The King Tiger's Worst Nightmare

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The Soviet T-44-100 is a very fun tank to play, it's a lot like the T-54 but is at a lower BR and has a faster reload rate. The APHE shell is very satisfying to use, but your teammates might not be so dependable. I just hope Gaijin don't raise its battle rating.
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The King Tiger's Worst Nightmare

[@thomaspowell7468]

Spookston: plays at 7.0 Gaijin: “He wants to play at 8.0!” Spookston: plays at 8.0 Gajin: “HE WANTS TO PLAY AT 9.0!”

[@nineonine9082]

The solution, have 2 nations and ditch when uptiered, I make up for it by taking 1.7 tanks to 4.7 5.3 6.0, I mean if they didn't want me doing it, they wouldn't allow it.

[@Jenkss]

I don't think that's just him. Do downtiers or matches at your own tier even exist? Every match feels like a full uptier these days.

[@TinTin-db7yc]

When he plays at 11.0

[@nineonine9082]

@@Jenkss Certains Brs it does feel more common, atleast at 3.0 I fairly commonly see 2.3, 2.0 is pretty rare, but I can't complain, though if I get two full uptiers to 4.0 in a row on bad maps, I am bailing, not dealing with that.

[@masonkaye5]

@@nineonine9082 thats me taking a bt5 and bt7m up to 4.7

[@novamagician2425]

I feel like the crew replenishment should swap out your whole crew rather than 1 guy, especially because you can only use it once and on a cap

[@Watermelon-nh4sp]

char 2c bis: I see this as an absolute win

[@bickboose9364]

Either that or atleast 2 crewmates.

[@iffracem]

Just allow a crewman of your choice to be swapped out each time you get on a cap would be fine (with a time out for each use)

[@BOKCGrizzlyWarlord]

And heal the crew as well. I can’t tell you the amount of times I have two crew, both of which are red, and when I go replenish, they stay the same way until I get knocked out

[@paddynhat1311]

@@BOKCGrizzlyWarlord yes, one to change dead crew members and med kit to heal tomato crews. I don't know why this mechanism is absent in War Thunder for a decade already.

[@ilikesnow7074]

The T-54/55 has a cramped enough turret that's hard enough to reload in, and it was designed for the 100mm gun. I can't imagine trying to reload in a smaller one.

[@-69-.]

6:23 Spookston clearly doesn’t know the horrors this game produces at 999 ping

[@DrJorusUploads]

You should play the Italian M41M 90/53. Weird chassis but the gun is simply a joy to shoot.

[@ryxtan]

"Weird chassis with fun gun" sums up a lot of Italian tanks

[@datpieceofbread9570]

I mean, it's also just an interesting machine. One thing being the fact it was the first fully tracked gun carrier that could reliably kill a kv from a range of 600m.

[@cookiecracker2]

with V E R Y limited ammo. do you WANT spooksie to get ANOTHER headache?

[@Leomarze]

Isn't the same gun as the Breda 501?

[@swoosh_italia_328]

Delivering meatmalls in 3 2 1

[@eliasbelmore944]

100% can relate with the migraine thing. Love this game but man I cannot play too much of it without my brain dying on me

[@231234aas]

Had the same problem, but it turned out I needed glasses, that coupled with playing with good lighting around solved it for me for the most part. Probably not something that works for everyone however.

[@keithrogers6876]

Playing "spot the pixel that is about to kill you, unless you see it first" can do that.

[@oLevLovesLove]

Headaches from video games are usually from FOV that is too narrow.

[@Ben-fk9ey]

​@@keithrogers6876 It's either play in potato mode or evolve owl eyes to see a bush monsters cupola 2km away.

[@keithrogers6876]

@@Ben-fk9ey I mostly find my eyes are attracted to movement, so the stationary targets sitting in the shadows get me often lol.

