Sol Blaze V145AS.

I cannot believe there was not even one draft on this Beyblade ... In any case, I personally do not own it, and most of you probably do not own Sol Blaze either, but I think we can still try getting an article posted about it.



Face: Blaze
The Blaze Face represents the Sun, one of the stars of the galaxy. The letters "S U N" are spread twice around the center.

Clear Wheel: Blaze
Weight: 2.8 grams
Licks of flames like lava shape the Blaze Clear Wheel in a reversed symmetric pattern. This part has found no use in competitive play, however that may be due to the rarity of the Beyblade it comes with. Its weight is not notable though, so despite the formation of bulges near two opposite edges, it does not have the weight to take full advantage of its weight distribution and increase the Flywheel Effect of the combination Blaze would be paired with.

Metal Wheel: Sol
Weight: 31.9 grams
Although relatively heavy, Sol is shaped like a rounder Galaxy with more numerous but less offensive protrusions. This relief on the side of this Metal Wheel still disturbs all the potential it could have in all different types: indeed, its Stamina is terrible, and its Attack and Defense performances are both mediocre. Against the ever-improving top-tier customizations, Sol simply stands no chance.

---Mold Variations---
Two molds of Sol exist, and they can be distinguised very easily. The first mold is the one painted red which came with the more regular release, and the second mold comes with the Eclipse Ver. and the Gold Ver. This second mold possesses six extra reinforced points, which give the Metal Wheel almost 2.5 more grams in weight. It is generally better in all aspects than a first mold of Sol, however this Metal Wheel still cannot accomplish any feats due to the arrival of much more powerful parts in the [[Maximum Series]], most of 4D, and then Synchrom Wheels, which weigh considerably more.

Track: Variable 145
Weight: 3.4 grams
The gimmick of the V145 Track is that its shape is variable. A part with three mostly rectangular wings is inserted in some trails on the sides of V145's core part. Due to the odd number of wings, rotating the removable part by 180 degrees positions its wings over different portions of the core part. In Attack Mode, the removable element goes over the core part's own three wings. Since the latter are mostly shallow, this positioning helps fill the holes and increases the width of the wings, generally strengthening them. In Defense Mode, the removable part's wings cover the actual holes between each of the core part's three wings to form a whole which is almost uniformly circular. Even though V145 was not tested extensively, it can probably only be used in niche combos like other similar parts, e.g. S130. Compared to BD145 and even 230, V145 is therefore extremely outclassed.

Bottom: Around Sharp
Weight: 0.8 gram
AS consists of a sharp tip with a swaying circle around it. In essence, it resembles a WD Bottom with a Sharp tip. However the Around part of the Bottom can move from side to side to embrace the Stadium's angle. As such, AS allows the Beyblade to tilt downward during precession much more and is even said to make the customization it is with to act like a hammer. One of the notable combinations for this Bottom is therefore Basalt Bull 230AS. However, Around Sharp generally inherits the balance issues of every Sharp Bottoms, and consequently delivers poor performance in most types.


Overall:
Sol Blaze V145AS is rare and beautiful, but the majority of its parts have no use competitively. For this reason, '''this Beyblade should only be purchased for collection purposes'''.
This looks really good! I think we should add the Eclipse Version (all black version) and the Gold Version (don't know the proper name) to the "other versions" section?
i have a sol blaze the article is correct though because the AS bottom is not good as anyone would thougth so.
(Jun. 14, 2012  1:05 PM)Crab Commando Wrote: This looks really good! I think we should add the Eclipse Version (all black version) and the Gold Version (don't know the proper name) to the "other versions" section?

The Other Versions section is easy to add, which is why I focused on the more crucial parts.
Its not really rare, I know where I can get an eclipse version for 9 quid with free postage but that's my opinion
(Jun. 14, 2012  6:18 PM)defenceblader Wrote: Its not really rare, I know where I can get an eclipse version for 9 quid with free postage but that's my opinion

Although easy to obtain, it isn't a very common bey...

