Published on by Shablo88 26 Comments Updated on

With a new set of VsA players in VsA Season 2 comes a rethought Weekend Tournament now stylised as The Gauntlet. Harking back to the very first Weekend Tournaments, The Gauntlet follows the "3 strikes and you're out" idea quite literally. Capping out at 25 wins with unlimited buy ins, The Gauntlet should provide some fresh variety to your FIFA Mobile team. The Gauntlet this week requires a 70-90 OVR team of 11 VsA S2 players, check them out here.

The Gauntlet

Like previous Weekend Tournaments, entry into The Gauntlet costs 50k coins on the first try, then costs 5 WT vouchers or 500 FP to reenter. You can also 'continue' for FP, which we'll look into a little later. The format for The Gauntlet is simple, win as many games (up to 25) as you can and 'buy out' before you hit your 3rd loss. If you are on 2 losses consider cashing out instead of risking a third loss as you'll have to buy back in with FP/WT vouchers with no rewards to show for your efforts.

One reward per run

Once you claim a reward, that's it -- your Gauntlet run is over -- so make sure you know which reward you want and don't accidentally claim the wrong one. Once you've passed over a reward and gotten your next win, you'll lose the ability to claim that previous reward as well. So you'll have to weigh if it's worth risking getting your third loss to go for a potentially more lucrative prize. If you want more than one reward, you'll have to start a new run for each one.

The Rewards

A plethora of rewards awaits with coins, SBs, XP and players galore. Consider claiming the random Team Hero reward if you're aiming towards TH Müller, or the random Icon reward to get a chance at some of the newest Icons such as Patrick Vieira or Roberto Carlos. You can also claim a random Euro Star Master (91+) or even 50 VsA points to help you earn those Bonus Rewards.

If you missed out on La Liga Rivalries Gareth Bale or EAster David Alaba, you have your chance to pick up one of them here, you'll need at least 14 wins for Bale, and at least 18 for Alaba, so good luck in your pursuits. Diego Maradona's Prime Icon was released as the ultimate VsA S2 reward, and you could get your hands on his normal 91 CAM Icon item should you get at least 23 wins.

Also, on offer at 11 and 25 wins respectively are new Weekend Tournament players 89 RF Kylian Mbappé and 93 CB Giorgio Chiellini. If you reach 25 wins and claim Chiellini, the next time you reach 25 wins the last reward will change to 7.5 million coins, so if you're a WT VsA master, it may just be worthwhile for a 500 FP buy in.

Buy back in

If you reach your 3rd loss on 24 wins and really wanted Chiellini but can't be bothered trying to string together another 25 wins, you can continue where you left off for a FP cost. The cost to continue increases the more wins you had, so if you don't have enough FP you may have to start from scratch. Alternatively, consider throwing your third game instead of trying for more wins to reduce the FP cost to continue if you don't want to finish just yet.

Once you've claimed a reward, you can restart the Gauntlet for 500 FP or 5 WT vouchers. You'll start again at 0 wins, but won't be able to claim any rewards you've previously claimed. This means that you could grab every single reward (at a hefty 12k FP cost) should you so wish.

Guide

You can claim multiple rewards, albeit for accumulating costs to reenter The Gauntlet each time, so I would advise you choose two or three rewards you are aiming for. One 'low tier', one 'mid tier', and one 'high tier'. This way if you find yourself marooned on 7 wins/2 losses and really wanted Gareth Bale at 14 wins, but also had your eyes set on a Random Team Hero, you can claim the Random Team Hero and try again for Bale. This also means that should you pass 14 wins with no losses, you can consider going further to get David Alaba instead. Having an idea of what you want will make The Gauntlet more beneficial to you.

As mentioned before, if you're on two losses and are one or two wins away from a reward and don't think you'll get there without losing, consider deliberately losing your next match and continuing with FP. Be careful though, as the FP cost to continue grows increasingly larger the more wins you rack up. Don't forget that three losses means you can't claim any rewards at all, weigh this up before you start what could be your third loss.

Useful rewards:

7 wins - Random TH

9 wins - 250 Gold+ players, useful for SBCs, potential for a few Elites

11 wins - 89 RF WT Kylian Mbappé

12 wins - A random base Icon

14 wins - 91 RM LLR Gareth Bale

17 wins - 91+ Euro Star player

18 wins - 93 LB EAster David Alaba

21 wins - 50 VsA tokens

23 wins - 91 CAM Diego Maradona

25 wins - 93 CB WT Giorgio Chiellini (first time)

25 wins - 7.5 million coins (repeated wins)

Summary

No more SBCs to claim rewards should be popular, and some huge resource rewards (3,500 SBs for 24 wins, 1.5 million XP for 22 wins, 5 million coins for 20 wins) will be very welcome if this repeats every week. Massive rewards are on offer, even for low wins (750 SBs for 6 wins is 15k FP based on the Store). The 90 OVR cap creates an even playing field and places emphasis on skill once again, the wide variety of VsA S2 players should see some interesting formations around. Only claiming one reward per run makes The Gauntlet more strategic now and actually provides incentive to retry it. A great selection of rewards whether you need coins, SBs or XP, The Gauntlet has huge potential.