The War Thunder Tactics Tierlist

[@theallmightyego6756]

Join discord rn, no this is not a choice: discord.gg/zyKtEV3t

[@a_wazza]

Of course funny sounding kiwi copies Australian

[@RandomPerson9-11-01]

I cant join in

[@F-15strike_eagle]

​@@RandomPerson9-11-01 same

[@BruceLeeroy94]

Cap rushing points in helicopters and defending them until the ground team arrives is an S Tier strategy on some maps👌

[@nightskyflyer2638]

ITS THE HELI GUY IN FLESH

[@casualchad627]

I agree, but most of us do not have your epic gamer abilities😂

[@Betto_333]

its bruce himself 😮😮😮

[@fenfrostpaws2000]

Until arty arrives

[@dingoatemybaby9739]

AYYO ITS LEEROY

[@uku4171]

Actual S-tier Chad tactics: 1) Just play objectives the whole game 2) Just play SPAA to protect your teammates against CAS the whole game

[@zebruciewillis2434]

I love playing SPAA in battlefield 4. I should try it in war thunder

[@lightsoullord5143]

Don't know if it's S-Tier. Using only AA on low BR to kill light and some medium Tanks. Worked well for me on BR 2.0 (I don't have any higher BR at the moment) 3 Ground kills and 7 kill assist.

[@dadolphinplayz]

playing spaa is pretty fun

[@mosthatedmelon14w88]

spaa cuck

[@mariettaroman5244]

​@dadolphinplayz Noob tactic that somehow works:Using an enemy as a shield and dance around their slow turret as a light tank

[@metarunnerfan1492]

martincitopants is literally the definition of a complete chad gamer. Bro just wakes up and decides to inflict massive pain to himself. I remember watching my first video of martincitopants and instantly subbed and he had like 600k subs when he released the BF4 Tier List and now he has like 1.6 mil. Complete chad. Also I love how you used his "tactics" here and twisted it nicely into war thunder. W video.

[@heakhaek]

My first was the Ksp part 2 i think it was 750k subs

[@heakhaek]

And I agree

[@zaretya9091]

My first was ksp1 video, he had 89k subs

[@Lewie2k]

For the A tier tactic of capping a point with plane I challenge you to do it with a strike drone like MQ 1

[@TheOreoOverlord]

You can't. Unleas it is your airfield the game just kicks you out if you land an attack drone :(

[@gunmasterx1164]

you can't you'll just die when you stop

[@airmanfpv964]

The snail should let drones restock at heli bases

[@randey272]

Ikr

[@randey272]

Ikr

[@vewkathunder]

the best tactic ever : attack the D point

[@Attack_The_D_Point]

I agree!

[@crusaderduck1039]

Never!

[@BritishRedBaron]

Gramercy!

[@skraaaaz]

Negative!

[@BambeH]

When with a friend, you can do the sturmtiger + drone artillery strat. If you want a range accurate to a dozen meters, use an IRL ruler on your screen. First, measure a distance between two map lines, divide the length on the ruler by the number of meters it is on the map, and you get the meters-per-ruler-centimeter ratio. Whenever a target is spotted, measure the distance between the sturmtiger and the ping using the ruler, and multiply by the ratio to get the range. Best I ever got was 3 kills with this tactic.

[@gkb0572]

Feels like playing shellshock live instead of war thunder XD

[@bluenightfury4365]

Bet some people would enjoy playing Arty in this game if it was added, then it'd be fricken World of tanks all over again, cept without the top down view unless Gaijin went that route... Uh that'd be weird.@@gkb0572

[@isakkilkki]

I don’t have the tank, nor do I understand, but this seems cool

[@tatianapreobrazhenskaya9777]

Also works with Russian BMs like Katyusha and Andryusha. Although it's easier to play with them in arcade because of markers.

[@lalad0]

Alternatively, guy in drone can look at your marker and tell the distance. Best I've got also was 3 kills

[@Cheriimo]

Lol, I remember a Tiger 2 shooting me down while I was in a plane. I couldn’t even be mad, I was just shocked by the sheer level of chad energy from that player.

