What can I say? It is an amazing disc. It can hold any line and has endless glide. While I don't throw one as much anymore because most of my courses are longer and more open, they are great discs and hard to beat!

I really like, but don't quite love my Roc 3. It's very serviceable, and I use it mostly for backhand shots where I need a pretty straight flight, but a sharp fade at the end. I prefer it to my Gator for these shots, because I am able to keep it straight longer before it fades. It holds the angle fairly well, much like a faster version of my Aviar 3. Although I prefer to throw forehand when the option is available, discs with a bead just doesn't feel right in my hand with my forehand grip. This is the only thing holding me back from loving this disc. It still has a good flight path, but just isn't very comfortable for me to throw forehand. Typically I don't like beads on the bottom of discs for backhand throws either, but for whatever reason, it doesn't bother me on the Roc 3. Overall, this isn't a disc I would recommend to beginners, because it is decently overstable, but it is a great discs for intermediate and advanced players.

Awesome disc! My first ace disc. Pretty stable unless it is super windy but it usually will hyzer on a backhand. I've never tried a forehand with this disc. I use it for upshots mainly within 200 ft but sometimes throw it off the tee on shorter holes. Metal flake champion is a great choice and adds a little extra stability. Can't live without it! I use 180g discs for midrange to be extra windproof. Highly recommended for all.

The metal flake roc3 is a great overstable mid, but I do not feel that it is as stable as it is advertized. It may flip up in a headwind, and is slightly more stable than an EMAC Truth. However, aside from the stability, it has great glide and is a good disc.

This disc has a few words that come to mind when thinking of it. Mainly dependable, consistent, necessity. This disc can easily be described as a dependable midrange that exhibits a very consistent flight, and can be used continuously no matter what stage of wear the disc presents itself in. Overall this disc comes out the most stable in Gstar, metal flake champion, and champioin color glow. This disc can fill every mid range slot in ones bag if you obtain them in different stages of wear. This disc starts out relatively stable, and wears in to a longer and straighter flying disc. I carry 2 roc 3s and they will never leave my bag.

We all know the Roc is the best disc mold of all time in any form. Now it comes as the amazing Roc3 in the wonder that is metal flake plastic! This little piece of gold flies with absurd glide, and the most predictable turn in disc history. I recommend that you send all of orange ones my way, and try out one of the other colored ones yourself. #BestDiscEver

Here's what I love about this disc: It does exactly what it's suppose to do. It flies straight and fades a good amount at the end.  It holds up into a headwind too.  If you are looking for a reliable straight disc with fade (that you can still control, this isn't a meathook) then this very well might be the disc you are looking for.

I bag a few different Rocs but my metal flake Roc3 is definitely my go to mid range. It's a bit more over stable than a regular Roc but still a good disc for beginners. I picked mine up when I was fairly new to disc golf and I've learned to throw a variety of shots with it over the years. Great disc that will definitely impress you. Pick one up! 

Get yourself a Roc3. If it hooks too hard (fade), get a VRoc. I highly recommend the Metal Flake Champion, its a staple disc in my bag anytime, especially in the warmer season.  In the winter I use the Star. Both are great off the tee on wooded courses, or approaches up to 250'. I also use the Roc as my forehand mid because of its stability. I would recommend everyone try throwing a Roc at least once.

The metal flake Roc3 is a really nice disc. They tend to be a stiffer run of champion plastic and more flat topped. Mine is a 180 G red flat top one and it was surprisingly straight. It was still overstable but not a ton more than a standard chamption Roc3. It would fight out of a flex line or an anny faster than a standard champion roc3. I feel like the metal flake roc3 has a touch less glide due to the flatter top. I had one of these in my bag for a while as a compliment to my beat in champion roc3 and my McPro roc3s. Its a great disc

Great disc! So straight with an easy dependable fade. Will buy in different plastics since this one is so awesome

I was looking for a stable mid that would consistent fade left at the end of its flight.  This is a stable mid that consistently fades left at the end of it's flight.  Into a headwind it does turn, but recovers and ends up straight.  This is very reliable and consistent with it's flight.  I didnt' see the 3 fade though, I found it to be somewhere between 1.5-2.

