Fragile Speedster

A Fragile Speedster is a character who is extremely fast, but has poor defense and/or offense. In terms of kart racing, it is a character or vehicle that has good acceleration, handling, off-road, drift, and/or mini-turbo, but has poor speed, drift, and/or weight. Anyone whose element is air is almost guaranteed to be a Fragile Speedster.
As mentioned above, being fast has its downsides; what the user gains in mobility, he/she loses in durability. It is difficult to maintain high speeds when armor weights the user down. As such, the user has to dodge attacks in order to avoid getting hit to begin with, and if he/she does take a hit, he/she will almost instantly go down.
Because Fragile Speedsters have low durability, they rely on hit-and-run tactics to gain an advantage over slower opponents. They tend to attack at a really fast rate.
This is similar to the Glass Cannon, an archetype which sacrifices defense for both offense and speed, contrasting the Stone Wall (trades offense and speed for defense). Its polar opposite is the Mighty Glacier, which sacrifices speed for offense and defense.
== Examples of Fragile Speedsters ==
* Lust and Chastity are Slow class racers in Seven Deadly Sins Racing, having the best handling in the game in addition to good acceleration, off-road, and mini-turbo, but are the slowest characters in the game with poor weight and drift.
* Gluttony and Temperance from the same game are Charger class racers, having the best acceleration in the game plus good handling, drift, off-road, and mini-turbo, but are the lightest characters in the game and have poor speed.
* Deseas, the air Elemental Ghost, can travel at superhuman speeds, but is easily stunned or defeated if she crashes into something.
* Cheetahs are the frailest of the big cats and have to eat quickly due to their inability to defend their kills from other carnivores such as lions, but they are the fastest land animal. Their build is so light to the point where they have trouble pulling down a prey animal that stands still, so they use their speed as a weapon: they deliberately startle their antelopes into running at max speed, overtake them, and bowl them over.
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