[@Sir_Donn]

were you in a P-47 on Volokolamsk

[@MegaTron7568]

tiger 2 players are craxy

[@bruhmoment3741]

the crocodile churchill actually saved me once with its flamethrower, when an 88mm gun carrier sped by and my main gun was destroyed i showed them vietnam all over again.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

In my case it was with the Chinese M16 MGMC. I was peeking from a wall and got shot by a TD hiding in a bomb crater on the opposite side of the road. I thought I was done for then I realized it wasn't a stug but rather one of those thin skinned Panzerjäger so I just kept spraying API until he ran out of crew.

[@colbylawson5331]

r/traumatizedthemback

[@conarteest2939]

"Fun" little update to the tactic of capturing points with aircraft. In a recent update, Gaijin removed the ability for fixed wing aircraft to decap ground points. Only helis and vtol aircraft are now capable of this form of tomfoolery, which I find honestly a travesty as it was such a joy driving an he 162 into the center of town to cap the B point.

[@sidreynders4263]

5:15 to-55 hold my beer

[@LettuceGayming]

6:54 wow my guy wasn’t kidding he took that line word for word

[@RndM653]

I was looking for this comment, I mean taking inspiration is fine but this is on a new level

[@sya_7489]

just this morning when i played ground RB with a 500% booster, some fucker with an SAV managed to sniped my plane somehow, i spawned in a second plane to kill him and he proceeded to decimate me once again, so i spawned in a tank and he managed to flanked me out of nowhere... 2 times in a row this absolute gigachad ruined my day

[@minhducnguyen9276]

I use my planes as the spotter at low br when they're out of bombs. It doesn't matter whether the MGs can hurt a tank or not when my team see the tracers pointing down they know there's a tank there. Just try to strafe as many tank as possible. The goal is not to damage them but to make them can't hide.

[@justmarc2015]

SHHHH don't give away our secrets!

[@tsp5590]

The Sheridan is pretty good at doing indirect fire, drone scouted artillery Edit: I also have a confirmed ground to air kill with M8 rockets on the calliope

[@ImAFatCheezIt]

using drones to lob HE shells cross map (and especially at the SPAA who shoot at my drone) is one of my favorite tactics in the BMD-4

[@anotheralpharius2056]

gonna have to try that in m551

[@el_tio_Harry]

B tier: burning broken tanks, Im talking Jumbos, the entire Swedish tech tree, Object 279s. Basically your in an engagement with them you knock out their guns first then their tracks( knee capping them) then drive up behind them and continue to set them on fire until they burn out and they can do nothing. It’s really satisfying to do this with enemy players who use batantly op tanks God tier: team killing op planes and tanks, when Ju 288c think about returning to base I just knock them out.

[@PyroHeart106]

M43e2 isnt op just aim for the mg port

[@el_tio_Harry]

@@PyroHeart106 whilst its moving at 36mph + wiggling its hull + bushes. Okay. its like trying to take the wings off a fly at 100m, possible... slim chance

[@PyroHeart106]

@@el_tio_Harry ok at that point don’t try to engage it just stay in cover and go for someone else he has to stop moving to take you out right?

[@el_tio_Harry]

@@PyroHeart106 bud... im good, im lvl 100 at tope tier, but recently ive been playing down tiers and have understood the pain of a jumbo being able to one tap you, when youve angled your armour and wiggled your turret whilst you can do little to them.. trust me I understood the importance of turrent wiggling and angling having come from tier X wot.

[@PyroHeart106]

@@el_tio_Harry I never said you weren’t good and I’m not trying to insinuate that you are I’m just saying jumbo isn’ OP it has it weaknesses and I’m sure you as a Lv 100 player would understand and exploit that

[@sidtheguy313]

Gotta say rushing into battle with something nimble and doing laps around the enemy stops all of them in their tracks. Instead of prioritising who does what they will all just stop and shoot the same rock thinking I'm behind it when really I'm already halfway to B

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Light tanks drive-by is the best tactic to make the other guys rage quit. Especially when you can gather a few other light tanks to join the drive by shooting. Drive in, shoot their gun barrels, shoot the tracks, spot them and set their engines on fire. And if they can't be killed in time, call artillery on them and drive away before the authority arrives.

