Post Powerhouse

To test Post Powerhouse we tested 200 drop steps at every badge level. All tests were run on equal builds, which means the same Weight, Height, Strength, Post Control, and Int. Def. where only the badge levels changed.

Drop Step Success Rate (Equal Badge Level Post Powerhouse (PP) vs Post Lockdown (PL):

• Legend PP vs Legend PL = 54.5%
• HoF PP vs HoF PL = 54.5%
• Gold PP vs Gold PL = 50.5%
• Silver PP vs Silver PL = 55%
• Bronze PP vs Bronze PL = 54.5%
• None PP vs None PL = 55.5%

Post Powerhouse and Post Lockdown badge levels neutralize each other with similar builds. If your opponent matches your investment, you gain nothing.

Drop Step Success Rate (Post Powerhouse vs None Post Lockdown):

• Legend PP vs None PL = 75%
• HoF PP vs None PL = 69.5%
• Gold PP vs None PL = 64.5%
• Silver PP vs None PL = 61%
• Bronze PP vs None PL = 58.5%
• None PP vs None PL = 55.5%

However, if your opponent has no Post Lockdown, they will get cooked in the post even against Bronze or Silver Post Post Powerhouse. Silver provides a solid jump among the early tiers and looks to be a decent value spot. Gold is the typical sweet spot and will be pretty reliable for most matchups, but it starts to get expensive. The good new is Post Lockdown is very rare in most lobbies, which means your gold badge is usually going into an uncontested matchup.

AVG Drop Step Success Rate (Post Powerhouse vs None to Legend Post Lockdown):

• Legend PP vs None to Legend PL = 65.42% AVG
• HoF PP vs None to Legend PL = 60.42% AVG
• Gold PP vs None to Legend PL = 55.75% AVG
• Silver PP vs None to Legend PL = 52.42% AVG
• Bronze PP vs None to Legend PL = 49.25% AVG
• None PP vs None to Legend PL = 45% AVG

Each badge jumped around 3% to 4% on average from the previous badge level. Once we get to HoF and Legend, the average jumps to around 5% for each badge, which marks a clear boost. Legend is the only badge level to hit to above 50% success rate against Legend Post Lockdown.

Drop Step Success Rate (Bronze Post Lockdown vs None to Legend Post Powerhouse) :

• Bronze PL vs Legend PP = 71.5%
• Bronze PL vs HoF PP = 67.5%
• Bronze PL vs Gold PP = 62%
• Bronze PL vs Silver PP = 58%
• Bronze PL vs Bronze PP = 54.5%
• Bronze PL vs None PP = 51%

Drop Step Success Rate (Silver Post Lockdown vs None to Legend Post Powerhouse) :

• Silver PL vs Legend PP = 68%
• Silver PL vs HoF PP = 63%
• Silver PL vs Gold PP = 59.5%
• Silver PL vs Silver PP = 55%
• Silver PL vs Bronze PP = 52%
• Silver PL vs None PP = 47%

Drop Step Success Rate (Gold Post Lockdown vs None to Legend Post Powerhouse) :

• Gold PL vs Legend PP = 64%
• Gold PL vs HoF PP = 58.5%
• Gold PL vs Gold PP = 50.5%
• Gold PL vs Silver PP = 51%
• Gold PL vs Bronze PP = 47.5%
• Gold PL vs None PP = 42.5%

Bronze and Silver can provide meaningful impact without overinvesting. Gold can be very effective, but it's important to note that post scores are already pretty rare, which renders the investment of Post Lockdown pretty useless if you're not playing one. Also, investing past Gold is a niche decision that requires players to only specialize in post defense.

AVG Drop Step Success Rate (Post Lockdown vs None to Legend Post Powerhouse):

• Legend PL vs None to Legend PP = 44.5% AVG
• HoF PL vs None to Legend PP = 49.25% AVG
• Gold PL vs None to Legend PP = 52.33% AVG
• Silver PL vs None to Legend PP = 57.42% AVG
• Bronze PL vs None to Legend PP = 60.75% AVG
• None PL vs None to Legend PP= 64% AVG

If you want to counter Post Powerhouse without having an elite badge level of Post Lockdown, there's a few factors that can help: Strength, Weight, and Height, which is in order from most to least impactful. Also, Int. Def. does help and it correlates with a higher Post Lockdown level, but the attribute itself is very valuable when it comes to stopping Post Powerhouse.