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  PPSH Cons/SU-76/S K I L L P L A N E S

  by: Clockblocked map: Rails and Metal

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Just got out of a really hard game against this strategy. Its not often I feel like I get legitimately cheesed out, but this is one of them. Excuse the salt, it felt like I would've had to play ten times better then my opponent (and 100x better than I played, so many obvious mistakes x_x) to have even had a chance at keeping it close.

I felt like I took good engagements until about the 8 minute mark, then the PPSHs came out and infantry engagements were in the toilet. I made a huge midtake trying to push the MG in the house with my volks, stupidly thinking theyd be spread wide enough to not all get suppressed, but they did.

With such a large amount of cons and how well I felt id been fighting for fuel I assumed a forward Schwer would put a stop to that low skill blob. Nope. 76s rained death on it and I barely got out a P4. From there on the game was pretty much the same, id try to sneak a raketen into range of the 76s, and cons would eat them. Try to push left side, cons get in behind and rape everything in sight. Thought id cut off the approach with my mg 34 but the cons just wrapped around and ate it. I decided not to bother with another. Any armor I brought out simply evaporated to the 76s, and any time id work my way into a position where I wasnt being absolutely shit on, out come the skillplanes. GG.

Any tips on what I should have done? MG34 always feels lacking when trying to deal with blob play and my first time facing several SU76s has left me traumatized.

Hello all. Wondering what people think when they make they decision to put off getting medium armor and making the reach for 200+ fuel. How do you play the game during such a weak point? All ideas are appreciated, as im not 100% sure how each particular heavy fills its role or proves itself better than say 2 shermans or p4s.

I think the ISU works well because, yes as you said its long-range and it forces the other player to be aggressive, which works with guards defensiveness. It also works well (in theory) because in order to take the ISU out they have to dive, which is where the guards can plink away at their tanks and slow them down etc. That combo alone wont stop a good dive however.

ISU could also be good because this is a very manpower heavy strat and you might not be able to afford to spam t-34's.

Try experimenting with the Quad half-track behind guards/your line to stop too much blobbing.

Also Elephant can counter the ISU pretty easily and your guards wont be too effective vs that...

Having played a few more games after the one I posted I feel like we may have a solid, non-meta build here with a bit of refinement.

The games I lost were quite one sided, unfortunately. Timing the flamer clowncar can be tricky, because you want the car to hit the field asap around the time you hit 60 munis. It needs a somewhat significant impact to hold you over to the T70 and Guards phase of the build. In my most significant loss, I loaded up and tried to retake my cutoff with the car, finding that my opponent spent the munis I spent on a flamer on a teller. I dont even think the paint was dry on that poor car. After that significant blow, I struggled to get my T70 out, quite late, due to poor fuel and map control, and ran it straight into another teller around the middle of the map. Lol!

Suffice to say, this build really struggles with mines and playing from behind it seems (probably any build has a hard time catching up after big losses).

However when youre ahead with this build youre really ahead. I found that with good impact from the flamer and T70 leaves you with just enough munitions to get DPmgs on the three (3 seemed like the best number, before adding a 120mm mortar and going into T34/85s.) Guards and enough space to plant a demo on the main MG nest your opponent uses. Blow it as soon as he pops back in and you can ride the 85s to a smooth win with the button ability along with mark target.

It seems the hardest part is actually getting to the guards without too heavy of losses to keep going. The sniper really helps, so id suggest getting one after the car to keep you in the game. A very agressive Ostheer is very hard to deal with, especially with mines. (Ost players - build mines and delay weapon upgrades, you wont regret it!)

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  Finndeeds Guardians

  by: Clockblocked map: Semoskiy

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Tried it out myself to see how things would shake out on a low level. I never played soviets 1v1 and Finn has been a great help in other areas so I thought testing this build was the least I could do. In this replay I pull out a sloppy win against another low level OKW player on Semiosky Summer. Quite open to any suggestions on how I might tighten this build up or my soviet play for that matter. Thanks again for the idea Finn!

Yes, plz!

Here you go. Starts around 55 minutes in. Also, Burmie also plays cons in round 1 vs VonIvan and wins. Check that out if you need more conscripted action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQZaxPuzDh4