Posterizer

To test Posterizer we ran 8 separate tests and we attempted over 5,000 dunks.

Test 1: Strength/Vertical

• This test helped show if strength or vertical mattered when going for posterizer dunks.
• We tested two players who both had 93 Driving Dunk on HoF Difficulty.
  • One had 75 Vertical/75 Strength
  • The other had 99 Vertical/99 Strength
• We used button dunks against a defender right in front of the basket.

For the remaining tests we attacked from the right hash with a 6'7 dunker who had 93 Driving Dunk, 80 Vertical and 60 Strength. The defender was 7 ft with an 80 Int. Def and 80 Block.

The Meter Dunk Tests:

• Test 2: Meter Dunks with Defender Under The Basket
• Test 4: Meter Dunks with Defender Right In Front of The Basket
• Test 6: Meter Dunks with Defender 2 Steps In Front of The Basket
• Test 8: Meter Dunks with Defender 3 Steps In Front of The Basket
• These tests had 3 different meters:
  • The good meters were large meters, typically anywhere from 80 to 110 MS.
  • The okay meters were tougher to time but definitely still makeable.
  • The bad meters were nearly impossible to time and required perfect timing.

The Button Dunk Tests:

• Test 3: Button Dunks with Defender Under The Basket
• Test 5: Button Dunks with Defender Right In Front of The Basket
• Test 7: Button Dunks with Defender 2 Steps In Front of The Basket
• These tests focused on the percentage of a time we got a dunk animation compared to a layup.

Test 1: Strength/Vertical

• Neither Strength nor Vertical will help you dunk better.

Test 2: Meter Dunks with Defender Under The Basket

• There's a 100% large meter rate across the board for every badge level. In other words we got large timeable meters 100% of the time.
• This is the worst possible place to be as a defender.

Test 3: Button Dunks with Defender Under The Basket

• There's a 100% dunk animation rate across the board for every badge level.
• This is the worst possible place to be as a defender.

Test 4: Meter Dunks with Defender Right In Front of The Basket

• With a defender right in front of the basket, you can start to notice the difference in large dunk meters.
• The large meter rate was still 91% for no badge and up to 100% at Legend. A fairly minor difference, but this was with meter dunks.

Test 5: Button Dunks with Defender Right In Front of The Basket

• When using the button for the same test as above, the effects of each badge level become more pronounced.
• Looking at Bronze Posterizer, there is a 70% dunk animation rate with a 30% layup rate

Test 6: Meter Dunks with Defender 2 Steps In Front of The Basket

• When taking two steps in front of the basket, meter dunks start to see a large hit and it becomes more of an RNG game.
• Each badge level hovers around a 46% to 51% large meter rate.

Test 7: Button Dunks with Defender 2 Steps In Front of The Basket

• When using the button for the same test as above, the button becomes almost unusable unless you have Legend Posterizer. Even then, there is only a 43% dunk rate and a 57% layup rate.
• We don't recommend using the button unless it's an absolutely free dunk.

Test 8: Meter Dunks with Defender 3 Steps In Front of The Basket

• The Gold level is where we see a noticeable change in large meter rate. There is an extremely small green window even when the defender is in good guarding position. This gives you a slight change to complete the dunk.
• HoF gives a 0.5% boost compared to Gold.
• Legend gives a 2.5% boost compared to Gold.

The graph shows 3 different Meter Dunk tests where the Defender was right in front of the basket, 2 steps in front of the basket or 3 steps in front of the basket.