World of Tanks Guide to Crew and Skills

[@QuickyBabyTV]

Hi everyone you can use the Chapter time stamps I created! Chapters: 1:13 About Primary Skill Level 3:43 choosing and training a new crew 5:34 Additional Skill Training 6:54 “Zero Skill” 9:38 Skill vs Perk 10:29 Moving Crews Between Tanks 13:41 Accelerated Crew Training 15:20 How To Reset Crew Skills 19:30 How to use “unused crew” 23:21 Types of Skills and Roles 25:15 Common Skills 30:50 Commander Skills 30:55 Mentor 31:35 Sound Detection 32:26 Recon 33:10 Jack of all Trades 34:36 Eagle Eye 35:24 Gunner Skills 35:16 Designated Target 36:19 Armourer 36:58 Deadeye 38:10 Snapshot 39:49 Driver Skills 39:51 Controlled Impact 40:56 Off Road Driving 42:30 Smooth Ride 43:22 Preventative Maintenance 44:25 Clutch Breaking 45:59 Radio Operator 46:02 Situation Awareness 46:42 Call for Vengeance 47:18 Signal Boosting 47:45 Relaying 48:22 Loader 48:25 Intuition 50:52 Adrenaline Rush 51:42 Safe Stowage 52:48 Light Tank Recommendations 53:39 Medium Tank Recommendations 54:48 Heavy Tank Recommendations 55:46 Tank Destroyer Recommendations 57:03 Artillery Recommendations 58:09 Outro

[@fetslet29]

Man I can't get the quicktbaby commander :(

[@Hogaboga101]

Now WG definitley are gonna announce crew 3.0 before christmas 👍

[@quackmoor]

Please talk or write about intuition on auto reloaders like the Progetto 46, i had to learn the hard way that it is a wasted perk.

[@Times_Ticking]

Amazing guide. Thank you! It should be pinned top place on every WG forum and Reddit.

[@DeaKoN_]

dont even play WOT anymore and still watch most of your video's, still entertaining!! thanks QB for the last 8+ years that iv been watching

[@johnbrooks1269]

Another shining display of QB's community support. Pumping out a video like this is epic, nearly an hour. Thank you Sir William for such a valuable addition to WOT players. Cheers.

[@MrIanRobert]

This is great content. Thought it was just going to be recs for skills. As a vet tanker, a lot of this was review, but thoughtfully and concisely presented. Zero to Hero guide here!

[@BaldEagle777]

Oh wow man! Yes thank you for this video you taught me so many things that I didn't even know about took a huge amount of effort but much appreciated you did a great job trying to explain something super complicated That's genius! Your technique for grinding a normal crew skill in your tank FIRST that actually is useful before it reaches 100% and THEN when it does reach like 98% or so RESET the skill to get almost 100% brothers in arms without being completely uncompetitive during the process that's brilliant! I had no idea you could even do that or atleast I never thought about trying it! 10/10 huge thumbs up from me!

[@MolnarG007]

Yep or at 141% (1.41 skills) to have 1 full perk after reset(like bro in arms). Then restart skill learning again.

[@dragontoothdw]

Small addition for the Accelerated Crew Training segment (14:24); be aware how relevant the crew member you're boosting is, or will become. A good example of a bad situation would probably be most Radio Operators in general, but the Chinese tech-tree specifically; tier 6 is the farthest you'll ever need a dedicated Radio Operator, referring to either the tech-tree medium Type 58, or the premium light Type 64. If you then try to use the Type 64 for crew training, that Radio Operator will likely suck up most-if-not-all of that accelerated training, for absolutely no future benefit. Except the only alternatives aren't ideal either; vehicle exp (limited field mods on a tier 6) or using gold -> free experience. Best to just use any other tank (Type 62 / M41D) instead, if available.

[@cagangurer]

This is why QB has been the most successful WoT content creator for 10+ years. I've played the game for more than 10 years and never knew these crew reset tricks. You sir, need a a British OBE title! Thank you for all your educational videos

[@etrnlronen]

Awesome video. As someone who's been playing for many many years, I definitely learned a few things I had overlooked. This old dog has learned quite a few new tricks now. Thanks QB.