[@brackman7786]

The Class-3(P) is a currently very interesting vehicle to play. its absurdly tanky sometimes and with the mobilitybuff on snow and sand you get in into ludicrous situations sometimes. Would be a great video to watch

[@jakubw.2779]

The title is absolutely on spot. Whenever i drive my Tiger II and see the t44-100 i'm like "oh, hell naw"

[@FatherGrigori]

You should get around to the strv 103 some time, it looks like it could be interesting to play

[@ayanamikai]

you cant be more wrong lol. you're either practically useless if map doesnt fit it or stupidly overpowered if you can get behind a conveniently shaped hill and get LOS over the whole map. Both cases it feels like you're losing braincells

[@Mr_Silver]

@@ayanamikai bro cqc in the 103 is such a hard flex, and its dummy easy to bait people with your 4 second reload Thats typically what i do on a bad map

[@gopalpatel3163]

it’s really hard to play on some maps because hull aim decides to not work and throw your crosshair around the screen

[@MberEnder]

Yes! Play the Swedish door stop!

[@adamlinden5940]

It's biggest weakness is any map where you have to drive on hills and your tank is tilted. It is dummy good though

[@cmsIGauffahrgestellPanzerkampf]

Man, the T-44-100 is the villain of simulator while playing as Germany, they're extremely sneaky and often bush up their turret which is incredibly annoying when they're hull down. Also, heres another attempt of recommending the Conqueror.

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

t44 and hull down doesnt go together, bushed up is annoying cuz u cant hit the exact spot to pen the turret, i absolutely hate soviet turrets for the fact that they are trolly af, and have tons of overlaping

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

Are sim battles worth it?

[@sayerglasgow115]

@@Waldemarvonanhalt They're nice if you don't want to get spawnkilled by some negative IQ P-47 player.

[@wulfheort8021]

​@@WaldemarvonanhaltIf you do well you can get enormous rewards. I earned 40k rp with a Panther A one time with 8 kills and a few caps.

[@dulguunjargal1199]

​@@Waldemarvonanhalt Imagine it as Realistic Battles 10x in all aspects. Rewards, Repair Cost, Realism, Slowness. And thats basically Simulator Battles

[@billbillson3129]

Dude. The constant uptiers even after moving up or down tiers is so real and so frustrating. I consistently get 1-3 place on my team when we lose, and barely have time to crack 10th place when we win. Idk, but "You've been Shmeckledorphed"made me lol so that's nice....

[@dulguunjargal1199]

Your never playing at your Listed tier. Always expect a Full Uptier and plan from there, A Small uptier and no uptiers are to be listed as Downtiers. Play the game like that and don't expect a Non Uptier EVER

[@hominemnihilvitae1814]

Spookston, this is my favorite tank in War Thunder. If this gets moved up because you made a video about it and Gaijin saw it and was like "hey, one guy did well in this tank, it's OP" I'm going to be so mad

[@keithrogers6876]

It's in the USSR tree so it should be safe for at least two "person does well in it" videos.

[@nathanielswanson7131]

@@keithrogers6876 i'd say at least 6 videos.

[@greentallon1422]

You should play the Type 75 SPH from Japan, constant over pressure with the proximity rounds and its a great spaa to boot.

[@Tankroy]

You should play the Chieftain Mk3, the bigger round makes up for the lack of APDS damage. Plus you lunch through t-54s pretty easily.

[@Turk3YbAstEr]

That gun hits harder than the british government's recent economic decisions

[@MrTeddy12397]

so slow though

[@alanjassybayev2428]

@@MrTeddy12397 Pretty much every british tank (few exceptions)

[@gammafox5431]

As someone who owns it, it's pretty garbage in just about every other aspect, would recommend the Centurion Mk10 or Vickers MBT instead any day

[@kappatwn6307]

@@gammafox5431 it's really not. I have like 200 games with it and about 2.5 kd, it's certainly the best of the chieftains. You should play it like a heavy tank, take it in downtiers and avoid taking it in uptiers. In downtiers many tanks can't pen your ufp and turret, while you easily pen most things. Your lfp is pretty weak tho, so better to play hull down. Also at 8.3 it's mobility isn't that bad, gets the job done.

[@Vextonomy]

Nice video mate

[@BalleyBall123]

i love you spookston

[@nyatske]

Found out about you recently, thanks for reintroducing me back to this game, my friends that I play WoT with from time to time don't want to join me unfortunately, but still I'm having a fair bit of fun alone, so thanks for that

[@morva4498]

I'd be happy to play with you.

