Turning Without Turn - MiG-3-15 Energy Fighting

[@kingghidorah8106]

I love how Defyn speaks more chill when he's talking about low tier victims but goes berserk when he's at difficult ranks

[@DEFYN]

It's because this gameplay is a month old Instead of just getting done with a garbage plane like the mig23 and instantly making a video while i am still pissed

[@kolos0139]

Ah, thank you, DEFYN, the "how to survive after you fucked up your first BnZ pass guide", is just what I needed! (I know this could come off as a bit sarcastic, but I genuenly mean it.)

[@furinick]

knowing how to unfuck yourself is important

[@dsdy1205]

No lie, when I figured out that my deaths were due to zero gameplans for "I miss my shot" my efficiency skyrocketed

[@allancoelho6905]

That's just how any game on this mig goes tbh

[@j.r.2087]

DEFYNS voice sounds happy and sad at the same time. Or actually it sounds like he enjoys talking 😀

[@jtofgc]

Bro you're letting the secret out. The plane is only still at 1.7 because no one knows how to fly it. If you teach people they're gonna uptier it lol.

[@ryanjonathanmartin3933]

AHAHAHAHA so true

[@IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag]

Well

[@cola-warthunder]

Exactly what happened lol. Still a strong plane at 2.3 though

[@oniceguard9205]

​@@cola-warthunder mig 3-34 is my fav, no one can run of me and no one can reach me

[@zaogames4875]

i left war thunder for a year and a half and then i found my fav low tier at 2.3...

[@jpete7965]

Literally have improved my Air RB Capabilities Tenfold from watching you Defyn, and I’ve been playing for a solid 3 years. Thanks for all you do brother, you deserve so much more recognition. You’re content has so much to learn from its uncanny. YOU DA BEST MAYNE!

[@danaolsongaming]

For fellow MiG pilots: this is how you should be flying your 15s and 17s against Sabers. Even if they're faster than you, as long as you have a decent amount of speed/energy putting it into a spiral climb will bait them into following you and draining all their energy, and when they stall you'll still be going strong. At that point they'll never be able to get you off their tail.

[@thesaracen7267]

Rat Plane?????? Nice kill on the Ki-43 btw, that was really nice flying!

[@affrajam1816]

yeah that was actually a great fight to demonstrate because the ki-43 is such a ufo

[@johnathancooper3897]

If they added MiG-3 with AM-38F it would turn like a Spitfire but only at medium speeds. It's a universal rule for most MiGs and alike aircrafts that very low speed turns are sluggish and high speed turns are not great.

[@GMan33195]

Ah perfect a DEFYN vid comes out right during my lunch break. MiG-3-15 is one of my fav low tier props.

[@МаксимМороз-у3л]

I love your videos on low BR props. This one is not exception, thank you! BTW, during the war a lot of pilots switched to MiG-3 from I-16 and I-153. And they tried to fly it in a similar way. Therefore, in some war memoirs MiG-3 was mentioned as an airplane with poor characteristics. But seems like they simply used it wrong.

[@roadent217]

Considering how difficult it is to learn the plane's characteristics when playing War Thunder, when you're not under the pressure of "I'm gonna die!", it makes you wonder just how bad the majority of pilots in WW2 were. No wonder the few aces that did _get it,_ like Adolf Galland, managed to shoot down about a hundred enemy planes each.

[@МаксимМороз-у3л]

@@roadent217 I agree, except for german "aces" statistics. Most of their victories doesn mean the enemy aircraft destroyed. Soviet pilots had way more strict requirements for victory confirmation, including the evidence of wrecks from ground troops. Therefore, if I see the 200+ tally - it may be surely dividen on 2. Or 4. Or even 10.

[@wyvern7567]

In the war the mig 3 was facing late 109Es and 109F series. Far more dangerous opponents than J20, J11 and P36.

[@МаксимМороз-у3л]

@@wyvern7567 and this fact, as well.

