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Thoughts on Moyu Weilong vs Li Ying?

Weilong vs Li Ying

  • Moyu Weilong

    Votes: 26 83.9%
  • Moyu Li Ying

    Votes: 5 16.1%

  • Total voters
    31

heavenlystar

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What are your thoughts on the new Li Ying? Do you think it's completely better than the Weilong and will it replace it?

My current main is the Weilong and would like to see how the Li Ying matches up to it in your opinions
 

IRNjuggle28

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The LiYing is nothing like the Weilong. The important comparison is LiYing/HuanYing vs. Weilong. The Liying is basically the HuanYing v2.

I doubt the LiYing will be as popular as the Weilong, or even close.
 

Makarov

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Perspective from a new cuber here. I've been trying new cubes recently and the Weilong is the smoothest & fastest. But I have been wanting a crunchy crispy loud cube which is what Li Ying reviews have said.

I decided to try the Huan Ying and it was terrible. It turned horribly no matter what tension to the point I think I got a defective core or something. It was off amazon so I figure it was a dud, I'll try the Li Ying from cubicle.

Yesterday I got a Dianma, Li Ying and Gans III version 2. Surprised by the Dianma, I really like the feel. The Gans III turned out to be exactly what I wanted in a crunchy cube, so far it's perfect to me. The LiYing felt the worst out of the box, and after tensioning it still either moves slow or locks up. Maybe I'm just bad at setting up a cube but Huan Ying / Li Ying were disappointing to me.
 

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Perspective from a new cuber here. I've been trying new cubes recently and the Weilong is the smoothest & fastest. But I have been wanting a crunchy crispy loud cube which is what Li Ying reviews have said.

I decided to try the Huan Ying and it was terrible. It turned horribly no matter what tension to the point I think I got a defective core or something. It was off amazon so I figure it was a dud, I'll try the Li Ying from cubicle.

Yesterday I got a Dianma, Li Ying and Gans III version 2. Surprised by the Dianma, I really like the feel. The Gans III turned out to be exactly what I wanted in a crunchy cube, so far it's perfect to me. The LiYing felt the worst out of the box, and after tensioning it still either moves slow or locks up. Maybe I'm just bad at setting up a cube but Huan Ying / Li Ying were disappointing to me.
Mine was awful out of the box. Just work with it.
 

TinaIsAwesome

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Perspective from a new cuber here. I've been trying new cubes recently and the Weilong is the smoothest & fastest. But I have been wanting a crunchy crispy loud cube which is what Li Ying reviews have said.

I decided to try the Huan Ying and it was terrible. It turned horribly no matter what tension to the point I think I got a defective core or something. It was off amazon so I figure it was a dud, I'll try the Li Ying from cubicle.

Yesterday I got a Dianma, Li Ying and Gans III version 2. Surprised by the Dianma, I really like the feel. The Gans III turned out to be exactly what I wanted in a crunchy cube, so far it's perfect to me. The LiYing felt the worst out of the box, and after tensioning it still either moves slow or locks up. Maybe I'm just bad at setting up a cube but Huan Ying / Li Ying were disappointing to me.
I don't think you're HuanYing is a dud, it tends to feel very cheap and hollow which makes it somewhat challenging to tension. I got mine at worlds and I remember fiddling around with it for a long time in order to actually make it usable for me. I don't hate it but I don't love it either. As for the LiYing, out of the box it's not that great but after tensioning it and lubing it properly, it can become a fantastic cube but that's just my opinion.
 

Makarov

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I don't think you're HuanYing is a dud, it tends to feel very cheap and hollow which makes it somewhat challenging to tension. I got mine at worlds and I remember fiddling around with it for a long time in order to actually make it usable for me. I don't hate it but I don't love it either. As for the LiYing, out of the box it's not that great but after tensioning it and lubing it properly, it can become a fantastic cube but that's just my opinion.

I kind of enjoy cheap & hollow (just ask my ex girlfriends, ba dum pssh), part of why I'm liking the gans 3 - feels like I'm turning air. The Huan Ying I had needed a ton of force to turn even loose tensioned felt like an official Rubik's brand..

I've got the Li Ying feeling good but still way stiffer than the gans, maybe I need to take out the factory lube. Meanwhile the Weilong felt great out of the box.

*update* the li ying is actually feeling great now. Now sure if I just broke it in a little or hit the sweet spot with tensioning but now it's comparable to the weilong.
 
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Rocky0701

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Perspective from a new cuber here. I've been trying new cubes recently and the Weilong is the smoothest & fastest. But I have been wanting a crunchy crispy loud cube which is what Li Ying reviews have said.

I decided to try the Huan Ying and it was terrible. It turned horribly no matter what tension to the point I think I got a defective core or something. It was off amazon so I figure it was a dud, I'll try the Li Ying from cubicle.

Yesterday I got a Dianma, Li Ying and Gans III version 2. Surprised by the Dianma, I really like the feel. The Gans III turned out to be exactly what I wanted in a crunchy cube, so far it's perfect to me. The LiYing felt the worst out of the box, and after tensioning it still either moves slow or locks up. Maybe I'm just bad at setting up a cube but Huan Ying / Li Ying were disappointing to me.
If you want a crispy loud cube, i have heard that the ShuangRen is.
 
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