Hot Shot

It's one of the new badges in this game, technically just like deep threes, even though this is another version of limitless. But hot shot is an entirely new badge. And it can boost takeover meter after hitting jump shots, it's an absolutely insane badge. You'd make two jump shots, you can have your primary takeover, but if you make three jump shots, you can have both takeovers and if you make four jump shots you have team takeover. This is probably the most overpowered badge right now, it's insanely good.

Hot Zone Hunter

A very important badge if you want to be able to shoot consistently. obviously, you got to get your hot zone on, so that this badge actually activates. but hot zone hunter just makes you shoot way more consistently. it's it was in the game in 2k20 and 2k21 current-gen, everyone knows about hot zone hunter if you played those two games. consistently been one of the best shooting badges in the game, definitely recommend this badge.

Deadeye

This is another tier-one badge in the game, deadeye hall of fame will make you hit more shots, definitely recommend hall of fame deadeye. This badge has been in every 2k game since 2k15 so we all know what dead eye does. it doesn't need much explanation further.

2. Playmaking Badges

Ankle Breaker

This badge is insanely overpowered this year, you do one snatch back, one behind the back ankle breaker will be activated, and there's another badge that cancels ankle breaker out that people are going to start using. but as of right now super effective, but you do need a 94 ball control to use this badge.

Quick First Step

You will need a 94 speed with a ball to unlock this badge on the hall of fame.

Quick First Step, Handles For Days, Unpluggable

You probably all know what those badges can do, they're basically the three most important ones. If you have nine playmaking badge points put all three of those on gold. If you have 12 points, put all three of them on hall of fame. easily those are tier-one A, and Ankle Breaker, Ball Out, Bullet Passer are more like tier-one B.

Bailout

Hall of fame bailout makes you throw accurate passes this year out of stuff that normally would. It would go out of bounds because you do pass stuff out of bounds this year out of shots and layups. but with the hall of fame bailout, it'll throw it accurately. 

Bullet Passer

This is a new badge, it hasn't been seen in the previous 2ks it's really really good. it makes your passes, almost all your passes not only leave your hand faster, but it makes you throw it faster so it gets to your teammates quicker and you might be surprised that it's tier-one but it's just a really good badge, highly recommend you try it out.

3. Finishing Badges

Posterizer, Slithery Finisher

As you can see there are only three tier-one finishing badges: Giant Slayer, Posterizer, Slithery Finisher. Most builds are not gonna have more than 10 finishing badges and If you don't, It's recommended to use Posterizer and then Slithery Finisher. Posterizer can help you to get more contact dunks. when you're not going to get a Posterizer, the refinisher will kick in and make it so you avoid contact. it might sound like these two badges contradict themselves but they actually work really well together.

Giant Slayer

the last tier-one badge is giant slayer, it's excellent, but there is a lot of 6'6", 6'7" point guards, and then all centers are 6'8", 6'9", so you're not really going against 7'3" so giant slayer is not going to activate as much as you would like it to. because they're only one or two inches taller than you. so it's a great badge but the tiers of the height don't matter as much.

4. Defensive/Rebounding Badges

Here we have your tier one defensive/rebounding badges: Ankle Braces, Chase Down Artist, Clamps, Intimidator, Pick Dodger, Pick Pocket, Rebond Chaser. These are all for guards, obviously, for centers it's different, but for guards, these are your tier one badges.

Clamps, Intimidator, Pick Dodger, Pick Pocket

These four are pretty much the four best defensive badges in the game. Clamps 100% the best defensive badge, If you can get that badge, max it out. next, Intimidator. whatever you can max your Intimidator on, you put that whether it be gold, whether it be the hall of fame you can, unlock Intimidator, max that out and then you can see how it makes people miss shots more often. Next, Pick Dodger. it's always going to be a tier-one badge in case people use screens. but this year Pick Dodger is not going to matter as much. And then Pick Pocket will help you to get even more steals.

Rebond Chaser

Now you guys are probably wondering why for a guard. would this be tier-one remember if you have a 6'7" guard, and when you are playing with shooting centers when you try to pass to them, you will get so many offensive rebounds if they miss, at 6'7" with high rebounding and here is the hall of fame rebound chaser come in, it will make it really hard to out rebound you for the opposing guard.

Ankle Braces

Lastly is this new badge: Ankle Braces, to the contrast of Ankle Breaker, which is a very op badge this year. and ankle braces here can completely cancel it out. it will help your player not to get broken a lot less.