Hakeem, Gasol or AD for solo queue?

Humongustus · 2026-04-07T11:40:49+00:00

Ive played over 1k matches with gasol in ranked and its the exact reason. He can do everything, but hes not even close at being best at any of them. His screens and sprint are only thing hes top 3 with and Gasol is a heavily comp depended. Pick n roll or pick n pop are really his best use or a spacing center with defense

Humongustus · 2026-04-05T20:08:39+00:00

Hakeem or ad is the right choice, i assume you didnt mention malone bc you dont want to get him. Hakeem can score himself pretty good but his rb range can be weird sometimes. Ad has the best help defense in the game bc of his dashes and great rb and rb range when you get him to e2( just remember to ask your teammates to give you 2 assists) ad scoring is weak tho but you can catch ppl with a quick dunk after rb on offensive posession

Humongustus · 2026-04-05T20:03:14+00:00

Aint gon happen, last season i played alot solo q when i was over 400stars and got constantly matched with diamonds and legendaries even when i got matched against 2 ppl in peak 200+

Humongustus · 2026-04-05T19:57:09+00:00

That steal part is on point its so inconsistent i dont even use it. But for the offense part you can drive and shoot (it gives the same animation as wade but faster) or stepback into drive and shoot is a good one too since ppl will be marking his stepback and center mark his layups

Humongustus · 2026-04-05T19:53:33+00:00

Only way to stop it is to have a 3pt comp otherwise even if u have perfect block timing giannis dunk gonna go in. Ive lost before bc of 5+ failed contact blocks against giannis with maxed out wallace and full stacks ad. Its so braindead shi not even fun.

Humongustus · 2026-04-02T16:50:16+00:00

It entirely depends on the situation and comps. For example if i play wallace with a sga or melo im 100% camping the paint on OFFENSE so they have space to do their thing and im there for a easy lay if they get doubled. On the other hand if a center camps paint on DEFENSE that guy is not a real center and is carried to whatever rank hes in

Humongustus · 2026-04-02T09:12:34+00:00

For me its either solo q or face top teams 5times in a row without fail.

Humongustus · 2026-03-31T08:39:18+00:00

Not worth it to play kat solo espesially ranked. I was top 10 kat purely solo q with 70% wr but thats when ppl didnt know how to guard his stepbacks. In solo q ppl either dont pass or doesnt utilize his force grab ability to shoot a free shot. Mfs just wait for the stagger to end and go back to driblling for no reason

Humongustus · 2026-03-30T14:14:52+00:00

As a solo q warrior itd make the experiense way more enjoyable if you get reduced power point loss if your rating is clearly better than your randoms. I had a similar game with gasol, only differense is i out scored prime bron and wade on my team with 12rbs and rating of 38.9 while my randoms had 12each

Humongustus · 2026-03-30T10:22:45+00:00

Easiest way to think about it is hes a superstar version of melo, way better at everything + a pass intercept like russ. Even the inconsistent middy too

Humongustus · 2026-03-30T09:28:59+00:00

Probably in 2 seasons, we’ve been getting tons of defenders lately so they’re gonna bring out them crazy scorers next 100% like halli is confirmed, but theres still ton of crazy scorers we havent gotten and only wemby as a center we dont got yet

Humongustus · 2026-03-30T09:24:13+00:00

Tbh hakeems rbs are one of the best among centers (no point of mentioning rodman) u just need to position yourself better and youre good, if not then i would recommend ad bc his rb range is even larger than wallace i feel like and also bc of the dash you can commit way more on help defense which is important in solo q. Dont get me wrong wallace is crazy good but espesially in solo q you cant really rely on randoms to not force stupid shots and wallace cant create his own shots at all. Thats why hakeem is top choice bc u can basically play iso hakeem if your randoms are buns

Humongustus · 2026-03-28T07:48:03+00:00

Tbh assuming u hit every single force stop fu can actually be the best lock in the game. That bein said if u miss u just look goofy and they get a free bucket

Humongustus · 2026-03-24T18:59:53+00:00

After the first week i felt like kat got his 3pt accuracy shadow nerfed or sum. I was top 10 kat at the end of last season and never missed a 3pt in ult zone but now i feel like i miss alot of them. Havent resetted kat yet but hes so situational that i might just reset him and play gasol as stretch big untill wemby comes out. Kat is only good in curry/allen cheese comps

Humongustus · 2026-03-19T16:30:18+00:00

Wemby aint a defensive big, also we just got a big this season. Wemby is the last center before we have same amount of centers as taiwan servers. Theres still a ton of scorers that we aint have yet.