[@Mobus_]

Watched the whole thing and didn't feel it was too long. Very informative!

[@mattybob12310]

Having Awareness as a built in thing now makes me want to actually play other tanks in the line and train another crew as opposed to unlock/sell/retrain the same crew up to the ladder. I feel it's really opened up things for more casual players.

[@GrinnenBaeritt]

It's also a MAJOR nerf for arty players..... all those previously unaware stationary targets, spotted by scouts, now get the chance to move. Which sucks, since the shell flight time for arty is often longer than the activation time for the Target's Perk, even more so with long range shots.

[@attitipoco]

@@GrinnenBaeritt were there so many players above tier 6 without sixth sense? I'm not sure... Besides good arty players don't need stationary targets to influence the game.

[@GrinnenBaeritt]

@@attitipoco More than you might think... but now those that did now have sound detection as well. As if a huge obvious tracer isn't enough of a clue...

[@i_am_not_stupid_8953]

Holy shit, I've played this game for 10 years and I never knew this! Thanks for the tip, definitely gonna put it to use! 20:30

[@filipkusevic1011]

Yeah fkn genius

[@ster6222]

QB… Sometimes you can be such a pain with live gameplay BUT it’s moments like this that remind me why I subscribed to your channel. Awesome explanation of your applied knowledge and I leaned a bit from your sharing. Much appreciated and keep up the great work. 🤙🏻

[@EDMclassics]

I have been playing since Beta and I still learned quite a bit from this video!!! Really appreciated you re-doing this 😀

[@DisgruntledDoomer]

Same. And it just shows how convoluted and confusing the whole system is. No wonder WG has been trying to simplify it with Crew 2.0. But I think a major change like that is _too late_ for this game. They'd be better of working on a whole new game, with a better system.

[@RatIceCream]

I wish I watched this before all the crews I’ve trained. Fantastic content!

[@TheRetrogeneration55]

Thanks! This video definitely took some effort, thanks for taking the time to explain the most complicated part of this game imo. I've played for years and I still learned a few things!

[@QuickyBabyTV]

Thanks very much Shane, you're very welcome.

[@surki2080]

I dont play this game. I havent played in many years due to the outrageous and contineous bad descision WG take, howerver i watch every single video because i just love your commentary, analysis and overal your complete honesty with us despite the game being the vehicle of your channel, for that i think we all owe you a thanks mate keep it up!

[@surki2080]

@yok if you read at all, i said otd becuase i love his commentary and how he breaks up stuff.

[@surki2080]

@yok lol what? This kid lmao

[@The0311gruntUSMC]

I have been playing WOT on and off for a long while. But, after watching this specifically skills and perks, I have realized I am my own worst enemy. Now to fix what I have been playing with. I wish I could simply clean the slate and start new but! EXCELLENT AUDIO. This video should be mandatory viewing for all new players!!

[@StevenFox80]

Thanks for actually touching on SPGs in this vid. Yeah, it was only brief but other WoT-streamers just ignore the class unless they're spitting on them. In a heavy SPG like the G.W. E-100 I'd even consider one loadout with spall liners. If you get into a map with 3 SPG or very few spots to be effective from, it really helps with counter-battery.

[@GrinnenBaeritt]

I agree, it's a shame that WG hasn't noticed the fact that about half the gunners skills are basically useless. They should really make "Dead-eye" work differently for different shell-types, rather than simply making it not work with HE. Perhaps enhanced burst radius, or reduced shell flight time. Have to admit, the spall liners do help now, but the GW's fairly resilient regardless... I personally like boosting the ability to receive a ram...and in French arty, do the ramming.. ;)

[@TheSorryDude]

Damn... I was playing WoT for more than a decade by now and I still learned something new about ways of reducing the cost for training the crew... Awesome work!

[@Fortebx497]

Ty QB I didn't know about the Dynamic Camera and had been playing with it on since I don't know when lol. It was a whole new experience with it off.

