Returning To The Rooks || Su-25 Grach Close Air Support in Ground RB (War Thunder)

[@tortillag7053]

Great vid! Could you do a vid on your graphic settings? They look so clean and clear

[@ichosolemanuel6048]

He probably just has everything on max

[@M24-x8c]

Hes already done that though

[@BlackSkull1991]

@@M24-x8cu got a link for that vid?

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks, everything on highest, DLSS OFF, Antialiasing TAA, 2560x1440.

[@M24-x8c]

@@BlackSkull1991 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp_Eg2Bnht-Vq9ksi=bNmAF5-W7KuQfzpI

[@Past10Performance]

I think the best part about the su25 platform is how maneuverable it is even with a full wepons load. Good video hunter :)

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks a lot :)

[@thephatom2824]

8:22 two su-25 providing air support. ABSOLUT CINEMA

[@frankli2425]

Not a lot of footage of people doing well with the hind, good to see! Soviet 9.7-10.3 is so stacked

[@Hunter_i86]

The best in my experience is to use Shturm missiles at their max range, 4-5km then pull off and repeat. 9.7 helicopters are the most challenging & fun in my opinion.

[@ILikeIcedCoffee]

Nicely done, Hunter.

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks!

[@sackthing986]

Such nostalgic music for us CoD WAW players

[@Phapchamp]

That T-72B sight is crazy good!

[@tyui60]

Freedom fighters music was so good, it goes well with your tactics.

[@janusz4156]

55 years of Mi-24 "Hind" in 2024 and 50 years of Su-25 "Frogfoot" in 2025. Ace Combat fans missed this duo.

[@memph1ston]

What an interesting loadout for your SU25! I always think the 5x rocket pods are heavily underrated

[@jorgemasvidal1321]

Welcome back Mi-24!! Great vid as always hunter I wish you good health my brother

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks a lot :)

[@Leshyman]

I like the music, very awesomesauce!! I'd like to see you do that more

[@lijock45]

Waaaaaaa world at war ost with these game is just perfect ! I love all your vids you are a realy great CAS player

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks a lot my friend :)

[@poglol3314]

Hey hunter I was the guy in the T 80B that asked how you were doing. So cool to meet you in game hope I do again!

[@Hunter_i86]

Nice to meet you my friend, much love and respect :)

[@astralthunder-pzbt]

Omg awsome video hunter I love how you called it grach and not frogfoot I love these slow aircraft that do deep interdiction like the a-10 and the Su-25s and like for me I have like a song that plays in my mind when playing each song like gruppa krovi for the Su-25 and everybody wants to rule the world for the a-10 HAHAH 😊

[@Hunter_i86]

Nice choices haha, thanks a lot my friend :)

[@PvtPartzz]

Man, what a dodge at 8:45. Thanks for another banger. I find your videos more fun to watch than the game is fun to play lately.

[@PanzerSteinn]

what an amazing work with the Su-25 world class CAS

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks a lot :)

[@rybaboreec]

Br 10 is most enjoyable. 😄 Start game with mi24p so good heli with s8k and that canon with CCP love it. Bmp2m 2s38 su25k ❤

[@Grinzlow]

love the WAW soundtrack

[@unaccessibIe]

would love to see more of this kind of vids

[@ariatarkeshi4228]

As a long time warthunder player, there are lots of aspects of the game i have mastered. But I still find myself struggling flying CAS. As many other players, AA always get me sooner or later. It would be amazing if someone made a proper guide on some tips and tricks to defeat and/or avoid AA flying cas. Perhaps giving som general thoughts and ideas aswell as some in depth analysis of how the different anti air vehicles of the various tiers work (i.e missiles, radars and so on). Would be amazing to see you share some light on this! Keep up the amazing content!

