Evil Befall UW145 EWD

Evil Befall UW145EWD or Killer Beafowl UW145EWD (キラービフォールUW145EWD, Kirā Bifōru UW145EWD) is a Balance Type Beyblade that appears in the anime and manga series Beyblade: Metal Masters. It was released by Takara Tomy in Random Booster Vol. 6 Killer Beafowl on December 28, 2010 in Japan, and in western countries as a Starter Pack in November 2011.

Face: Befall
The Face Bolt depicts "Pavo", one of the 88 constellations in space. Pavo is Latin and Spanish for "peacock" and is represented as such. The design features the Befall/Beafowl in a white outline while printed on a translucent violet face bolt.

Clear Wheel: Befall

 * Weight: 2.9 grams

This is a relatively balanced and circular Clear Wheel. It has two different illustrations on it: on two sides there are peacock heads, while structures that resemble Peacock wings are adjacent. The Clear Wheel is released in a pale-pink color. Even though it is round and well balanced, heavier and bolder Clear Wheels such as Aquario, Cancer, Bull and Cygnus are prefered for almost all types of Beyblade combinations, specifically in Stamina and Defense.

Metal Wheel: Killer / Evil

 * Weight: 31.2 grams

Killer has a textured, bumpy, two-winged design that ends in two rounded edges. However, unlike its predecessor, it is considerably thinner even with a smaller amount of metal dropping below the base of the Fusion Wheel. Being so thin, the edges of each wing do not apply as much force as those of the Evil/Killer Gemios Fusion Wheel. As a result, Evil/Killer loses any of the potential Smash Attack the first incarnation had.

Like its Metal System predecessor Gemios, Killer has a textured, bumpy, two-winged design that ends in two rounded edges. However, unlike its predecessor, it is considerably thinner even with a smaller amount of metal dropping below the base of the Wheel. Being so thin, the edges of each wing do not apply as much force as those of the Gemios Metal Wheel; as a result, Killer loses any of the potential Smash Attack the first incarnation had.

Being so thin negates any possible defensive qualities, and though it may seem suited for Stamina, it peforms extremely poorly compared to other top-tier Stamina Wheels such as Duo, Phantom, Dragooon and Genbull.

Track: UW145 (Upper Wing)

 * Weight: 3.6 grams

Upper Wing 145 is a variation of ED145 and WD145 that as its name suggests, is to provide Upper Attack. UW145 is composed of three large wings that are very spiky and edgy in design. It has two Modes, "Attack Mode" and "Defense Mode". It can switched simply by removing the wings and flipping them. In Attack Mode, the wings are angled downwards, in a clockwise manner. In Defense Mode however, the wings are angled upwards, counter-clockwise. Although UW145 was stated to be able to conduct Upper Attack, this does not have any effect due to UW145 being placed under the Wheel where it does not have any known contact with the opposing Bey's Wheel. However, UW145's sharp points in Attack Mode can conduct Smash Attack, but the effect is, once again, negligible.

Overall, UW145 is not an outclassed Spin Track. Despite its name, it cannot conduct any Upper Attack at all, only Smash Attack, but this does not have much of an effect. Its wings can be used for Defense however, it has more stamina because of the up-force power, which performs opposite DF145 and T125. This may also reduce it defense power since UW145 adds almost no weight to the bey, and since the wings do not come in contact with regularly height beys, against regularly height beys the wings are overall quite useless.

Tip: EWD (Eternal Wide Defense)

 * Weight: 1.2 grams

EWD is part of a series of existing Bottoms prefixed with Eternal, featuring bearing-based tips. EWD, as its name suggests, is a bearing-implemented version of WD. It features a similar wide shape, but the pointy tip of the Bottom is replaced by a free-spinning sharp piece. This rotates freely, and increases the balance and spin-retention of the Bottom. Unlike ES, the Bottom does not suffer from balance issues because of its wide shape, which allows it many of the same survival capabilities as WD at low spin velocities. Friction on this part seems to be a problem for it. As EWD wears down, it loses a lot of its stamina capabilities and wearing down affects its performance a lot. Since it is only one bearing, there is still a considerable amount of friction between the bearing and the tip, and paired together, the effects are hardly negligible in comparison to WD. WD usually overshadows EWD because of more availability due to a more widespread release, and EWD has more cons than pros when compared. The grinding between the bearing and the tip often can lead to both increased stamina and decreased stamina if too much grinding is produced. This Bottom is also more useful in mid-height customizations, whereas WD is prefered for low combos and SD and D on higher ones. As such, mid-height Beyblades are generally not prefered in battles due to their average performance and their imbalance caused by a slightly off center of gravity. However, EWD has found a very special place in Spin Stealing combinations, providing the few more rotations to a Beyblade needed to outspin an opponent in the last few seconds of a match. It therefore goes beyond WD in that domain, but the friction between its components can still render the BeyBattle a draw instead of surviving the opposing Beyblade. Furthermore, like with every Bottom of the D series, EWD remains rather easy to knock out with any proper Attack combination.

