Attack 8
| Everyone's rating |
[Hardness] Little soft [Performance] Speed and Control to have excellent |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed:6.41
- Spin:4.66
- Control:6.27
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Reviews of Attack 8. Players who use Rubber evaluate various points such as hardness of the sponge, speed, control, spin, and feel at impact thoroughly.(Page 2)
- Short pimples
- Single
- Large
Specifications
- Producer
- Armstrong
- Product code
- 6152M、6152L、6153M、6153L、6155M、6155L、6154M、6154L
Players use Attack 8
- Knuckles come out easily and frustrate opponents
- Combines characteristics of pimple and smooth rubber
- Allows easy attacks against backspin
- Mastery requires practice and technique
- Thickness selection significantly affects offense-defense balance
Reviews by user
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Tanaka 0569 Custom order: Super-I Version 41° (L pips) used
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2023/11/17
I started using this because I heard corporate-league players used to use it, and because it can produce nasty, tricky balls.
The tricky balls don't come out as often as I expected, but they do show up when I really need them or when I least expect it, so I'm fairly satisfied.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Racket recommended use AP
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tie pin (Experience: ２〜３ years) Freak rubber
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2023/06/29
A senior one year above me was using this on the forehand. I borrowed it and tried it, and I think it's really easy to use on the backhand. On the forehand, it's genuinely out of the question — I honestly have no idea how you're supposed to use it there. On the backhand it's a variation-type rubber, but you mostly end up using it for attacking play too. It's like a "the pips" kind of rubber. The value for money is good too, so if you're switching to short pips on the backhand, this one is a solid option.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Acoustic Carbon
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2023/04/18
I play penhold reverse-style, with short pips on one side and Attack 8 OX on the other.
Even though the Attack 8 is an OX rubber, it bounces surprisingly well when it catches the sweet spot of the blade.
So if you don't control it well, it goes long (might just be a matter of getting used to it, though).
Still, since it's a medium-long pips rubber, you can attack with it yourself (though it takes some skill), and you can also produce knuckle balls and chop-like balls, so I think it's a rubber that can really pay off depending on the player's skill. Opponents seem to find it quite hard to deal with, and even a somewhat loose return often gets them to miss. So I've had a lot more situations where I patiently work the opponent around waiting for a chance ball, then flip the racket at the end and finish with a smash off the short pips. I think it's a fun rubber that lets you play table tennis where you don't lose easily.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use Spin ace carbon
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koburakuda32 (Experience: ２〜３ years) A follow-up to my last review
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2021/07/17
Here's a follow-up.
Let me share some more thoughts.
As for backspin, you can lift it normally without any trouble.
When your opponent is playing with long pips, just serving backspin and pushing to their stop shot is good practice for a third-ball attack.
The trick is that, unlike a normal push, if you snap your wrist and hit it with a sharp 'bam!', you can knock down your opponent's block too.
Basically, it's kind of like a hard-ball version of a hard hit from the old large-ball era.
If you're going to use this at all, try the M-pips.
If you're going to use L-pips, honestly I'd say just use regular short pips instead.
I only use extra-thin M-pips myself, but here's my take: if you want strong attacks with variation, go thin; if you want more balance than thin gives you, go extra-thin; if you want to add attacking power on top of long-pips characteristics, go ultra-extra-thin; and if you want maximum variation — crushing opponents with knuckle-like pushes or using it for chopping — a single-ply (OX) might be the way to go.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Acoustic Carbon
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koburakuda32 (Experience: ２〜３ years) Might be good for choppers
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2021/06/25
I'm a chopper, using M-pips in extra-thin.
Technically it flies further than you'd expect.
It also holds the ball down well.
That said, since it's closer to short pips, it's hard to keep chop-blocks low.
For backhand chops, focusing on pulling from top to bottom gives you a sharp chop.
Pushes float quite a bit.
Over the table it's so-so.
Stops are about the same as with short pips or long pips, and chiquitas drop if you brush them, so focusing on just making contact gives you a good ball.
For reference, my setup is:
Blade: Acoustic Carbon
Forehand: Hurricane Pro 3 Turbo Orange, max thickness
Backhand: Attack8 M-pips, extra-thin
Playing style: ChopperAll Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Acoustic Carbon
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Anonymous (Experience: ４〜５ years) On backhand: M pips, 43°, thin
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2021/02/27
-Thickness
Going thicker on the rubber increases speed and spin, making meet-hits and drives easier, but it also gives your opponent an easier ball to handle.
Going thinner increases the amount of variation you get on receives and blocks, giving your opponent a harder ball to read.
-Blade
With an all-wood blade, you get good control, so meet-hits and blocks feel safe and reliable, but I don't think you get as much speed as with a special-material blade.
A special-material blade has higher rebound, so you'll get more overshoot misses on blocks, but I think you get more speed than with wood.A lot of people switching from inverted rubber to Attack8 tend to angle the racket face down, but I think it's easier to get the ball in if you keep the face vertical at first.
If you're switching from inverted or short pips, start around medium thickness;
if you're switching from long pips, start from extra-thin;
and from there I think it's good to find the thickness and hardness that suits you.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Innerforce Layer ALC
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ONE (Experience: ２〜３ years) Hard for the opponent to play against = hard for me too
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2021/02/12
I use this on the backhand of a shakehand blade.
Backhand blocks come out as knuckle balls pretty easily.
If you hit it with a downward motion like you would with long pips, it comes out super knuckle.
You can hit it with a flicking motion too, but the ball drops — though not as much as with long pips.
Blocks come out super knuckle.
Pushes are flat and straight.
Driving isn't impossible either, but it only works out about half the time lol.
Opponents apparently find it hard to deal with, but so do I.
Also, if you rest your finger on it, the pips crack. Yep.
I'd recommend this for anyone who wants to switch from long pips to short pips.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use TB5α
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