Profile of Brick Top

Thanks a lot for the cast.

Bit of a funny game, but it demonstrates one of my favorite (and underused) abilities: Conscript repair package.

I prefer it to the more widely used Self Repair, because with a conscript heavy build, its free and can very quickly bring tanks back into the fight, which if you want T3 to be sucessful is essential for keeping the pressure on.


In this replay I was a little late bringing Shock troops out, which would have helped with map control earlier. But they did see off his capping squads, which is why I ended with majority map control.

The idea with this strat, is keep mounting pressure and attempt to ram and flank enemy tanks, I was close to 6CP, at which point you can call on IL-2 bomb drop to eliminate rammed heavy enemy armour.

Wow epic game. Unlucky soviets. Well played germans with P4 distraction flank.

Dont know why soviets didnt call in a KV-1 to support SU85s and block panzers a bit and take some damage.

I like T1-T3 soviets.

But I think thats the wrong doctrine to do it with.


You have T-70 to hard counter early vehicles, and T34 to ram tanks. So you dont need guards.

Instead you can go Shock Motor Heavy, which gives you Shocks (making up for losing Ppsh+ Hit the Dirt for cons).

It also crutially gives you con repair which is totally bad ass with 4 cons and ramming T34s. The cons can repair on-mass, and instantly become a fighting force at the drop of a hat to see off invading inf or AT nade flanking tanks.

In your game Von's crippled T34s cost him the most. Engies dont cut it. Cons would have had them back applying pressure before more P4s arrived.

Shock Motor heavy also provides IL-2 drop, which is perfect for rammed tanks if you cant take them out. It also has ISU-152 which can be a backup incase your opponent heavily digs in, would just take a while to save for.

Armoured Vehicle detection, while not always useful, at least works with cons and shocks and can sometimes help track down an injured tank that has limped off to repair.

Here is a game using Vons strat, but with this doctrine, obviously not as high play. Opponent made really weird tecking desicions, and I could have done with only building 1 T-70, not 2, but it shows the concept well:

http://www.coh2.org/replays/8691/fast-t3

Annoying.