Still deadly, still worth it, the IS-7 | World of Tanks

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[@franksu1628]

Hi, skill~ have a great day.

[@omarsaad5117]

Platoon with Orzanel when? You are the best youtubers in wot

[@baatarzorigtbaatarjav3118]

I see the invisible bond between skeel and IS7 just like bond between old soldier and his retired rifle

[@rockon795]

The Winter soldier, but he has bond with his vibranium prosthetic arm

[@bubuluwithagoldendudul9709]

@@rockon795 thats fiction but my grandpa with his mauser isn’t

[@SynchroFPS]

​@@bubuluwithagoldendudul9709 wait a minute

[@VulpseiusFox]

“Everything is fine, flowers is everywhere, and yeah I’m getting slaughtered.” Sums up life right there. Lol

[@casuscnactus4864]

It was actually quite sassy how you managed to penetrate that Type 5 through first track wheel. Russia was providing hard.

[@francescosilvi3425]

IS-7 was my first tier X, I can only love it

[@earlfranklin432]

My first tier X also. Many fond memories in CW's in the IS-7.

[@vladimirflorescu7893]

My first tier X too. Still love it, although there are much better ten's out there.

[@earlfranklin432]

@@vladimirflorescu7893 True, but a hull down IS-7 can still be a formidable opponent. While I don't play it that often, when I do I still enjoy it.

[@razorsharp7610]

i am gonna make is-7 today i just need 3000 more xp

[@khairulanuar8109]

Same me.

[@picturedavvorld]

my first t10 when there was still IS-8 in the game

[@omniscient4510]

Those were good times, remember when wargaming was saying that a premium tank will never be better than his tech tree counterpart? Hahahahahahaha

[@infermos10]

+1 here lol

[@adampopovsky9305]

Same

[@ISeez]

fun fact: T-10 was called IS-8 before 1953 I think

[@chikenm4]

I'm grind is7 when is 4 was still tier 9 lol

[@nickrom11]

And you have to love the "BOOM" of the 130mm.

[@robertooliveira2930]

Hey King, I have been watching your videos since 2017 and allways enjoy it, I'm passing a hard time now and it's incredible that how you can make me smile even in my bad time situation, thank you... Baboon 4ever Btw IS-7 is my favourite heavy tank

[@evilmac9623]

I hope things get better for you man, try to stay positive.

[@robertooliveira2930]

@@evilmac9623 thanks mate I appreciated

[@skill4ltu]

I hope you will feel like fresh pickle very very soon mate

[@robertooliveira2930]

@@skill4ltu Thanks King

[@45CaliberCure]

With hair like that, you must be slaying the girls. Hang in there, buddy! As a friend said to me once, "This too shall pass". And he was correct.

[@utkanyildiz5678]

Grinding towards the IS-7 as my first tier 10 tank. Good tank to learn how to play in the higher tier games from what I've read, seen and heard.

[@roananton3497]

10:12 he wanted to say "garbage" lol true

[@Cavush]

You know why the google document it legit? The baboon king himself is using it.

[@kylelewis4685]

Agreed on the Cliff south spawn advantage. It seams to me that the team on that side has so many more good options on where to play

[@Sabre-vz9xy]

"But but but it is impossible to play without gold. Oh, * Skill shows something*" Hahahaha, epic

[@miraak542]

I bounced a fully aimed shot off the flat on side of an IS-7 in my S.Conq, as he was zipping across one of the street openings on one of the city maps, forget what the name of the map is. He, on the other hand, snap shot my commander's hatch and of course, penned while on the move and a millisecond after swinging his turret around.. Good shit..

[@The_Fr3d0x]

16:20 rip Jeff

[@henrikr.3817]

Skill you are right. Cliff south spawn is so much better. But playing the map both sides can work. It´s always the team that has to know what to do. The more guys in your team playing 1-2 line the bigger the chances are to lose the battle.

[@dxrkikon4656]

7:22 clearly the best part of the video

[@patrik-4163]

Last time you played with this tank, didn't go well, interested how it goes today 😁

[@escalope7214]

South spawn of Cliff is way better then the north one , btw I sold my IS-7 to get the 277 and I Don’t regret it: better gun handling, dpm, penetration, speed, and even armor(anti Heat side armor, during clan wars I was over angling my side for them to shoot it with Heat and it wouldn’t penetrate)

[@dutchproductions7389]

Good to see you playing with my favorite tank of the game! :)

[@MK-qy2xj]

9:21 game is thinking now XD ahh skill i love u

[@simonwegener3489]

In the second game I think the map is quite balanced because either side can rush right or left and get in the dips.

