The Top 5 Best Beyblade Burst Combos of 2021 (Selected by Expert Players & Organizers)

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1. Lots of opposite spin, and Rage on Xtreme at the top. Can’t say I’m surprised at all, to be honest. That Rage Helios 1 combo surprised me out of the gate, but it really makes sense once you think about it!
   Perhaps this is a better comment for your last post, but it really was interesting watching how the metagame really began to shift toward opposite spin battles. Last year’s top list had no absence of it for sure, but you really can tell through this list that it’s an even heavier focus now. I guess we’ll have to see if any of the DB releases really change this meta up (as opposed to getting more opposite spin optimized parts, anyway).

   1. Could you help me understand why Helios 1 > Helios 2 in this combo?

      1. Danny P, regarding Helios 1 vs. Helios 2: on that particular combo (Rage Helios (MCC) Drift 3A), my thinking was that due to the Drift Driver it already moves around a bit too much for my liking in a lot of situations. I’m always worried about self-KOing in same-spin battles.

         To try and counteract some of that movement, I wanted to build something with more centralized weight. The Helios 1 Sparking Chip doesn’t have any metal on it like the Helios 2 Sparking Chip does. So when I add the Metal Chip Core to it, it keeps more weight to the center of the Beyblade than if Helios 2 was used. The effect of this is probably incredibly marginal difficult to measure, but that was my thinking. The main point here was to try and push the limits and really optimize these combos down to the smallest detail.

         Conversely, in the #1 combo where I used Helios 2 without the MCC, I did so for the opposite reason; I wanted to encourage more movement by using a Sparking Chip with more weight focused towards its perimeter.

         You can make a lot of arguments either way on this type of thing, though. Some people might prefer the extra gram or two of weight regardless of the above. It depends on the situation and your preference.

         1. Yeah I would put the metal chip core on Helios 2 to increase attack power.

         2. My best combo is Vanish Fafnir Hurricane Bullet-2. It’s a medium-high speed Balance type with good spin steal capabilities, above-average height, great defense, more than decent stamina (even with the mini-bey on and on), plus unusually high counter-attack power. You guys should try it out! Also, I use a specific set of 2 weight dampers (one vertically and one horizontal), a dynamite launcher and a handgrip like the one Rantaro uses in Beyblade burst god series, so if you use anything else, results may vary.

   2. Thanks, Aindelier! If I were to guess, I would say that with all of the super wide tips Takara-Tomy has been releasing lately to work with their new stadiums, the importance of opposite spin in the metagame isn’t going anywhere at this point. If you look at the history of each Beyblade series, they all pretty much inevitably evolve to the point where it becomes an important part of the game. That said, certainly it doesn’t mean we might not also get new parts with great same-spin performance.

2. As somebody just getting into Beyblade, this article is a godsend. I do have a couple questions regarding longevity though. I know you mentioned that the Xtreme Dash driver wears down over time, but how quickly exactly? Would casual play for a couple of months wear it down to the point where it wouldn’t be viable in a competitive tournament?

   Also, did you exclude the Dynamite Battle series beys because they’re weaker than these combos, or because they’re so new and untested?

   1. I’m so glad to hear that! People like you are exactly who I write these types of articles for; I want to make this information more accessible so even more people can join the competitive scene.

      Regarding Xtreme’, it really depends on the number of uses during that period of casual play for a couple of months. If it’s infrequent, it could certainly still be viable. Personally, given the power of that part I believe it is worth it to invest in at least two copies to start. Use one for testing and save one for tournaments. But me, well … I have like 15 right now hahaha. It does sort of depend on your tolerance as well; some people feel better with brand new Xtreme’ Drivers and some are more comfortable with heavily worn ones. I find the best state for me is when it’s been worn down just a little bit, but you still see plenty of the indent on the bottom of the tip. Like in the picture for the #1 combo on this article.

