Blade: Whale Wave

Weight: 38g (LOW END)  38.3g (HIGH END)

Design: Whale Wave is a 5-sided blade with curved sections that resemble waves, leading to major hit contact points.

Press Attack: Whale Wave is designed to use its tall height and curved blades to press down on opponents, delivering powerful attacks that weaken their stamina, allowing it to outlast them in battle.

Smash Attack: Whale Wave's large, focused contact points can deliver critical hits, launching opponents into the Over Zone or Xtreme Zone. It can also cause Bursts by targeting the Ratchet if tilted correctly.

Attack vs. Attack Performance: In Attack vs. Attack (AVA) matchups, Whale Wave lacks stamina, requiring a hard launch to outmatch the opponent.

Attack vs. Defense/Stamina: Whale Wave is a strong attacker but needs a powerful shoot to remain effective during the end game.

Stamina/Defense Use: On stamina or defense setups, Whale Wave can deflect opponents due to its strong recoil. However, this recoil can backfire, making it a double-edged sword in battle.

Strengths:

• Weight: Whale Wave is one of the heaviest blades, giving it an advantage over lighter options.

• Smash/Upper Attack: Its curved design enables it to deliver hard-hitting attacks, either launching opponents into the air or delivering strong forward force.

Weaknesses:

• Gap: Like many blades with gaps, Whale Wave is more susceptible to Bursts, particularly at taller heights.

• Recoil Control: Whale Wave struggles to manage its recoil, which can make it ineffective if it’s thrown off balance.

• Glass Cannon: While it hits extremely hard, it also has no stamina, making it vulnerable if it doesn’t win early.

Overall: Whale Wave is a must-have blade, offering heavyweight and incredible attack potential that can Burst, KO, or achieve an Xtreme Finish against opponents.

Gameplan: Use setups with a low height and a slight tilt to slam down on opponents, delivering powerful force to knock them out.

Combos:

Attack: Whale Wave 9-60 / 7-60 / 3-60 / 5-60 / 1-60 / Rush / Point / Taper / Low Flat

Defense: Whale Wave 5-70H / 9-60 / 1-60 / Dot

Ratchet: 4-70

Weight: 6.5g

• Design: 4-70 is a ratchet that has 4 sides and a middle height, the contact areas for the ratchet are 4 small points.

• No real difference in consistent stamina: There doesn't seem to be a significant difference in stamina performance between the three-sided and four-sided versions of the Ratchet. However, this varies from combo to combo and should absolutely be tested if you are to try anything at all.  

Strengths: 

• Middle Height: In this unique height range, similar combinations to those of 60 can be run and potentially beat them by being taller to stabilize them. This has to be very generalized, but one should experiment with this height and see what benefits it can reap

Weakness:

• Four sides with smaller hit points: The Ratchet has four sides with small square contact points compared to a three-sided design. Despite having smaller hit points than three sides it actually makes it easier to hit since it is not as rounded off meshed onto the ratchet.

Bit: High Needle

Weight: 2.2g

• Design: High Needle is a Beyblade X bit that features low burst resistance and a cone shape on the bottom of the bit. It is also a taller 1mm taller variant of the original Needle.

Strengths:

• KO Resistance: Unlike the original Needle HighNeedle features slightly more smushed cone shape on it. It features similar properties of KO resistance but now with the added benefit of more stamina. The only real difference being the original Needle can take more of those hits.  

• Defense Stamina: Since HighNeedle is more of a cone shape it this basically means that it will have more long-lasting stamina in attack battles managing to give a lot more than regular Needle in end game.

Weaknesses:

• Burst Risk: Due to being a bit with 20 in burst resistance there is a potential risk to use as it has lower resistance than Balance and Attack bits. This is not the end all be all just something to consider. 

Gameplan:

• Somewhat tilted angle shoot and hold: To maximize the effectiveness of this Bit, you can employ a slight angle and hold the Beyblade on to the corner of where you are to lead into the middle to get those big hits without being knocked out. 

• Be aware of the top corners on the opposite side of where the Xtreme Finish is: Aim to try to KO with your movement.