Low Altitude Monster + Chat Salt - Yak-3U War Thunder

[@mackeral5152]

A6M5: "ur last man standing" Defyn: "so are you in a sec" **Slaps the B7A2** Defyn: "told you" This is gold lol

[@MDzmitry]

"You're already last". "NANI?!"

[@wtproust6486]

Usually Flies wins the top comment, but there you are you madlad

[@simbadooo9055]

@Kylo Quincy Bot

[@simbadooo9055]

@Felix Ronan bot

[@DEFYN]

Garbage ass spam bots

[@Turk3YbAstEr]

Zero pilots who get annoyed at planes running blows my mind. Since gaijin decided they shouldn't have their historically bad medium-high speed turn, running to get an energy advantage is really the only counter to them. Do they honestly expect people to just get slow for them so they can outturn them?

[@plantenthusiast3052]

When the plane is so brain-dead to fly, the pilots will usually get annoyed when they actually have to start thinking.

[@DEFYN]

It's a very annoying plane even to fly You either win instantly or are helpless as they run

[@plantenthusiast3052]

@@DEFYN Live by the cheese, die by the cheese.

[@scumbaggaming9418]

I actually had a run-in with a Zero like that when I was grinding the Yak 3U. I was in the Soviet P-63 on Kalhkin Gol, and a Zero repeatedly tried to turn-fight me, but because I've played Zeroes and I know they're slow in a straight line, I'd make a pass on the enemy Zero and extend out. And everytime I'd extend out, the Zero kept saying in chat "fight me bitch". My guy, I can't turn fight you, but I can outrun you. Why wouldn't I do that? A few minutes later, he turned around to engage an La-5 and an IL-2, which I turned around to engage him. Would you believe he kept insulting me in chat for not throwing the game for him?

[@Blitzcreeper239]

Not that they didn't have their historicqlly bad high speed turns, all pilots pull unrealistically high Gs which makes certain planes perform unrealistically in spite of War Thunder's respectable physics engine.

[@rav3727]

A6m5: "You're the last man standing" Defyn: "So are you in a sec" Defyn: *murders the b7a2* Man felt the air getting denser and colder around him after that one lmao, amazing

[@dela_v8227]

This thing can fight TA-152s, BnZ Zeros, everything lmao, one of my Fav Yaks, the Cannons make it bad but I managed to get an Ace in it!

[@samuellatta6774]

Imagine the thing if it had regular AN/M2s/3s (the american 20mms), only 2 of them, in the nose.

[@wruenvadam]

@@samuellatta6774 it would easily be 5.7 or even 6.0. but then, you got things like the La-9 which is also insane at low alt and is also quite maneuverable.

[@kingghidorah8106]

It still breaks at 685kmh so it can't bnz zeroes. Plus it's guns deal 1/4 of the damage yak 3p guns deal. It got nerfed on this patch, can't spiral climb K4s anymore.

[@dela_v8227]

@@kingghidorah8106 why you spiraling a K4? You can out-turn it:

[@kingghidorah8106]

@@dela_v8227 No. K4 turns better than yak 3u. It has less drag.

[@stefanturcu6547]

Duude, that was just class. "wait about 20 sec" just brutal. Beautiful play, man! Really enjoyed it!

[@DEFYN]

Glad to hear it! gotta release my salt too sometimes :^)

[@stefanmichaelsenzegarra5688]

Should have said Goodnight instead of Goodbye lmao but that Zero got slapped

[@DEFYN]

I really should've

[@fliesaway3070]

The chat mindgames lol. I mean being right and annoying at the same time is one of your strong suits, might aswell use it in-game

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Told you.

[@jg54sayaka11]

Are you going to consider zooming in after watching this video?

[@Краснаяармиясамаясильная-б9ы]

@@jg54sayaka11 no xd

[@stevegoesrogue]

This is a tell-tale sign of being an expert pilot; playing mind games to create openings for one's self, and get a few laughs in along the way.

[@putinslittlehacker4793]

Imagine if there was open chat in the war. Airforce would have to release official shit talking manuels.

