Draciel Shield has fewer than 60 top cuts on record, so its rating is still provisional. Its most successful build so far is Draciel Shield 7-60LR.
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Draciel Shield Overview
Draciel Shield is the X remake of Max's classic plastic-generation defense bey, with a concave-and-convex counter rim, a thick seven-sided 7-60 ratchet, and a wide flat Defense bit that guard in every direction. The whole stock combo is genuinely well designed for defense, but at 28 grams the blade is much lighter than the meta and loses weight wars.
Strengths
- + Rim, ratchet, and bit all interlock into all-direction defense
- + Very round profile takes little damage from hits
- + Stock 7-60D combo is usable straight out of the box
- + Faithful, satisfying remake of the original Draciel Shield
Weaknesses
- − At 28 grams it is several grams lighter than real defense blades
- − Heavy attackers can simply bulldoze it despite the shape
- − Almost no offense, so it relies entirely on surviving
Keep Draciel Shield on its stock 7-60D, which is the point of the design, and launch it flat and level to hold the center and shrug off hits. It does honest work against light and mid-weight attackers, but respect that Phoenix Wing-class weight will move it anyway. In a 3v3 deck it is a nostalgia defense pick and a fun counter to casual attack blades; competitively, heavier walls like Knight Mail keep their jobs.
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