This ball needs no introduction, the Zen Gold Label is the newest Zen ball and personally I think this one is way better than the original Zen. It has the same Meditate core found in all the other Zen’s but has the new Reserve Blend 801 Pearl cover which creates a cleaner, stronger back end reaction than the Zen. I drilled mine 5.5 x 5 x 5 and like I said in my opening sentence, I believe this is the best Zen ball made. I thought the original for me was a little too mid lane revvy at times for a pearl ball but when it matched up for me it was obviously all the hype behind it. The Gold Label is cleaner for me which gets rid of that mid lane shape that I saw in the original but keeps the backend reaction the same. Later into blocks or higher friction patterns is where this ball is going to excel and I believe I will be able to use this as the ball in front of my trusty Fate when the lanes start to hook and I can’t wait to have this 1-2 back end combination in my bag!