[@sskuk1095]

True Chad move!

[@lokikinch]

The Peruvian Air Force Roundel decal makes a perfect target for a .30 cal port on the Jumbos hull, I like to throw in a little "Good luck" with it too :)

[@nursenic03]

The dude who makes reels using the scout drone as a guide for missles to hit cross map shots is SSS tier

[@alexdavidson7498]

At least you were honest…

[@690_5]

The 104 climbs to space because no one radar locks up there... You can get behind da bois and launch 9L and 9J to your heart's content.

[@andrew_real]

Every time my team is too wimpy to spearhead a empty point, with 2 tanks behind the hills, and when i try to spearhead, everyone leaves me to die imgoinginsanehelphelphelphelp

[@frazzle6713]

i mean, in all fairness, the entire point of the Apache is to sit back a couple of kilometers away and pick off targets.

[@_theparlinka90]

Not only was the video original and well written, it was also amazingly edited and the memes were actually funny unlike the overused ones put by many other channels. This guy is a gem, defo deserves a sub

[@theallmightyego6756]

I honestly don’t share the same sentiment for the last half of the video, because I was literally on the verge of falling asleep editing that part, and I felt it was kinda low effort… (I spent two nights in a row editing till 5am)

[@_theparlinka90]

@@theallmightyego6756 nah man dont be so hard on yourself lmao, your "bad" job i much better than most youtubers good job 💀💀

[@AndeeC]

original?

[@themedic7933]

While it is not original, pretty much being a war thunder reskin of martincitopants’ battlefield 4 tier list, it is quite well done and funny.

[@hjrgf]

​@@themedic7933atleast he admitted to it in the start instead of hiding and denying it

[@Warthunder_76]

Now there’s the TO-55

[@Nafinafnaf]

Holding W is a good tactic if you already have enough SP for a plane or for a respawn, but want to be generous and give 1 kill the enemy team.

[@CapnCackler]

Up-tiering is fun with the 15cm sturmpanzer because every kill gives a lot of sl, and its hard to not kill something as long as you land the shot

[@Dawid_Balcerzak]

Mouse move is actually strategically genius lol

[@theworkshopwhisperer.5902]

The intro immediately tells me I want to watch the rest of it.

[@tankofnova9022]

I remember vary early in my Warthunder career I shot a plane with the main gun of my LTT reserve tank at near point blank range as it was trying to dive gun me for WAAAY to long. Ripped a wing off and watched it fly over me at Mach Jesus while laughing my ass off as it crashed into a tree.

[@Bothriolepis]

That Nashhorn being chased off the cliff by the r3 may or mY not be me lmao

[@jungletroll3844]

that double missile thing was actually real soviet air-air doctrine. Fire and IR and Radar guided missile to increase probability of kill

[@mRahman92]

Taking out a plane with Artillery, now that God Tier.

[@selectionn]

The best tactic is to spawn the fastest tank you have, rush the first cap point before your team even gets a chance to cap it, leave your tank, and spawn an airplane. Bonus points if you dont pull out a dive and kamikaze. this is also the best tactic to have your team and the enemy hate you. as to why you can plane spawn after capping one point is beyond me.

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

As a person, I can confirm the ent team will hate u instantly. I already hate U for mentioning it. As the reason why u can spawn a plane after capping, the answer is *too cheap to spawn, increase planes sp cost*

[@steelwasp9375]

​@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS dang I want proper combined matches where there's a dedicated tankers team and pilots team working together from the start. As a bonus, no need to grind and spade like at least 4 vehicles for every lineup. ... Somehow that last one makes me think that gaijin will never do it. ... For now, the planes there are just a gimmick. Like a killstreak bonus in shooters. It's basically impossible to not just research planes playing ground rb, but to spade even a bare minimum things like essential ordinance at mid br up. Anyhow, to end my ramblings... The sp costs go up sharply (or the sp gain goes down) the higher br it is. Ridiculously.

[@reverendnon5959]

Worst tactic, everyone who uses that is beyond help

[@Joe_Spier]

This guy is pretty chill in discord ngl

[@theallmightyego6756]

These guys basically helped with with 80% of the footage, so, since you are cool, you will subscribe to them for me youtube.com/@CircuitCatWT youtube.com/@wubb333 (No I am not giving you a choice here, you have to sub)

[@l3l33c]

Attack the d Point!

