The Strategy That Broke Inazuma Eleven 

Kidou was 4 parallel universes ahead of everyone else when he had haizaki be goalkeeper for seishou

I wish Inazuma was as popular as Pokémon so we could more often see professional players using stuff like this in championships, and more people talking about strats

reverse positioning is interesting, but i don't wanna see it return in VR. i think Galaxy did it best where you could *hypothetically* train a character for any position, but they're better in their default one. having the meta revolve around using characters in incorrect positions just doesn't sound appealing and defeats the point of players even having positions in the first place

We really needed this video about six years ago

I like the idea of being able to change anyones position ( i could for example turn darren into a midfielder like he used to be as something nerdy or do something funny like turning a random forward into a goalkeeper).However,if reverse positioning returns in victory road,i dont want it make goalkeepers not be able to play as a goalkeeper,making reverse positioning mandatory. I also hope that they explain the freedom stat more this time around.

This is awesome! I didn't know it was this deep, giving me pokemon vgc vibes! I hope that with victory road being pretty popular and really good and deep, it can get a competitive scene too!

Here’s the in-depth explanation! (Featuring GO 3’s stat training, unsure if Tom will do GO 3’s stats in a future video) PLEASE NOTE: Reverse Positioning isn't "overpowered" or "broken", it's simply a way to make characters viable in other areas that would be better in their main position. The difference between a reverse positioned player and a non-reverse positioned player is only around 2-3% in viability. It is only a strong recommendation if you are playing high level competitive multiplayer matches. This is simply a guide on how to make reverse positioned players. **Inazuma Eleven GO 1** New game, new engine, new stats. For the better this time as they are more clear on what they do. This is also the game that introduces us to reverse positioning in terms of stat training. Reverse positioning is very prevalent in the previous games but that was due to the player’s moveset. (E.g. FW Pants) Kick = Shooting power Dribble = Dribbling power Block = Blocking power Catch = Catching power & Decreases the chance of getting a “Whoops” Technique = Boosts power slightly & Determines the chance of a move failing dependant on the difficulty of the move Speed = Running speed Stamina = Reduces the amount of FP drainage Luck = Determines the chance of a critical hit In this game, a player’s position now determines how their stats are trained. E.g. for GKs, Kick will decrease luck when all freedom points are used and vice versa. **Goalkeeper** Kick Luck Dribble Block Catch Technique Speed Stamina **Defender** Kick Catch Dribble Luck Block Technique **Midfielder** Kick Catch Dribble Technique Block Luck Speed Stamina **Forward** Kick Technique Dribble Block Catch Luck Speed Stamina Note: It is advised to start training when the player reaches Lv99. 🟢 = This position’s stat training is generally better than others 🟡 = This position’s stat training is generally average 🔴 = This position’s stat training is generally worse off than others (You can mark this in the video btw) **How to train - GK** GK to be a GK🟢 Train all your freedom into Catch until Technique drops down to 1. Then max out Dribble, Speed and Luck. GK to be a DF🟡 Train all your freedom into Block until Dribble drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Luck. GK to be a MF🟡 Train all your freedom into Dribble until Block drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Luck. GK to be a FW🟡 Train all your freedom into Kick until Luck drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Block. **How to train - DF** DF to be a GK🟡 Train all your freedom into Catch until Kick drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Luck. DF to be a DF🔴 Train all your freedom into Block until Technique drops down to 60. Then max out Dribble, Speed and Catch. DF to be a MF🟢 Train all your freedom into Dribble until Luck drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Catch. DF to be a FW🟡 Train all your freedom into Kick until Catch drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Dribble. **How to train - MF** MF to be a GK🟡 Train all your freedom into Catch until Kick drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Luck. MF to be a DF🟢 Train all your freedom into Block until Luck drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Catch. MF to be a MF🔴 Train all your freedom into Dribble until Technique drops down to 60. Then max out Block, Speed and Catch. MF to be a FW🟢 Train all your freedom into Kick until Catch drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Block. **How to train - FW** FW to be a GK🟡 Train