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Jump back to quoted post18 Aug 2014, 14:27 PMVaz

I must not be facing any of you in my games. ISU is strong, but not how some here are making it out to be. Especially for OKW. King tiger and especially Jagdtiger are HARD counters to ISU. Don't tell me about the support, that's your job as a player, this isn't a movie that you just sit back and watch. Try outsmarting someone instead of attack move.

I've heard those OKW panzerIV's are crap, but I really haven't seen much of them used.

For Ostheer, it's very counterable. I have never had a game I played as Ostheer and lost it due to ISU. The games I lost, it was usually downhill from the start. EVERY anti tank solution the ostheer has is viable. You can hide a tellar mine in a smart place to help if you need. Pak is 1 shotted by ISU, but Pak should not be sent alone to fight ISU. The same dumb thing happens with ZiS against tigers. Tiger hits and at least 2 crew dead, pintle takes care of the rest. Often tigers will also destroy ZiS, where ISU doesn't destroy pak. You can destroy ISU with pgren shreks, so long as you don't front assault it in a blob. If you actually flank, 2 shrek squads will assure destruction. It's 240 damage per volley per squad, same damage the ISU does. PanzerIV is very viable as is Stug, both can penetrate and PIV can out maneuver ISU easy. Everything non-t4 Ost is better used in multiples and coordinated. This is no different from Tigers and Panthers. I can't take 1 t34/85 and expect to attack move on a tiger and win.

Honestly, panthers are a hard counter. Not 2, but just 1. The range, armor, maneuverability, rate of fire. The ISU is not better than the panther in armor battles. If you can flank it, you have a pretty good chance of not even getting hit. Support? Both players should have support.

For being such a huge, slow, hulk, the ISU is amazingly easy to penetrate with Axis anti-tank weapons. On the other side, Axis armor is not so easy and blocks a lot of shots. I don't even know why there are comparisons of ZiS vs Jt. How a Zis got in range of Jt? Someone is having micro errors.

There needs to be more replays uploaded or videos or some sort of proof for these odd claims of ISU deleting whole armies and players being powerless to stop it. I think a lot of players here are consistently failing throughout the game and ISU is just the final nail in the coffin for some of you, so it becomes your justification.

Jump back to quoted post18 Aug 2014, 09:24 AMAerohank

You know the elephant is still in the game right? It still kills the ISU152.