[@matiasdelafuente3106]

"not to sure what happened there, those shvaks normally don't do that" :c so true

[@ФёдорКоваль-ф7э]

what happened is that it's not armed with shvaks

[@northernspy676]

Its usually depends on the rounds you use. The best ones are the Ground Targets belt

[@maxadri1698]

try tracers on the shvaks, totaly different cannons.

[@matiasdelafuente3106]

@@maxadri1698 0.0 gonna try that, thnx for the advice

[@northernspy676]

@@matiasdelafuente3106 what about my advice ;-;

[@AselevID]

Your note on patience... that's absolutely something I struggle with. I need to force myself to wait a bit longer.

[@kingghidorah8106]

overcommitting is a death sentence. I've been lately pulling 5 kill games solidly because of pure patience... If someone's gonna goof up, better be the enemy before you do.

[@smigoltime]

are the Shvaks still trash or actually usable?

[@splatnt1081]

they work "good enough"

[@ltankhsd]

I think they recently got buffed since they made changes to Frag rounds. Tracer belts seem to work very well vs fighters right now.

[@gamer_kid_naz4942]

Still ass, but my friend said he had a good time with tracers

[@maxim2499]

@@ltankhsd Changes to fragmentation rounds? Like more fragments, area of effect or damage...?

[@ltankhsd]

@@maxim2499 From August 11 notes: "Parameters relating to the resistance of an aircraft’s materials (cladding and power train) to secondary shell fragments have been fixed. Previously, aircraft and helicopters had an inflated survivability when they were under fire from anti-aircraft shells with remote detonators." I did some testing myself and it doesn't appear to only affect damage from ground based VT rounds from what I can tell. FI-T shells vs fighters seem to be much more effective both in test flights and matches. I haven't seen anyone else corroborate my observations though so I cannot say with certainty, just that in my opinion they seem to work better.

[@GamingCheeto]

Trash talking and following it up is probably the best feeling lol And trash talking and miserably failing is probably the worst as well haha

[@DEFYN]

Which is why I don't do it often lol

[@m-g-b513]

Why yaks looks round? *Confused LA pilots*

[@liamboyle9199]

Good video Defyn, didnt realise how crazy this thing was. Could you try the C205 Serie1 sometime because its the lowteir equivalent of this Yak just with even worse armament...

[@martijn9568]

M.C. 202 and M.C. 205 Ser. 1 are such an OP plane with suboptimal guns

[@liamboyle9199]

@@martijn9568 tell me about it... bloody annoying to completely out perform someone only to spark and hit 😂

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

God i love that thing.. and hate it

[@RandomSwede-1]

C202 EC is very nice

[@liamboyle9199]

@@RandomSwede-1 yeah no doubt mate, an average performing plane with good/great armament. I'd take it over the C.205 S1 80% of the time purely for the reduced kill time.

[@abrahamlouw2795]

I'm struggling to find sense in the later conventional Yaks, specifically the 9P and 9UT, how are they and do they have a place in the current meta?

[@liamboyle9199]

I didnt even bother using the UT in air RB, instead I used it in Ground RB where I've had good success with it due to the usual planes people use.

[@stefanmichaelsenzegarra5688]

@Abrabam Louw got all the yaks, best one is the Yak9T and Yak3 at 4.0 but they face the J2M2 and all Japan OPness, so they get slapped 9/10 times by a weeabo with a booster on it, Yak9U is really good at 4.3, climbs really great, russian 12.7s are very good but the 20 is just sht, Yak3U is another good one with the Yak3VK107 but it's a premium, Yak3U is OP below 2K, the higher you go the worse, Yak9P has 3 20s I think runs out of them fast because they aren't good, you can change one cannon for a 23 or 37 I think but I would love it if you could only carry 1 o 2 37s instead of 2 20s a 1 of them, YAK9ut is shit already overheated at 1k when climbing doesn't turn Yak rip speed, very heavy

[@dead_in_heaven]

@@stefanmichaelsenzegarra5688 Late response but, 3U is the best yak if you enjoy playing energy while also turn fighting with people. Great energy usage, only downside is the cannons which can be great with mastery.

