A FIFA 13 tutorial with tips on how to beat the Computer (CPU) on Legendary or Ultimate difficulty settings. You'll learn what your general strategy should be when taking on the CPU but this tutorial will also give you some tips for scoring goals.

[Explorations]

Been flicking bettwen Professional & Legendary modes for the last few days and left myself amazed at the gulf in difference. I have no need to go in to such depth but on Professional mode it can become too easy, you win everything in the air defensively and catch up to cpu easily, pretty cool for FIFA newbies like me. Switch to Legendary and you win no aerial balls in your own box, CPU goes all tip tap crazy in your box leaving no way of defending it, thus conceding many goals to top sides

[neilreynolds]

I finally understand defending, I have won spanish league 4 times consecutively, won the treble two times consecutively, thanks Blameyourany!

[williamvogelschwer]

I noticed this too. Reason why this is (IMHO) is because the top teams play open attacking football giving you lots of space and time when it's your turn to attack (making it easier to score/win).

The weak teams have more of a habit of just sitting back, clogging up the pitch, inviting you on and then destroying you on the break.

You have to be aware of things like this when you're playing and adjust what you're doing accordingly. Once you do you'll be able to destroy the weak teams too.

[nicohockley]

im having lots of trouble scoring against professional, most of my matches end 0-0 :(

[JourneymanMo]

the end of an era, when pro clubs was fun

[misturrmiguel]

been following you since FIFA 11. keep up the good work.

[Badousche]

I also won against Real Madrid on Ultimate! Thanks for the tips they really work!

[Elmaln]

Depends on how used to the game you are. At first I struggled with the transition between fifa 12 and 13 so I started on professional, but I can now win ultimate difficulty tournaments. Certain teams can be pretty challenging and the games tend to be incredibly close (one goal difference or even penalty shootouts), but I still occasionally get an epiphany where I play well enough to 5-0 Real Madrid in a final.

Bare in mind I'm terrible at dribbling or anything like that, so you can still do it.

[digwcmaster]

this is absolutely incredible...i hope this will help me because on legendary mode, my games usually end up on a 4-4 or 5-5 draw against teams like sunderland or norwich. And i'm playing with arsenal...lol

[thosegreengentlemen]

somtimes, my ai defenders just stand there without any action, I cant take that as my own fault. Also I realised that certain formations are impossible to keep clean sheet against, it's like they are in total control

[shawaizinhoshawaizinho]

oh man i played this game so much on my pc i totally mastered this game's difficulty levels but now i am playing fifa 15

[Sgt.AhmedQ]

I always lose in legendary in the last min !

[draculHDxGaming]

This technique actually work! Thanks Bro, Respect!

[loyalistsk]

So as im finishing up my game ahead 11-0 on Ultimate against Lazio i see this thumbnail and video in my suggested. I think to myself, boy i sure hope it isnt just a video on how to score goals and then think its really defence that matters most. 0:30s in and im very happy you started with D. Playing a 3-5-2 myself D is crucial. L1+X would be my second bit of advice i think after D.

[sylealek]

Amazing tutorial. Best I`ve seen in a long time.

[Nachmanowicz]

I was already marking right, but I wasn't keeping possession. I've always favored an straightforward Capello style of game, counter-attacking and marking tight, but still I'd concede an average of almost 3 goals per match. Now I concede 1, 5 goals per match I'd say.

[JoeHodgiex]

thankyou, finallly someone who does this stuff

[williamvogelschwer]

I've noticed this too. I found the reason was that I was chasing&pressing too hard during matches. This leads to fatigue and injury as the season progresses, so much so that even if you start game #15 or whatever with 11x full green bar players they will still not be able to perform as well as they did in game #1 and you will start losing games.

I know it's a hard habit to break but players should stop pressing so much. It doesn't help win games imho and is only self defeating in the long run.

[williamvogelschwer]

Have you tried adjusting sliders? I personally think the straight jump from one difficultly level to the next (eg Pro to WC) is too great and doesn't help one improve as a player. However, playing with the sliders means you can make minute increases in the difficulty game by game until before you know it you'll be good enough to beat world class and then legendary.

[bob]

Legendary became so easy for me that I had to change my custom settings to make it enjoyable, thought I'd share some tips^