Profile of Ohme

Guards are mediocre as anti infantry. Their PTRS AT rifles have a 5% chance to instantly kill infantry, and when the RNG god doth shine down upon thee it can mean very good news. The grenade is potent but expensive, and is best saved for when there is a favorable clump to blow up. The DPs are a nice addition, but I find their overall dps to be lacking against infantry. The 1.5 armor allows them to stay in fights a little longer, and at close range the DPs are fairly lethal.

Snipers and Guards are one of the best combinations in the game. In the current meta many soviet player choose to get early elite infantry via 1cp shocks or guards. This allows you to have those elite troops face off against T1 and T2 german units.

When a soviet player gets 2 (or sometimes 3) snipers, followed by guards, there is very little a german player can do to effectively counter. You are protected against infantry and light vehicles, and any squad that takes a volley of 2-3 sniper shots will retreat, because the next volley means a lost squad.

Many players are expecting to see guards and shocks moved to 2cp in the next patch. This would change the meta slightly for sniper/guard spam, allowing a German car to potentially come out and harass snipers before the guards arrive to counter.

As mentioned, a rule of thumb for Mortars (and other indirect fire): More accurate at closer ranges, less accurate in the fog of war. The 120mm mortar with a max range barrage into the fog of war is incredibly inaccurate. At short range with vision, it is very accurate and devastating. This applies to all indirect fire.

Attack ground is useful if you expect an enemy to approach through a choke point. You can attack ground preemptively, and if it hits an enemy they will be visible and alert you of an approach. Couple this with a trip flare and you can barrage the choke when they advance.


Is Attack Ground really more precise? Can someone confirm this?

A hyper-critical community is the sign of one that is committed to the game.

That doesn't make it cool to publicly insult someones credentials. Poor form, 0/10.

Both factions can get away with minimal base building, but it is rather doctrinally limited.

It is easier for soviets because of the potency of Shock Troops, and the wider variety of call-in units. Guard Motor Coordination is excellent for this purpose, because the T34/85 tanks come into play at 7 CP, which is earlier than most call-in tanks which arrive at 9 CP or later.

Germans have a slightly tougher time, but with Shreks and Paks you can hold out for a Tiger. Also, Mechanized Assault commander was mentioned, and is designed specifically for this purpose.

For both factions, I think it is necessary to at least go T2 in order to make this work. If waiting for a call-in tank, you will surely be run over without AT guns. AT guns can be quite unforgiving without proper tactical play. I would imagine most of the time you would need to lock down an area with MGs and AT guns, mine up the flanks and setup a trap.

I have also seen soviet players use both T1 and T2 while waiting for call-in tanks. Soviet Snipers with AT guns proved to be an absolute nightmare for me to deal with one game.

Bulletins are pretty worthless in general. Many people choose to stack all 3 bulletins to benefit the same unit. The concept of bulletins is good, but their implementation is an absolute waste. There is next to no meaningful choices to be made when choosing which 3 you want to use.

It may have been an annihilation custom game.