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Racket comparison · 2026

Black Crown Crown Wolf vs Softee Phantom

Head-to-head on PRR scores, specs, and live prices — independently tested with the same methodology. Updated daily.

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Black Crown Crown Wolf
Black Crown

Crown Wolf

Softee Phantom
Softee

Softee Phantom

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PRR verdict

Black Crown Crown Wolf wins by 4 points

Black Crown Crown Wolf scores 72/100 against 68/100 for the Softee Phantom. Its biggest edge is power (+5).

Score breakdown
Crown Wolf
Softee Phantom
Overall
72/100Best
68/100
Control
66Best
64
Power
74Best
69
Sweet spot
68Best
67
Maneuverability
69
69
Comfort
68
68
Specs
Crown Wolf
Softee Phantom
Shape
Hybrid
Hybrid
Balance
Head-light
Even
Weight
370 g
355–365 g
Core
Soft EVA
Soft EVA
Face material
Fibreglass
Fibreglass
Level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Playing style
Power
Power
Crown Wolf

The Wolf is Crown's budget attacker: a 370 g head-light build with a Soft EVA core and fibreglass face producing power 74 with fair terms (comfort 68, tolerance 68) and honest handling (69). Value 78 is solid small-brand arithmetic. The soft core and head-light tune make the listed weight irrelevant in improving hands, and the fibreglass face keeps the learning civil. The Crown-not-Black-Crown flag applies once more: mind the badge. Within its actual price class the Wolf is a fair, kind-enough attacker with the usual thin-support asterisk.

Softee Phantom

The Phantom is Softee's budget all-rounder with mild attacking lean: a documented 355 to 365 g Soft EVA build under a fibreglass face scoring a 69/64 split with fair terms (comfort 68, tolerance 67) and honest handling (69). Value 76 holds the brand's standard position. The card is the Softee story in miniature: functional, documented, honestly priced, and shadowed by benchmarks that do the same job for similar money with bigger dealer networks. Fine when it is the week's cheapest; demo and compare when it is not.

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