February 4, 2007 in Tips, Tactics
Lately many teams in hattrick have been very successful using very offensive tactics, with nearly no defense. Those teams have gained a lot of exposure by beating seemingly stronger team who could do nothing against this extreme tactic.
This article will describe what it takes to build an efficient All Out Attack (AO or AOA) team so that, may be, you’ll become as succesfull!
How to build the AO team:
- Buy a lot of midfielders, as you will use 7 of them to build up a maximum midfield strength
- Play with 2 offensive central defenders (use midfielders in those spots), they will provide you with the midfield boost you are expecting from such a tactic. The last defender will most probably be played as offensive wingback as he will not be able to close all the defensive gaps you will have.
- Can use offensive wingers if you know that your midfield will be dominant enough, however you take a risk then if you are not so sure about your midfield dominance.
- You will be able to play both Attack in the Middle (AIM) or, if you have wingers, Attack on Wings (AOW) if your opponents defensive lineup presents some obvious holes!
Advantages:
- Very strong midfield and attack allows you to score a lot of goals, and as you are ensuring very high possession levels, your opponent will not have many chances (virtual defense)
- Optimized for Playmaking trainers, who are able to spare buying substitutes to train as you will have players playing offensive defenders in the league game and be midfielder in the friendly game
When to use AO:
- Basically, if your opponent does not have enough defense and midfield to stop you then you can use this tactic. It will help give a good goal average if you are playing against a weaker team.
- It can also be used to surprise stronger teams which will underestimate you.
Conclusion:
This tactic showed a lot of efficiency however it must be said that the teams who are relying exclusively on the AO tactic are enjoying that success mostly in lower level leagues (also some teams have also been successfull with it at higher levels).
Many managers find this tactic boring (citing HT-Tjecken) as it is very far from reality and because so many teams are relying completely on it instead of relying more balancing various tactics.
Thanks to DurdenTyler for his input on this article, I hope for a long and successful collaboration writing articles with him!
Don’t miss the next article on countering all out attack!.
Thanks no problem
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Comment by DurdenTyler — February 6, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
You can mention the name ’snylte’. You don’t always need 2 off CD. 1-2 would be better because you can play with 2 off WB and only 1 off CD (AoW) against a CA team with a weaker midfield.
There are some possible training types: PM, passing, even scoring (you can’t play 3-4-3 in every match but the loss of one training spot in some matches isn’t really dramatic)
One important thing that you can add: the distribution of the goal chances in dependency of the ball posession isn’t linear. That’s a very important point!
Comment by Superjhemp — February 7, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
and AoA is also very popular by scoring trainers, especially in lower leagues where you can always play 3-4-3 without any risk if your midfield is better and it is easy to have the better midfield in the lower leagues
Comment by Dakar — February 7, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
Hi. I am preparing myselv to make an all out in the 343, with two offensive defenders and an winger towards middle. My team: Burlador de Sevilha (714927). I’ve test the tactics with PIC in the game: 123177057
Comment by joaogabrieldelima — July 3, 2007 @ 12:36 pm
I’ve played 3-4-3 AoA in 11 league matches this season, and have had an unbeaten record in these. The HT-engine is not kind to AoA though: I’ve had all sorts of problems in the process:
1) Injury to IM’s and WTM’s can be a big problem, for obvious reasons.
2) It is very hard to defend against SE’s, also for obvious reasons. All the many midfielders involved must have good exp. and stamina.
3) The pulling back event is a real killer. In my last match I went 2-0 up and the match engine made the team sit on their lead, so I got a decrease in attack ratings and a boost in the (useless) defence ratings. I barely hung on to 3-3.
The main problem with the strategy is that it is unreliable. You can win 4- or 5-1 and then draw against the same side. Also, if the opponent plays 3-5-2 with 3 centrebacks as a surprise tactic I’d have a real problem.
Comment by sychev02 — July 6, 2007 @ 3:04 pm
I`m the owner of FC.AVANTU PRABUSIREA(699033) playing in Romanian league, one of the strongest leagues in HT.
I`m using tis tactic for about 3 seasons.When i started playing AOA i was training playmaking and i had a real succes with it, after the first season i used AOA i promoted from VI to V and in the first season in V i won my league. In the second season in V i finished 2, after loosing the last game infront of my best oponent in my league, and also because i concentrated in a private cup wich i won.
This season i want to promote to the IV th league.
Now i am training keepers and i have lots of midfielders with great experience.
I found that it`s verry hard with AOA because you must anticipate your oponents midfield, and have atleast 60% possesion to win the game, if not …
This seasons first i`m playing against my greatest oponent wich i hope i will beat.
Comment by 1Q_MoS — July 13, 2007 @ 1:14 pm