SLAM DUNK Mobile Game Walkthrough and Beginner’s Guide

People of my age would probably still remember the classic Slam Dunk Anime that made our childhood special back in the days. I would still remember Sakuragi’s emphatic block against Uzumi and Kogure’s memorable 3 point shot that took several episodes to finish. This show clearly made a mark in my life.

If you are feeling nostalgic, the best way to relieve those feels is to play the newest game available on your smartphones which is Slam Dunk, a 3 v 3 real time Basketball Game adapted from the Japanese Anime “Slam Dunk”.

This game reminds me of Freestyle (PC) and its mobile port Freestyle Mobile PH, but with an anime touch and animation unique to the classic show. It also has cutscenes from the old anime that will make you feel like a child again.

The game is 1.2 GB in size as of writing and is available for download on both Android and IOS.

In this article, I will discuss everything that you need to know about it, the controls, modes and a lot more.

Servers

You can choose from 3 servers Asia, Europe, South America. It is much better to choose region that is close to your actual location to have a smoother connection and good gaming experience. I chose Asia since I’m living in the Philippines but unfortunately I wasn’t able to enter at the time I was playing because it was full.

You can also choose a name for your basketball team and will be asked to choose a skill and for some reason I chose Advanced. Maybe because I have experience playing these kind of games.

You can also choose to login as Guest, Facebook or Google Account.

Controls

The analog stick is used to move the player and to pick up the ball.

Offense

1. Ball in your hands

• Shoot – When you have the ball, press Shoot to throw the ball at the basket. Tapping it will only result into a fake shot. You need to press it harder.
• Pass – Pass the ball to your teammates
• Drive – Drive past your defender
• Crossover Quick (Skill) – Tap crossover and shoot ability to see the effective area. Enter the area and tap those again to use the ability.

2. Ball in your Teammate

• Pass the ball to your teammates
• Ask for the Ball
• Quick Shot
• Backdoor
• Rebound

3. When Ball is in the Air

• Box Out
• Pick and Roll
• Speed Up
• Rebound

Defense

Guard Zone – It is the fan shaped area in front of the player. Enter this area to defend them efficiently.

• Steal
• Defense
• Speed Up
• Block

For Half Court matches, you need to step out of the 3 point line when the ball switches hands before attacking again.

Game Modes

Solo Mode

This is where you can access the following:

• Main Story Mode
• Trainings (Basic Training, Advance Training and Free Training).
• Side Story
• Vs. Ai Mode (Unlocked at Level 5)
• Single 5v5 (Unlocked at Level 18)

Battle Mode

This is where you can access the following game modes:

• 3v3 Half Court Match (Available all day)
• 5v5 Solo Normal Match (Unlocked at level 19 and Available on Saturdays and Sundays, 14:00 to 20:00)
• 2v2 Duo Match (Unlocked at level 16 and Available all day)
• 1v1 Match (Unlocked at level 14 and Available all day)
• Fun Mode (Unlocked at level 7 and for a limited time only)
• Create Room (Unlocked at level 10 and Available all day)

Ranked Games

Ranked games are available when your reach level 8.

I will write a comprehensive article for the game modes so stay tuned.

Cultivate

Players need to train to get better. In Slam Dunk Mobile’s case, you need t level up your players to increase their attributes and basketball skill points. Power up your team by continuously leveling them up.

You can access team by clicking ‘Team’ in the main menu then click on the players you want to level up. Sports drink are required for them to level up and it can be acquired from the shop or from the daily tasks.

Backpack

This is where you can find your Items, Gifts and Tryout Cards.

Tasks

You are also rewarded by the tasks that you accomplish in this game.

• Daily Login Reward (Every Month)
• Daily Login Rewad (Every Week)
• Daily Tasks
• Pass Tasks
• Growth Tasks
• Become Stronger Tasks

That is all for the SLAM DUNK Mobile Beginner’s Guide and Walkthrough. If you have questions or clarifications, don’t hesitate to share them below.

There are still a lot of areas to cover and I will update this article when I already got access to the things such as Abilities, Club, Ranked and other different game modes.