Relic of World of Tanks: The Legendary IS-6 Unveiled! 🏰🔥| World of Tanks

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[@staramuha]

DrooOOps?! 😜

[@floristsadju]

yeah lol.. they forgot to update "garage slot" or at least give two instead of one , since now it cost coins not gold -- was garage 300 cost gold -- now, 250,000 coins for one garage slot (was 300 gold) ≠≠ 1 premium day (250 gold). if i would make from gold to coins for approximately 250 or 300 i would have at least ~750,000 coins which is more than one garage slot.

[@mahartma]

The armor still works ok, imagine how scary that thing was 7 years ago ;)

[@spencerjensen1993]

It was insane. Fond memories lol

[@philkoth2198]

I WAS scary! Hated going against it when I was grinding T29 10 yrs ago.

[@Mercedezbems]

Damn that this was scary

[@atlasdgen]

IS3 and IS6 was king

[@ragnarokpriest6700]

When 252U/Defender arrived was a big problem for is6

[@imapanda5475]

Man the memories. Seeing them were a nightmare especially as a platoon when ur in a tier 5-6

[@joaoguilherme9034]

It still is if you are a tier 6 or 7 even with gold you will struggle to pen its frontak or side armor

[@bradleymtz1861]

My first premium tank EVER. This tank has a special place in my heart. My only premium tank for about two years before i could afford more. My most played tank also. I remember when it was considered border line overpowered.. not anymore sadly.

[@smelloable]

I used to watch these premiums coming in and marvel from afar. There was always a bit of hype around them(I think that's still going on). I'd love to see a list of the order these came it. They were allways Op on first introduction. I think the KV5 came in before, that had some crazy rate of fire. Then it was the Type 59. I got such a laugh when the Type 59 appeared. People were saying it could cling to walls and go to places inaccessible to other tanks and mount ambushes. :D

[@juanjodpr]

A tank from a forgotten era, when there were 10-12 tech tree tanks in each team, now it's completely obsolete. This thing having to compete vs BZ-176, IS-3A, Obj 703-2...If this tank had better penetration it would be very powerful because the hull works.

[@joaoguilherme9034]

Yeah his armor is soo good it can even trick some tier 9

[@thebrowniesaur22]

I dont know why. I am an average player at 50% win rate but for some reason, my IS6 gives me a 56% winrate. I don't know how that happens. I don't even fire gold, I just keep having winning matches in it and I have like 400 battles with it

[@joaoguilherme9034]

@@thebrowniesaur22 yeah same thing here but with the tnh t vz 51 i have 53 % win rate with him also i only carry 2 gold ammo for a 279 or maus something like that

[@donetoldyaso.99]

Play with the mediums and you will dominate.

[@fatahilahs3606]

Is6 in wot pc should get the second gun with 220 standard pen like in wot blitz

[@buttonman1831]

Skill, you are the best streamer on KZbin to emulate. Since I've started watching you, my rating has gone up about 1500 on an average a day and is still climbing. Let the enemy make silly goose mistakes is one of your best lessons. That message plays through my head every match. I have also learned the art of tactical retreating, not relying on the team for support, how to engage during the start, how to play endgame, and situational awareness. Thank you sir!

[@StirbMensch]

About IS-6 needing better penetration... reminder that it used to have the standard/universal 175mm of pen featured by the the D-25T 122mm russian gun

[@ambssdr-h]

If only the standard pen was as good as the IS-3, it might even be better than tech tree

[@Paterq]

It is srill way better

[@Depressed_until_dead]

@@Paterq nah other tt on it's category are fairly superior just because of the existence of gold

[@1337Maju]

Ahhh my first Premium from like 2014/15. I remember sucking very hard and running away from IS3s all the time.

[@alexandrevandenbossche4105]

Sucking very hard ?

[@smelloable]

Is that why people bought that? I was wondering. That was me aswell, running from IS-3's. It takes awhile to ''steady your nerves'' against those. I would have bought one of those as well, however when I started premiums were yet to be introduced.

