Rock Leone 145WB

Rock Leone 145WB is a Defense-Type Beyblade that appears in the anime and manga series, Beyblade: Metal Fusion. Its owner is Kyoya Tategami and its evolution is Fang Leone 130W²D. Its Legend Version is Counter Leone 145D.

Face Bolt: Leone I
The Face of Leone I depicts Leo Minor, one of the 88 constellations. It is also known as the lesser lion. The Metal Fusion Leone face (with no sticker) is light and not outlined.

Energy Ring: Leone I


The regular release of Leone is a transparent, turquoise piece (transparent green and yellow in America) rather than a green shade in the anime. Leone is very circular with small ridge details. It can provide nice weight and has decent defensive capabilities. Overall, it is a basic ring and used commonly in generic beybs in the anime.

Customizations

 * Thermal Leone T125/125WD/EWD/WB (Defense)
 * Flame Leone T125/125WD/EWD/WB (Defense)

Fusion Wheel: Rock
Rock has six large protrusions with small, shallow gaps between each one. It also overhangs the Track much like the original Leone Fusion Wheel, although to a smaller extent. Rock is currently the third heaviest Hybrid Wheel System Wheel to date. However, as a Defense-Type, it is unable to match the qualities of Fusion Wheels such as Earth and Virgo, because the shape of Rock produces a significant amount of recoil upon contact with another Wheel. As a result, Rock is an outclassed Defense Wheel, but a good Attack Wheel when paired with recoil-reducing parts such as a Metal Face or the tips RF and R2F. Rock also gets loose when used too much. Rock seems to be one of the most commonly used fusion wheels for defense types.

Attack: 1 - Defense: 4 - Stamina: 2

Spin Track: 145
145 is the fifth highest Spin Track available, along with the various other 145-variants (C145, DF145, AD145, TR145, ED145, UW145, BD145, WD145, SW145, CH120/145, R145, GB145 etc.). It can be used in Stamina customisations to great effect due to its tall height, which allows for more wobbling as the Beyblade loses its spin velocity, but that being said, DF145 and UW145 has this same effect but also the added bonus of its “Down Force” which while negligible, since itstabilizes the Beyblade it is being used on slightly. 145, being as tall as, makes it easily susceptible to low Attackers. The tracks taller than 145 are the TH170 Spin Track (Beat Lynx), the 230 Spin Track (Flame Byxis), and the 160 spin track (Guardian Reviser). TH170 outclasses it since its 170 has more defense but does not wobble like 230.

Customizations

 * MF Pegasis 145RF (Attack)

Performance Tip: Wide Ball (WB)


Ball is with a larger spherical surface, hence “Wide”. Due to this, it is an improvement over Ball in terms of Defense. This is because of the greater surface area in contact with the Stadium floor at any one time. However, because of this wider contact area, the bottom also causes more movement compared to Ball. This is disadvantageous when facing an Attack-Type, because the Defense customization is closer to the Stadium exits, hence increasing the chances of a KO. To prevent this, many launch Wide Ball-based customizations so that the Beyblade stays in the center, while retaining the Defensive qualities of Wide Ball. However, if you use a Metal Face, you can launch at full power. Since it moves around, it is best used as a destabiliser, which is what makes this a good performance tip.

Attack: 1 - Defense: 5 - Stamina: 1

Other Versions

 * Clay Leone DF145WB –Random Booster Light Vol.1 Mad Cancer CH120FS (Purple).
 * Wind Leone D125HF –Random Booster Light Vol.1 Mad Cancer CH120FS (Blue).
 * Mad Leone 145B –Random Booster Light Vol.1 Mad Cancer CH120FS (Yellow).
 * Heat Leone D125FS –Random Booster Light Vol.2 Wind Aquario 100HF/S (Sky Blue).
 * Mad Leone 145FS –Random Booster Light Vol.2 Wind Aquario 100HF/S (Pale Orange).
 * Heat Leone H145S –Random Booster Light Vol.3 Clay Aries ED145B (Transparent Black) set.
 * Dark Leone C145B –Random Booster Vol.3 Stardust Pegasis (Dark Purple).
 * Counter Leone D125B - Metal Fight Beyblade Gachinko Stadium (Wii) (Clear parts, Green Counter Metal Wheel).
 * Rock Leone 145WB - Faceoff: Lion Gale Force Wall (Painted Parts, Green Clear Wheel).
 * Storm Leone 100HF - Faceoff: Red Horn Uppercut (Purple Clear Wheel).
 * Counter Leone 145D - Legend version of Counter Leone.
 * Thunder Leone GB145BS - Faceoff: Solid Iron Showdown

Special Moves

 * Lion Gale Force Wall: Kyoya's first special move in the anime and manga is Windstorm Wall (獅子暴風壁, Shishi Boufuuheki) Kyoya first used this attack in chapter 2 of the manga, and on Episode 2 of the anime. In episode 72 of the Anime Kyoya improved this to become True Lion Gale Force Wall.
 * Lion 100 Fang Fury: Kyoya's second special move in the anime is One Hundred Fierce Fangs (獅子百烈牙, Shishi Hyaku Retsuga) Kyoya first used this attack on Episode 3 (anime).
 * Wild Wind Fang Dance: Kyoya's third special move in the anime is Wind Fang War Dance (獅子風牙乱舞, Shishi Fuugarappu ) Kyoya first used this attack on Episode 9 (anime). In episode 72 of the Anime Kyoya improved this to become True Lion Wild Wind Fang Dance.
 * King Lion Tearing Blast: Kyoya's fourth special move in the anime is Erupting Storm (獅子王爆風破, Shishiou Bakufuuha) Kyouya first used this attack on Episode 10 (anime). In episode 72 Kyoya improved this to become True King Lion Tearing Blast.
 * King Lion Furious Blast Shot: Kyoya's fifth special move in the anime is Erupting Fierce Bullet (獅子爆風激烈弾, Shishi bakufuu gekiretsu dan) Kyoya first used this attack on Episode 49.
 * King Lion Reverse Wind Strike: Kyoya's sixth special move, Kyoya first used this attack on Episode 70.

Trivia

 * "Leone" is Italian for Lion.
 * Some people say that Hasbro's Rock Leone WB tip gets damaged after battle. It's actually true.
 * It is currently the beyblade with the most special moves.
 * Rock Leone counters a lot, giving it good attack power.
 * By overall performance in real life, even though the Rock Metal wheel has high recoil, It is somewhat useful in smash attack, as it is heavy.
 * In the anime, Leone's Spin Track and Performance Tip were broken numerous times.