[@Trades46]

As Adam514 said, the A6M cannot defeat a skilled pilot.

[@DEFYN]

Yeah that's a load of bull

[@myth5671]

@@DEFYN lol

[@gaijinmq-9when951]

I mean most A6M2/M3/M5 pilots just use their obvious advantage of superior turning. But they say good bye to half of their airspeed/energy and i doubt they can get that quickly. Problem is, the zero’s turning is so tight that once you even try to go back up for another BnZ run they’ll have a small window for a shot.

[@dragoonTT]

So in a dogfight on July 16th 1944 the German’s lost 15 fighters against a group of 18 Yak-3’s. These planes are no joke

[@MDzmitry]

That was the OG Yak-3 we're talking about, and yep, 24 german fighters against 18 soviet with a final score of 15:1. Also Lipfert (sorry if I butchered his 2nd name) remembers how he AND his wingman couldn't shoot down a single Yak-3 when they first saw it.

[@nebunezz_r]

So..... Outnumbered? Nothing special.

[@lebien4554]

@@nebunezz_r The Soviets were outnumbered and still slaps lol

[@NathanielNerquaye-Tetteh-uz2nf]

@nebunezz_r it was 24 German planes against the Russians 18

[@NayuzAqua]

​@@nebunezz_r The soviets were outnumbered. Learn to read

[@TheKaMeLRo]

you​ are​ the​ best! I never could do that.​ When I fly WW2 plane​ RB,​ I always have low patience and​ was​ too​ stress during​ the​ long​ period of​ dog​ fight.​ After I spaded top​ tier​ jet​ with​ high​ G missile​ and​ play​ with​ fast​ gameplay, I never want to go​ back​ to​ WW2​ RB​ to​ reseach​ another nation​ tech​ tree​ again.

[@MDzmitry]

Well, the matter of taste. I'm complete opposite, finding WW2 prop BRs the most satisfying (and I personally have no affection towards jets at all, props>jets anytime). I came to WT after reading "Chatos are attacking!" (about soviet pilots in the war in Spain), so my interest gradually went from I-16 onto Yak-1, then 1B and later on to the Yak-3. No regrets.

[@RedVRCC]

The last battle is a perfect example of how the blacklist button can actually save you. The chat itself can be used to weaponize your own agitation and frustration. Just blacklist them and it can't happen. Skilled players seem to use the chat for psychological warfare. The way to win is to simply not play their game, blacklist them, and focus on playing to your strengths.

[@armin4520]

I never expected them to lower the yak 3u's br. it had great performance and the better solution would be to give researchable 23mm guns. which I am pretty sure of were a real life option.

[@martijn9568]

I don't think that the Yak-3u had 23mm as an option, because it never left the prototype fase. Due to wars being ended and jet engines being the future. Even the La-9 program got in trouble because of that.

[@thegenericguy8309]

@@martijn9568 I did have a 23mm, but this reduced the armament to a single gun with 60 rounds, so it wouldn't really be an improvement

[@ltrns001]

@@thegenericguy8309 well one shot is enough to tear off a wing so i think it would, plus the yak 9p has a 23mm with 75 rounds so i think it could work out fine

[@jercki72]

aww yesss

[@calebthomson4381]

His intro still reminds me of the old machinima or whatever that thing was

[@Moonbearonmeth]

You forgot the obligatory shitposting acrobatic smoke

[@charliestepson90]

Constant loop de loops at 10:48 and still keeping it above 300Kph, this plane breaks my soul every time i seen one on the other team haha.

[@Garuda_XLI]

Your plane looks like Solo wing pixy

[@kaiburns4257]

2:32 i realized that fires are never luck, they are how much you damage a fuel tank if you lightly hit it and its on fire, diving might put it out if you hit it and its heavily damaged or destroyed (orange/red/black) it has a chance depending on how damaged the wing is to run out of fuel as a crap player who gets shot at alot with a critical mind i notice these things, also the P-39N-0 has the best destruction model change my mind

[@kaiburns4257]

cept engine fires those are always terminal

[@lobster5364]

@@kaiburns4257 actually you can put out engine fires with 0 throttle and turning off the engine

[@ccramit]

​@@lobster5364It's still pretty much RNG. 0 throttling isn't a guarantee.

