The Default Tactic Testing Thread

[Will1981]

In this thread I will test the 56 default tactics in FM15 using a custom database consisting on completely equal teams.

I have split the tactics into 4 groups of 14 tactics with the top 4 from each round qualifying for the final round.

I will test each group 4 times and add the results together.

Round 1 Results

TACTIC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
3.4.3	83	104	95	91	373
3.4.3 Diamond Wide	89	86	102	85	362
3.2.5	92	80	84	68	324
3.2.3.2 DM	79	70	90	77	316
3.5.2	77	73	74	85	309
3.1.3.1.2 DM	83	67	64	87	301
3.4.1.2	54	93	84	70	301
2.3.5	83	72	73	69	297
2.5.3	71	45	64	97	277
3.3.4	77	77	66	45	265
3.4.2.1	63	69	52	67	251
3.4.3 DM Wide	76	46	59	61	242
2.4.4	43	74	56	49	222
3.4.2.1 DM	41	70	47	55	213

 

[Will1981]

Round 2 Results

TACTIC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
4.1.2.3 DM Narrow	90	87	92	94	363
4.1.2.3 Narrow	85	81	62	93	321
3.5.2 Sweeper	77	81	83	75	316
4.1.3.2 DM Narrow	74	83	74	78	309
4.2.2.2 DM Narrow	70	77	83	74	304
4.1.3.1.1 DM Narrow	74	80	76	70	300
4.2.2.2 DM	80	62	58	75	275
4.1.2.3 DM Wide	65	62	83	59	269
4.2.1.3 DM Wide	75	67	53	72	267
4.1.4.1 DM	54	74	69	69	266
4.1.3.2 DM	75	72	74	43	264
4.2.3.1 DM Narrow	75	58	67	64	264
4.1.4.1 DM Asymmetric AM (C)	53	72	62	67	254
4.1.4.1 DM Asymmetric AM (C)	56	56	68	60	240

 

[Will1981]

Round 3 Results

TACTIC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
4.3.3 Narrow	95	59	78	109	341
4.4.2	86	75	80	83	324
4.2.4	73	84	78	82	317
4.3.1.2 Narrow	88	58	84	78	308
4.2.4 Wide	83	81	86	50	300
4.3.2.1 Narrow	77	71	72	76	296
4.3.2.1 DM Narrow	69	93	78	55	295
4.2.3.1 Wide	81	77	60	66	284
4.4.1.1	66	61	74	83	284
4.2.3.1 Narrow	69	81	51	72	273
4.2.4 DM Wide	41	79	79	70	269
4.4.1.1 2DM	67	58	60	70	255
4.2.3.1 DM Wide	55	72	51	65	243
4.2.4.0 DM Wide	55	65	72	47	239

 

[Dylan of Rivia]

That's really cool! In my experience, the 3-4-2-1 is best, but a thread like this should clear all doubts.

 

[Will1981]

Round 4 Results

TACTIC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
5.2.3 Narrow	95	91	94	82	362
5.1.2.2 DM WB	90	78	62	81	311
4.4.2 Diamond Narrow	78	72	77	82	309
5.1.2.2 Sweeper DM WB	77	76	80	75	308
5.2.1.2 WB	82	70	74	76	302
5.2.1.2 Sweeper WB	73	73	71	71	288
5.1.2.2 DM Narrow	81	71	56	75	283
5.4.1 Diamond WB	61	76	74	69	280
5.3.2 WB	68	59	77	74	278
4.4.2 Diamond Wide	71	82	70	52	275
4.4.2 Sweeper	64	66	78	64	272
5.3.2 Sweeper WB	48	71	83	69	271
4.5.1	68	69	63	69	269
5.4.1	63	58	46	73	240

 

[Will1981]

Finalists

 

[Will1981]

Final Results

TACTIC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Total
4.3.3 Narrow	92	106	100	92	103	94	111	101	799
3.4.3	90	112	91	90	105	100	86	88	762
5.2.3 Narrow	84	70	103	109	92	99	99	91	747
4.1.2.3 Narrow	91	96	84	76	81	102	92	98	720
4.3.1.2 Narrow	81	105	72	85	90	81	106	91	711
4.1.2.3 DM Narrow	93	95	80	101	69	85	78	96	697
3.5.2 Sweeper	74	84	79	89	77	90	86	105	684
4.4.2 Diamond Narrow	83	87	79	78	72	81	88	91	659
3.4.3 Diamond Wide	99	87	93	91	79	51	84	71	655
3.2.5	70	83	88	97	76	84	95	56	649
4.1.3.2 DM Narrow	96	74	88	84	79	71	65	70	627
4.4.2	69	77	92	72	80	99	61	70	620
5.1.2.2 DM WB	79	75	76	63	76	78	83	84	614
4.2.4	70	48	61	86	102	80	69	67	583
5.1.2.2 Sweeper DM WB	75	80	75	45	73	75	83	71	577
3.2.3.2 DM	81	66	69	64	75	74	62	79	570

 

[Dylan of Rivia]

Looks like the best tactics are those with lots of players in the middle, preferably with three strikers, that focus play through the middle.