Flame tank

[Ocelot]

is it useless or useful? When where why and how?

[Ocelot]

Bump

[Emperor of the Sun]

Very useful against infantry but not useful against other tanks

[Minuteman9001]

Tank arrives too late to be useful since other players usually have a counter to it.

[Ocelot]

Originally posted by Boyadzhiev:

Tank arrives too late to be useful since other players usually have a counter to it.

This has been my experience lately…was hoping relic might consider dropping the cp cost to three, I think that would give it the right timing

[Emjay]

Originally posted by Boyadzhiev:

Tank arrives too late to be useful since other players usually have a counter to it.

That depends entirely on what is going on.

Flametanks are superb at countering team weapons, be they HMG's tying up your infantry, Mortars blowing your infantry to bits or even AT guns, just be sure to not sit in its line of fire.

Used correctly, or luckily, they can really turn the tide of an engagement.

[Ocelot]

Originally posted by Emjay:

Originally posted by Boyadzhiev:

Tank arrives too late to be useful since other players usually have a counter to it.

That depends entirely on what is going on.

Flametanks are superb at countering team weapons, be they HMG's tying up your infantry, Mortars blowing your infantry to bits or even AT guns, just be sure to not sit in its line of fire.

Used correctly, or luckily, they can really turn the tide of an engagement.

Thank you! How do you out maneuver the zooks with em?

[NooBAsTiK]

Originally posted by Emjay:

Originally posted by Boyadzhiev:

Tank arrives too late to be useful since other players usually have a counter to it.

That depends entirely on what is going on.

Flametanks are superb at countering team weapons, be they HMG's tying up your infantry, Mortars blowing your infantry to bits or even AT guns, just be sure to not sit in its line of fire.

Used correctly, or luckily, they can really turn the tide of an engagement.

The balance in the game was handled by a m o ron or m or ons by the time the flamethrower tank appeared, he could no longer do anything.

[Emjay]

Originally posted by Ocelot:

Originally posted by Emjay:

That depends entirely on what is going on.

Flametanks are superb at countering team weapons, be they HMG's tying up your infantry, Mortars blowing your infantry to bits or even AT guns, just be sure to not sit in its line of fire.

Used correctly, or luckily, they can really turn the tide of an engagement.

Thank you! How do you out maneuver the zooks with em?

Somewhat tricky tbh. The zooks only use is the fact that they are mobile, which is why one of their vet abilities is increased speed.

You shouldn't be pushing a tank into the enemy on its own anyway, so hopefully whatever you are using as backup can help handle/deter the flametank.

Just bear in mind that the flame tank in this scenario offers far more value than a squad or 2 of zooks.

[Ocelot]

Thanks Emjay^ gonna put your advice intro practice

[Emjay]

Originally posted by Ocelot:

Thanks Emjay^ gonna put your advice intro practice

If you see a zook squad, focus fire on it. They should die quickly depending on what you are using.

Don't forget that if you are using a tank, make sure you are facing the damage. Tanks take more damage from the side and rear, so a good zook player will be trying to get around the side of you.

[Lolo]

Useless, dak 30 winrate.

[Darth Revan]

If i haven´t gotten completely "senile" or confused, the DAK flame tank used to be at a lower CP cost...

[Emjay]

Originally posted by Darth Revan:

If i haven´t gotten completely "senile" or confused, the DAK flame tank used to be at a lower CP cost...

Probably to enable the opposition to actually counter it, rather then get their entire army pushed into a retreat.

[Slim]

It's utterly useless. It doesn't do the amount of flame damage you'd expect a tank to do. Both Gust and rangers 2x flamethrowers are significantly better.