[@las8410]

Yaks are worthless in the meta, as no-one smart would fight below 4k

[@philippocyr]

I dont know for yall but i mostly listen to your vids on a phone. And that highliner green color for your speed atl and stuff makes it hard to actually see what your trying to show case because i personally cant even read your speeed/alt :( great vidz tho

[@DEFYN]

Yeah that's why i changed it for the recent videos it was almost impossible to see x( Thanks tho :)

[@Cthight]

Why using armored targets? Its better to go with Universal or Ground Targets with High Explosive.

[@bluthammer1442]

nice one. THat stutter is because you use oBS and you minimised, innit

[@DEFYN]

Shadowplay but yeah

[@bonelessvegetal818]

thats soldiering

[@vikrejj]

I find the tracer rounds to be very useful in both aiming and in fucking up planes. The bullets explode so they delete control surfaces and kill pilots instantly if it gets in the cockpit.

[@WigglyWings]

Shvaks are so inconsistent, sometimes they one shot pilot and other times they just spark.

[@NoobFromTheHood]

Smartly played :) A6M5 pilot should play arcade like me, because I don't like long 1v1 and chasing around the map. Simply, he plays the wrong game option if he has no patience . By the way, I love the Yak-3U :)

[@thermite10k40]

i usually get put up against allies in this plane. it's pretty fun. my problem is my connection and de-sync. it makes aiming much harder

[@benos1236]

have been binging through a heap of your old videos, absolutly love where you have come, also i love longer videos!

[@tebby6621]

you got a sub :)

[@apache08]

Yak 3U has better turn rate than J2M. How come J2M is superior on dogfighting 11:08 ? i must be missing something.

[@ccramit]

Stat cards don't mean anything. And just because one plane is better at rate fighting, it doesn't make it better at overall dogfighting. One plane can be amazing in a rate fight, but if the enemy is taking you into the vertical and your plane is absolute crap at energy retention or stall speed or low speed maneuvering, you're shit out of luck. Turn rate is just one facet of dogfighting. And as Defyn stated, the J2M was in a more favorable position.

[@_GODSFIGHTER]

Awesome gameplay with a little bit of hilarious chat salt

[@christinedempsey8572]

Anyone remember the old intro and get nostalgia.?

[@partydeer1640]

I’ve played 15 matches in this plane and I’ve faced Japan 11/15 matches

[@DEFYN]

sounds about right

[@twister300000]

Defyn, if you liked the yak 3u, what do you tgink of the regular yak 3? It's alot of fun too.

[@KodeKing-cc8pf]

Defyn! I love long videos! Pls make more :)

[@shadowbonbon3]

what I got from this is that the best way to beat defyn is to be patient, I hope I never see him in a match.

[@gamer_kid_naz4942]

Easily my favourite Russian plane

[@GewelReal]

I wish ShVAKs were more consistent...

[@ltankhsd]

I think they recently got buffed since they made changes to Frag rounds. Tracer belts seem to work very well vs fighters right now.

[@herehere3184]

@@ltankhsd I dunno about you but it gets kinda old constantly having 2 guess every update what type of belt i should take

[@WigglyWings]

@@herehere3184 Yeah it's annoying lol.

[@ltankhsd]

@@herehere3184 I agree and haven't flown much Russia compared to other nations mostly because of the guns. But recently I saw the following patch notes "Parameters relating to the resistance of an aircraft’s materials (cladding and power train) to secondary shell fragments have been fixed. Previously, aircraft and helicopters had an inflated survivability when they were under fire from anti-aircraft shells with remote detonators." and it made me wonder if that was just for ground based VT type shells but in testing the 20mm cannons with FI-T shells they do seem to hit a lot harder vs fighters than they used to from testing in both test flights and normal AirRB matches. Unfortunately I haven't see anyone else corroborate it.

