Hi everyone!
This is “Science of Victory” and today Slide
and I will tell you about playing on Himmelsdorf.
Himmelsdorf is a very situational map.
You need to think fast and act accordingly.
During a battle you will often have to switch tactics.
So let’s give you some options by discussing the basic tactics.
Today we will be playing from the bottom base
and will discuss a few particular situations as usual.
But first, let’s correctly position your vehicles.
The standard roll out of our team looks like this:
one T1 scouts banana alley in line 7,
the other one goes to the rail road.
It must scout line 2.
There’s a good spot in G1.
Another one is the bush in H1.
Note that you can’t go there using the short road
as you could be destroyed.
So instead go through K1; like this.
Now the heavies.
One IS-3 goes to a window in G6, another one to G4.
A 50 100 stays near in G3.
It stays behind the corner and doesn’t show itself,
because it can take unnecessary damage.
In case of an enemy rush from line 3
it will be spotted by our tank in G6.
Another 50 100 goes to J3.
For now its mission is to hide behind the house
and stay out of sight.
The ninety scouts the hill.
That’s it for the roll out.
As you can see, it’s pretty cautious.
The thing is; our set-up isn’t well suited for city maps.
It will be especially hard to win against heavier set-ups,
so we will start with such an example.
Against us: 5 heavies.
Our opponents have more durability, better armour,
and more powerful guns.
These are great advantages in cities.
You’ll find that, in this situation, the enemy team will rush you.
We know this and try to use our advantage in mobility,
our ninety, to be exact.
It gets to the hill faster than
any enemy and stays near the mound.
All tanks are ready in their place.
All possible approaches to the base are seen
and the enemy attack won’t surprise us.
Now we wait.
We got the critical info from the scout on the rail road.
The enemy rushes down line 2.
We prepare to meet the enemy in G3.
The ninety can be tempted to shoot from the hill.
Don’t do this! Every second counts.
Get down off the hill without delay!
The heavies are busy brawling,
but suddenly we start to capture the base!
The enemies are in a tough situation.
As a result, we are victorious!
At first glance, we won quite easily.
However, there are several details that made it possible.
Pay attention to them:
first is the T1 on the rail road, it destroys the carts.
Thanks to this he spots the enemy much sooner.
Don’t forget to do this yourself!
Another important moment was with the IS-3 in G6.
It pre-aims at D2 and damages the enemy as soon as it’s seen,
all whilst staying unharmed.
A good position, remember it!
The play of the 50 100 in J3 also matters.
It wasn’t seen, so we were able to lure our enemies to G3
and caught them in surprise crossfire.
Also, if the enemy T1 isn’t on the hill, then he’s usually in E7 or C8.
Our T1 can’t cross the street without help.
Our ninety went down from the hill
and destroyed the enemy scout first.
Thanks to this, two tanks go for the capture and
our chances for victory rose noticeably
and finally the last detail that could have cost us the victory:
when the capture started, the enemy sent one of their heavies back.
It is crucial to destroy it before it gets back,
even at the cost of one of your tanks.
We use science and won, as usual.
Though not all enemies go back to their base
through the square when in that situation.
They can return through line 3.
In this case our heavies are powerless.
So we use simple maths to aid us.
If we see that we can’t capture in time,
then we wait as long as we can, then run.
We can do this thanks to our speed.
The ninety would also reunite with their allies.
We destroy the enemies while they are split
and finish the remaining ones later.
In our next example, our roll out is the same.
The ninety goes to the hill and spots several enemy Tier VIIIs.
It’s dangerous to stay uphill.
It’s not safer to stay on line G,
because it can be easily shot at from the hill.
We roll to the enemy base with all our tanks.
We met the enemy scout on the way.
Our attack isn’t a surprise for the enemy any more.
So we need to do react and adjust fast and precise:
one IS-3 stays near the embrasure, the other one down the street in B5.
We leave the 50 100 here on the corner of the house
and hide the T1s behind it.
Note the right way to do this.
Place the second 50 100 behind the mound in D5,
so our tanks are safe from flanking attacks.
Notice that we covered ourselves from all sides.
Just focus your fire and win.
Let's move on.
Another battle. Standard roll out again,
but we can’t see anyone except the enemy T1.
This means that the opponents are entrenched near their base.
We can’t see them, but we can imagine how they are positioned.
Usually the positions look like this.
It’s hard to get through such a defence.
Plus things are much harder, because they have two Borsigs.
We’ll try to reverse the situation and make the enemy attack.
So we gather all tanks, leaving one 50 100 in D5
and go for the capture through line 5.
When using this tactic it’s important to stay unseen
and pass B5 as fast as possible.
Note the T1s.
They pass the dangerous point by hiding behind a 50 100.
We got into the circle and hid the Tier Is,
so the enemy has to stop hiding and attack
and that’s what we need!
The IS-3s run interference, one of 50 100s acts as physical cover for the T1s
and the other prevents the enemy flanking.
There's another detail:
if any of the enemies try to get to us from line D,
then the 50 100 can easily kill it,
but if all enemy Tier VIIIs are seen near B4,
then our autoloader must get behind them
and unload a full drum of damage.
We do just that!
Winning isn’t a problem now.
How can we play against set-ups similar to ours?
What can I say?
Usually the teams that make fewer mistakes are victorious.
So we need to be extra careful
and wait for our opponents to make a mistake.
We’ll review an example like this:
the roll out is the same.
Everyone except for the ninety stays downhill.
We get the initial intel and we see
that the enemy's positions are similar to us.
This seems like it would be a tie.
The nineties both play it safe and don’t shoot at each other.
50 100s stay hidden, and the IS-3s stay holed down using the turret's good armour.
Suddenly one of our heavies get a shell from the hill.
We can tell from the damage that it’s the ninety shooting.
This means his drum isn’t full and it can no longer destroy ours.
We send our ninety to attack
and easily kill our opponent's LT, meaning we now have one more Tier VIII tank.
The ninety reloads and shoots at the enemy heavies hiding in line D.
With this advantage, we can now attack.
Sending two tanks to banana alley
and the scout to the rear,
we quickly kill the heavy in D6
and press the attack.
Victory!
All thanks to a mistake by the opposing ninety.
Don’t repeat such mistakes.
Finally, we’ll talk about one last tactic.
If you don't like to play defensively and want to brawl,
try playing like this:
send one T1 to the rail road, one 50 100 to G3
and the rest of the tanks attack.
We gamble on the element of surprise.
Quickly pass the square and get the heavy in D4.
Our opponents try to counter-attack and are caught in crossfire.
Only several minutes have passed and the battle is already decided.
What can I say, such battles are fun!
That’s all for today.
Of course, we didn’t review all possible situations.
Anything can happen,
but we’re sure that you’ll now do a lot better and win more often
on Himmelsdorf.
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