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NBA 2K20 has a wide assortment of Badges that offer your MyPlayer some truly valuable perks. While we already have a Badge list that details the effect of every Badge in the game, this guide narrows things down for the top five overall selections in each build category.
While your final Badge choices may vary based on the specific kind of player you wish to make, here are some broad suggestions to consider for Finishing, Playmaking, Shooting and Defense.
Best Finishing Badges
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As you'll see below, these five Badges really compliment a Finishing-focused MyPlayer in terms of taking it to the rim, making layups and avoiding contact from all areas fairly close to the bucket. Not everyone will be able to go full Hall of Fame for each one of these depending on your build, but nothing here should be below Silver if you can help it.
- Contact Finisher: Improves the ability to convert contact layups and dunks in traffic. Slashers who play below the rim finish contact layups more successfully while dunkers are able to pull off more contact dunks.
- Acrobat: Boosts the ability to hit high degree of difficult layups. Spin, half-spin, hop step, euro-step, cradle, reverse and change shot layup attempts receive a significant boost.
- Relentless Finisher: Reduces the fatigue effects from continually finishing at the rim with contact. Improves a player's ability to take a lot of contact by reducing the energy lost when attacking the rim for contact shots.
- Fancy Footwork: Improves a player's ability to beat defenders with an advanced layup or dunk gather. Players get past defenders more efficiently when performing euro, cradle, hop step, spin and half-spin gathers.
- Slithery Finisher: Improves a player's ability to avoid contact when attacking the rim. Increases a player's ability to slide through traffic and avoid contact during gathers and finishes at the rim.
Best Playmaking Badges
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With Playmaking, the emphasis is on team support, dribbling and creating space. Here are five of the best Badges in NBA 2K20 that help take full advantage of that skillset. Especially if you intend to play lots of online games with human players, your teammates will be glad to have you around.
- Unpluckable: Reduces the chances of getting stripped by the defender. When performing dribble moves, defenders have a tougher time poking the ball free with their steal attempts.
- Floor General: Teammates receive an offensive attribute bonus when player is in the game. Gives offensive attributes boosts to teammates when on the floor. Also, at the Hall of Fame level, can see teammates' potential shot percentages while on offense.
- Dimer: Boosts the shot percentage for open teammates on jump shots after catching a pass. When in the half-court, passes by Dimers to open shooters yield a shot percentage boost.
- Quick First Step: Provides more explosive first steps out of triple threat and size-ups. When driving out of a triple threat or after a size-up, ball handlers have access to quicker, and more effective, launches.
- Space Creator: Improves a player's ability to create space from a defender. When performing any stepback move or shot, there's a higher chance of successfully creating separation from the opponent.
Best Shooting Badges
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If you're a shooter, then the jump shot is key to your success. These five Badges make it easier to nail a successful jump shot and then buff your rewards for doing so. If you prefer to play far from the basket, these are five Badges well worth the investment.
- Flexible Release: Reduces the penalty suffered from mis-timed jump shot released. Shot timing penalties for jump shots are reduced, making it easier to knock down attempts even when releasing early or late.
- Green Machine: Increases the bonus given for consecutive excellent releases. Gives an additional shot boost when consecutively achieving excellent releases on jump shots.
- Quick Draw: Speeds up the release of a jump shot. The higher the badge level, the faster a player will be able to release all jump shots.
- Difficult Shots: Improves the ability to shoot difficult shots off the dribble. High difficulty jumpers such as hop steps, spins, stepbacks, and pull-ups receive a shot percentage boost.
- Deadeye: Reduces the impact of a defender who is closing out. Jump shots taken with a defender closing out receive less of a penalty from a shot contest. This includes both mid-range and 3PT shots.
Best Defense/Rebounding Badges
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As you might've guessed, these top-five Badges are all about stopping Playmakers and Shooters from dominating the court. Nerf those shooting buffs, block offense and rebound like crazy with these selections.
- Intimidator: Intimidates offensive players causing them to miss shots more often. Offensive players have less success shooting when contested by players with this badge. Also boosts the shot defense ratings when tightly guarding an opponent.
- Clamps: Boosts the ability to stay in front of the ball handler on the perimeter. Defenders have access to quicker cut off moves and are more successful when bumping or hip riding the ball handler.
- Pick Dodger: Improves a player's ability to navigate through screens effectively on defense. Improves a player's ability to navigate through and around screens while on defense.
- Tireless Defender: Reduces energy lost when exerting effort on defense. Allowing defender to play defense more aggressively without losing energy at the same rate as normal player.
- Rebound Chaser: Improves a player's ability to chase down rebounds. Improves a player's ability to track down rebounds from farther distances than normal.
NBA 2K20 is available now on Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC. For more MyPlayer creation help, check out our build guide.
What are your favorite Badges in NBA 2K20? Are there any OP Badges we missed? Tell us in the comments section!
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