[@garyhardison9265]

Like a tier 8 obj 257, why I never understood how to make it work. Time to dust it off and give it a whirl. If it and the T44-100 would get some love on the silver pen to make it competitive and comparable to todays premiums it’d be my new favorite premium. Thank you skill for educating this baboon

[@ShadowDarth]

Omg, the Thumbnail. I thought its Claus Kellermann on the Picture! :D

[@nathanreynolds4378]

This was the first premium tank I bought many years ago. It's still one of my all time favourites to play!

[@tbone121974]

Back in the day when you got more battles with tiers 6 and 7, it performed really well. There are a number of tier 8s now that can butter through the armour of it. The standard and premium penetration need to be aligned with the IS-3. It's a victim of power creep which is a shame.

[@CK-pe3mz]

Why is Skill looking like gangsta Claus Kellerman😂

[@0nxss445]

I almost 3-marked it while it has 175 pen, then they make it up to 186, now its more but even with a gold its hard to deal with 9 tiers

[@gdmichael420]

One of my first premium tanks and also my most played tank. Holds a special spot in my heart ❤

[@stephengreen3367]

First Tier VIII premium I bought about 10 years ago. Was great back then but I never play it now. Always against Tier IX, and even struggle against the newer Tier VIII tanks. It's no fun

[@adabarda203]

Ive got 7.8K dmg like 3 months ago on Westfield playing hulldown....such a DPM beast this tank is....even in nowadays WoT

[@pendletonwest4737]

16:59 that bullet track

[@bassegoder]

Thought the same

[@etm8539]

Sadly, this tank can't do a lot nowadays, I still play KV-5, I have it specialised for ramming, and man, that is a lot of fun, I've had so many epic battles ended with 500+ dmg rams 🤣

[@steffent.6477]

Haven't seen a black IS-6 in ages.

[@StirbMensch]

I remember being excited and glad AF when I managed to got this tank for free (first Premium Tier 8) during a WG Marathon... had to collect like 100k XP for each nation, playing Tier 6 only (Jap tanks were just released and I was having lots of fun with the Chi-To)

[@freddyng1843]

I'm several weeks late to comment on this. The IS-6 was my first premium tank I bought all the way back in 2013. It was first time I was willing to open my wallet for this game. The IS-6 was such a frightening tank to face back in those days when it was +/- 3 tier matchmaking. I had lots of fun with it before I took a break from the game after 2015. Fast forward 2020, I came back to play World of Tanks. Boy oh boy was I in for a shock, this tanks suddenly felt so outdated. And I remember using the IS-6 to try complete the Obj 274a missions, I just found myself burning credits by spamming gold while bouncing or missing my shots. Since then I stopped bringing the IS-6 out into random battles. However I will still occasionally bring it to Frontline, Arcade or Skirmishes. The armour still works, but the view range, gun handling & penetration are just terrible.

[@doubleutubefan5]

this is my favorite tank in the whole game. over 1,200 battles. Almost a max crew. it's awesome

[@tariklemghari3637]

Did u just bully bz 176 with is6 😂😂 that was 10 bananas out of 10.

[@ChordRunner]

First battle nicely showed that BZ, IS-6 and KTTS is like rock paper scissors. And why to have so complicated game, milimeters of armor, horse power etc, if it's rock paper scissors anyway?

[@nguyenthuong3574]

My 3rd premium tank. Back then, I always played this, but now it feels weak.

[@SatelliteYL]

Borat in the last game was complaining the whole time, he only did 167 damage before dying lmao

[@slayersboxer915]

I have like 8k battles in this tank, during the good and bad times, absolutely love it, I'm a garbage player and its the only tank I got a single mark on xd.

[@TEMPLARKILLER2010]

Uninstall the game mate. If you are that bad you can't mark another tank it means you are terrible. Stop forcing your team to carry you and work harder.

[@slayersboxer915]

@@TEMPLARKILLER2010 I barely play other tanks, and I purely play this game for fun people like you who take it so seriously are pathetic and hilarious! I'm always top 5 on my team most battles, so if I need to be "carried" even further then clearly the MM for the game is broken.

