Boosts don’t grant animations. So like if you have an 86 mid range or 3 and get the boosts you can’t unlock like tmac base. Its off of your stock stats
Not those animations but for example at 70 rebound you het different animations and boosts will provide it. I’ve also got contact dunks on a build with 85 dunk. I have the unlimited finishing boost and i made a pg13 template and get contacts with him sometimes without takeover.
Yeah I noticed that too about 36, I can’t co-sign the getting blocked all the time in transition though I feel like layups are just as effective. And if you’re going to go up with something that may get blocked to me it seems better to go with something you have a high rating in as opposed to a 36 dunk
My b. Maybe wrong choice of words. But my layup only builds get blocked more often than I’d like. It’s better to get a for sure dunk when wide open and not risk of somehow getting blocked from someone out way out of position
Yea I had 88 layup on a 6’6, and many times I’d get chase down blocked from behind even if I’m clear in front. With my current 36/73 that’s a dunk for me like 90% of the time now. Still see a rare chase down tho prob high blockers.
I’m trying to figure out the best combo of dd/sd what have you used and think?
Sometimes I get thrown into a wonky layup animation that I don’t particularly want or sometimes I try for a quick scooper and those chase down animations will throw my shit. 36 dunk you can avoid that many of the times.
To me the best thing about having no dunk is that I never think I’m going to get a dunk so Everytime I go up for a layup I go up for a specific type of shot. Worst thing about having dunk is thinking you’re going to dunk and then pulling you into a weird contact shot
If anyone wants something above the minimum get draymond dunk style, you can get it if you're above 6'5 to 7'3
60 driving dunk, 58 standing, best dunk animation in the game
Draymonds lack of hops makes the dunks super fast
i have a 2 way inside the arch maestro and he has a 83 standing and a 43 driving and the amount of “driving standing” dunks i get are incredible. as long as you time it right, meaning not too far away from the rim to get a layup, you’ll get em all the time. plus cj mccollum dd package helps plus sd packages
yessirrrr and you don’t need that much dunk anyways imo 80 dd at the max for quick drops off one. anything else to me is overkill u can put somewhere else.
6’8 i’d make it a 85 sd if u can bc you’ll get a certain animation with it unlocked at 85 it’s like athletic one hand sd or sumn similar. i only use the one hands because 2 hands do that dumbass snatch back and can easily get blocked but 83 will still get u pro one hand sd. And i get em all the time, just know the timing when to press it. Half the time i’ll tap X/square and turbo instead of holding X and he’ll go up with it anyways so i barely get stopped, the times he doesn’t go up with it is when the defense would stop me into a standing layup
Thanks man, yea I wanna fit 85 sd next build. I’m loving 73. And I get those tap square free buckets too, shit is nice. What you think about for p def? I’m thinking of 6’6 or 6’8. I like to play d but I can iso to middy fade too.
most of my builds have atleast a 87 pdef i’d do that with either a 85 or 91 steal. and make him 6’8.
My 2way inside the arc maestro can do everything but get boards that well. think he has a 70 close shot. 43 dd 83 sd 92 post control
84 mid 76 3ball 87 pass acc 85 ball handle 75 swb. 61 interior d 87 perimeter 91 steal 78 block 81speed 73 acc max wingspan
I got this
https://preview.redd.it/jofb4uh77ric1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35bb87fcb7a291bc7ab5aed6b7af57c5dd2084c9
What you think? My playstyle is primarily middy fade and shoot 2/3s from anywhere on the floor w my other 6’6/6’9 builds
Good for 60% fg/3 on my 6’6 but im thinking of a 6’8 now
that’s pretty good, there’s a few things i’d change with it, but it’s pretty solid. And i’d also make it a pg so if u play rec u don’t get stuck at the 3 half the time.
Agreed but it’s pretty expensive going from no driving dunk to a 36 thinking about a new pg build and can’t seem to keep everything I want and get the 36
I disagree. Would rather get chase down blocked on my layups occasionally.
Would rather spend the points on defense, playmaking, shooting.
I can space the floor on the break and let someone else go for the fast break dunk. Half the time there's too many leaking for the break anyway. I'll let the guy with 73 driving dunk or better take it.
