Best Beginner Faction?

[LawSlay]

Hi guys!
I just picked up the game after the December update to finally give it a shot. I played with the Brits so far and liked their flexibility. I wanna start playing vs real humans now :D

What does the current meta look like after the update? Wich faction would you recommend a beginner should main first?
Thanks!

[Demonic Spoon]

Originally posted by LawSlay:

Hi guys!
I just picked up the game after the December update to finally give it a shot. I played with the Brits so far and liked their flexibility. I wanna start playing vs real humans now :D

What does the current meta look like after the update? Wich faction would you recommend a beginner should main first?
Thanks!

Wehr and Brits are generally the most straightforward, so hard to go wrong with either of them. However, like all factions, they have their complexities - there really isn't an "easy" faction, so I'd say just pick whatever one you like best and go with it.

In general I don't like 'maining' factions - It's not a bad idea when first starting out but I would at some point play all of them. People who only play one faction struggle to understand their opponents' rosters and what they're strong against/weak to.

My biggest point of advice would be to take advantage of replays. If you lost and you don't understand how, give the replay a watch. If you still don't understand how you lost, there are more experienced players who will generally be willing to watch your replay and help provide insight.

[CODGUY]

Wehrmacht/Luftwaffe is the most easy faction/BG to start with.

[Machiavelli]

I can second playing all factions. I used to "main" factions but it only makes you weaker.

[Reny Daret]

Axis is the best beginner faction. Specifically Wher

[LawSlay]

Okay thank you. And they are all balanced well at the moment?

[-SIBERIANWOLF-]

Originally posted by LawSlay:

Okay thank you. And they are all balanced well at the moment?

meeh

[PADDY MAIN S.A.S]

If you play 1 v 1 Allies top rated. Best is USA.

3 V 3 AND 4 X 4 games Axis are the top leaders.

There are further updates to come in 2024, but balance at the moment is in favour of Axis.

[The MidgetCrusader69]

Alies as they are way too OP and they steamroll everyone with their cheap tactics

[Demonic Spoon]

Originally posted by LawSlay:

Okay thank you. And they are all balanced well at the moment?

They're all pretty close. As you can probably tell everyone has their own very strong opinions. It also varies significantly by game size and other factors.

Win rates are a very imperfect measure of balance but if you wanted to look for yourself they're available at https://coh3stats.com/stats/games?from=2023-12-12&to=now

[Supah-Pirate Slugga Boy]

Originally posted by LawSlay:

Hi guys!
I just picked up the game after the December update to finally give it a shot. I played with the Brits so far and liked their flexibility. I wanna start playing vs real humans now :D

What does the current meta look like after the update? Wich faction would you recommend a beginner should main first?
Thanks!

British is generally considered the easiest and most straight forward to play, Id recommend that for beginners. Welcome to the game!

[Napalm]

usf to me the most beginner friendly, everything available through the main faction and battlegroups are useful and worth the price. not only that but the new battlegroup makes them extremely easy to use because of the rangers.

[Trem]

USF. Blob up Rangers. Nothing can stop them. You can have a single-unit type army, so the amount of micro required is at an absolute minimum.

They'll nerf it after they make their money, though, and then you might have to learn combined arms the hard way.

[Outplayed and Destroyed]

Faction with mass bunkers

[Pottatow]

USF just spam rangers and auto win