- Coverstock: Cytoplasmic XL Hybrid Reactive
- Color: Sky Blue / Purple / Royal Pearl Blue All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown.
- Weight Block: Nucleus Core in 14 – 16lbs Modified Nucleus™ Core in 12, 13lbs.
- Factory Finish: 4000 Abralon
- Track Flare Potential: 7"+ (High)
- RG Average: 2.52 (Medium Low) on a scale of 2.43-2.8 Very low-High Break Point
- RG Differential: .048 (Medium) on a scale of .000-.080 Low-High Flare
- Recommended Lane Conditions: Medium-Heavey Oil
- Description: A new generation within the kingdom has materialized and looks to seek total domination. The Rogue Cell utilizes the latest generation of the Cytoplasmic coverstock series. The Cytoplasmic XL hybrid reactive coverstock features a unique blend of additives creating the highest friction to lane values ever produced by Roto Grip. The blend of solid and pearl coverstock generates the strongest and most consistent hook from release to impact. The energy from within comes from the highly successful, performance proven Nucleus core. This unique asymmetrical core powered the original Cell to "Ball of the Year" in 2008. Mutated from the original, the Rogue Cell is set to challenge for superiority in the bowling kingdom.

My Axis is 5 5/8 right, ¼ up, my speed is average and I would consider myself with higher revs but more up the back.  So not a cranker but not really straight either.  

I drilled this ball very strong with the pin under my ring finger and MB in a strong position which put the CG positive and in the thumb weight quadrant.  Then we put a hole just right of my thumb hole pitched away from thumb and brought the weight to 7/8 side and 0 finger, thumb.

This ball is very strong.  I’ve used it on several patterns.  On a drier house shot if I hit the dry too soon it wants to jump hard.  However, if I kept it in the oil I could open the lane way up and keep moving left and it would always come back.  On the oilier Kegal and PBA shots it works great because it is so strong.  This is a great ball for oil or to just stand left and throw it out.  It reads the mid lane very good and it continues on the back end very well.  Only fault is it is not the ball for the driest of lanes.  Leave those lanes for the Mars.
Ron Case - RotoGrip Staff

Based on the early reviews, even before the Rogue was being shipped to the Pro Shops, it appears Hank & the Boys at Roto Grip has another ball in the running for Ball of the Year 2009...Being a 71 year old LH Stroker, my 1st Rogue layout has the 3 inch pin below the ring finger & CG one inch out with X-hole. With hand behind ball it gets down the lane with a smooth flip at the break point with hard hitting carry...As others have said, not a dry lane league ball. I found this out in 1st league warm up. I had to move to far right & even though I could get ball back to pocket, I left 6-7 pins in a row, so back in the bag and out came the Cell Pearl..My 2nd league at a diff. house has a longer & wider oil pattern. I could go 10 to 5 board staying behind ball shot 268-258-742 in 1st league outing..A week later in a Open Tournament on USBC pattern I could go straight up 5-7 with a strong back-end & super carry..In the 6 game qual. changing lanes, had high games of 268-258-248.... Last Sunday 3/15 in another tournament, had a 300 middle game in 3 game qual. and a 279  in the 1 game semies..                                                                                        Since I'm retired & spend 6-7 months in Az. & the balance in Fremont, Mi. for the summer, I have bowling ties there. My Grand Daughters & two sons all use Roto Grip balls(what else).....Son Mike, a Right Hander wanted a Rogue for Vegas next month..He had it drilled about 10 days ago..Last Tues. 3/17..he shot 268-204-269-744. Two nights later 3/19, he had his 1st 800...226-289-300-815.. He can't wait for Vegas....Wait, there's more...  In the same league on 3/19, at Fremont Lanes, Tom Margo, owner of Toms Pro Shop had his 2nd 300 with his Rogue Cell..His 1st was the week before in his 1st game out of the box. A special Thanks to Roto Grip for all they do for the Senior High-Roller Tournaments.....     Larry Hoffman, Roto Grip Advisory Staff....

They just keep gettin better.   What the original Cell may lack in angle the Rogue makes up for it.  What the Cell Pearl lacked in ability to handle heavier oil, the Rogue makes up for it.  Every ball has its place in our order is what we are told and this one has been able to take just about every spot in my bag.  The only regret with this one so far is that I don't have more than two but that can problem is easily solved.

