When to play Free Hit
Free Hit rebuilds the squad for one gameweek, then reverts. Use it for blanks, not for a mild upgrade.
How Free Hit works
You may make unlimited transfers for one gameweek without changing your next-week squad. Hits are not the point; covering a blank or fielding 11 starters is.
When to play it
- A blank gameweek with several owned players out is the classic case.
- A stacked double can also be right if the rest of the squad cannot be moved in time.
- Do not Free Hit just to chase one differential while the rest of the XI is fine.
What the 2025/26 replay did
In Gameweek 34 the optimiser and the template both took three transfers and an 8-point hit during a blank, instead of Free Hit or Wildcard. Free Hit was available and unused.
When should I play Free Hit?
When you cannot field a legal, competitive XI without wrecking next week’s squad — usually a blank. Compare it with taking hits and with Wildcard.
What happened in 2025/26 Gameweek 34?
Both the optimiser and the template took an 8-point hit (three transfers, one free transfer) in a blank. Free Hit was not used. That is the main chip case on this replay.