[@GewelReal]

@@ltankhsd I still can tank all ammo from a single russian fighter...

[@aydenpotter3349]

Finding the t-2 a bit hard to fly at the moment, any tips?

[@greeniedi6287]

Defyn can you make a vid about the Sea Meteor Mk.3? It sits now at 7.3 and clubbs

[@DEFYN]

Got some footage but the teams are too good sadly

[@kingghidorah8106]

After a whole month without touching it I got on it yesterday, first match nearly reversed a spitfire lf mk9 and got kekwd by a 109G-6. Then after some malding I went to next match: Full uptier, got 5 kills that could have been eight if an A7M didn't third party three stalled F2G at 5km of altitude... what a rate monster.

[@christopherwestern9223]

Can you do an H-81 video, please.

[@wetzel1628]

I also do the zoom thing. Nice game

[@SirEpsilonn]

This is by far my favorite plane , the raw power on this thing has saved my ass so many times after i made a wrong turn or went vertical when i shouldn't have. It just doesn't care :D And it turn fights like a champ as well .. if the guns were any better it would be blatantly overpowered.

[@WigglyWings]

Lesson no 1: Don't invite Defyn in a sh*t throwing contest, cause you won't win it. I absolutely despise Yaks cause of that RIP speed.

[@pedromedeiros4955]

Which is better the Yak 3 U or Yak 3 Vk-107?

[@DEFYN]

For the br the yak3U But the VK doesn't lose as much power with altitude so it's not as limited

[@immanus5456]

Awesome game. Enjoyed the chat a lot!

[@pinngg6907]

14:10 pretty much my gameplay with a6m never caught a chance to dogfight anybody

[@quaintcorgi8521]

Dutch

[@thesaltyhotdog3761]

Only came here for the chat salt

[@DEFYN]

The best kind of salt

[@vincividal8251]

All the plane and tank is great on many channels but could someone break off and explain that wager thingy?

[@albertocarloscarbonellmarc6976]

Dude i am from CUBA and i follow you, with your videos i learn a lot to a combat flight. Someday i would like fly on your wing.

[@derkaiser9881]

I wonder how this thing performs now that ShVAKs hit like a stepfather.

[@sideways6087]

hey defyn, are there more war thunder content creators like u out there? i like watching your vids but you dont realy upload that much.

[@snow1-2pinkkush46]

can't play this plane at his br people always fight at 5000 meter

[@ahmedayyan1775]

i just headon zeros if i miss i extend away and if he turns for me then i have the ennrgy advantage

[@lonesolo5474]

12,000 games is ALOT of experience

[@snow1-2pinkkush46]

how do you do at the start of the game im not able to do anything everyone is high and if i go low every one dive on me

[@WigglyWings]

I don't think you have ever played the 190 A5/U12 on channel. Pls do.

[@DEFYN]

Was waiting for the change to happen this patch otherwise the video instantly obsolete Il start flying it soonish

[@WigglyWings]

@@DEFYN They changed the flight model a little bit. It's worse I think for all 190s. Not that they were good before this.

[@DEFYN]

Heard a lot about it Half the people say it's a nerf and the other half say it's better so idk what to believe at this point

[@WigglyWings]

@@DEFYN Compression in the dive seems worse to me.

[@marryanne8701]

Defyn I can assure you as long as it’s your video I can watch 5 hours worth without getting bored

[@ibstryder4736]

Realistic would like more 1pp

[@jebator988]

What gun conversion u use for that plane ?

[@JohnDoe-vs1bb]

I love you longer videos keep it going

[@quaintcorgi8521]

Love your vids keep it up

[@chagandomrodnoi]

Ребята уже летели расслабившись и рулили одной рукой. Но после третьего уничтоженного самолёта, все поняли, что пришёл конец))

[@legend2460]

this plane was a monster i love flying this thing

[@russianguy9562]

Can you play the La 70 b 20 or the la 9 ?

