The long-awaited Team of the Year (TOTY) Icon SBC Gareth Bale finally arrived last Wednesday (22/1). The card was leaked for at least a week before its release and received enthusiastic responses from the community.
As many predicted, EA Sports wasn’t going to make this card cheap. There are 23 challenges you have to complete to obtain the card, and most of them require high-rated squads.
However, that’s not going to stop many people to complete the SBC. Many believe that TOTY Icon Gareth Bale would be a great addition to their squad, and won’t fall behind the power curve a long period of time.
If you’re looking for the most efficient way to complete TOTY Icon Gareth Bale SBC, then you come to the right place. This article will help you complete the SBC in the cheapest way possible!
What are the challenges to complete TOTY Icon Gareth Bale SBC in EA Sports FC 25?
Just like we mentioned earlier, you need to complete 23 squads to get the cards. You can find all the details below:
- Born Legends (11 rare bronze items)
- Rising Star (11 rare silver items)
- On a Loan (84-rated squad to get a loan TOTY Icon Gareth Bale item)
- The Cannon (85-rated squad with 1 Real Madrid player)
- League Legend (85-rated squad with 1 LaLiga player and 1 TOTW player)
- 2 x 86-rated squads
- Top Notch (86-rated squad with 1 TOTW player)
- 3 x 87-rated squads
- 2 x 87-rated squads with 1 TOTW player
- 3 x 88-rated squads
- 2 x 88-rated squads with 1 TOTW
- 5 x 89-rated squads
The first couple of challenges are definitely the easier. You just need to submit rare bronze squad and rare silver squad for the respective challenge.
Then you can complete the “On a Loan” challenge, which rewards you with a loan version of TOTY Icon Gareth Bale. This 5-game loan card lets you experience how it feels to use the card and helps you decide whether it’s worth completing the entire set of challenges.
How to complete TOTY Icon Gareth Bale SBC
There are a lot of ways to complete each challenges, but we recommend some rating combinations to complete the challenges as cheap as possible. You can find the rating combinations below:
On a Loan: 86, 86, 83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 83.
The Cannon:83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 86, 86, 86, 86, 85.
League Legend:83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 86, 86, 86, 85, 86 (TOTW)
86-rated squad:84, 84, 84, 84, 84, 84, 86, 86, 87, 87, 87.
Top-notch:84, 84, 84, 84, 84, 84, 87, 87, 87, 87, 86 (TOTW).
87-rated squad: 84, 87, 85, 85, 85, 85, 88, 88, 88, 88, 86.
87-rated squad with TOTW: 84, 87, 85, 85, 85, 85, 88, 88, 88, 88, 86 (TOTW)
88-rated squad: 88, 88, 88, 88, 88, 88, 86, 87, 87, 87, 89
88-rated squad with TOTW: 88, 88, 88, 88, 88, 88, 86 TOTW, 87, 87, 87, 89
89-rated squad: 88, 88, 88, 88, 88, 88, 89, 89, 89, 90, 90
Those are the ratings combinations to complete the SBC in the most efficient way. Feel free to improvise or change the combinations a little bit, based on the fodders available at your club.
If you have completed the SBC, let us know how the card feels by dropping a comment or mentioning us over on X at @theinfinityfc!
