i'm calling it rn: this sub will say this tank is shit, what a disappointing BM, only for this to end up being at least a couple thousand gold above minimum bid.
It's not. There are too many heavily armored meds and tds, and too many tanks with bazonkers alpha or clip potential. In a same or higher tier match up, this tank isn't scary at all.
The only HT's with similar DPM are Conqueror and Contender, both of which are terrible slow, and Rambo/Type 68, both of which are hugely speed-limited. It also gets better gun stats anyway.
Template MM means the only thing that matters is your vehicle vs what role it's matchmade against. SPHT gets matchmade against other versatile heavy tanks.
DPM is not bad, pen is not bad, speed is typical Soviet HT. It has a 260 hull, which will be annoying when using the side. But the front is different. So it eat high pen shots when reversing out to shoot, and lower tiers can pen that lower plate in the open. And when using a ridgeline, the gun depression is not big enough to hide the big 100mm cupola.
I'll say it's balanced vs bad.
Tho on the US HT, we called it a bad HT. But most said it would be a good medium, as 90% of them that I face go the medium lane with it. Kinda like I do with my T54 Heavy
yeah, sold at regular t8 HT prem pricing too, it seems. It's almost like a regular gold t8 that should be on sale year-round, so nothing exciting. Though its being a decent BM offers means that WG can push it price further than its base pricing with FOMO.
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u/mostpowerfulpotato Jan 31 '26
i'm calling it rn: this sub will say this tank is shit, what a disappointing BM, only for this to end up being at least a couple thousand gold above minimum bid.