How I Deal with Losing Streaks: Featuring the Tiger II in World of Tanks!

[@andy_hk]

WoT really is something else... for a decade I avoided PVP games because I figure I couldn't handle the stress. Tried LOL but bounced right off due to the toxicity... Now I'm still super new, not knowing where to go, making tons of mistake, but I played to learn, and winning or losing become secondary. Longest losing streak is around 9 games. I just focus on my play and doing damage. One time I got blabbed to 1 hp left, still managed to make 3 shots before dying. Even with just 200 battles in, there were a few games I managed to affect. I'm really enjoying the journey. Hopefully I can grow more consistent over time.

[@risingwind8943]

Thanks for joining the WOT community! The best thing you can do is look up these categories and learn them in depth. Camo mechanics and view range, Ammo types and their uses, Strong map positions, and Armor and angling. Map awareness is something you will get after more games, but it is definitely something you should be actively trying to do. Look at your minimap as often as you can. Don't get stuck staring at the aiming reticle. The most time consuming category is learning all of the armor models for the various tanks. Learning weakpoints, ammo storage location, fuel location, engine location, and crew location is VERY powerful. This isn't too important until tiers 9 and 10. Good luck!

[@jamesschroeder1174]

Just play and play and play. It takes a long time to really learn the maps, using your mini map and watching what your team is doing. Then there’s your individual play. I’m quite aggressive so it has hurt me a lot but I’m learning how and when to be aggressive. Keep it up, you’ll get better! I understand sucking, I’ve gotten a handful of messages saying how bad a sucked and should never play. I ignore them or tell them I can careless. I play because I enjoy it not to please you.

[@romamen80]

Quit while you can. Trust me bro

[@carlofasano4293]

​@@romamen80 if you dont like the game leave and let other enjoy it

[@olannakprasitno.5312]

am better than average players but Longest losing streak 40 games with 3victories

[@ArcTrooperStudios]

How to deal with losing streaks? Turn off the game and try again tomorrow.

[@jeremyts9032]

Actually yes, I play 5 games and if I lose 3 or more I log off

[@AetherYes]

Seems to me you guys wanted me on the enemy team Tell you what if you shoot the OP premium tank let's say the BZ-176 or Skoda T-56 then you will win :)

[@Lupo-Exulans]

@@jeremyts9032 Same. Dont allow WG to play with your time too

[@reCAPTCHAFuck]

then you will have a new day of losing streak. This is WG

[@banatul6367]

Agree. Sometimes it's not your day

[@randomfist797]

One night I was grinding credits in my T-59. It was many years ago. It took 16 games that night to get my first win in it. I was about to throw my computer through the wall.

[@danielfeinour9611]

Skill, I'm grateful for your advice. Controlling my anger in games has been a struggle of mine for a long time. I was doing pretty well at not getting too stressed out, for a period of about five years. However, ever since Covid hit, I've found my attitude flaring back up, and it has been very hard to be chill. This past year, I've really been trying to get back to being more mellow, but it has been hard. Again, thank you so much for the advice/reminder. I know I needed it, and I'm sure others do too.

[@RudolfJelin]

We came for a Tiger II lesson but got a life lesson instead. Skill, this is one of your most educational videos ever. Thank you.

[@matejknopp309]

TOP 3 players from loosing team should be treated in score board like winning team than I would be satisfied

[@RudolfJelin]

bro missed the whole point of the video

[@jeremyts9032]

Nope, you would have people going for the max damage/assist instead of the win, an example: when you can win by capping but your team wants to go for the damage and you end losing the battle 'cause your team got destroyed.

[@matejknopp309]

@@jeremyts9032 TOP3 by XP from loosing team is fair enough your example describes how it is going on nowdays when players see they get weak team they sing if they can or just camp and farm no matter if they can win or lose and it ruins the game. If players can get "reward" also when they have bad team and lose but they try to play well it will be better and can motivate others to not give up

[@RudolfJelin]

@@matejknopp309 Solid point, unfortunately you cannot make it better to be top by losing then bottom by winning, otherwise why support your team, when abandoning them means *you* are the one to finish top on losing team, and thus profiting.

[@reCAPTCHAFuck]

@@jeremyts9032however, players for MOEs are going for that max damage/assist instead of win. The game mechanism don't encourage win at all. Win or not depends on your teammate. Can a clac palyer win a 3mintue-3:12 game? I think the world's best WOT player can't do that

[@Little-bird-told-me]

"If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.""-Rudyard Kipling"

[@Morpheus_the_dreamer]

Good perspective. If more players would see it like you do, there would be less toxic comments. Keep it up!

