Luketa

I watch the 2D sim and notice that sometimes the AI has one striker who never drop deep and the other one joining the defense when their team hasn`t got the ball. I not mean he drops back a little...he drop to his own penalty area when necesary. I tried everything: defensive mentality, low or high closing down, tight marking, etc. but couldn`t recreate the AI style. Any tips please?

mattie

Well probably you would want to set his mentality to no more than 5, then put a massive back arrow to where you want him to head, i would also try putting his creative freedom up and consider maybe free role. Marking styles and closing down won't solve it, they will just occur on the pitch wherever your striker is.
I.e. if he's upfront and there keeper dallies with the ball your striker will close him down if he has high closing down.

Luketa

I tried with mentality, without any possitive result. And the AI doesn`t use barrow, so why should I use it?

ironix

Lowered mentality works to a certain extent. Closing down shouldn't be too high or the player will chase after the ball instead of dropping deep. Alternatively, you can use the striker to man mark the MC playing on his side.