This proposal is a slightly altered continuation of a previous proposal made for Beyblade X by [K]reative for a format centered around the X-Over releases.  As we are closely reaching the 2-year mark with Beyblade X as a community, I realized some regions are still not caught up to speed with the latest releases and that Hasbro itself has released slightly altered TT releases with no notable outliers outside of Optimus Primal and Roar Tyranno.


What I want to propose is the XCG (X-Celerator Gear) format where bladers are only allowed to use blades that aren’t currently or were competitively viable on release.  


Current banlist would be PhoenixWing, AeroPegasus, WizardRod, Cobalt Dragoon, Cobalt Drake, TyrannoBeat, Roar Tyranno, SilverWolf, Whale Wave, Samurai Saber, KnightMail, and Dran Buster.  The overall purpose of the format is not only to diverge from the current meta of X rn, but also to give the more outclassed/Hasbro releases that aren’t known to be competitively viable a chance to show off.


Current watchlist: Crimson Garuda and Roar Tyranno.



Question: What made you come up with the idea of this format?


I originally came up with this idea of the format being centered around using blades that were 36 grams exactly and below only but some people I have talked to recommended that making a format around weights would have been contentious and annoying to deal with.  I also wanted to give any possible Hasbro releases a possible chance to thrive in a different format for the future.


Question: Why have this format?  Everyone could just play Hasbro only if they wanted variety.


The flaw of Hasbro only is that Hasbro has reached the point where they have recently released versions of top-tier blades such as Dran Buster, Wizard Rod, TyrannoBeat, and PhoenixWing. This would result in a lite version of the current metagame without the other options available with TT to have more ways of dealing with these blades in Hasbro only.


Question: Is it necessary for this format to exist right now?


No, this format doesn’t have to exist currently given that the current meta for X is in a healthy state for the most part.  However, I just wanted to share this idea considering we are getting other X-Over releases and other Hasbro releases that may include something different.  The LIMBO format for Metal Fight also inspired this so I felt like this was an idea worth throwing out and should be referenced in the future while giving another way for us to play X.

I'd say ban the top meta stuff, pretty much just WR, SW, AP, PW, TB, CDg, ID, CDr, KM, WW, SE, BC, DB, SS, TR, LDg, and maybe Garuda if needed? Along with new future releases.

This meta would focus around a wider range of more niche options, rather than more versatile stuff like in the current meta.

Each bey matters, and there's generally going to be more beys per niche that work.

Currently you have 6 main types in X, and there pretty well represented by our top beys:
Attack (SE, WW, PW, TB)
Defense (SW, KM)
Stamina (WR, SW)
Anti attack (TB, PW, KM, CDg)
Defense/stamina hybrid (SW, WR)
Mobile defense (SW, WR, CDg)
Equalizer (CDg, WR)

And as you can see, there's some overlap, pretty much every bey falls into multiple niches, and you can see that versatility in play, it's why everyone uses them.

It's great we have so many cool types represented, its awesome to see! But there's still only about 12 or so blades that are really competitively optimal.

You'd have a bunch of viable options for each niche in this limited format, and while there would be some overlap, it's more cuz of some specific cases. KS can be both attack and anti attack, US is stamina/defense hybrid, and can work as both types, HellsScythe is also good on attack along with it's usual stamina niche, and some attackers can also be good VS other attackers without being strictly anti attack.

I honestly think it'd be a cool kinda format that lets you play with a bunch of older stuff, and use cool strats without getting beaten by something that beats everything in the game (every bey in the big 5 (AP, WR, SW, PW, CDg) and even most of the stuff I'd want banned in this format can literally beat everything in the game. Thats including eachother, it's honestly kinda goated balanced if ya think about it)