[@ziginaigra]

if mm is less toxic u would see less losing/winnig streaks:)

[@codymonster7481]

My losing streak is 8 years long....

[@92Koondog92]

I just truly wish the games weren't clearly rigged for wins or losses. If it was actually random, you might lose 3 or 4, but then it would balance out over a fairly short period. For the last 3 evenings I have been playing 20ish games a night, and I've been on the losing side 80 - 90% of the time. Literally less than 10 wins out of 60 games gets a bit frustrating. I'm glad to see you face the same issues, and I truly appreciate the good example you set for me...

[@Thekatanahero]

Nothing in the game is rigged. The randomness of the game is precisely why you sometimes get 10-15-20 game lose streaks. Think of it as flipping a coin. There s 50% chance for it to be heads and 50% chance for it yo be tails. It is also statistically possible for you to flip a coin 10 times and for it to be heads 10 times in a row, the chances are just lower. Frustrating as it is, without losing streaks you wouldn t have winning streaks either. A truly rigged system would have given you from a total of 60 games played 30 wins and it would have lost you (no matter what you do) 30 games. Without the randomness aspect of the game, there wouldn t be any feeling of achieving something great when you hit those 15-20 game winning streaks.

[@BionicleJackson]

I can play in the morning or early afternoon and come out with an 80% wr... then there's like someone threw a switch and I'll lose 10 straight. It does start to improve again as bedtime hits. IF WG has a match maker, it's broken.

[@ziginaigra]

that is happening nonstop from big win streak to big losing streak...random mm kappa

[@danimal865]

The other night i played 18 games. I had 15 losses and 3 wins. On my last loss before i quit for the night i took 5 mins to look at all 30 peoples rating. The enemy teams average was 5600, my teams average was 4200. THATS THE PROBLEM. When the enemy team has a bunch of really good players and my entire team is below average players, there is no way we can win. Now my question is WHY i get put on the bad teams 8 out of 10 times? Im almost always top 3 on my team and my wtr is 5700 and my wn8 is 1800. Now if im just above average, why do i get put on the bad team almost every game?

[@tp6212]

Because you haven't bought enough loot boxes. (Ask me how I know.)

[@danimal865]

@@tp6212 I haven't bought 1. Lol

[@tp6212]

@@danimal865 there's your answer.

[@pinhead5392]

Ofc WWII Tiger 2 is unkillable...there were no BZ-176 or Skoda T-56 at that time

[@joe125ful]

Lol?

[@AetherYes]

Back in the day where IS-3, Tiger II, T32, and AMX 50 100 are true beast tanks in their prime, nowadays you rarely see them they were all gone extinct we tech tree tanks are no longer needed in tier 8s ...

[@Shimejiii]

@@AetherYes Pretty sure they're talking about real life

[@DDomi-rh6fq]

@@AetherYes T32 is still amazing, after the buff its just great

[@davidterrell80]

"You just need to accept your responsibility for not being responsible..." *chuckle*

[@branlang6878]

my average winrate was 58% for a decade , for the last year its dropping, due to loosing streaks, i have days with 40% wins after 50 games. I still play good, i think the problem is not me... the problem is fast games when you dont have a chance to do impact.

[@ziginaigra]

ofc its not you its mm problem

[@branlang6878]

@@ziginaigra i dont think its mm. I suspect its new equipment and tanks. The games are very fast. You have bond turbo and autoloaders, insane dpm, everybody shoots gold. So in seconds a tier 10 can be evaporised.

[@ziginaigra]

@@branlang6878 almost every game one team have a lot better team(players wise,u can check/compare them after your next 15-3 blowout)and better team win almost every time,so whan u are on 5-6 win /lose streak i think its mostly because u are getting better /worse team

[@joe125ful]

Iam soo happy not playing WOT anymore but i like watching Skill videos.

[@traumino02]

i usually don't really care about win rate because when it comes to games like wot, even if you do everything you can, you might still end up losing. that is not to say that i don't try winning matches, and that i do not make mistakes, but just that sometimes there's nothing you can do to avoid a defeat. i started playing over 9 years ago when i was just 12 and, with time, i learned more and more about the game and how it works. as of right now, i'd say i'm above average when it comes to actual skills. sadly my win rate doesn't reflect this, but i accepted it and now it doesn't bother me that much anymore. tl;dr while having good stats feels good, focus on having fun rather than just winning.

[@eric-wb7gj]

TY Skill 🙏🙏. 3 games isn't a losing streak!

[@Marshmallox43]

Tiger II is an awesome tank. the gun is amaizing or a heavy tank, the armor is not top notch but you get a good amount of bounces and its not the slowest heavy in the world. both standard and gold ammo are very good with great velocity and you have a nice amount of HP with this one. also i feel like you can run multiple build with either hardening as a brawler or improving the gun handling and almost be something like a sniper. very flexible, very fun and although its a tech tree tank it can deal with a lot of premiums as well

[@jonmassey5619]

This is my typical session 😁😞

[@AI_admin]

My longest losing streak is 37 games, I have smashed a desk and a keyboard a few years back. Oddly enough I do not have many winning streaks, longest being 9. My new account was at 52% after 1k games, now at 2k games and 47.9%, I honestly think if I botted I would do better lol. Most days of logging on I start with a loss ....and yes it does stress you out.

[@AlaskanRNFL]

Losing streak, if after 30 minutes and not getting better, i exit WOT and relax by playing Civ 6

[@marklelohe3754]

Excellent, I always learn things from you.

[@bambamujls]

Skill, thanks for sharing this video, I think it was beneficial to show the wot community how to deal with losing streaks while being chill about it instead of blaming others.

[@hasnainrakha57]

It's really sad the tiger line loses its one of the best thing that gun handling becomes worse down the line.

[@arihanagaming]

The Tiger 2 was my first 3rd MoE. Tried it bc Skill recommended it in one of his earlier videos. This tank is truly awesome if you love excellent gun handling and good dpm. Its turret can even deflect shells quite reliably if you know how to. But i had to stop playing it bc I would lose 4 or 5 times in a row before getting a win, and that was so annoying for me

[@Nex010]

Tiger II is just heavy in name. The only thing it has going for it is a gun, The armor is the same as a random soviet medium so treat it as a medium tank and let other heavy tanks go in first. Lol if I would go back that far with a heavy tank ppl would scream BOT! NOOB! REPORT HIM!

[@reaperex9608]

0:00 Good day sir its 6 am again, im ready lets go!

[@DIREWOLFx75]

When the game treats me like crap, i switch to playing artillery. Because there, it doesn't matter nearly as much if i get bottom tier every game or if every shot ends up maximum offcenter from aimpoint.

[@bohdanbilous9]

Thank you. With light tanks it is a bit more frustrating. I face every day far from ideal maps( aka Berlin, Mines etc.) even in 350 games I had prokhorovka literally 4 times, I am not joking. I am playing against higher tier 50% games. 70% games I do not have arta. And teammates are pushing, going in front getting slaughtered and blaming me. So I am trying to go in front risk all to counter elc and enemies simply do not care about me because once they are spotted almost no one shooting them anyways. But I will be fine. I am feeling bad anyways.

[@Liberty73_NA]

Thank you. I used to get angry years ago over this stuff, but your stream/videos definitely helped me move on from that attitude. Now I feel silly for acting that way. Live, learn, and grow.

[@seandunaway2628]

Back in my day, when id que up my Kv2 and end fighting e-100s I once went 54 game losses in a row......

[@Geeza-rc9kz]

I remember the days! Would have been great if I had some high tier tanks back then 😅

[@teemuvauhkonen1846]

Back in the day there was LoL traktors in tier X games. Becouse of one of the 3 player platoons would have to be traktor driver. 😂

[@elrefe9724]

Each defeat I go one tier lower Each victory I go one tier higher

[@Bulletisred]

I just go away if the streak is 8 I don't play for 8 days

[@ziginaigra]

so if u lose 1st game u quit and u dont play next day?😃

[@Bulletisred]

@@ziginaigra done it many times

[@bigscarybaldguy1429]

I would be happy if they counted Draws as No Contests or 1/2 Win and 1/2 loss. 300 Draws pull me below 50% even though I have 250 more wins than losses.

[@snakeplissken1754]

Losing or wining isn´t the problem. I really don´t care either way. The frustrating part is when you have so many tourists, inept bots in your team that you won´t even be able to get anything out of the game, specially so when you aren´t even top tier. (same goes the other way around when you are racing with your teammates for the damage as the enemy tourists just feed your team for free.) What´s the point of a game when the top tier platoon players aren´t even able to find their own bum in the dark with a map and a flashlight? Those just press w and happily drive into a crossfire dealing 300 damage combined for the whole platoon. This isn´t a rare problem but a rather common one, the player base on average is so incompetent and bad that wg releasing bots would probably increase the average skill level by a lot, and that is such a low bar it´s already embarrassing. I mean the game is so bloody damn simple in it´s core. Move the cursor over an enemy, wait for the outline and aim for something till the indicator goes green then pull the trigger. All the while do not drive around like a headless chicken and use cover, bushes to avoid getting hit. And despite this incredible simple tasks you find thousands of people unable to perform even on the lowest of levels.

