I did some informal tests with Blaze Ragnaruk, and it tended to lose to Odin on a same heavy revolve matchup. As such, I decided to pit a defensive and more left spin effective Ragnaruk setup against Odin to see how it fares.
The Odin was always on Heavy. I only changed the drivers, which were Revolve and Defense. I did two groups of tests for the Revolve setup, notably because I noted the disk of my old Revolve was at a lower position compared to my mint one when it was not spinning. So, I went ahead and did both.
Note that my Atomic is rather aggressive and that it can do 10 laps nearing the tornado ridge if I launched regularly. I banked Blaze Ragnaruk and launched Odin regularly. I figured this would help Blaze Ragnaruk utilize its aggression better to destabilize Odin.
Stadium: B-09
Launcher used: String launcher (from Xcalibur Heavy Xtreme)
Rounds done for each group: 10
Benchmark:
Wyvern 4Glaive Atomic vs Odin Heavy Revolve (mint)
Beys launched alternatively.
Wyvern 4Glaive Atomic: 3 wins (2 OS, 1 burst)
Odin Heavy Revolve: 7 wins ( 4 OS, 1 burst)
Ties:0
Notes: Margin of victory varied quite a bit, with Odin being able to win before Revolve's precession even kicked in and Wyvern pulling off a one rotation victory. Tere was no domination when it came to who had control of the center of the stadium. The burst finish of Odin came after the initial 5 hits, and the burst finish of Wyvern was a snipe.
Tests:
Ragnaruk 4Glaive Atomic vs Odin Heavy Revolve (old)
Beys launched alternatively.
Ragnaruk 4Glaive Atomic: 9 wins (7 OS, 1 KO, 1 burst)
Odin Heavy Revolve: 1 win (burst)
0 ties
Notes: Ragnaruk remained in the middle area of the stadium during the middle to end stages of the battle. It would destabilize Odin to the point where it would circle around Ragnaruk, and would be too weak to knock down Ragnaruk during the final few rotations. Margins of outspin wins were max 2 seconds, meaning they were really close ones.
Ragnaruk 4Glaive Atomic vs Odin Heavy Revolve (mint)
Beys launched alternatively.
Ragnaruk 4Glaive Atomic: 8 wins (5 OS, 3 bursts)
Odin Heavy Revolve: 2 wins (2 OS)
0 ties
Notes: Battles were similar to the preceding one. The wins Odin got were when Ragnaruk was launched first and got knocked into a stall after initial contact.
Ragnaruk 4Glaive Atomic vs Odin Heavy Defense
Beys launched alternatively.
Ragnaruk 4Glaive Atomic: 4 wins (2 OS, 2 bursts)
Odin Heavy Revolve: 6 win (6 OS)
0 ties
Notes: Ragnaruk had a very hard time destabilizing Defense when compared to destabilizing Revolve. The Ragnaruk oses came by making Odin scrape the floor when it was circling around Ragnaruk.
Comparison with benchmark:
- Ragnaruk dominated over Odin in terms of control over the center of the stadium. Wyvern and Odin has a 50 50 relationship.
- Ragnaruk bursted Odin more than Wyvern could.
Overall notes and explanations:
- Destabilization is the only way for Ragnaruk to win by os.
- 4Glaive did save Ragnaruk quite a few times by giving it a few more rotations to barely win over Odin.
- Ragnaruk always took the center of the stadium when it became an OS match. This can be explained by it having more mass and recoil control than Odin. As the force required for moving Ragnaruk was more than moving Odin, Ragnaruk was able to stay in the center and prevent being destabilized itself. Compared with Wyvern, as it had less recoil control and had less mass, Wyvern was sometimes destabilized itself and was unable to take full control over the center of the stadium.
Opinions:
- I would feel safer if I was using Ragnaruk and the opponent was using Odin Revolve. While this is the best case scenario, it is the more common scenario due to the influx of left spin equalizers, making Revolve the safer and likelier choice in a tournament setting.
- If the opponent is using defense, just launch as hard as you can and go for the burst. The low recoil and high burst resistance of Ragnaruk puts it at a huge advantage when it comes to burst finishes.
Just a blader out of interest.