Actually Malding /// 7 Kill Bf 109 K-4 War Thunder Gameplay

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The Bf 109 K-4 is an extremely strong 5.7 plane, but it does struggle in certain match ups. Most of your losses will be to tickets just like in this, because of the American ground pound armada.
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Fuel: 30 Minutes
20 mm ammo: Stealth
Gun pods yes but because I am rusty.
13mm: IAI
Convergence: 600 meters
Vertical Targeting: No
Crew: maxed (lvl 75) + ace
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[@blyatifulslav1498]

Never thought pulling this off was possible using gunpods

[@DEFYN]

The 30mm gunpods litteraly don't affect the plane no. Because it doesn't have them

[@davidecarucci1073]

In this plane the gunpods make the plane worse

[@davidecarucci1073]

@Tidd Ham in the game they do, you dont notice much but in the 10 games that i had the gunppds on on my f4 i started playing horrendous Also the gunpods dont do much damage and they are just dead weight, use them only for anti tank in tank rb

[@DEFYN]

That's because with the F4 the plane actually suffers from it because it plays differently They also do fuckall in terms of damage

[@ConfusedPlushiee]

@@DEFYN K4 without gunpods has godlike performance tho, sure the mk24 +51H will be hard but you can still deal with them. when you use gunpods, its performance decreases to the point that a fight heavily favors the spits & 51H's (altho it doesnt seem like a lot on stats).

[@kiper7123]

Another great match ruined at the end by ticket bleed, just usual war thunder things

[@SimpleBanana]

Almost fun

[@gaiofattos2]

The only way that allies can win now

[@appa609]

Well you know if you achieve aerial superiority but your army's been bombed to nothing then you haven't really won.

[@jatzielsanchez7205]

The 2 guys above me are bots

[@threemountainsgaming7560]

@@appa609 shouldn't matter, the gamemode is called AIR realistic battles for a reason

[@loup5327]

Def' i unlocked the etendard today thanks to u 'cause you re the one that made me want to improve my skills in this game. I finally passed another stage in this game thanks for those all those vids. (I apologize my english isn't that good i'm french lol)

[@DEFYN]

Glad to hear it, things like this is why I keep going with the channel ^^

[@apache08]

Your reversing technique reminds me Green Fury. I seen him in a game some time ago and he said he will take a break uploading videos but it was loooong time ago. I don’t know if he ever going to come back. He was my mentor, learned lot from him 😔

[@xikaios17]

Got absolutely hammered last night , was trying to spade the K-4 ,remembered and rewatched this video and I ended up smashing a couple of games!🤟 Thank you for the all the valuable tips!

[@kingghidorah8106]

Definitely my favorite 109 in the line. It lets me stay aggressive and dogfight instead of running from enemy players and doing ascending spirals. It's like back to the Emil with eXXXtra power and way less compression.

[@threadworm437]

I like the K4 and have the most games on it but my favorite it probably the G10, the lower BR really helps and it's not much worse

[@mohamedelmalih6298]

Damn DEFYN you absolutely dominate every match keep going mate

[@DEFYN]

Well you don't see the games where I go full on potato lmao

[@mohamedelmalih6298]

@@DEFYN well going potato is my case lol

[@DEFYN]

We're all guilty of it x)

[@mohamedelmalih6298]

@@DEFYN every game oh ouch this hurts

[@mohamedelmalih6298]

@@DEFYN haha then thx XD

[@abdellahiehreimo3402]

Very educational and enjoyable. Ilove your videos keep it up :))

[@childofconvienience]

@DEFYN could you please make a tutorial about how to engage in the battle with different kind of planes? I am missing a video that goes in depth into reading the battle and how to react to it depending on the plane (and squad?) you are in.

