Soviet tanks kind of weak, anyone ?

[Count Marius]

I mean, what's the point of buying an IS2 if it can't do ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ especially for that cost.

[Exarch_Alpha]

It kinds underperforms, but you must make sure you are still when you are firing. You have heavy armor, stop and fire. Don´t use IS 2 for chasing tanks, it sucks in that role.

[ShodaN]

The only vehicle in the Soviet arsenal that truely sucks is the T34/76. It has ONE role and that is to punish and hunt down any early Walking Stucka you can find. If you want to fight infantry a T70 is better and if you want to fight early tanks and light vehicles an SU-76 does the job and neither requires you to got T4 first. Oh and both gain much better veteran bonuses than the T34/76.

The IS-2 is good as it is. Only thing it cannot stand up to are Panthers (as in at least 2) or getting chain stunned by too many Stugs. It needs babysitting (like turning the tank to faster turn the turret sometimes, making the front armor face the enemy, etc.) but it is a good tank. With the support from either a KV-8 or T34/85s from its respective doctrines, you are set up with a powerful combination.

[ArKhalys]

IS-2 is very strong, it destroys Tiger 1 without any problem, because it has a good armor and good gun, just not let it against many tanks (vs 2 panthers or a well microed one get owned) or anti tank infantry

[Exarch_Alpha]

It actually isn´t that bad against Pgrens. The 12.7 had good DPS and again, as long as you are still, it will hurt them.

It´s the only soviet tank with decent chance of deflecting Schrecks shots, a shame not to use that.

[Voyevoda]

its damage needs to be upped by about fifty or so points, especially since they decided for whatever reason to limit its presence to only one at a time. Other than that it is my favorite tank.

[ShodaN]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

It´s the only soviet tank with decent chance of deflecting Schrecks shots, a shame not to use that.

That's why it works even better with the KV-8 now. Your IS-2 might miss a shot on AT-infantry, but the KV-8 will roast them during the reload. Just make sure the KV-8 is the second thing they spot to be on the safe side.

[Fornax The Lazy]

Well upgrade their pen or dmg will be great,as it is kinda stupid to have the same stat as Tiger(also T34 outfitted with 85 mm canon will clear their way to victory!)

[ArKhalys]

Yeah, right, that's a 122mm not a 85, even the m36 jackson with the 90mm does more damage than IS2 to tanks

[Rabidnid]

Play Spearhead.

5 T34-85 versus a tiger ans 2 panthers, with no more micro than clicking on the vehicle priority and attack ended up with a dead tiger and 2 panthers for the cost of 4 T34-85.

A captured stug, 2 T-34-85s and a couple 45 mm ATG bagged a KT at the cost of a T34-85 and both gun crews.

[Cipher Esteria]

Originally posted by Red Star:

its damage needs to be upped by about fifty or so points, especially since they decided for whatever reason to limit its presence to only one at a time. Other than that it is my favorite tank.

Sure,if you raise the damage of the Tiger up by 50 too.