The Beast is an excellent entry level bow that has pretty good speed and is forgiving. I feel it is alot better than the Nova series with its Synergy cams. The one cam Beast is also better than the Nova Arson cam in my opinion. Which one are you looking at? The synergy cams are really a quick cam for having the forgiving type qualities that it has. The draw stops feel really good and give you an awesome wall to shoot off of.