      I didn’t include them because they’re so new and untested. Like the edition of this article I wrote for last year, I wanted it to be based on real tournament experience and data so there is less room for anyone to question the list on a general level. People might disagree with certain rankings on this list or specific variants of certain combos, but they can’t argue with the data that was used to compile the list that shows these parts have been the most successful over the past year.

3. Hey Kei, I respect your opinion about RAGE HELIOS 2 XTREME’ 3A, but is there any difference just by using the longinus chip and longinus core instead of helios 2 chip? Btw I don’t know what to put on the website spot so I just put this website there if you don’t mind.

   1. Hey D.Nate, thanks! The Longinus Sparking Chip would certainly work fine as well. If you want to optimize the combo further however, the additional outward focused weight of the Helios 2 Sparking Chip thanks to the metal on it is beneficial to the combo’s performance.

4. Hey kei. How is rage helios2(mcc) 3A xcced’+z ?
   It has a dash driver, really good attack and top tier lad too. And also brave lucifer 2/ solomon(mcc) 2A/2S ds’ ?

   1. Hey Paarth, I actually highlighted a very similar Rage combo in my Limit Break DX Set review. Scroll down a bit in this section and you’ll see my opinion of it: https://beybase.com/beyblade-burst-sparking-b-174-limit-break-dx-set-review/#3-the-xceed-dash-+-x-and-zone-dash-+-z-drivers-set-new-standards-for-attack-stamina-types

      As for your second combo, I think it’s a decent combo. Similar combos saw use last year when we were able to do tournaments in the summer here in Toronto and were successful (originalzankye used it as one of his winning combos in this tournament, for instance: https://beybase.com/wbo-beyblade-burst-sparking-tournament-report-justin-tcs-birthday-bash/). It’s kind of a middle of the road combo. Sort of a jack of all trades, but master of none. It doesn’t have top tier LAD or top tier attack, but it can get the job done in some situations and gives you a chance to win many different match ups.

5. What do you think about Naked on Wheel Zone’+Z? It trails behind Master’s defense and same spin stamina but has a decent matchup vs World 2B Drift. It was often used in tournaments that use the WBBA ruleset (World can freely change its spin direction) before Rage on Drift became popular.

   1. Yeah, Naked is awesome and I’m glad you mentioned it. It might have been one of the most underrated Layers of early to mid-2020. I noticed it being used when I was in Japan at the start of 2020 and then really started to understand how good it was when I was finally able to start playing in tournaments again in the summer of 2020. I wrote about it in this report: https://beybase.com/wbo-beyblade-burst-sparking-tournament-report/

      In that tournament I used it on Xtend+ in my deck during the finals and was able to win one round, but unfortunately lost the match itself. In the following tournament I again included it in my deck during the finals and won the tournament, but wasn’t able to find a situation during the match where switching into it made sense: https://beybase.com/wbo-beyblade-burst-sparking-tournament-report-justin-tcs-birthday-bash/

      But once released Rage really made it hard for Naked to excel in my opinion. In the first stage of WBO events where Burst Finishes are worth two points and you’re locked into a particular match up … it’s risky to choose Naked. And in WBO Deck Format there might be more opportunity to use it, but as I found out, even in that situation it’s hard to do unless you’re in the position where you’ve lost a round and your opponent switches into something right-spin with lower LAD. But this isn’t likely if your opponent is smart.

      In things like WBBA 3on3 or 5G those formats are generally built on a series 1v1 single rounds between different Beyblades each time; so even if you pick Naked and lose one round, that’s all there will be to it. You don’t have to consider the possibility of players switching in to other things to counter your Naked since you literally can’t use it again (unless you get to Round 4 in 3on3) anyways.

6. These combos are definitely the top of the meta these days (might be changed once all the db beys come out cause of those gosh darn heavy discs) But I was wondering if you could make a top 5 competetive hasbro combos when most waves of the surge beys come out?

