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The Destroyer is a very fast stable long distance driver. This disc is much like a faster Wraith, but with a little more high and low speed stability. Great disc for sidearm throwers and those with lots of power. Can handle headwinds and throws with off axis torque. Not suggested for beginning players.
Disc Details
Diameter: 21.2 cm
Weight Range: Star:168-175g, Champion: 170-175g, Pro:168-175g, DX:150-175g
Best Choice for: Maximum Distance, Long Hyzers, Headwind Drives
Available Plastics: Star, Champion, Pro, DX
US $14.49
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I use max weight star destroyers as one of my primary distance drivers primarily for back hand but some side arm(when I have my act together. I also use it for my few over hand(tomahawk) shots.
low straight shots: It’s a missile 4-8ft off the ground straight out to 370 to 400 plus
hyzers: huge consistent hyzers with big distance. disc is fairly fast and gets out there in a hurry and carries(glide) enough to get that added distance on the hyzer line.
S lines: with the amount of fade this disc possess you can give it a good amount of anhyzer and expect it to come back fairly consistently.
The star destroyer fights the wind well but is not my go to disc for head wind though it would work well for most peoples wind needs(we consistently have winds 20-40 mph where I play and most disc do not like that)
break in: The star destroyer starts off fairly over stable and would seem to be a bit much for a newer player or one with less power. as it breaks in it has the potential to go straighter longer but still with consistent fade but not as dramatic. With my most broke in ,2 plus years of heavy use, destroyer i have found it to be a bit less high speed stable but with a hard flat straight shot it does not flip and I can mustard it out past 410ft at a height of 4-8ft (on a line that could be used as a straight edge)with minimal fade and no worries of flipping it over.
The Innova ratings are similar to a wraith. I throw PRO wraiths and even when new they fly very different( I also throw pro destroyers). The wraith is flippier and can be anhyzered easier and will hold that anhyzer line longer than a destroyer.
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The Destroyer is the first overstable disc I have been able to take control of. I recently received a 171g Pro Destroyer, with a pretty large dome.
Well, yesterday, I took out my Pro Destroyer, and gave it a rip out in the field. It was a pretty bad shot, I ended up throwing it on a really weird anhyzer line, but just like I had expected, it came back. I have thrown few overstable discs so far in my disc golfing career, and this is definitely the best one so far. I threw that disc about 260 feet.
Now, had I thrown an XS or an Avenger SS the same way, neither of those discs would have faded back.
Later, on the course, I threw it into a pretty light headwind about 275 feet onto the top of a hill.
I’m really liking the Destroyer. It’s a pretty fast, overstable disc, but intermediate players should have no problem getting some pretty big D with it. If you need a disc to give you big distance, without the worry of it turning over, the Destroyer is going to be your disc.
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Wide rimmed overstable distance driver with high speed and nice glide. Designed for power/fast throwers with a beautiful slight right turn (RHBH) for long distance with a consistent forward fade and often nice skips making big D possible with this disc. Avery Jenkins uses a Pro Destroyer as his distance competition disc– he says, ““The Pro Destroyer is my competition distance disc. I keep a stack of these JUST for distance competitions. I know I have an advantage when I throw it, because I trust it, and they have more glide for me than any other disc. It doesn’t hurt that I throw really far anyway. One day, I will break the World Record with this disc.”
The “go-to” Innova distance driver. Some mold inconsistencies from different runs and plastic specially odd understable ones made with a vulcan top but generally a solid stable driver.
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Star Destroyer – How I love you, let me count the ways.
I have over 70 Destroyers in all plastics. I mainly throw the Star. I have found that the S/DS are more overstable than the normal runs. Most of my Star Destroyers are the pre-Avery stamp. Those can tend to be more domey and overstable as well. Innova recently started creating a star Destroyer with a sort of “archon” style top plate. I have not heard good things about these.
I am a 980 rated player and I can throw around 420-450′ I use Destroyers for Backhand, Forehand, and Tomahawks. Destroyers really work in and once you find one in that perfect zone you will fall in love. I carry 4-7 depending on the course. A few thrown backhand or forehand will turn over slowly and never come back, some are dead straight, and some over stable for that hyzer shot. They are highspeed discs but a well worn disc requires less power than similar discs to get that max D. Tomahawks turn slowly for me (when thrown verticle) and have predictable ground skips and flight paths. Destroyers, because of the rim, can experience a decent amount of finishing “flair.” So be careful around shule, OB, and other trouble.
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Was my “throw everywhere” disc before I moved up to a Boss. The ratings on the two are exactly the same but don’t think that this means they fly exactly the same. The destroyer starts out stable-overstable and eventually beats in to something between a slightly understable disc and a general, stable one. For me right out of the box it was giving me some nice s-curves and I could make it fly however I wanted it to and not worry about it going off to one side or diving in the dirt 50′ from the tee pad.
One thing to be wary of if buying one nowaday if to make sure you compare them disc by disc. Recently there has been some “mistakes” that are causing the tops of destroyers to be a lot more domey (similar to that of a vulcan) and are causing a lot of frustration with players who are expecting a regular destroyer flight path that they have come to know and love. The dome is not necessarily bad but it will cause the disc to fly differently and usually reduces distance substantially by making the disc behave more overstable.
Overall a good disc but watch out for extra domeyness on newer discs. Be prepared for it to break in for a more understable type flight pattern.
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I found a destroyer on the course one day and found it to be about what I thought it would be: way too much disc for me. The destroyer is a favorite of great players and one of Innova’s top sellers, but it is definitely for the advanced. The destroyer is fast and overstable. A good disc by all accounts, but one that a player should step up to once he has gotten some serious snap.
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In my opinion the best Distance Driver Innova has ever made. Great in any conditions (head wind, cross wind). Out of the box are very straight and fade consistently, after it gets broken in it start to flex out and come back. There are two different types that you have to watch out for, they are marked different on the bottom. The difference is the *DS and the SDS, the difference is in the overstability, the SDS is noticeably different as it will fade much harder.
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