FC 26 - Chemistry Styles Guide - How To Take Advantage of Chemistry Styles

With the release of FC 26 and its various amazing gameplay features, a special emphasis on the Chemistry Styles between players when building a team is one of the things players need to take into account to be able to form the best teams. Therefore, in this guide, we will go over everything players need to know about Chemistry Styles and how to take advantage of them to make the best teams in FC 26.

FC 26 Chemistry Styles Guide - Everything You Need To Know

A feature that massively affects an entire team's synergy and performances, the Chemistry Styles feature in FC 26 introduces diversity in terms of team building aside from the different players’ attributes and playstyles, making the team building process much more enjoyable.

What Are Chemistry Points

Chemistry Styles are special points that boost a player’ overall performance stats when they are slotted in the same team with other players from the same team, country or league, with each additional condition fulfilled granting points and increasing the overall stats of all players of the same Chemistry Style.

The point increase the teams are as followed:
+1 point for two players from the same club or country

+1 point for three players from the same league

+2 points for four from the same club

+2 points for five from the same country or league

+3 points for seven from the same club

+3 points for eight from the same country or league

If the player fits the Chemistry Style of the team, they will gain the corresponding amount of points and will have their attribute increased proportional to the amount of points they have achieved, with +3 points providing a small stat boost, +6 points providing a moderate stat boost and +9 points providing a massive stat boost.

Additionally, it is important to note that if a player is slotted into a team that doesn’t fulfill any of their chemistry style, they won’t provide the team with any points and won’t be able to take advantage of the Chemistry Style bonuses from other team members themselves and will remain at their base stats with no boosts. If a player is slotted into a position different from their natural position, they won’t gain or provide the team with Chemistry Style points either, making it extremely crucial that players place the players in their intended positions for the Chemistry points bonus.

Each player can be slotted with up to 3 different Chemistry Styles, allowing them to accumulate Chemistry Points for the team once they equip the different Chemistry Styles and gaining stats based on the different types of Chemistry Styles.

Chemistry Styles & Stat Bonuses

Each Chemistry Styles in the game affect different types of stats of all of the players depending on the amount of points the team achieves, with different Chemistry Styles providing different variations of the 6 important stats in the game, allowing for more team building variation. The 6 stats that Chemistry Styles can affect in the team includes:

• Pace
• Shooting
• Passing
• Bribbling
• Defending
• Physicality

Every style provides a different set amount of these stats, with different Chemistry Styles providing some of the stats more than others and the more points a Chemistry Style achieves, the more stats that Chemistry Style provides to the entire team. Picking the correct Chemistry Style to boost the entire team’s specific stat is an extremely important factor in creating either a balance team that can take care of all the different situations in the game or creating specialized teams that focus on different major stats for easy games.

All Chemistry Styles & Stat Boosts

Here are all 24 Chemistry Styles in FC 26 - with, 19 Chemistry Styles for Players and 5 Chemistry Styles for Goalies - and a general summary of the stats that they provide to the different players. For a more indepth stat spread boost, players can check the official Chemistry Styles table provided by the game.

 

The Chemistry Styles for Players and the overall stats they boost are:

Chemistry Style	Stats Boost
Player Basic	+ 3 to all stats.
Sniper	+ 3/6/9 to Shooting & Physicality
Finisher	+ 3/6/9 to Shooting & Dribbling
Deadeye	+ 3/6/9 to Shooting & Passing
Marksman	+ 3/6/ to Shooting,Bribbling & Physicality
Hawk	+ 3/6 to Shooting & Physicality, + 3 to Pace
Artist	+ 3/6/9 to Passing & Bribbling
Architect	+ 3/6/9 to Passing & Physicality
Powerhouse	+ 3/6/9 to Passing & Defending
Maestro	+ 3/6 to Shooting, Passing & Bribbling
Engine	+ 3/6 to Passing & Bribbling, + 3 to Pace
Sentinel	+ 3/6/9 to Defending & Physicality
Guardian	+ 3/6/9 to Bribbling & Defending
Gladiator	+ 3/6 to Shooting, Bribbling & Defending
Backbone	+ 3/6 to Passing, Defending & Physicality
Anchor	+ 3/6 to Bribbling & Defending, + 3 to Pace
Hunter	+ 6/9 to Shooting, + 6 to Pace
Catalyst	+ 6/9 to Passing, + 6 to Pace
Shadow	+ 6/9 to Defending, + 6 to Pace

The Chemistry Styles for Goallies and the overall stats they boost are:

Chemistry Style	Stats Boost
GK Basic	+ 3 to all stats.
Wall	+ 3 to Handling, + 6 to Kicking, + 9 Diving
Cat	+ 3 to Sprint Speed, + 6 to Kicking, + 9 Reflex
Shield	+ 3 to Accel, + 6 to Reflex, + 9 Positioning
Glove	+ 3 to Positioning, + 6 to Diving, + 9 Handling

Best Chemistry Styles for Each Position

Depending on the position of each player on the field, they can be equipped with different types of Chemistry in order to boost their overall performances on each of their best fields, allowing for the most optimal team layout with the best stats possible to challenge the opponent teams.

Different roles and positions in the team want different kinds of stats, requiring players to utilize all 3 of the players’ Chemistry Style slots to be filled with their best Chemistry Styles in order to unlock the players’ full potential.

