Ultimate Dragoon

  • AKA: Spin Dragoon (Hasbro)

  • Interestingly, while Hasbro added "Ultimate" to the names of the other "First 3" releases, they removed it from Ultimate Dragoon. Baffling.

Attack Ring: Cross Dragon

Weight: 2.7g

    • Small size

    • Right Spin Only

    • Two molds, second is thicker due to reinforcement to address breakage issues

    • Flat faces produce a fair amount of recoil without providing worthwhile contact points for attack.

    • Despite the small size, the flat faces and slight protrusion past Wide Survivor result in excessive recoil for use in survival or spin stealing customizations.

    • No competitive use.

Weight Disk: Wide

Weight: 12.7g

  • Light weight with fairly average width and a much more central weight distribution than its successors, notably being heavier than Eight Wide.

  • Shape causes recoil given its size, which is concerning given its relatively light weight.

  • Weight distribution does little for any given combination, with Ten Balance being a better choice for the more "average" weight distribution it offers.

  • Heavily outclassed and almost entirely useless.

Blade Base: Flat Base

Weight: 6.5g

    • Right Spin Only (Built in Spin Gear)

    • Very low height allows it to get under things but lack of compatibility with an Heavy Metal Core removes any use for Traditional Upper Attack.

    • Limited recoil control due to light weight and poor grip.

    • Somewhat difficult to flower pattern.

    • Decent LAD means it can be used to some effect similarly to a Semi-Flat Base Stamina setup, though due to its aggression it makes better use of Wide Defense - a viable setup would be this and a Compact or smaller-sized Defensive AR.

    • While this is not that competitive a setup, it is able to outspin a surprising number of opponents and KO weaker combos, thus giving Flat Base some semblance of use.

    • Overall not a great part, but usable.

Overall

  • Only worth buying for its significance as the first release of Bakuten, Ultimate Dragoon is not a competitive blade.