Thanksgiving Eventshop: the Armstead chain, 86 to 90

Two challenges and one Arik Armstead: the 300-coin 86 goes into an offense at 82, the 88 it pays goes into a defense at 84, and finishing both pays the 90. The other ten need about 81 a card in the first and 83 in the second. It closes on 4 December.

The Thanksgiving Eventshop is two challenges built around one player, Arik Armstead. The first asks for the 86 the Event Shop sells, and pays his 88. The second asks for that 88, and pays an 86+ Gold Elite Single Pack. Finish both and the group pays his 90. It closes at 09:00 UTC on 4 December, with the rest of the event.

The chain

Each card in the chain is the key to the next challenge, so the order is fixed:

• Arik Armstead at 86: 300 Thanksgiving Coins in the Event Shop, and what Challenge 1 asks for
• Arik Armstead at 88: what Challenge 1 pays, and what Challenge 2 asks for
• Arik Armstead at 90: what the group pays once both are done

None of the three can be sold, so the 86 is worth buying only to take the chain to the end. The 90 has 91 strength, 88 awareness and 93 tackling, the best Armstead in the game. The Event Shop takes Thanksgiving Coins, which come from missions, the daily login streak, store ads, bundles and Quick Games, and the news lists 600 of them from missions alone.

Challenge 1: bring the 86

Challenge 1 is an offense less one: a quarterback, a running back, two receivers, a tight end, a center, two guards and two tackles. That is ten by position, and the 86 Armstead takes the eleventh slot. It asks for an 82 average, and the game rounds the average it shows, so 81.5 already reads as 82: eleven need 897 rather than 902.

In the video, quick add fills the ten with exactly that: Bryce Young at quarterback, Bucky Irving at running back, Carnell Tate's 81 Player of the Month card at both receiver slots, Colby Parkinson at tight end, Cooper Beebe at center, Ed Ingram at both guard slots, then Abraham Lucas at 82 and Blake Brandel at 81 at tackle. That is 897 exactly, with nothing spent past the line.

Challenge 2: bring the 88

Challenge 2 is a whole defense: three defensive tackles, two ends, three linebackers, two corners and a safety. The 88 Armstead has to be one of the three tackles, since every slot already has a position. At an 84 average, eleven need 919.

Quick add does it with nine 83s and an 84. Ed Oliver's Harvest Huddle #1 card takes both other tackle slots, Alex Wright's Wasteland card both ends, and Cedric Gray's Halloween #1 card all three linebacker slots. A.J. Terrell Jr. covers both corners, and Antonio Johnson's Kickoff #1 card at 84 is the safety. The same card can go in more than once, which is why so few names fill eleven slots.

What it pays

Challenge 2's own reward is an 86+ Gold Elite Single Pack, one player at 86 or better. The 86-87 Player pack page has its odds: 22% for an 87 to 90, and under 1% for a 91 to 93. Then the group pays the 90 Armstead on top, which is the reason to run both.

Open each challenge in the PTC Solver from the group page, put the Armstead in first, and read Avg needed from here: it shows what the other ten have to average.

This is an original blog article written by FHCWiz community writers, on various topics surrounding the FHC 27 (Football Head Coach 27) mobile game by Gamebasics BV. FHCWiz has no association with Gamebasics BV, and these articles are opinion and analysis, not official information.