Battle Beast The Battle Beast , often abbreviated BB , is a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . He is a member of Duel Academy and the most powerful student of Sanders . As he proved to be too violent to control , the Battle Beast is kept at Duel Academy . Design . Appearance . The Battle Beast ' s design seems to be based two - fold , around a Roman gladiator ( like his Deck ) and also of an archetypal barbarian . While young , the Battle Beast is tall and rather muscular with a lean , well - built frame with a wide chest and large shoulders . His hair is reddish brown and very long , as it passes his shoulders and reaches his back , while also sporting two bangs , both of which almost reach his abdomen . Due to him wearing very little clothing , most of his frame is revealed . The only real clothes he wears are a pair of ragged trousers / shorts , which further emphasizes the brutish theme of his design . He wears a very simplistic necklace with three green fangs and two red orbs , with the center fang being visibly the longest of them . He also wears black wristbands , and has a white armband on his right arm ' s biceps . On the left side of his upper body , he has a black armband / gladiatorial - like shoulder pauldron , with orange studs around the circumference . Cementing his barbarian motif even further , he walks barefoot . Personality . Blindly competitive and savage , to the degree of coming off as feral , the Battle Beast has no problem in defeating his own comrades and sealing them into cards . Even sealing his opponents may not necessarily save them from the Battle Beast ' s wrath ; he once attempted to crush a card containing one of his victims . Even when calm , he is shown to be very arrogant and sadistic , reveling in others ' fear and suffering while showing no restraint . When called out on his actions , the Battle Beast only responds with absolute indifference . His competitiveness can be used against him to a degree ; Yuya Sakaki , Gong Strong , and Crow Hogan all exploited this in order to cause him to target them . His savagery is such that he is referred as being " Duel starved " and has show violent tendencies like physically assaulting his opponents if needed . Despite his savagery and undeniable skill , the Battle Beast seems to something of a coward ; attacking from the shadows and retreating behind his Continuous Trap Card s when cowed . This is further reflected in his playstyle , given the tag - out effects of the " Gladiator Beast s " . BB seems to struggle dealing with constant pressure and threats from Sanders and dislikes taking orders from him . Ultimately , BB dislikes having to fight and only does so for self - preservation , when threatened to be sealed into a card , BB snapped and rebelled against Sanders . Abilities . The Battle Beast is extremely fast and agile , able to match the blinding speed of the ninja - trained Moon Shadow with ease , as well as deftly deny Yuya ( who was using Rollerboots at the time ) access to Action Card s in a Duel . He is also skilled at using the " Predaprimal Jungle " to conceal himself . His camouflage isn ' t perfect , however , as Sylvio could pick out his hiding place by the glowing of his eyes . Biography . History . The Battle Beast was trained by Sanders to become the strongest Duel Warrior , but his sheer hostility caused him to Duel and seal anyone he encountered into cards . Due to this he was judged defective and imprisoned . Heartland City . When Sanders began a Survival Duel between the Lancers and five Duel Academy students , the Battle Beast joined the Battle Royal as well . He defeated and sealed Bernie into a card so swiftly that the change in numbers was barely picked up by those watching . He soon encountered Moon Shadow and engaged him in a Duel . Moon proved to be a more even opponent due to his comparable speed and agility , but the Battle Beast began to overpower him . Ted joined the Duel and received the intrusion penalty , allowing the Battle Beast to seize the chance to defeat the unprepared student with a single attack , before defeating Moon as well and sealing them both into cards . He later defeated and sealed Ethan into a card , before going after Sylvio Sawatari and chased him until he fell off the Duel arena . When Sylvio reunited with Crow , he watched them until Emma and Jacob arrived . Battle Beast then joined the Duel between the four , receiving the intrusion penalty while they wondered where he was . The Battle Beast swiftly defeated Emma and Jacob and sealed them into cards , before hunting down Crow and Sylvio . Crow eliminated Sylvio from the game by damaging his Duel Disk and engaged the Battle Beast directly in an attempt to end the Duel in a DRAW . The Battle Beast was able to survive , but the attack and its location drew him out of hiding . As Yuya and Gong arrived , the Battle Beast pinned Crow down and sealed him into a card . He attempted to stomp on Crow ' s card , but Sylvio managed to snatch it away from him . The Battle Beast then proceeded to Duel Yuya and Gong . He weathered their attacks by protecting his " Gladiator Beast s " with " Gladiator Beast ' s Medallion " and used destruction effects in combination with " Thumbs Down " to quickly reduce their LP . The Battle Beast used Contact Fusion to bring out " Gladiator Beast Andabata " and " Gladiator Beast Gyzarus " ; Yuya and Gong managed to barely survive his subsequent attacks , as the Battle Beast blocked Yuya ' s moves to get an Action Card , forcing Gong to use one . Incensed at Gong ' s resistance , the Battle Beast wiped him out with the effect of " Pollice Verso " and prepared to seal him into a card , but was interrupted by the arrival of Jack Atlas . Jack asked the Battle Beast if he was the one who sealed Crow into a card , and the Battle Beast responded cryptically , prompting Jack to declare his actions unforgivable . Jack Summoned " Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend " and used its effect to destroy " Andabatae " , countering the Battle Beast ' s efforts to protect it and resulting in the effect " Police Verso " inflicting extra damage . The Battle Beast thought that he ' d lost , but the effect of the " Red Warg " that Jack had used to Summon " Scarlight " prevented him from attacking , and the Battle Beast smiled in relief , causing Sanders to yell at him and join the Duel . Sanders brought " Andabatae " back with the effect of " Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor " and told him to show his strength and viciousness to the enemy , causing the Battle Beast to start shaking . Yuya went for an Action Card again , but the Battle Beast was still frozen in shock and Sanders yelled at him again for not following orders . The Battle Beast activated his trump card , " Gladiator Beast Assault Fort " , to protect himself and challenged Yuya and Jack to break through it , shaking again . Sanders threatened to seal him into a card for his disobedience ; having had enough , the Battle Beast used the effect of " Tamer Editor " to destroy itself with the intent of defeating Sanders , surprising everyone . After he defeated Sanders , Battle Beast jumped off the fort and held him down to seal him into a card . Before he could , Yuya ran to stop him but Battle Beast knocked him back . When Yuya revealed that Battle Beast didn ' t really want to fight , he asked Yuya want would he know . When Yuya revealed their similarities , Battle Beast told them he doesn ' t care about orders . He also threaten Sanders to seal him into a card for dragging him into a war Duel Academy started on a whim . When Sanders told him to do it , he was about to but learned about Sanders goal to creating the strongest Duel solider in order to carry out the Professor ' s order to eliminate Yuya . He still got mad when Sanders tried to order him again but learned that it is the Professor ' s order and that he won ' t survive if he fails . Battle Beast then activated the effect of " Gladiator Beast Fort " , returning " Gladiator Beast Augustus " underneath it to the Deck to inflict 1000 damage to Yuya but he dodged it . He then used the effect of his other " Fort " , returning the " Gladiator Beast Laquari " underneath it to the Deck to inflict 1000 damage to Yuya but Jack used " Red Gazer " to reduce it to 0 . He got angry and put " Augustus " and " Laquari " back under the " Forts " . He was surprised when Jack used the effect of " Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend " to destroy all cards on the field , wiping out his forts . However , he brought out " Gladiator Beast Great Fortress " and placed all his monsters in the graveyard under it and negate the effects of all face - up monsters on the field . When Jack attack directly , Battle Beast activated the effect of " Great Fortress " , letting him Special Summon " Andabatae " with its effects negated and its ATK becomes 1000 plus the number of monsters underneath " Great Fortress " times 1000 . Also , when a monster is destroyed by battle or card effect when " Great Fortress " is face - up , that monster ' s owner will take 500 damage for each monster sent to the Graveyard . But , Jack used " Red Armor " in his Graveyard and banishes it to prevent " Tyrant ' s " destruction by battle . Battle Beast then placed " Andabatae " back under " Great Fortress " due to its effect and was angry that he couldn ' t take Jack down . When Yuya attack directly , Battle Beast used the effect of " Great Fortress " to Special Summon " Andabatae " . However he couldn ' t destroy Yuya ' s monster due to the effect of " Performapal Guard Dance " . He then Special Summoned " Gyzarus " while Yuya sent " Shieldrummer " to attack . His third Special Summoned monster " Laquari " took on " Odd - Eyes Unicorn " while his final monster " Augustus " blocked " Gongato " . When Yuya had " Pararhino " attack directly , Battle Beast activated the effect of the " Gladiator Beast Noxious " in his hand , Special Summoning it in Defense Position . He was laughing that Yuya used up his attacks and couldn ' t do nothing now until he wondered why his monsters didn ' t return . He came out of " Great Fortress " and seen his monsters shooting paintballs . His monsters were switched with Yuya ' s when he used the effect of " Guard Dance " in his graveyard . He was then pull out of " Great Fortress " by the Performapal monsters and they dropped him into the paint . He listen to Yuya tell him how fun Dueling can be and that he should Duel his own way . He watched his monsters be destroyed by the effect of " Performapal Pendulum Art & Clean " while muttering Dueling that hurts people end today . When Yuya used the effect of " Pendulum Art and Clean " to destroy all monsters on the field that were Special Summoned this turn , Battle Beast used the effect of " Great Fortress " to inflict damage for each one , defeating him . He blamed himself for hurting so many people but Yuya told him he can atone for it since his true self returned . He cried and apologized when Yuya said he ' ll save the people that were carded . Deck . The Battle Beast uses a " Gladiator Beast " Deck . The " Gladiator Beast " monsters focus on returning themselves to the Deck after a battle to Special Summon other " Gladiator Beasts " ; in order to either activate their potent effects or use them to Special Summon " Gladiator Beast " Fusion Monster s through Contact Fusion . The Battle Beast focuses highly on removal effects like " Gladiator Beast Murmillo " and " Gladiator Beast Gyzarus " , using these in combination with " Pollice Verso " to reduce his opponent ' s LP even more quickly . To ensure their survival , the Battle Beast protects them with various Continuous Trap Card s , and when cornered he has the option of protecting himself with " Gladiator Beast Assault Fort "