DranStrike

It is based on a dragon, a mythological beast whose skin is said to be as smooth as silk at birth, and as they grow it hardens until it becomes incredibly solid, resistant, and capable of repelling magic.

DranStrike is divided into six wings, three large and three small. These latter ones protrude underneath and form a hook between the metal and the plastic. The rest have a subtle central edge accompanied by a descending diagonal that points toward the center, while on the upper part they have an upward-tilted bevel.

Its main feature is belonging to the BX Expand line, so its metal continues toward a central ring that makes it one of the heavy weight Beys of the entire generation with 41 grams. A large part of that weight is concentrated in the upper zone, giving it a super high center of gravity. Plus, its diameter is considerably small for current standards.

Without beating around the bush, DranStrike is a metallic wrecking ball! Its huge weight concentrated in a compact structure allows it to generate dry and brutal impacts. It can push with its wide side walls or connect much more savage hits with the lower hooks of its small wings, which are its most dangerous contact points.

However, that same weight distribution is also the source of almost all its problems. By concentrating so much mass in the center and having such a small diameter, it generates less centrifugal force than other heavy weight Blades. So it struggles to accelerate, loses spin speed quickly, and has little action time to take advantage of its enormous power.

Add to this its high center of gravity, making it prone to wobbling easily, and once it over-tilts it is incredibly difficult for it to recover an upright posture. The problem gets worse because the small wings protrude below the Blade, so every time it wobbles there is a high probability that they crash into the ground or the rail, causing a huge loss of energy.

That is why the height is extremely important; if you lower it way too much you will increase the risk of scraping the ground and you also hide its most dangerous impact points. If you raise it a lot, you expose its highest recoil zones, worsen the wobbling, and make it easier to destabilize. Its best performance is usually found at medium heights, equivalent to 60 Ratchets with standard height Bits. It also benefits from Ratchets that help cover the lower little wings, with 3 being one of the best options to reduce this problem.

Another important detail is that it heavily depends on maintaining a mega high rotation speed on its own axis. The faster it spins, the stronger its impacts are and the less recoil it suffers. But as it loses revolutions—something that happens fast due to its weight distribution—its hits weaken and the recoil increases considerably.

It also proved to be especially sensitive to the use of the rail. Moving such a concentrated and heavy mass through an Xtreme Dash consumes much more energy than usual, so Bits with wide gears usually hurt it. On the other hand, standard, small, or free-spinning gears allow it to better conserve its energy and take advantage of its impact power for a longer time.

It should be noted that it is much more effective when it maintains an upright posture, since launching it too tilted not only reduces the force transfer of its impacts by changing the impact direction, but also makes it much more vulnerable to being smashed and hitting the ground with its lower wings. So the key is to find the minimum tilt necessary to avoid an immediate Xtreme Dash, allowing it to recover an upright posture when the time comes to attack.