Profile of Brick Top

Shreks just seem to get smashed so easily. Not worth the munis, especially as they can be dropped and stolen. I'd rather spend munis on tellars and Have paks, with Faust handy to defend pak.

Your right about stugs and paks being defensive Blitz, but pretty much any 34/85 strat evolves around a weak early game, often getting pushed back to base, then 85s bringing you back into it.

Germans need to learn to set up defence once they are far up map. It should be screaming tellars high up ( just like fighting quick M8).

The hardest part of this game though is identifying what the soviet is doing when your German, because making the wrong teck decision can easily be catastrophic. This was easier in vcoh, due to less options. I think as people get more practised, it will start to happen more. Everything is still constantly evolving, not least because of new commanders.

And a stug could probably still beat an 85 if it gets the stun on it.

A large part of why 85s are so powerful is that they come in 2s which is a lot of tank. People need to learn they are coming and get adequate preparations. Similar to facing an Ace.

The reason people are saying stugs are a good counter has nothing at all to do with their range, it's simply because they are cheaper.

You want multiple cheaper tanks with good damage vs vehicles, backed up by paks. That's cheaper than multiple 34/85s and will trump them.

Mark target it more of a waste on a stug, simply because of costs. Ram is also a waste.

Not to mention that paks AND stugs have the stun ability which will own 34/85s in their tracks.

Exactly, soviets have a few abilities to deal with strong individual tanks, that means that it's better to build up a few cheaper ones before calling something heavy. Then protect it with your life. Just calling a tiger on its own can work, but it's asking for rams and mark targets. Throw in a pak and tellar(s), things get difficult.


I play with guard motor (no T3/4) a lot, and it's hella strong with the 34/85's. it works well because people think they are winning when they push you off map and have 2 tanks to your zero... But they don't realise you are seconds away from your dual 85s clearing the field.

What people need to realise, is that this strat has no indirect fire above a 120mm.. And no off map arty.


So Germans do well when they set up a defensive position.. Pak43 can be a really good counter here.

If the soviet feels forced to teck to T4 for katys.. That's a lot of wasted fuel, and no more scary 34/85s

No new commanders?! That is the best news right there!!


building time reduction for industry.. Hmmm not much of a nerf, just means engie will have to be back in base a little earlier. Will not delay any T70.

CP change to tiger ace will slightly help in some 1v1's where the ace is only just called in time where soviet was winning, but gets rolled by Ace. I welcome that change.

Getting income back after 10 mins makes it more useable in team games where it's much easier to take out ace and games are longer. Will actually make holding a point defensively with ace good, holding out for your resources back. In 1v1 with ace on field game will already be won or lost by 10 min.

Scatter reduction: great for infantry and micro on tanks.

ATG cost reduction really nice, bout time.

Sandbag build reduction, awesome!! I already use them in most games, this will allow throwing them up on edge of cap zone while you grab initial points. I set them up so enemy cannot gain cover ( in my direction) and cap at same time.

MG42 suppression buff, that's good. Though in large team games I can feel the desire to always open with flamer M3s as Germans already only seem to open with MG spam. (Not an issue, just comment).



I don't fully understand the building modifiers, that sounds like giving extra protection, but that can't be right? Surley it's a building nerf?