At the beginning of the year, I had no idea what bowling balls to get, so the first recommendation was the Reign of Fire. The consistency of the hook of my Reign of Fire is such that it is my lead off ball. I am able to read the lanes well from it's reactions and can thus decide what ball changes or movements I should then make. The more gradual hook is one that I use on shorter patterns. With my high speed, the ball hooks just enough to give me a good pocket angel and thus, nice pin action. Overall, I have been very happy with my Right of Fire.
Ashley Coudron
I love my Reign of Fire! I throw at a medium speed and although I do not have a lot of revs my reign of Fire would still get great reaction on the lane. This is usually the first ball out of my bag because it is able to be reactive with heavy and medium oil. Although I usually can’t use this ball on house conditions it is great at for first blocks of tournaments because of its aggressiveness, its earlier midlane read, and great back end power.
Adrianna Villela
I purchased the Reign of Fire with a 3-4 inch pin and got it drilled mid pin and both 14 pounds. The Reign of Fire has enormous bite on heavy conditions, tearing out a line very quickly and showing great usefulness on heavier conditions. The back-end is sharp and controllable, and the mid-lane is very easy to spot and control. The ball sacrifices no hitting power when it arrives at the pin-deck, and it has a great look and great hitting power.
I am a medium speed, medium rev, left handed bowler who tends to play the 10 board and out. My Reign of Fire has a 2.5” pin and is drilled with the neutral pin, an inch or so above the fingers. I also polished my RoF before I drilled it. You’re probably asking, why not buy a Reign? I do not like Cinnamon so I decided to buy the solid RoF and polish it.
Due to where I like to play the lane, I need a ball with good length that won’t burn up in the heads and midlane. The RoF worked very well in this respect. I got considerable length with plenty of backend movement. I could not use this ball on higher volume or longer patterns, but it works very well on shorter patterns and house patterns where stronger balls, like the Virtual Energy, were simply too much.
While I got a fairly consistent reaction most of the time, there were instances where the RoF seemed to die at the breakpoint. This ball reacts very quickly to friction but sometimes would skid past that point because of its lack of midlane reaction. Although, other bowlers I know who have this ball (factory surface) say they get a surprising amount of midlane from a ball they bought for a skid/flip reaction. Overall this is a good ball.
Nick Rich
My Reign of Fire has a 4 inch pin and is drilled (for a lefty) with the pin above and slightly to the left of my ring finger and the CG out to the left. I had it drilled for heavy oil and so the ball will usually read early and then have a smooth turn off break point. I find that for a stroker like me, I get a better reaction from this ball when I play more straight up as opposed to playing more of a swing shot.
Mike Moskowitz