The best Chemistry Styles for each of the player roles in the game are:

Position	Best Chemistry Styles	Explanation
Goalkeeper	Wall, Cat & Glove	- Wall: Offers stats in all 3 best stats needed for Goalkeeper to make clutch saves. - Cat: Improves Goalkeeper’s overall activeness and speed with sprint speed and reflex. - Glove: Balances the goalkeeper’s positioning while boosting the chance of them catching the ball in dire situations.
Striker	Sniper, Finisher & Hawk	- Sniper: Massively improves Striker’s Shooting and Physicality, improving the strength of each attack. - Finisher: Improves Shooting further to help with attacking while also boosting Dribbling to help Striker maintain ball position. - Hawk: Decent boost to both Shooting & Physicality with a slight boost in Pace to help quicken attacks.
Right/ Left Winger	Engine, Deadeye & Catalyst	- Engine: Boost to Dribbling and Passing with quicken Pace, helps to maintain the ball and support the striker by passing the ball to them easily. - Deadeye: Boost to Shooting and Passing, improving the player’s chance to support the striker or simply score the goal themself. - Catalyst: Boost to Passing and Pace, perfect for fast-paced support players in the wings for the striker.
Attacking Midfielder	Deadeye, Maestro & Artist	- Deadeye: Improves passing and shooting, helping the team move forward with chances to score goals when needed. - Maestro: Improves Passing, Shooting and dribbling, improving the player’s ability to maintain the ball while on the offensive. - Artist: Improves the player’s team support by boosting passing and dribbling.
Central Midfielder	Powerhouse, Engine & Architect	- Powerhouse: boost both passing and defending, the perfect style for central defense support position. - Engine: boost to passing, dribbling and pace, helping to boost the player’s ability to maintain the ball through the middle of the field. - Architect: Boost to passing and physicality to help improve the overall stamina of the central midfielder for long distance running and support.
Defensive Midfielder	Sentinel, Guardian & Anchor	- Sentinel: Boost to Defending and Physicality to help protect the backline for longer and more efficiently. - Guardian: Boost to Dribbling and Defending, allowing the defensive midfielder to lead the ball while protecting the backline. - Anchor: Boost to Dribbling, Defending and Pace, helping to boost the defensive power and intercept tempo of the player.
Right/ Left Midfielder	Guardian, Anchor & Shadow	- Guardian: boost overall defense of the sides by boosting Defending and Dribbling. - Anchor: boost the speed and defense of the sides to help maintain defensive positioning. - Shadow: Further boosting the speed of the sides to aid in defense.
Right/ Left Wing-Back	Shadow, Anchor & Engine	- Shadow: Grants a massive pace boost with defending to help aid in defending the backline. - Anchor: Boost to Pace, Dribbling and Defending to quickly aid the backline when in dire situations. - Engine: Boost to Dribbling, PAssing and Pace to send the ball back to another ally after protecting the wings.
Center Back	Sentinel, Guardian & Anchor	- Sentinel: Boost to Defending and Physicality to help protect the backline for longer and more efficiently. - Guardian: Boost to Dribbling and Defending, allowing the defensive midfielder to lead the ball while protecting the backline. - Anchor: Boost to Dribbling, Defending and Pace, helping to boost the defensive power and intercept tempo of the player.
Right/ Left Back	Powerhouse,Guardian & Catalyst	- Powerhouse: Boost to both passing and defending to help balance the field when maintaining the ball. - Guardian: Boost to Dribbing and Defending to maintain the ball and protect the backline longer. - Catalyst: Boost to Passing and Pace to quickly pass the pass to other players and keep it away from the backline.

FC 26 Chemistry Styles Guide - Tips & Tricks On How To Best Make Use of Chemistry Styles

Diversifying Is The Key

As Chemistry Styles is a way for the game to diversify the team building process in FC 26 yet also helps to categorize different types of teams based on the Chemistry Points system for higher scores, players should take full advantage of these stat points to help boost your team’s performances overall.

Not all Chemistry Styles are made equal, and players don’t need to actually only focus on making a single team with the maximum amount of Chemistry points. Take into account the different stats that your player needs and plan your team accordingly in order to make use of the 3 Chemistry Styles each player have access to in order to boost their desired stats.

Sometimes it is fine not to have a full Chemistry Styles with max Chemistry Points and sometimes it's also better to diversify your player’s Chemistry Styles in order to grant them special stats that they wouldn’t normally want to counter specific opponent teams. So don’t be afraid to mess around with the system and find out for yourself.

Managers Counts For Chemistry Points Too

Aside from the players on the field that count towards the Chemistry Points with their Country of Origin, League and Team set, different managers for the team will also affect the overall Chemistry Points.

Most of the time, if the managers fulfills one of the 3 conditions of country, league and team, they will also count towards the total Chemistry Points value and will be able to help boost the team’s overall stat as well.

Chemistry Styles of the Same Type Does NOT STACK

While a player can equip from 0 to 3 different Chemistry Styles at the same time, it is important to note that players will need to equip those players with 3 different Chemistry Styles in order for all of them to take effect. If they equip 2 of the same Chemistry Styles, the effects won’t stack.

Additionally, in order for the player to count towards the Chemistry Points of the team, they will need to be slotted into their natural position and need to have equipped at least 1 Chemistry Styles for the effect to take effect.

Conclusion

With that, we have gone over all that players need to know about the brand new updated system for Chemistry Styles in FC 26. We hope that with this guide, players will have a better understanding of how to best use the different Chemistry Styles effects on their favorite players in order to best boost their stats and create the ultimate football team to challenge the different amazing contents in FC 26.