Thread: "New" upcoming game: Armor Blitz

Sturm needs good emblems to be good. Most DPS tanks only need DPS stats on their emblems while Heavy tanks and buffing light tanks only need defensive stats on their emblems, but Sturm needs both. She's amazing if you do manage to get both though (typically requires four and five star emblems, of course). Getting her more range than your main heavy is recommended too if you can pull it off while still getting lots of the other emblem stats. Don't bother giving her a move speed emblem. She'll still be a slug even with that and she desperately needs all the other emblem stats.

Also, she generally needs to be your first or second deployment or else you'll die of old age before she reaches a battle already in progress. And of course she needs to be a decent level (whereas most DPS tanks can get away with being lower level a little because they don't have to worry as much about dying)

Jagdtiger Odette used to cost 6 gears. That made her possibly the worst five star Tank Destroyer. She's useable at five gears now though.

Is this weeks research, IS-3 (Alyona) any good?

(My Heavies currently consist of Tiger II, Tiger (P) and Tiger I)

She's a rush tank, meant to run to the frontlines as your original heavy is dying so your backliners like arties and destroyers don't get wrecked. Your listed heavies don't include any like that so might be worth picking up.


BTW, I just had Satan run to the invasion commander (assassination scheme), but the Sturmtiger that dropped in front of her walked past her AND SHE TURNS AND RUNS AFTER THE STURM ACROSS 1/3 OF THE F'ING MAP. Needless to say, assassination failed miserably >.<

I remember getting rushed by IS-3 +IS-7 + 2x satan during Halloween event, i died like in 15 secs LuL.

Originally Posted by IvanLedah21

BTW, I just had Satan run to the invasion commander (assassination scheme), but the Sturmtiger that dropped in front of her walked past her AND SHE TURNS AND RUNS AFTER THE STURM ACROSS 1/3 OF THE F'ING MAP. Needless to say, assassination failed miserably >.<

I just had the same situation, but the map also had lots of landmines and satan ran right on it RIP.

I have and like Odette. Not as much as Victoria, though. I save her for one of my last deployments, and in that situation she gets to use her skill multiple times...I think my record is four times. I deploy her after Sturmtiger, who, now that the arc firing bug is mostly resolved, sometimes gets close enough to some bosses to get missed by most of their shots and I can just cycle Odette's skill until the boss is dead. I'm not usually crazy about Sturm, but if I can get her into that sweet spot and the boss fruitlessly tries to shoot her for the rest of the battle, I know I'll win.

Now then...my own question. I'm at the point where I have 15 5*s (one of them the meh one from the last event). My secretary is and shall remain the lovely 4* Petra (until I simply can't justify running her any more). With more event 5*s on the way, and of course monthly login/factory 5*s, should I start being more picky about which 5*s I pick up for blueprints? As for heavy 5*s, I got T30 (Nira) for my last login 5* How is IS-3 Alyona compared to her? I'm usually more of a fan of mediums...but a new 5* is still a new 5*. Should I buy Alyona?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

With more event 5*s on the way, and of course monthly login/factory 5*s, should I start being more picky about which 5*s I pick up for blueprints? As for heavy 5*s, I got T30 (Nira) for my last login 5* How is IS-3 Alyona compared to her?

Alyona looks to be a quintessential and markedly no-frills heavy tank, which would be good... if heavy tanks were good in their own right. Not owning either and only looking at stats I'd say the T30 is a better tank because it has similar defensive ability and MARKEDLY better capacity to remove enemy tanks from play. Reducing the number of tanks chipping away at your side is the best defense. If you need a rusher vanguard I'd say go with a Cromwell or equivalent medium.

I'd love to see a passive on a heavy tank that gives them a second or two of invulnerability or increased evasion after taking a hit, like one of those old eight bit platformer heroes.

Originally Posted by TreadNaught

Alyona looks to be a quintessential and markedly no-frills heavy tank, which would be good... if heavy tanks were good in their own right. Not owning either and only looking at stats I'd say the T30 is a better tank because it has similar defensive ability and MARKEDLY better capacity to remove enemy tanks from play. Reducing the number of tanks chipping away at your side is the best defense. If you need a rusher vanguard I'd say go with a Cromwell or equivalent medium.

I'd love to see a passive on a heavy tank that gives them a second or two of invulnerability or increased evasion after taking a hit, like one of those old eight bit platformer heroes.

Yeah, Cromwell III is one of my mediums. So not picking up Alyona.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I have and like Odette. Not as much as Victoria, though. I save her for one of my last deployments, and in that situation she gets to use her skill multiple times...I think my record is four times. I deploy her after Sturmtiger, who, now that the arc firing bug is mostly resolved, sometimes gets close enough to some bosses to get missed by most of their shots and I can just cycle Odette's skill until the boss is dead. I'm not usually crazy about Sturm, but if I can get her into that sweet spot and the boss fruitlessly tries to shoot her for the rest of the battle, I know I'll win.

Now then...my own question. I'm at the point where I have 15 5*s (one of them the meh one from the last event). My secretary is and shall remain the lovely 4* Petra (until I simply can't justify running her any more). With more event 5*s on the way, and of course monthly login/factory 5*s, should I start being more picky about which 5*s I pick up for blueprints? As for heavy 5*s, I got T30 (Nira) for my last login 5* How is IS-3 Alyona compared to her? I'm usually more of a fan of mediums...but a new 5* is still a new 5*. Should I buy Alyona?

If you want my opinion on the "best" 5*s that you almost certainly don't want to miss:
Heavy: honestly, none are true "must-haves" but I think Conqueror and Chieftain are the best since the 7 cost invincibles are hard to justfiy
Medium: Most of them are good, only ones I'd definitely skip are Comet and T-44. Personal favorites are Super Pershing, Leopard 1a1, Type 59 and Strid though most of the ones with "Ace" as active are great
Light: AMX-13's buff is great, Satan (event) is good assassin/evade tank, rest are eh
Destroyer: FV4005 and Jagdpanther are tops, Sturmtiger is good ONLY if you have the 4-5* emblems to gear her up well, Jagdtiger and Ho-Rii OK
Artillery: S-51 and Panzer (event). Maybe T92 if you like area stun as a skill instead of devastation

Few memorable ones, or some that made at least a bit sense, to me personally were
Sarah - coz her story had a point and the whole sex wasnt WTF. And it gave a nice warm feeling.
Meiling - that one I actually really liked, it had an actuall plot. Shallow as a puddle, but compared to some of the scenes, it was that much more memorable.
Cerys - Shot gun wedding was a thing in the past, and overall it was nicely handled and actually made me smirk a bit.
Minnie - coz cute ghost girl, and no forced sex scene.
These ones I remember as being somehow cohesive, and actually "working" in the setting they were ment to. (its not like these are the only ones that I found enjoyable, but these were distinct and memorable enough for me to give them a thumbsup when compared to some others which were just "DAFUQ?")