Shooting Guard, also being titled as The Two, is typically seen as the fastest player on an NBA team. His primary responsibility is bringing the ball down the field, then assisting other players with shots or scoring directly himself.
Shooting Guard is an important part of the game. There are many factors to consider when building a Shooting Guard, including body settings, attributes, and so on. Players can build a satisfactory Shooting Guard according to their needs and preferences in MyPlayer, so as to maximize your offensive and defensive efforts.
This article is about the best Shooting Guard builds in NBA 2K25 for your reference. When tweaking the builds for Shooting Guard, heights, weights, and wingspan are the primary factors to consider.
1. Three-Point Badge King
- Height: 6’5″
- Weight: 225 lbs
- Wingspan: 6’8″
This build will give much emphasis on your three-point skills as well as a good channel for you to embrace mountains of potential Legend-level badges.
Roughly speaking, when using this build, players will own great odds to claim 13 legend-level badges, 13 HOF badges, and six Gold Badges. Moreover, this build will also promote the performance of solid interior defense (83), together with fabulous rebounding attributes.
But this build also has a shortcoming, which is, the speed is slightly reduced compared to other builds to exchange the tremendous improvement of strength. It may sound like a double-edged sword. As for how to choose, it depends on your actual needs.
But there is no doubt that this build is the first choice for most players, considering the factors of badges and the enhancement of the performance of shooting skills. Every team is in desperate need of having at least one superstar three-point shooter in today’s NBA.
Simply speaking, the enormous success of Warriors during their dynasty run was can be contributed to two superstar players who could make threes.
As for a Shooting Guard, unless you need extra defense to shore up the situation, this build strengthens your most overwhelming advantage to make you the best shooter. If you are desperate for dropping 40+ per game in MyCareer, this build will definitely meet your needs and help you claim victory in the match.
2. Defense Wins Championships
- Height: 6’6″
- Weight: 228 lbs
- Wingspan: 6’10”
If the value of shooting threes is not that significant to you, and defense is the first element that you want to consider in the first place, here lies the build for you.
This build will provide you a max interior defense of 87 together with good offensive and defensive rebounding attributes. In addition, 11 disparate possible Legend level badges, as well as 11 HOF and 8 Gold badges are available for you if you are determined to use this setup.
Like the first build, this one suffers from speed issues. What’s worse is that this build is pretty slow. A 93 max speed together with 84 speed with the ball makes you indulging in an obvious target for defenders to prevent you from scoring. This needs special attention.
If you end up choosing this build, you can also customize the wingspan freely to make a better shooter. Of course, you can also reduce the weight a little to increase the speed to alleviate this fatal default.
3. All-Around Baller
- Height: 6’3″
- Weight: 199 lbs
- Wingspan: 6’7″
To be honest, this build for Shooting Guard could not be counted as one of the best builds, but it definitely has the right to be applauded for its solidity and reliability.
Overall, this build will provide you 15 total Legend Level Badges, 7 HOF Badges, and 7 Gold Badges all together.
Compared to the previous two builds, this build is slightly faster, at the cost of sacrificing the performance of defense and lose the right to have access to some badges. Of course, some badges can also be unlocked by devoting some 2K25 MT Points.
Nevertheless, it’s still remains a huge attraction for some players. The superior speed advantage will make you feel you are flying on the court, which is very exciting.
The above is the sharing of the best Shooting Guard builds to employ in NBA 2K25. It is recommended to try more to find the most suitable version for yourself. The above three are just for reference. Players still need to try a few more times to develop the most suitable build for themselves. Thanks for reading.
