Need recommendation for new equipment

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Hi TTD members,
I am an intermediate player my current setup is TSPW with G-1 as forehand and Glayzer on the backhand. I am looking to improve my setup my play style is spin + control close to mid distance.
I am thinking of two blades viscaria alc and mj zlc with rubbers friendship battle 3 and rakza z or vega x. I want your guys valuable opinion on which would be suitable for me.
Thanks in advance
 
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Hi TTD members,
I am an intermediate player my current setup is TSPW with G-1 as forehand and Glayzer on the backhand. I am looking to improve my setup my play style is spin + control close to mid distance.
I am thinking of two blades viscaria alc and mj zlc with rubbers friendship battle 3 and rakza z or vega x. I want your guys valuable opinion on which would be suitable for me.
Thanks in advance
I'm using viscaria and it's a really good blade, the best looping blade i've ever used.
if you want spin, then go with dignics 09c, dignics 05 or hurricane 3
 
Hi TTD members,
I am an intermediate player my current setup is TSPW with G-1 as forehand and Glayzer on the backhand. I am looking to improve my setup my play style is spin + control close to mid distance.
I am thinking of two blades viscaria alc and mj zlc with rubbers friendship battle 3 and rakza z or vega x. I want your guys valuable opinion on which would be suitable for me.
Thanks in advance

Viscaria ALC and Jun Mizutani ZLC? These are very different blades. MJ ZLC is definitely not going to suit your "spin + control close to mid distance" playing style -- it is very aggressive and made for fast flat power play. Viscaria is probably not the best option for you either. Rakza Z and Vega X are also very different rubbers. Rakza Z would be much better suited to a "spin + control" playing style, but it's very different from what you currently use and would require some time for adjustment.

I think you need to do some more research about the playing properties of various blades so you can figure out what will suit your style. In most cases, it's best to just stick with your current equipment and work on your fundamentals. Furthermore, I would say your current setup is better for "spin + control" than the other equipment you are proposing. You could improve your spin by switching to Hurricane 3 or Glayzer 09c... Battle III is also probably decent for this. But it would require time for adjustment.

If you want new equipment for the sake of being an equipment junkie, then that's a different matter and I welcome you with open arms! Experimenting with new equipment is fun and interesting, and it'll give you a better idea of what suits your playing style. But don't be under any illusions that it will help you improve faster. If you want the fastest improvement, just stay with your current setup until you reach ~1800, and then switch to Viscaria / Long 5 with Hurricane 3 and/or Dignics 09c.
 
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Hi TTD members,
I am an intermediate player my current setup is TSPW with G-1 as forehand and Glayzer on the backhand. I am looking to improve my setup my play style is spin + control close to mid distance.
I am thinking of two blades viscaria alc and mj zlc with rubbers friendship battle 3 and rakza z or vega x. I want your guys valuable opinion on which would be suitable for me.
Thanks in advance
Based on your recomendation i would suggest innerforce blades. They have much better control close to the table, but enough power to play from mid distance.

Battle 3 + rakza z is deffinetely not the best option in this case. They are hard rubbers with really strong atack, but they are harder to use on passive blocks, and they are worse in "pure spin no speed" topspin. With this rubbers you need to engage the sponge. It can be challenging fore more controlled players who win points with consistency, not power.

Vega x is a great backhand rubber for your usecase. Pair it with something like 09c or any other 53° euro hybrids or even with something softer. Hybrids have less catapult then tensors with the same hardness, so they will be really controlled, but still have lots of spin and power
 
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Viscaria ALC and Jun Mizutani ZLC? These are very different blades. MJ ZLC is definitely not going to suit your "spin + control close to mid distance" playing style -- it is very aggressive and made for fast flat power play. Viscaria is probably not the best option for you either.
Im willing to lose some control as
 
There's no ranking system in india, but i think I have fairly mastered almost every stroke
I cant stay with my current equipment as my has been broken near the top
Im willing to lose some control
Ah, I see. If you're looking for something faster, then there is a clear progression. From a Stratus Power Wood, you'll probably prefer an innerforce-type blade, as suggested by @BlotOnPaper. Your current blade has a composition of
limba - limba - ayous - limba - limba
which is pretty similar to innerforce-type blades. You could get a Butterfly Innerforce, though it is generally accepted that DHS Long 5 is a better version of Butterfly Innerforce.

Carbon fiber blades tend to have one of two compositions, depending on whether the carbon fiber is on the inside or on the outside.

The inner-fiber blades tend to be
limba - ayous - carbon - ayous - carbon - ayous - limba
(more similar to what you have now)

whereas outer fiber blades tend to have a composition of
koto - carbon - ayous - kiri - ayous - carbon - koto

Koto is quite hard, while limba is quite soft. Limba tends to bite and absorb the ball, whereas koto tends to "roll" the ball. Thus, inner fiber blades tend to emphasize softness, while outer fiber blades tend to emphasize hardness.

The gold standard for inner fiber blades is DHS Hurricane Long 5 and the gold standard for outer fiber blades is Butterfly Viscaria. Because you're using TSPW, you'll probably have an easier time adjusting to Long 5 compared to Viscaria. But Viscaria is still not a bad option. It has a very different kind of feeling -- very crispy and hard compared to the softness of limba.

In terms of rubber, Dignics 05 or Dignics 80 are both faster spinnier versions of Glayzer. Dignics 05 and Dignics 80 are also solid ways to upgrade Fastarc G1. You could consider doing Dignics on both sides. If you want to stay on the safe side, you could stay with your current rubbers until you get used to the new blade.

It's also worth noting that Hurricane Long 5 is known to go very well with Hurricane 3 rubbers on both sides. You could consider this setup as well -- it would require some adjustment but it's generally regarded as the best combination for Long 5. Plus, Hurricane 3 is very much the "spin + control" rubber. Battle II and Battle III are solid substitutes for Hurricane 3.
 
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