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Are soviets popular or too weak so nobody plays them?

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17 Mar 2019, 06:26 AM
#1
avatar of AndreiV101

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I'm not sure why, maybe it's me, or is it that soviets as a faction is very weak? I barely see people play it. Everyone is either USA or Brit?
17 Mar 2019, 06:59 AM
#2
avatar of chihuahua_charity

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Terrible infantry selection outside of guards and expensive teching kills any point to going Soviet over USF or UKF.
17 Mar 2019, 07:16 AM
#3
avatar of AndreiV101

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That is what I'm afraid of. Something has to be done to buff the Soviet faction
17 Mar 2019, 08:43 AM
#4
avatar of Farlon

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They were pretty much the best faction before USF rework.
17 Mar 2019, 08:47 AM
#5
avatar of Smartie

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jump backJump back to quoted post17 Mar 2019, 08:43 AMFarlon
They were pretty much the best faction before USF rework.


+1
Maybe people should have a look at soviet winning ratio in GCS2 and in the 2vs2 tournament. USF are pretty strong now but that doesnt mean that Soviets are weak.
17 Mar 2019, 08:54 AM
#6
avatar of blancat

Posts: 810

current most strongest 2 factions are OKW and Soviet
17 Mar 2019, 10:03 AM
#7
avatar of The amazing Chandler

Posts: 1355

Soviets are fine.
17 Mar 2019, 12:21 PM
#8
avatar of Kirrik

Posts: 573

Same teching issues as USF prior to rework
Useless mainline infantry with no scaling into late game
Hilarious cost of upgrades for said useless infantry

There is reason everyone is playing Penals/T1 for years now, how is that fine I have no idea
17 Mar 2019, 12:57 PM
#9
avatar of Bizrock

Posts: 206

IMO soviets still the best Allied faction. (SU>UKF>USF)
I think they are just tired of the same braindead penal strat. (Like me)
17 Mar 2019, 13:19 PM
#10
avatar of Bananenheld

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i really like soviets for the overall flexibility. They have properly the most viable openings/build orders/commanders.
17 Mar 2019, 13:38 PM
#11
avatar of ferwiner
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The reason why you see less soviets this patch is that people got bored playing only soviets last patch... No ballance issue to find here.
17 Mar 2019, 13:44 PM
#12
avatar of adamírcz

Posts: 955

i really like soviets for the overall flexibility. They have properly the most viable openings/build orders/commanders.


+1
17 Mar 2019, 20:45 PM
#13
avatar of Princeps

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I'm not sure why, maybe it's me, or is it that soviets as a faction is very weak? I barely see people play it. Everyone is either USA or Brit?


theyre by far the best faction... they lack nothing and are easy too play in early mid and late game.
17 Mar 2019, 21:00 PM
#14
avatar of LoopDloop

Posts: 3053

Soviets are good.
17 Mar 2019, 22:23 PM
#15
avatar of Cresc

Posts: 378

Soviets are weak this current patch outside of one meta, you can see all the top players struggling to find something that works with them because penals+guards is just the only viable build when it's not the one and only urban def.

They have also been trying to fool around with defense doctrine with both dshk and m42 so you can counter okw blob and luchs but as much as they tried to believe it, the dshk is just trash.


19 Mar 2019, 18:49 PM
#16
avatar of WingZero

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I think people got bored playing with Soviets as USF and UKF are somewhat "new"ish.
19 Mar 2019, 19:44 PM
#17
avatar of borobadger

Posts: 184

Soviets are fine, definitely not underpowered. The only issue is as people have said there is next to no variety until Conscripts are made viable, Penals are good but it does get stale eventually.
19 Mar 2019, 19:53 PM
#18
avatar of Sander93

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jump backJump back to quoted post17 Mar 2019, 22:23 PMCresc
Soviets are weak this current patch outside of one meta, you can see all the top players struggling to find something that works with them because penals+guards is just the only viable build when it's not the one and only urban def.


Soviets were not changed in the past 6 months, they did not become any weaker than they were around GCS2 and the AC tourneys. The only real thing that changed is that USF and UKF became stronger and more diverse, and people have flocked to playing those. I suppose because those faction are ultimately more effective right now, and because it's more fun. Soviets are still strong, just boring to play.
20 Apr 2020, 18:51 PM
#19
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soviets is the weakest faction of the allies. Thats why u barely see anyone using them. Evergtyone goes either brit or usa
20 Apr 2020, 18:59 PM
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