[@jules123589]

Ive been playing close to 3 years and this video got me to speed. i can now really enjoy this game with peace and content. thank you QuickyBaby.

[@timeforgottenprince8271]

As someone who has played for around a decade, I have heard of all of the skills and perks, but never knew the exact percentages that the skills and perks give, along with some hidden information about some of them, so thanks QB.

[@GodWentPunk1]

this is the best crew video I've seen.... period! Great job bro!

[@AngelVelikov]

I don't know if it was mentioned, but there is one thing I didn't realize for a long time: the premium/reward vehicles can train your crew when it is below 100% basic training. So if you don't care about your premium/reward vehicle stats you can use it to train the fresh crews up to 100%. And here is the second important thing: only after the crew has 100% it can be trained with books, so if you don't have the gold to get the 100% crew from the start, train it in the premium then put it back in their original tank, no skill reset needed.

[@GrinnenBaeritt]

Speed it up even more by putting it on accelerated training, put only one sub-100 crew member at a time, use a commander with Mentor, and all the rest of the crew with experience. Rotating them out this way, will actually be faster than trying to do the same thing with the whole crew. Your stats won't suffer anywhere nearly as badly. Also, you can train crew members up for vehicle you haven't yet got (but have researched)...

[@raha2545]

good work QB❤Good to see knowledge catering beginners in 2022 WOT

[@Cosmin1213]

Appreciate the timestamps! I've been playing for a long time, but it's still nice to hear your opinion on all the skills and their use cases.

[@spanishmarc]

It is something I need to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon sorting out - it's a bit like DIY I keep putting it off and look for more fun things to do. Good video.

[@WookieeRage]

Thank you!!! I'm brand new and appreciate all the help I can get!

[@scorch907]

I've got at least 11 years of playing this game and its still just nice to listen anyways. good job on looking out for newer players, since no one else is *ahem wg*

[@oussamaamaidi9971]

best guide qb, i like to see a good player without using premium ammo and the impact of that in high tiers financially and what the best tactic for that

[@101ferro]

Its funny how I started watching your channel. It was when I found your original crew skills video since I had no idea what was going on. Fast foward many years and I have watched nearly all your videos. Glad to see the updated version but I bought back the memory of the first time I found your content

[@vuxluongw]

a good watch for beginners in WoT, especially the first part where you talk about resets or how you move crews from one tank to another and lose as little as possible (which i believe you also made a short guide about way back, linked that down in the description for ppl who just want to know about that specific trick would've been nice)

[@jaga-13]

Good job QB, I would just like to add a comment on the resetting the crew skills and moving the crew to another tank. If you use a book and actually assign a skill before retraining the crew, no XP will go to the major qualification, the crew member will be at 90% (if you use credits), but the skill/perk will not lose any XP. This is sometimes useful when you have BIA crew with second skill/perk at under 50%. If you retrain the crew that way, they will be at 90% percent in a new tank, but with a working BIA perk.

[@theatomic3639]

Finally, I know what I can choose now Informing video, nice

[@rith2757]

Great video, thanks for explaining the entire crew system, prob the worst and most complicated part about WoT lol. i will note I disagree about Sound detection. While you can hear around 75% where the shell is coming from, sound detection gives you a precise bearing so you can dodge perfectly if you pay attention and move your tank accordingly. Best for faster heavies and mediums. This is crucial at tier 8-10, where Arty will start to chip off 200-300+ dmg per shot even if they land a shell near you. However, it is not a priority and should only be taken after your view range skills and BIA... it also depends on the tank your playing and your overall preference.

[@ballistyxwot4577]

As it activates "at the moment of the shot", there's also an argument that you get a little more warning than simply hearing the incoming shell, especially with SPGs that have longer flight times.

[@rith2757]

@@ballistyxwot4577 As I said, you can hear 75% of the shot. which is mainly general direction. Vs Sound detection that gives you an accurate bearing with more time to react. we agree lol

[@tamaskisparti5294]

Legendary video from the legend! A little sidenote to some skills and rework recommandations: Mentor (useless since booklets came): boosts a selected member's major qualification +5% (or +1... to all members for 60sec) , but looses 10% view range Relaying: boosts draw distance by 100 m (keeps you updated on hp count better) Istead of signal boosting > Radiosilence: - 2s from staying spotted What are your opinion about these possibile changes?

