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Jump back to quoted post15 Apr 2015, 14:23 PMQueenRatchet123

L2p

Ost has no issues killing an is2. Like a said a million times, Double paks with either a faust, mine, or stun round from pak. will Be a DEAD IS2. Its too slow with a damaged engine to escape the paks and when stunned with 2 paks firing. Its already dead.

OKW struggles a bit more, but not by much. Reketens do penetrate often just like Shreks. The only thing u have to worry about is the rekettens being whiped. And there is always the option of a well-placed pak43

If u see that ur opponent when Is2's. This can be easily punished in many ways

CAS to basically bring IS2 down to 30% in one pass ( also strafe pesky infrantry so they can de-crew uyr paks

Spotting scout to allow u to use the full potential of ur AT weapons

and Lighting war, u get tiger, g43's, and Skill strafe

But if usf had m1919's, pershing, and p47 in one commander, i bet the axis fanboys would cry of OP'ness

Jump back to quoted post15 Apr 2015, 13:49 PMAerohank

You can deal with Shock Troopers fairly well with Ostheer, but with OKW it's a different story. The MG34 is doctrinal and inferior to the MG42. There are no flamers and Sturmpioneers don't have grenades nor flamethrowers and can barely deal with Shock Troopers even when they are in green cover and are able to fire from max range while the shock troopers close in. If there is any cover along the way, like a grenade crater or other forms of yellow cover, the shock troopers win. It's just a no-brainer unit that does not require good flanking or positioning to be effective and becomes extremely potent if you do actually use good flanking (unlike say, panzergrenadiers who only work well if you apply good battlefield tactics). Furthermore, Shock Troopers become laughably good with For Mother Russia and with OKW you just have to resign the entire map for 1 minute against this ability.

To counter the shock troopers you need a vehicle. However, Flak Halftracks are squishy, have poor mobility, force you into a mechanized HQ which has little utility besides the Flak HT, and are only useable on some maps because even small elevation differences just make it shoot the ground. Your only real option on most maps is the Luchs, which can turn the tides at about the 10-13 minute mark depending on your map control. However, doing the Luchs rush every game is plain boring and does now allow you to have a diverse early game (need to get trucks up fast and things like leIGs just delay them). If you want to have a more diverse early game, the easy to use shock troops just slowly push you off the field and by the time you have your delayed Luchs it's already too late because the call-ins will come soon.

Jump back to quoted post14 Apr 2015, 22:50 PMAerohank

I'm too tired to write something very coherent, but here it goes: The problem with Shock troopers is that they are too easy to use. They are too effective at just charging straight into enemy fire and forcing retreats.

They are very durable.They are as durable as nearly 10 conscripts (more than 9, they have 1.5 armor but don't have the bullet magnetism of conscripts who have a >1 received accuracy modifier). Their high model count leads to low probability of model sniping as you see with charging Panzergrenadiers.

But more importantly, they deliver their devastating DPS at a range where cover bonuses do not apply anymore. Why is this a problem? Well, with the abundance of yellow cover from the midgame onward (Even a simple pineapple grenade creates enough yellow cover for a whole squad!), you will often take a lot less damage on the approach with shocktroopers eventhough you are charging over open ground. This is because you get the full benefit of yellow crater cover whilst charging. So all your opponents fancy long range DPS is severely reduced. The shock troopers close range DPS however, is not.

Jump back to quoted post14 Apr 2015, 18:27 PMausterlitz

I'm not a fan of elefant,its not reliable..but only thing and pak43 that can kill is-2 reliably
The end,for you.Is-2 plus zis=end.He can have arty support,either flame or katy..u ..none.Tiger is junk.Both is-2 and jackson laugh at it,its XP fodder.
P4s,u can buy 100 of them,..all the same vs is-2 ,that is scrap metal...door knocker.
Teller-yes.I used this...good counter,too bad needs much luck.

I guess thats why everyone going is-2 ,but not t-34/85.
Its a iwin button,but as expected soviet fanboys defend it to the hilt.
Why i lose all respect for the game...relic defended soviet cheese to the extreme.After 2 years removed snipershit,Now added guards and cons bullshit.