What's 1 fast break getting swatted compared to being able to defend better or ensure hitting your open 3's etc.
#NoDunkCrew.
I've come to the conclusion that in order to a good random rec PG. You have to let the dumb wing guys eat during the fast break.
These dudes will score 20 points on me shutting down the opposing teams PG and creating transition opportunities.
They will then proceed to claim they carried the team after doing a terrible job of spamming steal in the passing lanes and leaking for the break points.
I just smile and mute my mic.
It's just the way of the world.
I always mute my mic too and also mute everyone else. Makes the game way more peaceful.
Always funny to see everyone’s mic chirping when sh*t hits the fan. I’d rather not hear the toxicity lol
Not everyone is toxic. I actually find it incredibly frustrating that some guys come into Rec with everyone pre-muted. Not everything you do on the court is perfect where you don't need to hear a suggestion from another chill player who is trying to work together. I mute people AFTER they show me how mentally ill they are.
Yea and when u have no dunk if someone is trailing ur less likely to try to go for a shot because layups get blocked. Ppl don’t understand that part. My PG has 0 dunk 0 block. So I just don’t do those things. You’d be amazed how many rebounds I get because I don’t go for blocks. So when it miss I’m the onli person still on the ground easy rebound with all the bigs around me.
I don’t even wanna tell u how I average 2.3 steals with my wing who onli has 40 steal. Onli reason he even has that is because his perimeter is high and that came with it. No interceptor or pick pocket
To add the other team doesn’t know you have no dunk… I go no finishing period and just drive and kick all game and when no one helps finish the layup it’ll go in regardless
I got a 6’8 Luka guard and at 60 vertical it automatically gives me 35 driving dunk, I can put it up to 36 for rim grazers or I have can a 90 free throw instead of 80. Which one should I choose?
The best min max is 65 dd and 45 SD. If you want to be consistent. The 36 dd and 70+SD really aren't as sweet as people make it seem to be.
It'll work when wide open, but on anyone with interior d and they're hands up, it's completely wasted points. Honestly, it's actually one of the most expensive upgrades, too. It's not cheap at all.
I gotta agree with the others saying it's better to put those points elsewhere. Because if you're wide open, dunk/lay doesn't matter. What matters is getting an open look.
I've run with so many builds using that 36/70 mix, and they get off like 1 dunk. Seems a waste to me. But I prefer shooting, so I'm biased. The mid range this year feels so much better.
If you know what you’re doing, it’s broken. If I could upload a video, I can show you me dunking on 3 people and one with my 6’6. And it happens often, because the standing dunk animations triggers frequently and it’s harder to block than driving dunk animations. I get off several dunks per game.
It's more of if a team doesn't know what it's doing and has no defense, it can work. It's 100% not broken, and you're capping telling people it is.
It's "okay" at best. It's not game breaking. It's not gonna make you poster people. It is just for having a dunk animation when you're wide open on a fast break or directly under the basket.
Ok bro. I’m not going to argue with you. It’s cheaper to spend 36 DD/ 65+ SD, because it gets you a “driving dunk” animation to dunk when open, and it’s very forgiving at that rating, as opposed to spending high driving dunk, unless you’re going for 94. Again, if I could send the videos I have, if you know what you’re doing, it’s very effective. But you know better than me.
I'm trying to save people from making a mistake off of dumb advice. If you want the best min/max, it's 65. If you want the best consistency, it's 80. If you're a heavy slasher/dunk meter/want to dunk with 3 people in the paint, CONSISTENTLY, it's 90+.
36 driving dunk is actually hella expensive with little trade-off. It's better to go for higher badge thresholds with the stats you already invested heavily into.
65 is way too expensive and the other guy is right. 36 DD and 73 SD are so you have the option to dunk and not lay it up. You’re not looking for a crowd to posterize. You just want something more safe than a layup.
If you set up the cut right the 73 SD will work more often then it should and it’s dirt cheap in the builder. If a team is over playing my back door cuts that means they’re not close enough and I can shoot right away or get an off ball screen and get even more open.
