SPECS:35X4 1/2X70 Polished from OOB surface.
Scorpion Pattern
: Used this Requiem a lot of the Scorpion Pattern the last three weeks of a PBAX league and had a great look, Surface was older Anvaline. Started with this ball. Playing pretty deep to start, around 18 at the arrows out to around 9 at the break point, Hard arcing hooking and great continuation through the pins. Requiem was easy to read and control and adjust with all through the lane, it showed where oil was and was not, and gave me miss room left and right of target. As the night Progressed I adjusted left. When I put the Requiem away and balled down, I was playing 25 out to 10. Just didn't have quite the recovery needed, I elected to ball down and go a little straighter. Overall it was great, I used the ball for the first 2 and half games each of the three nights and had a very similar read from the ball each time.
Shark Pattern: Same house same surface. The Polished Requiem seen limited use on the Shark, The people I bowled with didn't do a great job opening the lane up and thus screwed the shot up pretty good. I was forced right with more angular gear to get a almost good look. Requiem at 15 out to 10, had to keep the speed up or it would wanna jump early, overall not a bad look would have rather been deeper but the insides were way to annihilated to move much farther left. On this pattern Requiem was more angular than the Scorpion. seemed to have more pop in the pins. It gave a decent look when nothing else was working.
HIT/CARRY: Tremendous on both fronts. When the ball hits pins stay low, and move around quite a bit. Messengers are their as needed very few back row leaves on pocket hits.
Compare: To my Dull Requiem (70x4x40) and RIP/R (pin over Bridge MB out 1 inch) First Compare with the opposing Requiem. Both balls have hard arcs off the spot and both are very easy to control and read, the main difference is that the Polished one goes farther down lane and is playable on more conditions/surfaces than the dull one.
RIP/R is at 4000 siaar, Requiem Polished is a touch longer and hair more angular. RIP/R covers fewer boards and as hook of the spot is a little more methodical very easy to read and control More so in some instances than the Requiem. IMO the Requiem however is better across more conditions than the RIP/R Which is versatile in its own right, just not as much as the Requiem.
OVERALL: Like my first Requiem (dull one) This one is amazing. Pins just vanish when the ball hits the pocket and it is so easy to use and get good reads from even when the lanes are ugly and not giving anything up. This ball finds way of getting pins down plain and simple. Seismic is just as good as any of the other companies out their, Give them a shot and you won't be disappointed