Description: The Lethal Paranoia has the Hexion Cover Stock used on the Trident Quest, except this ball has a hybrid version of it. This is the third Paranoia in the series and continues to use the Dual Density Oblivion Core. The Lethal Paranoia will be found in the Medium Oil/Angular category of MOTIV’s Ball Guide: (http://www.motivbowling.com/resources/ball-guide.html). Please use this guide to help determine what ball will best suit you or to compare your current MOTIV balls!

Reaction: This ball is the quickest I’ve ever loved a ball directly out of the box. I tend to need some time to determine where the ball will fit in and the strengths and weaknesses of the ball. The Hexion cover stock once again provides easy length, unlike anything else MOTIV has ever developed. With as straight as it is through the front part of the lane it more than makes up for down lane. I don’t want to just tell you this ball goes “long and strong”. I feel like as clean as it is though I can’t throw it through my breakpoint, it always catches the spot down lane and it catches it very hard. My carry percentage has never been so good with a ball that produces this type of shape.

Comparisons: I’d like to start by comparing the Trident Quest. The Trident Quest is the better choice if you start on fresh with higher volume, only because the asymmetrical core gets the ball to start sooner and just isn’t as quick as the Lethal Paranoia, allowing you to control the lane early on. I am not saying the Lethal Paranoia won’t be used on fresh, because I think the Lethal Paranoia will be a perfect choice for league play. The Octane Carbon is quite a bit rounder down lane and is definitely not as strong overall. Once the lanes open up the Lethal Paranoia is going to be my choice on a lot of patterns.

Summary: The Lethal Paranoia has become a benchmark ball for when I need steeper angles. It will also provide you with the most pronounced amount of hook you have seen to date. I have done some surface modifications on the Hexion Cover Stocks and it does get them rolling sooner, but I really feels it defeats the purpose of this cover stock!

Mike Magolan
MOTIV | Turbo | Bowlifi | BowlerX | Genesis Staff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrRjygle0E&t=29s

16lbs
Radius of Gyration: 2.53
Differential: .040

Black/Gray Pearl
Core: Oblivion
Coverstock: Hexion Hybrid
Finish: 5500 Grit LSP

Rev Rate: 425
Speed: 17 mph
PAP: 4 1/4" right , 1" up

Layout 1 (Pin Down): 50 x 4 x 80, x-hole 3 inches down from PAP on VAL.
Layout 2 (Pin Up): 50 x 5 x 40

Lane Conditions: House (42')

Review:

Pin Down: This drilling is the same pattern that I used on my chronic paranoia. Compared to that, it is about 2 and 2 to the right. This ball is much more cleaner thru the front part of the lane than the chronic mainly due to the new hexion coverstock technology and box finish preparation. It picks up slightly later in the midlane but is much stronger on the backend.

Pin Up: This drilling pattern really shows off what the ball is intended to be. This drilling was very clean and effortless to get thru the heads, stores lots of energy, and is very responsive to friction, further outside and off the end of the pattern. This ball was about 4 and 2 left of the chronic. That makes this ball about 6 and 4 stronger than the pin down counterpart I drilled.

If you are looking for easy length, later roll, and really fast response to friction this is a great piece of equipment to put in your hands. Much like the Chronic, this will be a benchmark type ball. So far this ball has taken well to different surface preparations to fine tune reaction.

Steve Dieter
Motiv Staff

Layout:
   65 x 5 x 35

Motiv’s second ball sporting Hexion technology is out and all I can say so far is that angularity is back with a vengeance. The Lethal Paranoia combines the new Hexion Hybrid coverstock (5500LSP finish) with the higher RG, dual density Oblivion core (2.53RG, .047Diff) to create a medium oil ball that responds to friction in an impressive manner. Leaving mine at box finish I decided to put my longer, quicker responding layout on it to compliment the skid-snap reaction this was said to have; that is exactly what I got. The Lethal has no issues getting through the fronts with the clean cover/core duo it has. Once friction is found, however, watch out! The response time from projection to hooking back is impressively short, creating quite the sharp angle towards the pocket. I have yet to find a spot where getting too far left is an issue as the motion this ball creates can be beneficial for swinging it as much as fading it from deeper angles. Typically I can start a league night with my similarly-drilled Trident Quest (sanded to 2000) and seamlessly transition to the Lethal once the former starts to labor due to its big block. Several times I have actually had to make an immediate 2-1 to 3-2 left when ‘balling down’ to this Paranoia as that friction response time loves to take advantage of the burn created to the right. This Hexion duo has been quite the one-two punch for me so far. If you want a true skid-snap piece meant to tackle transition and medium oil conditions, once the Quest starts to hook a bit too much, this is hands down the ball you should put in your bag.

