Assault Grenadiers - Are they usable?

[AgentFlea]

I just tried them out. They seem hilariously bad.

They don't pose a threat to any real allied team UK, and SOV (They obviously shred americans cause lolol american faction)

I remember them being more usable. Actually being able to survive a charge towards an enemy and flanking without losing 1-3 men.

Are they just another unit nerfed to being irrelevant?
I think going Assault Grens is just asking to get clown car'd to death. Since if you invest in AGs then you'll have fewer chances to use a regular gren squad. AG's are no replacement for grens.

[Striker5810]

They can still be rather good I find, but they are a little weak hence why they are getting buffed alongside other wher buffs and the new commanders

[Felinewolfie]

Assault Gren They're getting buffed hard along with pzgren next patch.

[alprazolam consumer]

they're usable, just not very good
if you get both them and grens and play well with the map to not lose models frontally assaulting it can work, just not optimal

[Katitoff]

They are getting massive buff when patch hits, they are ok-ish atm, but its not a squad you should spam.

[Kayacando]

Originally posted by Astra Militarum:

Imagine using an anvil as a flotation device, thats how it feels using assault grens

Speaking of this analogy, Shock troops should be jetski

[~SOK-Bla{z}in~]

They are useless with the new patch and even more useles without patch

[Graephen]

With the new patch they're gonna be meh and right now they are completely useless.
MP40s in general are getting a tiny buff, which will make pioneers a bit more useful and Stormtroopers are gonna rape arse.

[Felinewolfie]

Originally posted by Graephen:

With the new patch they're gonna be meh and right now they are completely useless.
MP40s in general are getting a tiny buff, which will make pioneers a bit more useful and Stormtroopers are gonna rape arse.

They'll be 6 men smg for 280.
Same pop. W hurrah. Throw 6x Anti Infantry nades :)

[R.W.H. | Repeat.gg]

I'd like to see pitting the Cavalry Riflemen against Assault Grenadiers.

[~SOK-Bla{z}in~]

Originally posted by Felinewolfie:

Originally posted by Graephen:

With the new patch they're gonna be meh and right now they are completely useless.
MP40s in general are getting a tiny buff, which will make pioneers a bit more useful and Stormtroopers are gonna rape arse.

They'll be 6 men smg for 280.
Same pop. W hurrah. Throw 6x Anti Infantry nades :)

They are useless. Shock troops and rangers destroy them at every range in every situation. for 40 and 50 extra manpower . Axis do not have any very good close range unit.

[COMP DBD 1V1]

theyve been powercreeped after many balance patches
back in their prime they were pretty meta to run, skip t1 just spam ass grens and you basically rolled over everything because of their uncounterable cqb power they had and could trivially flank even old maxims when they were at their maximum performance

nowadays theres just simply too many things to control them or outperform them

one of the VERY few genuine things in the axis arsenal where it has little point in getting

[CatMeowMeow]

They work very well early game if you pair them up with MG42.
Assault Gren will cover anyone trying to flank while MG42 can rotate around..

Enemy will keep their distance because of Assault Gren which favors MG42.

[Jagdyoukai]

They are the best unit in the first 5 minutes period end of story no matter what.

Just use sprint to get around mgs, get two squads at the start to close in with sprint without losing more than 1 model against any early game infantry. I've been playing jaeger armor lately and it really hurts not having a unit better then regular grens at the start

[Jagdyoukai]

Maybe an infantry section built bofors at the very beginning with that one commander would be a good counter

[Jagdyoukai]

Usually 3 squads(2 assualt grens with a regular gren or pioneer, along with maybe your mg in addition)will destroy a halftrack with infantry without much issue at the start of the game