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To his credit he did go for a play style with mp40 grens and repaid build Wirberlwind that is now off-meta. This used to be an on-meta strat prior to the mp40 and Wirberlwind nerfs. I feel like I survive now with Wehrmacht because of the mg42 and ket combo, but I'm noticing the majority of top 50 Wehrmacht players go for early mass Grenadiers and only get an mg42 in the mid/late game. I'll start playing some Wehrmacht again! Stug life! :D

Yeah it's available for multiplayer! It's my favourite battlegroup so I'm happy it's not a single player only! :D

Absolute scrap yard! 30 vehicles destroyed by the end of the game haha

Best response is go Espionage doctrine and make sure you pick 'Anti-Tank Incendiary Munitions'. Get 2 anti-tank guns and support with Panzer Grenadiers and Jaegars. The PG AT snare nades will destroy them if and AT gun shoots at the same time. Also I still make 1 8rad and 1 flak HT. Always have your AT follow your vehicles, so if they attack with a Chaffee death ball you reverse into your AT line.

@@StephennJF Thanks for the reply. Good to see some CoH3 content now that I am trying to get back into it.

I agree! Timing is everything! I should of seen it coming with his crazy aggression :)

They are the same at base unit. The DAK one is stronger though once you factor in health upgrades from the Armoury with 'Vehicle Survival Package' and 'Emergency Repair Kits'. You also get a attack buff on the 8rad and you go Armour Support BG and select the 'Superior Fire Drills' option.

Definitely a recognized mismatched, but I'm not going to make anything stop my off meta play :P I went into this game with Guastatori in mind so wanted to follow through regardless of what he made, but make adjustments accordingly. In this game that adjustment was refusal to tech to T3 for P3s, because if I did this he would simply out mass me and over run my first P3. I should of got down a teller down though with my Guastatori. If I didn't get Guastatori, this video it would of been called Rage Against the Allied War Machine for not incorporating the unit that I aimed for. Say no to living in CoH meta fear! :D

It's definitely a strong combo! Always worth doing when safe.

I agree! A few more mines here would of made a world of difference. I was preying he'd hit that center mine so many times haha

Gosh... The moment he slows down, then enemy just swarm you. Chaffees can fight VS pz III.

​@@zbigniew2628even so the pz3 will do better than the 8rad against the chaffees

I'm actually curious why gustatoris didn't throw away the bar. I remember when units upgraded they would drop the weapons they picked up I don’t know if they changed it or gustatoris are an exception. Google translation, please forgive me if there are any errors.

@@yangkx You will lose the game before pz3 comes out Go to t4 and built pz3 will take too much time and resources. Before upgrading technology, make sure you can at least withstand the opponent's attack. If you choose T4, when the opponent sees your pz3 coming out, he will destroy it at all costs, and then you won't have anything to deal with its armor. Google translation, please forgive me if there are any errors.

If I went for Panzer 3's here I'd be dead. That first P3 is basically the cost of 3 x Chaffees when you factor in War Machine and the cost of the tech structure. That is a dead P3, I'd rather have 1 x 8rad, 1 x Marader, 1 x Jaegar/ATG. Also watch this game EP#21, where I explain that I lost because I teched to T3 verse someone who did not tech. Link: ruclips.net/video/LsCajY6B4lA/видео.html At present, the two strategies that I'd regard to easy to perform and consistently win is LV based strats when combined with key abilities. Basically, Greyhound and Chaffee spam with Seek and Destroy, and 8rad spam with Mechanized Assault. I don't like how it's viable to spam 4-6 of these units, pop an ability and decimate the opponent that teched. Especially with how this patch made LVs significantly easier to micro and more responsive to attack move around the map. There is next to no micro burden. Hopefully we will see a cooldown increase on 8rads call in, Seek and Destroy and Mechanized Assault. I honestly feel Seek and Destroy and Mechanized Assault need a rework though. Seek and Destroy target a single vehicle (CoH2 style) and Mechanized Assault (no repair if in combat) would be my starting point suggestions.

Haha pioneers lost the coin flip. Big splat at 18:03! :D

I'm really liking this patch for the most part! I feel the only thing irritating me is the LV based strats when combined with key abilities. Basically, Greyhound and Chaffee spam with Seek and Destroy, and 8rad spam with Mechanized Assault. It shouldn't be viable to spam 5-6 of these units, pop an ability and decimate the opponent that teched.

I will play some 2v2 and 4v4 in the future! The reason why it's been heaps of 1v1s lately is due to the 1.7 Onyx Shark patch bringing in some significant balance changes. I find the best way to learn and understand a new patch is in 1v1, since all variables are within my control. In team games, it can be harder to reflect on games. I understand the game very well now, heaps of off-meta testing with all factions so 2v2 and 4v4 will be on the horizon :)

@@StephennJF I sure do hope so young man.

Vehicles or indirect fire is the best counter. A well positioned M8 Greyhound or Stuart. Guastatori have the highest infantry armour value in the game of 1.5, so small arms fire barely hits them. Unless you've got 3 well space Riflemen you won't win a short term engagement verse them.

@@StephennJFwow I didn’t know that about their resistance to small arms. Ty

@@StephennJF thank you. damn thats OP

I've only got one game with USF vs DAK in the 1.7.X patches, which is EP8. I've had a good few weeks playing DAK/UKF, but I'll be returning to USF/WEHR. Playing as off meta DAK has massively improved my game in so many aspects. Is there a particular DAK strat that you are struggling verse? EP8: ruclips.net/video/2QsClbwYXeg/видео.html

Glad to hear that! :)

Thanks! I feel games when DAK hit's their stride with combined arms, juggling all the units it's pretty neat to play and verse it!

