T-100 LT Review/Guide, Spotting Hill in Prokhorovka in 1.0

I review the T-100 LT, a tier 10 Russian light tank in World of Tanks (WoT), with replays of tier 10 Prokhorovka battles.
In the previous episode, I talked about how to spot the 1-2 lanes on the west side of the Prokhorovka map. In this episode, I show how to spot the east hill from either spawn. Hill is much more flexible compared to the west side of the map, as you can fire on tanks on the hill and in the middle of the map, whereas on west you are sometimes reduced to only spotting for stretches of time.
The T-100 LT is widely regarded as the best tier 10 light tank. It is currently ranked at #14 overall for win rate for all tier 10 tanks at 50.82% according to vBAddict.
Strengths and Weaknesses
+ Superb camouflage (over 40 with BIA, Camo, and Vents)
+ Superb dispersion values
+ Very small, flat profile
+ Excellent protection: upper hull and turret provide ~220mm of effective armor
+ Excellent speed and acceleration
- Awful accuracy (0.46 base)
- Very poor gun depression (-5)
- Relative to other tier 10s, low view range (390)
- As with all tier 10 lights, suffers from high penetration loss over distance
Recommended Equipment
1. Optics
2. Rammer
3. Vents
I use VStab in almost every tank, but the dispersion values of the T-100 LT are so low that VStab offers small incremental value and I mount Vents instead.
This video is part of my "Road to Unicum" series in which I share what I learned as I progressed towards account Unicum rating (top 1%) with silver ammo only. I talk through how I'm reading the battle as it unfolds and discuss key decisions and mistakes. My hope is that these videos meaningfully help players improve their gameplay.
"Road to Unicum" full guide and FAQs:
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[@el.guillyt]

I really like your approach, no premium ammo, calm guy, good communication with the team, very constructive criticism...I can say you are the best wot KZbinr

[@xfscz7258]

Sign!

[@TraderDan58]

Your ability to explain tactics and your thoughts while playing are the best. Thanks for this video and keep up the good work!

[@Vaderoid]

Still one of the best commentators and informative WoT players. Only have had the privilege of playing with/against you a handful of times, but you're always great and communicative. Keep up the great work, Taugrim!

[@dslartoo]

Taugrim, I absolutely love your vids and I have learned a ton from you. I'd like to make what may seem like an odd suggestion for a future video -- can you have a video where you have a couple of games where your team got steamrolled really badly and you had to really push to be effective during the loss? Seems to me like a lot of my games lately are: 1) steamroll the OTHER team really badly and do fairly well myself (which isn't a good measure of performance), or 2) get steamrolled really badly by the other team and do very poorly because we all got overwhelmed. I imagine we could all learn a lot by seeing how you try to address it when you get a team that is performing REALLY badly and just melts away like an ice cube. Since these types of games tend to be very short, maybe you could have several in the vid. Just an idea. Keep on releasing content, I learn new stuff from every single stop on the Road.

[@taugrim]

> I imagine we could all learn a lot by seeing how you try to address it when you get a team that is performing REALLY badly and just melts away like an ice cube Hmmm. To me the 2nd battle in this video is an example of my team playing very foolishly. The only reason we had a lead in the 2nd video is because I was spotting and dealing damage effectively. Had I not been there, I suspect my team would have lost badly. My team mates had very poor map awareness. > can you have a video where you have a couple of games where your team got steamrolled really badly and you had to really push to be effective during the loss In general if your team is losing badly, pushing forward into multiple guns is not the smart play. I do what I'd do in real life - gradually retreat, get 1st shot advantages, wear them down as much as possible before I'm killed.

[@dslartoo]

Your team was definitely making mistakes in that second one, but it was still a mostly seesaw match until the end with lots of back and forth. The kind of losses I mean are the ones where everybody goes valley on Lakeville while the entire enemy team swarms town, or multiple mistakes by your teammates mean you lose eight tanks in two minutes, and go on to a 15-2 defeat. The kind of games where you feel like it's a 1 vs. 29, the 15 players on the other team plus the 14 on your team. :) I do try to retreat when facing overwhelming odds but when you're getting swarmed from multiple directions it's hard. Maybe I just need to go back and watch your "retreating and counterattacking" videos again.

[@taugrim]

> it was still a mostly seesaw match until the end with lots of back and forth We had a deceptive lead. The only way we would have won, based on how my allies were deployed, is if their TDs were stupid and not using soft cover. But they were smart, my team didn't cover the 1 lane, and so we lost. Or we could have possibly won if I had gone full Dances With Wolves and yolo'd like a moron around their TDs and lived. But at half health I didn't think it was a high percentage play.

[@Mental_Hangover]

He did that in a few videos, if I remember correctly the end result was if you can not carry, make sure you make as much damage as you can,

[@bartekbgraczyk5574]

Phil C. Absolutely agreeing with Your suggestion , I was thinking same think. PS did you noticed that after 1.0 we are getting a lot more of this very short battles when enemy team just destroy you in 3 minutes or opposite?

