Review: Leishen Wei Shihao ZC Series, Super-Cheap ZLC Fiber

Originally published 2026-05-07 · Translated & republished with permission

Mogu Table Tennis Studio’s “Review Diary” is a personal sharing of my experience, offered for fellow players to reference and learn from.

This issue’s blades: Leishen Wei Shihao ZC and SZC

Test setup: forehand DNA Chilong (Red Dragon), backhand Rui Long 7 and T05 Hard

In 2026, Wei Shihao became the ambassador for Leishen’s most classic W81 series of blades. The W81 also got a brand-new naming scheme and an upgrade, adding “Super fiber” and “ZLC fiber” options, bringing the once-unattainable Super fiber down to the 200-300 RMB price range.
Last issue I summed up the performance of the Wei Shihao ARC and SARC in two paragraphs. This issue we’ll talk about the Wei Shihao ZC and SZC, which are outer and inner structures respectively, not the same.

It uses a limba face material plus outer ZLC fiber, the same structure as the Mizutani Jun ZLC, with a thickness of around 5.8 mm and an orange-gray-blue three-color splice.
To a certain extent it achieves Mizutani-Z-like characteristics: it releases the ball well at mid-to-close range, has a fairly long arc, takes little effort and borrows pace well, with a moderate arc height. At the 300 RMB price point, that’s pretty good.
The hitting feel is a bit harder than the Mizutani Jun ZLC; it isn’t as soft or as refined as the Mizutani Z, with a touch more rigidity and a slight “taut-springy” feel. On top of being “effortless to release the ball,” the control in hand is average.
The power output is adequate; when you really go for it, the deep power isn’t especially full. Like the Boll ALC, it shows a “hard outside, soft inside” character.
In summary: the Wei Shihao ZC suits intermediate-level players for close-to-mid-table loop-and-quick-attack play. Fast first-bounce speed, long arc, easy two-side transitions, effortless ball release.

It uses a limba face material plus inner Super SZLC fiber, the same structure as the Super Harimoto Tomokazu SZLC, at only one-sixth the price, with a thickness of around 5.7 mm and a purple-gray-blue three-color splice.
First, a word on the Super Harimoto: it’s the “all-rounder bucket” blade in Butterfly’s lineup. Although it’s inner-fiber, it can very easily borrow the Super fiber’s elasticity, achieving good speed with small-to-medium force while keeping an inner-fiber arc. When you really power up, the arc gets extremely long and often flies long off the table; it’s generally paired with a tensor rubber.
The Wei Shihao SZC and the Super Harimoto, you could say, are related only in structure; the feel doesn’t have a shred of similarity:

Under small-to-medium force, the Wei Shihao SZC doesn’t really release the ball; it’s slow, almost a completely all-wood feel. The Super fiber is like a “net full of tenacity”: it can’t be driven under small-to-medium force, the power doesn’t transmit into it, you can’t borrow the fiber’s force, and so nothing springs back; you only get the feedback of the two all-wood layers, the face material and the power layer.
The Wei Shihao SZC’s deep power is very solid; when you power up to loop, there’s ample support, and the arc isn’t long. Small-to-medium force gives an all-wood feel; heavy power gives a very “tough” fiber feel, not overly springy like the Super Harimoto, and the arc when you power up is controllable. It pairs well with both tensor rubbers and Chinese rubbers.
From this we can see that, although both use Super ZLC fiber, the two companies’ bonding techniques and the proportions of carbon and fiber in the weave are vastly different. We only need to know one thing: thanks to the Super fiber’s high tenacity, the SZC blade has a “core support” that the vast majority of 300-600 RMB blades lack, presenting a “soft outside, hard inside” character.

In summary: the Wei Shihao SZC suits intermediate-and-above players. Good power output, solid loops, and decent control; it’s a soft-outside, steely-inside style.

Mogu’s reflections, May 7, 2026