NBA 2K26 Lightning Launch Dribble Moves Speed Boost Test video

Lightning Launch Badge in 2K26

What does Lightning Launch Badge do in NBA 2K26?

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What's good everybody and welcome back to the channel. In today's video, we'll be going over our Lightning Launch test results and all the sweet spots you should look to target to get the most out of your build. So, drop a like for more badge test. Check out the website for helpful build tools and let's not waste any time. For this badge test, we tested the initial burst, including the first four bounces of the basketball and counted the frames between each bounce of the ball. We then calculated the median within the bounces and turned it into a percent to see how big of a boost each badge level was compared to no badge. For this, we tested with a consistent 86 spewable bow and only change the badge levels to really capture the badge's full effect in terms of speed boosting. And our results looked like this. And some things to take note of is the jump from silver to gold is solid. Gold to Hoff is minimal and Hoff to legend is solid. Bronze would be a nice threshold for those taller builds, targeting 68 speed with ball and picking up Giannis dribble style along the way. Silver is fine, but I would look to use a max plus one or two here. And those builds with an 86 fuel ball with a gold lightning launch, a max plus two might be something you want to look into or try for yourself. Now, more speed with ball will help on your long runs after your initial speed boost runs up. But we didn't find this too helpful. only finding a 2% difference in running the full length of the court comparing 86 to 94. Speed with ball is also stated by Mike Wang to speed up and sharpen your dribbling. So, we'll be sure to look into this more. In conclusion, bronze is nice for the bigs. Gold is a solid sweet spot and legend is solid as well, especially if you use a max plus two here. You should also know that your dribble style animation plays a huge factor in your speed boost as well, though. And we should have all the dribble styles and dribble moves tested and graded on the site as soon as we can. But in the meantime, check out the website for some helpful build tools. Leave a like and subscribe and comment down below what badge you want us to look into next on the channel. It's been Kosa and I'm out.