Thread: "New" upcoming game: Armor Blitz

Maybe an obvious question: is there any effective way to powerlevel new tanks, outside of just dropping them in your team and waiting? I had thought about subbing out some tanks for low-star fodder, to boost the fodder before feeding them, but is the rate of return actually worthwhile?

Originally Posted by Locutus

Maybe an obvious question: is there any effective way to powerlevel new tanks, outside of just dropping them in your team and waiting? I had thought about subbing out some tanks for low-star fodder, to boost the fodder before feeding them, but is the rate of return actually worthwhile?

Not really. There are few good, easy maps you can leave the tanks on Auto-Run, but if you build a team of L1 tanks, they wont clear it. Always have at least few high lvl tanks to open the battle with.

Originally Posted by Myrdin

Not really. There are few good, easy maps you can leave the tanks on Auto-Run, but if you build a team of L1 tanks, they wont clear it. Always have at least few high lvl tanks to open the battle with.

And you have to reset each map manually anyway so you might as well just run a map with better XP that benefits ALL your main platoon's tanks. Really, unless you're at commander level 50 you'll want to do that anyway regardless of any individual tank's needs.

Originally Posted by Myrdin

...Not even a single 5* from all those "4-5" Tank milestone rewards in this event or any of the previous.
Not even a single 5* emblem from all those "4-5" Emblem milestone rewards either...

same for me mate, also no 5* factory yet

Originally Posted by Myrdin

...Its funny really... In this game the Event tanks are better than many of the normal Gacha tanks. The exact opposite of any other game of this type I have played...

AB is really generous on 5*, like top rarity unit just from login? hell yeah. And there's multiple ways of obtaining those units CONSISTENTLY, not just yolo gacha rolls.

So the event tanks thus far have been VERY good except Thanksgiving.

Halloween: Minnie is deathball wrecker and Edna is assassin
Thanksgiving: 7-drop TD is bad regardless of stats, skill is kind of wonky too. Hard to justify in most cases.
Christmas: Slightly cheaper Maus, 2-drop TD that can be dropped 3/4 of the way down the map, Damage Reduction buffer and the other deathball wrecker.

All in all, anyone who's got them all is in good shape.

My current team:
Heavies: Conqueror (43), Chieftan (40), WZ-111 (43), Object (22)
Medium: Super Pershing (45), Strid (43), Type 59 (38), Leopard 1a1 (41)
Light: M3 Satan (39), AMX-13 (44), PT-76 (28)
Arty: S-51 (42), Panzer (39)
TD: Jagdpanther (44), FV4005 (32)


Side Question 1: Who would you suggest dropping: Conqueror, Chieftan or WZ-100, pick 1-2. Can't justify having more than 2 heavies, really
Side Question 2: Who would you add: Polina, Katyusha, Catriona (Focus Fire skill) and Yuliya (Haste), pick 1-2. Actually I have every tank in the game atm (yes I whaled a bit, shush you) so if you have other suggestions, feel free to say so

I have no problem with you whaling...you're keeping our FTP game alive. Has it resulted in you breaking into the top PoC ranks?

Q1: I would drop the heavies...all of them. But that's just me. I feel they're too high cost, too slow, too low DPS, and the HP is just delaying the inevitable while you struggle to get enough gears to drop a replacement. Though if you drop them all at the same time you may suffer from decreased platoon performance. Someone better with Heavies than I am would need to prioritize them for you.

Q2: Put Catriona in there right away. In my platoon her performance level is equal to other 5* M tanks 4-6 levels higher than her own. With her huge range she can follow behind your deathball and you won't have to worry so much about her relative fragility. You already have one of the Arty-Chans, but as we discussed earlier in the thread it may not hurt to have two 'I win' buttons. Don't have any experience with Polina yet, but she sounds intriguing. Other than Edna, who hardly ever dies, I'm not too fond of Haste tanks unless you don't mind sacrificing and repairing them. My goal in most cases (end event tiles excluded) is to make it through a map without losing a single tank, and I never actually plan on throwing one away.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I have no problem with you whaling...you're keeping our FTP game alive. Has it resulted in you breaking into the top PoC ranks?