Trent Overbey
In the Zone Pro Shop
MOTIV Staff
www.motivbowling.com

Description:  Lethal Paranoia (noun): 1. The 3rd installment of the Paranoia series created by Motiv Bowling featuring the Hexion Hybrid coverstock at  5000 Grit Laser Scan Polished and Dual Density Oblivion core. Created for medium patterns and designed to achieve an angular backend motion through its dual density design and higher RG allowing it to retain energy and create a hard overturning ball motion.  2. The Lethal Paranoia will be found in the Medium Oil/Angular category of MOTIV’s Ball Guide: (http://www.motivbowling.com/resources/ball-guide.html

Summary: I’ve never wanted the Paranoia to roll up front because that was not its intended purpose, not to say that it couldn’t roll up front but it did not excel at doing so. The strength of the Paranoia was down lane angularity, so never fathomed the idea of a Paranoia being a cleaner throughout the lane and provide me with cornering angularity.  Enter the Lethal Paranoia.  As clean and as straight throughout the lane as this ball is I had a hard time throwing it through the breakpoint as once is got down lane and encountered friction it was a hard encounter indeed, what I really consider a plus about the Lethal is when I back out of the ball I still get the best of what it has to offer without going through the breakpoint.   

I found the Lethal to excel on the fresh but not on heavier volumes of fresh as I found the cover to be too clean for what I was trying to accomplish, in cases of heavier fresh I deferred to my Trident Quest  as the asymmetrical core gets the ball to start sooner than that of the Oblivion core.  The Carbon Octane has a rounder shape than that of the Lethal however overall it isn’t as strong as the Lethal, in terms of opening up my angles I would go with the Lethal over the Carbon. I tend to use the Carbon when I’m controlling the backends instead of using them to my advantage. 

I’ve never thrown a Motiv ball that has not done as advertised and the streak continues with the Lethal Paranoia, if you’ve wanted more upfront and still need it to corner the Lethal Paranoia doesn’t disappoint.  I encourage you to inject your arsenal with Lethal Paranoia.


Your game will thank you for it.

K.C. White II
MOTIV Staff
Mongoose Staff
WhyBowl Staff

The Hexion Hybrid cover and in combination with the Oblivion core allows this ball to push through the heads and creates multiple angles of attack. This ball out of the box creates deeper angles and with the Oblivion Core you know it will come back with a vengeance. My favorite part about this ball is how it revs up quickly yet doesn't GRAB the lane causing it to burn up energy early. The backend motion is being preserved by the higher RG and when it exits the pattern the hitting power is "Lethal". Speed and revs allow me to use this ball with a longer pin to play the track even if it's blown up. Playing inside and on top of the pattern sometimes makes me nervous however the Lethal Paranoia give me confidence!! Don't think twice about it. This ball is a must and should have a home in everyone's MOTIV arsenal.

To sum it up: "This ball has the shape of a hockey stick"

James Lucas Turner
Olympia, WA
MOTIV STAFF

Where do I start? Did I say this ball might be the one I throw the most?!

It is incredible how versatile this ball is! The weight block Oblivion has to be the most versatile in the market. I have 2 Lethal Paranoias and there is a great reason. My pin down allows me to bowl on medium to long patterns either in fresh or burned. While the pin-up lethal gives me a great response on medium to short patterns either in fresh or burned. As a two-handed bowler, it is hard to find those loyal balls that you know you can trust will strike as soon as you let them go off your hand. If I leave a flush 9 pin, there is almost always a messenger coming back to take it down. Oh and 10 pin messengers too my friend.

This one and the Villain are ALWAYS in my bag!