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Insert Hasbro Name, known as Vise Leopard 12Lift Destroy (ヴァイスレオパルド・トウェルブリフト・デストロイ, Vuaisu Reoparudo Touerubu Rifuto Desutoroi) in Japan, is an Attack Type Beyblade released as part of the Burst System as well as the Super Z Layer System. It was released in Japan on July 14th, 2018 for 993円 as the prize Beyblade in Random Booster Vol. 11 Vise Leopard .12L.Ds.

Energy Layer - Vise Leopard

Main article: Energy Layer - Vise Leopard
The motif is of the beast king, Leopard. An Attack Type Cho-Z Layer that gives a powerful impact with its upper blade that moves up and down, pinching the opponent at the time of attack and biting.
— Official Description

Takara Tomy's Vise Leopard is a symmetrical Attack Type Energy Layer that features a leopard head on either side, meant to represent the Layer's namesake; the Leopard, each head having a large mouth lined with red "teeth". As part of the Cho-Z Layer System, Vise Leopard features metal in its design, in this case; the leopard heads are made of metal. The inclusion of metal makes Vise Leopard heavier than most God Layers. Vise Leopard also features a gimmick; the top half of the Layer is spring-loaded for it to "bite" onto the opponent.

In theory, the opponent's Layer would slip into the gap in the perimeter of Vise Leopard and become caught on the red "teeth", which are made of rubberized plastic, stopping the opponent's Layer and creating Burst Attack potential. In practice, the gap is too small for most opposing Layers to be caught in, and the teeth are too small to grip onto the opposing Layer. Furthermore, the spring used for the gimmick is too strong to move during impact to "bite" onto the caught opposing Layer.

As such, Vise Leopard features poor recoil, making it ill-suited for Attack Combinations. However, Vise Leopard's three strong teeth and fairly round shape of the Layer can create moderate Defense potential.

Forge Disc - 12

Main article: Forge Disc - 12

12, like other even numbered Core Discs, is symmetrical and elliptical in shape in order to facilitate a Frame. Each side features three protrusions with the center protrusion in each set featuring molding in the shape of a "12" and four holes in the center, akin to 6. While the aggressive design of the Disc may imply high Burst potential from Disc-to-Layer contact, due to the fact that most Burst Performance Tips are of the same height, such contact is rare. Furthermore, 12's design is so aggressive that there have been numerous cases of the Disc severely damaging Layers that collide with it. Finally, 12 is the lightest Disc at the time of writing, lighter than even Armed which severely hinders Attack, Defense and Stamina potential. While the light weight would create high Burst Resistance, the heavy weight of the SwitchStrike/God Layer System and the Cho-Z Layer System makes the use of lightweight Discs for Burst Resistance obsolete.

Disc Frame - Lift

Main article: Disc Frame - Lift

Lift is a thick Frame with numerous protrusions to give it a rough perimeter. The thickness of the Frame is meant to accommodate Lift's gimmick; the Frame can be flipped to expose a different perimeter for an "Attack Mode" and a "Defense Mode", akin to Zero-G Beyblade's SA160 track.

Lift's "Defense Mode" features a round perimeter akin to Bump which is meant to parry hits from the opponent and reduce recoil during Disc-to-Layer contact while Lift's "Attack Mode" features a perimeter akin to Under which is meant to increase Burst Attack during Disc-to-Layer contact. However, due to most Burst Performance Tips being of the same or very similar heights, such contact is rare. Despite the ineffective gimmick, Lift's size makes it the heaviest Frame at the time of writing, heavier than Bump, which grants high Attack potential when paired with Core Discs such as 7, 10 and 0.

However, Lift's size also makes it a severe scrape and Stamina risk, making it difficult to achieve banking patterns and making Stationary Combinations scrape even at relatively high spin velocities. Even on Destroy Combinations, where Destroy's design would prevent tipping over, this risk is still heavily present. Furthermore, both modes have perimeters too rough to add Life-After-Death, further exacerbating the Stamina issue further.

Performance Tip - Destroy

Main article: Performance Tip - Destroy

Destroy features an eight-pointed star tip, akin to Jaggy, under a free-spinning plate that sits at a standard height.

Due to the tip's shape and diameter, Destroy will create an aggressive movement pattern equivalent to Jaggy with the same moderately controllable movement pattern and speed.

What sets Destroy apart from Jaggy is the free-spinning plate that is meant to stabilize a Beyblade if it is knocked off balance by creating a second point of contact with only minimal Stamina loss due to its free spinning nature. Unlike other Tips with similar gimmicks such as Cycle and Guard, the low placement of Destroy's plate ensures that lock up does not occur, meaning that Destroy's gimmick works as intended.

While Destroy has poor Stamina from the star shaped tip, the smooth perimeter and free-spinning nature of the plate also grants Destroy high Life-After-Death which can allow Combinations to potentially Out-Spin their opponent if a Burst or Knock-Out has not been achieved.

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Trivia

  • Vise Leopard's name is based from the word "vise", a metal tool with movable jaws that are used to hold an object firmly in place, which is demonstrated by the Beyblade's Energy Layer, and "leopard", one of the five big cat species in the genus Panthera.
  • Despite being modeled after its namesake, Vise Leopard's avatar has stripes, both regular and lightning-shaped, instead of spots. It also posses traits of a lion (such as a mane) and has fangs like a Saber-tooth tiger.

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