Beyblade file · Heavy Metal System
Advance Striker
Adobansu Sutoraikaa · アドバンスストライカー
- Code
- MA-12
- Maker
- Takara Tomy
- Released
- May 22nd, 2004 (Japan)
Description
Advance Striker is an Attack Type Beyblade in the Hard Metal System's Advance line, combining a Hard Metal Emblem bit protector, Advance Attacker attack ring, Circle Heavy weight disk and Metal Flat Core running core. It was seen as a genuinely well-built attacker whose real strengths lay outside the most crowded upper-attack matchups of its day.
On file
The record
- Type
- Attack
- System
- Hard Metal System
- Series
- New Generation Custom Beigoma - Beyblade: HMS Heavy Metal Battle
- Takara Tomy code
- MA-12
- Released in Japan
- May 22nd, 2004
- Japanese name
- アドバンスストライカー
- Romaji
- Adobansu Sutoraikaa
Parts
- Bit ProtectorHard Metal Emblem
- Attack RingAdvance Attacker21 g
- Weight DiskCircle Heavy16.3 grams
- Running CoreMetal Flat Core3 g
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Colours & Versions 3
3 recolours.
| Version | Kind | Colours |
|---|---|---|
| Hasbro's Advance Striker Starter | Recolour | Black |
| Random Booster ACT 3 | Recolour | Dark Blue, Green |
| SH-07/08 Chinese Exclusive Romance of the Three Kingdoms "Lu Bu/Ma Chao" | Recolour | Black, Yellow |
In play and in the story
Its right-spin upper attack is effective but is overshadowed by the more popular Circle Upper and Samurai Upper rings, limiting competitive use outside restricted-format play; its real value is in Force Smash attacks and left-spin upper attack, both underrepresented styles. Its Metal Flat Core running core is low, fast and durable, making it a strong pick for smash-style attack combos generally.
- Released in Japan on May 22nd, 2004.
- Issued in blue and green color variants.
Community testing, 2009-02-13 — summarised
The competitive view
Advance Striker is a Hard Metal System Beyblade whose second-generation Bit Protector fits tighter than earlier molds, built around the reversible-Metal-Frame Advance Attacker attack ring (switchable between Upper Attack and Force Smash) and the short, fast Metal Flat Core running core.
Advance Attacker gives the best left-spin Upper Attack of any part due to its symmetrical design, but is outclassed in right-spin Upper Attack by Circle Upper and Samurai Upper because of its shorter slope; its Force Smash mode is rated one of the most pronounced available when paired with a tall running core. Metal Flat Core's metal tip gives it high, wear-resistant speed, useful for both Upper Attack and Smash Attack, best controlled with the Sliding Shoot technique.
Verdict as the draft gives it: Rated a strong buy for HMS, especially for left-spin Upper Attack and Force Smash where competition is thin, and for Metal Flat Core's general attack utility, though outclassed in standard right-spin Upper Attack by the format's two dominant parts.
- Attack Ring: Advance Attacker, 21 grams, second-heaviest attack ring behind Jiraiya Blade; 20-degree slope only 1.5cm long vs. 2.5cm on Samurai Upper/Circle Upper
- Weight Disk: Circle Heavy, 16 grams
- Running Core: Metal Flat Core, 3 grams, third-shortest running core after GFC and GFC Ultimate Mode
Condensed from community testing; competitive opinions are the community's, not ours, and may be out of date.
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