[@ClodiusP]

"Decision engine". Love that term and it is fundamentally correct in WoT's case.

[@russstrouse2833]

Your videos are extremely helpful. I love how you explain the pros and cons of map locations. Thank You for the excellent content!

[@kidnextdoor100]

your videos are hands down the best, my game play has improved so much because of you. I also appreciate how you take feedback and are not afraid to say there might be a better way. Keep up the good work

[@konstantinossavvanidis1829]

Clock wise or anti clockwise, Hello Taugrim I really enjoy your videos and above all learn a lot from them. Thanks. So I wanted to share my thought on the clockwise versus anti-clockwise running for light tanks when they’re trying to spot over a ridge. I think it’s not a question of clockwise or anti clockwise but into the centre of the map or into the border of the map. I think that if you are driving into the border of the map (like you did on Proko South spawn) then you going to the direction of less options. Cause the map simple ends there. So any player trying to aim at you will feel more incentivised to do so if you’re driving into that direction. If you’re in the middle of the map things change of course but the rule should be the same. As long as you are driving into the direction where the most available options are for you then great. Options include a downward slope in that as you’re approaching the ridge or point of visibility you should do it going upwards as you aren’t spotted yet so you can go slow but your escape (so your return) should be in the direction away from the high ground i.e. downwards. This gives you more speed and the enemy will see you acceleration and feel their shot is less likely.

[@Will-px4zm]

i asked him to make a vid on the T100 and he actually did it, absolute madman

[@AvalancheZ250]

Just found your channel and wow, you are a true unicum! No gold ammo, incredible map knowledge and unreal tactical awareness. It’s no wonder you can make almost any tank work! So I have a request. I’m not sure if this is the place to ask, but could you do a T-34-3 Road to Unicum video? I understand it is no longer available in the premium shop but since it’s such an old premium tank perhaps you already have one? If not, the WZ-120 is essentially the same tank just upgraded for 1 tier higher and it is in the tech tree. I’m asking because I really like the high alpha, medium tank brawler playstyle and I’m interested in seeing how a true unicum would handle such a vehicle compared to myself, so that I may learn a thing or two. Anyhow, keep up the great videos!

[@taugrim]

I don't have the T-34-3. Thanks for the positive feedback!

[@AvalancheZ250]

Could you perhaps do a WZ-120 (high tier, high alpha Chinese mediums) tank review then? Its quite a unique playstyle. Anyhow I can't wait for your next video!

[@_Azagoth_]

then why dont you do an overview for each high tier tank in the chinese med line? theyre essentially the same concept. definitely cover the t-34-2 because its a horrific tank lol....of course you dont have to, but honestly the chinese med line needs more attention, especially with the 430u around.

[@dobiem1]

4:05 - I think it depends on the terrain you are using for your spotting runs. If I was playing the poke-the-hill, it's nice to be unpredictable, but I would try and get the run down the hill to increase the speed and reduce the risk. Nicely worked though as usual Mr T. ;)

[@AZWings]

Great video. To me, both games highlight how important spotting is to the game. Many people seem to think spotting is dead and light tanks are just poor mediums. I think this shows that's not really true. If a LT is played like a medium, then yeah, it's a poor medium. But, that's not how it should be played. I need to try that hill spotting run on Prok. That seems like a really high risk/high reward move. The spots from there are invaluable (especially considering a lot of teams end up camping the back of the hill, which lets middle get wrecked). My problem is usually when I try to go too far on hill I get lit and insta-wrecked. I guess speed and camo are the key...maybe only a handful of tanks can effectively reach that area and be able to stay there?

[@taugrim]

> Many people seem to think spotting is dead and light tanks are just poor mediums. I think this shows that's not really true. If a LT is played like a medium, then yeah, it's a poor medium Totally agree. There are tunnels on many maps - I simply avoid them or use my speed to flank and disrupt on city maps. > I need to try that hill spotting run on Prok. That seems like a really high risk/high reward move. My problem is usually when I try to go too far on hill I get lit and insta-wrecked In the 1st battle, from south spawn, the only reason I was able to spot at F0 was because I knew what tanks they had there because I went there immediately. If you try F0 spotting too late, you won't know what's there, and it's more risky. It's also risky if there are autoloaders who can clip you out. Also, I knew in that battle that due to our presence mid, that once I spotted tanks, they'd eat shells, which discourages them from pushing to the top of the hill. To some extent, I'm playing an area denial game, because I know the risk is limited.

