Here is the the NBA 2K23 Ultimate Dribbling Guide, featuring every dribble move attribute requirement for your MyPLAYER, dribble controls, dribble tips, and more!
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How to Equip Dribbling Moves for MyPLAYER
- To buy dribble animations, go to the MyCAREER menu > MyPLAYER > Animations > Animations Store > Playmaking Moves
- To equip dribble animations, go to the MyCAREER menu > MyPLAYER > Animations > Gameplay Animations (next-gen) or My Animations (current/last-gen) > Playmaking Moves > Press A (Xbox) / X (Playstation) to equip a dribbling move.
Dribble Packages & Requirements (All)
DRIBBLE STYLES
SIGNATURE SIZE-UPS
SIZE-UP ESCAPE PACKAGES
MOVING CROSSOVERS
MOVING BEHIND THE BACK
MOVING SPINS
MOVING HESITATIONS
MOVING STEPBACKS
TRIPLE THREAT STYLES
All NBA 2K23 Animation Requirements
NBA 2K23 Dribbling Tips
The goal of dribbling is ultimately to create space for your player and to be able to get to where you want on the court, either for setting up the jumpshot, dribble drive, or creating for your teammates. Here are some dribbling tips below:
- Equip and practice various dribble packages and combos to get comfortable with the right one.
- Be aware of Adrenaline Boosts (new to NBA 2K23) and not depleting them. To be effective with dribbling this year, dribbling needs to be more efficient and decisive.
- Check out NBA 2K23 Best Dribbling Moves
- Learn all the NBA 2K23 Dribbling Controls
- Study how the defense is playing and their tendencies (both individually and as a team), then use the most effective move for the right situation. Here are some examples:
- If a defender is crowding you, create space with the triple-threat step-over and jab-step.
- If a defender is slow, sprint around or past him
- Anticipate what the defense will do, e.g. if a defender is going for the steal in the open court, counter with a behind the back move or crossover.
- Keep the defense off-balance by mixing up dribble moves, change of directions, speed, and passing the ball.
NBA 2K23 Dribbling – New Features & Info
- A new feature to prevent overdribbling is the concept of Adrenaline Boosts.
- Boosts are consumed every time a player performs a hard go or explosive sprint launch, and once their three boosts are gone, players will notice their speed and acceleration decrease significantly for the remainder of the possession.
- The three available boosts per player, per possession, are shown as three small bars under the stamina meter.
- Adrenaline Boosts are restored on shot clock resets. Your boosts will be refilled completely on either offense or defense with possession changes. Also toying with the idea of slowly replenishing 1 or 2 if you slow down and wait long enough.
- Energy will deplete much quicker when spamming too many moves together, so it’s important to be efficient and not “play with your food” too long.
- An empty stamina bar will smack down your ratings. If you still have Adrenaline Boosts available you’ll get your normal explosive launches but they’ll be slower than if your stamina bar was full. Empty Adrenaline Boosts feel way slower than empty stamina though.
- For Adrenaline Boosts, you won’t lose boosts in the backcourt, which should help PGs beat the press. When you run out of boosts, if you pass and wait off-ball for a few seconds, you’ll get one boost back. regen timer only counts when your energy bar is 50% full or more.
PRO-STICK ENHANCEMENTS & CONTROLS
- New Gesture Combos have been added to the Pro Stick and give players even more ball handling and shooting options for their offensive arsenal.
- For dribble moves, you quickly flick RS, let it go back to center and quickly flick again. For shots, you flick RS, let it go back to center, then quickly move and hold it. You can either double throw in the same direction twice, or one way and then the opposite.
- Switchback gestures will now perform dedicated signature double cross and hesi (hesitation) cross combo moves that you can assign as part of the Moving Crossover signature package—which has grown from 15 options to 28.
- Learning the speed of your stick throws and the timing of your signature animations is especially important now.
- You can chain your player’s normal signature size-ups by rocking the Pro Stick back and forth rhythmically. Rapid double throws will give you the aforementioned new combos. And flicking the Pro Stick back and forth repeatedly will give you a whole different set of animations called Signature Combos that look incredible.
- New “Attacking Size-ups” provide a lot more side-to-side movement and are much better at forcing the defense to drop and shift, allowing you to bait them one way and then attack the other.
- The core of dribbling is still intact. The new pro stick gestures (double throws) just gave us the ability to add some new combo moves to the game. It will feel familiar to you when transitioning from 22, but will find some new moves to add to your arsenal as you experiment.
- Ankle Breaker animations are more effective this year
NBA 2K23 Dribbling Controls
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