My son got a Burst Bey for Christmas from his cousin, and that has started us down the rabbit hole that is Beyblade X...

In order to let him play with it, I bought my own Burst Bey, and one of the bucket stadiums online. Being an impatient person, while I waited for the order to arrive, I popped into my local Target, and discovered a small selection of Hasbro Beyblade X boxes.

Thinking of the joy he would have, I bought a few starters and some boosters, and brought them home. That was about December 27th. Since then our collection has grown into a dozen beys, all of the X generation. My son has fallen in love with Sword Dran and Arrow Wizard, while I've gravitated towards Soar Phoenix and Horn Rhino.

We still only have the Speed Storm bucket stadium, and while that limits our learning to exclude the X-celerator Rail system, we have focused on learning combos, launch techniques, and the details of the beys we own.

His are:
Sword Dran 3-60 Flat
Arrow Wizard 4-80 Ball
Claw Leon 5-60 Point
Tail Viper 3-80 Needle
Savage Bear 3-60 Spike
Roar Tyranno 9-60 Gear Flat

Mine are:
Soar Phoenix 9-60 Gear Flat
Horn Rhino 3-80 Spike
Steel Samurai 4-80 Taper
Talon Ptera 3-80 Ball
Gale Wyvern 5-80 Gear Ball 
Keel Shark 3-60 Low Flat

When we test our beys in the bucket stadium, we do count a bey being knocked out of the stadium as points equal to an X-treme Finish.

This was our combos and results from yesterday's round of battles. We only went to a certain number of points, due to the short attention span of my son. I welcome any advice or feedback on combos to try or ones we have already tried. While I'd like to be competitive at some point, the lack of the proper stadium limits our testing at the moment.

First up was all six of our beys with stock parts, each was to 4 points.

Soar Phoenix 9-60 Gear Flat vs Arrow Wizard 4-80 Ball
1. Arrow Wizard spin finish 1 point 
2. Soar Phoenix spin finish 1 point
3. Arrow Wizard over finish 2 points 
4. Soar Phoenix extreme finish 3 points 
Winner - Soar Phoenix 

Gale Wyvern 5-80 Gear Ball vs Tail Viper 3-80 Needle
1. Tail Viper burst finish 2 points 
2. Tail Viper spin finish 1 point
3. Gale Wyvern burst finish 2 points 
4. Tail Viper extreme finish 3 points
Winner - Tail Viper

Horn Rhino 3-80 Spike vs Claw Leon 5-60 Point
1. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
2. Claw Leon extreme finish 3 points
Winner - Claw Leon

Keel Shark 3-60 Low Flat vs Savage Bear 3-60 Spike
1. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
2. Keel Shark over finish 2 points 
3. Savage Bear spin finish 1 point
4. Savage Bear spin finish 1 point
5. Keel Shark over finish 2 points 
Winner - Keel Shark

Talon Ptera 3-80 Ball vs Sword Dran 3-60 Flat
1. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
2. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
3. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
4. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
Winner - Talon Ptera

Steel Samurai 4-80 Taper vs Roar Tyranno 9-60 Gear Flat 
1. Steel Samurai spin finish 1 point
2. Roar Tyranno over finish 2 points
3. Roar Tyranno spin finish 1 point 
4. Steel Samurai spin finish 1 point
5. Roar Tyranno over finish 2 points 
Winner - Roar Tyranno 

Next up we did two of our favorite beys with new combos, to 7 points. I launched mine at about a 30 degree angle, and he launched his flat every time.

Horn Rhino 3-60 Taper vs Sword Dran 3-80 Gear Flat 
1. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
2. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
3. Sword Dran over finish 2 points 
4. Sword Dran burst finish 2 points 
5. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points 
6. Sword Dran over finish 2 points 
7. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points
8. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
Winner - Horn Rhino

Last event of the day was to make a deck and compete to 7 points, trying more combos this time as well.

Horn Rhino 5-80 Low Flat vs Claw Leon 5-60 Needle
1. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
2. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
3. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point 
4. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point 
5. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
6. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
7. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points
8. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
Winner - Claw Leon

Gale Wyvern 9-60 Gear Flat vs Roar Tyranno 9-60 Flat
1. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
2. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
3. Gale Wyvern over finish 2 points
4. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
5. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
6. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
Winner - Gale Wyvern

Keel Shark 3-60 Taper vs Sword Dran 3-60 Gear Flat
1. Sword Dran over finish 2 points 
2. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point 
3. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
4. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
5. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
6. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
7. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
8. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
9. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
10. Keel Shark over finish 2 points 
Winner - Keel Shark

After all of that, I see a couple combos I really want to test out more thoroughly: Horn Rhino 3-60 Taper and Gale Wyvern 9-60 Gear Flat!