[@thirsty_dog1364]

If I would have known these tricks 10 years ago for sure I would have an extra skill on every crew member I have. Great information Sir!

[@gustavosousa2897]

And this is why QB is the best WOT streamer/youtuber/content creator there is. Thank you QB!!!

[@staredsky]

very. very well done. A masterwork tutoria must-to-have for beginners, and a precious recap for veterans.

[@ErwinRommel2016]

You also got a piece of modernization equipment called, the "Air Conditioning System" which boosts Major Qualifications by another 30% that you get to use in Clan Wars battle. 2:18

[@KravenTheKnight]

I put you on my Conqueror QB. I have to say, it honestly feels like it makes me play better :3 Greetings from the Americas!

[@Jallahz]

Thank you man. This made me question some of my old decisions (in a good way)

[@degedd]

Im a Veteran, but a few things i didnt know already, many and awesome thx for that vid, QB

[@pvtmadmike]

Thanks, Quicky Baby Lots of help for us older players who fell like newbies. I will have to spend more time in the garage then in the battle making changes to my crews. maybe I will get some better win ratios. Great job as always. A big hello from across the pond in Canada!

[@jforden78]

I've said this before, but I would like this video twice if I could. Thank you so much. Great knowledge here, and I appreciate the time you spent laying it out.

[@karelpomme]

Very happy you are making this series again! I watched the first one when it came out and was kinda sad that you stopped making them, great video!

[@cracotte9535]

Thx ! I was waiting for this tuto for so long ! Even if i know the game there is still details that are mystic 😂

[@aristaeus2514]

Great guide as always, didn't feel like an one hour video, so kuddos on that.

[@GrinnenBaeritt]

Since I keep all my crews in their original vehicles (I do not sell any...), I find it worth having ONE commander of each nation/class (usually tier 4-5) with the mentor skill at 100%, for using in premiums to train crews of the other tech tree vehicles. I will occasionally use free xp to train commanders for BIA. In addition, with some nations, it's not entirely a bad idea to train up a SINGLE member (not the commander) from a different vehicle class in the wrong type if you do not have a premium/reward vehicle of the correct class, but only do so in LOW tier premium vehicles. This is because they get the full XP from accelerated training...

[@bryandowns9910]

This Video is a God-Send. Thank you so much QB!!

[@firejack007]

Thanks! WG has made crew skills excruciatingly complicated.

[@QuickyBabyTV]

Thanks Jack!

[@spankyhunter]

This I'll be going back to over & over again. Thankyou.

[@BinkyTheElf1]

I’m a recent returner, so this vid will go in my consult regularly file. 👍🏼

[@touficjammoul4482]

That is actually a very interesting and helpful vidoe. me after 6 years of WOT there are things I didn't know actually. thank you. but I have my crew between my Progetto 66 and Bicente and both of them are versetile heavies and my Bicente crew not working on the Progetto 66, why do you think ?

[@JohnMeade-hd8es]

This is a really great video ideal for showing us newer players what skills to use and the tips on crew reset was especially great for me.

[@henlo5378]

Even as a veteran tanker this guide helped me, thanks QB for sharing❤

[@StanleyMilgramm]

When considering taking preventative maintenance you should also consider how often your engine gets hit. For example German heavy tanks usually have their engines behind the lower plate so their engines get hit very often.

[@mitchellreid8534]

Wow...... So much useful info qb, i wil bel rewatching this over and over to glean all of the info you put in it. 07

[@FlickOfDaWrist]

I thought I didn't need this but I'm learning new things and not even half way done the video. TY QB for making this 'quirky' crew system more digestible.

