Profile of Hambone

It's no secret that German armor is very powerful; both Ost and OKW can reach a critical mass of armor that the fragile allied vehicles can rarely achieve. Most of your team plan should not be based on holding off armor, but rather scoring the kills. These kills are necessary to prevent Nazi armor from reaching that mentioned critical mass.

I'm not a fan of the Su85 for many reasons; the armor is bad and the poor pathing makes it vulnerable to the shrek blob. But more than that, I find the SU85 holds off German armor but it does not kill it. That's not what we need. Those tanks need to die.

Here are some good ways to score actual kills:
-rushing overextended Panthers with t34's, even if they trade poorly it's worth the kill
-B4 strike against repairing tanks, great way to kill maybe the only real option of dealing with KT/JT. There is a lot of ways for smart player to hard counter the B4, but I find most just sit there blankly while getting shelled; expect them to complain on forums afterwards
-American P47 strafe is great since you can call it in on a half health tank when you see the opportunity
-2x Jacksons with HVAP can kill an overextended panther before it gets back
-Mines everywhere you expect a panther to rush in, ie everywhere
-Mark target is a great asset and really lets you finish a tank before it escapes, just be sure to call the plane early to debuff is in place when shells fly
-American M20 mines - true death to a panther that expected to blitz away


I would suggest not using IS2s. That just means you are playing the late game like OKW wants. The IS2 is a beast, but late game Axis power is off the charts. If you do want to use the IS2 I think both you and your teammate needs to get them and fight in unison.

Your teammates B4 is a good choice, make sure he knows how to pre-position it.

You may want to consider going for a doctrine with Mark target, maybe both Mark Target and t34/85's. The Mark is really important for killing the big cats.

Or consider going American. Perhaps USF. The P47 strike is strong, as are Jacksons and Airborne. Jacksons are iffy against Panthers and poor at fighting KT's, but they can do a lot of damage if your opponent lets you. Jacksons can scare off wounded Panthers that your mate can then try to B4. Another great option as the Americans is to get an M20 and just lay AT mines on the major roads. These mines will often immobilize and are extremely potent on scoring kills.

Nomatter what doctrine is picked I feel you and your B4 teammate should both get T34's. When a Panther overextends rush and dogpile it. Shoot it, block it, ram it, whatever needs to be done to get the kill.

If you do manage to keep the cat numbers down you can then bleed out their infantry blobs with your T34's and B4. With any luck you can win the match and become a statistical outlier for OKW's current team game win rate.

Typical situation of DPS inflation. (And dare I say Axis favorism?)

Upon introduction Partisans had a very unique mechanic in spawning from buildings. To compensate for this one of a kind mechanism they were pre-nerfed with low survivability, half dps on all weapons, and a higher reinforce cost than most infantry. Despite these drawbacks intrepid players were able to make them partially viable against the weapon team reliance Ostheer.

Then I guess Relic just stopped caring and added Fallschirmjagers, Jaeger Light Infantry, and Stormtroopers. A complete 180 degrees from squads with the lowest dps in the game to some of the highest.

To be fair, Soviet players don't expect nor want Fallschirmjagers, but like other doctrinal units this clearly needs to be updated for WFA. I would expect them to be about equivalent to ppsh cons at a cost of about 320 manpower and a reasonable reinforce cost.

It's like Relic loaded up a build from 2013, tweaked JT stats and then just went ahead and released it. #yolo #agile

Firing arcs, retreat blocking, grenade delays, and now mines? I hope everyone at Relic has happy holidays, but damn if they don't have work to do when they get back to the office.

I love OKW players that know a B4 is on the field and even see a recon plane loitering directly above their tank, but keep on repairing heavy armor with multiple sturmpioneer squads.

I use B4's and how successful they are is 100% enemy dependent.

For those unaware, the weapons that Partisans/Irregulars spawn with are dramatically nerfed versions of their legit counterparts. A partisan lmg looks like an Axis lmg and sounds like an Axis lmg, but only does roughly half the damage. Not only is this counter-intuitive, but it's a bit outdated considering the proliferation of super elite nazi infantry that can also pop out of ambient buildings.

I believe Relic has gone on record stating they want to reduce the amount of stat knowledge needed to play; make the game more WYSIWYG. Having visually identical weapons with no in-game mention of one being half the damage does not make for intuitive play. Soviet players would have no problem with them being priced accordingly if they had an impact.