More will come the next time we play!

My son got a Burst Bey for Christmas from his cousin, and that has started us down the rabbit hole that is Beyblade X...

In order to let him play with it, I bought my own Burst Bey, and one of the bucket stadiums online. Being an impatient person, while I waited for the order to arrive, I popped into my local Target, and discovered a small selection of Hasbro Beyblade X boxes.

Thinking of the joy he would have, I bought a few starters and some boosters, and brought them home. That was about December 27th. Since then our collection has grown into a dozen beys, all of the X generation. My son has fallen in love with Sword Dran and Arrow Wizard, while I've gravitated towards Soar Phoenix and Horn Rhino.

We still only have the Speed Storm bucket stadium, and while that limits our learning to exclude the X-celerator Rail system, we have focused on learning combos, launch techniques, and the details of the beys we own.

His are:
Sword Dran 3-60 Flat
Arrow Wizard 4-80 Ball
Claw Leon 5-60 Point
Tail Viper 3-80 Needle
Savage Bear 3-60 Spike
Roar Tyranno 9-60 Gear Flat

Mine are:
Soar Phoenix 9-60 Gear Flat
Horn Rhino 3-80 Spike
Steel Samurai 4-80 Taper
Talon Ptera 3-80 Ball
Gale Wyvern 5-80 Gear Ball 
Keel Shark 3-60 Low Flat

When we test our beys in the bucket stadium, we do count a bey being knocked out of the stadium as points equal to an X-treme Finish.

This was our combos and results from yesterday's round of battles. We only went to a certain number of points, due to the short attention span of my son. I welcome any advice or feedback on combos to try or ones we have already tried. While I'd like to be competitive at some point, the lack of the proper stadium limits our testing at the moment.

First up was all six of our beys with stock parts, each was to 4 points.

Soar Phoenix 9-60 Gear Flat vs Arrow Wizard 4-80 Ball
1. Arrow Wizard spin finish 1 point 
2. Soar Phoenix spin finish 1 point
3. Arrow Wizard over finish 2 points 
4. Soar Phoenix extreme finish 3 points 
Winner - Soar Phoenix 

Gale Wyvern 5-80 Gear Ball vs Tail Viper 3-80 Needle
1. Tail Viper burst finish 2 points 
2. Tail Viper spin finish 1 point
3. Gale Wyvern burst finish 2 points 
4. Tail Viper extreme finish 3 points
Winner - Tail Viper

Horn Rhino 3-80 Spike vs Claw Leon 5-60 Point
1. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
2. Claw Leon extreme finish 3 points
Winner - Claw Leon

Keel Shark 3-60 Low Flat vs Savage Bear 3-60 Spike
1. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
2. Keel Shark over finish 2 points 
3. Savage Bear spin finish 1 point
4. Savage Bear spin finish 1 point
5. Keel Shark over finish 2 points 
Winner - Keel Shark

Talon Ptera 3-80 Ball vs Sword Dran 3-60 Flat
1. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
2. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
3. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
4. Talon Ptera spin finish 1 point
Winner - Talon Ptera

Steel Samurai 4-80 Taper vs Roar Tyranno 9-60 Gear Flat 
1. Steel Samurai spin finish 1 point
2. Roar Tyranno over finish 2 points
3. Roar Tyranno spin finish 1 point 
4. Steel Samurai spin finish 1 point
5. Roar Tyranno over finish 2 points 
Winner - Roar Tyranno 

Next up we did two of our favorite beys with new combos, to 7 points. I launched mine at about a 30 degree angle, and he launched his flat every time.

Horn Rhino 3-60 Taper vs Sword Dran 3-80 Gear Flat 
1. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
2. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
3. Sword Dran over finish 2 points 
4. Sword Dran burst finish 2 points 
5. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points 
6. Sword Dran over finish 2 points 
7. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points
8. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
Winner - Horn Rhino

Last event of the day was to make a deck and compete to 7 points, trying more combos this time as well.