[@jububoobaroo67]

They removed plane capping

[@Kettleman1.0]

At least you play realistic battles and not arcade 😀

[@averagememeaddict1608]

2:00 dude just described modern BVR combat

[@splitt_1923]

space climbing in real life helps because missiles travel further distances from higher altitudes mostly because of the thin air idk if this is implemented but the difference is pretty big so it should be if its not

[@urabraskthedeplorable725]

I thought you were going to mention using attack drones to snipe helos. I wouldn't call it a fun tactic but given the altitude difference there's almost nothing the heli pilot can do to avoid eating a hellfire.

[@anotheralpharius2056]

eh, if the heli has laser warning they know something is aiming at them and its pretty easy to dodge

[@AlmostAzun]

now the moment i heard “pirate” at 5:34, i immediately knew peter muskrat was going to make an appearance

[@GeneralLee2000]

That R3 rushing the spawn ahahaha

[@real7854]

Peter Muskrat Legion was a surprise.

[@GGGaming-by9vz]

You should have added bullying helicopters with ww1 biplanes

[@Clowndoe]

D tier is shooting over your teammate's shoulders in air battles to kill an enemy they were already going to kill. Goes to F-tier if: - there are more than one teammates queueing for one kill - you team kill - you both get jumped by an enemy you would have seen if you weren't a greedy chode - you wind up following the enemy deep into base and by the time the kill is secured the rest of your team is in the hangar

[@stingrayjay1338]

S tier: getting the Fab 5000 and dropping it repeatedly on destroyers/cruisers in naval ab. 😂. Both hilarious and cruel

[@ReviveHF]

Best tactic for air combat : Boom and Zoom Best tactic for ground combat : Flanking

[@Keyboard_Thoughts]

This video is far beyond what is reasonable

[@aluxtaiwan2691]

My strategy are just use the vehicle as what it said on the doctrine. I mean, they design the vehicle this way for a reason. Of course being video game this surely wasn't a best idea but it work reasonably well.

[@an2939]

because sometimes the strategy is to rely on numbers

[@minhducnguyen9276]

I mean even IRL, they realized that the ZSU-57-2 was absolutely garbage to shoot at aircraft but excellent at shooting anything on the ground that isn't the front of MBTs. It's not exactly to use the vehicles according to their intended doctrine but rather using them like how they were used in real wars.

[@aluxtaiwan2691]

@@minhducnguyen9276 Yeah I can get behind that, I also use Crusader 40mm as low tier IFV.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

@@aluxtaiwan2691 Crusader is underrated. I don't care how little post penetration damage it has, most light tanks don't have proper post pen damage anyway. The ability to penetrate anywhere you want is much more important in a light tank.

[@aluxtaiwan2691]

@@minhducnguyen9276 I was talking about the AAA version tho, but yeah the normal 40mm one still got very good reload rate, high pen, even lower br, and even faster than the AA version. Really is an underrated vehicle.

[@SniperScav]

Sitting in the back with a heli is an actually viable strat as that is what they do irl

[@evolvedego673]

Triple S tier: taking a helo in an unsuspecting spot, land it and shut engines off, blend in with the environment, and then butcher any tank that rolls by you. Take off and repeat. (Only works in realistic and modern cities)

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

4:13 you cannot sink me, my armor is too amphibious, the water simply slides right off

[@sukhoi25]

I am only capable of F and S tier tactics

[@ThePancakeMan521]

was not expecting c&c music

[@PanzersnCricket]

What about full speed ramming a tank with an M22 and unloading all your shells into them

[@tedrogers3363]

The peter muskrat army clip in the boat part was gold

[@AnimatedAirlines]

I always get nervous when after me and my team cap a point, 90% of them just rush the enemy spawn and all die, leaving me and an m56 to defend against a hoard of king Tigers and IS6s

[@Pointclearius]

Flanking with the Concept 3 or Sarc MkIV on any map is very fun and balanced. I love this strategy at around 5.0 where half the German team has tigers and completely forgets to check their flanks.

