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| Wolborg | |
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| Number: | A-11 |
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| System: | 5-Layer |
| Type: | Survival |
Contents
Attack Ring (AR): Reverse Wolf
- Weight: 5 grams
Reverse Wolf has several projections that are facing counter-clockwise. However, these projections have very little effect. There is almost no use whatsoever for this AR.
Weight Disk (WD): 8-Balance
See 8-Balance.
Spin Gear (SG): Right (Bearing Version)
This is the only truly useful part of Wolborg. It is the successor to Metal Dragoon Bearing Stinger in the sense that it has a free-spinning shaft supported by bearings. Unfortunately, in the trade-off of being able to replace the SG shell with a Left SG shell, you can only place one bearing in the shaft casing. Metal Dragoon Bearing Stinger allowed for the placement of two. However, Burning Kerberus and Takara's Zeus allow for the placement of two bearings.
Mold Variations
Many players complain that Hasbro's tip of the shaft in the SG (Bearing Version) functions significantly differently from Takara's. Tests have shown that Hasbro's version is far more aggressive. This has been shown to have a correlation to the condition of the shaft and the fact that Takara's mold is considerably more pointed at the tip.
Placing Other Shafts in the SG (Bearing Version)
You can place the shaft of Metal Dragoon Bearing Stinger's Bearing Base and Wolborg 2's SG (Bearing Version 2) inside the casing of SG (Bearing Version). However, the casing of SG (Bearing Version) and SG (Bearing Version 2) are identical; only the shaft itself is different.
Blade Base (BB): Bearing Base
- Weight: 8 grams
Bearing Base is the important part of this Beyblade. The tip of the Bearing Base is free-spinning. Because of this, when the Beyblade is hit by an opposing Beyblade, it absorbs much of the damage and does not lose spin as easily. The shaft of Bearing Base is held in place by two bearings (one of the two is plastic, but it can be replaced by another metal one), an attribute shared only with Burning Kerberus and Takara Zeus. Because of these double bearings, Bearing Base can regain its balance quickly after being hit. The tip of this shaft is very sharp and made of a plastic that has low friction when compared to other tips. It is one of the best tips for survival Beyblades.
Mold Variations
Hasbro's Bearing Base has a slight but important difference. The tip of the Beyblade is slightly sharper and made out of a harder plastic, resulting in more survival potential, but substantially less defense potential.
Using Bearing Base Shaft in Other Blade Bases
An important trick to learn using the Bearing Base is that the shaft can be removed and put into the casing of Wolborg's shaft. This will allow you to use Bearing Stinger's tip in 5-layer combos, which affords you the advantage of using a left spin direction with this tip, along with using Wolborg 2's BB. This can even be extended into making 6-Layer combos, as the SG of Wolborg can be placed in Dragoon V2's BB. Using this method, you can use Bearing Base's tip in conjunction with SP.
Use in Zombies
Bearing Base was the only BB choice for first generation zombies. It was effective for survival, spin-stealing, and life after death. Even after the first generation, the shaft of Bearing Base could still be used in 5-layer and 6-layer zombie combos.
Use in First Generation Zombies
Before the release of Wolborg, the only BB available for players wanting to use a zombie strategy -- or create any meaningful survival type -- was Bearing Base. The problem was that since this Beyblade did not use an SG, it was difficult to change its spin direction. However, using the AR of Roller Defenser in a certain fashion, players were able to change spin direction.
An example combo would be:
- AR: Roller Defense Ring (Roller Defenser)
- WD: Wide Survivor
- BB: Bearing Base (Metal Dragoon Bearing Stinger)
Use in Second Generation Zombies
After the release of Wolborg and Wolborg 2, players had considerably more options when it came to building zombies. However, Bearing Base's tip was still a strong choice. Neither Wolborg nor Wolborg 2's tips provide the same pure survival potential. Luckily, the casing for Wolborg's shaft allowed the Bearing Base shaft to be exchanged with it. Unfortunately, the ability to use two bearings is lost.
An example combo would be:
- AR: Tiger Defense (Driger S)
- WD: Wide Survivor
- SG: Left SG (Bearing Version) (Wolborg)
- Shaft: Bearing Base (Metal Dragoon Bearing Stinger)
- BB: Defense Grip Base 2
Use in Third Generation Zombies
Even during the 6-layer generation, Bearing Base's shaft could still be used to strong results. The trick is similar to second generation zombies.
An example combo would be:
- AR: Twin Horn (Gabriel [Takara Version])
- WD: Wide Survivor
- SG: Left SG (Bearing Version) (Wolborg)
- Shaft: Bearing Base (Metal Dragoon Bearing Stinger)
- SP: Defense Ring (Voltaic Ape)
- BB: Customize Grip Base (Dragoon V2)
Other Versions
- Bearing Stinger - Phantom Force Version
Overall
Metal Dragoon Bearing Stinger is one of the most useful Beyblades released, mostly due to its BB and shaft. Unfortunately, it is also one of the oldest and rarest. Although the Phantom Force release aleviated this temporarily, it has now gone back to being practically impossible to track down. It is a shame, because it is also a Beyblade that ever player should own. Every player should own multiples of this Beyblade.
