The Raid will handle much less oil unless you have a lot of hand. My Raid was very sensitive to oil and would get a little too jumpy off the dry so I got rid of it. It is definitly more angular than the BWS. The Raid is a good ball just very condition sensitive and I would hardly see a condition that I needed it over anything else in my bag so I sold it. I also liked it when plaing the twig. I have seen people with a lot of hand throw the Raid tho and it is a beast for them. I never saw that side of the ball but I am not a high rev player.