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Ost has no issues killing an is2. Like a said a million times, Double paks with either a faust, mine, or stun round from pak. will Be a DEAD IS2. Its too slow with a damaged engine to escape the paks and when stunned with 2 paks firing. Its already dead.
OKW struggles a bit more, but not by much. Reketens do penetrate often just like Shreks. The only thing u have to worry about is the rekettens being whiped. And there is always the option of a well-placed pak43
If u see that ur opponent when Is2's. This can be easily punished in many ways
CAS to basically bring IS2 down to 30% in one pass ( also strafe pesky infrantry so they can de-crew uyr paks
Spotting scopes to allow u to use the full potential of ur AT weapons
and Lighting war, u get tiger, g43's, and Skill strafe
But if usf had m1919's, pershing, and p47 in one commander, i bet the axis fanboys would cry of OP'ness
LAstely, u need to learn how to punish any player that waits for call-ins. Bleed the sov player by rushing a fast AA HT, Luchs, P4, or Ostwind. Then prepare for his cal-ins.
There is no reason why u fail to prepare for the inevitable, then come on these forums to complain that sov are impossible to beat when every issue u "claim" is a l2p issue.
Ya, well, maybe, maybe not. In theory all sounds nice. All the situations you described are talking about unsupported IS2s. I can beat noobs too, ya know. If you face a real player that he knows what he's doing, the IS2 won't be your grave, it would be just the cross on it. I bet you have a theoretical solution for an IS2 + shocks + ZIS in the back + KV8 attacking group, don't you? Just to make an example. On 2v2s 3v3s etc becomes even more complex, because all teammates can and should focus on the same attack.
On the battlefield is verry situational and the best combo Ostheer can make will not beat the soviet combos except for what I said above about Elefant and all.
OP faction doesn't mean that if you are a better player than me and play with that faction you beat me, I don't claim that being odd. No, it means that if we are equal skilled, you beat me just because your faction is stronger.
So I'm not saying - and never was saying - that Soviets are unbeatable or that I can't destroy an IS2. I'm sure you got my point but you will probably tell me again to L2P so why am I replaying to you anyway?!