Astral Fafnir Karma Venture-4

Astral Fafnir Karma Venture-4 is a Balance-Type Beyblade that appears only in Beyblade Burst QuadBreak.

It is owned by Fox Jones, of the 4 Horsemen.

## DB Core - Fafnir

Takara Tomy's **Fafnir** is a left-spin DB Core that features a dragon and two claws grasping orbs, akin to its predecessors. The design represents the DB Core's namesake, Fafnir, a dwarf turned into a dragon in Norse and Germanic mythology. **Fafnir** does not offer any particular advantages over other left-spin DB Cores such as Bahamut, which has high Burst Resistance, or Longinus, which has a heavy weight. Thus it is recommended to use the aforementioned DB Cores over **Fafnir**.

## Blade - Astral

Takara Tomy's **Astral** is a dual-spin Balance Type Blade with two small blades and two large blades. The two small blades feature rubber and are intended to increase Spin Equalization capabilities. The two large blades have metal and are intended for Attack. The spin direction of **Astral** can be changed by flipping the Blade. In its left-spin mode, **Astral** has good Smash Attack and can Spin Equalize with its rubber blades. However, its Attack power is much lower than other options such as Guilty. In right-spin mode, **Astral** has lower Smash Attack and Spin Equalization, with same-spin performance below that of Dynamite.

## Armor - 4

Takara Tomy's **4** is an Armor with its weight focused at four points. While **4** has a heavy weight for an Armor, it suffers from the issue of being hollow towards the center. This creates poor weight distribution, causing the combination to tilt, being unable to stay upright. For this reason, **4** should only be used in Attack combinations for weight, although it is also outclassed by 0 and 2.

## Forge Disc - Karma

**Karma** is a DB Disc with ten upward sloping blades along its perimeter, meant to create Upper Force in left-spin and Down Force in right-spin. It is essentially the DB Disc version of Nine. In theory, the blades increase the grip of the Beyblade on the Stadium floor with Down Force and decrease the friction between the Beyblade and the Stadium floor with Upper Force. In practice however, the effect is negligible and the blades reduce the Life-After-Death (LAD) of **Karma**. Due to its shape and weight distribution, **Karma** works best in Attack combinations.

## Performance Tip - Venture

*Venture is an Attack Type Driver that accelerates when the rubber around the tip touches the stadium floor. It moves aggressively around the stadium due to its flat tip and jagged claws.*

— Official Description

**Venture** is an Attack Type Performance Tip that features a plastic flat tip with a rubber ring. The flat tip causes aggressive movement, similar to Accel. In theory, when a **Venture** combination tilts and touches the Stadium floor, movement would increase and become more aggressive, delivering stronger hits. In practice, due to the specific angles needed for the rubber to make contact with the Stadium floor, **Venture** performs inconsistently and is difficult to control.

## Trivia

- An Astral Fafnir Beyblade was released by Takara Tomy and used the same Disc and Driver, but the 0 Armour instead of 4. However, the Takara Tomy-released Astral Fafnir Karma Venture-0 is an Attack-Type, while Fox's Astral Fafnir Karma Venture-4 is a Balance-Type. It is unknown how the difference from a Balance-Type Armour to an Attack-Type Armour changes the combination from an Attack-Type to a Balance-Type.

- Fox Jones' Astral Fafnir is also of a different colouration than the Astral Fafnir released in Random Booster Vol. 27, using the Fafnir core from Roar Fafnir 00 Revolve-2 and the Astral DB Blade from its original release, Astral Spriggan Over Quattro-0.