Challenger Attack
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[Hardness] Little soft [Performance] Control and Speed to have excellent |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed:6.7
- Spin:6.5
- Control:8.4
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Ideal for the pips-out player looking for more spin variation as well as easy control over the opponent's shots.
CHALLENGER-ATTACK produces far more spin than normal pips-out rubbers.
- Short pimples
Players use Challenger Attack
- Excellent control and stability highly praised
- Softer and easier to handle than Spectre
- Less affected by opponent's spin rotation
- Modest knock-on with variable spin capability
- Weaker bounce than tension requires more power
Reviews by user
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Small (Experience: More than ２０ years) Well-balanced rubber
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2019/12/11
Performance-wise it sits somewhere between the Spin Pips and the Spectrum, but leans a bit more toward the Spin Pips side.
With its clear, grippy topsheet and a sponge that lets the ball sink in well, it's a rubber that's easy to put spin on.
The sponge is a touch firmer than TSP's 21 sponge, but soft compared to the average, and it still has a good sense of elasticity for that softness, so you can hit through it confidently.
The knuckleball effect is fairly mild, but stronger than with the Spin Pips.There are thickness options too, and while it doesn't have one single defining trait, there's really nothing else quite like this "right down the middle, orthodox" kind of rubber.
It's aimed at people who want even more stability than the Spectrum offers.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Butterfly Hadraw SK
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Table tennis coach Pin-chan (Experience: More than ２０ years) I don't get why this short pips isn't more popular
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2023/09/11
Among short pips rubbers this one sits right in the middle.
It grips more spin than Spectol and releases the ball faster than Spin Pips.
I used it on the backhand for chopping, and of course it works for backhand-pips choppers, but I think it also works fine for close-to-the-table fast attack.
Its defining feature is that it can produce a decent amount of spin while not being much affected by the opponent's spin.
For players using spin-oriented short pips who struggle with getting overpowered by their opponent's shots, this rubber might just be their savior.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use DIODE V
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gear refugee (Experience: ２〜３ years) The one that's not Spectrum
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2023/06/27
I put the thin sponge version on the forehand of my Goriki blade for close-to-the-table fast attack.
This rubber, along with Hammond FA, the original T version, and Red Mark, would probably all fall into the "not Spectol" category, but each of them is subtly different from Spectol.
Challenger Attack feels like Spectol made a bit less slippery and softer.
As a result you get: "easy to put spin on, less knuckle effect, easy to control."
When I do angle drives against backspin, if the ball is low I tend to put in too much force and miss, so being able to fudge it with a light touch in those moments is a real help.By the way, if you go with thin sponge, the speed drops a little, but knuckleballs become much easier to produce and control gets easier too.
Whether it's Spectol or one of the "not Spectol" rubbers, the ones that have survived for a long time all have good balance without extreme swings in performance, so after that it really comes down to how well it fits your own hitting style and strategy.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use GORIKI
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(Experience: More than ２０ years) Not easily affected by incoming spin — a textbook short-pips rubber
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2022/09/05
I don't think there's another short pips rubber out there with this level of stability. Since it's not a tension-type rubber, it doesn't bounce much, so I balance it out by pairing it with a carbon blade and a tacky inverted rubber on the other side. Because the pips are arranged in rows, it's hard to put spin on the ball yourself, but by the same token it's also less affected by your opponent's spin, which really shines on the return of serve. Blocking gives you a moderate knuckle effect, but you can freely mix in pushes and stops depending on how you move the racket. Paired with a carbon blade, even though the rubber itself has weak bounce, you get surprisingly fast smashes. If your playing style is close-to-the-table fast attack, moving your opponent around front, back, left and right to close out points quickly, I'd definitely recommend this rubber. I think once you use it, you'll understand why it's survived for so many years.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Spin ace carbon
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Nice ball (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Is this even allowed? But...
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2022/01/30
I switched my blade from pure wood to one with a composite layer, and switched from a tension rubber to this one for the sake of stability. But it doesn't bounce nearly as much as I expected, so it takes effort to get the ball to fly. That said, drives, pushes, and the short game over the table are all easy to do with it. According to my opponents, the ball doesn't come where they expect and the variation and knuckle effect make it hard to handle. Smashes don't fly off like they would off a tension rubber either — instead you get a smash with knuckle-type variation on it. I think it's a good rubber for relearning how to properly use short pips.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Racket recommended use TIMO BOLL CAF - CS
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Back dora Ken (Experience: More than ２０ years) High-bounce short pips are pretty good too
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2021/01/30
Lately I've been spending more money on the blade than on rubbers. I want a rubber that lasts at least a year, so I use high-elasticity rubbers that last longer than tension rubbers.
I've tried various ones like Spectol and the original T version, but this rubber has good control, gives you speed when you swing all the way through, and you can still get a fair amount of spin and knuckleballs out of it — it's well balanced. On the other hand, it doesn't have much "character" of its own, so I make up for that by flipping to the rubber on the other side.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Garaydia Revolver-R
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mtb (Experience: ６〜１０ years)
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2018/09/06
The Challenger Attack is a quality pips rubber with excellent control.
It makes returning serves easy, and it's good for blocking, counter-attacking, and spin too.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use LUDEACK
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