Anyways, I think this is a great draft, Kai-V! I don't see any noticeable mistakes...
DefStamina88 its not on ebay I could order like 20 if I cud be asked but I'm not really a collector soo
This seems very good I would compair V145 to UW145 seeing as the both have a similar mode change I think besides UW145 being flipped but in shape they are similar with 3 wings and more.
(Jun. 14, 2012  7:10 PM)TheGreatFico Wrote: This seems very good I would compair V145 to UW145 seeing as the both have a similar mode change I think besides UW145 being flipped but in shape they are similar with 3 wings and more.

V145 is more similar to S130 than UW145 ... UW145 resembles SW145 more.
(Jun. 14, 2012  5:35 AM)Kai-V: Blaze Wrote: Its weight is not notable though, so despite the formation of bulges near two opposite edges, it does not have the weight to fulfill excellenttake full advantage of its weight distribution and increase the Flywheel Effect of the combination Blaze would be paired with.

I'm guessing this is what you meant. You can have an excellent weight without it being well distributed, just like you can have a good weight distribution without having the weight to make it useful.

(Jun. 14, 2012  5:35 AM)Kai-V: Sol Wrote: Although relatively heavy...

I have to disagree. It's lighter than anything released during and post Maximum, and even before that, it rarely exceeds the weight of other Metal Wheels by more than 1 or 2 grams. Some are even heavier.

(Jun. 14, 2012  5:35 AM)Kai-V: Sol Wrote: ...Sol is shaped like a rounder Galaxy with more numerous but less offensive protrusions.

I find "numerous" to be redundant. I'd replace it with a comma, but that's just a personal preference.


(Jun. 14, 2012  5:35 AM)Kai-V: Around Sharp Wrote: AS consists of a sharp tip with a swaying circle around it. In essence, it resembles a WD Bottom with a Sharp tip, however the Around part...
This needs a period.
(Jun. 17, 2012  10:47 PM)Nocto Wrote: I'm guessing this is what you meant. You can have an excellent weight without it being well distributed, just like you can have a good weight distribution without having the weight to make it useful.

OK, I will change this.


(Jun. 17, 2012  10:47 PM)Nocto Wrote: I have to disagree. It's lighter than anything released during and post Maximum, and even before that, it rarely exceeds the weight of other Metal Wheels by more than 1 or 2 grams. Some are even heavier.

According to kyoganken, if you disregard obvious Metal Wheels like Gravity and Lightning, and look only before the Maximum Series, even if it is just by some grams, it is amongst a large "heaviest" group. I think it is fair to qualify it of "relatively heavy", although perhaps a note could be added to specify that its weight is of course nothing with the arrival of the Maximum Series, 4D and now Synchrom.


(Jun. 17, 2012  10:47 PM)Nocto Wrote: I find "numerous" to be redundant. I'd replace it with a comma, but that's just a personal preference.

Eh, you would get a resulting sentence that is : "[...] more, but less [...]", and I think that makes even less sense, hah.


(Jun. 17, 2012  10:47 PM)Nocto Wrote: This needs a period.

OK.
I'm not sure if this is worth mentioning in the article or not.
(Jun. 18, 2012  5:16 AM)Uwik Wrote: I'm not sure if this is worth mentioning in the article or not.

Definitely, I had forgotten about his. I wrote an extra section in the Sol section, where I also mentioned that many Metal Wheels outweigh it anyway.
I have an eclipse sol blaze and have a bit of experience with it's parts (even sol, which I regret using the couple of times I did).

Will type up more concrete thoughts with the coming days and post them, but here's what I recall off the top of my head. May not be 100% correct, but worth looking over and considering, especially if anyone has used the parts.

Quick thoughts on Sol Blaze (Click to View)
Oh, and Sol (though are we sure on that being the mold availability?). Didn't use it much, but when I did it was as terrible as everyone said, I recall one thread about it doing something well and I honestly believe that was just a fluke. To be honest though it doesn't look like galaxy to me at all - IMO it's a smoother/more rounded Poison wheel. Galaxy has slopes and bumps vertically whereas sol is really rather flat.