[@bassegoder]

​@@TEMPLARKILLER2010hahahajajajajahaha Uninstall your game you,if you cannot understand is a free to play GAME whose intention is to PLAY and have FUN.

[@TEMPLARKILLER2010]

@@bassegoder how do we have fun when we have to carry a 10vs20. Bots like you got 1500 wgr and 40% win rate.

[@bassegoder]

@@TEMPLARKILLER2010 i don't play. I just watch CCs. This is why you should stop playing, for your own mental and emotional health. Stop for a moment and observe your message, how awful and toxic it is. Do you really want this in your life?

[@gfgraeff2068]

Skill what about IS5 better pen, but throllish gun and armor? Thanks man!

[@chriscologne290]

nice haircut, welcome to the team :)

[@reaperex9608]

0:00 Good morning sir! Its currently 10am im super ready, in the evening i drive away for vacation and happy i can start my day with my daily dose of skill, so im super ready lets go!

[@martindione386]

that KaVa Four KaTiTa is weird tank

[@fedver4224]

Wasn‘t IS6 pen 175? Or did they buff it?

[@tariklemghari3637]

They buffed it long time ago

[@zew1062]

They buffer it two times from 175 to 186 and from 186 to 196

[@bassegoder]

175??????? Seriously???

[@StirbMensch]

@@bassegoder Yep. And back in the day it was plentiful. Helps to have a 122m gun that can overmatch 40mm armor plates. Like, say... the turret roof of the Tiger 2 :))

[@kwkfortythree39]

@@bassegoder and like 216mm with gold, if I'm not mistaken.

[@michaelclarke8507]

Welcome to my games on WOT all the time

[@militarymodellerpaul5932]

Ron, nice progress, I would like to have 1/200 scale pocket battle ship Graf Spee. It won’t happen 😢I have the 1/350 version. Looking forward to your bike ride video. Happy bike ride Ron

[@donetoldyaso.99]

I still dominate in it, played 8 matches in it tonight and won 7 with a 20 to 1 kill ratio.

[@DanChoiThon]

I just love the way you pronounce the names of the tanks. My new favorite would be KV-4 KTTS from now on. Thank you for the entertainment, as always

[@nbixel]

I dont like how they buffed the IS-6, you used to be able to pen the gunner sight on the turret with a Tiger I, not anymore since several years ago

[@ragnarokpriest6700]

My first 8 tier premium I buy him almost 10 years ago

[@bf10boanta39]

very lucky first game, 7,7,7 ammmo left haha

[@AydanBenning]

my first premium tank.... holds a special place in my heart

[@Morteza1313]

Good timings i like is6 and T34 heavy American i don't have them but hope they put t34 also in bond store and buff them

[@herjohnalbaladejo8088]

how did he pen your side, I know apcr it will slide on the armor

[@emhyrvaremreis8949]

only skill4ltu plays against players in BZ 176 who do absolutely nothing to him. In fact, BZ has better accuracy than many snipers

[@emhyrvaremreis8949]

@@britka_sablja yeah 😅

[@glowsinthedark235]

I see no reason why you would buy this tank over liberté, for example liberté has better standard pen than IS-6 gold pen, while still having good armour. I don’t want to say it in case WG go overboard, but tanks like IS-6 need a bit of love, a bit more pen and bit better gun.

[@CorwinBos]

The "new and improved" matchmaker killed the IS-6. Mine has collected dust for a long time.

[@Mradfx00]

I think that t30 has a big head 😂😂

[@battle__chick]

I got angry at the IS6 a long time ago and sold it lol

[@Gleichtritt]

Played it in Frontline a lot. Worked better than IS-3, because it bounced SO much more. Also it has quicker aiming time. It was a nice counter against all the Borats and Prosciuttos, because they always bounces 50% of their clips, sometimes 100%.