Around the time of its release, EWD was paired with Meteo L-Drago and CH120 for a powerful Spin Stealing customization, however, with the appearance of the 4D System and then Zero-G, Meteo L-Drago's light weight was inefficient to keep winning against new top-tier combos. It has although found use in the innovative Zero-G metagame.

Wearing of EWD
EWD Bottoms in general are vulnerable to wearing that renders them illegal and alters their performance, transforming them into more aggressive tips, however Hasbro has been found to release even more fragile EWDs. These widespread versions wear down and become rounder considerably more quickly than both TAKARA-TOMY's and SonoKong's releases. It is therefore preferable to purchase more of the latter companies' Killer Beafowl UW145EWD or Nightmare Rex UW145EWD to ensure a longer, legal performance.

Use in Stamina customization
EWD's Spin-Stealing abilities convey to the combination Duo Cancer/Cygnus/Aquario SA165/W145EWD the extra spin required to outlast other Beyblades in Zero-G Stadiums.

Beyblade: Metal Masters
It was mentioned when Jack told Ryuga "His Bey was not yet complete, but when it was, he would paint a picture of hades on Ryuga's canvas".

In episode 38, it battled Grand Capricorne and was winning because its UW145EWD combination allowed it to float safely to the ground when struck. It carved into Capricorne's Fusion Wheel, and then destroyed it by using a Special Move.

In Episode 42, It was going to battle Galaxy Pegasus until Ryuga appeared to accept his challenge, stepping in as Gan Gan Galaxy's third member. Jack and Befall showed no mercy, using L-Drago and UW145 to carve an intricate peacock design into the stadium, and nearly stopping L-Drago, until Ryuga unleashed all of the power he had absorbed and defeated Befall in one move.

Special Moves

 * Befall the Ripper: Befall's beast rises from the Beyblade and fires a barrage of vacuum arrows shaped like feathers at the opponent.
 * Beautiful Death: Befall becomes surrounded in a rainbow-colored aura and attacks the opponent viciously.

Game
Evil Befall was released in Wave 6. It is a Balance type Beyblade.

Notable versions

 * Evil Befall UW145 EWD - Hasbro Metal Fury 2 pack "The Ripper" (Black Befall clear wheel, scarlet red feathers / details)

Overall
Killer Beafowl UW145EWD is comprised of predominantly outclassed parts in Killer and UW145, but EWD is an extremely effective alternative to WD and PD for Stamina customisations, as well as procuring its own impressive Spin-Stealing prowesses. Consequently, every Blader should own multiples of this Beyblade.

Trivia

 * Although the UW145 sticks out from under the Fusion Wheel in the anime, it cannot do so in the game.
 * Many people mistakenly call Befall, 'Peafowl' because a peafowl is a male peacock. However, the beyblade is Befall.
 * In the video game, Beyblade: Metal Fusion - Battle Fortress, there is a Bey called Pavo, also based on the Peacock constellation.


 * If you look at the Evil Befall and Evil Pisces 2-Pack, Evil Pisces has practically the same parts, but on lower tiers (Evil Befall - UW145EWD; Evil Pisces - ED145WD).
 * Evil Befall is the first bey to have the UW145EWD combo.
 * Evil Befall was the second bey to have a Defense/Attack mode Spin Track, with Poison Serpent being the first with SW145.
 * In the anime, it was shown that Evil Befall could land softly if it was thrown up during a battle due to it's EWD.
 * It's the 100th Metal Saga Bey.
 * In 1888, a criminal who came to be known as Jack the Ripper murdered five people in London's Whitechapel district. This is probably one of the reasons this character was named Jack and why one of his special moves were named Befall The Ripper.
 * The Japanese name, Beafowl, is a wordplay with the word peafowl.
 * The Hasbro Version of this Bey does not have black on the Energy Ring.
 * In 2015, the Takara Tomy version of Killer Befall was deemed one of the expensive random boosters, priced up to $100.