The Doomsday Discs Famine is a 12-speed understable distance driver. With published flight numbers of 12 / 5 / -2 / 1, it is most often described as suited for easy, beginner-friendly distance, hyzer-flip lines to flat.
Overview
The Doomsday Discs Famine is a 12/5/-2/1 understable-to-neutral distance driver and one of the brand's most popular molds.[1] Marketed as a disc "that can be handled by preppers and survivors alike," it gives lower-power players accessible distance while shaping a long, glidey S-curve, and lets stronger arms work big anhyzers, flex lines, and rollers.[1][2] It is a 12-speed, beadless, wide-rim driver produced across Doomsday's apocalypse-themed premium plastics — Toxic Waste, Biohazard, Radioactive Waste, Uranium and others.[1]
Flight characteristics
Flight numbers describe the published behavior of the disc when thrown at its design speed. Real-world flight varies with plastic, weight, age, and thrower power. The community-averaged numbers above reflect crowd-sourced observations from real throws — typically slightly more understable than the manufacturer's published values, which is the most consistent pattern across nearly every commercial mold.
Recommended uses
The Famine is at its best as a high-glide distance driver for players who don't yet have the arm speed to turn over a stable 12-speed. Thrown flat it will flip up and hold a gentle turn before a minimal fade, making it a strong hyzer-flip and turnover disc.[2] Higher-power throwers tend to use it as a dedicated roller or big-anhyzer utility driver, since the understability that helps beginners will flip a power throw over. New players moving up from a fairway driver will find it far more forgiving than an overstable bomber like the Famine's stablemate, the Oblivion.
Best for:
- Easy, beginner-friendly distance
- Hyzer-flip lines to flat
- Long turnover and anhyzer shots
- Rollers (for higher-power throwers)
Community notes — how players actually use this disc
Plastics & variants
The Famine is available in the following plastic blends from Doomsday Discs:[2]
Toxic Waste, Biohazard, Radioactive Waste, Uranium, Fallout, Fatal, Landfill, Meltdown
Plastic blend significantly affects flight character. Premium plastics like Champion, Z, or C-Line generally fly more overstable when fresh and hold their stability over time. Base plastics like DX, Pro, or Active beat in faster and become more understable workhorses with use.
History
The Famine was Doomsday Discs' breakout distance driver and became PDGA approved on August 7, 2023.[1][3] Doomsday Discs is a small, apocalypse-themed manufacturer whose discs and plastics carry survivalist names (Toxic Waste, Radioactive Waste, Fallout, Landfill), and the brand built much of its early audience through Infinite Discs, which distributes the lineup and produced limited Famine runs.[1][4] Its reviewer-aggregated numbers (roughly 11.9/5/-2.3/1) track closely to the factory rating, and across a dozen-plus user reviews it averages about 4 out of 5 stars.[1]
Notable throwers
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Similar discs
- Doomsday Discs Oblivion · 12/4/-1/3
- Innova Wraith · 11/5/-1/3
- Innova Vulcan · 13/5/-4/2
- Innova Leopard3 · 7/5/-2/1
References & further reading
- How to read disc golf flight numbers — Discpedia primer
- PDGA Approved Disc List — search for "Famine" to find the Doomsday Discs Famine entry (PDGA-approved 2023)
- Doomsday Discs official site — manufacturer product page
Sources
Content on this page has been cross-checked against the following sources. Numbered citations in the prose above link to the matching entry here.
- Doomsday Discs Famine — Infinite Discs (manufacturer & reviewer flight numbers, dimensions, PDGA approval 8/7/23, plastics, reviews)
- Famine — Doomsday Discs (official manufacturer page)
- PDGA Approved Discs — Equipment Certification database
- Introducing Doomsday Discs — Infinite Discs Blog (brand background)
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