[@camilleo2817]

Extremly smart to put each side in one video. Seems obvious but almost nobody does this.In my opinion the t-100 lt is the best Lt in the game ( at tier X ). And I think on top of the hill south spawn you should turn counter clock-wise( side to down ) because you'll have more speed = harder to shoot at ( a semi hull down T-100 Lt going at 65 KM/h is 95% unhitable at 200 m ). Anyway there is no advantages what so ever to go clock wise in my opinion. When You' ll get spotted, the time that people react and shoot ( 1s on average ) you will already be far down. If you go clock wise you'll be spotted and will run away from your hull down cover. Just see what's better with each vs what's bad and take the better option.

[@typeviic1]

I agree w/QuantumGravy about Prok and scouting. However, if there are 3 scouts, its best to spread vision around the map (1 west, 1 ridge surfing, 1 hill)

[@taugrim]

Yes, lights should generally spread out. It's annoying when 3 lights go to the same place on a map with lots of vision control.

[@kamilnosal9368]

Awesome videos, thanks for all help! One question. Why vents instead of stabilizer?

[@taugrim]

Great question! The dispersion values on the T-100 LT are unusually low: 0.06 for moving 0.06 for tank traverse (turning your hull) 0.05 for turret traverse (turning your head) tanks.gg/tank/t-100-lt

[@kamilnosal9368]

@@taugrim thanks, about to finish t54 ltwt today so wanted to check. Awesome!

[@Demothones]

Great video as always. I have never tried going hill in my lights. I honestly rarely go hill at all on this map but I will relook that when I get back home. Unfortunately, I am working overseas and my laptop cannot handle WoT. :(

[@folterknecht1768]

Counterclock wise is better in theory because you go downhill once spotted (higher speed - harder to hit) - but as I'm not playing anymore since ages, I'm not sure about firing lanes from the north.

[@photomorti]

That was some lovely hill spotting

[@taugrim]

It helps to have friendly tanks in mid to fire on them. I've had games where I've kept the enemy team spotted all day but got little to no assisted damage because my team either wasn't in good positions to take advantage of it or they had terrible aim.

[@hinteregions]

I think I prefer to do that spot counter-clockwise so I am going downhill rather than uphill i.e. a bit faster if or when I am seen. I would rather be spotted from mid toward the bottom of that downhill run as opposed to at the top of it. But then I don't want to be so predictable so I do a bit of both. I sometimes use the cruise button to move up to my bush very slowly - does this actually do anything for me? I've always wanted to know.

[@taugrim]

No, your speed doesn't matter in a light tank, as your camo is always on 100% of the time. All that matters are distance, whether there are bushes between you and a tank, and what your view ranges and camo values are.

[@brentdoerflinger4553]

Will you do videos for the new K-91? Or have you already covered tanks like it being rear turreting brawling tanks... Thanks for the awesome vid as always!

[@taugrim]

Is that a premium? I don't own it.

[@zeroyuki92]

The new MT after 430II, not hitting live yet

[@taugrim]

OK thanks.

[@Bajicoy]

Really glad to see your videos on the tier 10 lights, it’s kind of getting me interested in grinding up to them again, what are your thoughts on the panzer wagon? Seems like that tank has good accuracy, 420 view rang, and good camo, surprised it isn’t the dominant scout at tier 10

[@taugrim]

I need like 300 battles in the Ru 251 to unlock the Rhm Panzerwagen, so my opinion is not based on first-hand experience. The Rhm Pzm is, by far, the worst performing of the tier 10 lights. It's super susceptible to more than triple overmatch by almost everything (i.e. no bounces) and it's very vulnerable to HE. It's a finesse tank in a game where there are plenty of opponents with meaningful armor.

[@Bajicoy]

Taugrim yikes, glad to know and thanks for the reply! if the armor is the only problem, I guess I’m fine with that, haven’t had much luck in any light tanks really bouncing anything but I’ll try grinding out the 132-1 then, good luck with the grind!

[@gomo5628]

Youi hsould heave not stayed on the middle after shooting the sheridan, you should have located and spot from 1/2 line, its plenty of cover and you can get really close with that tank

[@Shadurrrrr]

great job taugrim i relly like your vidio light tank tactics

[@Sacaed13]

I actually like the info in this video! Just curious, but does this position still work for LTs? I've been having poor luck on completing LT-15.2 on this map using the west bushes... but then again, I only have Tier VI LTs atm, so that might be the issue as well.

[@taugrim]

Yes, the two battles were with the 1.0 version of Prokhorovka.

[@Sacaed13]

@@taugrim Oh, okay! Thanks for the reply!

[@chronicmasterbaiter5467]

Thank you for your quality content. Btw do you have video on obj. 140. That would be useful

[@taugrim]

I reviewed the T-62A a couple years ago, back in Episode #17, but I haven't reviewed the Object 140 yet.

[@chronicmasterbaiter5467]

Taugrim Do you have "schedule" or list of tanks you are going to review? I would love to see obj. 140 since I am in front of a decision: 140 or t62 now

[@jonas8075]

First of all thanks for sharing great content! I am still struggling in my lights but is improving thanks to you. However, going through the chinese line I find it really difficult since their cammo values are not that great and also view ranges are rather poor. So i try to keep moving to avoid being outspotted by fx. the "pancake". Any advise?