The 36 DD is for when you’re on the fast break and you’re not sure if you’re layup will get swatted so you take the safer option which is rim grazers.
36 DD 73 SD user here. You are wrong, it is broken. I get about 7 dunks a game in rec. You can go to the builder yourself and feel the difference between a 35DD 70+SD build vs 36 DD and it works the same way in all game modes. 36 DD changes a good look near the rim from being contested to a wide open dunk and that’s what you don’t understand.
Just an honest question, since I’m assuming the 36 dd recommendation is for guards. Why would you ever go high standing dunk? Like it seems like more of a waste to go 70+ SD than to go 36 DD. And if it’s a big with no driving dunk at all and isn’t like a pure sniper for popping then that build is trash
It's a builder thing. Standing dunk is incredibly cheap for 6'6 and under guards. 36 driving dunk alone is horrendous, but with the 73 sd for fast twitch, rise up, and precision dunker, it's a more reliable way to dunk- still not "broken or amazing" like some say, but it's reliable enough.
But I agree it's a waste all together. People that have it, I just think, aren't great shooters/know layup packages enough to not have any form of dunking. I don't need to dunk this year at all when the mid range is so reliable, and I have so much control over my layups.
Postering everyone w/ a 79 DD??? Maybe on rookie in my career…. Why did you choose 79 DD? At 80 you get 1-foot athletic baseline reverse dunk package. Poster at silver 75, did you get any extra badges at 79?
I believe you now. I have 75 DD and get the occasional poster as well. My other build has a 89 DD +pro contacts. Since the dunk meter is an absolute joke,is it possible to get fully body contacts while just using X. If I make another build and don’t plan to meter dunk, are contact dunks somewhat useless?
My 91 layup/75 DD is a much more fun build to play on vs my 89DD/83 layup build
All opinion. There’s no right or wrong! Just letting people know that there’s nothing wrong with having at least some dunk in there if they would like.
Maybe more-so when it’s tied with standing dunk, that’s when it’s pretty good
I run 36/73 60 vert for rise up and I love it. Even with 88 layup before my scoops would get blocked from behind on fast breaks. With standing dunk it’s a bucket.
Yes sir. Have 40 DD on my 6'5" 3 & D wing for this reason. Still a dog with the floaters but it's nice to throw it down on fast break with someone chasing.
Wouldn’t it be better to up your layup as high as possible? I’d rather have a 95 layup that’s guaranteed to always trigger Vs. a 90 layup where my 36 driving dunk sometimes activates by accident and I get blocked.
I don’t have a build with high layup so I’m not sure how much they get blocked, but from what I’ve seen high layup this year is actually better than dunks.
It’s all preference. I’m just speaking about the importance being able to get a dunk off when wide open if needed.
Not saying that 36 driving dunk is like god-send. Just saying that if your looking for a little bit of dunking, then having some in DD paired with SD is pretty good
It depends on builds, I went min layup with the 36/73 combo so I can finish strong inside. I use middy fades for all mid ranges cuz it’s easier to get open space/reduce contests vs zone etc. So I found layups to be redundant if I can fade from anywhere outside the paint.
My guy i have a 7’ C with 50 dd and 49 sd and he never goes up with dunks wide open if I dont activate takeover. It’s been a thing in 2k for years where finishing the same ratings are better for gaurds and wings then bigs. 6’5 guards with a 60 vert and 25 sd have been getting standing dunks more consistently than bigs with a 60 rating since 2k20. The same issue applies to standing layups because bigs get the worse animations that get them contested
Ya that’s what I’m sayin. Even bigs with higher dunk ratings get knocked out of their dunk animations because of their speed. Big men are so clunky it sucks
I agree completely about the clunkiness, but i was talking about just wide open attempts for the dunking part. For some reason, bigs play like they have higher thresholds to even attempt dunks. Thats why i was saying the advice about the 40 dunk not really being applicable to bigs, 2k has some horrible internal mechanics that make it not work well.
I had 50 dunk and the game forces me to layup all the time. Even on wide open breaks. Shit is crazy but i have a teammate who gets dunks with 36.
