How to become a pro basketball player in BitLife

Some careers are tougher to pursue than others, and BitLife challenges often ask you to try all kinds of unique ones out. One of the most difficult jobs you might need to get after is to become a pro basketball player.

While many careers can be joined at any point if you have the right requirements for them, others are a lot more picky and may only be options available through certain pop-ups under specific conditions. The pro basketball career is one of these, making it a difficult profession to pursue. If you’re having trouble with this one, here’s how to become a pro basketball player in BitLife.

How to become a professional basketball player in BitLife

You can become a pro basketball player by joining the draft and being chosen by a team when prompted to do so in BitLife. This is a long-term goal that requires you to put in a lot of work first, so here’s a full step-by-step breakdown of how to make it happen.

Start a new life. You’ll want to start working toward this goal very early on, as you need specific stats to make it happen. It’s easiest to do so with a fresh start rather than trying to go after it in a life where you may have already missed out on certain opportunities.

Work hard in school. Long term, you’ll want to have good grades and generally succeed in school, as this ensures you have better opportunities later on. It also helps boost your Smarts stat, which you need.

Keep your Smarts and Health stats up. These two stats are the overall most important ones for eventually going pro. You can boost both through the Mind & Body tab found under Activities in the bottom right corner. For Smarts, do activities like reading a book or visiting the library. For Health, try activities like going on a walk, practicing martial arts, and visiting the gym.

Build your athleticism. This typically goes hand in hand with health, as it’s also built through active actions like visiting the gym and performing martial arts.

Join the Basketball Team. Once you reach middle school, apply for the Basketball Team. As long as you have decent stats, you should get in with no problem. If not, though, work on the key stats mentioned before and keep trying until you make it. In both high school and university, be sure to join the Basketball Team again.

Accept a scholarship if you get one. Before you join a university, you may be offered a scholarship to play basketball. This is a great sign that means you’re on the right path, so be sure to accept it when prompted to do so. You can still go pro without this pop-up, but it’ll be a bit harder, as you’ll need to put in some extra work.

Give the team your all. While a member of the Basketball Team, be sure to keep your key stats high and try to focus on performing well with your team, as this is crucial for enhancing your odds of going pro later on.

Enter the draft. Upon graduating, you’ll get a pop-up asking if you want to join the draft. Select the “I’m eligible for the draft” option to officially become a contender.

Be chosen by a team. At this point, your fate is out of your hands. After entering the draft, you have to hope a team chooses to recruit you, as this is the only way to become a professional basketball player. As long as you have solid stats, you should be scooped up pretty easily, which means you’ll officially be a member of this elite career.

If you’re someone who spends real money while playing BitLife, you can bypass all of these steps and go pro right away if you desire to do so. You can make this happen by selecting the Occupation button in the bottom left corner, followed by the Pro Athlete option to buy the job pack.

Becoming a pro basketball player is a crucial part of trials like the Mamba challenge, so if you haven’t tackled this one yet, now is a great time to do so, since you know how to check off one of the key goals. If you’re up for even more BitLife chaos, consider also working on becoming famous, completing the Kahlo My World challenge, learning to swim, and finishing the Titanic challenge.

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The Seven Deadly Sins Origin is now out on PC and PS5, with a mobile launch coming soon, and you get to choose from a host of different characters.

The character has been adapted directly from the manga that also inspired an anime. Every character has its unique pros and cons, but some are better than the rest.

Disclaimer: Large parts of this tier list are based on the closed beta. It’s a good starting point, but I will update the tiers as I play and test more characters.

Complete The Seven Deadly Sins Origin character tier list

Complete The Seven Deadly Sins Origin character tier list

Characters in The Seven Deadly Sins Origin belong to different rarities, but not all rare names are better. Moreover, the kit you equip will also determine how the characters work and what roles they play. However, I have assessed the characters based on their best kit.

S-tier

S-tier characters are simply the strongest ones in the entire game. They will be the characters you should ideally reroll for, and they will work well with most weapons.

Meliodas: He is pretty much the best healing support you can find among all characters. You can either go for the Dual Sword or the single one. The fact that you can have one HP bar for the whole team allows you to heal all your allies.
Jericho: Jericho is pretty much the strongest DPS unit in the entire game. She can also inflict Freeze with her Special Attack when you’re using the Dual Sword kit. Her Frozen Saber ability allows you to teleport her behind the enemy to deal extra damage, and also increases the Burst Gauge. She’s also one of the best universal characters to get.
Diane: Diane, in some teams, can be slightly better than Jericho (but Jericho is far more universal). Diane is a different type of DPS as she can also create her own sustains. She can gain a shield from her passive, and she can also heal herself with burst damage. Her Axe kit also allows you to inflict stuns, which is great for crowd control.

A-tier

The A-tier characters are pretty strong in their own right, but slightly fall short compared to the S-tier choices.

King: With his Staff kit, King can attack as an amazing support. He clearly becomes S-tier if you’re using him with Diane (due to the Earth-based synergy). His ability to inflict Bloom on allies raises their damage potential. If you opt for the Book kit, King becomes a defensive support who provides barriers for other allies.
Elaine: Unlike King, Elaine is a pure defensive support who offers massive shields and damage reductions with her moves. She can also neutralize the enemy’s burst resistance. This allows your units to enter the burst states quicker, which is great for DPS characters like Jericho. However, she’s also a great partner with Diane due to their Earth affiliation.
Manny: If you’re running a burst-focused team, Manny becomes an S-tier pick. She inflicts Punishment on enemies. Those enemies will then take Critical Hit as Punishment is active, and it also inflicts additional Holy damage. She can also buff the Crit Damage of her allies and reduce the Element Defense of enemies.
Howzer: If you’re a free-to-play player, Howzer is a pretty good choice. He can inflict Bleed with his attacks, which raises the damage dealt to enemies (while nerfing the healing rate). You have to combine it with his special attack that helps Howzer gain Gust. He is a relatively simple character to master, but he might lose his relevance once we get more names in the future.

B-tier

B-tier choices are average at best, so I have briefly explained what they do and what you can expect of them. In simple words, try to replace them with better options listed above unless you’re a fan.

Guila: She can deal damage via Fire Burst when she is in her Demon Form. You’ll need to use her Demon Form carefully since it also allows her to reduce her skill cooldown by 50% by landing Critical Hits.
Drake: He does lightning damage to enemies, and he can also increase his Burst Duration with Lightning Burst. However, the lack of synergy for the Lightning element continues until the full launch.
Slader: While he can deal Fire/Physical damage to enemies, his overall potential is pretty limited. His base damage is pretty low, which makes him unideal as a DPS until you build him up.
Hendrickson: Hendrickson is useful as long as you have Meliodas in your team, as he can improve Meli’s damage potential. If you don’t have Meliodas, Hendrickson is a C-tier.
Tristan: He is an okay character, as everyone gets him for free. His kit is pretty basic, but it can deal a decent amount of Fire Damage. Outside that, there’s not much to write home about him.