[@omeganian5123]

I’ll gladly play wt with you, the GT is Omeganian if you’re interested

[@marley9800]

Add me on AntiSimpBoi

[@Dragono_]

Always love these videos. Commentary is funny to listen to, the balance of action (killing players) and planning (flanking etc) is perfect; keeps you entertained without drowning you in action. Same goes for the edits; enough that it’s funny, but scarce enough that it doesn’t become a borderline slideshow of popular templates over content. ML Spooks

[@StepanPazderka]

Command and Conquer Generals soundtrack in the background. Love it!

[@Tanks.With.Teeth.Malloy]

T 44 and T 54 platforms have been my favorite in the Russian tree. Asking again for a video on the Super Pershing when time allows. My favorite tank irl and I had a lot of fun using it in USA lineups

[@Varthismal]

If you want even more reload time, you should try T44-122

[@bushy472]

You’re videos have taught me to the way to not be a typical German main. And for that I thank you and I am shocked I was one of those players at one point…

[@VelikanVLK]

Nice I was asking for this too

[@Im_black_now_spiderman]

I love how you put definitions in your videos, I'm dying of laughter 💀

[@gabrielronzani1784]

You should play the 2.3 Russian T-80, it has the mobility of a German super heavy, a turret that takes a full hour to rotate 90°, the armor of a truck and a gun that is almost as good as a .50 cal. The pinnacle of Russian engineering!

[@akriegguardsman]

Actually it's quite good, I quite like it

[@joshualafleur3376]

I feel the constant uptier struggle. No matter what br I play I get mostly .6/7-1.0 uptiers. It only started about 3 months ago but it's had been fairly consistent. Probably closer to 75% if games at uptiers. But it has made playing at tier feel like a dream so that's a plus I guess.

[@Thebaconmurderer]

I feel the pain. It’s like 5-6 full uptiers then 2 partial downtier that somehow you immediately die in. Then boom straight back to full uptiers for another 10 games.

[@Silence15112]

I enjoyed this.

[@copeharder7554]

Blud really said "The King Tiger's Worst Nightmare" with the T-44 💀

[@Leomarze]

You should play the italian M47 (105/55), i love that thing. It has the same round as the first centauro, but at 7.3, paired with a good mobility and reload, it's just a joy to play it

[@mehfffolk9789]

You haven't played for a few years, have you? Centauro preseries has been 8.7 and given M735 and DM23 APFSDS since July 2021.

[@Leomarze]

@@mehfffolk9789 what really? I admit that I didn't played Italy for a looong time, but when I played the M47 it was a good experience, how is it today? Tomorrow I'm going to give it a try

[@mehfffolk9789]

@@Leomarze The M47 (105) still works for me. It got a few changes. like gaining -10 depression, and having its reverse speed altered (can't remember if it got faster or slower). It has no lineup after the Vampire jumped to 8.0, and the R3 T106 went up to 7.7. I run it in the 7.7 lineup.

[@plantenthusiast3052]

A real damn shame they nerfed the reverse speed of all the m48a1 and m48a2 chassis's.

[@burhankara6051]

Guys now I am %100 sure gaijin giving content creators good matchmaking to make warthunder look like a fun to play game

[@antti6117]

I wish I had enemies like in this video.

[@bosilisk]

Thanks for videos sppok, i almost rewatch all of your videos...your edits are on point but what i really like is your commentary ;) Can you try the Black Prince? Its my worst purchase. D:

[@BrockvsTV]

I appreciate you

[@benvanzon3234]

Can you play the M56 some time? It's always great to get sideshots on Kingtigers with it

[@noahross6563]

Agreed, I bring mine with my 7.7 lineup all the time. So small and the gun is punchy enough to kill most thing you face

[@ethanhotson5414]

It'd be cool for you to play the warrior, the cannon is trash but the atgm scouting and mobility mostly make up for it

[@topbuttongaming755]

I got the T-44-100 recently and I’ve had a blast with it, definitely one of my new favorites.

