I drilled my Code Black up with my favorite pearl ball layout of 60 x 4.5 x 45. I touched the surface lightly with 4000. This usually takes the over/under from house shots away for me. I liken the Code Black to one of my favorite Storm pearls in the Lucid. The Code Black is clean thru the front and strong thru the back. I hit it softly with 4000 to slow it down a bit which worked as I left more 9 pins the first few games than I normally leave in a season. Once the ball tamed down, it took the 2-8-10 out of play for me. I just couldn't seem to throw it far enough right without it recovering and blowing the pins away. This is the skid/flip ball Storm has needed in their line up for awhile now.