(Jul. 20, 2021 2:14 AM)Kei Wrote: (Jul. 17, 2021 4:19 AM)[[ NØBØDY ]] Wrote: Wow this is an excellent article, definitely one of my favorites.
I think I can explain how Zankye's dynamite on F gear could tie with yours, I discovered that the rubber on Dynamite is one of the most interesting, as it is able to tie even with a losing combo in LAD sometimes, based on your driver. I remember when I first tried a Dynamite Nexus Ul' (F), it did tie with World Spriggan Drift 2B once or twice, this led me to use less LAD drivers on Dynamite in order to save the other drivers for my other combos.
I also would like to say that Hold' should be competitive and is quite underrated, while it took me a long time, I managed to wear Hold' to the state that it could tie with Drift, Being a Dash driver, I felt that it was safer than rise and Bearing on some combinations, and has a bunch of other benefits too. Hold' has a Superior same spin compared to Drift, Zone'+Z, Possibly rise and Bearing, it is also difficult to distabilize, due to the drivers ability to tilt, it has superior defence than all of the drivers I mentioned previously, as the wide surface area makes it super difficult to KO, it can resist attacks from Rage and Judgment in same spin reasonably well, it also can help with an element of surprise, because the opponent cannot tell how worn your hold is, and will be thinking he or she can win
Thank you!
And that's interesting. Certainly, I'll be testing out Dynamite on some less conventional Drivers to see how this works out in general and gain a better understanding of it.
Absolutely, Hold' is very underrated. It's in a similar position to the Rise Driver in that most players don't know or understand how good it can be because they've never "awakened" theirs. I haven't even done it for mine, but understand it because I've witnessed it in Japan before. How exactly did you awaken yours and how long did it take?
I chose stadiums with rougher floors - I used the Dual cyclone stadium to be exact, chose a high weight and high recoil layer as I also installed the yellow spikes on that stadium, making it impossible to be knocked out, and so when the layer hits the spikes it'll go into the centre, increasing contact.
One trick I heard was that if you use a less free spinning one - it'll wear faster. I wonder if it's legal to lock your Hold' driver (i.e. stop it from spinning) because it'll make it easier to wear, but I didn't do that because I was unsure if it was legal, it took a long while, about maybe 50+ launches a day on average for two months I think - but it really depends.
I agree about the competitive view on Hold' and Rise, your blog has opened a new perspective on this for me- so much thanks for that.
I feel that Hold' works better as a bearing sort of driver, because it can't stand up like Rise, so, it works better on Tapered than Giga. A Worn Hold' provides no aggression so it can't really catch the ridge unlike rise, which can be much useful as Burst resistance isn't too much of an issue now, so For me Hold' has more or less replaced bearing.
I must say that a Worn Charge should be of mention as it provides better weight than other LAD drivers but it's difficult to wear one that lacks aggression, then again the movement and sheer weight makes it extremely useful in KOing mobile attackers, making it a mainstay in my deck.
On a separate note - can I get your view on TheEnd? It's been pretty much run over by the community, but I see some competitive viability if you don't possess layers and Discs like Tempest and Wheel/Giga (which I don't). I personally find that the gimmick prevents equalisation in opposite spin, and as mine is extremely easy to activate the gimmick (almost always one hit is all it needs) it can do quite well. I tested Solomon TheEnd Kou Rise/Charge and it easily tied with top tier stamina combos. And the free-spinning nature makes it one of the best counters against Rage in my opinion, most of the time Rage can't do much against it. But to get the best performance your TheEnd has to be seriously loose - like mine, not sure if others can emulate the same performance.
Hi there!