TriceraPress

Based on the Triceratops, a herbivorous dinosaur known for its massive bony frill and its three horns. It was huge, said to reach up to 9 meters in length and weigh as much as 12 tons.

TriceraPress is a mostly round Blade, made up of five metal sections that extend downwards. Each one represents the Triceratops’ bony frill, including detailed texture. Between these sections, slightly recessed softened plastic fragments are placed, leaving the metal clearly exposed as the main contact point.

On the top side, three extremely thick hooks stand out (a clear reference to the dinosaur’s three horns). This is where most of its weight is concentrated, placing it above the average. This single trait completely defines its battle behavior.

The three upper hooks are both TriceraPress’ greatest strength and its biggest weakness. By concentrating so much weight at the top, its center of gravity rises a lot, causing constant wobble, over-tilting, and frequent scraping of the Ratchet against the stadium floor. This hurts its spin time and makes it surprisingly easy to lift or knock out, even with its high weight.

Trying to fix this by lowering its height is not a real solution either. Doing so leaves the hooks way too exposed, leading to massive recoil when they get hit and a huge loss of energy. They can deal serious damage to the opponent with wild rebounds, but it is super risky, making this approach unreliable for consistency. Because of this, TriceraPress does not handle over-tilting or low combos well at all.

Where it truly shines is when kept perfectly upright. This happens because the densest part of the hooks sits toward the outer edge and they are aligned in a triangular layout. This creates strong pushing force, not through direct hits, but through the centrifugal force generated around its perimeter. On top of that, when upright, the side metal ridges create heavy friction on contact, letting it push and wear down opponents with surprising effectiveness.

This makes it one of the few Blades of its generation that performs better vertically than tilted, which is pretty rare in the current meta.

Because of this, completely flat Bits are a bad match, since they need tilt to work properly, leaving TriceraPress super exposed. Launching it upright on those Bits often leads to instant self-ring-outs due to immediate Xtreme Dash. Staying close to the edges also makes it easy prey to a small shove. For the same reason, semi-aggressive and chaotic Bits do not suit it well either.

Its best partners are Bits that can fully switch between calm and aggression, like Point or Hexa. These allow it to wait for center contact, then unleash a powerful rush, and settle back down again. Similarly, small Bits like Wedge or Orb also work well, where rebounds can double the force of its hits. In short, its game plan is defend, rush, calm down, and repeat until the opponent is done.

It is also worth noting that against low-recoil stationary Beys like WizardRod or ClockMirage, it can afford a slight tilt to deal extra damage with the hooks. This gives it decent flexibility to adapt to most matchups.