Considering this doctrine only relies on infantry because of all the fuel getting coverted into munitions, it won't have any armor out unless the game lasts till the late game.
This gives you a lot of breathing space and you will only need to invest into AI.
Like, when I use it I often see these noobs build AT for no reason. And when I play against it I just spam AI, and if played right (meaning avoiding getting blobs caught by strafe runs), you will win because he will have to invest into AT, and you don't. Self-propelled howitzers and armored vechiles like the M8A1 Howitzer is very good counters to this doctrine, all you need to do is to make sure to avoid any AT strafes, which is easy. Whenever you see the recon plane, just move them.
Doctrine doesn't need nerf. You need the right units
100% Correct!!!!
This doctrine relies heavily on Usf player misreading the flow of the game. This of course can be hard to do if Ost holds off until midgame to reveal his hand.
However, as previously pointed out it does come with serious downsides and is entirely map dependant. It is very susceptible to large amounts of indirect fire due to grens suck vs this style of play. The easiest way to beat this is to plan for one big push since CAS strength is denying blobbers and tanks poorly microed. CAS cannot stop a big multi direction attack. 6 or 7 rifle squads with BAR flanking in combination with some type of off map arty will take out his at gun wall then followed up by sherman rush or m10 with the cheese crush will end the game for Ost.
It is a commander that punishes opponents that can't adapt and play the same style every game and then whine something is Op.
I don't use this commander often as it is an all strat. It can succeed and it can fall spectacularly. It also excludes teching and tank play which I kind of like in my play style but it can be something different once in a while as well as being immensely satisfying against someone who is hell bent on blobbing.
Disclaimer : My views are from a 1v1 perspective. I also admit this commander is cheese flavoured but no more so than many other abilities in the game.
#Company of Cheese.