>>11078380I'll answer this quick before the thread dies.
>but how do you guys determine what attributes you like?Depends on what you're looking to do with your play style. Like if you want something that'll sprint across the stadium you'd go with something attack oriented. If you want something that can be aggressive or play the wait game there's balance type bits that do just that.
>As in, how do you experiment with the combinations without just, buying a shitton of beys?Sharing information with each other and YouTube videos. There's a number of Beyblade channels that do 1v1 with Beyblades as they come out the box so you get an idea of what the parts are capable of though it goes without saying mileage may vary. By the way, never use Takara Tomy's official release videos as a reference tool because those fights are meant to favor the odds of the Beyblade being showcased regardless of whether or not the parts are actually good. It's not uncommon to buy a Beyblade for the sake of one piece and only because it's the only way of obtaining it.
>Or do you very regularly swap pieces around inbetween matches, or something?In X's format you come into each battle with 3 setups and you battle in the order they're arranged. I don't have too many details on how it all works because I'm just a casual collector and battler, but Takara Tomy sells what they call 'deck boxes' for the sake of use in tournaments since they're pushing for that scene harder in X.