Janos Pekkanen (Review Participant, L2, Advanced)

My Flight Ratings 12/5/-1/3 Not Beginner Friendly

Feb 14, 2025 12:43 PM

this distance driver has become a legend. it's one of Innovas most sold discs ever. not very beginner friendly, but different runs offer different flight paths. Lighter disc or G-Star plastic can help you if you want a Destroyer less overstable. for advanced players, most of destroyers are the perfect distance driver. Turns over a bit, and maybe has little fade. I've thrown very beaten up Star Destroyer that went straight into roller, and Also new Bottom Stamp Star Destroyers, that I couldn't flip up at all. 

Destroyers overall have good shape, they fit for backhands and forehands.

Swampy (Review Grand Master, L13, Intermediate)

My Flight Ratings 12/5/-1/3 Not Beginner Friendly

Nov 23, 2023 18:38 PM

Flatness: 5 somewhat Domey

Stiffness: 4 neutral stiff

The run and plastic does a big diffrent on the Destroyer. In star its more stable, a halo star calvin destroyer is more overstable. So it depends on how much fade you need. But it is great for forehand and backhand. Its a nice disc to have several of, fx a new one and a beat in one

RoslundJoonas (Review Nut, L7, Intermediate)

My Flight Ratings 12/5/-1/3 Not Beginner Friendly

Oct 23, 2023 14:39 PM

The Innova Destroyer is an absolute beast! Get ready to unleash mind-blowing distances with this bad boy. Its speed and stability are off the charts, and that reliable fade at the end will make your shots truly epic!

Foreputti (Review Supporter, L3, Advanced)

My Flight Ratings 12.5/5/-1.5/3 Terrible for Beginners

Sep 16, 2023 08:13 AM

The Star Destroyer is possibly the best long distance driver on the market.

The flight of the Star Destroyer starts to differentiate itself from other distance drivers only once the disk flies ~120 meters or further. In longer flights Star Destroyer has a nice amount of turn, but still fades reliably at the end of the flight. This allows for controlled distance shots.

There's some amount of variation in Star Destroyers. The most understable ones can't be called particularly reliable, so beware. They're great for absolute maximum distance shots, though.

There's not really any point for a beginner to throw a Destroyer, or any other distance driver for that matter. You'll be better off with a fairway driver until you start hitting ~100 meters. And until you start reaching ~120 meters I doubt there's a significant difference in flight between a Destroyer, DD3, Cloud Breaker, Rive, or any other Destroyer-like disc.

Robinder (Reader, Professional)

My Flight Ratings 12/5/-1/3 Neutral

Mar 09, 2022 08:14 AM

The Destroyer is one of the best Disc Golf Discs ever produced. Overstable at first, but if you play it long enough it gets that very nice turn, which is perfect for max distance. 

I currently have five in my bag. reaching from understable to very overstable.

5/5 

Frederik (Reader, Intermediate)

My Flight Ratings 12/5/-1/3 Terrible for Beginners

Nov 03, 2021 21:18 PM

I got 5 destroyers and i love all 5, i got 1 halo star and its super overstabel, and i got 1, 168 grams that will just go dead straight. 

Oka (Review Participant, L2, Intermediate)

My Flight Ratings 12/5/-1/3 Not Beginner Friendly

Aug 26, 2021 07:05 AM

if you are a beginner I would recommend wraith instead or destroyer in G-star plastic which tend to be is more stable than star or champion plastics. Awesome disc for more skilled players with faster arm speed.