Tactics Guide to Carrying a Losing Team in a Light Tank (T-54 ltwt)

I review two come-from-behind victories in the T-54 ltwt in World of Tanks (WoT), with replays of tier 10 Steppes and tier 9 Erlenberg battles. Big carries are possible if you employ smart tactics as demonstrated in this video.
Viewers have often asked how to carry in a light tank when your team is not shooting what you spot and especially when your team is meaningfully losing. Some situations are uncarryable, but others are carryable if the driver of a light tank correctly leverages its mobility and vision control.
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.
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[@Jake-mj6mc]

I was the RU in the second game. I guess I've been watching your videos too long. I was doing on my side almost exactly what you did on the other side. I made one critical error at the end and was too predictable with where i poked and got taken out by one of the two capping heavies. I would have loved to see how it would have went on a one on one tier 9 light tank duel at the end..... ah who am I kidding, we all know how it would have went lol. Keep up the great work Taugrim I don't know about everyone else, but I find videos like these to really help my game.

[@taugrim]

+Jake yea I think we both could have conserved HP more carefully. If you had stayed alive we'd have lost for sure. You went west after killing the panther 8.8 and others south. That is, you had the timing right, esp to safely kill our arty. Our heavies were surrounded by your T-10 and T34. With you adding some careful flanking fire it would have been game over for my team. It was a good battle to feature, lots of decisions factored into the final result.

[@Jake-mj6mc]

Absolutely. Ironically it wasn't until after the match that I saw your name on the end plates and did a double take. Truth be told I might not have been as confident in my decision making if I knew before I was potentially facing you. I'm good, but I'm not Uni good. I might have been more cautious too at the end. I thought we had it with the lead and I wasn't anticipating you successfully making your way around and the 59 chasing you... and then getting killed. I got careless trying to farm damage assuming if I die, no big deal since this is done. I don't run XVM or anything so I'm unaware of people's stats and how good they might play a situation. Cheers and thanks again.

[@martaskali925]

@Jake this happened to me sooo many times I can´t even tell. To get a bit careless when "damage race" has already started. What a pain is to watch helplessly, how my team is throwing a game, which should be 100% victory (I´m not saying this was that case, but you get my point). Anyway, lesson learned, as it is with every good battle :)

[@mojo6385]

i liked the chat going on at 20:15. Exactly like the one you and i had. You help a lot of people with this very complex game. Thanks!!!

[@Finchizzle]

I haven't played WoT in years, but your videos and your voice are almost meditative. Hope you keep making videos!

[@luctous]

Thanks for sharing the post game PMs from both games. Always nice to see people being nice in WOT!

[@Finn_Lawless]

The title of this video describes around 40% of my games. Thanks for another good video, T.

[@longbellycaster]

8 times out of 10 the hand brake switcharoo costs me,normally keeping speed works better for me Your light tanks vid have been very helpfull I averaged 6000+ wn8 in light tanks so far this week!

[@Gui13lkdp]

Hi man, recent subscriber and you're doing a very good job! Nice tactical advices, good commentary and editing, keep up man!

[@jamesw9930]

Trading 300 HP to eliminate a top tier heavy was the right decision. Sliding around and hoping he'd stay still while you kited him probably would have cost you the VK and the game. HP are a resource that you conserve so you can spend when needed. Killing the 103 was worth the price.

[@Lukica555]

Taugrim much love learned alot from you really enjoy your content I must say you deserve alot more subs than you have keep up the great work always happy to se some new tactics and tips from you.

[@Demothones]

Great vid as usual. I really like how you present the information.

[@ikonodroid9189]

Hey Taugrim, nice replay and explanation of your decision making. From your garage I see you have close to 10k in bonds. Do you plan on buying any improved equipment? What do you think represents the best bang for buck of the improved equipment available, and on which tanks would you recommend applying it?

[@taugrim]

I haven't decided yet. I would either buy Rammer for a single-shot tank or Vents for an autoloader.

