I think a natural progression would be Destiny Carbon to Dynasty Carbon. Don't get used to Destiny if your end goal is Cybershape Carbon, they play very differently.
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At least in terms of speed and control. The Destiny lies somewhere between Wood and Carbon. Whereas Dynasty is even passed Carbon. So coming from Wood, imo the progression path one could choose, would be Clipper if all wood is the goal, destiny carbon as intermediate to enter the realm of carbon blades, then Carbon or Aura Hybrid and the endbosses being Dynasty or Wavy Ultra Fibre.
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From personal experience I can not understand that Cybershape Carbon would be a) slower and b) offer more control over Dynasty Carbon. I played both and Dynasty has way more gears than Cybershape Carbon and offers far more control. Could be that top speed is higher with Dynasty, but in my average play, the Cybershape was much faster and way more difficult to play in short game, service, service receive, etc.
I have been playing with Destiny carbon since start of December 2025. I am using Dignics 09c on both sides. I have played with Carbonado 190, 90, 45, innerforce layer ALC. I didn't try dynasty carbon.
In general I prefer ayous core outer carbon blades. These are rare, I could only try them from the carbonado series and custom made blades.
The blade thickness is 5.7mm, weight is 91 gm and its frequency is in the 1200s, which is misleading. Innerforce ALC has frequence in the 1300s, yet the destiny carbon is way faster than innerforce ALC in my experience, both having Dignics 09c on both sides.
The blade has a very high build qualiy, in contradiction to Carbonado series which generally had low build quality. Still the edges are sharp like many stiga blades and I had to sand them.
While the blade has the same kind of layers as Carbonado 90, stiga representatives on reddit explained that it had different wood layers thickness and different lamination process. Visually you can see this in the top layer having thin short groves. I don't know what to call them as I am not a wood expert but I didn't see them in any limba blade before.
At playing this is clear in having higher arc and more looping capabilities than Carbonado 90. The blade is a sweet spot between Carbonado 45 and 90: a blocking machine like 90, good in both active and passive blocks, and higher arc and good loops like 45.
As all ayous core outer carbon blades I have tried the blade is stiff: it doesn't flex a lot, which for me means more consistency as I feel blades that flex easily do this unexpectedly. Blades that don't flex give me a feeling of confidence and this blade is not an exception.
Loops are still low arc compared to innerforce layer for example, and this is why I feel comfort using Dignics 09c on it as it compensates for this low arc, but the arc is not extremely low like carbonado 90. when executed properly, killing loops are very low arc, fast and almost impossible to return.
I feel the blade needs more commited shots, when for example trying to loop short backspin balls played to the forehand side, but this could be Dignics 09c effect more than the blade's effect, I didn't try it with other rubbers so I am not sure of this point.
On the backhand the balde is good, whether backhand blocks, finishing shots or opening loops, but keep in mind that my backhand is inconsistent in general - it is a focus point for my coach, so my judgement of its backhand performance should be taken with a grain of salt.
The balde is more balanced than innerforce layer for example using the same rubbers. Innerforce layer feels more head heavy. Handle is comfortable more than innerforce layer which feels too thin for my taste.
The blade has good feeling but not like Carbonado 45 which was noisy to some of my friends when they tried it to the level of distraction. I think I can feel the ball well, but in general I didn't mind the Carbonado 45 kind of vibration, so for someone who didn't like this aspect of carbonado 45 this blade is better.
The blade is still slower than viscaria kind of blades, but it is more consistent. When using xiom 36.5 ALX - a viscaria kind of blades - with dignics 80 on it, I exert less effort and my team mates lose in any offensive games, yet they beat me if they just control the ball and wait for my mistakes. On the other hand with Destiny carbon and dignics 09c on it this strategy doesn't work. I can be offensive and consistent, yet an offensive - offensive game is not guranteed like when using 36.5 ALX and dignics 80.
In general I prefer ayous core outer carbon blades. These are rare, I could only try them from the carbonado series and custom made blades.
The blade thickness is 5.7mm, weight is 91 gm and its frequency is in the 1200s, which is misleading. Innerforce ALC has frequence in the 1300s, yet the destiny carbon is way faster than innerforce ALC in my experience, both having Dignics 09c on both sides.
The blade has a very high build qualiy, in contradiction to Carbonado series which generally had low build quality. Still the edges are sharp like many stiga blades and I had to sand them.
While the blade has the same kind of layers as Carbonado 90, stiga representatives on reddit explained that it had different wood layers thickness and different lamination process. Visually you can see this in the top layer having thin short groves. I don't know what to call them as I am not a wood expert but I didn't see them in any limba blade before.
At playing this is clear in having higher arc and more looping capabilities than Carbonado 90. The blade is a sweet spot between Carbonado 45 and 90: a blocking machine like 90, good in both active and passive blocks, and higher arc and good loops like 45.
As all ayous core outer carbon blades I have tried the blade is stiff: it doesn't flex a lot, which for me means more consistency as I feel blades that flex easily do this unexpectedly. Blades that don't flex give me a feeling of confidence and this blade is not an exception.
Loops are still low arc compared to innerforce layer for example, and this is why I feel comfort using Dignics 09c on it as it compensates for this low arc, but the arc is not extremely low like carbonado 90. when executed properly, killing loops are very low arc, fast and almost impossible to return.
I feel the blade needs more commited shots, when for example trying to loop short backspin balls played to the forehand side, but this could be Dignics 09c effect more than the blade's effect, I didn't try it with other rubbers so I am not sure of this point.
On the backhand the balde is good, whether backhand blocks, finishing shots or opening loops, but keep in mind that my backhand is inconsistent in general - it is a focus point for my coach, so my judgement of its backhand performance should be taken with a grain of salt.
The balde is more balanced than innerforce layer for example using the same rubbers. Innerforce layer feels more head heavy. Handle is comfortable more than innerforce layer which feels too thin for my taste.
The blade has good feeling but not like Carbonado 45 which was noisy to some of my friends when they tried it to the level of distraction. I think I can feel the ball well, but in general I didn't mind the Carbonado 45 kind of vibration, so for someone who didn't like this aspect of carbonado 45 this blade is better.
The blade is still slower than viscaria kind of blades, but it is more consistent. When using xiom 36.5 ALX - a viscaria kind of blades - with dignics 80 on it, I exert less effort and my team mates lose in any offensive games, yet they beat me if they just control the ball and wait for my mistakes. On the other hand with Destiny carbon and dignics 09c on it this strategy doesn't work. I can be offensive and consistent, yet an offensive - offensive game is not guranteed like when using 36.5 ALX and dignics 80.
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