How CX Lock Chips and Main Blades Mix

A Custom Line name looks like noise until you know it is five parts and not three. Where a BX or UX Beyblade is Blade / Ratchet / Bit, a CX Beyblade splits the Blade itself into three pieces — a Lock Chip, a Main Blade and an Assist Blade — and only then adds the Ratchet and Bit. That is the whole reason CX exists, and it is why a name like Dran Brave S6-60V carries a letter in the middle that BX names never have. This guide reads a CX name end to end, says what each of the three Blade parts actually contributes, and works through the Evangelion collaboration set as an example, because it is an unusually clean illustration of what a Lock Chip changes and what it does not.

Reading a CX name end to end

Take CX-01 Dran Brave S6-60V. The name in front is the Lock Chip plus the Main Blade — the Dran Lock Chip fitted to the Brave Main Blade. Then S is the Slash Assist Blade, 6-60 is the Ratchet (six protrusions at a 6.0mm height), and V is the Vortex Bit. CX-02 Wizard Arc R4-55LO reads the same way: Wizard Lock Chip, Arc Main Blade, Round Assist Blade, 4-55 Ratchet, LO Bit. The CX system guide covers why the line was built this way; the parts explained guide covers the three-part structure the other lines still use.

The practical consequence is that a CX name tells you five swappable things instead of three, and only two of them — the Ratchet and the Bit — are shared with the rest of Beyblade X. Get in the habit of reading the middle letter, because it is doing real work and it is the part most listings drop.

What each of the three Blade parts does

The Lock Chip is the character piece and the lock. It sits at the centre, carries the name and the artwork, and holds the stack together. It is the least mechanically interesting of the three and the most collectable, which is exactly why collaborations arrive as Lock Chips rather than as new Main Blades.

The Main Blade carries the metal and the contact geometry. This is the part that decides how the Beyblade hits and how it takes a hit, and it is where the weight sits. When two Beyblades share a Main Blade they share the shape that matters, whatever the Lock Chip on top says.

The Assist Blade is the plastic ring beneath the Main Blade, adding secondary contact points and shifting weight distribution. Height varies across the family — Heavy is a low 50-height ring, Wheel a high 80-height one — which changes whether the ring contacts an opponent at all. The Assist Blades guide lists the current official set. One thing worth stating plainly: none of these three parts sets the battle type. The official guide defines type by the Bit, which is why a Blade stack that looks defensive can still classify as something else.

A worked example: the Evangelion set

The CX-00 Evangelion Deck Set, released in Japan on 29 August 2026 at ¥7,500 including tax through Takara Tomy Mall and the EVANGELION STORE, is a made-to-order collaboration whose pre-order window closed in April 2026. It holds three Beyblades, two specially printed Long Winder launchers and a storage box. It is useful here because of how it is built rather than what is printed on it:

Beyblade	Lock Chip	Main Blade	Assist	Ratchet	Bit
EvaBrave A1-70V	Eva (Unit-01)	Brave	A Assault	1-70	V Vortex
EvaArc B0-70E	Eva (Unit-00)	Arc	B Bumper	0-70	E Elevate
EvaBrush T2-70A	Eva (Unit-02)	Brush	T Turn	2-70	A Accel

All three Main Blades are already in the line. Brave is the Main Blade from CX-01 Dran Brave, Arc from CX-02 Wizard Arc, and Brush from CX-06 Fox Brush. What is new is the Lock Chip, the finish and the part combinations — every one of the three pairs its familiar Main Blade with a different Assist Blade, Ratchet and Bit than its original release used. That is the CX system doing precisely what it was designed for, and it is the honest way to describe a collaboration set: a new character piece and colourway over established geometry, not new moulds. The three carry Metal Coat finishes in violet, orange and red; the Metal Coat guide explains why a finish is an identification detail rather than a stat.

Two details in the set are worth correcting, because English coverage has garbled both. First, several write-ups credit the Unit-02 Beyblade with a dual spin-mode switch. No source supports that. The reversible part is the Turn Assist Blade, whose outer piece flips between an upward-sloping rapid-strike orientation and a downward-sloping deflect orientation — a part feature that predates this set, having arrived with Hells Reaper T4-70K in April 2025. Takara Tomy's own product copy credits the parrying to the 2-70 Ratchet, not to a mode switch on the Blade. Second, the Unit-00 Beyblade is marketed as the defensive one and reads that way, but with Elevate fitted it classifies as Balance, because type follows the Bit. Neither point is a contradiction; both are what happens when marketing copy and the parts system describe the same object differently.

What this means when you build a deck

A 3-on-3 deck cannot repeat a part across its three Beyblades, which is the constraint the Deck Set guide covers. Read the Evangelion set against that rule and it holds up on four of the five slots: three different Assist Blades, three different Ratchets, three different Bits, three different Main Blades. The one open question is the Lock Chip, since all three are Eva chips. Basic Lock Chips are commonly exempted from no-repeat rules precisely because they are the interchangeable character piece — but whether a collaboration chip counts as basic is an organiser's call, not something to assume from a product page.

That is the general lesson rather than a quirk of one set. Official legal-part lists are published per event and they change; the CX Cup format has run as Custom Line only, and organisers routinely restrict Assist Blades and Over Blades while leaving Ratchets and Bits open. Take the current list from the event page on the day, and if a part in your deck is a collaboration or limited release, ask before you enter rather than at the table.

Frequently asked questions

What are the five parts of a CX Beyblade name?

A Lock Chip, a Main Blade, an Assist Blade, a Ratchet and a Bit. The name in front is the Lock Chip plus the Main Blade, then a letter for the Assist Blade, then the Ratchet numbers, then a letter for the Bit. In CX-01 Dran Brave S6-60V that is the Dran Lock Chip, the Brave Main Blade, the Slash Assist Blade, the 6-60 Ratchet and the Vortex Bit.

What does the Lock Chip actually do?

It sits at the centre of the Blade, carries the name and artwork, and locks the stack together. It is the character piece rather than the performance piece, which is why collaborations arrive as Lock Chips. The Main Blade carries the metal and the contact geometry, the Assist Blade adds secondary contacts and shifts weight, and the Bit is what actually defines the battle type.

Are the Evangelion Beyblades new blades or existing ones?

The Main Blades are existing ones. Brave comes from CX-01 Dran Brave, Arc from CX-02 Wizard Arc and Brush from CX-06 Fox Brush. What is new is the Eva Lock Chip, the Metal Coat finish and the part combinations, since each pairs its Main Blade with a different Assist Blade, Ratchet and Bit than its original release used.

Can you run three Evangelion Beyblades in one 3-on-3 deck?

The parts mostly allow it: EvaBrave A1-70V, EvaArc B0-70E and EvaBrush T2-70A use three different Assist Blades, Ratchets, Bits and Main Blades, so nothing repeats there. The open question is the Lock Chip, as all three are Eva chips. Basic Lock Chips are commonly exempted from no-repeat rules, but whether a collaboration chip counts as basic is an organiser's decision, so ask before the event.