[@petertiagunov5666]

Another wonderful "dose" of premature elaboration by the Skill. (Elaboration -Psychiatry. An unconscious process of expanding and embellishing a detail, especially while recalling and describing a representation in a dream so that latent content of the dream is brought into a logical and comprehensible order.)

[@jakubkoksonero7526]

7:30 the best

[@Hellglory123]

My first T10, love it with all my heart . Fun fact I have highest MoE on IS-7 and I used: vents, rammer and extera hp

[@islerenner]

I love my IS-7. It was my first teir 10 Heavy. Thanks for the content Baboon King, I've learned so much from you over the years.

[@polarperlen]

I can watch any other yt-vid without needing to buffer every 60 sec. But this one in particular just keeps doing it - who wants to watch skeel's new screen setup in 360p? Hieell no!

[@javahne4007]

@skill4ltu in my stats (205 games on Cliff): winrate south: 48,8% , winrate north: 42,0%

[@galford5108]

I'm a novice to WOT but IS7 was my first/only Tier 10 tank. I hope WG gives IS7 at least +5/10 more shells.

[@999torino]

This looks just like everytime I take out my IS-7, team gets slaughtered...

[@cattycats4]

seeing the artas getting countered was very very nice, arta doing its one job who wouldve thought? beautiful play with the IS7 you are showing the true baboon king dominance

[@joerimarriott4836]

IS7 was my'n first tier 10. And still love it.

[@lilprynt6819]

25:54 pain in his eyes

[@psnmadracer27]

That poor Jagdtiger in the 3rd game got killed in 1 shot lol

[@NMK-84]

Skiieell, to your question: I don't think it is a big pile of kaku per se, but for some reason I cannot seem to win games in this vehicle - despite having decent games

[@leon5204]

Most of Skill's matches in his videos = defeat which makes you think he doesn't win lol.

[@aeternusgaming8050]

21:25 to 22:30 is peak baboon content

[@arnepietruszewski9255]

I sold my IS7 in 2012 or 2013, could not stand armor and gun. Sometimes all bounces and everything hits, sometimes you get penned by T8 and you hit nothing, that inconsistency annoyed me to no end.

[@nickk6109]

The MIME when one shooting an IS7 in a Jg E100 :D

[@benvalle8253]

I would love to see the is7 in cw as a staple.

[@petrsural9596]

Nice speak about a AP munition thats right. Great job Skill.

[@ChivalrousVeteran]

Your fine attitude - keeps me playing, Thanks! : - )

[@anguskilgour9882]

POV: there is an alien on your toilet 24:39

[@Laska-1909]

IS7 is main first tier X tank and i love it.

[@lepatus272]

Mine was t 57 heavy cause im pretty good at wot i started with it. If i was nyt good i would go to is 7.but now im grinding it

[@Jabadabadu7680]

Skill you have a Meise in your head and i Love it

[@user-rt7ep7wy2n]

I like how everyone cry how much armor type 5 have but in the end of the day its just a meatball with no armor it had only gun but now it has nothing.

[@henkgeenreetaan1374]

North can make a 3 point crossfire to. Map is pretty good balanced. Both can play aggressive over east and get hull down to great that crossfire. Is7 still okay.

[@AndreBrah]

thank you Skieel, i was sitting with 150k exp in my IS-3 and i couldnt decide if i wanted to go first to the is7 or the obj, now i know that the IS is still worth it, thanks much!

[@emanueldjordje]

Obj. Is better sry

[@jeffj9213]

The IS7 is the first tier X I got (still only got just 2 tier X's) , somehow I get that kind of matchmaking a lot with IS7 but also not doing too bad with the tank. It is a tank that is good at brawling and can take a hit , I like the speed from it and the gun hits for nice dmg but sometimes can be very unreliable. When you saw grille and some lights in those games I really wished you shot HE at them it has if Im not mistaking 60 pen? I mostly load HE right away when I am seeing light armoured tanks. Last game was pretty damn good , nice big damage done !

[@alvaromachersilva5419]

Skiiiiillll Pz.IV S is now back on the store!

[@leereiyuu]

I want to answer your question about how I think about the IS7: I started playing in 2011 and the IS7 was my first tier 10 tank and I absolutely hated it. I had such good times with the tanks before that: The IS3 and the IS4, just the best life. And then the IS7...it was such a letdown. And still in 2022, after all this years I never managed to even get one mark of excellence on this one. I think the gun is so terrible. Not the low pen, no, but the RNG is so completely random: I miss shots where I am sure they will be hits and then again just random aimless rage-shots hit. How am I supposed to work with that?