[@wetzel1628]

Nice gameplay, I wish more youtubers did tier 4 air rb videos

[@flak8842]

nice work DYFN true the griffon are strong at high altitudes but there are much powerful engines than the Griffons like the Ta-152 both of H1 and C3 and P-51's one of the things that i noticed about the griffon spits is it's poor manuverability at speeds once the spit griffon locks up it becomes impossible to make a better turn or even in a sustained turn one of the planes that can outturn the griffons is the Ta-152 H1 and the P-51 H both of the Ta-152 and P-51 can outclass the griffon at any maneuver either energy trapping or BNZ or BNR also early jets can still outrun the griffon at any altitude but the griffon spits are very nice and it sounds incredibly good and i love it's sound and i am gonna get the spit mk-19 very soon thank you DYFN for your hard work that was splendid

[@resemble_7642]

i love the intro its smooth asf

[@lukefrombk]

Wow that prop pitch airbrake + flaps at the opening clip against the P51H was beautiful

[@maxrpm2215]

BF109K4 is an awesome aircraft, its more potent with no pods and the 30mm in the nose. Yes you have limited ammo but the fire rate isn't high so pulling the trigger doesn't waste as much as you think. What you lack with out the pods makes up with climb rate and in turns. I play in SB tried all combinations and 30's in the nose is wicked.

[@maxrpm2215]

@BekGrou PRIMUS good info, ive never thought of checking. Should be more like the Kugelblitz

[@hyj4ck25]

Great video and even better performance. You are a true professional in this game ...thou one note (at least on paper): F8F-1B's engine is one of top 3 engines of all the single engine prop fighter planes, can't remember thou it might be even the most powerful of all so I say top 3. The problem is overheating and poor high alt performance. Thou with 3 stage (if i remember correctly) gear supercharger it is a mystery to me why it sux so much on high altitude in the game. Also gun-pods remove a lot of elasticity from K-4 so it might also be a reason why Bearcan was matching you in some cases. Thou you already know that even better then I do probably. All the best and great flying...

[@taffa4900]

Ah yes, this plane brings back memories

[@jonathanaviles1]

Always use a skin with a Hakenkreuz for maximum performance.

[@SJ23982398]

Well it did originally mean "well being"

[@freeabrums8311]

another video in such a short period of time MAD LAD

[@DEFYN]

last one is more than a week ago tho lol

[@joshuasolomon8076]

Awesome gameplay

[@josefalfarokreiner4549]

i have to say weird skin, a jg 27 reichsverteidigung fuselage band with a jg 77 emblem on engine cowl, but outstanding flying i wish i could fly like you

[@Bcso591]

You had quite some luck on your side in this battle, but 7 kills is 7 kills no matter what. You did very well!

[@LostParadise_]

Might be a long shot but do you have a video of how to start an air RB match? I know going for the one attacker ground pounding may get you a free kill but cripple you for the rest of the game. I just have trouble letting the match develop a bit before I go in to fight I think.

[@Ricardo-ck7zd]

Thanks defyn, i spaded the G10 and the ta152 yesterday and was wondering if the k4 was even worth it, this is perfect timing. Can you do a video on one of the f8f's next? That's the next plane i want to spade

[@DEFYN]

Well I mean, I already told you that in the video :^)

[@cutthroat795]

I'd like to see a F8F video. Kinda unloved the last few years despite being one of the fastest planes.

[@Cooldibs]

Do you recommend I work on the Fw 190 or the BF109? Staring to work on the German tech tree for the first time coming from us team

[@mutiracialbeatdownPB]

I started flying 109s for the first time with the F4 and my god it's overpowered. I was a 190 pilot and I can use all my same tactics that got me a solid 3-4 kills a game but these things can turn and with the gun pods have very similar firepower. Overall not much more kills but I can now be an absolute moron in picking targets since I can safely engage anything

[@THE_IS300_KID]

i prefer 190s people can't handle the roll rate

[@garyseeseverything8615]

Bf109k I flew in cheap 87 pump gas while the spitfire and p51 needed America 150 octanes to survive. Winner goes to bf109 and water methane injection.

[@reinbeers5322]

Water+Methanol, not methane. And that only was used as a compensator for the worse fuel, to allow higher manifold pressure.

[@garyseeseverything8615]

@@reinbeers5322 excuse that I use my iphone and the auto spell correct is horrible indeed I used methanol but twisted the word to methane.

[@garyseeseverything8615]

@@reinbeers5322 any thoughts on the allies using up to 150 octanes and comparing themselves to Germany which suffered constantly from fuel shortages? To me it’s a sick joke that 87 octanes are always left out so the Americans and British can pass themselves off as fake heroes fighting against all odds.

