In EA FC 25 you can secure a real top striker for Ultimate Team. It is comparable to a strong version of Cristiano Ronaldo, but it saves her 2 million coins with him. On MeinMMO we introduce you to the cheap scorer and his similarities with CR7.
What kind of striker is that? On March 16, 2025, a review card from the former world-class striker Luis Suárez was released as Squad Building Challenge (SBC) for Ultimate Team. The SBC costs around 170,000 coins and is said to be reminiscent of its FUT Birthday card from 2022.
What do the stats of the new map look like? The Uruguayer received strong upgrades compared to its gold card.
Here you can see the new stats and other improvements listed:
Especially at the pace, Suárez received an enormous upgrade, which he can implement with the new playstyle faster step+ perfectly. In general, the new card also has many strong values, skills, playstyles and player roles.
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How good is Suárez? Compared to Cristiano Ronaldo it shows
Why does a comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo make sense? It is best to assess the upgrades of Review Suárez if you compare it with another strong striker. Who would be better suited to this than the most popular striker in FC 25 Ultimate Team?
With Cristiano Ronaldo, another aging superstar received an enormously strong review card as an SBC on March 7, 2025. Despite the cost of over 2 million coins, the Portuguese of enormous popularity is enjoying and is in the popularity ranking on Futbin in third place of the most popular players in Ultimate Team as a whole and in 1st place of the most popular strikers.
How strong is Suárez really? If you look at the review cards of both strikers, you don’t notice a big difference at first glance.
Both players almost have the identical stats with +/- 1 deviations. The biggest difference results in the comparison of the defensive stats, in which Suárez is even better rated by 9 rating points (50 to 41).
Both bring strong playstyles for the position of the striker. The cut shot in gold should be mentioned here, which gives Effet shots enormous precision. With the Playstyles Trivela and Power shot, both also master other important shooting techniques.
Your other Playstyle+ ensures a speed boost. While Ronaldo should have an advantage through frenzy on a distance, Suárez has a lead over the first meter when accelerating.
When it comes to ball security, Suárez even has a bit ahead, because in addition to the common playstyles technology, the Uruguayer also has a resting pole, which gives it closer ball control and stronger ball claim.
In addition, both players in the storm center can run all roles at least in the variant+. Also in the skills for weak foot and skill moves, both cards with 5 ★ reach the maximum.
Conclusion: The best cheap striker in EA FC 25?
Not only the stats, but also the relevant playstyles of the two strikers like. This means that there are no blatant differences in the most important skills for an attacker. It is therefore clear that Suárez can keep up with Cristiano Ronaldo at an analytical level and is probably the cheapest player among the absolute top strikers in FC 25 for the price.
Incidentally, this also honors the users on Futbin. There Suárez has 4571 likes at just 332 Dislikes (as of March 21, 2025, 3:00 p.m.). It is therefore around 93 % of positive reviews even before Ronaldo with around 88 % positive reviews.
You can read how the price difference can still be explained at the end of the article.
Why is Cristiano Ronaldo much more expensive? There are a few differences in detail. Cristiano Ronaldo has the following aspects ahead of his opponent:
Everyone has to decide for themselves whether these aspects justify the surcharge of 2 million coins. Experience has shown that Ronaldo always pays a little more for the hype about his person and non -measurable details such as the BodyType.
If you don’t have the 2 million coins in the account and can live with drawbacks, Suárez should be an optimal alternative to Ronaldo. With these 7 strong players for less than 50,000 coins, you can also strengthen your Ultimate Team with inexpensive stars.