The "Shot Defense Strength" Sliders Explained

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by jk31

Is there any slider that one could increase to improve the Help Side and Rotation behaviour of AI teammates? I feel that 2k21 is one of the worst games in that regard and adjusting defensive settings accordingly only has a very small effect.

Increasing the Layup Defense Strength (Gather) slider will make nearby defenders more aggressively contest when you attack the basket, and increasing Jump Shot Defense Strength (Takeoff) will make defenders better able to recover and contest shots on the perimeter.

You can also increase Help Defense Strength to make sure help defenders are better at contesting, as well as going into the coach sliders for both teams and increasing the teams’ Help Defense slider so that they are more likely to send help.

[daneyko]

For NBA 2K20:
CPU is too solid offensively vs me. At least 120+ points per game. A specific slider to move with the layup/jump gather or takeoff to help me a bit? Or their offensive awareness or consistency?

Currently playing : USER - CPU
Driving contact shot frequency : 99 - 99
Inside contact shot frequency : 99 - 99
Layup defense strength takeoff : 45 - 85
Layup defense strength release : 70 - 65
Jump shot defense strength gather : 25 - 25
Jump shot defense strength release : 44 - 42
Help defense strength : 90 - 90

thank you

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by daneyko

For NBA 2K20: CPU is too solid offensively vs me. At least 120+ points per game. A specific slider to move with the layup/jump gather or takeoff to help me a bit? Or their offensive awareness or consistency? Currently playing : USER - CPU Driving contact shot frequency : 99 - 99 Inside contact shot frequency : 99 - 99 Layup defense strength takeoff : 45 - 85 Layup defense strength release : 70 - 65 Jump shot defense strength gather : 25 - 25 Jump shot defense strength release : 44 - 42 Help defense strength : 90 - 90 thank you

I would say the jumpshot defense sliders are too low, and your defenders will slowly and lazily contest shots on the perimeter while having very little affect on shot success.

[daneyko]

Quote: Originally Posted by EccentricMeat

I would say the jumpshot defense sliders are too low, and your defenders will slowly and lazily contest shots on the perimeter while having very little affect on shot success.

Good! But need to increase USER or CPU in this case? Not sure to understand correctly.

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by daneyko

Good! But need to increase USER or CPU in this case? Not sure to understand correctly.

To make the user defense more affective, you’d have to increase the CPU values. Try something like 60 and 70 instead of 25 and 42 for the CPU jumpshot defense strength settings.

[Freethink3r]

Quote: Originally Posted by EccentricMeat

To make the user defense more affective, you’d have to increase the CPU values. Try something like 60 and 70 instead of 25 and 42 for the CPU jumpshot defense strength settings.

What settings have worked best for you to get defenders to rotate into the paint? This is for CPU vs Cpu on Next gen... I've noticed that a lot of existing players seem to have to this 'tendency', but the 2k generated rookies don't...maybe this is all attributable to the help defense IQ tendency?

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Freethink3r

What settings have worked best for you to get defenders to rotate into the paint? This is for CPU vs Cpu on Next gen... I've noticed that a lot of existing players seem to have to this 'tendency', but the 2k generated rookies don't...maybe this is all attributable to the help defense IQ tendency?

Making sure the Help Defense coach slider is set to 70+ makes a world of difference. Layup Defense Strength (Gather) will improve the defense’s speed and aggression at contesting at the rim.

[Reddcheese]

Hey Eccentric fantastic info here. Wondering if you've done much testing on with the defense strength sliders 2k22 and have you played around with the shot contest impact slider?