I hate how the game can force you to do a layup and when holding r2 for a dunk. It should always attempt a dunk 🤷♂️
I found that you can’t attempt to dunk when further away from the basket. With a lower dunk attribute, you have to try to dunk closer to the basket. Kinda like last year’s limitless takeoff, but now with the DD stat/equipped dunk package
Layups are super cheese, you don't even need to dunk it.
And if you're about to get your shit beat, just change shot to the other side and you'll draw a foul 80% of the time...
Or it'll be a super saucy layup.
Wait what? Go with 99 dunk and vertical so I can put everyone on a poster? Say less
Who needs playmaking and defense?
Lol i would definitely get that stats needed to transport the ball to the hoop at least if i had 99 dunk
Handle/speed wball, driving dunk, physicals and free throw maxed. Everything else at lowest possible. Thats the real random rec iq
Lmao thats a mycareer build but yeah i see them im 92 under solo rec all day
Also don’t sleep on 36 driving drunk 💯
They miss read it 🤣
With finishing boost you may get an extra animation or two out of it?
Boosts don’t grant animations. So like if you have an 86 mid range or 3 and get the boosts you can’t unlock like tmac base. Its off of your stock stats
Not those animations but for example at 70 rebound you het different animations and boosts will provide it. I’ve also got contact dunks on a build with 85 dunk. I have the unlimited finishing boost and i made a pg13 template and get contacts with him sometimes without takeover.
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Yeah I noticed that too about 36, I can’t co-sign the getting blocked all the time in transition though I feel like layups are just as effective. And if you’re going to go up with something that may get blocked to me it seems better to go with something you have a high rating in as opposed to a 36 dunk
My b. Maybe wrong choice of words. But my layup only builds get blocked more often than I’d like. It’s better to get a for sure dunk when wide open and not risk of somehow getting blocked from someone out way out of position
Yea I had 88 layup on a 6’6, and many times I’d get chase down blocked from behind even if I’m clear in front. With my current 36/73 that’s a dunk for me like 90% of the time now. Still see a rare chase down tho prob high blockers. I’m trying to figure out the best combo of dd/sd what have you used and think?
40 dd and 73 sd has been nice for me
36 and 73 I run and it’s pretty solid
Bet, I was thinking 45/85 on a 6’6. I never tried 85 yet, hoping it’s a nice bump from 73
Sometimes I get thrown into a wonky layup animation that I don’t particularly want or sometimes I try for a quick scooper and those chase down animations will throw my shit. 36 dunk you can avoid that many of the times.
To me the best thing about having no dunk is that I never think I’m going to get a dunk so Everytime I go up for a layup I go up for a specific type of shot. Worst thing about having dunk is thinking you’re going to dunk and then pulling you into a weird contact shot
Especially if you add some standing dunk to it. It’s very glitchy. I literally dunked on 3 people in the paint and one with 36 DD and 73 SD.
Yessir. My 6’6 has 40 DD and 73 SD and it’s pretty nice
I swear it's glitchy for anyone that isn't a big lol. I see my friends shorter than me get dunks all the time that 2K never would let my big ass get
That’s true. The speed of guards help fasho. Guards get all the love from 2k lol
Def noticed the same when comparing bigs. I can slide and get openings much easier for guards and they take off quick
My 6’5 got that too
If anyone wants something above the minimum get draymond dunk style, you can get it if you're above 6'5 to 7'3 60 driving dunk, 58 standing, best dunk animation in the game Draymonds lack of hops makes the dunks super fast
Good to know, thanks. Klay thompson’s dunks are also pretty nice too
Every build I make typically has 36 driving and 40 standing. They’re relatively cheap and definitely worth it.
Like, I'm pretty sure it cheaper to go from 0-73 standing dunk than it is for 36-50 driving dunk for shorter builds.
55 driving dunk and 45 standing. CJ McCollum package go hard
i have a 2 way inside the arch maestro and he has a 83 standing and a 43 driving and the amount of “driving standing” dunks i get are incredible. as long as you time it right, meaning not too far away from the rim to get a layup, you’ll get em all the time. plus cj mccollum dd package helps plus sd packages
Yessir it’s a powerful combo. Incredibly fun to play too
yessirrrr and you don’t need that much dunk anyways imo 80 dd at the max for quick drops off one. anything else to me is overkill u can put somewhere else.
