Sword · Classic Line · Inverted

Hero

Hero is a canonical Sword identity. Numbered Hero listings found at retailers are recorded as hidden candidates rather than published as separate rubbers.

Approval listed onlyTackyListed in the Sword approval inventoryMarket status unknownMade in China

Also listed as: Sword Hero · SWORD Hero · Sword Hero

Specifications and evidence

CategoryInverted

SurfaceTacky

SpongeSword sponge

Sponge hardnessMedium (TTDNA band)

Hardness scaleNo published manufacturer scale

ThicknessStandard sheet range

Rubber coloursBlack · Red

Country of manufactureChina

Approval nameHero

Approval ID24-008

Approval coloursNot recorded

Approval statusListed in the Sword approval inventory

Approval verifiedCurrent list

Market statusMarket status unknown

Market status verifiedCurrent

Market sourceNo verified current source

List priceVaries by retailer

Approval evidence and market availability are recorded separately. A name listed by an approval source is not proof that the rubber is currently on sale, and a rubber on sale is not proof of a current approval. Approval is never inherited by a suffix or edition, and no expiry date is invented.

Market status describes current commercial availability only. Where it could not be verified it stays unknown rather than being guessed from a shop listing.

Printed hardness values are manufacturer figures on the maker's own scale. A printed Chinese degree is not assumed to equal an ESN degree, and no hardness is inferred from a product code or a sponge colour.

No reliable official Sword list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.

TTDNA core profile

Speed: 80
Spin: 86
Control: 82
Arc: 55
Hardness: 52
Tackiness: 6
Block: 71
Durability: 74

Throw angleMedium

Play stylesControl play · Spin-oriented attack

Recommended sideForehand · Backhand

Speed classALL · ALL+

LevelIntermediate · Advanced

TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorial 0–100 ratings. They are not official Sword measurements, not laboratory data and not a conversion of any retailer score.

TTDNA ratings

Speed80

Spin86

Control82

Power78

Grip77

Tackiness50

Arc55

Catapult51

Throw angle59

Elastic66

Spin sensitivity77

Short game63

Blocking67

Backhand flip78

Counterloop82

Opening loop77

Chop57

Serve80

Service receive74

Difficulty62

Beginner friendly47

Durability72

TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorial 0–100 ratings. They are not official Sword measurements, not laboratory data and not a conversion of any retailer score.

Data confidence

Verification tierApproval listed only

Specification confidenceMedium

Editorial confidenceMedium

Unresolved fieldscurrent commercial variants · verified thicknesses · verified sponge hardness · current approved colours · current market status

Source prioritycurrent_official_sword_product_page_or_catalogue → current_official_sword_technical_sheet → current_authorised_sword_distributor → latest_currently_valid_ittf_racket_covering_list → larc_listing → official_product_packaging → established_specialist_retailer → archived_official_or_distributor_page → independent_specialist_test → multi_source_review_consensus → community_discussion → marketplace_listing

Last checked3 August 2026

Generations are never merged automatically. Paladin II and Scylla III are their own records, and no specification is copied between generations of the same name.

Variants and configurations

1 variant

Colour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.

Configuration	Colour	Thickness	Sponge	Hardness	Speed	Spin	Control
Standard	Black · Red	Standard sheet range	Sponged	Medium (TTDNA band)	80	86	82

Black · Red · Standard sheet range

Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)

Speed 80 · Spin 86 · Control 82

Known users

Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.

Sword publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.

Rest of the Classic Line family

Inverted

2000-F

A long-running classic inverted Sword rubber listed in the approval inventory as 2000-F.

Inverted

King

A tacky inverted Sword rubber recorded from the approval inventory as King.

Inverted

An inverted Sword rubber listed in the approval inventory under the short code RG.

Family membership groups related names. It never means shared construction, and family members are never merged into one record.

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