[@Hunter_i86]

I write tips in the videos, usually they are knowledge about weapons, of planes and SPAA, for example if your RWR says "RLD", it is either a Roland 3 or VT1. VT1 is deadly while Roland 3 is dodge-able, VT-1 is 12km while Roland 3 is 8km max, the scenario BR should tell you what that "RLD" is, 2s6 is 10km 32G missile which is dangerous as well, my point is you need knowledge, a lot of knowledge about SPAA radars, planes RWRs, planes and SPAA weapons as well. That is if you want to prioritize SPAA like I do, some people don't care, they go for tanks and die after one or strikes. When you go to battle take a look at the X-Ray of your plane, does the RWR has IFF? If yes you will know that any ping in the battle is from enemy, what type of "Fire & Forget" weapons you have? TV, IR, GPS, unguided bombs ... etc, use them to kill SPAA, and use the laser guided weapons to kill tanks when possible. Thanks a lot

[@THEsniper_man]

Another great vid! always love it when you play the su-25, can't wait to unlock it myself keep up the good work!

[@Hunter_i86]

Good luck! thanks a lot my friend :)

[@rumi.137]

not gonna lie, su-25, or principally su-25m are amazing CAS plataforms.

[@LarryPigeon1]

I know, dont know why more fly the Su25M3...its bas 4 kills with the KH missles. You either run em with r73 just in case or get closerbut i just launch all rtb and repeat the same shit...got me to like 12/14 kills on a not so cloudy and a map that isnt that obstructed by buildings

[@hawkiii8930]

Hi Hunter like always nice video and I am struggeling with US 11.7 ground rb at the time do you have a tactic that works well for the abrams or some tips?

[@Hunter_i86]

Hello my friend, I would care more about tanks if we have real modern maps for MBTs, I'm just rushing with HSTV-L to get 11.3 CAS. Hull-Down and play defensive with Abrams or flank if there is a chance. Thanks a lot :)

[@hawkiii8930]

ok I will try it. Have a nice day!

[@kotenara10]

i see you had a great taste of CoD WaW music as well i suggest giving Punishing Gray Raven's ost a try! especially Structures i think it fits for Soviet aggressive playstyle

[@Hunter_i86]

Great suggestion!

[@EdouardLAURENT]

What a fantastic CAS jet. Really gives the A-10 a run for its money. Barra Barra Iraqi Su-25 montage when?

[@Hunter_i86]

Barra Barra is not Iraqi but ok haha. Algerian anti war nice song.

[@EdouardLAURENT]

@@Hunter_i86 I know! Ever since I saw that montage in Syria with Mi-24s dropping bombs with this music, I associate it with desert warfare, god knows why! 🤣

[@schizoYouTube]

A run for its money? The Su-25, especially the modern variations, completely outclass the retired A-10.

[@PRED4T0R85]

blyaatifull as usual :)

[@Hunter_i86]

Thank you! 😊

[@sauldemo666]

Long Time not Seen you Hunter!

[@Hunter_i86]

Welcome back brother, how are you? I hope everything is ok :)

[@prestonwilson9548]

Hey man I’ve been watching you for some years and I love just about all your videos. Throughout the years my controls have changed and warthunder has added so many things I can’t get the hang of. Is it possible you can make an updated controls video and maybe explain locking on ground targets with helicopters and planes with targeting pods? I’m having a lot of trouble getting those and many other things set up.

[@Hunter_i86]

Hello my friend, thanks a lot .. for now I can send you the controls file in Discord, just DM me :)

[@boof8221]

whats that sight you are using? love the content lately man!

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks live.warthunder.com/post/821276/en/

[@princethepro4726]

Finally i m back and we got my fav wartunder YTber Lov the vids hunter

[@Hunter_i86]

Thanks a lot my friend, welcome back :)

[@M0LOCK]

Gaijin nerfed the zoon on the virtual HUD so guiding AGMs became even more of a pain with that horrible ground render distance....

[@Hunter_i86]

Oh my God, are you sure?

[@eurofalke6804]

I dont have any Su-25s or have special interest in them but I still got Wish me Luck from the teaser saved on Spotify, I dont even understand russian

[@homefront1999]

I wish they could make cannons and rockets more feasible to use. Since we have gotten huge nerfs to the helicopters survivability. I honestly think getting buffs to the accuracy of guns on helicopters would be fair.