[@kristopher2866]

DUDE, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!.... I loved watching this video and undestanding some of the game mechanics about picking skills and hearing from you what you think about the different perks and skills for different classes and tiers. I'm still very new to the game, (at this point about a month in) and I feel that I'm quite behind the curve but I'm excited to learn and come up be quite competitive. Thanks for your streams, your videos, and everything you've done to help me, whether you know it or not, by providing me a skilled example and taking your time to also explain what you're doing. Hope to hang with you someday or maybe get a kill on you :) (all in good fun). Thanks Brother in Arms

[@vesanius1]

20k XP for 20k during reset is totally worth it. If you have that 5 member crew it's 100k for 20k on all of them. 250k crew book is 2M credits so you'd be able to reset that 5 man crew 20 times instead of using the books which totals to 400k XP so it's nearly twice as effective as buying the book. And the less crew members the tank has the more efficient it is to reset with coins as the value of crew books compared to coin reset drops.

[@Morloch]

This was absolutely amazing. Thank you so much!

[@Donanzador]

Really informative and useful video, thank you! One mention about the other 3 gunner specific skills and perks, just like dead eye, you only need to have them on one gunner, if your tank happens to have multiple gunners (like some SPGs, high tier Swedish TDs). Same goes for all radio operator skills, tho this is even more niche knowledge, since there are so few tanks that have 2 radio operators, and really only one of the skills is useful. While view range is definitely key on the other 4 classes, I find it less important on SPGs. If you find yourself in the situation that you need to scout as an arty, you're most likely in quite a deep trouble already and the extra view range from recon / situational awareness isn't going to help you much. Which is why I would rather take mentor for artillery commander instead of recon after concealment and BiA, so you can get more important skills for mobility and firepower for other crewmembers faster. This is also why I never take optics/binocs for arty cause I value taking more shots more accurately early game more when it still matters, rather than those very rare occasions when you might be able to outspot and take out a lone enemy late game.

[@TheTommytt9]

Hi QB, great video ty. I have a question about Accelerated Crew Training. What happens when a crew member that has say 7 skills is fully trained, and the other members in the tank have more skills to go? It seems the icon gets stuck to the fully trained member once you exceed the 7th skills on the other members. (because they are stuck forever as the lowest trained member in the tank) Does that mean the other members never again benefit from the Accelerated Crew Training? Anyone else notice this with a highly trained crew?

[@jericho_marko]

Ngl this is just so freaking useful, imma save it for lifetime so I could rewatch it

[@louistevfik]

Thanks, QB this helped me a lot and I already shared it with my new (ish) WOT player friends.. It was too hard to explain to them one by one. Thanks for covering this up.. I would like to have a video about game Settings.. What is better to improve the gameplay.. In your latest videos, you mentioned Dynamic Camera Settings.. These kinds of valuable comments will help me and others. (especially new players)..

[@terrypen]

Great content! I've always been a little confused with all of the options!!! I will be watching bits and pieces of this for a long while!

[@peterferk3990]

Thank you QB. Been watching you for years and have always enjoyed your content. This installment has been very useful for me. Keep up the good work!

[@dyusi144]

Little confused... if I have a 100% crew with no skills and I use a crew book for 250,000 xp I get the first skill and 50% of the 2nd right off the bat. That doesn't seem to add up to the numbers you have listed. And I'm not talking about any 0 skill crew members (even if I was it just does the same thing but for skills 2 & 3 as opposed to 1 & 2). But overall a very in depth and well thought out video as always QB!

[@QuickyBabyTV]

Remember the skill progress is not linear, getting from 95 to 100 is significantly longer than 25 to 30 for example. 0-50 goes very fast so a 250k book will give an entire skill and a half.

[@liion]

On reusing 100% crews from premium tanks (20:22+): You don't need to use 250k or 100k crew books like QB to keep their training--you can use 2x 20k crew books which are much easier to come by. You only need enough XP to soak up the 39,153 XP needed to go from 90% to 100% of the major qualification. As @nick5062 wrote, getting to about 64% of the 1st skill is sufficient, however you do it.