[@reinbeers5322]

@@garyseeseverything8615 Haha, we all suffer from autocorrect or just thinking about the wrong word. If Germany had access to 150 octane fuel, I doubt they would have MW-50 systems as widespread as they did. Besides, they also had the GM-1 nitrous oxide engine boost. I know what you mean by that, especially in Battle of Britain. Spitfires and Hurricanes over their homeland, not having to babysit bombers, and with an extensive radar network to guide them to enemy forces. If the situation was reversed and the Brits had to attack Germany with very limited time for combat dictated by fuel, I believe the situation would have been the exact opposite. Besides, Spitfires got their asses handed to them by Fw190s over the channel anyway.

[@jaiell2049]

Would you take a chance on the Firecrest? Or maybe the FR 47?

[@sabenconte3559]

What are your opinions on the Ta 152 H-1, TA 152 C-3, and the G56 being moved up to 6.0? Also, do you think you could do a video with the spitfire mk. 24? I’m having a lot of trouble trying to play it right now against other props.

[@DEFYN]

152h is deserved, the others I am kinda conflicted on. Does the mk24 not see jets every game?

[@onecheman]

0:13 HOLY DUCK!

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

Is the g10 better than the k4 because of lower br? Also do you think 51h should be 6.7 and the u4b increased to 6.0? Theyre the easiest planes to play that i have (other than lfmk9 and 2005 perhaps)

[@DEFYN]

51h should be 6.7, the 4B idk. It would probably be fine there yeah. The K-4 is better, if the G-10 gets downtiered a lot it would be overal superiour but idk if that happens a lot.

[@rainhopper8694]

nice vid can you do a vid on how to fly the bf 110 g2

[@josephstabile9154]

With the understanding that GAME stats rule, nontheless, real-life K4 outperforms G-10 at all altitudes, assuming similar loadouts.

[@viano9541]

it is a nice plane

[@_ZenX_]

Give me some of that 6th type beat Fw-190 gameplay

[@DEFYN]

Sorry i am not good enough for it i heard

[@Kay_213_]

I love this plane but I need to grind SL for an hour or two before I’m able to actually play it for more than a few matches

[@maximus2536]

If you're broke on sl try to buy the Japanese corsair and chi nu 2 or but one of them. Cheap and I made 800k with that lineup. Edit: The corsair got nerfed so it needs a lot of skill to play.

[@DEFYN]

The Japanese Corsair is one of the most busted planes in the game lol. It's not a high skill plane at all

[@gabrieloliveira5727]

Please make a vídeo on spitfires, how do you fly them

[@Olympicmarine]

Hi there! I know that a break sometimes in a while it's good but try not to do it very often, I missed your vids Man, plus I'm still waiting for the "Energy management" vid. Cheers!!

[@_lo8241]

I’m still malding too

[@_GODSFIGHTER]

This skin in this video so so awesome I had to get it too for mine. K4 is an awesome plane. Sucks the IAI belt tracers aren't there anymore Edit: yep ik watching it again. I love the k4. Always will be my favorite plane in the game. This video needs more views

[@burntnugget4209]

How did you change the color to green on the plane info

[@da9720]

The repair cost of it makes me cry

[@sk_orpyq3742]

You are the boss of the bosses. Perfect pilot. How do I change the info menu to green color?

[@DEFYN]

It's on my community tab, posted it a little bit back

[@sk_orpyq3742]

@@DEFYN im sorry where?

[@DEFYN]

If you click on my channel there is a community tab It's the second post there

[@schz0id]

Enduring Confrontation footage??

[@hufthenerd7135]

no this was regular air rb

[@johnnybestjojo7789]

you should try the J2M3 at some point, it's one of the best 5.3s imo.

[@DEFYN]

I will be going to some Japanese planes relatively soon

[@Prince-vv8wk]

It’s weird I hear a lot of bad things about the 30 mil and I find it quite good I mean I lead it and I’m pretty accurate with it also same goes with my Ta but it’s weird I can’t lead with the 151 for some reason

[@jakethesnake9621]

The 109 K-4 gives me PTSD as a mustang pilot

[@wickedwilliwonka]

Mhm fighting over Hurt'em forest again. One does use gunpodz and hurt'em plenty, I'd say. Then again, ones does succumb to rusty axis teams, that is.

