NBA 2K22 Best Lockdown Builds (Next Gen & Current Gen)

NBA 2K22 Best Lockdown Builds (Next Gen & Current Gen) - Powerful Perimeter, Pure, Slash Lockdown Builds

1/5/2022 4:27:01 PM

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In this guide, you'll find the best NBA 2K22 Lockdown Builds for MyPlayer & MyCareer, which will get your best fit on both Current-Gen and NextGen! Let's dive into how to build powerful Lockdown builds on different positions.

If you want your Player to defend and still score as well, the lockdown builds build suiting either small forwards or shooting guards is your choice in MyCareer and MyPlayer! Especially, the Lockdown Defender is till be considered one of the best defensive builds in 2K22, and Perimeter Lockdown build is one of the most popular builds in the game, as these kinds of builds comes with decent athletic ability, great shooting, and speed with the ball, and excellent defensive skills.

If you are curious what position, height, etc is the best for making lockdowns when you making a lockdown build for the first time, follow the below simple tips:

Make the 6'8 Max wingspan SG if your team needs you to cover the other PG-SG-SF-PF
Make the 6'10 Max Wingspan SF if your team needs you to cover SG-SF-PF-C

Now let's tell you everything you need to know on how to build overpowered Lockdown build in different playstyles by sharing you with the best builds in NBA 2K22. Remember that, these lockdown builds are universal on both Next Gen and Current Gen. Let’s dive into now!

1. Best Perimeter Lockdown Build (SF)

This 6’6 perimeter lockdown build offers you incredible defense to shut down opposing players.

Position: Small Forward

Body Settings

Height: 6'6"

Weight: 215lbs

Wingspan: 7'0"

Body Shape: Solid

Height - 6'6" gives you a massive boost to both your perimeter defense and your steel, and additionally if you go taller than 6'6", you will not be able to unlock quick chain which isn't a super important batch for a lockdown, but we do think it's worth having.

Weight - We recommend dropping this down all the way to a minimum, you can go higher if you want to have better rebounding, but in our opinion, it's just more important to be faster to be able to keep up with those really speed boosted guards.

Wingspan - 7'0" gives you a massive boost to your defense

Attributes

Finishing

Close Shot: 54

Driving Layup: 65

Driving Dunk: 84

Standing Dunk: -

Post Control: -

Shooting

Mid-Range Shot: 84

Tree-Point Shot: 80

Three Throw: -

Playmaking

Pass Accuracy: 70

Ball Handle: 83

Speed with Ball: 80

Defense / Rebounding

Interior Defense: -

Perimeter Defense: 94

Steal: 97

Block: 78

Offensive Rebound: 55

Defensive Rebound: 81

Physicals

Speed: 87

Acceleration: 86

Strength: -

Vertical: 75

Stamina: 89

Finishing attributes - Obviously finishing is not the focus of this build, but we do think it's important to have at least a little bit of finishing. You're going to have pro contact dunks and if you do have a wide open fast break or wide open dunk, you're going to be able to finish very consistently.

Shooting attributes - This build has 25 shooting badges which is very good and if you know your jump shot you will be able to green consistently on this build

Playmaking attributes - Upgrade playmaking at least a little bit, in this way you can move around the court and pass without being scared that everything's just going to get stolen

Defense / Rebounding attributes - This build is 29 defensive badges which aren't like crazy or anything, we mean you have 94 perimeter defense and 97 steel, plus HOF clamps, HOF interceptor, and HOF pickpocket which is just nuts

Takeover

Primary Takeover: Extreme Clamps

Secondary Takeover: Spot-Up Precision

Badges

NBA 2k22 Best Perimeter Lockdown Build - Badges

This build has in total 90 badges which isn't crazy or anything, but it plays its role as a perimeter lockdown very well and it can even ball handle if you wanted to. If you do want a free throw on this build what we recommend doing is drop down your offensive rebound to a 57, this will give you a 67 free throw; if you also drop down your speed one rating then you can get an 89 free throw.

2. Best Slash Lockdown Build

Position: Small Forward

Body Settings

Height: 6'7"

Weight: 180lbs

Wingspan: 6'11"

Body Shape: Solid

Height - 6'7" will allow you to move around the court as well so a very good defense and be able to guard everyone including big men

Weight - Drop down to the minimum to 180 pounds just make you as quick as possible

Wingspan - Drop down one rating to 6'11", in this way you can just get a little bit of a bump to your shooting

Attributes

Finishing

Close Shot: 85

Driving Layup: 80

Driving Dunk: 92

Standing Dunk: -

Post Control: -

Shooting

Mid-Range Shot: 80

Tree-Point Shot: 85

Three Throw: 26

Playmaking

Pass Accuracy: 72

Ball Handle: 83

Speed with Ball: 76

Defense / Rebounding

Interior Defense: -

Perimeter Defense: 92

Steal: 84

Block: 76

Offensive Rebound: 77

Defensive Rebound: 82

Physicals

Speed: 82

Acceleration: 80

Strength: -

Vertical: 80

Stamina: 88

Finishing attributes - This will give you 23 finishing badges and you're definitely going to be dunking on everyone. Sadly this build doesn't have any standing dunk, but honestly, it's not that big of a deal on a small forward.