[@brandonzarate703]

I almost have it looks like a good tank hopefully I get it I play German nd Russia

[@sigspearthumb3508]

Could you check out the t10a? Watched a guy absolutely annihilate the enemy team and then sit in their spawn and bounce shots till he was bombed. Idk if he was lucky or if it is great in a downtier.

[@mr.ertyla2628]

Could you play the StuH 42 G, it's my most played tank and I would love to hear your opinions on it

[@Ob1sdarkside]

I've seen that guy's comments, he deserves an award for persistence

[@geggatron9351]

"It just doesn't make sense to me" Gaijin: Thats the point

[@grahh7234]

Could you do a video in class 3p? It’s practically forgotten about

[@75thinfantry]

You should play the Of-40 at 7.7, It's basically just a Leopard with a laser rangefinder

[@prestigexv2151]

and also with decent armor

[@casematecardinal]

I remember top scoring with it in my first game using it. Its fun

[@adzilabidin6136]

4:30 you see Ivan? When turret ring don't work tank becomes self-propelled tank destroyer

[@itz_chieftain976]

Hope to see tou well apookston

[@Kay-51995]

You should do the M48 Super, it's a surprisingly decent MBT for it's BR Also been asking for this for too long to keep track

[@filipstraka8964]

I know it’s also a russian 7.0, but the IS-3 now has BR-412D. could you check it out?

[@kimjanek646]

It had that round since forever and it’s pointless since the BR-471B has much better slope performance. BR-412D is the 100mm APCBC.

[@bhimbonggames3206]

One of my favorite vehicles in the game. Always a good time

[@coolguyfranz5254]

Will you play a game other than War Thunder? I really enjoyed your GHPC video and would love to see more variety content. Also, thank you for answering my question in your last Q and A, it was very cool to see.

[@sortius_]

"There's something making an inordinate amount of noise" *kills marder* *Maus slowly moves past window in the background*

[@KarlosTheWolfdog]

I love decimating other tanks including the king tigers with this bad boi.

[@thelvadam2884]

i would love to see you play the Leo 1, that be amazing !

[@moriartyholmes8172]

Would love to see you bust out the VFW spooks. Also would love for your take on the often forgotten ground assault arcade battle gamemode

[@ffenixfubuki]

great video as always!! can we get the warrior fv510 video soon?

[@duke0salt717]

The T 44 100 is probably one of the best tanks over all in this game its just so good

[@Germanbychoice]

"You've been shmeggledoorfed" -spookston 2023

[@Chevallier87]

"You've been schmeckledorfed." Here I was thinking all of my scheckles got schmeckled

[@ysha4457]

Only 11 days ? that's a start of good determination. Happy to see they got what they wanted to see !

[@bickboose9364]

(6:20) yeah, I had to deal with this a few times today and also props that would respawn after being destroyed, making my tank shake uncontrollably when trying to go over them

[@thycrimsonfckr]

This is the tank I enjoy most it's fun to play has ok speed good armor and a good gun

[@ExplosiveSubstep]

imma start suggesting the su-100p, i love that thing to bits even tho cas exists i never really saw any problem with those

[@frontiergame]

Would love to see a vid on the M50 Ontos. Such a bizarre vehicle

[@weirdvids8301]

A merkava series video would be pretty dope

[@damiannickel8911]

AMX-50 foch pleaseee! Luv ur vids buddy

[@austing8689]

just got your decal like it a lot

[@tylerstetsko8147]

Every time i see his videos the only thing i can think is how CNC Generals music is playing

[@hazardinc.6240]

You should play the su-100y. Actual joy to play

[@crono2366]

Spookston you should play some top tier Italy. I made the mistake of making it the first tech tree I tried to reach the top of, but there's some cool vehicles up there. The sleek and speedy Centauro, the Dardo, the CAS-destroying OTOMATIC, and the Ariete which Gaijin forgot to add composite armor to

[@btb4122]

The M19A1 is quite fun when used in an AT role. It retains similar mobility to the Chaffee and the dual bofors can quickly tear apart most tanks it faces if you get on their sides.