[@taugrim]

If you are getting out-spotted by French and Russian tanks that have better camo, you have to relocate. There isn't any other valid choice.

[@zeroyuki92]

Depends. Actually most light tanks (at least up to WZ-132) has pretty decent camo, most likely middle of the road in the general scheme. Definitely stealthier compared to all soviets (except T-100), all USA (except T92), and almost all Germans as well. If you get outspotted by stuffs like ELC EVEN or T-100, it's more like the case of both of them are broken. Chinese LT in general are jack of all trades that has someone that better in another category but perfectly capable in all light roles, with the exception of WZ-132-1 that suddenly has some armor as well but became a bit bigger.

[@taugrim]

> Actually most light tanks (at least up to WZ-132) has pretty decent camo, most likely middle of the road in the general scheme This is generally true. There is one notable outlier: the Sheridan has very poor camo, worse than tier 10 RU mediums.

[@zeroyuki92]

Taugrim I actually was refering to Chinese Light Tanks lol

[@daveharris6979]

Great stuff as ever. More lights please! Cheers

[@Blowky]

Hi, I just stumbled upon your video. Apologies for somehow never having found you before. Fantastic video - I love the way you explain your ideas in a simple yet effective way without being arrogant in spite of clearly being a good player. Quick question - are there any tanks that play ‘like’ this one at a lower tier so I can learn the style of play before grinding to tier 10? I.e. fast, sneaky, punchy gun? The nearest I’ve found is something like the Type 64 which I do ok in.

[@taugrim]

The Russian lights from tiers 7-9 all have pretty good turrets and the same poor gun depression. The Type 64 is an excellent light but is very squishy and has superb gun depression, so it plays differently.

[@Blowky]

Taugrim ... Thanks very much for your reply and advice. I’m already at the tier 6 MT-25 and I have a heap of free xp saved up so I can move to the tier 7 straight away 🙂

[@47ravenlord]

Great video as always :)

[@dan-xxx-8713]

this counter clock wise yea I noticed this a long time ago, cuz every one has a handicap, most peaople have a better aim pulling the mouse to the left, rather aiming to the right on moving targets....i think this is the trick, you can see this in close quarter battles:D

[@germanrrjr]

Hi bro, i really would like to see ya streaming, hope that comes soon, love your videos, really helping me on my road to unicum, take care

[@eralar2]

Clockwise or counterclockwise - I do both. Most important is being as difficult as you can from being predictable.

[@taugrim]

Agreed!

[@nixnix22]

I've got two tier nines A T-54 and a T-54 ltwt I don't have a lot of money, so, and On the ltwt I got only the radio left and then I can go for the T-100 LT But on the T-54 i need the second gun, and then to unlock the obj 140, and THEN unlock and buy the T-62a (got discounts on it) So, should I go for T-100 or wait that long grind for the T-62a as my first tier 10

[@taugrim]

I prefer the T-100 LT to the T-62A, and the Object 140 over the 62A. But whether you go T-100 LT or a tier 10 medium depends on which class you prefer.

[@MrSafer]

the point you made about overbalancing heavies and making lights really weak. i heard from one of the other big WoT you tubers i think it was circon. the guy responsible for that got demoted. thought you should know. maybe they will get a buff in the future. anyways love your video as always.

[@taugrim]

Yup, Murazor was demoted: www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/8lbrcw/murazor_demoted_from_head_of_balance_dept/ Murazor tried to claim before his demotion was public that he wasn't responsible for balance anyway, but I think he's lying. He was trying to save face but ended looking stupid.

[@MrSafer]

thanks for the link, interesting articles.

[@brakhai5605]

I don't understand, why they just don't tone down some of the worse stats of tier 10 lights if they think they are so bad, that they need to punish a dude about it... Why not just: a) reduce the pen drop over distances and/or increase accuracy a little? b) give t10 lights some competetive view range so they don't have worse VR, than mediums c) boost their camo a little so they don't get constantly spotted if all other of their stats are pretty shiz? d) boost their mobility a little bit, while leaving other stats as they are (frankly, some of them are much slower, than they have any reason to be. With slower I mean mainly acceleration and maybe just a little bit of top speed.) To clarify: I don't want to see ALL those changes, but goddamn, if they denote the balancing fella for shizzy tanks, why not just you know... change them?

[@Mr.P.Griffith]

A lot of suggestions for future videos below.. You have clearly become someone whom people trust and look squarely at for advice on situations beyond their abilities.. Well done Taugrim. Btw, where does that name come from? Keep up the good work. Philspamoni NA

[@taugrim]

It's a name I created playing pen and paper Dungeons & Dragons over 30 years ago.

[@Mental_Hangover]

I like your videos, but I would suggest a different approach also. I guess many people have problems with things like being a light in an urban setting. It would be good to have guides on techniques to get the best out of sucj situations, map-specifically. Would be kind of you and I guess would add a huge added-value to your already valuable videos.