Oh, and IMO it was heavily outclassed on release, waaaay before the maximum series, considering Libra, Virgo, Leone and Pegasis were all better than it, then there's Earth, Burn, Nightmare, Bakushin, Lighting, Storm, Ray, Rock, Counter, Sagittario, Grand... I could go on, but basically anything that ever had any potential for anything is better than Sol from what I have seen. Sol is light, hasn't got a notable weight distribution, has the same thing as poison where it has protrusions that create recoil but no attack (and it has even less attack, which was poison's "slightly less appalling" characteristic), and is also expensive and has paint, so it chips. Maybe it isn't the worst wheel, but it has absolutely no characteristics of any note other than looking pretty cool, it's really just bland and pointless.

EDIT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER: Disregard this post. I'm not sure why I thought Sol (Mold 2, which I have) was light - at 33.6g it's the second heaviest Pre-Maximum Series MW I own (and the only heavier one, Gravity, is limited to its own relatively light CW's, so Gravity Perseus (Stamina) is still lighter than Sol Bull), and while its weight distribution is awfully unspecialised, resulting in poor stamina, its weight and passable defensive shape make it a viable defensive choice in limited, generally leaning towards anti-attack, making it kinda an inferior Libra. I am playing around with a combo that might let it step out of Libra's shadow somewhat, too, though it may well amount to nothing (only just stumbled on it, really). Still think AS needs to be played around with in Zero G Stadia, though I imagine it will be at best inferior to B: D.
Cool. I look forward to whatever else you might find or post, and I would not mind if you just edited right into the draft.
Don't forget to mention that its a movie exclusive from Season 2. Otherwise, good article Kai-V.
(Jun. 28, 2012  5:30 PM)J o nâ„¢ Wrote: Don't forget to mention that its a movie exclusive from Season 2. Otherwise, good article Kai-V.

I suppose ... But Beywiki is more about the toy.
the zero g stadium might put some life back into this tip could anyony test zero g as my results were that it does well against other stamina and anhilated defense however has a high ko rate against cf
(Dec. 03, 2012  6:49 AM)HinTin Wrote: the zero g stadium might put some life back into this tip could anyony test zero g as my results were that it does well against other stamina and anhilated defense however has a high ko rate against cf

This thread is for BeyWiki article. Your thought and request might be better posted in this:

http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-AS-Discussion
(Jun. 18, 2012  5:22 PM)th!nk Wrote: Still think AS needs to be played around with in Zero G Stadia, though I imagine it will be at best inferior to B: D.

While AS may be inferior to B:D in several aspects, based on the tests I conducted at least a year ago, I believe it is at least as good as, if not superior to, the evermore popular MB in both terms of Stamina and resistance to Zero-G Attack. More tests would be so nice, though, yes...
I don't have a zero-g stadium and won't be able to get one any time soon, otherwise I'd do them. As for the rest of the article, I'll get to that when I think we've gone far enough in Limited to start updating beywiki based on our findings (I've gotta do some formal tests of sol mold 2 anyway - it's generally outclassed by earth and libra but MF-H Sol Bull 100RSF seems to do a little better v mf-h pegasis ch120rf than pretty much any other LTDC I've tried against it - it has a bit of recoil on the top/bottom but Earth/Libra's topside are worse and MF-H Pegasis CH120RF seems to be able to land very solid hits on Bakushin for w/e reason, but seeing as my RSF is kinda aggro and that seems to help a lot I'm waiting for my RB to get here).
(Jun. 14, 2012  5:35 AM)Kai-V Wrote: Overall:
Sol Blaze V145AS is rare and beautiful, but the majority of its parts have no use competitively. For this reason, '''this Beyblade should only be purchased for collection purposes'''.

Are you sure this should be added, I mean it sure is rare and beautiful but putting it on as an overall might not be a good idea since it's personal preference/opinion to what people think of Sol Blaze, heck someone could dislike the look of it, just thought I'd say so but correct me if I am wrong. (Who wouldn't think Sol Blaze looks nice anyway?)

EDIT: Actually keep that part with the fact it's rare, as it is a fact, but I wouldn't put that it's beautiful, again it's based on opinion.
I will receive a Sol Blaze V145AS soon. What would there be to test ? AS as a replacement for MB ?