Q1: I would drop the heavies...all of them. But that's just me. I feel they're too high cost, too slow, too low DPS, and the HP is just delaying the inevitable while you struggle to get enough gears to drop a replacement. Though if you drop them all at the same time you may suffer from decreased platoon performance. Someone better with Heavies than I am would need to prioritize them for you.

Q2: Put Catriona in there right away. In my platoon her performance level is equal to other 5* M tanks 4-6 levels higher than her own. With her huge range she can follow behind your deathball and you won't have to worry so much about her relative fragility. You already have one of the Arty-Chans, but as we discussed earlier in the thread it may not hurt to have two 'I win' buttons. Don't have any experience with Polina yet, but she sounds intriguing. Other than Edna, who hardly ever dies, I'm not too fond of Haste tanks unless you don't mind sacrificing and repairing them. My goal in most cases (end event tiles excluded) is to make it through a map without losing a single tank, and I never actually plan on throwing one away.

1) My standard deployment is Conqueror -> S-51 (unless enemy deploys on different lanes and then it's Pershing) and I rarely lose Conq unless it's either the last event map or above level 60 in PoC, so I find her durability sufficient to get the deathball rolling. That said, I'm certain 4 heavies is too many.

2) Catriona and Katy seems like a good swap in for two heavies, Polina I'd like to slip in for the airdrop and 2-cost benefits, but not sure who else to drop (probably will keep Conq and Object for heavies)

By the way, I can break top 1% in PoC unless I'm short on oil, which generally only happens if I go on a Jingle Bell farming/tank leveling spree.

Originally Posted by IvanLedah21

By the way, I can break top 1% in PoC unless I'm short on oil, which generally only happens if I go on a Jingle Bell farming/tank leveling spree.

Cool...I'm sitting on the fence between 10% and 11%...half the time I get it, half the time I don't. Not too terrible for FTP, in my opinion, but I can't get past 'enemy level 60' yet. Which is odd, because unless there's a huge glut of players in my exact position that's a lot of ranking difference for just one map.

Personally I would keep 2 heavys, but it depends on which one.

My two active heavys are Cerys who has the massive damage reduction for pretty long duration (not invulnerability like Mouse mind you), which I use as the opening leader with Victoria in tow as siege TD.

Next I have Alyona who is the support Heavy. I keep her in reserves when I need to reinforce a position that requires a tank that can withstand.
Movenemt emblem and her own active ability are good enough for that. Though I have been considering swapping her in for something else, so far she has performed well and fits my style of running multiple fronts.

Personally I am not picking up Katyusha. I dislike Minnie already to a point. The AI for this type of tank is super wonky, and her "setup" animation take so long you often depleate 1/4 of her active, simply by the fact that the first target dies and she needs to go through the whole fckn animation to redirect. She is amazing when she works, and sucks balls when she doesnt. And the sheer preparation for this takes to much effort and can backfire rather quickly (many times she has been killed by random AOE bs and insta gibbed before even using her one trick pony of a power).
Having two of these, while nice on paper, would be to much of hassle for me to execute.
I´d much rather wait and pick up one of the premium Artillery tanks, or a TD/Medium that has good siege skill like Catriona and Victoria.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Cool...I'm sitting on the fence between 10% and 11%...half the time I get it, half the time I don't. Not too terrible for FTP, in my opinion, but I can't get past 'enemy level 60' yet. Which is odd, because unless there's a huge glut of players in my exact position that's a lot of ranking difference for just one map.

This is interesting, I usually just stopped after completing stage #29 and I always get into the 5-7% (sometimes 9%) by reset. I suppose the score multiplier helps a lot.