[@Mr.Tomato_God]

One thing I thought of that you didn’t mention was the fact that if you have a premium tank and wanna use a crew from another tank it has to be from, for instance, a medium tank to medium tank. Can’t be from medium to heavy and vice versa despite if you train a crew for a premium tank or tech-tree vehicle. The tank you want to transfer your crew to must be the same class like the one you were using the crew in.

[@rzw20]

Great content QB! Much needed for new players and experienced players as well. For sure we'll all benefit if you continue this series. PS: Was I the only one who always thought that it's 'safe storage' instead of 'safe stowage'? IDK why but 'storage' made more sense in my head. 😄

[@kamikatz6407]

Thanks QB. I've learned something, even after several years on this game. Would be helpful if WG describes the skills in game as well.

[@gordonmcinnes8328]

Another thing you can do is if a low tier tank (say the French B1 heavy) has the same crew layout as a higher tier tank (the French autoloading heavies) you can develop crews on the lower tier tank whilst grinding the line.

[@GrenadeMK3]

Maybe graphic setting 2.0 next time? Thank you for useful content :D

[@MCRoadk1ll]

great stuff, thanks for creating a video this long. more tankbetter videos!

[@matufujiwara7493]

haven't started watching this vid but in this video he can talk alot about intuition

[@marshall7564]

Can’t be a youtube video withgout mentionining intuition. Love your content, keep it up!

[@nephalos666]

Good deal. Great video for information on today's current crew skills and what's what and which ones are higher priority over others!

[@MrPerfect-om5ns]

Great comprehensive guide to crew skills. Thanks QB.

[@valentinmichoud7863]

Finally i was waiting for a guide for skills for new players thank you QB

[@timberwolfe1645]

THIS IS THE BEST GUIDE EVER!!!!! WHY wargaming hasn't done this yet I'll never know!!!

[@phillhiggs]

Thanks for this, really imformative. Please, please, please do Field Mods next.

[@ballistyxwot4577]

19:32 and here I was throwing away multiple Lansen crews from numerous rentals because "I already have a crew for that tank"!

[@slicertm668]

Thanks so much for this! I feel bad commenting not watching the video, but I'll watch it later, and I know I'm going to be getting the most competitive and effective choices! :)

[@supravadash8121]

I need this video very much QB. Thanks to upload this video. You are my favorited content creator.

[@Maksymochcka]

дякую за інформативний ролик) бажаю успіху!

[@viktorvlasenko3149]

This video should have much more views :) Thank you!

[@kzbay1685]

Sound detection works well for arty players because it lets you know if counter arty is aiming at you. I also take controlled impact with my arty because I've had sooo many games where the enemy try to ram me. I won some game because they try to ram kill me and I killed them trying to ram me...included when an Is7 tried to ram me in my 261....he died, I didn't :)

[@peteshaw2817]

Really useful - could do with an update on skills v perks though.

[@oscarr7099]

Very useful and even i who have played wot for quite some time learned a lot thank you so much QB

[@dr_zotiac]

Amazingly helpful video guickybaby, much love for the insane effort you pour into this kind, aswell as the 'best of' style videos. Keep it up king.

[@TechbotALPHA]

Fantastic video, many thanks! Glad to see 6th Sense has finally been made universal haha. I haven't played WoT for so long, but your vids are really making me want to re-install it :P Probably a steep re-learning curve from since I last played.

[@Daktangle]

Great video QB, thank you for putting it together. Lots of tweaking to do on my crews now, oh the pain. XD

[@XJRRIDER]

This was great , will try to change or better train my TD Crew's . Thank you :))

[@22magnum68]

Hey QB you forgot to mention how powerful intuition is for auto loaders which allow you to swap out an entire clip in seconds. Much larger advantage to auto loaders than auto re-loaders.

[@teridacktaljones4553]

Thanks for all the work you put into this video.

[@MjRD0815]

Thanks Mr. QB for this video! 👍

[@Bosonfriendly]

Good job mate. Keep it up. See you on the battlefield!

[@Opferlamm113]

great guide. thank you very much

[@michelepiva1897]

Thx qb I commented about it on a video that you released a few days ago and am ecstatic you took the time to do it for us