In my opinion, you can still play low tiers and have TONS of fun. I know, because as a veteran WoT player, I am sick of High-tier games, and I stick to tiers up to 6-7 maximum. 8+ is just sickening, unless you want to play your casual premium for extra credits! But my personal favourite tiers are 3-5 - lol 😂
@@wotaddictglobal I feeling well when I am playing 9 tier but it's because my crew is experienced, I am using equipment, I have more experience with higher tier tanks because I have to play more to max out the tanks, I have to make a money to buy next tier, research all modules for the tanks. I like this feeling of dealing more damage. It's satisfying for me. Unfortunately I have never get the opportunity to b6ut X tier tank because I have never could afford it.
@@BRACIAKSERO. I am a tank collector and I currently have about 600 of them, but I rarely play the high tiers (9 and 10). Whenever I need credits, I play tier 6-8 premium tanks, and even in a loss, I get lots of cash!
Never was that good, at least not comparable to stupidities lately like bz. Gun handling was always shit so youd just bounce things and barely output damage until you got flanked by the enemies because your team melts around you
Played this with the level 2 experimental equipment and It really helps, the combined reduced aim time with reduced dispersion combined with improved aiming and bond vents and its actually hitting most of its shots.
@wotaddictglobal the only issue I have is I want to use it on a lot of different tanks, I think It will be almost a requirement for 3 marking sone tanks and may become a clan wars requirement which eoild mean spending a lot of components demounting equipment, if feels like there will be alot of grinding missions to stay competitive.
To me it was a no-brainer to buy this offer. I love the IS-7 tree and this tank is very similar. Snap like a mad baboon and when you are aiming be the incarnation of patience itself. Armour is made of thorium. I like it.
My 2 builds are vents, rammer and vert stabs, or vents, improved aiming and vert stabs. The second build is the best overall I've found, combining vents and improved aiming.
Defender is a LEGEND, i didn’t play it last 2 years but i have 4K battles with this tank , all crew from heavy russian tech tree grow on this tank !!! Now he is chill in garage wait
The funny thing is that defender works close or being still and sniping xD I personally have just enjoyed with HP, turbo and the aiming device. Just going close almost no matter what and well, I am just a speed enjoyer. I hate chasing the last damage and being too slow. Of course its not the best and certain way not the most enjoyable, but the performance is still 3rd of my premium heavy tanks. Only WZ-176 and Skoda ahead so...
Hey skill, for better gun handling u can also use triple stabilizer with the new experimental equipment. It makes tanks like defender and t57 heavy almost straight up broken. Not gonna have dpm or view range tho, but thats a sacrafice to be made
its not sustainable what do i mean, how many people would use bond equipment, and maxed out experimental equipment? its just to play arround on test account, nothing more then that
Well atleast you can pen defender on its 2 cupola skoda t56 as well even in hulldown but the BZ when u dont have 121+ caliber or heats u cant pen that mofo especially when hulldown. They say its derpy gun handling? I think not i snap my shots with it and it hits even without food
It is still op. When people say what is people going to do in their tier 6 tanks vs bz... What are they suposed to do against this monster? The armor is idiot proof on this beast of a tank. Little bit like is6 remember that one? A tank that has been in game literaly forever. Its not like op armor is a new thing. Its been a thing for as long as i can remember.
This comment made me getting it from the Bond shop, and i have no regrets. Needed a Russian heavy T8 for crew training. (churchill 3, is the best for that). But this, actually stupid mission for a crew member, bounce 3 times 55k made me buy it. It's not the best tank, but like you say idiot proof. They bounce a lot on me :), so do i on the opponents :(
I'm using hardening, improved aiming and gun laying drive on this one. Feels like you can hit a shot now and again. Pirosami making a visit in the end! Very nice!
Did you know that it has the best armour for doing the blocking missions? Its turret is absolutely impenetrable if you are hull down and the enemy can see nothing but your top! Not even Tier 10s with premium can go through!
I like this stock grind and gun use idea. Very cool plan Skeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel. Also this community vote idea is very interesting. I can't wait to see it implemented.
A year ago I would have jumped at the chance to buy this tank, but nowadays with all the autoloaders, and some with better pen now. The Defender is nothing special nowadays really. I just bought the tier 9 STK other day, so have no need for a T8 premium like the Defender and will pass on getting it
a couple of months ago there was a game mode with more accurate stats like gun handling and so that game mode was swarming with defenders ,i understand that i have a defender to so thats the only time to play that awful gun tank...