[@Satanperkele]

If only my aim was good enough for 240, rounds to be workable

[@tld00]

Long videos are the best.

[@Domsenik22]

Soon 10k great vid man :D

[@Strelnikov403]

How does the 3U compare to the La-7? Seems to fly very similarly.

[@Янус_Ырт]

3U is lighter, so it is even faster and has even better energy generation at low alt

[@152mmapfsds]

16:58 well actually that wasn't an A7M🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@jaek__]

damn ur comment was ahead of its time

[@Man-qr9by]

Excellent Video

[@bingfan5565]

War thunder King

[@thewhiteshadow6098]

You _always_ find a way.

[@Alpakinator]

Spicy chat teasing

[@kocur2914]

This thing looks like la 5

[@lapantony]

Probably late, but have you tried cutting the throttle when divivng in a yak ? They still reach decent enough speed but the risk of ripping off wings is considerably lower

[@DEFYN]

Cutting throttle to go slower? I don't think anyone has ever thought of that to be honest

[@lapantony]

@@DEFYN Well for some reason nobody has been doing that even when risking to rip off the wings. Like, maybe there's some hidden quirk to it that I don't know about

[@CetoFreakingKaiba]

@@lapantony i think it mostly comes down to wasting energy. Like you can get to a lower altitude with a better chance of not ripping, but not going full speed has costed you energy. Now if you want to pull back up from the dive you won't be able to reach the altitude you would, had you been going full speed. If you are confident you won't need to then it's fine, but many times it's better to take a couple more turns to reengage but still maintain a better energy state.

[@TheGreatBadger58]

Impressive!

[@dezurniblejac3863]

and how did it went vs the germans ? :P

[@DEFYN]

you saw that at the start?

[@dezurniblejac3863]

@@DEFYN im spading it right now tnx bra this is mine cinde of plane !

[@jayklink851]

👍👍👏

[@windex7934]

WAP

[@milligun1841]

Yak3U is paper.

[@DEFYN]

cool

[@JohnysTheRockGuy]

Yakovlev*

[@DEFYN]

Changed

[@Trigg3rHippie]

I don't know why there is an enemy-enemy chat in the game. For useless shit talking I guess. Which I am guilty of as well.

[@reign_of_stuka8991]

And the 'occasional' actually nice convo havent really encountered too many salt chats

[@asiftalpur3758]

Didn't mind the lag, the commentary and the insight you provide is bar none.

[@TheCephalus]

you call 23 min's long? man what's with your attention span??

[@DEFYN]

I call 23 minutes long because I know that people only watch for 7 minutes lol

[@TheCephalus]

@@DEFYN Ignore them, they are not true fans. I binged your vids for 3 hours once

[@ibanana1871]

+

[@jimmiarreltherford8464]

I'm assuming that this plane flies like the La-5 in the German Techtree??

[@jercki72]

you what

[@jimmiarreltherford8464]

@@jercki72 ?? The premium La-5 in the German Techtree is what I'm referring to

[@rm2569]

@@jimmiarreltherford8464 No nothing like that. This is a yak 3 but tuned up but with shit guns.

[@jimmiarreltherford8464]

@@rm2569 Oh alright then. Thanks

[@georgiacreekfishing6801]

Still not as good as the Pyörremyrsky

[@DEFYN]

This thing craps all over the pyrro

[@georgiacreekfishing6801]

DEFYN yeah sure

[@DEFYN]

feel free to test it out vs me Yak3 climbs better, is faster and turns about the same.

[@aleski6506]

@@DEFYN Cap

[@DEFYN]

cope

[@pjayx7320]

No DEFYN that's not how you do it in this game. Promoting to fight toxicity with even more toxicity is just ridiculous. Just keep silent and focus on your play. Winning that way is much more satisfying.

[@_lo8241]

No

[@DEFYN]

I am sorry it hurt your feelings

[@mattb9910]

Cool story bro

[@wtproust6486]

No

[@Rogueginger69]

Attacking the enemy physiologically is just another aspect of this great dogfight!