Jan. 18, 2014 5:35 PM
Dark Knight Genbull (Crystal Up Mode) 85RF
This is a rather oddball Attack custom I came up with, putting Dark Knight's/Ronin's massive contact point (the lump where the metal pin on the Chrome Wheel enters the Crystal Wheel) to good use. This combo is extremely effective against most 145-height opponents, from my testing, though right-spin Attack KO's it easily.
Parts choice-
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Ronin: Ronin has a massive bulge that can toss stuff around quite well. With its low height, this combo puts that contact point to good use against mid-height customs.
Genbull: Genbull is the best Stamina Chrome Wheel in existence, and is extremely well balanced, an important consideration in Limited, since you can't have a second Chrome Wheel to cancel out imbalance. Its smooth bottom and round edge also help with LAD, actually allowing it to spin-steal and OS Defense customs on occasion.
85: As the lowest Track in existence, 85 keeps this custom low to the ground, reducing recoil and helping balance, while giving this combo the ability to hit 145-height combos with Ronin.
RF: RF has the highest Stamina of the rubber Attack tips, giving this combo a slight edge against opponents in case it fails to KO them. It's also the only Attack tip I have that isn't worn out XD
Genbull: Genbull is the best Stamina Chrome Wheel in existence, and is extremely well balanced, an important consideration in Limited, since you can't have a second Chrome Wheel to cancel out imbalance. Its smooth bottom and round edge also help with LAD, actually allowing it to spin-steal and OS Defense customs on occasion.
85: As the lowest Track in existence, 85 keeps this custom low to the ground, reducing recoil and helping balance, while giving this combo the ability to hit 145-height combos with Ronin.
RF: RF has the highest Stamina of the rubber Attack tips, giving this combo a slight edge against opponents in case it fails to KO them. It's also the only Attack tip I have that isn't worn out XD
I haven't done much formal testing, but informally I tried this against Libra AD145WD, Burn Cancer AD145WD, and MF-H Libra CH120RF. The Stamina customs had no chance; they got tossed out of the stadium easily. Libra CH120 beat Genbull a lot, but not all the time; often, they would KO one another at the same time, or Ronin would get a good shot and KO Libra. Libra's weight was actually the only thing that saved it.
Formally, I tried this against the best Defense custom I could make- MF-H Libra TR145RB.
The results:
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BB-10 stadium, using a Beylauncher L/R; alternating launches.
Libra wins: 10
Ronin wins: 10
Ronin %: 50%
Ronin KOed Libra easily, and Libra won four times only because it was wall-saved. Ronin OSed Libra twice out of its four wins, and it should have won more often if Libra was using GB145, due to the high LAD of TR145. Furthermore, I wasn't using my launcher grip, since if I had it would have taken too long to switch caps on my Beylauncher L/R, so my launches were noticeably weaker than normal, and I had difficulty properly getting a flower pattern. Ronin seems to lose a lot of rotational speed quickly; often it would be moving much more slowly by the time Libra was launched.
TL;DR Ronin should have won much more often than it did; I expect that in a tournament setting this combo would perform much better due to the fact that launches aren't delayed somewhat.
Libra wins: 10
Ronin wins: 10
Ronin %: 50%
Ronin KOed Libra easily, and Libra won four times only because it was wall-saved. Ronin OSed Libra twice out of its four wins, and it should have won more often if Libra was using GB145, due to the high LAD of TR145. Furthermore, I wasn't using my launcher grip, since if I had it would have taken too long to switch caps on my Beylauncher L/R, so my launches were noticeably weaker than normal, and I had difficulty properly getting a flower pattern. Ronin seems to lose a lot of rotational speed quickly; often it would be moving much more slowly by the time Libra was launched.
TL;DR Ronin should have won much more often than it did; I expect that in a tournament setting this combo would perform much better due to the fact that launches aren't delayed somewhat.
