The Innova Champion Flat Top Firebird is a very overstable control driver built to fight wind and hold a fade no matter how hard you throw it. It's usually the first truly overstable disc a developing player picks up, since the fade is huge but the speed is manageable.

Flight Numbers: 9 / 3 / 0 / 4

Champion plastic on the flat top Firebird is stiff and glassy, more rigid than Star, and it holds that stiffness through years of play. The flat top shape sits low and comfortable in the hand, and Champion resists tree damage well, taking hits without chunking the rim. It beats in slowly, so expect the strong fade you get new to stay strong for a long time before it starts to soften.

Thrown flat it holds dead straight before finishing with a hard, reliable hook left, and it barely turns even with a hot release, which is exactly what makes it dependable in a headwind. Forehand throwers lean on it heavily since it takes a flick release well and still fights back against a natural anhyzer tendency. It's not a beginner's first disc, but it's often the first very overstable disc a player adds once they can throw with enough speed to make the fade useful rather than a problem. I keep one for holes where I need the disc to come back no matter what the wind is doing.

Throwing forehand into a headwind? The Nate Sexton Firebird runs the same shape in a different premium blend. Want a slightly less punishing overstable driver? Try the Star Firebird, which flexes and breaks in faster. Browse the rest of our overstable distance drivers.

Speed 9, glide 3, turn 0, fade 4. Diameter 21.1 cm, rim width 1.9 cm, max weight 173 g.