OOAK Table Tennis Forum

Dear community,

I am currently looking for a new setup as my playstyle is evolving.

So far I am playing a modern defensive style with a high degree of twiddling allowing me to attack on the backhand side with LP and IR. I do not have the mindset of a classical defender but at the same time attacking is only a means to an end - disrupting my opponents flow.

My current setup

Friendship Origin Soft 1,8
Feint Long III 1,3
Victas Koji Off

Variability is key and I would like to stay a bit closer to the table and play a more allround game. I don't have any experience with modern rubbers and don't wish to spend a fortune on a new setup either. Durability is key. As I live in Europe a lot of the more niche Chinese rubbers are not available to me. Speed of the wood should be max slow off-. I need overall a rather low bounce arc as my looping motion is mostly vertical no matter the opponent's spin.

As a natural evolution of my current rubber I thought about trying Bloom Spin and Battle II.
As LP Lion Trapper Pro, Spinlord Sternenfall Pro,Spinlord Hai, MSP Spectre, Hallmark Tactics LP have caught my interest.

I am open to all sort of suggestions hoping to get recommendations for a whole setup.