EA Sports released the Evolutions: Defensive Playmaker in EA Sports FC 25 during the Fantasy FC Promo.
Ultimate Team Evolutions is a powerful new system that changes how you think about and build up your squad. For the first time, you’ll be able to improve and customise players from your Club. You can take your favourite lower-rated players from any Club and level them up, as well as tweak and customise your top players by adding skill moves, changing work rates and weak foot upgrades as a few examples.
Transform your Right-Back into a defensive playmaker. Boost their passing skills, add new Passing PlayStyles, and fitting Roles as they transition into a central defensive midfielder.

Evolutions: Defensive Playmaker Requirements
Only players meeting following requirements will be eligible for the Evolutions:
- Max Pos.3
- OverallMax. 87
- PositionRB
- Excluded PositionCB
- Max PS10
- Max PS+2
- PaceMax. 86
Total Upgrades
Defensive Playmaker Evolutions player will receive below listed boosts:
- RarityEvolutions III
- New Pos.CDM
- SM+2 ★ (^4)
- WF+2 ★ (^4)
- Role++RB Falseback++
- Role++CDM Deep-Lying Playmaker++
- Role++CDM Wide Half++
- Role+CDM Centre-Half+
- PlayStyle+Pinged Pass (^2)
- PlayStyle+Long Ball Pass (^2)
- PlayStyleDead Ball (^10)
- PlayStylePinged Pass (^10)
- PlayStyleLong Ball Pass (^10)
- Overall+40 (^90)
- Defending+25 (^88)
- Pace+30 (^86)
- Shooting+30 (^80)
- Curve+30 (^90)
- Ball Control+30 (^89)
- Dribbling (attr.)+30 (^89)
- Balance+40 (^88)
- Agility+40 (^88)
- Reactions+40 (^90)
- Vision+40 (^90)
- Crossing+40 (^90)
- Short Passing+50 (^90)
- Long Passing+50 (^90)
- Composure+50 (^93)
- Physicality+50 (^87)
- Fk Accuracy+70 (^90)
Evolutions: Defensive Playmaker Objectives
- Level 1 Challenges:
- Play 2 matches in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
- Win 1 match in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
UPGRADES
- RarityIn-Progress Evolution
- PlayStylePinged Pass (^10)
- PlayStyleLong Ball Pass (^10)
- Pace+30 (^86)
- Shooting+30 (^80)
- Short Passing+50 (^90)
- Long Passing+50 (^90)
- Level 2 Challenges:
- Play 2 matches in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
- Win 2 matches in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
UPGRADES
- RarityIn-Progress Evolution
- New Pos.CDM
- WF+2 ★ (^4)
- Role+CDM Centre-Half+
- Curve+30 (^90)
- Balance+40 (^88)
- Agility+40 (^88)
- Level 3 Challenges:
- Play 3 matches in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
- Win 1 match in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
UPGRADES
- RarityIn-Progress Evolution
- Role++RB Falseback++
- PlayStyle+Long Ball Pass (^2)
- Overall+40 (^90)
- Ball Control+30 (^89)
- Reactions+40 (^90)
- Composure+50 (^93)
- Level 4 Challenges:
- Play 3 matches in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
- Assist at least 1 goal with your active EVO player in 2 separate matches in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro.
UPGRADES
- RarityIn-Progress Evolution
- SM+2 ★ (^4)
- Role++CDM Deep-Lying Playmaker++
- PlayStyleDead Ball (^10)
- Defending+25 (^88)
- Physicality+50 (^87)
- Fk Accuracy+70 (^90)
- Level 5 Challenges:
- Play 2 matches in Rush, Rivals, Champions, or Squad Battles on Min. Semi-Pro using your active EVO player in game.
UPGRADES
- RarityEvolutions III
- Role++CDM Wide Half++
- PlayStyle+Pinged Pass (^2)
- Dribbling (attr.)+30 (^89)
- Vision+40 (^90)
- Crossing+40 (^90)
Best choice of players to use for Evolutions: Defensive Playmaker
- Joshua Kimmich
- Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Denzel Dumfries
- João Cancelo
- Carvajal
- Ona Batlle
- Emily Fox
- Juan Cuadrado
- Juanlu Sánchez
- Noussair Mazraoui
- Reece James
- Lucy Bronze
- Diogo Dalot
- Marc Casadó
- Rico Lewis
- Aaron Wan-Bissaka
- James Tavernier
- Kieran Trippier