How to Shoot on NBA 2K24: Guard Up Green Window Shooting Tip Video

what is good everybody spill here and welcome back to the NBA 2K lab channel in this video we're going to be taking a look at the guard up badge and go over the Boost to receive at each badge level and without the badge some people are saying this badge doesn't quite work others happen to love it so we're going to dive into this test and find out but before we do drop a like to help support more badge tests like these and without further Ado let's get right into [Music] it the guard up badge AKA hand down man down badge says that it increases the ability to make jump shots when Defenders fail to properly contest and basically this badge activates when Defenders are close but don't have a hand up so while Defenders can still register a neighborhood contest by just being in the area this badge helps alleviate that neighborhood contest you may notice this badge activate more when facing taller Defenders with a long Wings span or if you just shoot a lot of mid-range pull-ups I happen to see this badge activate a lot on my spin jumpers especially against the AI when I'm trying to get my badges up and Sunset and things like that now this badge can stack with other like-minded shooting badges such as blinders and dead eyee and even Green Machine and midi magician which only adds to the value of the guard up badge now on the screen is the make percentages of a wideopen shot and also a contested shot without the guard up badge in the same exact testing scenarios just to give you guys a reference and now let's finally get into it just how big is the guard up boost now to test this badge we took 1,400 shots at each badge level and without the badge for a total of 8,400 shots now we did this against a Defender with his hands down but still providing anywhere from open to a 9% cont test this test was done in the mid-range as this batch seems to activate more in that area and the results are actually pretty interesting now starting with the bronze level it shows around a 6 to 10% jump from no badge at the edge of the green window providing excellent value the silver level of guard up shows a slight increase over bronze but it's nothing to write home about but we can see a modest jump when we go from silver to gold and at this level you should start to feel the impact of this badge no badge to Gold shows a make percentage jump of anywhere from 13 to 177% at the edge of the green window which is another great value by only needing an 82 mid-range to unlock it you can also unlock the gold level with an 87 3point rating then lastly we have Hall of Fame guard up and this badge level shows insane results at the edges of the green window by increasing make percentage anywhere from 21 to 26% at those timings now with that being said if you like to shoot mid-ranges and you love taking advantage of Defenders with their hands down I would be sure to Target this badge on at least the gold level I wouldn't say that this badge is the end all be all and there's other badges I would prioritize but if you're a smart and aggressive shooter this badge definitely fits that type of play style and if you're interested in this chart and or you just want to see more badge tests like this you can always visit nba2k.com and check out all the badges we've tested and their respective boosts now that's is all we got for this video thank you all for watching it's Ben spill and I'll catch you guys in the next one later