M8A1 Scott Counter

Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2018, 00:18 AMShadowLinkX37

Stuka CAS? XD Well at the very least for ostheer, inorder to shoot Ostheers pak guns, they need to be inrange of the pak guns, given no elevation issues.

Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2018, 05:26 AMLoopDloop

Wait really? I thought Scott’s outranked paks a little.

Yeah they’re tough to counter. It does mean your opponent has a little less real armor on the field and has to dedicate some troops to protecting the Scotts though, so maybe trying to take advantage of his relative lack of mobility would help (attacking different sides, hard pushes, etc).

Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2018, 08:59 AMJoshua85

I've seen Helping Hans using them quite a bit, but other than that they seem to be a rare sight in higher level games, and at least from a viewing perspective, they don't seem to be all that fearsome. On top of that I imagine that they kind of force you to go captain or air drop AT, so you don't get bumrushed by opponents armor.

But after your post I guess I'll have to try them out

Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2018, 17:12 PMLoopDloop

Like everything else that has autofire, their effectiveness gets compounded when you have multiple. 3 Scotts can be very scary if they can protect them well.

Their projectile is also very fast.

Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2018, 17:49 PMJoshua85

But that would also be an insane amount of pop cap to invest in an armored indrect fire unit. I can't imagine that would be worth the risk in 1v1

Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2018, 01:52 AMOutsider_Sidaroth

Discounting Ambulance and Weapon Racks and AAHT (75F) 2 Scotts and 2 Jacksons with LT into Major is 600 Fuel, so either they get the Scotts early and lack TDs or they get them late, which means you'd have more chances to kill them before their Vet1.
But Considering the huge army advantage you describe, it sounds like you didn't bully USF slow start enough and were losing pretty badly army size wise, don't let the Yankees get their hands on fuel and ammo or their lategame power will surprise you.

Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2018, 02:14 AMAntemurale

Very true. Such a scenario is very much a late-game scenario, which usually happens if players are at a similar skill level.

It's not that there is a massive disparity in army size. I usually end up with near-100 popcap as well; it's just that I find it extremely difficult to push when your infantry gets shot to bits in the midst of infantry engagements. Wiping power of Scotts is shockingly good.

Have you encountered any reliable counter to M8A1 Scotts?

Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2018, 00:52 AMAntemurale

I don't think Popcap is the issue that stops players from Scotts. Usually, it's having too little AT in mid game.

Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2018, 02:14 AMAntemurale

Have you encountered any reliable counter to M8A1 Scotts?

Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2018, 10:24 AMEsxile

Flank with your tanks, Pz4 aren't the best for that but one Pz4 and one Panther can do it. Often you'll pass through his defense because having two Scott means having a difficite in anti tank area.