The last time I played this I missed 4-5 midrange shots in a row against a low health panther 2, he ended up killing me with cupola shots. Not my kind of fun
I have the Obj.252U for a few years now and I have to say it was one of the most disappointing tanks I ever got. The tanks that it faces unless two tiers down, have no problem penning it, when of course when this was new it was advertised by WG and certain big youtubers as "unfair", "godlike", etc, clearly to push people to buy it. Not the first or the last time it happened, but still annoying. I have better armor (in actual battles) and gun handling results with my Alpine Tiger and that is not a joke. I have 53.15% WR with my Alpine Tiger and 44.83% with my Defender. Not only that, but I have over 500 battles with the AT and just 29 battles with the Defender exactly because of how poop I find it in real terms and can't stand playing with it. As for the gun, poop, but that for me is not alone on itself to ruin this tank. It's the whole package. Yes I am far from a great player, but this tank is poop.
i was scaret to buy this tank because i heard that gun hundling is bad. I was surprised in pozitive way when i had battle on prochorovka sniping from midle 400+ meters end up with 5500 dmg with bilance 17/15/13. Another battle against tier IX italian TD 2/3 into cupola.
The hull is made of paper when they press 2 key. Turret weakspot on top is terrible. Gun handling terrible. This tanks not nearly as OP as people made it seem.
After buying the Defender I regretted it. I've spent $$ foolishly on many things, but this a truly a waste. Garbage tank! I wish I could get my money back.
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It's funny I don't really play WOT anymore, but i still have to watch Skill every day. 😅
In my opinion, you can still play low tiers and have TONS of fun. I know, because as a veteran WoT player, I am sick of High-tier games, and I stick to tiers up to 6-7 maximum. 8+ is just sickening, unless you want to play your casual premium for extra credits! But my personal favourite tiers are 3-5 - lol 😂
Same
@@BRACIAKSERO.
What are your favourite tiers?
@@wotaddictglobal I feeling well when I am playing 9 tier but it's because my crew is experienced, I am using equipment, I have more experience with higher tier tanks because I have to play more to max out the tanks, I have to make a money to buy next tier, research all modules for the tanks. I like this feeling of dealing more damage. It's satisfying for me. Unfortunately I have never get the opportunity to b6ut X tier tank because I have never could afford it.
@@BRACIAKSERO.
I am a tank collector and I currently have about 600 of them, but I rarely play the high tiers (9 and 10). Whenever I need credits, I play tier 6-8 premium tanks, and even in a loss, I get lots of cash!
Remember when Defender was OP? I ‘member.
Someone took member-berries
Never was that good, at least not comparable to stupidities lately like bz. Gun handling was always shit so youd just bounce things and barely output damage until you got flanked by the enemies because your team melts around you
Remember when WOT made balanced vehicles, maps, and it was a free to play game? Pepperidge Farm remembers...
You must be a very old person 😆 But wait a minute... I'm also remember those days 😐☹️
It started the never ending power creep. It's still a very good tank.
Played this with the level 2 experimental equipment and It really helps, the combined reduced aim time with reduced dispersion combined with improved aiming and bond vents and its actually hitting most of its shots.
I am glad that at least one person other than myself finds this change to be good!!! I love the new equipment 🙂
@wotaddictglobal the only issue I have is I want to use it on a lot of different tanks, I think It will be almost a requirement for 3 marking sone tanks and may become a clan wars requirement which eoild mean spending a lot of components demounting equipment, if feels like there will be alot of grinding missions to stay competitive.
whats your build on this defender?
To me it was a no-brainer to buy this offer. I love the IS-7 tree and this tank is very similar. Snap like a mad baboon and when you are aiming be the incarnation of patience itself. Armour is made of thorium. I like it.
Remember when this is the pinnacle of OPness in tier 8 prems? Pepperidge Farm remembers...
My 2 builds are vents, rammer and vert stabs, or vents, improved aiming and vert stabs. The second build is the best overall I've found, combining vents and improved aiming.
Defender is a LEGEND, i didn’t play it last 2 years but i have 4K battles with this tank , all crew from heavy russian tech tree grow on this tank !!! Now he is chill in garage wait
The funny thing is that defender works close or being still and sniping xD
I personally have just enjoyed with HP, turbo and the aiming device. Just going close almost no matter what and well, I am just a speed enjoyer. I hate chasing the last damage and being too slow.