[@Haggard3152]

Attempt n°4 of getting Spookston to play my beloved CA Lorraine

[@averagesnailgodpraiser3840]

The T-44/100 is one of my favorite vehicles to play for fun in the game

[@monolith705]

"You've been shmeckledorfed" -Spookston 2023 I shall incorporate this word in vocabulary from now on.

[@bushboy1163]

Let's goo the most op vehicle at 7.0 I love thos tanm

[@Nekodom112]

I only recently learned you can reconnect to matches you got dropped from. By *restarting the game* for some reason. Don't know about ground, but that at least works in Air RB.

[@jesuschavez2260]

The use underway killed me 🤣🤣🤣

[@josephryan3597]

I would love to see a video on one of the challengers.

[@gelatinousturncoat]

I'd like to see a video on the SU122-54 or a revisit to the bmd-4 (now that it has IRST and the missile loadout has been fixed since your last video).

[@PNolandS]

Looks about right. Got the T-44-100 a while back, but was waiting until I got the IS-3 to start playing it. This thing is absolutely devastating, I cannot understand why gaijin even considered dropping it down to 6.7

[@loganwalker8537]

ive adopted many small tanks in mid tier games and i gotta say, they not only work against planes but they also work against tanks! ive been bombed multiple times and they always miss me, tanks always for some reason shoot my pet first before they shoot me, they also double as add on armour

[@velkorez2822]

I would love to see a video of any of the low tier British vehichles, like the valentine 1. Oh the pain of solid shot

[@bunubanu1212]

Man I swear u gotta play the leopard 2k, i am sure u ll love it

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

my occasional once every 2 months suggestion to play the M50 Ontos, the funny Dirty Harry Death Dorito

[@OldBrownGuns]

Muh AMX-30 (1972), it sits between slaying and suffering in my experience

[@cryptidhd1056]

You should definitely play the concept 3. imo one of the best 4.0~ light tanks!

[@mbsb1376]

Strv M42 DT is one of the most brutal vehicles that no one has discovered yet. Great optics, great gun, fast autoloader, and decent chassis.

[@kimjanek646]

„How can the loader even reload that gun?“ Panther II wants to know your location 😂

[@vikkij5221]

proceeding to start a new one day one of getting Spookston fluffy butt to AMX-30 ACRA

[@teitr28]

Now, let's get spookston to play the T-44-122

[@VentaBlackPrime]

Play ze Maus Haus & angle for our angle god. "Did you angle today?" *synthwave intensifies*

[@willgillespie4840]

“You’ve been schmekledorfed” I will use that as much as possible now

[@sushiman3817]

I was playing yesterday, got 2nd on the team with 8 kills and no deaths. Match ends. Crew lock for 15 mins. Love to see it

[@Nigh-T]

Honestly I feel like it would be fun to watch you play the AMX-30 1972

[@marco8414]

The T-44-100 definitely ranks in my top 10 of War Thunder.

[@anotheralpharius2056]

you should make a video on the m56, very satisfying when you have the aphe on a good flank

[@levi7581]

Ah the good ol jumpscare... I swear man, WT should have a horror tag

[@SpardaSon21]

@Spookston If you want to complain about the Cent, try the US Pattons. With the M47 at 7.3 you get the M82 APHE, HVAP that bounces off everything and has no post-pen because Gaijin, and HEAT-FS that detonates upon hitting a single leaf. The M48A1 at the same BR is no better, just with the added pain of stock APCR so you can't pen anything or hurt anything even if you do pen. Special mention to the lack of stabilizers. And of course compared to the German M48A2 C also at 7.3 they're slower and don't get defensive smoke grenades.

[@zacharynielsen7158]

Torn asunder is such a great phrase

[@fishbed3805]

You made a video on an every weird hellcat other then the OG one, do it for the original early spam light tank!

[@darkninjacorporation]

This is a certified Gaijin DDOS attack moment

[@alex45766754]

I have only had 1 game i wasnt uptiered in this tank so far. Still very fun to play.

[@michaeldebellis6171]

Congrats to the guy who keeps asking for the Cent 1 he finally put himself through the pain

[@poachedtoenails]

My request is for you to play the obj 279. It is an odd tank and thats why I love it