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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.