The comparison table
| Playstyle | Confirmed moves | Identity | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generalist | Rainbow flick, Stepover, Roulette | The all-round kit built on the default rainbow flick, stepover, and roulette. | New players, flexible players who swap positions, and anyone who has not settled on a role. |
| Maestro | Sombrero flick (rest of kit not yet documented) | Close control specialist: the sombrero flick buys space in tight situations. | Midfield playmakers who receive under pressure and hate giving the ball away. |
| Phantom | Fake shot, La Croqueta | The deception kit: fake shot and La Croqueta to send defenders the wrong way. | Attackers and wide players who beat their marker one on one and shoot in the box. |
How to actually choose
Playstyles change skill moves and nothing else, so choose by the situation that kills you most often. Watch your last five losses and count deaths by type. Swarmed on receive in midfield: Maestro, because the sombrero flick is officially the escape-from-tight-situations tool. Stonewalled by defenders and keepers who refuse to bite: Phantom, because fake shot and La Croqueta exist to punish patience and squareness respectively. Neither, or both equally: keep Generalist, whose rainbow flick, stepover, and roulette cover every plane without specializing.
Spend Fame late, not early
The economics reward patience. Fame arrives from playing quickplay either way, sidegrades do not expire, and a kit bought before you understand your own weaknesses is a coin flip. Our honest recommendation for week one: spend nothing, learn passing and jockeying, and let your losses tell you which specialist kit you need. Players who want to support development can shortcut with the packs, and the developer’s framing of that trade is worth quoting in full:
“While you can spend money to unlock them right away, you will always be able to just play the game to unlock them 100% free. You can earn the currency (Fame) by playing quickplay matches.”
Team composition angle
The v0.79.0 notes say playstyles let you synergise with your team in different ways, and in 5v5 that suggests spreading kits by role: a Maestro-style pivot to escape the press, Phantom wide or up top to win duels, Generalist everywhere flexibility matters, and none of it required for the keeper, whose toolkit is separate. If your squad plans lineups at that level of detail, sketch the shape on the tactics board and assign kits to positions, not to egos.