Returning player after years of not playing coh 2. There are guides i’ve seen in the forum/internet but they are some years old and i not sure if still application to today.
Can anyone suggest good commanders i can try in a pvp match? Any faction will do as i want to play all.
Thanks
Depends on the size of the game.
You can see what others and "Top 200" players are picking on
coh2stats.com
For the month of June, the top 3 commander picks of Top 200 4v4 players are as follows, in order of popularity, highest to lowest:
OST - Jaeger Armor Doctrine, Storm Doctrine, and Joint Operations Doctrine
OKW - Overwatch Doctrine, Elite Armored Doctrine, and Breakthrough Doctrine
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USF - Infantry Company, Airborne Company, and Urban Assault Company
UKF - Mobile Assault Regiment, Royal Engineer Regiment, and Lend Lease Assault Regiment
SOV - Soviet Combined Arms Army, Guard Motor Coordination Tactics, and Mechanized Support Tactics
NOTE: coh2stats.com doesn't have access to what commander was actually *picked* during a game, only which commanders were brought into the game the most. Think of these commanders (especially the first in the set of three) as commanders that players consider "must haves".
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Now, if you're not le top 200 and you want to mess around with an interesting commander, I suggest you just take a look at the commanders that interest you and seem like they could provide an interesting change of pace or tactic from normal gameplay.
For example, sometimes I like to play with Conscripts Support Tactics because it allows for my 4 conscript build to quickly repair up KV1s and play aggressive with SMG cons to deal with AT guns that could push the KV1s away.
Armored Assault Tactics allows for silliness like pushing deep into enemy territory blind with tanks, and self repairing if they hit a mine, with the IS-2 backing up your 85s with a big health pool. Soviet Industry Tactics is fun if you are playing arranged teams and you communicate to your teammates beforehand that you'll be going it, and then the whole team can field massive tanks that can take a lot of punishment, retreat for repairs, then be back on the field faster than the enemy can blink.
If you're not a top level player, just have fun.