[@ikonodroid9189]

I have bought two pieces so far, here's my experience. The first piece of equipment I bought was an improved rammer, I put it on the E3 while I was doing the Top of the Tree (EU) & Object 260 campaign missions. While I benefited then, I rarely play the E3 anymore so the improved rammer sits idle. I put a bit more thought into it for my second piece and decided to go for improved equipment for a tank I play often, I picked up experimental optics and put them on the T-34-85M, which with crew skills (no food) gets me right on the 445M cap. I feel i'm getting much more benefit from the optics than the rammer simply because i'm playing the tank it's on much more often. Seems kinda obvious now, but hindsight is a luxury. I'd personally recommend anyone purchasing improved equipment to apply it to a tank they play regularly, whether it's tier 6 skirmish tanks, tier 8 prem moneymakers, tier X ranked/clan wars tanks or simply just a keeper tank you already enjoy playing often. Nearing my 3rd piece of improved equipment (and 200 bonds to demount the rammer on the E3) i'll be steering clear of using them on tanks i'm grinding or using specifically for missions, instead i'll simply be buffing tanks I enjoy/credit grind/play in multiple game modes.

[@aclement1854]

Nice vid as always ! Any chance you review the new heaavy tier 8 amx 49... its so much pain to pass this tank. ...

[@taugrim]

+A Clément I'm working on the T-100 LT now and playing the T-54 mod 1

[@aclement1854]

Taugrim Nice! Sorry i mean the AMX65 t of course. Thx again for your very explained vids. Really good job !

[@paulnyberg7010]

Awesome. Are you F2P or is premium ammo just not necessary?

[@bogan6264]

bloody great info good to see that your not a up-yourself uni tanker

[@locksand45]

I'm so good at this game that I carry. I don't even have to try to carry. I decide to carry. But I'm getting sick of carrying. Why do I always have to carry? Carry. I just carry...that's what I do. Most people breath....I carry.

[@taugrim]

Reads like poetry. Carry Haiku!

[@theimmux3034]

Could you make a unicum guide to the Jagdpanzer IV by any chance? I've heard it's a pretty tricky tank to play so people might need help on that

[@seangarrington6274]

I dont want to play WoT but these good replays make me want to play it

[@xavierpaquin]

Sean Garrington same here, it's looking more interesting every vid

[@ClodiusP]

Great content as usual, thanks.

[@alexissolaris]

Are you going to do a video for the T28 Prot?

[@taugrim]

I may, because you mentioned it. But there are some other tanks I really want to cover first, starting with the T-54 mod 1.

[@alexissolaris]

Cool. I'll wait. I just got one and I've been struggling with it. Been getting mostly T9 MM and I was using the stock gun which wasn't helping. I got the second gun and played a few more games and they went much better. The 3rd gun option is the best clearly but it's still a good bit of XP away.

[@andrewli6560]

Taugrim, which tank should I get after the bachat 12t?

[@jimbo9305]

Do you think the T-100 LT is worth having or is the T-54 Ltwt better for its tier?

[@taugrim]

The T-100 LT is worth getting. Its accuracy is atrocious but there is almost no dispersion from movement to speak up, so you can fire on-the-move without losing much accuracy.

[@mildeenpok2374]

@Taugrim can you do pls a game in the tier 9 medium batchat ap it feels realy hard to play that tank in the new meta

[@Taooflu]

Still get confused by the spotting mechanic. The 103 wasn’t even facing you, and not close enough to prox spot. Arty and 59 have bad view range....

[@taugrim]

You don't have to be facing a tank to spot. It just needs to be visible through one of the 2 view ports on your tank - one is static (usually on top of the turret) the other is where the gun is pointing: wiki.wargaming.net/en/Battle_Mechanics#Spotting_Mechanics

[@nebojsakmezic9763]

I have mod 1 Its supperb tank now. Only thing left to buff there is pen on silver and it can be op as rest of its soviet brethren. But in all seriousness having p/w as mod1 has now with all that armor its just silly. Any top tier game you can just laugh at lower tiers

[@pratiknath3267]

hey taugrim. can u make a review on wz 132 1 . Chinese tier X Lt.

[@samuelejuliusdutto9640]

Hey taugrim, what equipment load out do you use in this tank?

[@taugrim]

The standard: Optics, Rammer, VStab

[@samuelejuliusdutto9640]

Taugrim Ok thanks. Nice video, very helpful!

