ScorpioSpear

Based on a scorpion, a venomous arachnid, with some species considered among the most lethal animals on the planet. Interestingly, its exoskeleton contains chemicals that protect it from parasites, making it glow under ultraviolet light.

ScorpioSpear is divided into three metal segments spaced far apart, creating an almost triangular silhouette from the front, and a dome-like profile from the side. Laterally, each segment forms a pronounced arc, smoothing the upper side while creating a strong hook on the underside. Underneath, it features a rotating plastic layer, also split into three sections, which can be set in two modes: Defense, when the plastic sits between the gaps, and Attack, when it aligns with the metal segments. This mechanism makes it much taller than average Blades, closer to CX height. It has outstanding weight for the UX line, one of the heaviest so far. Before placing it on the launcher, you must make sure it’s in Defense mode, because in Attack mode the internal fins can block the lock.

ScorpioSpear is a Blade that’s pretty complex and straight-up contradictory in its traits. On paper, its triangular shape and heavy weight should make it crazy strong in attack; the issue is that its design adds too many conditions for that to happen. Several of those—like opponent shape or mode switching—are out of your control, making consistency super hard to achieve. The main contradiction sits in its layout: the upper section is the smoothest part, while its strong hooks are underneath, exactly where the red plastic gets in the way and prevents clean contact. If you try to raise it to expose those aggressive points, it becomes even more unstable. Wobble increases, the high center of gravity makes it easy to knock out, and since its shape isn’t meant for crushing, its attack actually loses effectiveness instead of gaining it. On top of that, the contact point depends heavily on opponent width and height. Wide Blades will end up hitting the plastic more often, while only slimmer ones have a real chance of getting caught between the claws. This makes its offensive output swing wildly depending on the matchup. The mode system also works against it. You can’t launch it in Attack mode from the start, so even if your combo is built for aggression, you need it to switch modes first before the metal really matters. That adds another variable you can’t control. And even after it switches, part of the plastic stays exposed, so clean metal hits aren’t guaranteed. Its wide, low-aero shape also means it loses speed fast once it starts moving. It needs way more launch power to get going, and even then, its aggressive window is short, making early, precise hits even more critical. Defensively, things aren’t much easier. The high center of gravity makes it easy to lift, push, and knock out, even with all that weight. You can lower it to compensate, but then the plastic becomes pointless since it sits fully underneath. At the same time, the Ratchet is very exposed and, combined with its tendency to over-tilt, it scrapes the floor easily and bleeds stamina. This heavily limits Ratchet choices, ruling out options like 7 that are usually used for stability but scrape too much here. To make it worse, even though it can show above-average stamina when well-balanced, in real battles the red plastic is constantly moving due to impacts or when it hits the rail. That movement creates internal energy loss and can completely throw it off balance, seriously hurting spin time. Because of that, if you plan to run it as pure defense, that mode switch is always lurking and can backfire. No matter how well it absorbs hits, its stamina is never a sure thing, especially against more stable Blades like SharkScale. Despite all this, ScorpioSpear can shine if you accept its nature and adjust your approach. On high-grip tips with a slight initial drive, like Ball, you can launch at full power without losing control, hold center, and act like a wall. That small extra push helps it resist pressure and send it back harder. Ironically, it also works by going to the opposite extreme. With thin tips like Wedge or Orb, launched at full power, it can take advantage of how easy it is to move: after taking a hit, it bounces and comes back with strong push. In one case it uses ground support to resist, and in the other it uses rebound to return the blow. In attack, it’s usable, but only if you stop thinking about the hooks as the main focus. It’s better to treat it as a whole, a moving wall where it doesn’t matter which part hits, as long as its heavy weight is used to drag opponents toward the exits. For this, it needs flat tips that allow strong, controlled launches, since its short movement window demands precision right from the start. That said, it’s still a Blade with limited adaptability and extreme dependence on opponent shape and height. For example, in mobile attack it struggles hard to push WizardRod; however, in a stationary combo, Rod can get caught between its hooks and, with repeated hits, Scorpio can drain its stamina quite effectively, acting as a solid counter in that scenario. This doesn’t happen against rounder Blades like Clock. In short, ScorpioSpear has real strengths like its weight and triangular shape, but also too many factors—the mode switch, high center of gravity, and poor aerodynamics—that make it powerful yet dangerously inconsistent.