Profile of Fmerritt2001

Hey all:
I started playing COH2 in Dec 2018 and have enjoyed developing my game. With the June patch I am finding it difficult to deal with the German tech up and have tried many different fast tech ideas to Major and armor while holding off the Huns at the fuel points.

The attached video is typical of my last few weeks while I watch my win ratio plummet from former 48% to 2 and 3 losses in a row at times. Same in 2v2 with my Russian friends.

I DID get a nice wipe on a grenadier with the Engineer demo charge but its not enough.

Take a look and let me know what you think. I see two tactical mistakes I made with being too aggressive with the 105 Sherman and I burned some munitions on an arty strike that didn't do much, but from a strategy standpoint or build order, what do you think?

Thanks,

fmerritt2001
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Good Comments Brick Top, thank you. I have been having the same struggles with OST.

Soo, go ahead and nerf all the ass grenadiers who wipe my rifle squads in 4 seconds...

I’ve been in CoH2 about 6 months but I like USF. I play auto match 1-4 v and after the 8.0 patch here’s my lineup:
Heavy Cav - for 3s and 4 v4s where I think the Pershing will match up with Tigers in late game. Rifle defenses and Rangers are ok too but don’t get crazy with them.
ReCon Suppt. - My fav 1v1 doctrine. All the attributes unlocked by 7 CP , I&R pathfinders. I use the monitors to spot for Indirect Fire mid- late game and use a bulletin to increase Los 5%. Late game with munitions I&R plus Major = amazing blob control or weapon decrew. Two words: Cluster Mines. With this strat it helps to use RE to build a couple of munition points.
Rifle Co - If I’m undecided about the map or my team mates in multi player I go to Rifle Co for the balance. Good infantry support and an RE with flame thrower is an awesome garrison destroyer or mg flanker. WP smoke is under rated to both cover an mg but also decrew it if they don’t insta retreat. Finally the Easy 8/Sherman is a cheaper medium+ tank that requires at support vs heavies but can hold its own with a pz IV. If you vet it for the HVAP it gets into Panther-League but like all USF the best 1v1 game is when your tanks and atg do about the same armor damage. Share the love.

Since the Rear Echelon upgrade with rifle grenades it may be worth it to dig a few of those near vp’s or supply points and garrison with the RE until the .50 comes up. I set up near an obvious mg42 garrison point yesterday and my RE in the fighting emplacement auto rifle-naded then out in about 39 secs....

Good luck on the battlefield....fm

You write well. Thanks for your insights.