[@kodiakanubis16]

Since you already achieved your goal of being a unicum do you still care about your wr?

[@taugrim]

Of course, the objective in each battle is to win. My win rate has been steadily increasing, which is nice :)

[@ameritus9041]

Chandler Kristoff enjoy people who run xvm consistently underestimating you while it lasts. As you improve and win more your overall wr will slowly go up, its just a patience game.

[@ameritus9041]

Chandler Kristoff I started out playing this game at about 48 or 49% now I'm at about 53% and still ever so slowly climbing. So dont let it gall you at how slow it is just takes time

[@blathy2]

wish I could say the same.. at tiers 5 -7 I was at 50 %.. getting into 8 plus my rate started dropping and I just can't seem to get it back up. Guess I'm a muppet that should stay at lower tiers

[@asroyowironagoro6369]

I noticed that you got a Kamikaze medal from the 1st battle. I know that not every killing by ramming would give us a Kamikaze medal. So, what kind of killing by ramming that will give us a Kamikaze medal?

[@serenisma3402]

I believe its when ramming someone who is 1 tier above or more and killing him

[@blindsidr2066]

Speed...is life!

[@psour33]

OMG you must know the map, the tanks, etc. I'll never have good stats, I can't remember either.

[@taugrim]

Yea it helps to have map knowledge and tank knowledge. You can pick up the latter by studying a tank or two each day over at tanks.gg

[@Briiannrh]

Good guides and thanks for share your knowledge. But as light tank player too, everything got obsolete after FKING Ebr became in the game. They ruin any tactic game. Nerf EBR !

[@10fpsgaming43]

why don't you use 16 x 25 it makes firing from long ranges so much easier

[@taugrim]

I might try it sometime. Haven't yet.

[@poppavein1]

How did their T49 kill your arty in the beginning?

[@endres5628]

T49 spotted that arty from F2. It can happen often on this map.

[@taugrim]

+Endre Schlotter yea arty needs to stay along K lane to avoid getting spotted early

[@WhiteMisteryWeed]

5:55 im wondering why didnt you load HE for such a paper tank as a skorpion g? Did you intend to save for arty?

[@tomislav5689]

I noticed you missed shots that should go in. Use awfultanker.torvox.eu/servermarker.html it gives you server reticle while keeping the original smooth one. It's a big help for hitting a moving target.

[@taugrim]

Sometimes it's my aiming, sometimes it's just RNG. I don't use any mods but thanks for the recommendation.

[@GewelReal]

It helps that ltwt is OP

[@ozzie8821]

👍👍👍👍

[@budcovell169]

tanks for reply most do not reply bud new sub tanks again

[@budcovell169]

wot about the t50 sense it was ok as tier 4 wargaming made it tier 5 one day now it is useless except for spotting.

[@taugrim]

T-50 looks like it would be fine. I played the Leopard with the 5cm gun and that is fairly similar to the T-50, albeit with 10 more pen and 3 degrees more gun depression.

[@abgarciax1]

Unfortunately, with no easy way to say it, some players are just too "stupid" to be good at the game. And remember, "you can't fix stupid" !

[@derrickstorm6976]

19:15 lol sure, it's only a Russian T-54

[@LoverKittey]

what is this quickybaby second account? jk thx for the vids

[@Worst_Infamous]

First rule : don't play the T54 ltwt

[@25husky]

Lol ltwt is a tier 9? Aha wot pc also scamming us with a non premium K-91

[@Beserker_HUN]

stars need to be aligned for you to be able to carry, nowadays with the 15-1 crap its not possible, i wonder why it has only 43k views, from title people realize its idiotic. and its not actual help

[@pauliucs]

T49 from enemy team -aimbot hack mod

[@taugrim]

I couldn't see any evidence that the T49 was cheating - even with an aiming mod his reticle while driving with the derp gun would be huge. But he did get pretty lucky.

[@gokul0339]

I am first.

[@dariusartenius1593]

duchodci

[@lordofweed]

Did you just play with 0 gold rounds???

[@taugrim]

In Random Battles, I always run 100% silver ammo. Here's why: taugrim.com/2015/02/19/road-to-unicum-guide-videos-for-world-of-tanks/#no-gold-ammo