[@jariheimoluoto4959]

Perfect showcase why i still consider skoda to be superior to Bz. Gold spamming skoda can mess up prettymuch every tank it faces. Is6 was a powerhouse for a while but nowdays there is alot of gold and high pen guns. Sadly the is6 is not as great as it was. Iron arnies and 122tm have eaten is6 away. Is6 has the problem of not being a defender.

[@rizkidary837]

Interesting how iron Arnie eat both is6 and super Pershing

[@tarkovtragedy9545]

Quicky baboon thumbnail 😂😂😂😂

[@tacticalmechtank5556]

They just need to give it the same prem round with 250mm pen like its Chinese counterparts and the tank will be fine.

[@cantseemenow8458]

Oh man this 3rd game was beautiful

[@johndoezg]

I exchanged this tank for ELC because it was driving me crazy.

[@Quenstar]

Skill, RNG just hated you in the second game! All the bounces on the T-30, then not damaging the arty! I feel for you!

[@robinredman2854]

I love that fight agains BZ :-) that was brilliant ❤

[@gerryscat]

Thanks for playing IS6, cause I never play mine lol. Yes if only it has some pen

[@aeternusgaming8050]

Joining the club saying this is my first and most beloved premium, still more than effective as the baboon king proves!

[@victorandreyuk8005]

We all know how to play this game. What we really need to know is where are the good spots to snipe, please and thank you!

[@kwkfortythree39]

The gun screams "power creeeeeep!" every time you shot

[@puma51921]

When it came out, it was a fun tank. Then power creep came, and it sucked.

[@evildarkeevildark5943]

In this video only 1 Bzzzz was hurt :D need buff confirmed weak tonk

[@casuscnactus4864]

Does it have premium mm? I can't remember.

[@joaoguilherme9034]

I picked kv 5 instead of this some months ago, regret it.

[@madthorn3094]

Good Stuff!

[@3v1Bunny]

that thumbnail looks like quickyBaboon I pissed my pants before I started teh video

[@RUNMAL]

Maestro, excelente trabajo!.

[@DivineDawn]

Love this tank but it is nigh un-playable these days, it’s been gathering dust in my garage.

[@davistenta9760]

Great video. Love the daily content!

[@JamesHouse14]

IS-5 crying at the corner 😢

[@dragoslorinczi4715]

Skieeeeel, 2 years since last video with 112😢

[@johnascroft8738]

Great to see you deal with the BZ176. That is a very scary tank to face, for me. It can 2 shot a Tiger 2, and one shot a lot of mediums.

[@freddyng1843]

This doesn’t make sense. The gun deals 390 damage per shot but the Tiger 2 has 1,600 health. So how can it 2-shot a Tiger 2?

[@johnascroft8738]

@@freddyng1843 Gun does 800 per shot, don't know where get 390 from - that's a standard russian gun

[@rizkidary837]

​@@johnascroft8738especially if you use amx 50 100 XD and still reloading

[@freddyng1843]

​@@johnascroft8738 Alright, I misread it. I was under the impression that you were referring to the IS-6 as "the very scary tank to face".

[@skill4ltu]

it is tough to deal with bz, it is one of the most broken tanks in the game, so i feel you mate

[@TheMileniumFalcon]

is 6 gun handling is not thats horrible :DDDD thats was a good joke skill!

[@randytessman6750]

OMG SKIIIIIIIIL ! the beard is looking epic

[@martabakmaniez]

Swapped mine with elc..😂

[@KC-yk5xe]

Love the is6 just like how I love is4

[@CharlesRobson-bp5eg]

Skill, I am ALWAYS ready for my daily dose of skill!, in fact sometimes I have so many daily doses of skill I OD!. 😂

[@magiadegetelor2784]

if you play with the standard equipment no food u miss 3/6 full aim , u food for tir9 heavy en super heavy , medium tanks mor amure en mobiliti , 3/5 matches go gold ammo vs u " it's a pleasure to play" IS-6.

[@bassegoder]

I don't understand half of this message,and I tried twice

[@TX2673XA]

RNG say to often NO tho easy full aimed shots. RNG and MM are a dezaster in this game.

