Particles and particle pearls have their place. On fresh conditions, they roll tremendous. Balls like the Defiant, and Edge, Nanos, all roll well even somewhat as you chase oil in. However, the issue with particles is the more you move in the worse the shape gets. This is when you need the straight pearls and reactive to create more of a down lane shape to kick out the corners. I haven't seen a lot from the LF/LM brand that can corner. The Big Hurt and Big Bang SE are nice for the fresh. But they are slowly making strides to contend. They just have to get better at the mid price point. Hard to contend when everything is a HP Particle release.