Horn Rhino 5-80 Low Flat vs Claw Leon 5-60 Needle
1. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
2. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point 
3. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point 
4. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point 
5. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
6. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
7. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points
8. Claw Leon over finish 2 points 
Winner - Claw Leon

Gale Wyvern 9-60 Gear Flat vs Roar Tyranno 9-60 Flat
1. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
2. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
3. Gale Wyvern over finish 2 points
4. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
5. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
6. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
Winner - Gale Wyvern

Keel Shark 3-60 Taper vs Sword Dran 3-60 Gear Flat
1. Sword Dran over finish 2 points 
2. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point 
3. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
4. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
5. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
6. Sword Dran spin finish 1 point 
7. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
8. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
9. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
10. Keel Shark over finish 2 points 
Winner - Keel Shark

After all of that, I see a couple combos I really want to test out more thoroughly: Horn Rhino 3-60 Taper and Gale Wyvern 9-60 Gear Flat!

More will come the next time we play!

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Test results from today. Same Stadium, to 10 points this time.

First up, Horn Rhino 9-60 Taper vs Claw Leon 3-60 Gear Flat
1. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points
2. Claw Leon over finish 2 points
3. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point
4. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points
5. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point
6. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point
7. Horn Rhino over finish 2 points
8. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point
9. Horn Rhino spin finish 1 point
Winner - Horn Rhino

Next, Keel Shark 3-60 Low Flat vs Claw Leon 3-60 Gear Flat
1. Keel Shark over finish 2 points
2. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point
3. Keel Shark over finish 2 points
4. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
5. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point
6. Keel Shark over finish 2 points
7. Keel Shark over finish 2 points
8. Keel Shark spin finish 1 point
Winner - Keel Shark

Lastly, Gale Wyvern 3-80 Gear Flat vs Claw Leon 3-60 Gear Flat
1. Claw Leon over finish 2 points
2. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point
3. Gale Wyvern over finish 2 points
4. Claw Leon over finish 2 points
5. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
6. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point
7. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point
8. Gale Wyvern over finish 2 points
9. Gale Wyvern spin finish 1 point
10. Claw Leon over finish 2 points
11. Claw Leon spin finish 1 point
Winner - Claw Leon

I think I've found a keeper with Horn Rhino on Taper, but I'd like to try a few more Ratchets before I settle on it for my deck. Gale Wyvern was a bit of a disappointment today, unfortunately. But I only have half a dozen bits right now, so I'm sure it will get better when I have more to test on. Keel Shark though, even stock, is quickly becoming my favorite Attack Bey! It's vicious in the stadium!

Tomorrow I'm putting in a large order through one of the beys shops, and getting a few necessities. An X stadium, launcher handles, and about two dozen new beys for my son and I. Hopefully this time next week I have the correct stadium to practice on!

We got our order, so all further testing will be on a TT stadium! We also got a lot more beys, so let's commence the testing!

Today I tested Wizard Rod 5-70 Ball against a variety of blades on a 9-60 Accel. I wanted to see how this stamina beys held up, and also wanted to test this attack bit to see how it does against the meta. I'm doing 10 battles each blade, regardless of points.

First up, Keel Shark! Wizard Rod had 6 wins from a spin finish, and two extreme finishes!! It had connected with the X-celerator Rail after big hits, and delivered quite a blow to Keel Shark. The attack bey only had one extreme finish and one over finish. 12 points to 5, Wizard Rod is the victor!

Next up, Weiss Tiger! This was an interesting set of results. Weiss Tiger had a couple spin finishes over Wizard Rod, and I was shocked! It also had a pair of over finishes, but Wizard Rod got both an over finish and an extreme finish! 9 points to 6, Wizard Rod still taking a win here.

Then, Ptera Swing! This was a very lopsided fight. Aside from a single burst finish, Ptera Swing struck out. Wizard Rod got another over finish and extreme finish as well, and ended it 12 points to 2.

For the next challenger, I picked out Impact Drake. This bey has been begging me to use it, and given the set up, I was not disappointed. Impact Drake only scored extreme finishes and burst finishes. 6 points to 10, Wizard Rod scores it's first overall loss, and only had spin finish victories.

Phoenix Feather is second to last now, and after all is said and done, Phoenix Feather managed to get the only extreme and over finish during the fight. But everything else was a spin finish and Wizard Rod wins 8 points to 5.

Lastly, I brought in Sword Dran, and this set went wildly off the rails! Despite its hitting power, Sword Dran only managed to pull out a single spin finish! Wizard Rod, however, scored a two over finishes on recoil! 11 points to 1.

I think the 5-70 is good with Wizard Rod, and I want to try a slightly lower bit next! As for the Accel bit, I think it's got a great opening hit, but after that, your only hope is a Burst finish. Time to try another attack bit.