The good thing is the ball's surface can be changed to suit. Generally, I'm not a big fan of the 1500 grit polish finish but on this higher end piece, honestly the ball's characteristics smooth out the over/under a lot more than I expected, i.e., really didn't see much. Still some surface would add more midlane control as surface is always master. I remember seeing a ton of Locks being used in tournament play. Time will tell if this will be used as much but it really does have those characteristics. It just needs more surface to give added control while still benefitting from the punchy heavy rolling nature.