[@john_808_za9]

Anticipating that Ta-154 gameplay :D

[@rm2569]

Yeah the mig3 and the lag 3 66 are what i really learned Energy fighting in some 6 years ago. Still are veyr fun planes in SIM EC too.

[@wagadamegumi5707]

Mig-3 literally my worst nightmare

[@dabonker1065]

man those canons slaps now

[@josephstalin8684]

Perfect timing I was just trying to learn energy fighting, very helpful

[@Shot5hells]

Very helpful, I have been struggling with the migs and laggs vs the yaks, but this gives a good indication of the fighting style

[@Chavylifts]

This is how I learned with this plane

[@funi_chest]

great video. i skipped the 15 and went to the 34. will go back to this seems rlly fun. nice one against the ki43

[@funi_chest]

@GODSGENERAL knowing how wt's going for me rn; fun would be nice lmfao

[@_GODSFIGHTER]

​@@funi_chestlmao I don't remember my old account replying to this comment

[@blacktail522]

I discovered this little gem recently. Some amazing dogfights in this thing.

[@rednax6955]

its like flying a jet against superprops

[@legoguy23451]

i love when planes burst into flames, especially at the lower ranks. so cinematic...

[@quinnroach2557]

Thanks man. This things a beast with the right pilot

[@j.r.2087]

3:38 i have the feeling there was some salt here😂

[@DavidGarcia-fe7lv]

This is DEFYN video masterclass, not only does it teach you energy fighting with wonderful examples, more importantly it provides a plane to practice this on your own which is easy to get to. Wonderful video sir

[@kocurowskyy39]

This plane looks like he could beat spitfire in dogfight but reality is brutal at least as well as he is at his br

[@boogeh3630]

The best Energy fighting for beginners i have seen on KZbin. Hats off to you sir.

[@apiece_]

Mig video mig video!

[@Shaunplaywartunder]

Thank you for educating me about it

[@andrewmandrona7891]

So, one thing I've never completely figured out is how to 1v1 planes with a better climb rate _and_ a better turn rate (i.e. the entire Japanese tree after about 3.0).

[@evanmurphy6640]

Boom and zoom, fly level and gain enough separation to climb away

[@cola-warthunder]

Make them dive on you, turn inside them to make the dive steeper, when they compress and go back up you have to follow and shoot them down. In case you miss, good luck.

[@eccy269026]

mate i have learnt so much from your videos im still a noob as far as planes go i have 1600h in tank gameplay and decided to move to planes for a bit , i never enjoyed the planes because i was trash and got owned all the time , learning planes is a steep learn curve , thanks for speaking your thought process it helps more than you could imagine. cheers bro

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

I love how he is roasting and trash talking the enemies, because on how easy it is in his part, lol!!! Good job, tho!!! Now, time to fly this baby tomorrow with my free Talisman.

[@gliderfs621]

I fought against two Spitfires in a game today using your teachings and won against both in energy fight. Thank you DEFYN !

[@SpiritumTimoris]

As someone who is a local War Thunder shitter, videos like this that tell me I'm not great but actually try to help instead of yelling "REEEEE" are what I live for

[@victor_bs06]

Thank you for the video, im new at WT and your guides and videos are AMAZING for me, good job and keep it up, you're great :3

[@Podsy]

Maybe Tempest MK II gameplay? It's a nice counterpart to Ta 152s.

[@InvictaR6]

I can't wait to start grinding the Russian tech tree 🙌🏽

[@giannism1371]

Hey DEFYN! Nice video! May I ask how did you choose your name? I can't figure out if it means something

[@thisguyyyyyyy2723]

1:07 Damn they already added the B-36? And at such a low BR?! Crazy lmao

[@danielcamacho1913]

Now that Gaijin raised its BR to 2.3, I got up-tiered *every* time I played it, and my MiG-3 was practically useless against P-63s and Bf 109 F 🙁

[@gliderfs621]

I got the feeling that Gaijin actually nerfed a bit the ShKAS and Berezin machine guns.