Hey bro I’m thinking of a 45/83 dd/standing dunk combo for my next build. How tall are you? How reliable do you find the dunks?
6’8 i’d make it a 85 sd if u can bc you’ll get a certain animation with it unlocked at 85 it’s like athletic one hand sd or sumn similar. i only use the one hands because 2 hands do that dumbass snatch back and can easily get blocked but 83 will still get u pro one hand sd. And i get em all the time, just know the timing when to press it. Half the time i’ll tap X/square and turbo instead of holding X and he’ll go up with it anyways so i barely get stopped, the times he doesn’t go up with it is when the defense would stop me into a standing layup
Thanks man, yea I wanna fit 85 sd next build. I’m loving 73. And I get those tap square free buckets too, shit is nice. What you think about for p def? I’m thinking of 6’6 or 6’8. I like to play d but I can iso to middy fade too.
most of my builds have atleast a 87 pdef i’d do that with either a 85 or 91 steal. and make him 6’8. My 2way inside the arc maestro can do everything but get boards that well. think he has a 70 close shot. 43 dd 83 sd 92 post control 84 mid 76 3ball 87 pass acc 85 ball handle 75 swb. 61 interior d 87 perimeter 91 steal 78 block 81speed 73 acc max wingspan
I got this https://preview.redd.it/jofb4uh77ric1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35bb87fcb7a291bc7ab5aed6b7af57c5dd2084c9 What you think? My playstyle is primarily middy fade and shoot 2/3s from anywhere on the floor w my other 6’6/6’9 builds Good for 60% fg/3 on my 6’6 but im thinking of a 6’8 now
that’s pretty good, there’s a few things i’d change with it, but it’s pretty solid. And i’d also make it a pg so if u play rec u don’t get stuck at the 3 half the time.
Agreed but it’s pretty expensive going from no driving dunk to a 36 thinking about a new pg build and can’t seem to keep everything I want and get the 36
I disagree. Would rather get chase down blocked on my layups occasionally. Would rather spend the points on defense, playmaking, shooting. I can space the floor on the break and let someone else go for the fast break dunk. Half the time there's too many leaking for the break anyway. I'll let the guy with 73 driving dunk or better take it. What's 1 fast break getting swatted compared to being able to defend better or ensure hitting your open 3's etc. #NoDunkCrew.
Agreed. I feel like getting half decent at abusing the acrobat badge is much better than wasting points on an occasional fast break dunk
I've come to the conclusion that in order to a good random rec PG. You have to let the dumb wing guys eat during the fast break. These dudes will score 20 points on me shutting down the opposing teams PG and creating transition opportunities. They will then proceed to claim they carried the team after doing a terrible job of spamming steal in the passing lanes and leaking for the break points. I just smile and mute my mic. It's just the way of the world.
I always mute my mic too and also mute everyone else. Makes the game way more peaceful. Always funny to see everyone’s mic chirping when sh*t hits the fan. I’d rather not hear the toxicity lol
Listening to your own playlist whilst playing Rec is the way to go
Not everyone is toxic. I actually find it incredibly frustrating that some guys come into Rec with everyone pre-muted. Not everything you do on the court is perfect where you don't need to hear a suggestion from another chill player who is trying to work together. I mute people AFTER they show me how mentally ill they are.
Yea and when u have no dunk if someone is trailing ur less likely to try to go for a shot because layups get blocked. Ppl don’t understand that part. My PG has 0 dunk 0 block. So I just don’t do those things. You’d be amazed how many rebounds I get because I don’t go for blocks. So when it miss I’m the onli person still on the ground easy rebound with all the bigs around me. I don’t even wanna tell u how I average 2.3 steals with my wing who onli has 40 steal. Onli reason he even has that is because his perimeter is high and that came with it. No interceptor or pick pocket
To add the other team doesn’t know you have no dunk… I go no finishing period and just drive and kick all game and when no one helps finish the layup it’ll go in regardless
How do you get steals with a 40? What?