[@Liberty73_NA]

great old tank

[@lalruotlien2755]

is 15v15 only for PC???

[@gdmichael420]

Same on console, not sure about Blitz...

[@pencilcase8068]

If there's a tank that has never scared me it's the IS-6. Even when it's 2 tiers above me I think of it as free damage. If I'm in a tier 8 or 9 tank I apologize to it everytime I shoot it because I feel sorry for the poor soul playing it

[@marklocker8042]

I like it, but think it is outdated and, well, not under-powered, but as you say there are now many more better tanks. Better pen and more gun depression would help it catch up to the rest. I dont know why WG dont buff some of the older premiums, there are so many people that dont own them Im sure they could create a new market for many and get some more $$, as well as keeping previous customers happy. It may even encourage me to start spending money again. I still like to play it occasionally, but I know I cant match it against many newer tanks, so really, as a competitive tank, its a second rate choice. Admittedly im not the best heavy player on the server, but when I do play a heavy I want a tank that is equal.

[@peytonhenny4814]

If it had better penetration it would be an IS-3

[@joaoguilherme9034]

Guys tip: if you are someone like me that doenst enjoy tier 10 because of the gold spammers and pro players and likes tier 9-8 more always pick is 6 b on the hond shop and at the start of every year you can trade it for something like cs 52 lis or elc even 90 which is a good choice 8k bonds is easy to grind in 1 year

[@joaoguilherme9034]

Or even less time if they add loots of special modes

[@benethier4828]

Why do you look like Klaus sons on the thumbnails? hahaha

[@infinity-vm4ul]

I've played 400+ battles in this tank over the years and oh boy it has lost its magic. Dpm and gun handling are pretty good but the armor doesnt do anything against equal or higher tiers and the pen is dreadful. Also This is day TWELVE asking for Charlemagne!

[@washingtonsouzadarocha9205]

Good gameplay tank you from Brazil. XD

[@TheKrisztoforo]

Is the IS-6B the same as the IS-6?

[@rbdtfamilia4464]

Yes

[@fatahilahs3606]

Yes

[@oparobert6464]

👍

[@Guamurphy1952]

ggs

[@nickraubenheimer2909]

u look good with a full head of hair :)

[@mircorporation4905]

Remember when this and the T-34-3 had 175 mm of pen? The T-34 at least had HEAT ammo with 250mm pen (it still does iirc), but the 20mm pen buff helped these two tanks a lot

[@alexandrevandenbossche4105]

But the T34 with its 120mm T53A1 tier X gun is still working amazingly ;) It was definitely the right choice to make back then ;)

[@عبدالرحمن-د8ش]

Is 6 Not good weak tank

[@erektortvojimamy631]

Who f*cking cares about tracking mechanics, when game is full of gold spammers? :D :D :D (im playing for 12 years, f2p and last two years i love arty and lights because of gold spam) :D

[@homelessEh]

bz 176 is only amazing if your targets arent looking at you.. the miniute they see you its mash 2 and your reduced to a teir 6 kv2 in teir 8....when it works it works but when it doesnt.. it REALLLY doesn't work.. the crysler gf started feeling better after playing bz 176.

[@ladiesgentswegothim]

Man I forgot about preferential matchmaking. Skill, are those noted in the index?

[@skill4ltu]

yes sir

[@StriderAngel496]

i legit don't get it... i played 10 games today with this shit and the armour just doesn't work... WHY IN ALL YOUR HANDPICKED UNICCUUUUM VIDS TANKS DO SO GOOD AND THEN THEY ARE SHIT?!?!? Fair enough, maybe people just spam gold ammo at it, i get it. BUT WHY DO THEY ONLY DO THAT TO ME AND NOT YOU??? Not to mention, the gun is just sooo bad i want to puke. It struggles to pen tier 7s (as in, i shot at a black prince 5 times and hit it's cupola, nothing, front plate, nothing, flatside of turret, nothing. WHY)