Shooting attributes - You'll have in total 26 shooting badges this build has very good shooting, especially for green shoot very consistently.

Playmaking attributes - If you know what you're doing, this build can definitely dribble very well

Defense / Rebounding attributes - You have in total 27 defensive rebounding badges make sure this build can definitely be a perimeter lockdown if you want it to be, and still guard big man

Badges

NBA 2K22 Best Slash Lockdown Build - Badges

To do that this build, we have in total 99 badges to make it going to be dunking on everyone - it can green consistently, and its movement and passing is also surprisingly good. Not to mention on the defensive end, it's also an absolute beast. If you do want free throw on this build, we recommend dropping down your close shot to a 79, and then from that, you can get an 80 free throw, you will still have 22 finishing badges.

Takeover

Primary Takeover: Extreme Clamps

Secondary Takeover: Limitless Range

3. Best 6'9" Glitched Out Metric Lockdown Build

The 6'9" glitched out metric build is ridiculous versatility, and have an elite interior defense as well as elite perimeter defense, still be able to hang with literally anybody in the game. You can literally guard anything one through five with this build as long as you have the right stick with it. And on top of that too, you almost don't even have to have the right stick with it, it's a hall of fame interceptor and hall of fame intimidator. If you upgrade the weight on it as well you can haul fan rebound taser as well. The build is the best one in the game when it comes to the lockdowns.

Position: Shooting Guard

Body Settings

Height: 6'9"

Weight: 190lbs

Wingspan: 7'7"

Body Shape: Solid

Attributes

Finishing

Close Shot: 50

Driving Layup: 72

Driving Dunk: 92

Standing Dunk: -

Post Control: -

Shooting

Mid-Range Shot: 80

Tree-Point Shot: 77

Three Throw: 88

Playmaking

Pass Accuracy: 70

Ball Handle: 75

Speed with Ball: 70

Defense / Rebounding

Interior Defense: 70

Perimeter Defense: 90

Steal: 90

Block: 95

Offensive Rebound: 84

Defensive Rebound: 92

Physicals

Speed: 79

Acceleration: 78

Strength: 48

Vertical: 86

Stamina: 99

Takeover

Primary Takeover: Extreme Clamps

Secondary Takeover: Extreme Clamps

Badges

NBA 2K22 Best 69 Glitched Out Metric Lockdown Build - Badges

4. Best 6'5" Perimeter Oriented Lockdown Builds

Where you're trying to guard people that are getting through screens or just fast players in general, you want good speed good perimeter defense, the 6'5" perimeter oriented lockdown build is your build right here.

Position: Point Guard

Body Settings

Height: 6'5"

Weight: 178lbs

Wingspan: 7'0"

Body Shape: Defined

Attributes

Finishing

Close Shot: 41

Driving Layup: 45

Driving Dunk: 65

Standing Dunk: -

Post Control: -

Shooting

Mid-Range Shot: 71

Tree-Point Shot: 85

Three Throw: 80

Playmaking

Pass Accuracy: 86

Ball Handle: 86

Speed with Ball: 86

Defense / Rebounding

Interior Defense: -

Perimeter Defense: 97

Steal: 90

Block: 70

Offensive Rebound: 51

Defensive Rebound: 51

Physicals

Speed: 93

Acceleration: 91

Strength: 44

Vertical: 45

Stamina: 99

Takeover

Primary Takeover: Extreme Clamps

Secondary Takeover: Extreme Clamps

Badges

NBA 2K22 Best Perimeter Oriented Lockdown Build - Badges

5. Best Pure Lockdown Build

This 6’7 SG build is also going to be a glitched out metric build allows you to guard point guard, shooting guard and small forward no matter what. And by guard I mean, your defensive stopper works against them. And then outside of PG-SF you can guard anything within 2 inches, so you could guard a 6’10 stretch if you needed to.

Position: Point Guard

Body Settings

Height: 6'7"

Weight: 180lbs

Wingspan: 7'4"

Body Shape: Built

Attributes

Finishing

Close Shot: 50

Driving Layup: 45

Driving Dunk: 65

Standing Dunk: -