The bey
Luster Dragoon is a small piece of Beyblade X history. It is the first left-spin Bey to carry an Expand Blade (the "BX Expand" construction), and for fans of the Dragoon line it is the answer to a question that has been building for two generations of the family.
The Blade sits in the Dragoon series, the successor to Cobalt Dragoon and Meteoroid Dragoon. The look is unmistakable: three metallic-blue dragon heads set on curved blades, built to scoop an opponent up and knock it clean away. Against right-spin Beys — which is most of the field in Beyblade X — that contact geometry does real work, prying up the enemy blade instead of glancing off it.
It is Khrome Ryugu's new signature Bey. If the name sounds familiar, it should: Khrome is the antagonist of Beyblade X's first season and the leader of the Pendragon team, and his Drake and Dragoon beys have always been a deliberate homage to the original Dragoon line. This one picks that thread up again.
Stock build
The Starter runs a clean Attack setup:
- Luster Dragoon Blade — left-spin Attack Blade, three-dragon head.
- 6-60 Ratchet — six protrusions at 6.0 mm.
- LC (Low Cyclone) Bit — the headline new part.
The LC is a lower-profile version of the Cyclone Bit, a spiral-shaped Attack tip. Dropping the centre of gravity gives lower attacks, better launch stability, and a bit that grips the stadium floor and turns raw speed into forward drive. Out of the box with a Winder Launcher L (violet) and a long winder, it is ready to launch the moment the box opens.
How it plays
This is an Attack bey that wants to fight low. The Expand Blade gives Luster Dragoon weight and rigidity through the centre, so it holds its line when it closes the gap, while the low LC keeps the whole top flatter against the floor. The result is a bey that eats ground early and saves its real force for the first big hit.
Being left-spin matters here. Because it spins against most of the X-format field, its curved dragon blades catch right-spin Beys at the wrong angle and scoop them off their axis. The trade is the usual left-spin one: it is less forgiving to launch, benefits from a slightly tilted launch to get the low tip up to speed, and asks you to line up your shots rather than spray them.
Combos & variants
Straight out of the box it is a solid left-spin attacker, but the parts move. A few directions worth testing:
- Keep the low profile theme going by swapping the LC for another low flat tip if you want a touch more speed; the LC is tuned for stability, so a change of tip trades control for aggression.
- On the other side, the LC on a faster Blade in your collection is worth a spin — the low centre of gravity it gives is the whole point, and more speed under it hits right-spin decks even harder.
- If your meta leans on stamina, the left-spin Blade will still punish right-spin attackers that wander in, even on a calmer bit.
The honest read: as a left-spin Expand attack bey, it leans on the low LC bit to stay planted and hit right-spin bladers hard. Build around that and you won't go wrong.
Where to get one
BX-52 Luster Dragoon 6-60LC is a Takara Tomy Starter Set, released in Japan on 10 October 2026 at ¥2,300. Expect it to get its overseas listings through the usual import channels in the weeks after the Japanese street date, and keep an eye on the Beyblade X lineup page if you prefer to order from source.