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In this TopSpin 2K25 Attributes Guide, we’ll show you the best stats to upgrade and why. Overall, TopSpin 2K25 offers eight different upgradeable attributes in MyCAREER, all of which play an important role in improving your character. However, you need to decide which attributes you’ll want to focus on first. Should you upgrade them all evenly, or focus on one or two specific attributes? We’ll show what Stats to upgrade in this TopSpin 2K25 Guide.
TopSpin 2K25 – What Attributes (Stats) Should I Upgrade?
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Overall, we recommend upgrading these TopSpin 2K25 attributes in this order:
- Forehand
- Power
- Backhand
- Serve
- Stamina
- Speed
- Volley
- Reflexes
In our MyCAREER guide, we did recommend upgrading all points evenly. However, if you’d rather, we ranked all Attributes from our favorite to least favorite, especially for those just starting.
Firstly, Forehand, Backhand, and Power are the most important attributes for players just beginning their TopSpin 2K25 MyCareer. After all, you’ll need to be effective at both forehand and backhand moves to keep the game alive. Furthermore, better power will upgrade your Forehands and backhands even more. Additionally, it also boosts the power of serves.
After you upgrade those three, it becomes a choice of preference. Personally, we like upgrading Serve and Stamina. Better serves mean better chances to serve Aces. More Stamina means less resting and more competing without the risk of losing your global or race ranks. Regardless, both definitely serve a purpose in making your MyPLAYER consistently better.
Speed is definitely important, especially once you get into tougher competitions on harder difficulties. The last thing you want is to be running back and forth while your opponent loses little to none of their stamina. Therefore, more speed allows you to reposition faster.
Volleys are nice, but I wouldn’t say crucial to winning games. And Reflexes are always nice to upgrade, but you can wait until later to improve that attribute. While useful, it’s not needed at every actual moment during a match.
TopSpin 2K25 – All Attributes & What They Do
TopSpin 2K25 features eight different Attributes for the player to upgrade:
- Forehand – Influences quality of aiming and the probability of unforced errors on the forehand side. Additionally, it slightly influences the power of forehands.
- Backhand – Influences quality of aiming and the probability of unforced errors on the backhand side. Additionally, it slightly influences the power of backhands.
- Serve – Influences the quality of aiming and the probability of errors on serve. Additionally, greatly influences the power of serves.
- Volley – Influences the ability to hit a volley with precision and the probability of unforced errors
- Power – Greatly influences power of Forehands & Backhands. Additionally, it slightly influences the power of serves.
- Speed – Influences speed of movement during repositioning or when moving towards the ball
- Stamina – Influences how quickly the player gets tired during a rally and during a match. Furthermore, fatigue influences the speed of movement and quality of all shots (precision, power, error, probability)
- Reflexes – Influences the quality of shots performed when the ball is coming very fast at the player
To upgrade your MyPLAYER, simply press navigate to your MyPLAYER Page, where you can distribute AP however you’d like. If you want to earn AP faster, we recommend using XP Tokens and playing on harder difficulties once you get used to the game.
That wraps up everything you need to know about attributes and which ones to upgrade. We hope this guide helped you identify the best attributes to focus on, as well as what they all do. If you’re looking for more TopSpin 2K25 content, check out our MyCAREER and Academy Guides.
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