[@tp6212]

I'll second that.

[@Mannet84]

When the next Marking-Stream comes, and the Chair gets punished we will remember you for your Words... You can't win them all, you had a nice Impact, you did your best... It will surely lift up your Mood...

[@posadist681]

Thank u skill for showing us games where things go wrong. You still played well of course

[@bikedoc4145]

I really like the Style on the Tiger II, I thought I had them all just about but need this one now WG please

[@西癫东疯]

I can handed play poorly/well and yet my team end up loosing. I did had my lovely 18-19 lost in a roll, and it only end there because I stop playing...for years. But what I find annoying is those 15/0-3 matches, where one side just roll-over and die. I just had 4 in a roll yesterday. and 2 day before 6. and Its very regular thing. WOT is one those game "random" that has "balacing team" where a loosing streak over 5-6 is regular thing. But I have to say, if one plays Baccarat(the one James Bond played), sometime you see one sided long streak too, but it is rare.

[@tp6212]

On NA, you'll see tier 10's almost every time you try yo play a tier 8. Which for me got old 5 years ago. Now I only play my Tiger in Frontlines :(

[@VosperCDN]

Love playing the actually historical tanks, but I just can't make this one work as well as other tier 8 heavies - but I kept it in my garage.

[@wulfcogle9988]

I have been using it to practice side scraping. You need to off-centre the turret to get maximum effect. I have been able to hold the heavy flank alone often as I have got better at it.

[@kkmik5933]

That's pretty much how most of my Tiger II games go. MM hates that tank.

[@AetherYes]

No is not true if you look at the match maker a quarter of the team are premium tanks and if you play a tier 8 tech tree tanks you get instantly lose But never fear my O-HO will bring justice to the match maker all you need to do is to shoot the OP premium tanks that have been pinned against the wall that way you will win easy :)

[@Shaila-vw8hb]

bro lmfao i found this randomly after getting the tiger 2 and having the first losing streak i've ever had in the entire game

[@Ulthion]

Easiest way is to change the tank. You can do nothing with loosing streak. And harder you trying, worst will be effect. Sam as every day you see just few maps, same is with mm and rng. On 1 tank you can lose 10 in a row.. and on another win 15 in a row, without even trying.

[@bradyelich2745]

Just got Tiger II, hard at stock, I do lots of defending, which is not my normal yoloing, and my team cries. It is the t10's that cry, they want me to spot and throw my hp away for them.

[@clivedinosaur8407]

It's a lot easier to deal with a losing streak when you don't need the XP. Not so easy when you're still grinding through the tank when its x5 xp for 1st win of the day but you can't get that win...

[@deepfaith7122]

Skil,do you have any map ban? And if you have witch one you ban?

[@wazwulf2698]

good attitude, shame many dont follow your example

[@joe125ful]

Because if you lose 10 games with bots and manipulated games it really not makes you happy and next day again...

[@hopefalls2039]

Losing is less annoying as droping DPG imo

[@NEIRALOG]

such a good explain for loosing battles.

[@stjepantavroh2420]

MM is shiitt. total shitt 2 Tier down. WG greediness has no bottom. Do not say I do not care. Hundreds thousands player are leaving this game.

[@ziginaigra]

mm is crap but i think +2-2 is fine

[@stjepantavroh2420]

@@ziginaigra It is sooo irritating all time lower tier... the only tense game is in same tier. you can not penetrate dead frog even with gold.

[@ziginaigra]

@@stjepantavroh2420 ofc u can u just dont know how:) even without gold u can

[@stjepantavroh2420]

@@ziginaigra not interesting game anymore. Total crap unbalanced and irritating - no real battle as before few years. buy. even when I am higher tier not interesting.

[@ziginaigra]

next time whan u win/lose 15-3 in 3 min after battle just compare all players in that game ,than u will know why u win or lose🤣

[@SteffenAgermannChristiansen]

MM is Horrid its def rigged the other day i had 60% wins now i get 42% over 77 battles doing just as much...

[@romainverbrouck5147]

love this tank with all my heart! idk why this gun hits like a sniper

[@ziginaigra]

21:53 spawn in other team

[@piotrandrzej4223]

On AATT 60 you also got 280 mm penetration on golden ammo, but it's a med tank so don't say it's very good for a heavy..

