If you’re a veteran player of the NBA game series, you may already know that applying a variety of badges from different tiers grants you various boosts in the game. You obviously want to equip your team with the one that suits your playstyle the most. In this NBA 2k23 guide, we’ll be giving you a quick rundown on the Best Playmaking Badges and rank them according to their usefulness.
Best NBA 2K23 Playmaking badges
Post Playmaker
While using Post Playmaker, you can boost the percentage of successful receiving of catches for the shooter. This badge will also work for the big men working as the shooter to improve their assists.
The big players are usually swarmed when they have the ball and Post Maker will help break the crowd. Post Playmaker is very useful for the Playmakers.
Clamp Breaker
This badge aids in the ability of a player as a ball handler to fight off contact, protect the ball, and drive by opponents. Clamp Breaker is quite useful for Playmakers.
Clamp Breaker badge is best paired with Handles for Days Badge, Hyperdrive Badge and Slithery Badge.
Unpluckable
This badge will make it hard for the defenders to execute their steal attempts. This badge is obviously best for Playmakers but it is also well suited for Shot Creators and Post Scorers.
The unpluckable badge is best when paired with Step & Go Badge, Ankle Breaker Badge, and Handles For Days Badge.
Handles for Days
When this badge is a part of your build, your player uses little energy to hit while dribbling, which makes them able to chain combos together quicker and for longer.
Handles for Days badge is a sort of all-rounder badge. It is well suited for Playmakers, Offensive Threat and Shot Creators. This badge is best paired with Unpluckable Badge, Tight Handlers Badge, Ankle Breaker Badge.
Ankle Breaker
When players choose this badge, the defender stumbles or falls more frequently when biting the wrong way while performing step-backs and other certain moves. This badge is ideal for Playmakers and Shot Creators.
Ankle Breaker is best when paired with Space Creator Badge, Tight Handles Badge, and Unpluckable Badge. This badge basically increases the ball handling attribute of a player.
Mismatch Expert
If you are a smaller guard, you will have a difficult time snatching the ball from the taller defenders. You might get lucky with a good dribble pull-up but an equally good defender will probably form a wall in front of you. Mismatch Expert makes the life of Smaller Guard easier when one on one with the taller defenders.
This badge is best for Playmaking, but it was formerly associated with Shooting. The Small Guard will benefit from this badge when receiving the ball through the Center or Power Forward switch.
Dimer
While in the half-court, passes that are produced by the Dimers to open shooters produce a shot boost. This badge serves quite well for Playmakers.
Dimer badge is best when paired with Needle Threader Badge, Floor General Badge, and Breakstarter Badge. Dimer badge is quite good to enhance your Passing Accuracy.
Killer Combos
This badge helps improve a player’s ability to chain dribble moves when sizing up their opponent.
Killer Combo, as well, is the best badge for Playmakers and iso-dribblers as it would increase the Ball Handling attribute of a player. It goes quite effective when paired with Handles For Days Badge and Hyper Drive Badge.
Quick First Step
This Playmaking badge lets the ball handlers’ access quicker and more operational launches once tackling a triple threat. This badge increases a player’s speed, acceleration, and ball handling attributes.
This badge serves best for Playmakers, Slashers, and Finishers. It is best when paired with Step & Go Badge, Ankle Breaker Badge, Tight Handlers Badge.
Needle Threader
When the distance when doing the passes is big, Needle Threader will help make sure the ball reaches the player. The big danger is breaking the defense when doing these long pushes and this badge will help in that.
Needle Threader can be best used for Playmaking. Using this badge will make sure the ball will not get recovered by the defenses or get tipped.
How to get Playmaking Badges in NBA 2k23
By now, you would have some basic understanding of badges and their advantages. They basically boost up your game.
Playmaking badges are some of the essential badges in NBA 2k23 because they not only enhance the attributes of an individual player but also it escalates the attributes of the whole team.
Now you must be wondering how to get these badges. So for these badges, you need Playmaking Badge Points. You can these points by doing the following in the game:
- Attack Assists
- Alley-Oop Assists
- Deep Outlet Passes
- Pick & Roll Passes
By doing any of these, you would be rewarded with Playmaking Badge Points and if you happen to win the game, you would earn some more points. You can utilize these points in getting these badges.
Now we will tell you what exactly the attribute requirements for these badges in NBA 2K23 are.
Quick First Step
- Ball Handle: 70 (Bronze)
- Ball Handle: 77 (Silver)
- Ball Handle: 85 (Gold)
- Ball Handle: 89 (HoF)
Handles For Days
- Ball Handle: 70 (Bronze)
- Ball Handle: 85 (Silver)
- Ball Handle: 94 (Gold)
- Ball Handle: 99 (HoF)
Bail Out
- Pass accuracy: 65 (Bronze)
- Pass accuracy: 78 (Silver)
- Pass accuracy: 85 (Gold)
- Pass accuracy: 94 (HoF)
Floor General
- Pass accuracy: 68 (Bronze)
- Pass accuracy: 83 (Silver)
- Pass accuracy: 89 (Gold)
- Pass accuracy: 96 (HoF)
Needle Threader
- Pass accuracy: 69 (Bronze)
- Pass accuracy: 78 (Silver)
- Pass accuracy: 85 (Gold)
- Pass accuracy: 92 (HoF)
Break Starter
- Pass accuracy: 60 (Bronze)
- Pass accuracy: 69 (Silver)
- Pass accuracy: 79 (Gold)
- Pass accuracy: 86 (HoF)
Ankle Breaker
- Ball Handle: 55 (Bronze)
- Ball Handle: 65 (Silver)
- Ball Handle: 71 (Gold)
- Ball Handle: 81 (HoF)
Dimer
- Pass accuracy: 64 (Bronze)
- Pass accuracy: 69 (Silver)
- Pass accuracy: 80 (Gold)
- Pass accuracy: 85 (HoF)
Killer Combos
- Ball Handle: 70 (Bronze)
- Ball Handle: 79 (Silver)
- Ball Handle: 85 (Gold)
- Ball Handle: 97 (HoF)
Upluckable
- Ball Handle: 65 (Bronze)
- Ball Handle: 75 (Silver)
- Ball Handle: 84 (Gold)
- Ball Handle: 95 (HoF)
Clamp Breaker
- Ball Handle: 64 (Bronze)
- Ball Handle: 77 (Silver)
- Ball Handle: 87 (Gold)
- Ball Handle: 96 (HoF)
