NBA 2K19: Best Archetypes To Enjoy The Game With

Just as NBA 2K has the 'My Career' mode and player archetypes within it, "The One" game mode and the archetypes within it have become part and parcel of NBA Live. Before you choose to embark on the journey of being an NBA Player, you have the choice of creating this player and moulding it into whoever you want it to be.

NBA live 19 has a variety of option starting from playmakers to defenders and post anchors to backcourt shooters, you can choose almost any type of player through this feature. While there is always scope to improve your skills and increase your stats in other areas, this choice will dictate how you grow through the game and your primary skill-set. The most primary of your skills and the basis for all the others is decided by which archetype you choose at the beginning of the game. You can either be a world class defender or maybe you're good at finding space and shooting, however, these will never cross over.

NBA Live '19 offers 11 builds to make your players with, here is a rundown on which of them are the best.

#5 Wing Shooter

The ideal build for a wing shooter in NBA Live '19

One of the most fun positions to play, being a wing shooter gives you the ability and basic skill set to evolve into becoming your own Kevin Durant. The All-Star 2019 MVP is particularly good at finding the space and getting shots in, and that is what this archetype enables you to do.

These kinds of players are offensive monsters. When they are given the time and space to convert, they will. Further to build this player, and enhance their skills choose The legend and opt for a mid-height, lighter player.

#4 Post Anchor

Post-Anchor - someone who will thrive on the low post on both ends of the court

The viability of having fun with a player like this will depend on how advanced and developed of an overall game you're playing. While creating such players is highly enjoyable, it can quickly become uninteresting if the game is under-developed, because in that case, you will end up having to repeat the same actions over and over again.

Fortunately though, NBA Live has advanced their software and range of motions enough to ensure that you will be able to stay occupied at low post on both the offensive and defensive sides, taking rebounds of different kinds and under the basket shots. These players can also have fun with regards to the strength advantage they have. Further, this is probably the most enjoyable defensive positions of the game. That combined with the fact that the game would fall apart without a good post anchor, makes this one of the best archetypes of the game.

You could mould your player into the likes of Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid.

#3 Slasher

NBA Live '19: Icon Guide for Slashers. Lets you play like Candace Parker, Allen Iverson or even Russell Westbrook

Being a slasher can be lots and lots of fun to develop your player with. A unique archetype in that sense, slashers are usually the quickest in terms of on-court movement and that is one of their main advantages. Building on the stats of these players will give you unmatchable unique offensive skills with the knowledge of knowing when exactly to cut, to drive or even when the best idea is to do nothing and hang back for the game to settle down.

Over time you can move your player into the realm of becoming a better passer and shooter by developing their stats as well. Further, there also are a decent number of options and available methods to turn your player into a decent force at defence as well. While defensively they may not hold up as well as the other archetypes what they can do on the other end, is unique and important.

While Russell Westbrook is a great example of a slasher in today's game, you could even be inspired by Allen Iverson.

#2 Playmaker

NBA Live '19: Playmaker, one of the wings-style based archetypes. Lets you play with an all-around skillset like the icon LeBron James

The Playmaker has total control of the game in NBA Live 19, just as the name suggests. Playing on this archetype is always fun as you get to take control of what's going on and decide the pace and tone of the game. Doing as LeBron James does, you will be able to be good at almost everything through this archetype. However, the focus of your skills as a playmaker will be on high-level passing as that is important to the role.

Further, to ensure you can use this archetype to its fullest potential your shooting capabilities also have a high range till which they can be improved. Additionally, there is also the fact that these players are always agile and strong which allows them to be valuable on defense as well. This archetype is definitely a fan favourite as the most fun to play with due to the variety it offers.

#1 Wing Defender

NBA Live '19: wing defender icons. Gives you the all-around offensive skills of players like Kawhi Leonard or the forward capabilities of Scottie Pippen.

Now having a defensive role as the best archetype for NBA Live'19 seems a little weird for a list of this sort, but its here with good reason. Now there are some players both in games and on the court who thrive and prosper mainly through their defensive abilities, such as Kawhi Leonard. These players don't get the credit but stand as the pillars of the team. Being the wing-defender combined the importance of having good defence with a variety of moves to make gameplay at this position both very fun and very fulfilling. These players take on the offensive greats and still have the capability to increase their other skills to keep things interesting. All this makes this the best NBA Live "19 archetype to play with.

Each and every archetype has its good and its bad, but at the end of the day its all based on what you want from your players on a personal level. Let us know about how you like to play NBA Live in the comments down below.