How to master passing in FIFA

This is how to master passing in FIFA. The passing assistance is more power based than direction. You will become much better at passing in FIFA by following these guides. Relevant for every version of FIFA.

If you hold power button down for 3 bars the game thinks you want to pass the ball to a player further away than if you hold it down for 1 bar. Even if you are aiming in a slightly different direction towards a player close by. This is shown in the video we made below in this guide. Our FIFA 1-2-3-4 passing method combined with learning the passing meter and indicator will help improve your game.

Best FIFA passing settings

These are the best FIFA passing settings and controls. Basically setting to manual makes the game too hard. We have used manual lob assistance in the past to attempt to have more control over the game but it is so hard with how EA made the passing. Power being more dominant than direction makes passing a bit of a mess compared to say PES where passing is much better.

FIFA passing power indicator

The power bar and indicator. Sounds obvious but how FIFA passing works isn’t quite as smooth as it should be. When you have assisted passing set to on, the game tries to decides things. Which is only good if you understand how it works. Especially when there is also passing power assistance too. Which is always off when online. This means you have to press the button for what the game thinks is the right amount of time for a perfect pass. We recommend going into offline matches on beginner level and pass and pass and pass until comfortable that you can get the green power bar close to the white indicator. As you can see below Hummels might get his pass to the player he wants but it could be intercepted as button wasn’t pressed long enough to hit the indicator.

FIFA 1-2-3-4 method

To master passing decide if you are going to pass to nearest player (no.1), or one further away. The next player distance wise (no.2), The next player further away but still in direction off pass (no.3). Or even the furtherst player in line (no.4).

It may sound simple but it is slightly harder to master than you might think. Also easy to confuse the passing power meter which has 4 sections with the number of players in a row (up to 4 at any one time). We are going by the number of players so if we want to pass to 3rd furthest player from us in same direction we say 3. While adding the right amount of power for it to get past players 1 and 2. So below we want to pass it to the player on the edge of the box missing out the player closest. We say 2 in our head and make the pass.

Watch the video below to understand better.

FIFA passing tutorial video

This video below shows how to pass successfully in any version of FIFA. Using the steps above these simple techniques with practice can make you a much better FIFA player. We recommend using lower rated players and teams to really master passing. Higher rated players have better passing.

We know it isn’t always that simple online with lag and button delay and strange gameplay. But lets not worry about that here as when it is good our passing averages 90%. We have many pages on how to help solve issues and the causes. FIFA lag fix for example https://fifaaddiction.com/fifa-issues/lag-fix