The Venus 2 rubber updates Yinhe's original Venus rubber with their new 'Arbalest Sponge' providing the same high spin, but giving it a noticeable speed increase while reducing the weight slightly. The surface of this rubber is tacky in the same way as other tacky Chinese rubber, but less so than the Yinhe Apollo. One item to note about the new Venus II is the improved range of 'gears' in the sponge. Venus II slows down to handle a push game better than most controlled rubbers, and speeds up to provide strong loops and counter-loops. In the middle of those two points, the rubber plays smooth and predictable, a rare feat.