I haven't tried any of the new releases, but it's hard to imagine a more smooth ball for the conditions you described than the WMB. Like I said in your other post about tournament arsenals, the Tour Power (a favorite control ball for many, including myself) is almost flippy by comparison. As long as you have head oil, if you need to control the back ends, the WMB is a great ball. It's the reaction I originally wanted out of my Ebonite V2 Particle. Early revs (but not early hook), good midlane read, controllable finish, and still hit. I keep mine at 1000 grit. At the box surface of 500, I'd imagine you'd need a lot of head oil. It's also a ball that does best with less. A lot of revs don't make it a bad ball, but trying to cover a ton of boards isn't the ball's strength. MoRich makes other balls for that if that's your thing.
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