[@rocketcello5354]

The aggressive F1 car is best at 1.3 China. You get both the M8 LAC and that German anti-air dude, both of which are fast. And it's 1.3, we're all lobotomized

[@Hkup5]

I love how this video bleeds bowling alley video vibes. Keep up the good work :D

[@dr.anderson1847]

Every bomber can dive bomber if you're committed enough

[@Pandabandit209]

Amphibious tanks are in the Sea tier

[@SotGravarg]

I once decapped a point using a jet but I was too damaged and too fast to fully capture it 😂

[@AtomicGB]

I saw the exact same martincitopants tierlist as you and thought - 'Hmmm, seems pretty good, bet no ones thought of putting it in warthunder'. Then halfway through making it I stumble across this video

[@AHappyCub]

Truly one of the tier list of all time

[@skittles6746]

A tier tactic: using some fast wheeled vehicle to do some initial D bullshit on an MBT, track them, and leave

[@hans2936]

5:38 your goofy aahh censorship can't hid it I recognize that pirate audio from anywhere!

[@thepenman4865]

The only time I would ever revenge bomb is if it’s some wee prick sitting in a ratty spot sniping people from halfway across the map, I try not to suicide bomb but sometimes I over estimate the performance of my aircraft, also, is anyone else here constantly getting full uptiered, I haven’t played at the actual br of my lineups for a solid week, and for 3.3 ussr it is a pain due to the horrendous L-11 cannon that everything gets

[@grandadmiralraeder9608]

German 3.3 and 3.7 - I haven't seen a game that isn't 4.3 or 4.7 for over 150 games....

[@thypeople9411]

Best feeling is getting a plane kill with a stug 3 f

[@grandadmiralraeder9608]

Beg to differ- StuG III A is funnier

[@niklasw.1297]

5:30 *Pirates of the eastern European

[@apparition03]

Good anti - bomber tactic: Usually most bombers don’t have gunners under them, so fly lower than the altitude the target is at, then approach and it will let their guard down since the turret gunners aren’t reacting. After this, align yourself behind them, get to their altitude and start firing away

[@commandoepsilon4664]

Sadly one cannot capture ground points with planes anymore, only helicopters and VTOL planes like the Harriers (which count as helicopters and can rearm at heli bases). I recently landed my Zero on a cap point and was very disappointed by the result.

[@ussarizona_572]

‏‪5:26‬‏ "you will drown in 5 seconds" -Gaijin 🐌

[@War_Thunder_Napkin]

The R3 tactics are just👌well done😂🇮🇹

[@googlenest9930]

didn't expect you here lol

[@War_Thunder_Napkin]

@@googlenest9930 where ever the R3 is I follow🤌

[@dollardrow6097]

You forgot to mention to use a friend for cover your weaknesses. Like you can use low profile good armored vehicle to cover weak spot of other tank with higher profile. And it will be actualy a double gun with good defence capabilities team against one-2 enemy.

[@Matt-rd5oy]

10:15 hahahaha meet the medic theme has been inserted into the video!! Nice one

[@lanchester101]

MEDIC!!!!!

[@GERMANCHEESERAT]

6:24 you mean bombing of dresden??

[@cupgunner]

what about drifting behind tanks, aiming your barrel to your left or right and just going as fast as you can and hitting the back or sides of a tank it's pretty good to me since i have yet to meet a tank that can turn faster than i can get behind them

[@hutao7917]

Sometimes i just get distracted and when i start payijg attention its like "oh shit im in the enemy spawn" before attempting to escape and getting shot between my cheeks

[@user-fr1fk8zx9m]

I once rushed the enemy spawn in a BT-5 and got stuck for 5 minutes while being watched by a enemy panzer 3

[@Nerfed245]

Missed one tactic that I perform *the tank that sits on a capture point behind cover to have an advantage the entire match*

[@zeta4687]

the reason why i over flank everytime is because I got killed so many times by who stick at the edge of the map and helicopter behind the hill is how you should play helicopter

[@Mycikakat]

For space climbing and covering weak spots with bushes tactics, the first is just fun and theres even a world record for the highest height. And the second, its actually better, because the enemy cant see or pinpoint shoot your weakspot, making it harder to hit, and kill you. I would rank bushes tactics at C or above tier. P E R I O D.