[@GramboCZ]

there are two tanks i am aiming for, Tiger II prem and ebr :D

[@dawn7459]

t69 got buffed and its a banger try it out

[@johndous1970]

What does "Oy yup terra aye" mean? If it's Lithuanian, I apologize for the pronunciation, but I'm curious.

[@kelvisshandei]

My toughest losing streak was 44 times in a t44....

[@reCAPTCHAFuck]

WG offical bots are the cause of losing streak. Even a clan player can't win a game that your teammate died within 3minutes. So i choose to drive my LTs and rush to enemy base round and round and round. You can't win the game but you can earn credits.

[@danio5577]

The tigers weren't unkillable irl as well, especially tiger II was kinda bad

[@SodziausPilietis]

Because tiger II were not developed perfectly as a first prototype, cuz war was at the end

[@juanjodpr]

The tanks were too advanced but the massive problems they had in the engine alongside the tremendous fuel consumption made them unreliable compared to sheer numbers of Shermans and T-34s. By the end of the war the soviets had also developed the IS-3. The Jagdtiger also appeared in the last days of the conflict and its performance was brutal, especially a trio of them which decimated entire American platoons of tanks.

[@posadist681]

@@juanjodpr The jagdtiger was similar to a pillbox waiting for enemy to get closer. Its a badass tank imo

[@OchaFauzan01]

​@@posadist681"you shall not pass" tank💀

[@nativoobstinado3525]

Tiger II is prone to losing streaks. Often.

[@AetherYes]

Wanna know why you keep losing ? If you look at the team list like almost a quarter of the tanks you see are premium tanks and if you play a stock tech tree tanks your just useless having to play a Tiger II with a stock 88mm with horrible penetration and you can't overmatched anything But never fear I will do whatever it takes to bring balance to the match maker I promise you :)

[@jparth167]

But Skilllllll, Love to see a loosing session like in my life, But I would like to seeva good game with this one 😊

[@MrSnyper360]

Any answer besides liquor and/or Marijuana is a blatant lie.

[@sharpaviator3948]

it's not your fault.Just bad team mates

[@ziginaigra]

who put those" bad team mates"only in one team😃

[@njc964]

I’ve lost 8 or 9 in a row recently. More than once!

[@AetherYes]

Seems like you need me to be on the enemy team let's say if I push the BZ-176 or Skoda T-56 in front of your gun who would you shoot ? Me in an O-HO with a 149.1mm derp gun that I don't even bother to shoot you or a low hp BZ-176 that has been pinned against the wall by me

[@realitycheck908]

This tanks look cool

[@DvdV1337]

Unfortunaely?

[@Batistuta61]

That's not a loosing streak, 3 games. Try 10 or 11 in a row, that's a loosing streak. GG

[@voicelag]

You go offline and leave the game for months then somehow on return you cant lose. Draws you back in the can never win a game

[@chriskriti]

Playing the tank as a sniper back from the other heavies and calling that an awesome tank.....don't think so.

[@mariankajan5720]

My first 18 games in Tiger 2 Zero wins. No more words needed 😢

[@joe125ful]

Same here buddy..next reasoen why delete game.

[@AetherYes]

Let me guess tier 8 premium always ruins the grind when your playing it stock ? Never fear I will bring balance to the match maker by nerfing premium tanks by myself >l:)

[@UVF79]

😃✌🏻👍🏻

[@AetherYes]

Is sad that IS-3, Tiger II, T32, and AMX 50 100 were considering to be the beast at tier 8 since the tier 8 is full of premiums anyone who played a stock tech tree tanks will have to fight BZ-176 or Skoda T-56 The only tank that could nerf premium tanks is my O-HO with is mighty 149.1mm AP derp gun trust me I know how to "nerf" them >l:)

[@Exkajati]

you are one of the few players who actually deserve a lifetime ban

[@crevette_farouche]

Jesus Christ, stop crying about the BZ or skoda. You see them once every 8-9 battles in average.

[@AetherYes]

Didn't ya know is really fun you should try it :)

[@Exkajati]

@@AetherYes nah man, also just in case you dont know, but your attempts to make the game better, make it worse for everyone else

[@tabeasher]

But the AP shells on the O-HO 149.1mm gun only get like 121mm pen at tier 8. If you're actually managing to pull this off, then I'm impressed.

[@CPCforever]

Losing streaks make winning streaks even sweeter.

[@curtislaketek2952]

I'm first!!

[@arif11011]

Congratulations but no one has a medal to give you

[@Oioioi_dios_mios]

[@totalrandom130]

U look just like @albert_cancook

[@Little-bird-told-me]

"If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.""-Rudyard Kipling"