[@uknown1389]

Nice gameplay as always but is there any way to make my mouse move smoother because i miss some stupid kills because my mouse just jumps 1mm in another direction

[@Hunter_i86]

I play low sensitivity, 4% "sen in zoom" in WT common controls, it takes time to get used to but I like smooth aim and gameplay. Thanks a lot :)

[@fuertenic]

I'll never be as successful as you with a frogfoot :' ), when I shoot my S 25O they're always offcenter to where I aim

[@Hunter_i86]

Try putting them on the inner pylons, to get them closer to the center of the fuselage. Also try firing the rockets on the outer pylons as pairs.

[@ILIZIUM]

4_FRAG!_POOOOWER

[@superfamilyallosauridae6505]

I'd like to see you try F-14B with 4x 2000lb JDAM. I suspect it would be really awesome, even with no moving target capability. F&F is just that good.

[@Hunter_i86]

Soon I hope :)

[@aceshigh234]

What do you think about the heli changes? I find it impossible to play the "low tier" ones now, one .50 cal and the avionics are gone

[@Hunter_i86]

It feels too much yeah, at least let us land on the ground and repair some of these avionics, without returning to base.

[@aceshigh234]

@@Hunter_i86 That would be great, I agree

[@Gardiensss]

Could you do a low tier video one day please ?

[@TheHumanHighlighter]

I've been playing alot of the SU-25 lately, and I wondered how this video would go for you. I'm glad to know I don't have a skill issue, as most of these clips are full downtiers with only 1 AA platform shooting at you if there are any at all. The 5:26 clip really goes to show how well this plane does when AA is actually blind. Getting to less than 2KM flying straight and high against a proxy spitter is insane. I found the Rook to be absolutely god tier as long as the enemy only had gun AA's and if left alone, this plane can consistently kill entire teams. On the other hand, uptiers can be hell. Good luck against ANY optical track missile, let alone if the enemy has a fighter-bomber in the air that just dumpsters you in a fight or slams you with a PD track missile. I've honestly gotten to where I just do not spawn this thing if I'm full uptiered. Because if you want to live you have to hug the ground, and the only strike opportunity comes when somebody is scouted so you can rake across them with rockets while praying that someone isn't pre-aiming the ridge you are about to fly over. God forbid you get spotted by a 10.7 + fighter, that's just death. Good showing as always hunter, I was half expecting to watch you slamming SACLOS AA's from 7km with CCIP and dodging 35G optical track missiles. But luckily for my mental health, it seems even god tier players like yourself can't outplay BR compression.

[@Hunter_i86]

I usually use AGMs, but in this video I changed the loadout a little bit. Check this video, first battle, it wasn't one AA and all of them were engaging me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJyVg3-LrJmpesUsi=0LU0FNrP9C4vpTue Also, I'm not a god tier LoL. Thanks

[@TheHumanHighlighter]

@@Hunter_i86 I remember that one, to be fair, I'm only judging based on the loadout on this recent video as it's more like the one I run. I'm not saying you can't just strap a bunch of 8km laser weapons and dunk on SACLOS by barrel rolling, I just think getting eye strain while using the 1x zoom is annoying , along with the fact that a single fighter/proxy shell AA is all it takes to keep you from using that approach. I suppose my point is: As long as you don't have to deal with too many types of threats at the same time, you can usually outplay the enemy. But in about half of the instances that I die in, it's either optical track/IRCCM missiles or SACLOS + proxy or getting tangled up with enemy air that inevitably kills me. I'm glad to see that most of what I've learned and what you've taught me simply can't compensate for BR compression simply because it means my deaths are less, and when they do happen, there's very little I could've done to avoid it. (except not engaging ever) It's just a bit sad that "optimal" play in uptiers boils down to praying there isn't a fighter up, and then ratting around on the edge of AA range until a braindead teammate provides enough of a distraction to give you a window of attack. I prefer to actually assist my teammates on the ground and remove campers from their hidey-holes. Thanks for the reply, and keep makin' videos, I always learn a thing or two that basically only the data miners are privy to.

[@ArcaneArts17]

Hi Hunter! How effective would you say chaff on Helos is? does it seriously mess with SPAA radar?