[@taugrim]

> I guess many people have problems with things like being a light in an urban setting. Yes, lights can struggle to contribute on city maps where there are few opportunities for vision games and 1st shot advantages. I'll see what I can dig up.

[@Mr.P.Griffith]

Yeah, that's it right there.. There is only so much you can do as a light on a city map. You are a support tank plain and simple. ..Unless you're an autoloader... Then there's room for epic plays as you assassinate unsuspecting players around the next bend.

[@Mental_Hangover]

Thx Tau, I guess the community would appreciate it really.

[@barnstar2077]

Thanks for the advice. Subbed.

[@aeueeaia]

hey Taugrim thanks for the informative series. a request I have would be to show some harder scouting maps and situations, sort of like how you try to show us a mix of top and low tier battles or not showing us unbalanced matches. I'm not saying a video like this isn't useful but it would be great to see more like your Paris video where you show some non standard light tank gameplay that isn't as meta as playing this hill. sure you play this hill well and show us awareness, but there's maps where I feel really lost as a "tomato" scout tank driver and prov isn't one of them due to the obvious hill spotting route

[@taugrim]

> it would be great to see more like your Paris video where you show some non standard light tank gameplay that isn't as meta as playing this hill I'll try to record more battles on unfavorable maps. The simple reality is that lights have a harder time being effective on maps that have low vision potential. So you end up either capitalizing on mistakes by opponents and hope your team mates, especially the heavies, can fight and contribute enough so that you can use your speed to flank and flex. That said, I think sooooo many players don't understand how to spot correctly and people keep asking about maps like Prokhorovka, so I'm happy to show examples like the ones in this video.

[@aeueeaia]

holy crap Taugrim replied to me?! thanks again these videos are all top notch

[@FlaviaPitariu]

I think the reason is to avoid colliding with the map border on your exit as it reduces your horse power unfairly. Think the penetration drop off is to discourage long range sniping so lights don't become fast mediums like they used to

[@taugrim]

The pen drop-off doesn't exist at any tier for lights except for tier 10. Go look at the global win rates and tank curves for the tier 10 lights - they're brutal to look at.

[@FlaviaPitariu]

@@taugrim I can understand that. They made lights be force multiplier like arty. If your team folds lights become less and less valuable as you need to get fairly close to reliably pen. The only exception is Sheridan but then you struggle to actually hit anything. As far as I remember they always wanted to avoid lights from becoming fast mediums, the drop off and the penalty to view range will cause that

[@furetvenere937]

What 's the best light tanks branch for you ? Not only for the Tiers X

[@taugrim]

I've enjoyed the American, French, Russian, and Chinese lines, for different reasons. The American lights have gun depression. The French lights have autoloaders. The Russian lights tend to have turret armor. The Chinese lights have alpha and pen. The only line I don't really like is the German line, because I think they're too squishy, and I think their excellent speed doesn't make up for their other limitations elsewhere.

[@furetvenere937]

Taugrim thanks ! I will play the chinese and I'm already playing the american.

[@OmegaVNTeam]

9:20 : Why centurion AX didn't spot u after fire shot? but After second shot , u was spotted

[@furetvenere937]

Perhaps it's selfish but can you do a unicum guide about the T71-CMCD ?

[@wowspat]

I suck at light tanks so I enjoy playing with you when you use them so I can try and learn routs and game play so I can get better at them. I have always said that the drop off of pen for t10 lights is just to much. From 100-200 meters its ok but anything past that is just dumb. There is no reason to struggle with penning t8-10 hts from the side at 400 meters, except on the odd Russian turret or Super heavy like a maus. The pen needs to be fixed at range that is for sure. Thoughts on the STB1 and Leo1? I feel they need a big overhaul. Also with the new game mode of Frontline, should WG nerf the defender? I personally feel its basically a t9 posing as a t8.

[@taugrim]

I haven't played the Japanese meds, and I only played the Leo line up to the Indien Panzer, which I hated when I played it years ago. I think I would like the Leo - it's a finesse tank - but the extent of its squishiness does limit your tactical options. Many tier 10 mediums have solid-to-great turrets and that makes them much better for ridge fighting and brawling.

[@wowspat]

So with that said about turrets, do you think the leo and stb 1 need to be buffed at least to be competitive with the other t10 meds that have a turret + gun + speed? I really like the STB 1 but as a tank in the game atm its not so good. The hp/t is so low and the turret is not so good. You might get a bounce every once in a while from the gun taking a hit or w/e but really not ever. The leo is just a stb 1 but faster and with not turret and ammo racks everywhere. I feel with tanks like the amx 30b and patton, the leo, stb 1 and even to an extent the Cent AX are so out classed the tanks arn't worth playing unless you just like the tank for a 2nd type of cool. I would like to see tanks like the 907 and maybe even 430u take a nerf to the hull armor. They seem to be a bit overkill esp the 907 for what they are. The Leo needs either a better turret, or smaller profile + a crazy strong camo buff. The stb 1 needs a better turret + another 150-200 hp. And the cent AX needs a bit more armor on turret and its fine. If you want to play the tanks let me know I have all 3 and you are welcome to try my account for it. All have a good crew and you can outfit them how ever you want with ammo and equip. My stb 1 for some reason I put 2 of the bond items on so its about as good as you can make a stb 1.

