How 2019 changed Beyblade BurstĢ019 was a great one for Beyblade Burst on many levels. Despite entering its fifth year, the series showed no signs of slowing down. Tournaments continued with great interest and passion around the world. Stamina Alive and Well, Thanks to Dead Phoenix I personally attended and helped organize events in both Toronto, Los Angeles. In terms of releases and the evolution of the metagame, the year began with one of the best out-of-the-box releases of the series thus far: B-131 Dead Phoenix.0.At. The Dead Armour from this release as part of Perfect Phoenix (Revive Phoenix Layer Body + Dead Armour) created one of the best stamina Layers of the entire generation so far and created a legitimate competitor against the existing best Beyblade Burst stamina Layer Archer Hercules. The Gatinko Layer System was released not long afterwards in March. It introduced powerful Disks like Sting and Blitz, which continue to see use in all types of top tier, strong Beyblade combos.
