Setup lab

Butterfly fibre

Innerforce + Dignics 05 / Tenergy 05

The fibre most loopers land on when Viscaria felt harsh. Dignics 05 forehand, Tenergy 05 backhand is the current Butterfly spare-sheet habit.

2010s default

Viscaria + Tenergy 05 both sides

Outer ALC with the Spring Sponge looping reference. Direct first ball, high throw, the combination European shops still mean by “a Viscaria setup”.

Named outer ALC

Timo Boll ALC + Tenergy 05 / 05 FX

Viscaria-class outer ALC with a named handle. FX on the backhand is the usual safety step when 36° Spring Sponge felt lively on the shorter stroke.

All-wood OFF

Clipper Wood + MX-P / R47

7-ply wood with two German tensors in the same price band. Stay on wood if Viscaria felt metallic; shop MX-P vs R47 by family, not by one Combined point.

Japanese dwell

Acoustic + Fastarc G-1 both sides

5-ply hinoki-mix wood with Nittaku’s looping tensor. Habit, not physics — G-1 does not require Acoustic — but this is the pairing coaches name for Japanese feel.

Tacky forehand

Innerforce + Hurricane 3 National / Tenergy 05

Selected sticky Chinese forehand, European tensor backhand, inner ALC in between. Combined figures for National are unboosted — the boosted sheet is a different weapon.

After a hobby bat

Allround Classic + Vega Europe both sides

Control wood and the usual first tensor. Do not put Tenergy 05 on this blade and call it an upgrade — hardness and throw are the next conversation, not this one.

Named Innerforce

Harimoto Super ALC + Zyre 03

The named inner-fibre wood with Butterfly’s current high-end inverted both sides — as listed for Tomokazu Harimoto in May 2026. Not Dignics, not Viscaria.

Penhold hybrid

Félix Lebrun Hyper Carbon + K3

Tibhar named carbon with Hybrid K3 both wings. The rubber is a European hybrid, not boosted Hurricane. Penhold is the other half of the copy — shakehand Krypto is Alexis.

Combination racket

Korbel + Rakza 7 / Spectol S1

Wood dwell, Japanese Super Tension on the looping wing, classic Spectol on the hitting wing. Short pips is a second language — not a safer inverted.

Classic chopper

Defensive Classic + Tackiness Chop / Feint Long III

Control 5-ply, sticky chopping inverted, Butterfly long-pip spare. OX versus sponge on Feint is the next shopping fact, not a Combined point.