Building a Deck in Wargame Red Dragon - Part 1

[@ddhmarcus2968]

man i love this series, plz do more of these!

[@hi14993]

I realize this was a while ago but, have you considered taking grom in the promet? You would basically be taking 2 AA units with one purchase since the promet is pretty much a copy of the USSR schkrezt(don't recall the spelling off top of the head)

[@Bandanner]

Nothing wrong with following up on an old video ;) It was actually suggested to me by someone else too and I can't remember if I went ahead and did that in the end, I think I did. I need to boot it up and double check at some point.

[@bloodsongthesparkywolf3717]

I went through Great lengths of research to get an authentic Armored cavalry regiment deck

[@Bandanner]

If you want to do it properly and take it seriously you kinda have to. There are lots of hidden details about the units etc.

[@bloodsongthesparkywolf3717]

@@Bandanner I did it after my Father's Regiment and I had to wait 2 weeks on the national Archives approving my request

[@Bandanner]

@@bloodsongthesparkywolf3717 oooooh I see. Well that is a nice tribute.

[@crumpetcommandos779]

One thing to note about the spike atgm is the missile is ridiculously fast

[@Bandanner]

Yes I discovered this when actually testing the deck, it came as quite a shock. Once I have posted all the deck building video sections I will do an update video talking about all that stuff I think.

[@crumpetcommandos779]

@@Bandanner nice one man if you haven't played israel use the maglan recon that unit is S tier

[@JoeOker007]

nice

[@vladafrka3053]

komand tenc is cip t80u 200 .-100 yu got kp and hevi for 100 points and yu ken yuse it insted of living cv bac in base

[@grigorynaumenko3087]

Hello, a nice video topic. As you have mentioned in the beginning of the video, you play mostly tactical 10v10. I think you want all your units upveted then, since you are very low on budget there. I only play regular multiplayer matches (usually 4v4), so my mindset about unit choices is different. However, I want you to pay attention to some aspects. 1) Regarding choice of HQ unit, the best bet is regular command jeep for 100-110 points or HQ infantry. Infantry cannot be killed by cluster artillery and can come in variety of transports, plus they can hide better than jeeps. Armored HQ units are garbage, except tanks above and including 160 points. They are not fast enough (for example, finnish BTR-50 cannot escape cluster artillery, even HQ jeep is faster), not armored enough to be protected from any arty and you just lose availability and points for mere 1-3 armour points. Tanks, however, are much practical, but I suggest their use in tank decks. Tank decks are playing as spearhead of attacks, so you want some beefy HQ unit. However, tanks are very easy to spot and kill, compared to infantry. And they are expensive. T-80UK of USSR is unicorn unit, it is very thicc, but if you lose this tank, you are screwed for 200 points. In conclusion, cheap and relatively fast HQ unit is better, so I would choose either finnish or polish jeeps or polish infantry on the cheapest truck for speed and price (do not place finnish HQ infantry on 5 point trucks, these trucks I would prefer to use in different place). 2) FOB is required, 100% agree there. However, big helis like Mi-6 are vital in 4v4 as intermediate points between FOB and frontlines, just supply your trucks from it instead of rushing your trucks to your spawn sector. General advise - use bigger trucks, because unit cards with them are more fuel efficient than 500 or 800 liter trucks. Baltic Front has no big trucks, so I would just stick with 800 liter trucks. 3) Infantry of Finland is one of the best infantries for Redfor. For example, Spike ATGM team is better than any Konkurs, because its missile flies way faster than Konkurs. I would pay more for faster ATGM than more range. Regarding ranikosrajakarii (elite infantry), both 75 and 90 versions are great. 90 version are decent tank killers thanks to APILAS launcher, while 75 version has better machine gun than 90 version and polish komandosi. It is not shown in the unit card, but RPK machine gun, used by komandosi and raniko 90 has magazine capacity of 50 rounds, while kk62 machine gun has 100 rounds capacity. Guess who reloads more often than shoots? A super win combo for Finland are Jakari 90 or pansarjakari 90 on xa-185kt. first option is a devilish spam of fast boxes with a bushmaster autocannon, which will grind through enemy infantry and light vehicles. pansarjakari 90 combo provides with better shock infantry and better AT possibilities. In general, polish infantry is worse compared to finland boys, mostly because of AT missles and machine guns (plus transport options). 4) a note regarding MANPAD Grom team. In recon, there are erikosrajakari (elite infantry with Igla missiles). On one hand, Grom can be taken on promet transport (a mt-lb with zu-23-2 AA cannon), which provides 2 cheap AA units with one card. However, elite recon jakari infantry can scout for you, and if needed, shut down a heli with an exceptional accuracy (thanks to their veterancy) And you can take them on a cheap 5 point truck. Choice is yours) So, I hope I am helpful, so I am looking forward to your other videos about deck building and your thoughts)

[@Bandanner]

Good advice as always ;) Very interesting about the MG, I will take another look at those infantry. The recon team you mention are in the deck too, obviously thats just not shown here. Been seeing more heli rushes lately in the 10 v 10 games, so the AA inf have been doing quite well. Having played with the deck I already plan to make some adjustments so once the deck building video is done there will be another update video I expect. I did say it was experimental ;)

[@grigorynaumenko3087]

@@Bandanner check out Eugene forum (official game developers forum), there should be a topic where players have created a small program with all units stats, including hidden ones. For example, game does not say if a vehicle or a tank has an autoloader. I think 80% or 90% of all red tanks have the autoloader. This feature helps them to keep the same ROF when they are concussed, while blue tanks use manual loading. When under stress, blue tanks reload slower than red counterparts. You can find many interesting stuff from this tool. I cannot recall its name, did not use it for a while, but I think it is easy to find on the forum

[@Bandanner]

@@grigorynaumenko3087 I will check it out, I remember seeing a massive google docs spreadsheet with some such info but it had not been updated in a while.

[@grandswed]

"you need to figure out your playstyle" I mean my playstyle is mostly to try to push back the enemie from a sertain place of the map back to their spawn, but since I am very new to the game so I am more afraid of the enemie then I should be so I usually end up bunkering down in a town and try to hold from there, thats why its hard for me to build a deck that fits. Btw could you possible review a deck that I built a while ago for Sweden?

[@Bandanner]

I mean I could but I honestly don't know the Sweden units as I have never played as them. If you are wanting to be more aggressive then tanks supported by smoke are a good way to push. I am more of a hold the line and creep forward when the opportunity i there kinda player.

[@grandswed]

@@Bandanner yeah I would do that if I was better at using points better, I am not good at holding multiple points at once that is why I hate playing alone, I can only manege one point at a time

[@Bandanner]

@@grandswed haha yes the ability to multitask is a skill on its own. I also struggle covering multiple points. When you watch my streams if I am supporting multiple points you will note I struggle to maintain both sides of the map. Razzman will have good videos on agresive pushes, as thats more his play style.

[@grandswed]

@@Bandanner I have seen some of your streams but as I struggle with that 1000x more than you I don't really notice it xD, but yeah I have watched Razzmans totorial videos and they were helpful, they gave me the knowlage that I used to get my first win against AI xD

[@gabrielandradeferraz386]

damn, my playstile is losing to bots

[@vladafrka3053]

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