   1. Hey Diego, Beyblade is always evolving so I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens! As for competitive Hasbro combos, it’s something I’ll certainly consider. Admittedly, my area of expertise lies primarily towards the Takara-Tomy metagame and even writing an article like this takes an enormous effort … so doing it for a brand I’m not as familiar with might be even harder. But I certainly do think it could be valuable, so I will consider doing something like that in the future. Thanks!

7. Honestly, I think that Diabolos should be on the rage combo because it’s more heavy than Helios 2. Also I think that the Giga disc is a much better option than wheel at this point. It has a much lower center of gravity as well as amazing stamina, and fairly decent LAD. Also it’s heavier than wheel.

   1. Also the tip metal fusion is kind of a tribute!

   2. Weight isn’t always the be-all, end-all, but I just double-checked and Helios 2 (with a regular Chip Core) is around 4.90g while Diabolos is around 4.09g. Not sure if my copies of these parts are not typical, but I believe in general Helios 2 is heavier?

      I’m definitely excited to try out Giga soon. This article focuses on Beyblade Burst Sparking because we have a larger pool of real-world data and player experience to pull from, but certainly some new Dynamite Battle parts may start becoming viable options for alternatives or improved versions of some of these combos.

8. Hey Kei, I have another question, is there a beyblade tournament that only use one bey only?

   1. The only time I’ve ever heard of that is when I was in Japan last year and we did a very quick tournament for fun where each player got one random booster and had to use what they pulled haha. Never heard of that being done for any competitive tournaments.

9. Hello Kei I was wondering if there was a good substitute for the Spriggan gt chip

   1. Hey N.Hubbard. Certainly there is! I would say the GT Chip out of every piece of that combo is the top one that can probably be left up to personal preference is needed. I’ve used Diabolos and Bahamut on other Master combos as well and found them to work fine. Spriggan just felt the best to me when putting this particular combo together.

      I honestly haven’t tested the GT Chips in depth on the particular Master combo featured in this article because in general I would imagine they don’t matter too much given the tightness of the Zone’+Z Driver. I’d be curious to hear more thoughts from others on this.

10. Hi Kei, I want to ask you if there is any alternatives driver for the Rage Helios 2 Xtreme’ 3A? And how do you think about the new beyblade burst DB? And I just put this website on the form because I don’t know what to put.

    1. Hi Shah. Absolutely. I’d recommend giving Xceed’+Z out if you are able to and don’t have Xtreme’. You can learn a bit more about a very similar Rage combo using that Driver in my Limit Break DX Set review.

       I haven’t tested with Beyblade Burst DB parts yet as I’ve been focusing on getting this article out focusing on the Sparking era. But I’ll be getting to that soon!

11. I have a question, what is your personal perspective on the Hollow ring. Hollow ring in my observation is an excellent destabilizer against top-tier Tempest combos if you’re using Xtend+/Atomic.

    1. Hey Noctua. Hollow is a Ring I spent quite some time thinking about and testing. I really wanted to like it, but ultimately just couldn’t bring myself to include it even on my personal top five list. However, some other players who contributed to this article did, which you will see on the next part of this article series.

       Maybe I wasn’t using the right combos or balancing my Hollow combos properly, but I just found it to be unbalanced and ineffective in most situations compared to other options. With something like Atomic, I’d rather just use Tempest for example.

       The only combo I really liked it on was Hollow Lucifer 2 Wheel Drift 1S, which did extremely well in comparison to other right-spin Drift combos in the testing I included in my Jet Wyvern review. If you search “Hollow” on the review you can find the test results: https://beybase.com/b-177-jet-wyvern-around-just-1d-beyblade-burst-sparking-review/

       I’d be curious to hear more from you (and others) about their opinion of Hollow.

       1. You definitely need to try Hollow Lucifer II (heavy side opposite of the scythe) Giga Universe (the new white one or an awakened one) 4A (balance mode). I have a small write up about it on my Instagram. It’s pretty awesome.

