Recent Hot Games News In any sports game, excluding specialized modes, your ultimate goal is to outscore your opponent and win, thereby strengthening your character or account.
In NBA 2K26, guards are a crucial scoring position, so you'll want to recruit powerful players or consume NBA 2K26 MT Points to upgrade them. These players not only bring you victory but also provide opportunities to unlock more badges, moves, and skills.
In addition to improving your shooting efficiency, you'll also need holistic builds. These builds combine multiple attributes to give your guards more leverage in the game beyond their base stats.
When crafting, regardless of the order in which you prioritize attributes, it's crucial to quickly determine the maximum value for each attribute to determine your player's proficiency in a specific skill. Physical attributes like height, weight, and wingspan are also important.
Based on this, we'll recommend several excellent shooting guard builds based on the main gameplay of 2K26, and list the relevant optimal stats so you can utilize them directly in the game.
6'8" Iso Build
This build's strength lies in not only improving a player's mid-range shooting percentage but also enabling them to drive to the rim and defend. Height is the most important statistic, especially for shooters.
Besides improving a player's shooting ability, this build also makes your player extremely quick both with and without the ball, allowing them to integrate drives to the rim into the team's playmaking offense or dribble past defenders one-on-one.
Furthermore, this build boasts high perimeter defense and steals, allowing players to quickly convert steals into fast-break points.
Finishing:
- Close Shot: 78
- Driving Layup: 71
- Driving Dunk: 91
- Standing Dunk: 51
- Post Control: 51
Shooting:
- Mid-Range: 93
- Three-Point: 83
- Free Throw: 67
Playmaking:
- Pass: 71
- Ball Handle: 86
- Speed w/Ball: 80
Defense:
- Interior: 72
- Perimeter: 85
- Steal: 85
- Block: 42
Rebounding:
- Offensive: 31
- Defensive: 55
Physical:
- Speed: 88
- Agility: 82
- Strength: 52
- Vertical: 80
- Height: 6'8"
- Weight: 185 lbs
- Wingspan: 6'10"
6'7" 2-Way Sharpshooter Build
This build focuses on three-pointers and mid-range shooting, making it one of 2K26's strongest shot-boosting builds. It also offers a unique advantage in perimeter defense.
This build gives your shooting guard an additional advantage if they're 6'7", allowing them to shoot over opponents from any position.
With a high perimeter defense rating of 92, both AI and real opponents will have a hard time breaking through your defense when you utilize this build, and you might even be able to secure a steal.
While this build is weak in scoring in the paint, making it difficult for your guard to consistently get to the basket, they can still find open shots if they're quick enough.
Finishing:
- Close Shot: 77
- Driving Layup: 66
- Driving Dunk: 75
- Standing Dunk: 40
- Post Control: 41
Shooting:
- Mid-Range: 92
- Three-Point: 90
- Free Throw: 67
Playmaking:
- Pass: 71
- Ball Handle: 81
- Speed w/Ball: 83
Defense:
- Interior: 47
- Perimeter: 92
- Steal: 73
- Block: 47
Rebounding:
- Offensive: 67
- Defensive: 57
Physical:
- Speed: 89
- Agility: 84
- Strength: 72
- Vertical: 60
- Height: 6'7"
- Weight: 192 lbs
- Wingspan: 6'8"
6'4" Combo Guard Build
As a combo guard build, this build's strengths are centered around driving layups and dunks, or setting up guards for last-minute passes to sharpshooters. Overall, it possesses strong explosiveness and strong shooting ability from both long and mid-range.
However, this preponderance of shooting offense inevitably makes it difficult to effectively defend - it's difficult to balance all these aspects.
Fortunately, its passing and ball-handling abilities are exceptional, meeting the typical needs of most teams. Furthermore, this build can be applied to point guards in MyCareer with minor modifications.
Finishing:
- Close Shot: 84
- Driving Layup: 99
- Driving Dunk: 92
- Standing Dunk: 62
- Post Control: 36
Shooting:
- Mid-Range: 85
- Three-Point: 83
- Free Throw: 74
Playmaking:
- Pass: 85
- Ball Handle: 84
- Speed w/Ball: 86
Defense:
- Interior: 39
- Perimeter: 56
- Steal: 48
- Block: 37
Rebounding:
- Offensive: 44
- Defensive: 46
Physical:
- Speed: 86
- Agility: 74
- Strength: 54
- Vertical: 81
- Height: 6'4''
- Weight: 190lbs
- Wingspan: 6'7"
All-Around Shooting Guard Build
As its name suggests, this build is a multi-faceted shooting guard build (something most builds struggle to achieve).
It allows for scoring in the paint, outside, and mid-range, while also ensuring your player can handle the ball, pass, and defend other guards.
Of course, this multi-faceted build doesn't offer top-tier improvements in any single stat. While its drive dunk and three-point shooting ratings reach 89, they're still modest compared to the top stats in other builds.
Fortunately, in addition to its versatility, this build's high agility and slightly smaller size allow your guard to more reliably get to the basket.
Finishing:
- Close Shot: 72
- Driving Layup: 71
- Driving Dunk: 89
- Standing Dunk: 40
- Post Control: 41
Shooting:
- Mid-Range: 87
- Three-Point: 89
- Free Throw: 64
Playmaking:
- Pass: 71
- Ball Handle: 86
- Speed w/Ball: 86
Defense:
- Interior: 49
- Perimeter: 85
- Steal: 79
- Block: 35
Rebounding:
- Offensive: 60
- Defensive: 45
Physical:
- Speed: 88
- Agility: 84
- Strength: 50
- Vertical: 78
- Height: 6'6"
- Weight: 194 lbs
- Wingspan: 6'9"
That's all for this update. NBA 2K26 is now available on all platforms, we hope this information helps you enjoy the game!