More testing:
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Vs. Stamina:
Vs. Balance:
Vs. Defense:
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Burn Cancer AD145WD:
Burn wins: 1
Ronin wins: 9
Ronin %: 90%
Ronin lost once when I accidentally Tornado Stalled when it was launched first. Even then, Burn got wall-saved twice.
Libra AD145WD:
Libra wins: 2
Ronin wins: 8
Ronin %: 80%
Libra is really, really heavy; it slowed down Ronin a bit. It also doesn't help that I keep on Tornado Stalling on accident. I think that Ronin needs a MSF-H to make it a bit more controllable, and to reduce recoil.
Burn wins: 1
Ronin wins: 9
Ronin %: 90%
Ronin lost once when I accidentally Tornado Stalled when it was launched first. Even then, Burn got wall-saved twice.
Libra AD145WD:
Libra wins: 2
Ronin wins: 8
Ronin %: 80%
Libra is really, really heavy; it slowed down Ronin a bit. It also doesn't help that I keep on Tornado Stalling on accident. I think that Ronin needs a MSF-H to make it a bit more controllable, and to reduce recoil.
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Burn Cancer 90MF:
Burn wins: 4
Ronin wins: 16
Ronin %: 80%
Ronin lost twice to self-KOs, once to Burn landing a good, solid hit on it, and once where Burn hit it oddly and destabilized it. Actually, Ronin didn't even have to KO it; several times, it simply stole spin and won by OS.
Burn wins: 4
Ronin wins: 16
Ronin %: 80%
Ronin lost twice to self-KOs, once to Burn landing a good, solid hit on it, and once where Burn hit it oddly and destabilized it. Actually, Ronin didn't even have to KO it; several times, it simply stole spin and won by OS.
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MF-H Libra GB145RB:
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Genbull launched first on odd rounds
Libra wins: 4 (2OS 2KO)
Genbull wins: 16 (8OS 8KO)
Genbull %: 80%
Detailed results:
As I thought, GB145 caused Libra to lose enough LAD that it couldn't OS Genbull most of the time. Again, Genbull loses a lot of power quickly, so I expect that in a tournament setting, we would see more KOs than there are here.
But, anyways, 80% against top-tier Defense, with ATTACK!?? That's pretty awesome.
Libra wins: 4 (2OS 2KO)
Genbull wins: 16 (8OS 8KO)
Genbull %: 80%
Detailed results:
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Genbull wins are bolded, Libra italicized.
Genbull KO
Libra KO (Genbull self-KOed by smashing into Libra and dying of recoil)
Libra OS (Libra got knocked into a Tornado Stall and somehow Genbull ran out of steam before it was able to spin-steal properly)
Genbull KO
Genbull KO
Libra OS (Libra hit Genbull kinda weird and destabilized it right before the end of the match)
Genbull KO
Genbull OS
Genbull OS
Genbull KO (It's kind of scary when one of the best defensive customs in the format gets thrown several feet from the stadium)
Genbull OS
Libra KO (Recoil again)
Genbull OS
Genbull OS
Genbull OS
Genbull KO
Genbull OS
Genbull KO
Genbull OS
Genbull KO
Genbull KO
Libra KO (Genbull self-KOed by smashing into Libra and dying of recoil)
Libra OS (Libra got knocked into a Tornado Stall and somehow Genbull ran out of steam before it was able to spin-steal properly)
Genbull KO
Genbull KO
Libra OS (Libra hit Genbull kinda weird and destabilized it right before the end of the match)
Genbull KO
Genbull OS
Genbull OS
Genbull KO (It's kind of scary when one of the best defensive customs in the format gets thrown several feet from the stadium)
Genbull OS
Libra KO (Recoil again)
Genbull OS
Genbull OS
Genbull OS
Genbull KO
Genbull OS
Genbull KO
Genbull OS
Genbull KO
But, anyways, 80% against top-tier Defense, with ATTACK!?? That's pretty awesome.