[@wowspat]

Also 1 more question, what t10 med next. 430u, M48 patton, or amx 30b? I am almost done with the Standard B

[@taugrim]

> I feel with tanks like the amx 30b and patton, the leo, stb 1 and even to an extent the Cent AX are so out classed the tanks arn't worth playing unless you just like the tank for a 2nd type of cool. So the 30B is a side-grade compared to the tier 9. The Patton is generally well-regarded by unicums, so I think it's fine. The Leo is too much of a finesse tank. E.g. 15 Leo's would get plastered by 15 430U's. The STB-1 seems to be as you said - not quite good enough turret, and people complain about the gun handling. The Cent AX was recently buffed so it's decent now. > I would like to see tanks like the 907 and maybe even 430u take a nerf to the hull armor Those tanks are stupidly imbalanced - their hull armor is too good. > If you want to play the tanks let me know I have all 3 and you are welcome to try my account for it That's cool of you Spatty, but since it's against the ToS I don't use other people's accounts.

[@taugrim]

I'm personally thinking of going up the M48 Patton line. I'd do the Italian line but it would be a long grind since I have nothing unlocked.

[@Avalon304]

Actually looking at the server winrates for the tier 10 lights the 132-1 is not underperforming in the slightest... its running a 49% win rate on RU, a 50% on EU and a 50% on NA. Top LTs are the 132-1 on RU, the T-100 LT on EU and the 13 105 on NA. The worst across all 3 servers in the RHM PzW. The 132-1 is a good tank. It has its issues, but its a good tank.

[@taugrim]

The T-100 LT dropped on NA from #11 to #14, with the latest refresh of the vBAddict data. What data set are you looking at? I want to take a look myself.

[@Avalon304]

VBaddict is not a representative sample of server data. It is an opt in system that generaly only good players use and we really need to stop using it as an indication of anything relating to tank performance because its an incomplete snapshot of data. wot-news.com/stat/server/us/norm/en wot-news.com/stat/server/eu/norm/en wot-news.com/stat/server/ru/norm/ru Click on 'All Vehicles' or 'All Equipment' then you can choose a time period and filter by tank class, tier and nation.

[@anthonyd6555]

The funny thing is that even on VBaddict, the wz is doing fine. Usually it hovers around 49-50%, and jockeys with the t-100, and 13/105 for position, at least on NA. I was surprised as well by how hard that dude came down on the WZ. Maybe at the extremes of performance what he was writing is true (trying to 3rd or 4th mark tier 10 lights), but as far as winning games and having fun in tier 10 for average players it seems perfectly legit. Thanks for the other data points, looking through them was rather illuminating, and would be a great springboard for discussion. I adore the black dog, but wasn't surprised to see that it had an NA 47.85% global win rate. It would be nice to see some more discussion about the quirks of that tank, especially now that there is going to be a rush of people buying the non-skinned version, and dumping bad crews into it.

[@matthbva]

Thanks for this. The 132-1 is the first tier 10 LT that I researched, but I was hesitant to buy it after QuantumGravy's comments. (I had the credits collected about a week ago, but I decided to instead spend them on buying an Object 430 and rebuying the T-10, which was the IS-8 the last time I played it.)

[@Avalon304]

The tank is by no means perfect. It needs about half a second knocked off its DPM, and the tier 10 lights as a whole have a few issues as a collection of tanks that need fixing (mostly their silly penetration drop off on their standard rounds) but they arent actually bad tanks, despite what most people will tell you.

[@tommihuttunen8548]

so t100 lt for active scouting?

[@taugrim]

It's not a binary thing. Sometimes in a light tank you active scout, sometimes you passive scout. Depends on the map, situation, and game flow.

[@Taz6688]

Watching this in 2020 things dont change much, I had parked in the bush far right and was spotting, thinking there was another tank or two to show I waited, the team kept pushing wanting me to move, when I did move the last few hiding popped me, no more spotting, if your against the clock then ok, if you have plenty of time just let the other side make the mistakes, everyone is in such a rush, spot, spot, move noob, bang, can someone spot.