all your freedom into Catch until Luck drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Dribble. FW to be a DF🟢 Train all your freedom into Block until Dribble drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Catch. FW to be a MF🟢 Train all your freedom into Dribble until Block drops down to 1. Then max out Technique, Speed and Catch. FW to be a FW🟢 Train all your freedom into Kick until Technique drops down to 1. Then max out Block, Speed and Luck. As you can see, Arion is now a far better defender than being a midfielder. While Arion loses his Dribble stat, it is far better to have a strong block stat as a Defender in return. This is called pareto optimal ditribution. Where you find the best possible stat spread to use in the META. Which in turn has provided us reverse positioning. You may have noticed why I have been labelling DFs and MFs to train Technique down to 60 points rather than 1. That is because the best bracelet in the game: Tezcat’s Bracelet gives +40 technique. **Inazuma Eleven GO 2** GO 2’s stat training methods is exactly the same as GO 1’s. However GO 2 has a bit of a different meta than GO 1’s. **Equipment** Instead of Tezcat’s Bracelet giving +40 Technique. It is now the Zero Gloves that give +70 Technique. So instead of training until Technique drops to 60, train until Technique drops to 30. **Calculations** GO 1’s power calculations are: (Statx0.8+Techniquex0.2) GO 2 halves it. So stats have a minimal impact in total power but they are still important nevertheless. This has reduced the severity of DFs and MFs being bad defending and midfielding. **Forwards** Now that spirit moves have been nerfed, armourfying with normal special moves has now required FWs to keep their technique stat at 30 instead of dropping down to 1. **Goalkeepers** The BIGGEST blow to goalkeepers is a variety of factors: 1) Gloves now boost Catch and Technique stats, meaning they yield 60-90 less catch than what a FW would have on his kick. A GK only has +10 Technique gloves and +70 Catch Gloves (80 points) A FW can have +70 Technique Gloves and +70 Kick Boots (140 points) 2) With the introduction of stunning, a key feature in GO 2 and 3. Technique is the stat that was allocated to decrease the amount of stun a GK gets. And it’s just so happens that training up a GK’s catch DECREASES technique. So all of a sudden, Goalkeepers are terrible at being Goalkeepers as they can’t drop technique to increase their catch and they get stunned easier than reverse positioned goalkeepers. A visual example is: **Sunil Rahman** - The goalkeeper with the highest catch stat in the game when training his technique to 1 Catch: 318 Technique: 90 Catch power: 136.2 **Buzz Cutt** - Literally a random DF with an awful 47 base catch Catch: 246 Technique: 262 Catch Power: 124.6 As you can see, Buzz Cutt has similar catching power as well as more stun resistance. **What is the best positions for everyone?** GK to be a GK🔴 GK to be a DF🟡 GK to be a MF🟡 GK to be a FW🟡 DF to be a GK🟢 DF to be a DF🟡 DF to be a MF🟢 DF to be a FW🟢 MF to be a GK🟢 MF to be a DF🟢 MF to be a MF🟡 MF to be a FW🟢 FW to be a GK🟢 FW to be a DF🟢 FW to be a MF🟢 FW to be a FW🟡 **Inazuma Eleven GO 3** Same stats, different story. 1) Now stats do not decrease, so GKs are back to being good and reverse positioning is 99% completely gone 2) Freedom has been ramped up to 200-300 3) Stat calculations are 250% more important than GO 2’s 4) Stamina determines stun damage rather than Technique **Training Method** **Goalkeepers** Step 1) Now GKs require exactly 164 stamina to not get stunned, so train a player’s stamina until it hits 119 if they have less than 119 stamina. (Demonic Bracelet gives +45 Stamina) Step 2) Then pour the rest into catch **Defenders** Step 1) Pour all freedom into block **Defensive Midfielders** Step 1) Pour 100 points of freedom into Block Step 2) Pour the rest into dribble **Midfielders** Step 1) Pour all freedom into dribble **Spirit dribbling Midfielders** Step 1) Pour freedom into speed until it reaches 200 Step 2) Pour the rest into dribble **Forwards** Step 1) Pour all freedom into kick And thats it. GO 3 is a very one-stat juggernaut style meta. **GO 1 & GO 2** [Pros] Meta wise, balanced enough Not too hard to get into Affordable(Prestige Points) [Cons] Some positions become less favourable Rating: 7/10, I wouldn’t mind seeing this return ___________________________________________ **GO 3** [Pros] Quick Simple Cheap [Cons] Meta wise, Extremely unbalanced Results in a One dimensional stat build Rating: 6/10, the unbalanced meta ruins it for me Hope you enjoyed if you’ve read till the end

This is exactly the video I needed, and was surprised not to find earlier. Great explanation there

2:52 come to think of it, it actually make sense for FW character can be in any position since so many interesting characters usually in FW position (like how almost all antagonist captain in the series is an FW).