Of course its not the best and certain way not the most enjoyable, but the performance is still 3rd of my premium heavy tanks. Only WZ-176 and Skoda ahead so...
252u will allways be special to me because it is the only tier 8 i did 10k dmg in, and that game i hit 28 out of 28 shots
Weird...that best dmg in 252U is 9k..
Do you have replay?
SKEEEEILLL! I didn't know about that climb in Sand River - nice trick
Not Defender. Object 252u. I got it when released as I didn't want to be targeted as the op tank with the easy to remember name.
Hey skill, for better gun handling u can also use triple stabilizer with the new experimental equipment. It makes tanks like defender and t57 heavy almost straight up broken. Not gonna have dpm or view range tho, but thats a sacrafice to be made
its not sustainable what do i mean, how many people would use bond equipment, and maxed out experimental equipment? its just to play arround on test account, nothing more then that
@@skill4ltu True, I only use these on T57, but it's like night and day, and now I actually like it. So glad u answered, hail to the king
power creep is real,remember when everyone complained that this thing was OP? Its not bad by any means now but with skoda t56 and bz in the game?
BZ is whole different beast of OP.
Well atleast you can pen defender on its 2 cupola skoda t56 as well even in hulldown but the BZ when u dont have 121+ caliber or heats u cant pen that mofo especially when hulldown. They say its derpy gun handling? I think not i snap my shots with it and it hits even without food
It is still op. When people say what is people going to do in their tier 6 tanks vs bz... What are they suposed to do against this monster? The armor is idiot proof on this beast of a tank. Little bit like is6 remember that one? A tank that has been in game literaly forever. Its not like op armor is a new thing. Its been a thing for as long as i can remember.
People complained that the upper plate is autobounce even on tier X rounds.
This comment made me getting it from the Bond shop, and i have no regrets. Needed a Russian heavy T8 for crew training. (churchill 3, is the best for that).
But this, actually stupid mission for a crew member, bounce 3 times 55k made me buy it.
It's not the best tank, but like you say idiot proof. They bounce a lot on me :), so do i on the opponents :(
Im excited to see the baboon index grow!
Still a beast of a tank, just requires (a very, very little) bit of thought to play it these days in regards to positioning and map routes.
Yes it is still an awesome tank even without modifications!
I'm using hardening, improved aiming and gun laying drive on this one. Feels like you can hit a shot now and again. Pirosami making a visit in the end! Very nice!
Too bad we don't get to test drive tanks before buying with real money
Oof, times have truly changed when the defender isn't OP
Did you know that it has the best armour for doing the blocking missions? Its turret is absolutely impenetrable if you are hull down and the enemy can see nothing but your top! Not even Tier 10s with premium can go through!
@@wotaddictglobal I pen defender cupolas with any tier 6, nowadays i spank defenders with Skoda T56
Perosami saw ur game and blessed you with a interesting assisting damage
I like this stock grind and gun use idea. Very cool plan Skeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel. Also this community vote idea is very interesting. I can't wait to see it implemented.
A year ago I would have jumped at the chance to buy this tank, but nowadays with all the autoloaders, and some with better pen now. The Defender is nothing special nowadays really. I just bought the tier 9 STK other day, so have no need for a T8 premium like the Defender and will pass on getting it
ever tried the is7? ...0.35 disp..insane high for a tier 10!
alos 303 pen is not much
"but it has a 130mm gun" there are like 7 heavies with 152mm guns lmao.
Not sure why it doesn't work for you but for me it's a BEAST!!! My best money maker too!!! Fear this tank!!!
I'm still a fan of my Defender. I typically still make credits with it.
It seems like yesterday everyone was in an uproar saying this tank was so OP, just complete broken like the BZ 176 is now 🤣
When Defender have to be the offensive attacker and making pressure. This name getting me confused 🤣
Defender isn't bad by any means, but sadly 703 exists
Sadly BZ-176 exists
@kunstderfugue Honestly tho, the 252u is a good counter to the bz (the bz can only pen it in the cupola). But overall the bz is a stronger tank
Gun handling?
Udarniy
30:57 PIROSAMI!!!!!!
19:44 How did that Char futur survive?
