EA FC 25 Max 88 Base Icon Upgrade SBC: All tasks and cheapest solutions

EA Sports has released the EA FC 25 Max 88 Base Icon Upgrade SBC in Ultimate Team, allowing gamers to test their luck and try to obtain an elite-tier legend of the sport. This is an improvement over the previously released Icon pack, as it has increased the overall rating threshold from 87 to 88. The pack now offers an even greater selection of players, including some meta options like Bale and Vieira.

The previous max 87 Icon pack had Fernando Torres and Gianfranco Zola as the best available players. While these are amazing Icons in their own right, the EA FC 25 Max 88 Base Icon Upgrade SBC offers players like Gareth Bale, Patrick Vieira, and Lillian Thuram. However, the price of the SBC is much higher as well.

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All tasks of the EA FC 25 Max 88 Base Icon Upgrade SBC

These are the requirements (Image via EA Sports)

Unlike the recently released Max 88 Hero SBC, the EA FC 25 Max 88 Base Icon Upgrade SBC requires four squads to be completed instead of three. These are the specific stipulations mentioned in the requirements of each segment of the SBC:

85-rated squad

• Team of the Week players: Minimum one
• Team overall rating: Minimum 85

86-rated squad

• Team of the Week players: Minimum one
• Team overall rating: Minimum 86

86-rated squad

• Team overall rating: Minimum 86

87-rated squad

• Team of the Week players: Minimum one
• Team overall rating: Minimum 87

The requirement of three Team of the Week (TOTW) players will make the SBC much more expensive than the rating requirements suggest.

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Cheapest solutions of the EA FC 25 Max 88 Base Icon Upgrade SBC

Some amazing players are available (Image via EA Sports)

These are some of the cheapest fodder players you can purchase in the current state of the transfer market in Ultimate Team to complete the EA FC 25 Max 88 Base Icon Upgrade SBC in the most efficient manner possible:

85-rated squad

• Khadija Shaw: 87
• Kim Little: 86
• Vitinha: 85
• Kailen Sheridan: 85
• Federico Dimarco: 84
• Kingsley Coman: 84
• Matthijs De Ligt: 84
• Amanda Ilestedt: 84
• Dani Olmo: 84
• Benjamin Pavard: 84
• Katharina Naschenweng: 83

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86-rated squad

• Declan Rice: 87
• Khadija Shaw: 87
• Alexandra Popp: 87
• Mallory Swanson: 87
• Luka Modric: 86
• Dusan Vlahovic: 84
• Ben White: 84
• Amel Majri: 84
• Alex Remiro: 84
• Serhou Guirassy: 84
• Lara Prasnikar: 84

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86-rated squad

• Declan Rice: 87
• Victor Osimhen: 87
• Alexandra Popp: 87
• Mallory Swanson: 87
• Luka Modric: 86
• Dusan Vlahovic: 84
• Ben White: 84
• Amel Majri: 84
• Alex Remiro: 84
• Serhou Guirassy: 84
• Lara Prasnikar: 84

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87-rated squad

• Marie Katoto: 88
• Wendie Renard: 88
• Irene Paredes: 88
• Christiane Endler: 88
• Beth Mead: 88
• Millie Bright: 85
• Julian Brandt: 85
• Palhinha: 85
• Ruben Neves: 84
• Dusan Vlahovic: 84

The overall expected cost of the EA FC 25 Max 88 base Icon Upgrade SBC is around 360,000 coins, which is reasonable for a pack of this caliber. It offers the potential of yielding some of the best players who cost millions of coins, so the risk is worth taking.