[@RolandNSI]

Omg, omg, you are using the same decal as me ! Wings with sword over the turkish roundel . N.1

[@viruspter1dactl]

I always get uptierd so mug 3 turns fine with other planes :))

[@chuongnguyen2227]

it feels like I'm learning physics and dynamycis

[@damocles8159]

The he100 D-1 is imo also well suited for learning/practicing this

[@FishbedFive]

The MiG-3 was made as a high altitude fighter, and was supposed to be used as such, and in my opinion it should be used as a sort of dive-fighter. Get the altitude advantage, knock out the planes at your altitude, and keep going lower and lower, knocking out aircraft doing as such. If you do a loop do not pull up. Invert and do the loop upside-down. I haven't tried this strategy in the MiG-3 but it works very well in the P-51 and it's sister aircraft, the A-36.

[@edwardblomstrand7203]

Seal clubbing for science. Good lesson.

[@chris_hisss]

Nice lesson here! Now while you did fight the KI-43, how do you deal with CW-21? Especially on how to approach climb ins, as at the start of the match, especially at lower ranks, you see who climbed and who didn't, and ofc who ever is higher first often will attack the other. Also, I often am just down there because I want to spade planes so I most likely have stock syndrome so it will make things harder. I have been trying to climb to a 90 degrees of the front line so that I can observe what happens first, just about in any plane, but that also can lead to me being last one on team or the one with no kills, so climb in approach is really tricky for me. Thanks!

[@murderinmurphy6501]

3:38 all of a sudden you’re leaking oil 😂

[@arandomdude]

The mig 3 at 1.7 barely turns soo its a disadvantage but the one at 2.7 is pretty good

[@ovencore2549]

it sucks now since it got bumped up to 2.7 in rb

[@solidsnake8330]

The MiG-3-15 is my favorite prop that I'm best at. I even take it to higher tiers and get a handful of kills per game.

[@Siddich]

DEFYN, why you smokin? 🤔😜

[@rifwann]

Thanks for giving yourself a flaw..

[@bran6374]

ya idk about that thing that was said that a lot of the low BR players dont know what they are doing but i find theres alot of clubbers in these low BR planes

[@alexeyaviator8600]

Mig-3 turned very well in reality, despite it was an interceptor

[@justinw.7045]

MiG-3-15(BK) is my stress relief.

[@johnhowe1501]

So my Mig 3 must have an engine problem cause I swear I stall out after climbing at more than a 5° angle for 5 seconds

[@bran6374]

Thought there was gonna be a link to a video how to attempt energy fighting or how to energy fight? It said/Defyn sain there would be a link to energy fighting how to.

[@onyourkilllist6880]

*_TL:DW? Learn how to Chandelle, learn how to pop landing flaps, learn how to shoot!_*

[@uIfsark]

Sideclimb to 6k or lose is the definition of mig-3-15. Even a fucking havoc is better

[@_GODSFIGHTER]

Abysmal turn rate but it fights 2.0s so ill take it unless I'm fighting p39Ns or p-38s

[@EmiGamEEr222]

Hey DEFYN, could you do a video with A32?

[@ryanbowers1502]

hey DEFYN, can you play the CL-13B in the current 9.7 matchmaker?

[@fishbucket8607]

Play the Seafire FR 47, but without any modifications and suffer

[@betaripoff]

Doing these energy tactics is even easier on any spitfire after the mk.1, since it has a better climb rate and overall performance. Though don’t try doing so above 5km.

[@kalumbailey5103]

Better to do it with the 5.7 griffon engined one, the merlin one has no energy retention (but is the best overall relatively) and the higher br griffons face super props or jets every game so you have to turnfight. 2nd Seafire is best for it but it's a brick (most good energy fighters are tbf.) And if you're in a spit you should always be above 5km, up there you out-turn everything and if you get on or near the ass of a p-51 ,p47, 190 or 152 they can't do anything because they can't turn that high and if they try their speed jumps out the window, and they can't dive because a griffon will keep up long enough to kill/crit them.

