Sup guys, I'm opening this thread for testing on the decently new Dusk Balkesh (or mainly the Dusk base because the Balkesh chip is completely outclassed by the Luinor chip). I have done some testing on my layer, so read it to see my thoughts on it! Feel free to post your own tests here! Thanks for reading!
Test 1:
B3.0C.O VS DL5.0C.O
B3 win rate: 90% (OS: 9,KO: 0,B: 0)
L5 win rate: 10% (OS: 1,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 0
Test 2:
gK4.0E.Gr VS DL5.0E.Gr
K4 win rate: 90% (OS: 8,KO: 0,B: 1)
L5 win rate: 10% (OS: 1,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 1
Test 3:
gK4.0E.Br VS DL5.0E.Br
K4 win rate: 80% (OS: 6,KO: 0,B: 2)
L5 win rate: 20% (OS: 2,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 3
Test 4:
L3.A.HN-S VS DL5.0B.At-S
L3 win rate: 45% (OS: 0,KO: 4,B: 5)
L5 win rate: 55% (OS: 10,KO: 1,B: 0)
Ties: 0
Taking a bit of a departure to see how Dusk stacks up against other equlizers in stamina and defense:
Test 5:
L3.A.Hn-S VS F3.0B.At-S
L3 win rate: 75% (OS: 0,KO: 10,B: 5)
F3 win rate: 25% (OS: 3,KO: 2,B: 0)
Ties: 1
Test 6:
gK4.0E.Gr VS F3.0E.Gr
K4 win rate: 60% (OS: 6,KO: 0,B: 0)
F3 win rate: 40% (OS: 4,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 7
Test 7:
gK4.0E.Gr VS B3.0E.Gr
K4 win rate: 70% (OS: 7,KO: 0,B: 0)
B3 win rate: 30% (OS: 3,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 8
Ok, so for my thoughts: it's outclassed in Limited for Opposite spin equilization and its same spin is nothing to write home about, but the defense is clearly better than F3. As for Standard, it is completely outclassed by B3 in every way, and probably TT dusk as well. If Br is banned in limited, it will probably be a defensive side grade to F3. It could probably be used as a mixup, for example: if you use F3 a lot, and someone is confident in attack, you can switch to this and have a better chance, and it's still usable for opposite spin, so keep that in mind for the future. Also thanks kjrules17 for asking me to test Dusk. Thanks again for reading!
Test 1:
B3.0C.O VS DL5.0C.O
B3 win rate: 90% (OS: 9,KO: 0,B: 0)
L5 win rate: 10% (OS: 1,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 0
Test 2:
gK4.0E.Gr VS DL5.0E.Gr
K4 win rate: 90% (OS: 8,KO: 0,B: 1)
L5 win rate: 10% (OS: 1,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 1
Test 3:
gK4.0E.Br VS DL5.0E.Br
K4 win rate: 80% (OS: 6,KO: 0,B: 2)
L5 win rate: 20% (OS: 2,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 3
Test 4:
L3.A.HN-S VS DL5.0B.At-S
L3 win rate: 45% (OS: 0,KO: 4,B: 5)
L5 win rate: 55% (OS: 10,KO: 1,B: 0)
Ties: 0
Taking a bit of a departure to see how Dusk stacks up against other equlizers in stamina and defense:
Test 5:
L3.A.Hn-S VS F3.0B.At-S
L3 win rate: 75% (OS: 0,KO: 10,B: 5)
F3 win rate: 25% (OS: 3,KO: 2,B: 0)
Ties: 1
Test 6:
gK4.0E.Gr VS F3.0E.Gr
K4 win rate: 60% (OS: 6,KO: 0,B: 0)
F3 win rate: 40% (OS: 4,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 7
Test 7:
gK4.0E.Gr VS B3.0E.Gr
K4 win rate: 70% (OS: 7,KO: 0,B: 0)
B3 win rate: 30% (OS: 3,KO: 0,B: 0)
Ties: 8
Ok, so for my thoughts: it's outclassed in Limited for Opposite spin equilization and its same spin is nothing to write home about, but the defense is clearly better than F3. As for Standard, it is completely outclassed by B3 in every way, and probably TT dusk as well. If Br is banned in limited, it will probably be a defensive side grade to F3. It could probably be used as a mixup, for example: if you use F3 a lot, and someone is confident in attack, you can switch to this and have a better chance, and it's still usable for opposite spin, so keep that in mind for the future. Also thanks kjrules17 for asking me to test Dusk. Thanks again for reading!