Profile of Kryptic

Map: Road to Kharkov
OKW vs Soviet

Played this match today, had me on the edge of my seat right down till the end, worth casting for sure.

Gridlock is my alias ~ Kryptic

It might be me but i do not completely understand your question, you can pretty much position them however you want. If you have proper infantry support and maybe a mine or 2, getting flanking really shouldn't be to much of a issue.

one tip i can give is to keep a little space in between them, that way one of the two will always be able to fire in case you get circeld.

Another thing you can try is using the Stug as bait, and use the pak stun ability when you lure the opponents tank in.

I am experimenting with soviet snipers since ages and I would like a few tips from players and or strategist on how to use them the most effective.

Thus far I have used them in combination with guard motor. I open with a sniper then one or two cons and go into double guards and then double heavy mortor and eventually into either su85 or double t34/85 lol.

Anyways, I have concluded that early soviet sniper play vs Ostheer players that don´t get a sniper of themselves to be very effective and can win you the game within a minute or 10. I have found putting them in buildings will let them win vs grenadiers and pioneers, even if these charge the building and hug its corners. But I have not yet faced a very potent player. So my question is: "how best to use the soviet sniper vs a good player?".

Any tips? Any things I need to know?

Thanks in advance.

oh edit, my rank is 463 at the moment

Hey cloth,

okey so here is the way i use soviet T1 (not saying it's the best way, but after quite a bit of experimenting this works the best for me)

I would advice not to build it straight away and open with a sniper. The reason being is as allied player, you really have to take advantage of your early game and get as much map control as possible.

The build i suggest is: double con, 2nd engineer squads, let you second engi build T1, get a sniper and if you have room get a M3 after. this way you still get quite a bit of map control with the conscripts and another advantage is that you keep your opponent guessing and not give away the info you're going T1 right away.

After comes the most diffecult part when going for a T1 build, dealing with light armor. Guards motor is a excellent choice for this, 1 guard squad should be able to hold of light armor quite well, you can always get AT nade upgrade if you feel like you need it. Remember this is only a temporary solution to keep you in the game for a bit. you can try going with Tank hunters or Urban defense tactics aswell, however these docterines are diffecult to play.

after this you have 2 options:

If you're low on fuel, get T2 and make a AT gun

If you have enough fuel, get T3 and either make a T70 or SU-76 (whichever you feel comfertable with)

When you survived this part its up to you how to continue and what units to get. I have to say that T1 requires good micro and game reading to make it work, you don't get 2nd chances if you make a mistake here. Keep the sniper alive and make optimal usesage of it.

Goodluck!

100% tiger here, Best all round tank in my opinion. Good damage and penetration vs other tanks and does well against infantry. Also teching for panther costs alot of resources that can be spend better otherwise.

Panther just doesn't pack enough punch vs infantry. if you stuggle with allied armor might aswell get a pak and double stug for the cost of teching up and getting a panther...

What is your opinion of the current state of the soviet industry commander in general and the KV2 in particular? Is there a good player you know of I could watch for specific application of the commander. Thank you, wise men of the internet.

It isn't used too much but can be very effective on certain maps. I reccomend using it on maps with buildings or hedges, because the KV-2 can fire over them. T34 spam is a nice way to play this since you have so much fuel income. but you can stick to su-85 + m3 aswell.

Here is example of a player using it perfectly and beating me down in the long run on ahrnem checkpoint, casted by imperialdane. I really recommend you watch this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LbWsN7cAwg