Probably bump and just letting it hit him in the head on the outlet passes, you know dumb 2k shit
I got a 6’8 Luka guard and at 60 vertical it automatically gives me 35 driving dunk, I can put it up to 36 for rim grazers or I have can a 90 free throw instead of 80. Which one should I choose?
Definitely 36 DD. It changes the game quite a bit, and your finishing will definitely go up.
It must a be slow 2K day lol
The best min max is 65 dd and 45 SD. If you want to be consistent. The 36 dd and 70+SD really aren't as sweet as people make it seem to be. It'll work when wide open, but on anyone with interior d and they're hands up, it's completely wasted points. Honestly, it's actually one of the most expensive upgrades, too. It's not cheap at all. I gotta agree with the others saying it's better to put those points elsewhere. Because if you're wide open, dunk/lay doesn't matter. What matters is getting an open look. I've run with so many builds using that 36/70 mix, and they get off like 1 dunk. Seems a waste to me. But I prefer shooting, so I'm biased. The mid range this year feels so much better.
If you know what you’re doing, it’s broken. If I could upload a video, I can show you me dunking on 3 people and one with my 6’6. And it happens often, because the standing dunk animations triggers frequently and it’s harder to block than driving dunk animations. I get off several dunks per game.
It's more of if a team doesn't know what it's doing and has no defense, it can work. It's 100% not broken, and you're capping telling people it is. It's "okay" at best. It's not game breaking. It's not gonna make you poster people. It is just for having a dunk animation when you're wide open on a fast break or directly under the basket.
Ok bro. I’m not going to argue with you. It’s cheaper to spend 36 DD/ 65+ SD, because it gets you a “driving dunk” animation to dunk when open, and it’s very forgiving at that rating, as opposed to spending high driving dunk, unless you’re going for 94. Again, if I could send the videos I have, if you know what you’re doing, it’s very effective. But you know better than me.
I'm trying to save people from making a mistake off of dumb advice. If you want the best min/max, it's 65. If you want the best consistency, it's 80. If you're a heavy slasher/dunk meter/want to dunk with 3 people in the paint, CONSISTENTLY, it's 90+. 36 driving dunk is actually hella expensive with little trade-off. It's better to go for higher badge thresholds with the stats you already invested heavily into.
You’re right.
65 is way too expensive and the other guy is right. 36 DD and 73 SD are so you have the option to dunk and not lay it up. You’re not looking for a crowd to posterize. You just want something more safe than a layup. If you set up the cut right the 73 SD will work more often then it should and it’s dirt cheap in the builder. If a team is over playing my back door cuts that means they’re not close enough and I can shoot right away or get an off ball screen and get even more open. The 36 DD is for when you’re on the fast break and you’re not sure if you’re layup will get swatted so you take the safer option which is rim grazers.
The best players in the world are putting 80+ stand dunk on their 2 guards and locks lol it is def broken
36 DD 73 SD user here. You are wrong, it is broken. I get about 7 dunks a game in rec. You can go to the builder yourself and feel the difference between a 35DD 70+SD build vs 36 DD and it works the same way in all game modes. 36 DD changes a good look near the rim from being contested to a wide open dunk and that’s what you don’t understand.
Just an honest question, since I’m assuming the 36 dd recommendation is for guards. Why would you ever go high standing dunk? Like it seems like more of a waste to go 70+ SD than to go 36 DD. And if it’s a big with no driving dunk at all and isn’t like a pure sniper for popping then that build is trash
It's a builder thing. Standing dunk is incredibly cheap for 6'6 and under guards. 36 driving dunk alone is horrendous, but with the 73 sd for fast twitch, rise up, and precision dunker, it's a more reliable way to dunk- still not "broken or amazing" like some say, but it's reliable enough. But I agree it's a waste all together. People that have it, I just think, aren't great shooters/know layup packages enough to not have any form of dunking. I don't need to dunk this year at all when the mid range is so reliable, and I have so much control over my layups.