I have used both of the ones I have drilled up on 3 different lane surfaces and haven't put them down since I got them.  I am a medium rev with medium speed player who enjoys playing different parts of the lane whenever possible.  I map out all of my equipment using the Dual Angle Layout technique and the first one is drilled with a 65 degree initial angle and 4.75" ping distance and 45 degree VAL angle, and a weight hole in the lower thumb quadrant strong middlane roll position.  Box surface on this one with a slight glaze.  Very clean through the front with very agressive arc at the end of the pattern.  The more I let the ball do what it wants to do(which is HOOOOOOOKKKK!!!!) the better it reacts.  I have not had a problem with this ball recovering off of the break point even on a very deep inside line.  
The second Rogue I have drilled up is 80 degree initial angle and 6.25" pin to PAP distance with a 60 degree VAL angle, Weight hole below thumb adjacent thumb line.  This ball was drilled Specifically for the Cheetah pattern and houses with lots of friction to the outside.  Again clean through the  front half with a strong controlled arc on the back end part of the lane and what a monster when it hits.  Example: I know my ball speed was up and I know what the machines look like out back but I threw a pin over the middle and onto the pin deck of the lane next to me.  Could have been a coincedence and a pin just fell out of the other rack but the timing was too perfect.  I should have asked the mechanic to count them but didn't.  All I gotta say is wow.  
In my opinion the best high end performance ball on the market.

Layout
      1st - 5X3 w/ 2" pin buf pin above ring finger
      2nd - 4X4  pin below ring finger
The first Rogue I polised with storm high polish and this ball clesrs the heads with ease and mildy reads the mids but has a strong snap to the pocket with a very hard hit.
THe second Rogue left box finish, this ball amazingly clears the heads for me with ease reads the mids a little quicker but still has a very strong arc to the pocket and a devasting hit at the pins.Both balls so far have been very easy to control in the three centers that I bowl in. THe first center is on burnt out wood. The second center is on Bruswick overlay and the the third center is on brunswick synthetics.Will be posting more as I try different layouts and bowl in some tournaments. Thanks
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Rich Mueller
 Roto Grip Staff

My Rouge Cell is drilled with a 5" pin from pap, 3" mass bias to pap with a 2" pin buffer. What I was looking for with this layout was a ball I could go to when my Cell with similiar layout was either too early or started to give up on the backend....what I got was alot more than I expected. I have thrown my Rogue Cell on a typical house shot and the kegel pattern highway to hell. On the house shot this ball is just silly....while playing 20 at the arrows I had no out of bounds and shots that were tugged inside the oil still rolled up strong and carried the 7, i could see bowling huge scores with this ball on easy patterns. On the highway to hell I could play 12 to 6-7 or I could move in deeper and slow down my speed and actually open up the lane. My favorite Roto Ball yet has been the original Cell since I have faster ball speed but with the few times I have used the Rogue I dont think it would be hard for it to pass the Cell as my fav. I know you see alot of reviews say this but its amazing just how good Roto Grip is right now....I expect the next ball they create to be amazing as well.

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David Tessman
Roto Grip staff.

I thought Roto Grip’s coloring of the Rogue Cell was kind of neat.  The ball is supposed to be in between the Cell and the Cell Pearl in reaction.  What’s cool is they made part of the Cell Rogue look like the Cell and the other part of it look like the Cell Pearl.  It looks like the hybrid it is supposed to be!

Not only does the ball look like a cross of the two, it also fits in between the two in the reaction.  It gets through the heads easier than my Cell but not near as long as the Pearl, picks up a good, heavy mid-lane roll like the Cell, then finishes on the back end in between the two (it is much smoother on the back-end than the Pearl but finishes harder than my Cell).

On house shots the ball has been awesome.  Last night in league, I shot 733 with two awful shots that left splits.  It took me about five frames to get lined up the first game but after that I only lost three hits.  One was a swishing 10 (probably a bad rack), a six pin as the shot broke down, and a weak 7 on a weak shot.  Every other shot in the pocket struck.  The ball really reacts good in the oil as I am able to move further inside the oil line than usual and avoid the overreacting dry.  

I also used the ball in a six gamer on a house shot a couple of weeks ago.  Since it was a new ball, I tried throwing other stuff first (I always like throwing new stuff but get in trouble with them).  I dug myself a deep hole after three games with the old stuff, switched to the Cell Rogue and shot 300, 24+ and 23+ to win a high game and place in other side pots.  Should have switched earlier!

15.03lbs
2.86 top
3 inch pin

Layout:
Pin over ring, MB 1-1/2 right of thumb, Pin 5-1/2 from PAP, 60 degree pin angle, MB 4-5/8 from PAP, 40 Degree Val Angle

Pic: http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=roguer.jpg

The Rogue is a great fit between the Original Cell and Cell Pearl. It's very clean through the front part of the lane, strong in the midlane and has an unbelievable continuous arc on the backend. I've only tried it out with the out of box finish but when i clenaed it with a white scotch brite pad and Clean N Dull the surface smoothed out a bit.

Brunswick 20 year old HPL Synthetics, oiled 38 feet, med/heavy in the middle, 5 to 5 with a med volume outside. When i threw my HyRoad the ball would just sail unless i played up the 1 to 3 board with a softer hand. Anything inside skided and left the rail. I pulled out the ROGUE and i had area from the track out to 5. Ball rolled strong down lane and made a nice turn on the backend. I tried an up the back release and it responded well and also got in and gave it tilt and it reacted well also. I can say this ball is versatile. This ball is a great compliment to my Virtual Gravity.

The big test will be at Nationals in Las Vegas.

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FKA: J.NG
Team Banger Bowling Test Staff