          1. I’ll keep that in mind, thanks! I hope the new Universe will also change my opinion of that Driver haha.

       2. I see. Thanks for the constructive response!

12. I’m surprised Master Wheel Zone’ +Z was used more than the Around Drift version. I guess because more people were using World Drift 2B in the same deck. I personally like the Around disc with Master because of how it adds some burst resistance because of how it “locks” in with the layer. Plus that frees up Wheel to be used with Tempest in the same deck.

    1. Hey Daniel. Actually, Drift was used more than Zone’+Z on Master (12 times vs. 4 times) in the WBO winning combos data.

       However, I personally believe that World on Drift 2B is the better overall singular combo than Master on Around Drift so it was tough to also put it onto the top five list. I wanted the list to showcase at least some level of variety and Rage Drift also had to be on the list so …

       With Master Spriggan Wheel Zone’+Z it to me also deserved to be on the list because it highlights an important niche in the metagame. Drift goes all-in on opposite spin performance at the cost of same-spin performance. Zone’+Z on the other hand isn’t the best for same-spin performance, but it’s certainly better than Drift. This means it has the ability to same-spin left-spin Drift combos while still having a chance to outspin a lot of opposite spin combos. It also did well for me against Rage Drift, and I believe is heavier than Master Around Drift.

       All of that being said, I do agree that Master on Around Drift is of course a great combo! There’s just only so many spots when you’re doing a top five. I tried to be as thoughtful as possible and avoid repeating variations of certain combos that felt too similar where possible.

       1. Ah, I gotcha! That makes total sense!

13. Hey Kei. This article was great but I was wondering if there are any alternative parts for people who can’t easily get their hands on the Limit Break DX Set? Zone’+Z isn’t exactly in my budget currently so I wanted to know what parts I could use in lieu of it.

    1. Hey Foxfisher159, thank you! Certainly. If you’re looking specifically at Master Spriggan Wheel Zone’+Z, you could use Xtend+ or Drift instead of Zone’+Z on that. They don’t have the exact same performance, but those two Drivers on Master Spriggan Wheel still produce pretty strong combos.

14. Why is diobolos used when Solomon and Helios and Helios 2 are heavier? Also Helios and metal chip core are inward weight and Helios 2 is outward but what about Solomon and diobolos? Outward inward or in the middle? Sorry for the long message and thank you.

15. I’m curious if lord diabolos wheel bearing is still a viable combo because it would have great opposite spin stamina and it might be a good counter like judgement diabolos competitively right now. Also there is a great beyblade YouTuber named leftburst I think you should reach out to because he is very good at making great beyblade combos.

16. Why aren’t there any DB combos?

    1. This article is based purely on the Beyblade Burst Sparking era/metagame as at the time of writing there was not much data or player experience yet with Beyblade Burst Dynamite Battle to be able to make a definitive list.

17. Do you have any combos for the new dynamite series? One of the combos I’ve come up with is Dynamite Ragnaruk 6 giga Zone’ +Z with F gear any thoughts?

    1. Check out my recent tournament report where I talk about some of the current best Dynamite Battle combos! https://beybase.com/best-beyblade-burst-dynamite-battle-combos-tournament-report/

       Zone’+Z, Bearing, and Drift were all quite popular with DB Layers and Disks.

18. Can you give me a simple list of alternatives to xtreme’. I am more of a part time player and find it time-consuming and expensive to obtain the xtreme’ driver. Currently, I am using destroy’ from rage Longinus or variable’ from Brave Valkyrie. Also, would you think that Hyperion 2 + metal core would work as a good alternative to solomen?

    1. *evolution from Brave Valkyrie.

       Also, would you mind giving me an order of which dB Beyblades to buy right now, I haven’t bought a single one. I’m thinking of buying one of the Valkyries (which one should I) and the customisation set with metal xtreme.

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