[@gliderfs621]

There’s worse than ground pounders : space climbers !

[@chybaegredz9682]

g-2 is still the best 109 in my opinion. It turns really good and has an amazing climb rate. I played it on 6.0 and was fine

[@jaek__]

g2 is fart bruh

[@misy5174]

They run because when they saw player tags DEFYN too close to them they dead. Talking from experience

[@KW283]

09:36 you forgot "nice"

[@KapitanPisoar1]

Trying to find some 30mm footage, but everybody seems to be taking the easy way out by spraying and praying with the 20mm...

[@3vg899]

Can you make a video on how to fight spitfires in the K4? (If they are on your six)

[@DEFYN]

if they are on your six and they are catching you you lost already.

[@lobster5364]

If you still have your flaps, just dive straight, you have a higher max speed than the spits, when they pull up, use combat flaps and shoot them down (if you have the energy)

[@DEFYN]

Griffons easily outdive you and compress less, by the time your flaps are down you're in the ground. You can deal with them in a an engagement where you can make them bleed speed or simply have more than them. You want to preferably fight them low as their engines overheat fast and because they are slow down low The Merlin spits are a joke to this one just don't let them get on your ass

[@lobster5364]

@@DEFYN oh yeah i forgot about griffons, true they'll do this, Green Fury made a video about fighting turn fighters in the K4 i think, but if you're fighting Merlins i usually just use the dive and outclimb tactic, it works the best for me, 8/10 would recommend

[@Alpakinator]

Nice, i'd use gunpods in K4 too, they're really not that heavy

[@DEFYN]

idk they feel kinda weird when it comes to rolling sometimes.

[@jercki72]

bruh use the 30 for maximum pain

[@jercki72]

@@rainsilent it won't outturn a D30 in any run with similar fuel loads, and with gunpods it still outclimbs the D30 substantially

[@jercki72]

@@rainsilent except the D30 does indeed outturn the K4, no matter how you look at it

[@jercki72]

@@rainsilent then use 0% throttle, basically same stall speed and tell me if you notice a difference in sustained turn performance

[@twister300000]

Good video

[@DeeKeyLP]

so if you don't fuck up you actually almost don't die. there is a balance between fun and being "effective"

[@emroMNE]

How to change collor on left top instruments

[@mackeral5152]

Imagine extending at 7:26... wow you are so passive. Just 0 throttle him

[@megaconda07]

I mean. His stats mean hes doing something right so. Just let em do his thing

[@dreamtree1510]

@@megaconda07 It's a joke.

[@DEFYN]

No dream, Mackeral is just not very bright. I should kick him from the squadron Also dream do you know what animal this is: 🐫

[@TeenWithACarrotIDK]

Bruh.

[@mngunisimelane7819]

The gospel of min fuel is not being preached around, I had a Cl13 on my team with a full tank..🤦🏾‍♂️

[@152mmapfsds]

still cant comprehend how the P51 out turns and out climbs the K-4. I overestimate 109s

[@user-hr1uw4cj2z]

I think light airframe and 2200 horsepower explains Out climbing part

[@152mmapfsds]

@@user-hr1uw4cj2z LOL

[@PolarisIII]

haha look at malding curly boi

[@SpaceTalk-Aero]

How did u get that skin for the k-4

[@maxsuarezmuller7186]

Hey Defyn, how did you get that K4 skin?

[@DEFYN]

It's in the description

[@maxsuarezmuller7186]

@@DEFYN ah, thanks!

[@DEFYN]

My pleasure, it's a sick skin

[@MB-fe6ly]

Those default win matches, even though your team has more players are really annoying

[@patriot4048]

Defyn one request, plz fly the Ta 152 C3 i dont know how to make that piece of brick to work, the only thing going for it are the guns and somewhat okish speed.. But now it sits at 6.0 constantly facing griffon spits and p51Hs...

