So the holiday season is upon us, it's cold outside and it's time to be warming over our ever reliable engines
and singing songs to the sound of the beating explosions… *sigh*
This is the International eSports show.
2013 was a great year for World of Tanks eSports.
Many things were improved, plenty of meta shifts and a plethora of amazing games and moments from all over the world.
We even saw the introduction of the Wargaming dot Net League, giving our pros something to strive for.
2014 will be even bigger as we have the Grand Finals to look forward too.
This event will be the largest World of Tanks event you've ever seen with the two best teams from every region's league,
battling for the first WGL global championship title.
Before then however, we have the last season of the North American League where we will find out who will join Fulcrum Gaming
as the second North American representative at the Grand Finals.
Not only that; but the new Japanese tanks will arrive and we can see if they have anything to offer the eSports scene.
To put the cherry on the cake; big named streamers are starting to get interested the Team Battle mode
so keep an eye on your favorite stream sites and streamers.
I wanted to wish you all a very Happy Holidays and ask you if you want to see more Team Battle streams or are you happy with matchmaker?
Let me know your opinion and why on Twitter, Facebook or in the comments below.
Remember that this is the last episode on the WorldofTanksCom channel
and that if you want to keep getting the latest news from the scene and tips from the pro,
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On that note; here's JSmooth from the American team Simple Tankers for this episodes ProTip on a fantastic medium tank; the American Pershing.
See you in the new year
Hey gamers; this is Jsmooth of SIMP GAMING and Captain of the American WGL team Simple Tankers, here to talk about why we love the Pershing.
The Pershing is a great utility tank for Team Battles because of its wide variety of strengths.
It’s a jack of all trades, master of none.
It has better than average HP for a medium tank, just 60 short of an IS-3,
and, although not fast, it has enough speed to get where it needs to be.
Having a view range of 400 meters and the ability to hull down due to a strong turret adds to its ability to do well on almost any map.
Its gun favors using it in a DPM role rather than the auto loaders burst damage style.
Keep this in mind when making a balanced lineup: autoloader’s big weakness is their reload time; DPM tanks fill that gap nicely!
So this allows you to use the Pershing in combination with autoloaders to lead the charge and or help clean up when the autoloaders are reloading.
On steppes for example, put it in hull down positions to cover your light tanks as they scout for enemies.
This uses another strength of the 90mm; it’s very actuate and thus great for getting easy damage at longer ranges.
Remember it’s not an autoloader so you can even shoot those pesky T1s without worrying!
Back to steppes: Some north spawn positions are C7 and B5
From South you can use D3 and 4 to take the hills, which allows you to put pressure on the flanks
It's also great on the east side of steppes as you can use the ridge line to stay hull down and put fire on any part of the map
Prok is another map where the Pershing is a solid choice
Head along the 3 line to the E on North or South Spawn using its hull down to shoot scouts on their run.
This forces the opponents to focus on the Pershing whilst your team gets into position un-apposed.
Don’t think you can only use this tank on maps like Steppes or Prok,
but you can bring this American beauty on maps like Ensk and Himmilsdorf too!
The utility of this tank is too much for us to ignore as the whole package of view range, speed, HP and DPM fits nicely into our playing style.
Check our facebook or Tweet at us @simpletankers and catch us in WGLNA season three starting Jan 2nd on over on www dot twitchtv slash wglna
I’m Jsmooth of simpletankers, enjoy your new favorite tank!