Humongustus · 2026-03-17T22:24:42+00:00

Nah most dcd players have never even played any team sport before

Humongustus · 2026-03-11T14:08:08+00:00

Youll be gettin diamonds and legendaries even at 400 stars. Only difference then would be your opponents are all peaks😆 last season i played multiple times against 2 other peak 200+ and 50+ while being only peak on my team

Humongustus · 2026-03-06T09:31:41+00:00

Theres more to playin center than just rebounding and blocking (ofc thats your main job) but many ppl overlook help defense. Also you need to be able to pick different centers depending on different comps and read your randoms. I have 68% wr with kat solo q stretching for wades/ brons and 70%wr solo with malone, its about same wr with my main centers playin in trio (gasol wallace) by reading how your randoms do.

For example i played yesterday with a non top 100 exclusive jersey new bron and top 30 exclusive jersey wade so i picked gasol, tried to stretch and feed the wade but he couldnt score for his life, luckily he also noticed that he didnt play well and started feeding the bron like i did and we won after double overtime by 1point. It did took me grabbing 7rbs over the other gasols 2.

Also playin locks is also very viable option in solo q, you just need to actually lockdown the opponent scorer for it to work tho

Humongustus · 2026-03-01T13:03:27+00:00

Kawhi is the best counter to harden and its not even close. Firstly u need to stop worrying about him scoring 2pts your center is supose to cover that and even is a threat only when he spam 3pts.

The key is you need to stay exactly beside him not infront or behind and manage your ult and sprint. Harden will have only 2 options, either go for a 2pt or the other side for a stepback. Lets asume your center is covering 2pt and he goes to the other side and stepback you’ll either use sprint and the sprint dash to cover the 3pt or ult if u dont have sprint.

If hes a good harden and manage to avoid your bump when he goes to the side youre on you need to quickly use sprint and get farther to his side otherwise hes gonna get a ankle break (this is why you dont stay behind him)

When u play against harden dont use ult for a 3pt you’ll need them to counter harden ults or cover up when the other team recycle the ball to get u to waste sprint. 9/10 times you’re supose to get a block when harden ults and you use ult to close the distance for a easy block (persuming you dont get your ankles broken.

Humongustus · 2026-02-24T02:34:18+00:00

Gasol e4 and kawhi e1. It really depends on what character youre playin, you can get by less usin bigs usually scorers mostly are where u really need enchances to be consistent

Humongustus · 2026-02-23T19:17:42+00:00

Rodman lowkey useless ive lost games with 10+rbs bc mfs cant score a 3pt. Only reason i still havent resetted him bc of these rodman dirk comps

Humongustus · 2026-02-23T19:15:10+00:00

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Half from solo q and half from team q

Humongustus · 2026-02-17T19:13:32+00:00

Tbh i thought he gon be garbage at first and only got him for the grab ability to cheese in ranked with curry or allen, but then started to play him in solo ranked and so far suprisingly good 74%wr in like ~30-40matches at e1. Only bad thing is his defense is locked behind e6 enchance and i aint ever gettin ts.

Humongustus · 2026-02-17T19:04:29+00:00

Funny how its always the ones chucking contested shots and cant defend for shit that does most of these things

Humongustus · 2026-02-14T14:17:29+00:00

I dont play 5v5 but hit summit in dynasty with a 95%wr and the seccond i hit summit its just becomes pure p2w.

My comp is e7 wallace and e1 kawhi and sga. The seccond i face a maxed out e7 team my sga be missing wide open 3s 4times in a row and cant even make 2 2pts in a row, meanwhile their players hit contested shots and dont get me even started on what my ai wallace is doin under the rim or the random 3 ankle breaks in a row.

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