Quote:Luinor L2, known in Japan as Lost Longinus, is an Energy Layer released as part of the Burst System. It debuted with the release of the B-66 Starter Lost Longinus Nine Spiral on December 28th, 2016.
==Description==
Luinor L2 is a wide and heavy Energy Layer designed for attack that features two large dragon heads, representing the anime's rendition of this Layer's beast, a dragon, that come from the perimeter in towards the center and four wings, two of which are larger and make up the main contact points and two of which are smaller and make up secondary contact points, creating an aggressive, high recoil design. The contact points of the larger wings are molded in the shape of spear heads which are meant to represent this Layer's Japanese namesake, the Roman Soldier Longinus of Biblical Events who stabbed Christ in the heart with a lance.
Luinor L2 has two main gimmicks:
The first are the dragon heads as they are made of metal. The inclusion of the metal makes Luinor L2 the heaviest Layer in the game.
The second is the fact that this Layer is made to spin Left, opposite to every other Burst Beyblade before it.
The heavy weight of Luinor L2 generates high inertia and with the aggressive design, makes this Layer excel in Knock-Out attack potential. While these features may also create high Burst attack potential, that's only true against another Left spin opponent. Against a Right spin Beyblade, the Left spinning nature of Luinor L2 means that it and the opponent's layer will spin together like gears, heavily reducing the rate of Bursts. However, Bursts are still possible, especially if Luinor L2 is spinning slower than the opponent, and the opposite spin creates an opposite movement pattern, increasing both the force of impact against an equally aggressive opponent and the rate of collisions, complimenting this Layer's high Knock-Out attack. The Takara Tomy release of Luinor L2 features three teeth of medium-high length that are capable of withstanding the recoil this Layer produces, even against another Left spin opponent and the heavy weight further increases Burst resistance as the Layer's higher inertia can better resist teeth skipping.
Despite the aggressiveness, Luinor L2's design also lends itself well to spin equalization in more passive combinations at it creates many points for the opponents Layer to hook into and increase the Luinor L2 combination's spin speed despite the high weight that normally hinders spin equalization.
==Use in Attack Combinations==
Luinor L2 can be put to use in the Attack customization Luinor L2 Heavy/Gravity/2Glaive/4Vortex Xtreme/Accel/Zephyr. The heavy weight of Heavy/Gravity/2Glaive/4Vortex further enhances Luinor L2's high inertia and the Layer's teeth and weight reduces the Burst risk associated with using heavy disks while Xtreme/Accel/Zephyr's aggressive movement compliments the Layer's Knock-Out attack.
==Use in Spin Equalization Combinations==
Luinor L2 can be put to use in the Spin Equalization combination Luinor L2 Spread/Knuckle/Heavy/Gravity/2Glaive/4Vortex Hold/Revolve. Luinor L2's shape, left spin nature and heavy weight allows it equalize spin with a right spin opponent, which the light weight of Spread/Knuckle further aids, and resist Knock-Outs and Bursts against Stationary Attack combinations, which the weight of Heavy/Gravity/2Glaive/4Vortex further aids. The high procession and free spinning nature of Hold/Revolve is also ideal for spin equalization and out spinning the opponent.
==Overall==
Due to Luinor L2's heavy weight, aggressive design and strong Burst resistance make the Layer an excellent part in Knock-Out Attack Combinations and the Left spin nature and aforementioned shape lends itself well to Spin Equalization Combinations. As such, Luinor L2 is a must have for competitive bladers.
==Product List==
==Takara Tomy====Hasbro==
- B-66 Lost Longinus Nine Spiral (White)
- Lost Longinus Nine Spiral (Crimson Dragon Ver.) (translucent blue, red painted dragon heads)
- B-00 Lost Longinus Nine Spiral (red colored plastic, black translucent plastic, gold painted dragon heads)
Part of me thinks I added too much information and part of me thinks I added to little. Is the part about the Japanese Namesake necessary? Should I have talked about relativity when I said that the opposite movement creates a higher force of impact to better explain it?
*Edit: And for the relativity, no I don't mean "two objects crashing into each other will equal one object crashing into a wall twice as hard" cause that isn't true (Mythbusters explain here: https://youtu.be/-W937NM11o8 ). A head to head opposite movement impact is greater because the speed of an impact between two objects moving in the same direction but at different speeds, say object 1 is moving at speed "5" and object 2 is moving at speed "3", is the same as a single object hitting a wall at speed "2". In a head on collision equal speed however, the forces cancel each other out so if both objects are moving at speed "5" and they collide head on, it's the same as if they hit a wall individually, which is more effective than a same direction collision.
*EDIT: I'm a idiot, a head on collision at different speeds would be the same as a same direction collision at different speeds, only there's less speed change with Beyblades since they're still accelerating in their respective directions so they just stop or slow down momentarily. Article has been edited to further clarify.
If you're confused about me saying that the high weight increases Burst resistance when heavy disks normally decrease Burst resistance, think of it like a Medieval Flail hitting a helmet: if the head is made of light weight cotton, then when you sing it your arm will keep going with the swing but the head will just stop in its tracks. On the other hand, if the head is made of solid steel, then the head will want to continue moving along with the swing and thus dent the helmet, trying to push it out of the way. Thus, if the Layer is light but the Disk is heavy, the Layer will stop but the Disk and Driver will keep spinning causing a Burst, if the Layer is Heavy however, it's gonna keep spinning with the rest of the parts.
Also typed "Christian Mythology" the first time, but then realized a lot of people in the Western side of the world might have issues with that.