[@MPdude237]

Although I don’t play top tier, space climbing does make sense when you consider how to BVR and missile combat more generally works. By getting at a very high altitude, you missiles have a lot more potential energy and has greater range against those lower than you. The same applies to your plane as this gives you altitude that you can trade for speed when you need to dodge incoming missiles. Speaking of which, high altitudes makes it harder for you to get shot, since missiles need to fight gravity on their way to blow you up, which makes them easier to dodge.

[@brianevans9231]

One tactic you didn't mention is the reverse IS 2 tactic or other tanks it works on

[@theallmightyego6756]

I actually had that script at S tier but since I felt like I was going to fall asleep because it was 4am when I got to it, I just scrapped it so I could get the video done…

[@Narcan885]

What is that

[@sskuk1095]

@@theallmightyego6756 Please do a part 2, this is some great work!

[@Wubb333]

hey look its me!

[@ivorynargie]

Still remember the shot i landed on a b29 flying back to rearm some beutifull 3 kms away with the bkan lol

[@Yeeter000]

Those are the worst subtitles i have ever had the displeasure of reading, absolutely love it

[@A-Warthog-cc1wm]

glad you mentioned that stupid helo strat of sitting in the back of the map where you are basically untouchable from ground players is a cheap strat. You got people like hunter who will go out off their to defend it and say that it takes lots of skill and whatever other nonsense.

[@callsignsaint1377]

Hazzah a man of quality, I see you’re another Italian enjoyer

[@challengerlmao]

what is that tank or idk you used in 12:20

[@tamasgal7330]

It was fun to watch the flamethrower part after listening Sodom

[@ОлегКартошкин-ь5ю]

What about reverse gear on some tanks? On the IS-1, IS-2, this constantly saved me. Their sides and front are easy to penetrate and one shot, but if you turn around, only the engine will be damaged.

[@Mop409]

I like to use a funny little tactic with the m22 and bushes, I hide in plain sight on the enemy teams point and wait for an over powered tank just to zoom by and get reduced to atoms.

[@Mani_Gamer885]

TLDR: Big altitude on jet = less fuel + max speed on big big map. As an air simulator player I do find use in climbing to space in 9.7 or 10.7 planes, as when I am out of missiles and 10 to 15 minutes of fuel left on Denmark or another extremely large map, I can just climb to space with no ordinance for extra speed to get to base fast, with minimal fuel loss. Because I pass my time in cockpit view a lot, I have noticed on my instruments that the higher a jet is, the less fuel they use, to the point that in 12000m of altitude they full afterburner uses as much fuel as 100% or less in sea level altitude. This means I can go faster than some entry level missiles (mach 1.70+) for the expense of 6 to 8 minutes of fuel. This speed is hard to match with planes will a full tank + missiles still on them, so It's safe. The problem is in 12.0, where the long range radar missiles just don't care, the higher you are, the better their range. So I do not recommend this in top tier. This does not work for prop planes. I tried it out, the fuel consumption stays the same. On a side note, I do think Gaijin should add for top tier enduting confrontation only maps twice as big or bigger than our current biggest maps, to force jets to use this fact to actually manage to get to battle. This way we should be able to kill the "hug the ground" mentality on top tier jets, that can get annoying.

[@Kilanov]

well, at least I don't sit 8km away in a heli, there's that. I'm 10km away!

[@tobiasmelgaard]

What about sitting behind the enemy s helispawn in a heli and spawnkilling them as they spawn in, or the lvl 15 f14 players that just fire off their aim54's just to land and rearm over and over just to get maybe 1 or 2 kills. There is also the absolute chads using ir missiles to intercept stuff like the aim9l because they dont have flares.

[@spare-ribs]

4:01 bt5 ?

[@derpythespy]

Scummy move in S-tier: Bringing PE-8 or Lancaster with big boom to sim ground. Because you can spawn in the air right away without the need for spawn points, u can get pretty good frags if you're fast enough

[@Resuvean]

Im a roblox tankery player because my pc cant handle warthunder. So i will use these tactics in tankery