You got this! Have fun :)

Espionage battlegroup is great and you are right it lets Panzer Grenadiers really shine! I think it's the battlegroup which offers the greatest strategic diversity as well.

That is a good habit! I'll have to start to remember to do the same :)

Happy to help! :)

I feel DAK can be perceived as weak at times because I think it's the most punishing faction if you make a micromanagement or strategic error. If DAK is played well I find it very strong as well! Glad to hear you're enjoying the casts! :)

@@StephennJFthanks for the reply. :)

Thanks! Yeah the use of hedges and smoke was pretty handy this game!

Why you should never go bars early and ignore a greyhound/chaffe vs AA halftrack

I think it can go either way, but generally speaking like you say Greyhound and Chaffee is better as you can dictate the play but ATGs at times require the opponent to make a mistake to secure kills. If he got the first AT volley on the flak I would of been in a tricky scenario dealing with Riflemen with limited suppression from the MG34

Cheers! I feel like micro has become so much quicker by playing almost DAK exclusively the past week. It's definitely the hardest and most rewarding faction to improve micro, multi-tasking and combined arms coordination with.

Yeah it's the best way to deal with Riflemen as DAK!

It is often "bugged" coz it cancels out when you move med truck, while in range of it or when you enter a fight when near med truck. Also it does not scale with combined arms, when sections can scale with vet1, TC upgrade (more stats buffs than CA), stuart command aura + abilities from BG. In old updates it even was able to cancel out CA. Nowadays probably CA always works, but Field Supply probably still does not stack, coz speed buff does not work when CA is active. I am to lazy to test fire rate again.

Yeah I really like the medical truck vet1 ability. I think it's balanced that it debuffs if the med truck moves. It gives the Allies player a reason to force it to move, especially with how the buff last for a long 45 seconds and offers infantry and support weapons so much strength and speed.

@@StephennJF Lots of things is a bit of jank, the speed buff doesn't stack with CA but it got other buff and also buff Italian troops and I believe your allies troops. You get to keep the buff if you get out of the circle. It's really nice in team games because it helps get your troops back in the fight from a forward healing position and even get some speed to flank but its also a tad odd to put them into danger to get vet in the first place since it doesn't give combine arms nor does it heal. Use it for combat reinforcement? At least it not something dumb like losing your First Strike on the Hellcat if the MG fires. As if its not already hard enough to get that to work.

This one was definitely fun with it's sling shot like nature :D

Yeah that's another benefit that I didn't consider either the potential to get 2 CPs faster or even an early registered arty, for example if I lockdown his 10+ fuel or cut off I can really lock it down for a long time.

Glad you enjoy them! I edit the ELO picture into each video. You can see the rank on the following website or download the app. Link: coh3stats.com/leaderboards

@@StephennJF oh so you basically go to your rank, and the opponents rank, and then edit the 2 ranks together?

@@Vlambulance Yeah or if you download the app, they appear side by side as shown. Link: coh3stats.com/desktop-app

@@StephennJF ooh wow that is amazing ! Keep doing it aswell i love to see what elo it is !

More to come! Over the next few days you'll see the evolution of the Guastatori build :)

Much appreciated! They are fun to make so of course I'll keep making them :) My favourite 1v1 map is definitely Road to Tunis! It's pretty balanced, some garrisons, good resource spacing, shot blockers, open fields. Every unit feels viable! :) What's your favourite?

haha got to get into character :D

Happy to hear you are enjoying the series! :)

Indeed! Lessons learned and reflecting on this game I've thought of a new strategy to try! I'm going to try 250HT early, get it to vet1 and use that as my only healing until I can get 6CPs, call in a howi and then get howi/med truck to avoid a double up on trucks.

@@StephennJF Cool! Looking forward to the video of this...

Thanks! Always happy to share and help inform people where I can. So many people on RUclips and even my opponents in-game have been saying many kind words. CoH has been a 15+ year hobby for me, RUclips/Twitch makes it even better to share the experience with others :)

Haha always learning! I'm actually super curious to try a new strat with this in mind. Bascially going 250HT early, get it to vet1 and use that as my only healing until I can get 6CPs, call in a howi and then get howi/med truck for a 2 for 1 deal. I'll have to give it a test! :)

Sounds like a good USF strat to try, especially on Pachino! Yeah definitely was worth me using smoke in that scenario. Attack ground in smoke is so powerful with the Guastatori and you can make a quick getaway if needed. I've started to incorporate this more into my play. I think this was one of the first games I went for this style of play in Onyx Shark. It's definitely fun! :)

@@StephennJF What I meant to say I was wondering if it was worth it to use the Leig's smoke to speed boost the Gustatori, or is that too much busy work. I have a bad habit of cutting out words.

@@Ogema-1 Always worth doing since the barrage and smoke are on separate cooldowns. Even if a single smoke is fired, then it's switched back to auto attack or barrage can be used.

Haha me too. The sound of Teller going off brings sweet joy to Axis ears and fear for the Allies. It was why I got excited when he made a flamer engineer so no sweepers, but I quickly realised it was infantry spams.

I definitely will. I've got a unique play style in that regard with control group numbers. This has been a highly requested video!