(Sep. 01, 2018 10:23 PM)MagikHorse Wrote:(Sep. 01, 2018 9:14 PM)Valtryek Aoi Wrote: What do you mean, Volcanic is trash-tier. I have opposite opinions than you do, but that's not the point. The Ev driver still could be an amazing attack driver like Destroy or Hunter or Spiral, etc.
Volcanic sucking isn't a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact. Many people, myself included, have tested Volcanic ad nauseum (a.k.a to the point where further testing would be pointless, redundant, and irritating) and found it completely unusable. Even in incredibly heavy combinations to slow it down as much as possible and try to drag it into the center, it has no consistency and no control. In the end its speed and power are wasted, as no consistency means you're playing for a lucky shot and no control means it's sheer chance as to whether it'll actually do what you want it to anyways. The chances of it winning anything are incredibly low and based almost entirely on chance, and therefore it is trash-tier regardless of your opinion.
Destroy is great, but not because of its moderately offensive design but because of its defensive dish that gives it LAD potential that lets it survive better if it doesn't get a KO. It's basically what happens when you merge Hold and Spiral, with Spiral's moderate offensive potential with Hold's defensive LAD, which is why it works well in anything designed to equalize spin and attack at the same time like Nightmare Longinus.
Spiral itself sucks though, as a driver that doesn't have much grip and therefore can't maintain a strong attack pattern with worse Stamina compared to Accel and Zephyr.
Hunter is weaker than Xtreme in nearly any situation I can think of, since it has less speed with the same low Stamina. Hunter' is an improvement with its softer rubber that improves its speed and grip by a bit, but Xtreme' still outperforms it and has the same softer rubber to increase its speed and grip too. Hunter' isn't terrible, but it's not as good as Xtreme' unless you can't control Xtreme' (in which case you probably need to practice your offensive launches more).
I'm not gonna hold out a ridiculous amount of hope that this driver is going to be good when we've had two decent ones (Accel and Variable) and three bad ones (Reboot, Ultimate Reboot, and Volcanic) from the Valkyrie line, especially when those three flops have all been more recent than their successes. It's not gonna stop me from getting this fat thing, but it's not gonna be a selling point either.
I don't know how you use Volcanic, but I think you didn't get the point of this part. Volcanic is not a driver that you should try to "control". What you need to do is just to launch it with your full power. As Volcanic accelerate, hit the wall, bound back and hit the opponent at the center or anywhere in the stadium, its power is deadly even for Revive Phoenix. It's true that Volcanic is a "luck" part, that no matter what the combo is, it can be easily defeated if cannot hit the opponents, but it has so much potential. Although it is not a safe choice for tournament, Volcanic should be a good choice when you have fun with your friends or yourself.