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Defense is a type of Beyblade that focuses on not being knocked out of the stadium, and finds a chance to cast a deadly counter-attack. Specifically built to counter Attack-types, Defense-oriented Beyblades tend to have only moderate Stamina, but are built to be able to deflect or tank attacks without losing much spin power.
Defense Types need a lot of weight so that they can counter-attacks. Adding a Metal Face Bolt, a Metal God Chip or a Metal Chip Core helps by adding some extra weight. Any Metal Fight Defense-type Beyblade can be improved by using a heavy Energy Ring like Kerbecs, Bull, Jupiter, Cygnus or Aquario. Good Defense wheels are almost always heavy and round, and they include but are not limited to: Twisted (Basalt), Diablo, Duo, Earth and Libra (Pre-HWS wheel).
Defense-type combos like MF-H Twisted (Basalt) Bull TH170CS use high Spin Tracks not only to smash down on their opponents, but also to protect their own Fusion Wheel from lower beys. Other good Spin Tracks for defense include 230, GB145, TR145, C145 and BD145. Defense tips have high friction and/or a hemispherical shape, but mostly the former. Recommended Defense tips are: WD, CS, RDF, RB, RS, RSF, and MB.
Defense Beyblades using the aforementioned parts can, for the most part, counter Attack-types, though the former is not invulnerable. Defense-types usually only have only moderate Stamina, allowing Stamina-types to beat Defense-types often in sleep-outs. It's worth noting that many Defense-types have enough Attack to knock Stamina types around though, so they can occasionally defeat Stamina-types, though unlikely. Overall, building Defense-type Beyblades is not easy, because perhaps more than any other type, every part counts.
Metal Fight Defense Type Combo Examples
Stock
- Rock Aries 145D
- Gravity Perseus AD145WD
- Vulcan Horuseus 145D
- Vulcan Cetus R145DS
- Basalt Horogium 145WD
- Vulcan Horogium BD145RS
- Basalt Horogium 130RS
- Jade Jupiter S130RB
- Twisted Befall BD145RSF
- Variares D:D
- Kreis Cygnus 145WD
- Shinobi Genbull 130W²D
- Bandid Killerken 125W²D
Combo
- MF-H Flame Sagittario 230CS/MB
- MF-H Diablo Bull BD145RB/RF/RSF/RDF
- MF-H Gravity Perseus Stamina SA165RDF
- MF-H Twisted Sagittaro BD145RS/RSF
- MF-H Twisted Bull GB145/TH170RDF/RB/CS
- MF-H Twisted Kerbecs/Bull 230/BD145RB/MB/CS/RDF/RF
- MF-H Beat Horuseus 145PD
- MF-H Divine Leone/Aquario BD145RSF/CS/RDF
- MF-H Duo Cygnus SA165CS
- MF-H Duo Cygnus TH170RDF
- MF-H Twisted Tempo F230/WD/EWD/BWD/SWD/W2D
- MF-H Bakushin Leone/Aquario BD145RSF/CS/RDF
- MF-H Bakushin Kerbecs GB145RS/RB/RSF
- MF-H Death Cygnus 230MB/CS
- MF-H Death Kerbecs/Bull/Gasher BD145/GB145/TH170/R145RDF
- MF-H Diablo Kerbecs 85RB/CS
- MF-H Earth Kerbecs/Bull/Aquario GB145/BD145RB/CS/RS/RSF/RDF/RF
- MF-H Libra BD145/R145/GB145/145/MB/CS/RB/RDF
- MF-H Bakushin Leone/Gasher 85/90/100/CH120RS/CS/RB/RSF/MF
- MF-H Duo Leone BD145CS/RDF/RF
- MF-H Twisted Bull/Cygnus SA165CS (Defense mode)
- MSF-H Reviser Reviser (Leviathan Leviathan) BD145MB/RB/CS/RDF/RSF/RF
- MSF-H Reviser Kraken E230/BD145RDF/RF/RSF/CS/RB
- MSF-H Gembu Gembu BD145RF/RDF/MB
- MSF-H Kraken Dragoon BD145RDF
- MSF-H Reviser Gembu SA165CS
- MSF-H Kraken Kraken BD145CS
Burst Defense Type Combo Examples
Stock
Dynamite Battle Layer / Burst Ultimate Layer Series
- Chain Kerbeus Fortress Yard'-6
- Prominence Phoenix Tapered Metal Universe-10
- Barricade Lucifer Illegal Bearing Mobius-10
- Roar Bahamut Giga Moment-10
Combo
Trivia
- Defense has been associated with three colors: blue in the Original Series and Takara Tomy Metal Saga, yellow in the Hasbro Metal Saga, and green in the Burst Series.
- The name of this Type in the Burst Series was originally "Defender", but this was ultimately not kept in the final product, reverting to "Defense".