I love using myself as a striker in IEGO Strikers.

I hope Level 5 knows about this so they can make sure this can't happen in VR

A separate comment where i'd say that my own take on Reverse Positioning is that I don't really like it but I don't dislike it either. I'm fine with it being there. A good compromise I think would be combining GO and CS's stat calcs and general Freedom level with Galaxy's rule that you cannot lower a stat by training. That way, Reverse Positioning is still perfectly fine as an option without being crippled without crippling players who stay in their own positions.

wonder how it will go for victory road

I love the videos don’t stop ❤❤

lmao just rewatched the video about all your inazuma eleven teams and you really did make a video on reverse positioning like you said you would

i love aitor as my goalie

Can you da a video for OG games please? And more tutorials for those games especially 1 and 2

endou: Tenma u are going to be a goalkeeper. Tenma: why endou: you see there is this concept called reve....

Kinda irrelevant but how to play Inazuma Eleven 3 on phone? I'm trying to get back to the fandom,and I've only played the first two games ages ago!

So what I took away is, it’s not the size, it’s the technique

Does this work the same in the older games? Inazuma eleven 1 and 2?

I love reversed positions Nathan swift to a forward He was solo the post game of galaxy I mixed max Nathan with beta He was he’s movest 1.flurry dash 2. Wind god dance 3 god wind 4.thurdertaker 5 kick plus 6.bubble truoble 7.stargazer Mix max 1 omega assault 2 big move Soul the beer one Keshin bete

Hopefully this isn’t in victory road too much. I don’t want to be having to play Kevin in goal to get the most out of him

Somebody know why we should only start lvl up the stats at lvl 99? Im playing go cs

Wait no you don't want to train a goalkeeper's catch until technique is 1, that makes them a liability if any of their techniques has a difficulty above 71 You want to have your goalkeeper's technique be (Highest difficulty stat in their moveset)-70, so that with Zero Gloves they can simply never fail the technique You can reverse position a goalkeeper into a defender or a striker A striker with 100 catch can consistently get the ball without "whoops!"-ing, so all that technique factors into stunning goalkeepers. Downside is they'll have no luck, but that shouldn't be an issue A reverse positioned goalkeeper can work decently well as a defender, because they only need to steal the ball and pass it up, so all that catch can go to technique to get slightly higher stats. The high luck is a plus too :p

Honestly GO2's reverse positioning is fun, and the only thing it did was make most goalkeeper characters pretty much unviable, while Goldie could become the best forward in the entire game. I'm not the biggest fan of it, but I don't dislike it. This mechanic didn't exactly break GO2, the way the game is played competitively did. GO2 is all about having one striker and then pretty much every other player has to get the ball and pass it to them. All teams looked the same, since, unlike the OG games, in the GO2 and 3 games there's an "optimal" way of playing which is extremely restrictive, and if you don't play like that, your chances of winning are heavily affected in a negative way

What about go galaxy? Is it the same stuff?

can i do this in chrono stones/ galaxy?

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Galaxy handled Reverse Positioning the worst. People who like it have to deal with the fact that calculations in that game make it too limited outside of a few characters compared to the feeedom allowed before. People who don't like it have to deal with the fact that the two single best Goalkeepers in the whole game are Reverse Positioned and by a massive margin. Also extra: Will we still get a GO1 meta video?

Bro i didn't understand jackshit about that. So it's recommended to play people out of position if you absolutely destroy one of their other stats to literally nothing because it would be better than if they were max trained to their actual position? I think that's what was said? And then that Chrono Stone explanation just sounded like dissing Chrono Stone. This is why i don't reverse position.