I like the Roc3, but I don't. I've thrown DX, Champion, and MF Roc3s, all with weights in the mid-upper 170s, which is the range I prefer for large-diameter mids. While this review deals specifically with the MF Roc3, it is broadly similar to the Champion version.

First of all, the physical characteristics of this disc are about as marketed: concave underside to the rim with a fair size bead, just like the Roc, with a flatter top than the original. The MF and Champion versions were not completely flat as a board like the DX, but the curvature across the top was minimal. The MF plastic is rather hard, possibly somewhat more so than recent runs of Champion, but shares the same durability, and is not too hard to hold onto, though it certainly is not a blend I would describe as grippy.

The backhand flight, though, is where this disc really seems to have missed its intended mark: the speed and glide numbers seem to be on the mark, but it just is not that overstable; in particular, it will flip up on a hard hyzer throw, and given a level release with even moderate power, does not finish very far left, although it will finish fairly reliably (with a fade that drops more than glides left) unless you take the air out from under it (i.e. throw very low and straight). There, though, it does shine somewhat, as a near-straight disc at higher powers.

Unfortunately, I never felt good throwing this disc forehand. Maybe the bead is just messing with me, but it would consistently come out with a stronger turn and less predictable flight than a Buzzz or even a Warship (which doesn't exactly fly stable on a forehand line in my experience). All that said, forehand throws are not a big part of my game, so this kinda failed to bother me as much as it intrigued me.

I love my Roc3's.  I threw a Buzzz when I started and I'd always recommend new players start with a Buzzz over a Roc3.  However, I found that as my game progressed I needed that added stability.  I still bag a Ti Buzzz for less than full power flicks as I only throw backhand with my Roc3.  I struggle with the bead when flicking and the Buzzz is comfortable to me.

I carry max weight in all 3 plastics I carry.  I carry a Metal Flake version for times I need an overstable finish, or when throwing into a headwind.  I have a Champion that will fly straight and finish with a little bit of fade when thrown hard.  Both of these I basically only throw flat.  I also carry a McPro Roc3 that goes straight and finishes straight with what I would call average power.  If I crank it up it will have a nice controlled turn on it.  I'll use that one for shot shaping and I'll change the release angle on it to get different flight patterns.  Once that McPro version gets more under stable I'll add a new McPro one and start the cycling process.

Really enjoying my Roc3s

I absolutely love this disc! I am a teenager and need a disc that is consistent and is reliable everytime I throw it. This IS that disc!!! Would recomend to anyone and everyone no matter your ability.

This review is about the Metal Flake Champion and regular Champion Roc3s, and supplements my previous review.  I have a couple of Paul McBeth 3x Roc3s in JL Champion plastic, and last week obtained a Metal Flake Champion Roc3.  All are 176-180g in weight.

I thought I'd get a Champion Roc3 as a more overstable compliment to the Star and McPro Roc3, but to my surprise I found that Champion Roc3s aren't more overstable, even fresh out of the box.  Sure I can throw them on a hyzer line, just as I throw Star Roc3s on a hyzer and get them to fade.  But when I throw ANY of my Roc3s straight and flat, they go... straight and flat(!).  They do fade a bit at the end, but more like a dive than a glide to the left.  This is not a complaint, just an observation that the Roc3 is not an overstable meathook.  the Roc3 does fight the wind, going straight with virtually  no fade in a headwind or L-to-R crosswind.

I usually do not get discs based upon aesthetics, but the Metal Flake Roc3 looked so good that I bought it on looks alone.  Then I took it out to throw it, and I really like it.  Great flight, good glide,and looks great in the air as well as in the hand(!).  It gives me a nice tight helix when I throw for it, and like all Roc3s it is a good wind-fighter.  I think I'm going to bag the Metal Flake Roc3 for a while and let everyone else on the course "ooh" and "ahh" over it.