Variares D:D

Variares D:D is a Defense-Type Beyblade that appears in the Anime and Manga series, Beyblade: Metal Fury. It can spin left and right, similar to Gravity Destroyer AD145WD. It comes with a multi-directional Light Launcher called Light Launcher LR (L3R) in which the prongs can be removed and stored in a clip on the Launcher's side. It was released on the July 16, 2011 in Japan but had an early release at the World Hobby Fair 2011. Hasbro will relase this bey as VariAres 145WB, removing D:D. It is owned by King.

Face Bolt: Variares
The Face Bolt depicts "Ares". In Greek mythology, Ares was the Greek god of War. The design features a yellow helmet-like design with glowing green eyes on a red background whilst on a black Face Bolt. The helmet looks like it has swords at the sides and a shield between the blades.The face bolt design is similar to the Destroyer/Perseus, the Jupiter, and the Hades facebolts.

Fusion Wheel: Variares

 * Weight: 43.7 grams

Variares is known to be the second Fusion Wheel that can spin left and right, after Gravity. Variares has a unique design featuring three wings with many spikes and protrusions sticking out. There is a gap between each wing which reveals the PC Frame. The Wheel consists of the metal part, the yellow PC Frame with a shield-like design that can retract during battle, and a red plastic part at its bottom. The Wheel can also change mode similar to other 4D Beys. However, this occurs during battle from the centrifugal force and is not manual. At first it starts out in "Attack Mode" in which the PC Frame is hidden and when rotation becomes lower, it reverts to "Defense Mode" where the PC Frame appears. However, unlike the other 4D Wheels, all pieces of this Fusion Wheel are together.

Because of Variares's unique and versatile design, it is unarguably the most aggressively designed Wheel ever released in Metal Fight Beyblade. Combined with its heavy weight and many spikes and protrusions, it is perfectly capable for Smash Attack and has become a top-tier attack wheel although it causes high recoil which slows it down so there's not much time you have in attack mode (with or without flat tip).

It does suffer from moderate recoil however, but this can be overcome via Metal Face bolt or Metal Face-Heavy from the MF2 custom face set, of which the latter is generally preferred. With the Metal Face, the recoil becomes more controllable and is used to create powerful Smash Attacks, and with the ability to rotate left, it has become the most versatile, and powerful attack wheels to date. Though it does require a powerful launch to make Variares perform optimally due to the weight of the wheel. Overall, Variares is an excellent Attack-Type Wheel and can be very powerful in battle with the right parts.

Customisations

 * MF-H Variares CH120/85/R145/BD145RF (Attack)

Attack: 6 - Defense: 2 - Stamina: 0



4D Performance Tip: Delta Drive (D:D)

 * Weight: 5.44 grams

Delta Drive (D:D) is of a round shape with a translucent black color, and with a height comparable to 145WD. It is an interchangeable 4D Performance Tip unique to Variares. It can change between three different Performance Tips, which will change how it will perform: "Flat" for Attack, "Wide Ball" for Defense, and "Sharp" for Stamina. Each Tip can simply be changed by pulling the Tip until it lightly clicks, then scrolling to your preferred Tip and pushing it back in place.

These Tips sometimes wobble during battle and thus, reduces Stamina. The Sharp Tip has bad stability and balance due to D:D's height, which there for does not have many uses, while Flat does not do better, its low grip, and small diameter makes it relatively useless. While, the Wide Ball of D:D looks like a completely different mold of WB, but performs relatively the same as its predecessor, and has mediocre defensive properties. Overall, D:D is a mediocre Performance Tip due to its Tips; Sharp, Flat, and Wide Ball all being outclassed by Tips such as B:D, R2F, and RS. Despite this, D:D does have use in Balance-Type Customizations.

The ability to have all these Tips in one Performance Tip, helps Bladers in a battle, as they can switch the Tip for any purpose between rounds.

Attack: 2 - Defense: 3 - Stamina: 2



Other Versions

 * Variares D:D Blue Phantom Ver.
 * Variares D:D Mars Red Ver.
 * Variares 145WB : The Hasbro Version of this Beyblade which does not contain the 4D Performance Tip.

Beast
The beast inside Variares is Ares, the Greek God of War.

Trivia

 * Variares D:D is the first three-layer Bey to be produced.
 * Variares is the second Beyblade to be multidirectional. The first was Gravity Destroyer AD145WD.
 * Technically, one could illegally modify the Variares Fusion Wheel to have an internalized Track. Preferably 145 can fit into the loose space. Due to the potential of breakage, this is not recommended.
 * Variares' beast looks similar to Gravity Perseus AD145WD beast. It is possible they are closely related, being they are both from Europe.
 * Their motifs also look similar.
 * It was first thought that Variares would be stylized as "Vari Ares" or even "VariAres".
 * In the Manga, Variares's beast is completely different from the anime.
 * Because of how tall the D:D is it is more easy for it to regain balance in sharp mode, this way the metal wheel doesn't scrape the floor of the stadium.
 * In the anime, Variares never uses the Sharp tip.
 * Hasbro's Variares will not have the 4D Tip "D:D", but rather a 145WB.

Videos
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