[@DEFYN]

Will do soon when it's BR gets increased

[@patriot4048]

Thank you man o7

[@funstuff2008]

Now up tiered to a 6.3

[@BambooPill]

Can you try out the p51 d5? Wonder how it does in 4.3

[@threadworm437]

Gets destroyed by my G-2

[@SK-cj7gk]

@@threadworm437 found the wehraboo

[@ushiki2212]

@@SK-cj7gk g 2 is a better plane than the d 5 tho

[@itisreal6649]

how did he get the green HUD ?

[@bluthammer1442]

hmmm...dont really agree about p51h's being something to be concerned about with the k4. Just make sure you fight them at 5.5k's or below i guess. The spits are a bigger headache.

[@asiftalpur3758]

Ah yes the sweaty virgin

[@silience4095]

P-51H outperforms the K-4 in *every* important metric. Turn rate, turn radius, speed, climb, MER, flaps (they deploy faster, and they're better overall). The performance gap closes up at 3.5km due to the P-51H's gear switch altitude, but the P-51H still performs slightly better.

[@flak8842]

Well that's why some ace German pilots has to change from 109 to 190 which the Dora has better improved engine and it can outrun and outclimb the griffon spitfire which it's why it's the best 190 in German tree

[@DEFYN]

Except it doesn't do that

[@flak8842]

@@DEFYN it does actually The Dora has a better climb rate a d engine power which makes it enough to get away from any Griffon spit

[@flak8842]

@@DEFYN It worked for me many time and I totally evaded many spitfires The Dora never let's you down

[@DEFYN]

On the deck yes, high altitude no. And the griffon outclimbs you completely so it can just dive on you and make up for the lack of straight line speed. The mk22 Is as fast as the d12 and d13 and only gets outran by about 10kph by the D9 (on the deck) The mk14 is a bit slower yes, but again at high alt the griffon is a rocket. in terms of climbrate but the speed is roughly the same Dora has the better retention

[@flak8842]

@@DEFYN so In your opinion what's the best of them Dora or Griffon?

[@shahriarrayhan2222]

Is there any way to play the f100D in the new meta

[@hufthenerd7135]

you don't play top tier jets period

[@fliesaway3070]

🐫

[@DEFYN]

@dreamtree15

[@dreamtree1510]

@@DEFYN Stop

[@fliesaway3070]

@DEFYN you do sound a bit horse tho

[@Purpmaster]

Damn, you only made 17k SL for a 7 kill match? Lol wtf!

[@petaplayer8993]

Dear Defyn. Last week I was flying my fw190 f8 and I met you in one fight. It was great battle but after long fighting I had the alt and speed advantage over you. And you Just crashed your plane to ground. So I didnt managed to kill you. Why did you do that? Btw I learned most of my skill from you.

[@DEFYN]

I said in chat I was out of fuel, I can't fly on willpower alone, there were 3 of you going after me and none of you decided to engage me. When you do that long enough I run out of energy to not fly into a bunch of trees

[@petaplayer8993]

@@DEFYN Thank you for explanation. I like your videos. Keep it up.

[@petaplayer8993]

@@DEFYN One more thing. Since I was the onli one near you (in 10km radius) and you were running from me can I count that as my win?

[@DEFYN]

Bruh

[@bp-hx9ts]

PETA player lol I wouldn’t count that as a win u didn’t maneuver kill him or shoot him down

[@megaconda07]

I wanna say messer made a video back in the day about the k4 vs f8f. If I remember rightly the f8f outperforms the k4 at all alts until its engine boost runs out. Except for maybe energy retention, I dont remember if he brought it up

[@DEFYN]

The F8F`s flight model changed about 4x since that video lol

[@megaconda07]

@@DEFYN you right. I didnt think about that. Videos like yours are my main source of content for war thunder at this point, I think I load up a few matches like maybe every 6 months or a year. So I'm probably not a good source of info 😂😂

[@megaconda07]

If you could do an f7f video thatd be awesome. I love that plane

[@DEFYN]

I will get to it, i do have a vid on it without commentary for now if you care about it

[@megaconda07]

@@DEFYN yeah why not, its probably my favorite heavy fighter. That or the 154

[@GreenFuryGaming]

BBQ chicken all day!