[@gstabletop5766]

is it pronounced de fin or de fine

[@TheFlametroll]

DEFYN, can you do a top 10 of your favorite aircraft?

[@nalcij]

The russian 20mm are amazing, you just gotta aim carefully

[@nalcij]

Ive gotten 5-8 kill games with the mig-3 it’s a great high altitude fighter horrible low altitude

[@kierbautista3360]

Fave low br plane ;)

[@TheFunnyGuy-wc6kp]

Hey could you do a vid on its Mig 3 34 counterpart?

[@hellcatrunner1989]

I'm guessing you didn't use the MiG-3-15BK either because it's slightly heavier or just to not brutalize everything in a single pass with the 4 12.7mm guns xD

[@pranavarvind4281]

This plane is ridiculous at 1.7. It's faster than almost everything it meets and has an airspawn.

[@gliderfs621]

Low-medium tier planes are the most fun to play with in War Thunder. Top tier are top garbages.

[@boiiifuaintcare8629]

Noice

[@waterjuice332]

Please play the MB.5, Defyn!

[@Josh-wr3sc]

I thought that the mig was cool and very good turn speed intil I tried it

[@kierbautista3360]

The BK one is probably more favorite than this one. Sure the BK has worse turn than this but can retain more energy.

[@pedromedeiros4955]

Is this the best variant of the mig-3 to learn how to energy fight? Because there's 3 variants of the mig-3 and there are even on the same br.

[@yousofdaker2717]

can u make a vid for la 200 plz

[@Grummpy_1]

Play the spitfire lf mk9

[@Burboss]

One of my best KD (5:1) ratios was achieved in this plane.

[@erikhendrych190]

Isn't it 5:1? Because kill to death ratio not death to kill. I hope you don't die 5 times for every kill in one of your best planes.

[@Burboss]

@@erikhendrych190 yes it is )

[@GaMeR4LiFe-q1w]

Bro how you look on enemy and you still can control your plane? If i put mouse look activation on ALT i can look around with mouse , but i cant control my plane ... help please!

[@Янус_Ырт]

You can still use WASD while holding alt

[@prodabber0222]

8:50 tho lol

[@Bubuchga]

Oh yea

[@josippetkovic389]

yes daddy

[@grum__1]

you know the discord link doesnt work right?

[@swisscheese9540]

Hi, How do pull out landing flaps without pulling out gear?

[@leifcharles5744]

F

[@Swat_Dennis]

Oh man, this plane is still so much bs because of that airspawn Thanks for messing up lower tiers again

[@threemountainsgaming7560]

So that's the reason i see a lot of these planes lately... Thankfully, most of them are severely lacking in skill so they are just another easy kill for my P-400s and Spitfires :)

[@sextonanalysts265]

If you're just getting the mig 3 or any of them right now, it fucking sucks lol

[@swety2962]

The discord link doesn't work

[@zUnderscore]

discord.gg/tMJ2Xs29Qn try this

[@Taffaff]

do tempy 2 reee

[@gamerboi5651]

ing

[@jercki72]

Not very good guns? O.o I mean yea the turn is ass and it's not very easy to aim with this flight model but idk about not very good guns.

[@DEFYN]

The berezin is better in higher tiers The planes you shoot have very small fuel tanks in general You don't really set people on fire unless you really try to aim for one

[@francescocola7935]

fun fact: mig 3 has less turnrate than a pe 8, i shit you not try it in a duel

[@ironchicken7240]

Alternate Title: Making newbies quit war thunder

[@derekturner3272]

When you shoot a wounded plane, it's just another kill. If someone else shoots a plane you wounded, it's a "stolen kill"... Sorry, but this bugs the crap out of me when watching your otherwise great videos.