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Jump back to quoted post18 Jan 2021, 02:00 AMProtos Angelus

I wouldn't really separate rangers from Pershing. Fits nicely in the commander, especially since they synergize well with the smoke. Either zook rangers for medium hunting or assaults on MGs.

About the E8. It will never shine. Nothing but a bit more glorified OKW P4 locked in a doctrine. Sure it has more penetration but so does it face higher armour values. A good tank, but not worth picking a doctrine that gives 0 late game value outside of an occasional expensive (120 muni) glorified smoke. Good for VP denial though, that smoke. Still expensive, but good if you really need to stall those last points. Saved me a couple of times leading to wins with less than 20 points lead. Flamethrowers are not really used on echelons in teamgames, especially since they decrease the range of the whole squad on right clicks (eg: zook + flame). The sprint on rifles is good. The biggest selling point is the sandbags/mines on rifles.

Mech got nerfed via WC51 nerf. Don't know if further nerfs are needed. But I think it will still be picked in 1v1s most of the time. Recon commander is strange. On one hand you get pak howi + paras that have elite zooks (Question: Why don't airborne paras have elite zooks?) for quite a price tag, but you also get a useless LV that really has no use outside of 1v1. Great commander overall for 1v1 that loses in teamgames most of the time (the 100 muni is not really worth it for pak/paras in teamgames).

Rest of the commanders are kinda ok. But truth be told, E8, Heavy cav and recon are the commanders I play 90% of my 3v3s. Seldom get the Pershing though, the offmap smoke + rangers is brilliant.