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Planet_Bowlers_Sg

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Arsenal Help
« on: October 30, 2006, 03:11:18 AM »
hi,
was thinking of building up my roto arsenal with the following for:-
wet
medium
dry
spare....
epic,epic saga,epic battle,spare tire(balls of the same line but not in order)

any comments from the roto grip users here?
i am not familiar with roto stuff but thinking of building a whole new arsenal besides my current big B arsenal...if the epic line is not a wise choice,
any other lines?
as long as i have the 3 balls from the same line for the 3 main conditions +spare tire will do

thanks

 

Draxond300

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Re: Arsenal Help
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2006, 01:44:05 PM »
Mark's right...the three Epic offerings are more ball than you need for what you're looking for.

If you only want a 4 ball arsenal, go with the Epic Battle, the Horizon Pearl, the Venus, and the Spare tire.  A 5 ball arsenal would be more rounded, as you could get a solid reactive in there as well as the pearl reactive...for that, go with the RS-X if you can get your hands on it.  The Horizon Solid is powerful, and the Epic is even more so.  The RS-X is a bit weaker, and would allow less overlap between it and the Horizon Pearl.
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Planet_Bowlers_Sg

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Re: Arsenal Help
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2006, 08:24:19 AM »
hi all,
looks like my planning for using the 3 epic line balls are not really that good an idea huh?

from wat i found out from roto site,
saga and battle have the same core
horizon solid and horizon have the same core
planet line have the same core
seems like the ideal combination would be....

saga/battle
epic
horizon/horizon solid
enus/mercury/saturn
spare tire
for 5 ball arsenal
OR
epic
horizon
1 from planet series
spare tire
for 4 ball arsenal....

hmmm...
wonder why roto is not considering of coming out with 3 major lane conditions balls for each line respectively

Draxond300

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Re: Arsenal Help
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2006, 01:52:42 PM »
With the Roto's, the core strength is a little different than you'd expect.  Each core determines where on the hook scale it should go, then the coverstocks they throw on there determine on what sub-part of the hook scale it should go.

The Saga is actually a touch weaker than the original Epic, despite the slightly stronger core.  Why?  That hybrid coverstock.  There is a ton of overlap between the two, but the Epic makes a harder move off the break.

As far as the planet lines, you need to define "dry".  Then take your planet ball.

The mid-range is something that can be touchy as well.  The Horizon's are both deceptively powerful.  However, if you can get a hold of an RS-X, you'd have something weaker in core, but similar in cover.  The RS-X is weaker than the Horizon Solid, but more powerful than any of the planets.

Hope this clarifies.
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