(Feb. 20, 2014 10:55 PM)KirbyRobot Wrote: (Feb. 20, 2014 10:24 PM)th!nk Wrote: Grand has always been a defense wheel and a pretty mediocre one at that, so something like Grand Lynx 85RS would probably be your best bet with it, if you are desperate to use it. RS is pretty redundant in Hasbro stadia though.
I just want Grand + Cetus + <input track> + <input tip>. I honestly think it's disappointing to see a defense fusion wheel be weak, you know, to stamina and such, but so far i've gained some really bad combos to use
(Feb. 20, 2014 10:15 PM)Leone19 Wrote: One of your best bets in general is a Synchrom, but it is a very good one. Take what you will but:
Leviathan Dragoon AD145 W2D.
For Defense; Grand has always been outclassed- yes, it's a Synchrom, but you could try:
Orochi Leviathan or Leviathan/Orochi Dragoon 85/AD145 RS.
RS is worn. so it's not as good as people say it is for me
Well, it doesn't help that you're playing in a Hasbro stadium and have a fairly limited selection of viable parts for that - the vast, vast majority of your wheels are too aggressive/recoil prone for anything other than Attack, you lack an EWD to make use of your spin-stealing parts and from your results with the dragooon suggestions I figure a) your dragooon is a lighter mold and b) your W2D is still too mint to be anything other than awful. If you wear the W2D in by using it a lot more, Leviathan Dragooon or Orochi Dragooon T125W2D might be a worthwhile customization.
In terms of specifically beating your thermal customization, I'd give Flame Pegasus 85WD (Pegasus from Cosmic Pegasus - not sure if that's Pegasis II or Pegasis III off the top of my head but both should be okay, otherwise try Leone or Lynx) a shot. 85-height stamina should beat 145-height stamina and Flame *generally* has better stamina than Thermal (some people got really good results with thermal back in the day, but most people, myself included, did not) so you could look at Flame AD145WD - generally replacing 145 on your thermal combo with AD145 is a good idea as it's slightly better at everything. Flame 85WD might be better depending what you're up against though.
Defense losing to stamina is the normal way of things though, I don't know what else you'd expect - there are more aggressive defense customs that can knock certain stamina types out but again, Hasbro stadium.
Honestly with the parts you have you can make some killer attack combos for Limited format, haha, but I'm afraid aside from that there's not much I can give you in terms of advice bar the above.