[@Eon2641]

What was with the suicidal lemmings in that last battle?

[@paulareardon8394]

skill I play on console. but just love your commentary makes me laugh out loud..while learning how to play a tank..cool man

[@xeakon4112]

I think the team that controls sectors E3, F3 wins in most cases as they can shoot the middle and then break the stalemate in lines 1 and 2.

[@JD-kg3mx]

The IS-7 is hard at times to like. It looks awesome it appears formative but it seems to lack a tiny amount with its shells but it's a great credit farmer.

[@abhaybhatt4286]

IS7 has some problem as 430U imo. Gun is treating you like king, or like pauper. I prefer how tight gun handling of 277 and 140 is by comparison

[@MATFarm22]

IS-7 is still great tank, turret is unpenetrable, hull bounces low caliber very often, only weakness is ammo rack

[@artemtrusevich7516]

Man you were low rolling like there's no tomorrow.

[@Mateusszz90]

you are right , this map from second battle is totally broken.. when i play it from this side i always take this bush because going middle always end with gangbang..

[@Zeptrio]

7:28 XD i'm so dead, it's beautiful.

[@nyu7991]

17:43 we do a little trolling

[@NoxAssassin007]

My is-7 equipment: turbo, gun rammer, and coated optics

[@tvalecic]

IS7 is my favorite heavy - I just love it no matter what :)

[@JeremyHansPatrick]

Day 7, amx m4 51?

[@AN-zi6tm]

Skill: about is 7. Its old but still have potencial to hit hard. Is easy to carry, universal coz can be fast evrywhere.

[@Stardumz]

By far Skills best video... Showed them how to play WO gold!

[@benwpianocovers628]

South spawn definitely better, at least 70-30 to south spawn. Also, for some reason I cant make the IS-7s gun handling work, it acts like a KV-2 for me, so I dont really like it. In general, IS-7 is still a decent tank though.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

No, the south isn't vastly better on that map, at least not for that reason. The triple crossfire thing only happens if the south team plays REALLY WELL and the north, does NOT. The south does have a small advantage along the 1-2 lines because of better lines of fire for units while hidden, but the north has a slightly better sniper nest and the H9 hideout that can be really annoying to counter for south team. Likewise, if south plays poorly, then THEY end up in a triple crossfire from F3 and H9/G9/F9, and it can be almost as devastating. And if whole team defends well, either of those crossfire situations can be dealt with and turn the game on them. Just a few days ago I played south and managed to get to the C8 position with 2 others while another trio took the western crossfire position. And the north team bunkered down in the middle while everyone not there in the crossfire(or fast enough) maneuvered superbly and turned it back at us, managed to put both our flanking positions in their crossfire. We did quite some damage, but in the C8 position, we got fired at from the middle, from the sniper nest, from atop the hill and from the 3 meds that dashed via D8 to E9 and made defense utterly impossible once they came behind us. Didn't matter that they took 1-2 hits each while doing it, 2 of them were still alive when me and the other two with me were not, even if they didn't have much HP left, they still crushed us decisively. I didn't see exactly what went on west, but their team got their other meds and light to E3, including 2 autoloaders. My team's tanks there vanished in less than 15 seconds once the north team tanks in the middle turned their guns from the brand new wrecks around me and towards the west instead.

[@joeyassyrian]

I would be ok with the IS-7 if the gun accuracy was a little better, the low pen with inability to land shots on the lower glac of tanks is some times frustrating. I added improved aiming and finally got my WR in it to 54%, before it was sub 50%

[@JohnSweevo]

2nd battle is like the one's I had yesterday, 9 aye nine in a row , 1-15 , 5-15 ect

[@Jackrodder]

19:54 "btw this tank have 490 alpha damage, just saying" - fookin' 389 dmg XD

[@jamalyo61]

I've always liked more IS-4 . Even though it's not better on sheet but... there is something in this tank, that I feel like it's great.

[@spi7shin3]

Is7 is my first tier10 tank and my favourite one as well, first love probably or something

[@Pengajim]

Not everything is possible. You can't put a piano in your nose.

[@pzflo]

Even Unicom's get on bad teams, I knew it could not be just me!

[@attilabartos]

I think you are right, the south spam(Cliff) is much better.

[@jamesavery3559]

thank you very much...IS7 got two 1ist class ranked battle badge's in it.

