Drilled my Ultimate Nirvana 55x5x45 (pin over bridge) as an option to give me the shape of my Nirvana but on normal volumes of oil.
The first thing that I noticed was how heavy it rolls in the midlane - like a true Brunswick ball, yet continues down the lane and keeps on rolling through the pins. The Ultimate Nirvana has a very strong cover that can handle med/heavy oil, yet gives me decent length with an average move off the back of the pattern. So far I have used it on 37' Broadway, a couple of THS but my best look has been on fresh lanes on 45' Route 66 where I had 300 my second game out crossing just left of 4 arrow out to 12.
In terms of strength the Ultimate is a couple of boards weaker than my Nirvana and Grudge, but by not being super dull out of box allows me to use this ball on a wider range of conditions. Against my symmetrics (Divas, Ridiculous), the Ultimate Nirvana allows me to move in an average 4 boards by being both stronger in cover strength and the core revving up a lot harder. The Ultimate Nirvana usually has me about 2 boards left of my Brainiac, Vandal or Melee Hook as it begins to roll up sooner.
The Ultimate Nirvana has the traction and hook to deal with all of my oil needs at the league and local level. Its heavy midlane roll and continuation down the lane allow me to take advantage of the friction as it develops, yet corner enough to chase the oil in for a couple of games. I prefer to be proactive by staying ahead of transition, so by the third game I typically want to start shelling down to my Pearl Asyms (Vandal) or my mid range symmetrics (Divas, Ridiculous) to continue to read the lane correctly.