[@gottwyCZ]

I feel like you could have done a lot more for your team in second battle. Not trying to say that you threw the game but you definetely did not carry your team. When you see that your team is losing hitpoints unnecessarily then you have to react and fast. You did the opposite. You were playing chess while your team was melting. After Sheridan died there was no one to really oppose you. So just after Jagdtiger died you had opportunity to seize control of this battle but you didn't take it. T-100 is totally capable of very agressive plays. This was the time to make them. I would personally go full speed up close to them somwhere in H2 area. If you would wiggle a lot and approach it from the end of these ridges it is more then likely you would survive. You had right tank for it and support to back you up. You had nothing to lose. Your team was already melting fast and losing map control. You would either die or more likely spot them all and won the battle. My main point is that you made mistake of playing the end of battle slowly and failing to recognize that it was ending very quickly. You also did mistake of not crossing ridge at full speed at 17:15. You have to cross it at full speed and unpredictably. If you cross the ridge while just starting to gain speed you are an easy target.

[@sofazen]

Not sure to agree this time. In first battle, being the only light tank, i consider is better to spot actively all the middle along. Spotting for more tanks.

[@taugrim]

You can't use your gun safely, for much of the match, if you are center-ridge spotting. It's too exposed and since you are not in soft cover, you'll get spotted instantly.

[@sofazen]

Taugrim Good point. Certainly shooting you contribuite more than just spotting and expecting good shots from the team. Appreciate!

[@danuke1489]

so uh do u know when u can review the m48a5 patton? the American tier 10 medium tank

[@taugrim]

I haven't played above tier 5 for the American medium line. I'm thinking either the M48A5 Patton line next, or the Rhm Panzerwagen. Probably will do the Patton as I love hull-down tanks.

[@danuke1489]

cool :D

[@danuke1489]

I"M actually free xping to the patton XD

[@taugrim]

I won't free XP. Part of the experience is working up through the tiers. So I'll grind the 6, 7, 8, 9,

[@danuke1489]

ok I"ll see u at tier 10 :D

[@user-et4yz8me8s]

From my experience 80% of the games on Prok are decided by who wins the middle, rather than the hill.

[@taugrim]

I'd say hill and mid are totally linked, as they can fire on one another. As long as a team has 1 decent tank mid, they haven't lost it. Even if you win mid, it can be hard to push unless you flex away from it. Whereas if a team wins either west or east hill, it's easy to flank.

[@user-et4yz8me8s]

Yeah, looking at your video, PC on this map may be pretty different from console where I play on. On console, good light and medium players completely dominate mid (which extends over most of the map). Whereas, on PC there appears to be a lot more cover, bushes, and ridgelines. It's by far my favorite map in the T-100. Regardless, as always, a great video! Regards, Fightomonkey.

[@frankb389]

As per your recommendations on the hill. I play console so it is a moot point. They have removed the trees, bushes and made the top of the hill flat! They dumb down the maps so that our games are over quicker.

[@rubenweisse2324]

in 2nd game i had gone for cap with my 2 allies in the back on the railway and the 2 guys in the mid.

[@taugrim]

You were in the 2nd battle in the video?

[@rubenweisse2324]

Taugrim nope, but if i was you, i would have done so (sry for bad english^^)

[@z000ey]

Yep very true Max, I had won several close games on Prokh with an LT by using cap to force them out of the wooded area (if they don't have LT's anymore), then silently waiting for the team to clobber them. If perchance arty stuns the enemy then you can even farm yourself. When their number and hp dwindles then leave cap and clear the rest :)

[@artypreventscamping1645]

No disrespect but I don't think that the first video was a good strat that can be used consistently because in your replay nobody on the enemy team really challenged middle which in my experience they usually send a super conq or a couple of other heavies to fight in the mid and when I try to use that position on the hill I just get hit by the heavies don't get me wrong I'm dot trying to talk crap about you or anything like that on the contrary I really enjoy your work

[@taugrim]

IMO it's less about what they have in mid, more about what we have in mid. Even if there were a Super Conq in mid in both games on the enemy team, I'd still have been able to do what I did.

[@camilleo2817]

Does everyone know why we sometimes stop seeing some maps ? For example since 1.0 I don't remember having played on Pilsen, Swamp, Kharkov, Sacred valley, Windstorm. Also have you seen the upcomming maps ? They look absolutely awful. wiki.wargaming.net/en/Maps . Here you can see the maps I'm refeering to.

[@taugrim]

The maps you mentioned were all removed from the rotation. Of the maps removed, I disliked Pilsen and Kharkov as they were both too brawling oriented, so I'm glad not to see them anymore. That could be said of Windstorm as well. Swamp had the problem for south spawn heavies of having to cross too much open ground and being vulnerable to arty - the map was very imbalanced. I didn't mind Sacred Valley but thinking about it, it's probably good it was removed. Too many mountains gobbling up usable terrain.

[@TheOpeeGamer]

NICE

[@tonster181g]

I had a game with 9,300 combined in a M41 90 GF and it was a 2nd class. It seems damage is all that matters for ace tankers. Its up on my channel Taugrim. I hope you can watch and maybe give me some critique on my play or I can get you the wotreplays file if that would be better. Always great playing with and against you.

