Blade: Sphinx Cowl

Weight: 32.6g (LOW END) - 33.1g (HIGH END)

• Design: 9-sided blade designed with a jagged shape with the goal of this blade being to deflect at any angle.

• Gimmick: Barrage Defense: To deflect an opponent at any angle.

•  Attack VS Attack performance: In an attack vs. attack (AVA) matchup, Sphinx Cowl is explosive but does not have much stamina, in an attack versus attack matchup it should do decent against other attackers.

• Attack VS Defense/Stamina: So long as you use a 70 height Sphinx Cowl can be pretty good as an aggressive attacker managing to KO or make other combos deplete in stamina.

• SphinxCowl on Stamina/Defense: When used on stamina or defence combinations, SphinxCowl is terrible, it loses stamina causing you to lose a point via being out spun or a spin finish.

Strengths:

• Strong Impact: Sphinx has a unique shape that can at times deliver massively strong blows to repel its opponents. 

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Weaknesses:

• Gap: Sphinx like any Beyblade with a gap is more susceptible to a Burst, it is recommended to be careful with your launch and use it at a 70 height. 

Overall:  This blade is a welcome addition to anyone's collection, it is not that crazy good and needs more releases of the 70 height and more bits to make it relevant. 

Gameplan: On setups with low height on any aggressive bit that has stamina so something like High Taper on 60 height. 

Combos:

Attack: Sphinx Cowl 3-60/9-60 HT

Ratchet: 4-80

Weight:

• Design: 4-80 is a ratchet that has 4 sides and a low height, the contact areas for the ratchet are 4 small points.

• No real difference in consistent stamina: There doesn't seem to be a significant difference in stamina performance between the three-sided and four-sided versions of the Ratchet. 

Strengths: 

Weakness:

• Four sides with smaller hit points: The Ratchet has four sides with small square contact points compared to a three-sided design. Despite having smaller hit points than three sides it actually makes it easier to hit since it is not as rounded off meshed onto the ratchet.

• Tall Height: It is one of the tallest height ratchets, not only that but since the 4 points are easier to Burst than 3 sides you are extremely vulnerable losing via burst. 

Bit: High Taper

Weight: 2.2g

• Design: HighTaper is a Bit that features high Burst resistance and features a semi flat with a indent on the bottom and a taller height than regular Taper.

Strengths:

• Great mixed stamina and attack bit for Beyblade X: The HighTaper Bit is similar to Flat where the design of this Bit is a semi flat. So while it is still able to be used for attack getting that aggressive movement, you have greatly improved stamina compared to regular flat. 

• Uses the Xtreme Dash gimmick easily: The Bit works well with the Xtreme Dash performance tip, allowing for high speed and KO potential.

• Able to pick up somewhat strong speeds and KO: The Bit excels in achieving somewhat high rotational speeds, making it proficient at knocking out opponents from the stadium.

• Burst Resistance: Due to being a Bit with a 80 Stats in Burst resistance this makes this bit great  to use due to minimal Burst risk.

Weaknesses:

• Worse Stamina than regular Taper: HighTaper more or less has the same use as Taper due to the fact it has a higher center of gravity forcing it to be more aggressive.

• Mixed attack potential: Taper can have the reverse issue of Flat, while Flat can kinda fail for stamina performance, Taper can kinda fail for attack performance. It requires a good shoot to make it get to very similar performance to Flat when Blader is optimizing for shoot. This is both a pro and a con, you get the benefit of more controlled stamina but less use of pure attack.

• Vulnerability to self-KO: If the Bit is hard-launched and catches the stadium path, it can self-KO, which is a potential weakness. Control and technique are important when using this Bit.

Gameplan:

• Flat launch or a somewhat tilted angle shoot: To maximize the effectiveness of this Bit, you can employ a flat launch or a slight angle to utilize the stadium's gimmicks and aim for knockouts.