[@jercki72]

bruh

[@DEFYN]

BBQ chimken

[@danielalonso2155]

My best whit the k4 was 9

[@Ash-yl3zc]

0:12 Haha anxiety levels go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@Jasperrrr_hb]

Dude you out climb the P-51 and u have a mutch better acceleration u are way stronger

[@DEFYN]

The D30 yes The H-5 no

[@slateman_8490]

Hoarse vs Horse .... classic English

[@joshwalton2946]

Seafire fr47 if you want a video with a challenge 😉

[@DalarionLol]

with the new update this video would've ended at exactly 13:59 xd

[@DEFYN]

It actually would have ended at almost the exact same time

[@DalarionLol]

Was a joke man chill

[@maxfarmen6767]

Wait what the hell is an fu4

[@appa609]

You are incorrect. F8F is famous for having good energy retention

[@DEFYN]

Yeah it's amazing at maintaining 200kph

[@Gl1tchman]

What the hell are you on ? Where, when who said that it has good energy retnetion ? Shit's only dangerous to you for first 10 seconds of engagement - and that's after diving from space. Sometimes all you need to do in a 109 is literally do a single loop and F8F will be stalling out, it's not even funny.

[@silience4095]

I don't know about IRL, but in game (which is what matters here), it hemorrhages energy in turns. Maybe you're confusing it with the Ta 152 H? Now that has amazing MER.

[@TeenWithACarrotIDK]

@@DEFYN lmao.

[@just-black-cat]

Do you use vertical targeting?

[@DEFYN]

Nope, never

[@shashlik7959]

Gun pods...

[@DEFYN]

made me (almost) win the game though, no bully :^)

[@varrunningtrains4112]

I can't play this plane for the life of me...

[@threadworm437]

Use the G10 to practice

[@InVersoFFVII]

196 mln SL. You Fcking what m8?!

[@DEFYN]

get grinding :^)

[@rolandhunter]

P-51D never gona out climb a 109. Never! And K-4 was faster in IRL, I hope we have the same here ingame. The stronger engine one the H, maybe, but that plane was never in WW2.

[@DEFYN]

I am talking about the 51H, not the D30.

[@rolandhunter]

@@DEFYN Yes, I know. I watched back the video and saw its a H not a D.

[@martijn9568]

And this is why attackers still have a role in Air Rb

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

No

[@martijn9568]

@@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851 Ok budy

[@huntermurphy2148]

All they do is ruin the experience for people doing all the real work.

[@sule.A]

@@martijn9568 so attackeris useful because it ran to base arnt fighters faster?

[@Odibio.Skins.]

why when i use this thing 80% spaded i still get outclimbed by fkn F4Us. I climb at 25°, no gunpods, lowest ammount of fuel. Like wtfk am i supposed to do when corsairs, spitfires and p51s beat me at my specialty.

[@admiralkipper4540]

Climb with IAS speed not angle, try 230 kph

[@sule.A]

270kph is a very popular speed to climb in k4 (ias)

[@admiralkipper4540]

@@sule.A it’s also wrong is you want the most efficient climb, apparently it’s 290 that is the best for the k4, so I was wrong

[@sule.A]

Billy just climb at 270

[@ushiki2212]

Yeah 270ias for all bf 109s.

[@pedromedeiros4955]

Griffon Spitfires can outrun the K-4?

[@DEFYN]

At high alt yes

[@pedromedeiros4955]

@@DEFYN what about the G-10, does he stands a chance at high altitude against griffons?

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

@@pedromedeiros4955 no, only if the spit takes 30 min of fuel and not 20.

[@trentlmao6277]

So is the BF109 just not good compared to every other nation, I don’t want to waste my time grinding the bf109s just for them to be trash, someone lmk

[@dominicviner6619]

All I know is my g14 at 7k can out run a f2g1

[@reinbeers5322]

F2G is a low alt fighter, by like 4km they're making as much power as the K-4 iirc.

[@InputFresco]

I’m telling you, the vast majority of people in rank III air RB fly better than these people

[@DEFYN]

I am very much aware lol

[@eugenechurch6135]

German 5.7 is wack as an american pilot.

[@brotherdubious]

Malding?

[@DEFYN]

getting so mad you become bald

[@brotherdubious]

@@DEFYN LOL

[@ItzCPU_]

260th comment

[@lukerodman7335]

Imagine running 30mm gun pods 😂