[@taugrim]

I couldn't find it, but I did watch your Sheridan video Ace Tanker on Malinovka. Please link your M41 90 2nd class battle. On an unrelated note, I posted some comments about your audio quality - it sounds like could use a condenser microphone, and probably a pop filter to cut down on popping sounds. Coincidentally, someone just gifted me the M 41 90 today, so I look forward to trying it out.

[@tonster181g]

Here is the 41 90 replay. Thanks for the input on the sheridan video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYHMkoSkfLGKpNE

[@_Yep_Yep_]

Would prefer to see the RU or the Sheridan instead of the easy tanks like this.

[@_Yep_Yep_]

sorry, meant to say the rhm pzerwagon, and i want to see them played by a unicum because they are hard to play. Putting them in the spotlight might help them be noticed for balance or simply to illustrate that they require a different touch. Up for the challenge?

[@taugrim]

I just dinged my 200th battle in the Sheridan this morning, which is more than I've played the T-100 LT. I'm planning on a Sheridan video, just haven't made it yet. The Sheridan is an awful tank, but I'm stubbornly playing it anyway. I don't have the Rhm Pzw. It would take several hundred battles in the Ru 251 to unlock it. I may grind it out, partly to have all 5 tier 10 lights purchased, and partly because I only have 3 lights from tier 5-10 with under a 2.9k WN8. The Sheridan used to be one of them, but I've pulled my WN8 for that tank up from ~2450 to over 2900.

[@taugrim]

FYI, I'm grinding the Ru 251 now.

[@MrElofix]

wow...can you also do this to my account......still working verry hard to get this lt15 Mission done :) Its hard to get the right map and the right team witch is able to shoot the tanks you are spotting. It realy depends on your team even more then on the right map....

[@beil555]

I enjoyed your play up until the you left 430 II to chase after Progetto. I think that was really the big mistake. You knew that enemies would have to do something against 430 II as he put a lot of cap pressure on the enemies. If you were still there, you would have spotted the enemy TDs. With so many TDs pointing that direction, you could have ended the game there. Also, the spotting of E4 near the end was way too risky.

[@taugrim]

The 430 was camping in the back, not doing anything. You have to measure your team mates in real time and decide whether they're able to help. It's easy to criticize my running into the E4, but I didn't know where he was.

[@beil555]

Roughly at 18:30, 430 II started capping, which happened before you started chasing that Progetto. I did not like the E4 part mainly because normally, the best way to spot the west side is to go down from the mid or east side since you can hide in the ditches. Going from east bushes will get into the situation you got into without good escape. Anyways, I enjoyed the video overall. Just different people have different takes on the approaches.

[@coreyjones5698]

Do you play 7 days to die

[@ozzie8821]

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[@Truc-KInG]

5 second delay now for sixth sense I believe

[@hakdov6496]

hmm... I've always been annoyed by scouts going to the hill. I guess I've been wrong about this being useless.

[@taugrim]

It's totally not useless. There is a perception that spotting 1/2 is more valuable, or that surfing the mid E/F ridge is valuable. Spotting 1/2 can be valuable, but if the enemy TDs are using camo properly, there's a point at which you can't safely push forward without having to resort to yoloing. Whereas hill and mid and linked together, and if you spot hill, you can find many more opportunities to work your gun in, like I did in both battles in this video.

[@hakdov6496]

Yep, inspired by your video, I played a game the other night where I went hill in a scout and did 5k spotting and 2k damage. We still lost due to red line camping heavies on my team... oh well. Thanks for the tips.

[@richardforrest8134]

pls do stb-1

[@taugrim]

Haven't played the Japanese medium line.

[@typeviic1]

11k combined, no Ace, bummer....

[@taugrim]

I should have been a bit more aggressive. Another shot or two, I probably get it.

[@scarekrow1264]

+Taugrim i think beeing a "unicum" isnt about getting big fad scores in some games and risking the own ass for it. its about getting as much as possible with consistency! -- and the trick is to know how to NOT die without beeing useless for the team. And therefore u get much criticism i think "why dont u spot A1 -- go spot A1 useless T-100 LT...." its like "go die for us now!!" whatever... and u think u have to justify yourself all the time for this. (thats what i heared in the last vids i looked from you) Stop it! be more confident with how u play u... nobody will think u r "conceited" ..... u should know that u do fine. We learn much from your vids thanks for this!

[@nuke2099]

I got the T-100 LT today on console and kept the T-54 ltwt if I didn't like the tier 10. Here was my result in my first game. xboxclips.com/Nuke2099/screenshots/4a6346af-49c2-4078-bbd7-5307b7b98094 I sold the T-54 ltwt after because the T-100 LT is so much better although I still liked the tier 9 and was 90% towards the third mark.

[@BCarey1970]

YOU LOST THAT LAST GAME..

[@ozzie8821]

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