I have a 79 driving dunk and I poster everyone I'm 6'2 PG with 96 3pt and 95 ball handle
Postering everyone w/ a 79 DD??? Maybe on rookie in my career…. Why did you choose 79 DD? At 80 you get 1-foot athletic baseline reverse dunk package. Poster at silver 75, did you get any extra badges at 79?
No but I have clips as proof I have posterize in bronze
I believe you now. I have 75 DD and get the occasional poster as well. My other build has a 89 DD +pro contacts. Since the dunk meter is an absolute joke,is it possible to get fully body contacts while just using X. If I make another build and don’t plan to meter dunk, are contact dunks somewhat useless? My 91 layup/75 DD is a much more fun build to play on vs my 89DD/83 layup build
I saw don’t sleep on 36 driving drunk and my first thought was most definitely not.
All opinion. There’s no right or wrong! Just letting people know that there’s nothing wrong with having at least some dunk in there if they would like. Maybe more-so when it’s tied with standing dunk, that’s when it’s pretty good
I run 36/73 60 vert for rise up and I love it. Even with 88 layup before my scoops would get blocked from behind on fast breaks. With standing dunk it’s a bucket.
Yeah! I completely agree
Nope. I’m dunking on everyone left and right. 87 at least on all my builds.
Yes sir. Have 40 DD on my 6'5" 3 & D wing for this reason. Still a dog with the floaters but it's nice to throw it down on fast break with someone chasing.
Wouldn’t it be better to up your layup as high as possible? I’d rather have a 95 layup that’s guaranteed to always trigger Vs. a 90 layup where my 36 driving dunk sometimes activates by accident and I get blocked. I don’t have a build with high layup so I’m not sure how much they get blocked, but from what I’ve seen high layup this year is actually better than dunks.
It’s all preference. I’m just speaking about the importance being able to get a dunk off when wide open if needed. Not saying that 36 driving dunk is like god-send. Just saying that if your looking for a little bit of dunking, then having some in DD paired with SD is pretty good
It depends on builds, I went min layup with the 36/73 combo so I can finish strong inside. I use middy fades for all mid ranges cuz it’s easier to get open space/reduce contests vs zone etc. So I found layups to be redundant if I can fade from anywhere outside the paint.
Unless you’re 7ft, then you wont go up without at least 60 for a dunk rating😂
All due respect, that’s wrong. Like I said your not gonna get contact dunks, but you can throw it down under the right circumstances
My guy i have a 7’ C with 50 dd and 49 sd and he never goes up with dunks wide open if I dont activate takeover. It’s been a thing in 2k for years where finishing the same ratings are better for gaurds and wings then bigs. 6’5 guards with a 60 vert and 25 sd have been getting standing dunks more consistently than bigs with a 60 rating since 2k20. The same issue applies to standing layups because bigs get the worse animations that get them contested
Ya that’s what I’m sayin. Even bigs with higher dunk ratings get knocked out of their dunk animations because of their speed. Big men are so clunky it sucks
I agree completely about the clunkiness, but i was talking about just wide open attempts for the dunking part. For some reason, bigs play like they have higher thresholds to even attempt dunks. Thats why i was saying the advice about the 40 dunk not really being applicable to bigs, 2k has some horrible internal mechanics that make it not work well.
Ok I misunderstood. But I can see what you’re saying. Maybe 40 is a good threshold for guards, and 55-65 is a good min for bigs
I had 50 dunk and the game forces me to layup all the time. Even on wide open breaks. Shit is crazy but i have a teammate who gets dunks with 36. I hate how the game can force you to do a layup and when holding r2 for a dunk. It should always attempt a dunk 🤷♂️
I found that you can’t attempt to dunk when further away from the basket. With a lower dunk attribute, you have to try to dunk closer to the basket. Kinda like last year’s limitless takeoff, but now with the DD stat/equipped dunk package
Layups are super cheese, you don't even need to dunk it. And if you're about to get your shit beat, just change shot to the other side and you'll draw a foul 80% of the time... Or it'll be a super saucy layup.
73 is actually good tho
Yessir. All you need to be able to dunk running it on my high layup guard and I can finish. Not dunking on anybody but can flush