Hell Kerbecs BD145EWD Blue Inferno Ver. (ヘルケルベクスBD145EWDブルーインフェルノバージョン, Heru Kerubekusu BD145EWD Burū Inferuno Bājon) is a Stamina Type Beyblade released by Takara Tomy as a lottery prize during the "Beyblade Maximum Bakuten Campaign" in Japan. By purchasing two or more products at WBBA stores between January 15th, 2011 to March 31st, 2011, Bladers could enter to win one of the 3000 produced.
Face Bolt - Kerbecs[]
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The Kerbecs Face Bolt depicts "Cerberus". In Greek mythology Cerberus was the three-headed hound of "Hades", who guarded the gates of Hell. The design features Cerberus' three heads, with each of the heads biting the chains going through the edges of their mouths.
Energy Ring - Kerbecs[]
- Main article: Energy Ring - Kerbecs
Kerbecs has a three winged design like the Hades Fusion Wheel, with a notch separating each. Kerbecs' design is meant to compliment Hades, and has particular use in Defense and Stamina Type combinaions when paired with Hades. The design includes the chains associated with Kerbecs, as well as hellfire.
Fusion Wheel - Hades[]
- Main article: Fusion Wheel - Hades
Hades is split into three wings resembling dog heads, and is 50 millimeters wide. Each of these are separated by a large gap meant to interact with Boost Disk 145 (BD145) in "Boost Mode", which fills in these gaps. This increases Hades' utility in Stamina Type combinations. Without Boost Disk 145, the wings provide excellent Smash Attack, and thus Hades can find use in Attack Type combinations.
At the time of its release as part of the Maximum Series, Hades was the widest Fusion Wheel available (hence the "maximum width"), with the average Fusion Wheel diameter at the time being around ~45 millimeters. With the release of the 4D System however, 4D Metal Wheels such as Cosmic have equalled or surpassed Hades in width.
Spin Track - Boost Disk 145[]
- Main article: Spin Track - Boost Disk 145
Boost Disk 145 (BD145) is meant to interact with the Hades Fusion Wheel, and thus was the widest Spin Track released at the time. Boost Disk 145 features a mode change gimmick, where the disk can be removed and manually flipped to change between "Normal Mode" and "Boost Mode".
In Normal Mode (or "Attack Mode") the disk sits lower on the Spin Track, which often causes stadium floor scrapes due to the three downward facing protrusions. In addition, the gap created between the Fusion Wheel and disk causes poor balance and loss of spin. Boost Mode works exclusively with the Hades Fusion Wheel. The three protrusions, now facing upwards, fill in the gaps between the three blades of the Hades Fusion Wheel, removing any gaps between the Fusion Wheel and the Spin Track. As such, this Boost Mode configuration has found use in Defense and Stamina Type combinations.
Performance Tip - Eternal Wide Defense[]
- Main article: Performance Tip - Eternal Wide Defense
Eternal Wide Defense is part of a series of existing Bottoms prefixed with Eternal, featuring bearing-based tips. EWD, as its name suggests, is a bearing-implemented version of Wide Defense (WD). It features a similar wide shape, but the pointy tip of the Bottom is replaced by a free-spinning sharp piece. This rotates freely, and increases the balance and spin-retention of the Bottom. Unlike Eternal Sharp (ES), the Bottom does not suffer from balance issues because of its wide shape, which allows it many of the same survival capabilities as WD at low spin velocities. Friction on this part seems to be a problem for it. As EWD wears down, it loses a lot of its stamina capabilities and wearing down affects its performance a lot. Since it is only one bearing, there is still a considerable amount of friction between the bearing and the tip, and paired together, the effects are hardly negligible in comparison to WD. WD usually overshadows EWD because of more availability due to a more widespread release, and EWD has more cons than pros when compared. The grinding between the bearing and the tip often can lead to both increased stamina and decreased stamina if too much grinding is produced. This Bottom is also more useful in mid-height customizations, whereas WD is prefered for low combos and SD and D on higher ones. As such, mid-height Beyblades are generally not prefered in battles due to their average performance and their imbalance caused by a slightly off center of gravity. However, EWD has found a very special place in Spin Stealing combinations, providing the few more rotations to a Beyblade needed to outspin an opponent in the last few seconds of a match. It therefore goes beyond WD in that domain, but the friction between its components can still render the BeyBattle a draw instead of surviving the opposing Beyblade. Furthermore, like with every Bottom of the D series, EWD remains rather easy to knock out with any proper Attack combination.
Around the time of its release, EWD was paired with Meteo L-Drago and Change Height 120 (CH120) for a powerful Spin Stealing customization, however, with the appearance of the 4D System and then the Synchrome System, Meteo L-Drago's light weight was inefficient to keep winning against new top-tier combos. It has although found use in the innovative Zero-G metagame.
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Trivia[]
- The color scheme of the Burst System remake Hell Kerbecs Giga Wave is a reference to this Beyblade.
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