[@Hunter_i86]

Hello, not effective. Carry 75% flares and 25% chaff. At least flares can sometimes disrupt IRST lock.

[@Rell6000]

3:48 Vorkuta!!!

[@finnrissa4594]

Greeting Hunter, do you plan on making a video regarding the heli changes? I find them extremely unfair for everything that isn't fully modeled

[@Hunter_i86]

Hello my friend, they should let us land and repair the damaged avionics like tanks do, not only in helipads.

[@mochabear88]

baller

[@therussianhusky1637]

I still dont get why those two Mi-24's arent foldered they are the same helicopter in almost every sense minus one having a side mounted fixed gun

[@fluffthesergal7640]

Are there even fodered helis at all yet?

[@therussianhusky1637]

@@fluffthesergal7640 no none of them are but for the most part of what I can see basically every helicopter tech tree at least gives each helicopter something more useful even if it’s a slight upgraded variant say for maybe the Bo-105’s in Germany and maybe the UH-1’s in America

[@westernspy561]

How did you make that sight at 2:40? Did you create it from that new sight creator thing, or is it something custom, because I can't seem to make mine look like yours.

[@Hunter_i86]

Just a custom sight from WT Live

[@smalhazi]

Lol, ost from “freedom fighters”

[@db4ch]

Hi! Do you think it’s worth it to get a whole soviet 10.3 lineup to 10.7 in order to use the Mi-35M or should I just use the Mi-24P at 9.7 instead?

[@Hunter_i86]

It is up to you my friend but I don't uptier my jets, the priority is to keep my jets the highest in the lineup.

[@db4ch]

@@Hunter_i86So from what I understand I should use the Mi 35? Because in this video I see you have a similar lineup but use the Mi 24. Thanks

[@IroquoisPliskin-y9s]

8:54 😮

[@rifroll1117]

How do you switch from 3rd person to targeting view to third person so fast?

[@Frozander]

By default 3rd person camera is "F3" and for TGP view it is "F8" keys. I assume hunter swapped them to easier positions. Because there is a bug with TV guided weapons. They are always before the TGP view when you cycle through views with "V" key. So if your TGP target is outside of your TV weapon fov, it changes your lock, breaks it and sometimes even disables the laser designator.

[@Hunter_i86]

Binding comfortable keys to your hand for targeting view button and external view button.

[@hugocarvalho2936]

Hey, could you please make a video about the Swedish Gripen CAS (if you have)? it doesn't matter if is the A or C variant

[@Hunter_i86]

Hello, I did some www.youtube.com/@Hunter_i86/search?query=%22Gripen%22 I might make new video about it again :)

[@hugocarvalho2936]

@@Hunter_i86 thank you so much (I'm almost getting the Viggen D and i want to learn more about cas with the gripen)

[@janglin488]

Any tips on how to grind modifications for the Su-25? I tried to bomb bases in Air RB but it was impossible due to plane's speed and I became food for fighter jets.

[@Hunter_i86]

Air Sim EC, bombing bases.

[@alphasima]

would this be the first official title typo?

[@Hunter_i86]

Where is the mistake?

[@desertfalcon1539]

​@@Hunter_i86 I think he refers to "return to the *roots*" instead of Rooks But I have a feeling this might be intentional 😁

[@MarcKiwi]

Best 8x8 Su25 config please

[@Hunter_i86]

What is 8x8?

[@mcpeet]

How do you spot tanks like that I can never find targets

[@Hunter_i86]

A little of map knowledge, and the bigger the monitor the better haha.

[@mcpeet]

Thanks man I play on a laptop but I have 2000+ hrs so it gets frustrating but I love your videos they teach me a lot and I have gotten a bit better

[@azizbenattia2537]

why only 12 min

[@Hunter_i86]

Sometimes life is not easy brother :(

[@derecho9182]

Man, what's up with the dislikes?

[@GermanMent]

It was some botting or smth like that cause it's gone now...

[@Hunter_i86]

How do you guys see "dislikes", didn't YT hide them a while ago?