Profile of JZuna

So in this 3v3 I started by facing Soviet T1 supported by maxim and mortar not all the way to 2v1 more like 1.5 v 1 seems one of the soviet players was actually being a team player supporting both teams.

Killed a few snipers with kunbel and eventually got it to vet5 but that was short lived, it died when I was busy dodging kathy barrage and a shock troops came in for a flank, I had no support from allies, just one mg42 covering the flank and a mortar barraging maxim would be enough but no, got the support gun but couldn't hold ground and it got stolen later got stuka.

In the end apparently the US player went AFK and my allies were able to breakthrough because of that.

double pio opening so you can have one squad capping the other side of the map, Soviet T1 is only effective when the units are all together must protect those snipers or its all over.

By having your army fighting for half the map and one squad capping the rest you can get to T2 faster and rush the 222, this also gives you 2 minesweepers later on so you can clear 2 routes at the same time be careful with 222 one well placed mine and its all over.

If there is an m3 the most effective way to deal with it is ambush luring it with a lone and having 222 coming out as a surprise unit.

After this is up to you, want to apply early pressure? rush for T3 and get ostwind or p4 but this means you will either have to rely on Tiger doctrine to handle T34-85 or delay with packs and Tellers until you can build a panther but not skipping t3 means panther will come really late so better off with tiger if you go T3.

As for doctrines use mainly tiger ones if not skipping T3 and don't bother with arty or pack 43, pack 43 gets decrewed by snipers or arty, and LEh18 can work but its very situational, if you have the ostruppen one its also good since you wont bleed as much mp and sacrificing a squad to get a faust off is worth it.

Mostly play smart and don't get caught by those nasty mines.

Hope this helps

Well for US it doesn't feel that the sherman comes that late because you only have to tech LT and you can go straight for major and since you get a free combat unit, teching doesn't even slow down your infantry aggression off course if you get light vehicles your sherman gets pushed back a bit.

So that's 50 LT plus 90 major plus the sherman cost 110 (I think) so 250 not that different from p4 or T34, with doctrines you can skip base upgrades by getting LMG on para or with infantry company, grenades are good but its not impossible to play without them and the most important grenade in my opinion AT nade is unlocked with vet so np, you do need the ambulance before the tank but that's a minor setback.

The puma does seem to come really early but so does the US Halftrack and I believe that's the main reason for the puma timing.

The Soviets T-70 coming late seems to be more a Tier system design flaw by having both light and medium armor in same Tier, this works for OKW having panzer II and Panther because of the huge fuel cost difference between them 55 to 175 and with 66% income,but T-70 and T34 is a mere 30 fuel difference with full income, in order to get an appropriate timing on T-70 the T-34 would come too early.

I actually suggest a crazy idea in another thread to switch T-34 with SU-76 making T3 all about light vehicles and making soviet T4 similar to US T4, I though about keeping the early game the same but making T4 unlocked only after you got 2 tech buildings up.

So you would open with T1 or T2 and unlock T3 tech again and unlock T4 this would mean obvious cost adjustments, you could go T1 T2 and straight T4 for medium armor or first get T1 T3 for light vehicles and then T4 for medium armor.

These are just my thoughts feel free to comment and point out anything I missed or not getting right

I have some experience playing with both US and Soviet in 2v2.

When soviet I usually go for T1 into T4 or T3.

T1 for m3 to kill kunbel and displace Hmgs, T4 for fast Kathy usually with a T34-85 doctrine or IS-2, if I go T3 that means either ML-20, B4, ISU or IS2 doctrines

Don't really like T2 opening I prefer the m3 mobility and the penal dps boost in the early game don't care much for sniper either, may back tech to T2 later for At guns if facing Jagdtiger/elephant anything else can be handled with SU-85 or call in tanks

As for US strats depend a lot on doctrine choice, but usually have to get LT for M-20 to kill kunbel unless you have mechanized and get the jeep at 1 cp that's about when you start to tech for LT so you skip LT and go straight for Captain and later major.

If you only have the stock doctrines, on big open maps its either airborne or infantry for the LMG close quarter can be armor or airborne you can put thompsons on paratroopers.

In my opinion light vehicles play a very big role in the US early and mid game

Hope this helps in anyway

Hi in this game the OKW did the usual blob around the center of semoisky it was a tough fight until I got ML-20 out that thing was always getting squad wipes it even finished a panther later on.

Was using the guards with ppsh doctrine just sad that soviet infantry is so weak (at least thats how it feels) you pretty much have to rely on arty or tanks to fight infantry in the late game