[@Nizar392]

I remember when i tried to get the 2nd mark on this tank, i supposed to get my 2nd mark but when i reach 84.86% and fight 1vs2enemy jeff and i lose.. And the last 5 match i missplayed and my mark get lower to 78% and i sold it until now... Shame lol..

[@adrianedlington2493]

LOL!

[@michaelmedicworldoftanks33fps]

waiting for the 2nd game after putting on improved hardening I was thinking 100% you won`t get tier 8 match making because of extra HP from improved hardening equipment and thats exactly what happened- all tier X game lol

[@laimonasmatelis7657]

I see Skill, I see IS7, I like. Simple times to live.

[@obaidurrehman2181]

Just waiting for skill to say bad thing about it is that it can get ammorack

[@SentientSeven]

And now the age old question: IS-7 or Obj. 277?

[@lionzzz5]

277 for me

[@yurackjung9321]

is 7 is one of the best tanks for next level players to 3 mark/100% it without any gold. The challenge was hard but not impossible and it was fun. I recommend it to anyone

[@konstantink.4247]

Hi Skill! Nice video again! I like the IS-7, it is a beast! I think vents and rammer have to be on, always! As 3d option, could be: improved configuration, improved hardening (for more trollish armor), or improved aiming..! I don't think turbo is so beneficial, since the tank has good speed, as standard. And a small note for the third battle. You could be win if all three of you, were trying to cap, since the other flank was already lost and the enemies were away.. Maybe not however, and certainly with no fun..! 😉

[@ph11non-polar67]

Pls try additional grousers+10% engine consume. You will see a terrific flying 70t monster. Imagine ram Leo 1k dmg.

[@ph11non-polar67]

That's IS7 with obj277 speed

[@adnanatallah613]

skeeeeeeel pls a video featuring the t28 HTC, it is an interesting tank and we never had a single video in the channel.

[@gerritroseboom8621]

This is going to be my first tier 10! Pretty excited

[@cityofjoy2576]

The real and original is 7 I watched the chef in review on the tanks. And the is 7 came with an auto loader in its real form

[@mafialeventis7162]

Is 7 was my first ever 3 marked tier 10, and no other tank should be .

[@warnock0721]

IS 7 is tier 3 tank in Armored Warfare (modern vehicles).

[@warnock0721]

Sorry, my bad - it is a tier4 (out of 10 tiers)

[@matrixdecoded4226]

skeeeeeeeel. You need to tell us which equipment setup you find best of the three and tell us what setup you would use if you weren't using rations.

[@adrianadrian6278]

Did you know that you can pen IS-7 turret with 375 mm penetration? I did it once with E4

[@ehsanalikhanloo3249]

IS 7 might not be the most meta tank but it's still a good tank for randoms and it's fun to play since it has armor and its a more forgiving tank to play

[@aqeelslamang8305]

Why can't wot console just take the sound design of pc and implement it. The new modern tank addition is amazing. But the sound design. Honestly hearing this IS7's cannon sound and matching it to a T90A is just mesmerizing.

[@Tommy1198S]

You must fire PP when it is raised.

[@MaiorCJ]

Worst thing is accuracy, i sold this tank by magic russian shoot under tank, lost 10th kill and 9k because why not to miss good shoot 20m from enemy in last 2 seconds of battle

[@christiaancarstens4091]

What a nice game , what a balance and what joy.

[@s0nder1275]

the is 7 can be a very gamer tank, i sold it a while ago and played it recently after not playin it for like a year, first game back in it i did 7k damage the is 7 is def still worth it

[@test_nametest_surname1794]

WG updates Is7 to be meta or close. I mean there must be some fundamental tanks to build on

[@m_m2323]

Greetings Skill, I would appreciate if you start stopping one habit that is missing 10% of your shots which is at the moment of firing, you start moving back and forth, By the way, an old tip from a retired commander, the enemy team health bar is way to tell whether your blind shots is connected or not.

[@skill4ltu]

Hey mate, its not changing hp if youre hitting blind, and about moving, im allright with tha

[@m_m2323]

@@skill4ltu Oh! I believe this worked only with the mod of the old version of WOT, I thought it will still exist in this version as well, Regarding the moving at the moment of shooting, I was referring to when there is no enemy aiming at you as this is affect the tanks that have high gun dispersion during movement, Please consider this as sharing thoughts between two comrades as I like to see you unrivaled in this game and nothing more, You may have a good day, Kind regards.

[@DKLGalactus5]

I have this tank and it sucks it can't kill anything, it just sits there with no crew.