6:05
that timing .......
a couple of months ago there was a game mode with more accurate stats like gun handling and so that game mode was swarming with defenders ,i understand that i have a defender to so thats the only time to play that awful gun tank...
Cool vid, but i have a question, can a tank move back and forth that fast when there trying to defect a shot?
This tank now only works against lower tiers and even then you only penetrate if its made out of cheese.
The best thing about this tank is review from SirForch.
I wouldn't mind test driving this tank after crew skill changes.
DOES IT WORTH THIS TANK OR NO>?
excited about community voting
Whats the Name of this camo? And how to get it?
Defender still king
Beautiful pirosami spotting
I think I haven’t played with the defender ever since the udarny came out
I still have not received any experimental equipment inside the game.... Anyone any ideas why?
The last time I played this I missed 4-5 midrange shots in a row against a low health panther 2, he ended up killing me with cupola shots. Not my kind of fun
9:58 well…that is how you thought us to play a russian tank. No aim, just snapshot😅😂
I miss games like that one on sand river...
Anyone else see that ricochet at 2:43?
I have the Obj.252U for a few years now and I have to say it was one of the most disappointing tanks I ever got. The tanks that it faces unless two tiers down, have no problem penning it, when of course when this was new it was advertised by WG and certain big youtubers as "unfair", "godlike", etc, clearly to push people to buy it.
Not the first or the last time it happened, but still annoying.
I have better armor (in actual battles) and gun handling results with my Alpine Tiger and that is not a joke. I have 53.15% WR with my Alpine Tiger and 44.83% with my Defender. Not only that, but I have over 500 battles with the AT and just 29 battles with the Defender exactly because of how poop I find it in real terms and can't stand playing with it.
As for the gun, poop, but that for me is not alone on itself to ruin this tank. It's the whole package.
Yes I am far from a great player, but this tank is poop.
Russian heavies drive me crazy. Everyone says they are beginner-friendly, but their guns are just crap, imo.
for the most of time i go again tier X match macking , very difficult to play
i was scaret to buy this tank because i heard that gun hundling is bad. I was surprised in pozitive way when i had battle on prochorovka sniping from midle 400+ meters end up with 5500 dmg with bilance 17/15/13. Another battle against tier IX italian TD 2/3 into cupola.
Ohh this dude is fantastic, where have I been???
You loaded HEAT!? HEAT with Obj 252u? CHEATER!!! Report 😂
Pirosami assistance
I killed you @skill4ltu yesterday when you were playing the defender 😆 in steppes assault.
I was in BZ-166.
imagine if this tank arrives in bond shop with 12k price
It's not T32, it's Terminator 32 :D
tomorrow Strv K im 100% sure :P ---------3 games 4500 DPG
Stab, aiming and vent for the max gun handeling
Gun rammer gives you just less reload. xD
RNG without random, premium ammo as a credit drain and a matchmaker for pay to win tanks.
Back in my days when devender whas stronghold tank tho be i say if defender come in shop i would buy i for even 500 euro's
666 is pirrosami. Apparently they are evil.
pyrosami
Can you Play the is-6? For me its a very worst tank
The hull is made of paper when they press 2 key. Turret weakspot on top is terrible. Gun handling terrible. This tanks not nearly as OP as people made it seem.
Number of the beast Skilllllllll
Pyrosamy
defender is still op imho
Love Ruski Stronk
666 in Chinese means super cool!
Priosame for President!!!
It means Piroooosaaaamiii
Perfect!
666 is voldemort? (dunno xD)
Pirosami 666. A true curse
Hi Skill will you make a video with buffed Defender killer? Day 8
Pirosamiiii!
Pirosami
Pirosami Skill
Good tank until you meet TVP VTU AkA Defender killer
Pohonil jsem
Not playing my Defender and 252U. Gun handling is crap. Worse that KV-1.
I`ve enjoyed this video to say the least...
Defender or Object 252U. Against lower tier, it is king but against equal or higher tier, I just go full APCR as AP is too RNG dependant.
Pirosami!
PIROSAMI!!!
Pirosami lololololo!
Oohh, 666, Pirosami
666 is the number of the beast
Who's here after the introduction of defender into the bond store?
Pirosami!!!
666 is chinese meme,meaning u r pretty good~
Pirosami!!!!!
Am hunting Ranger trophy, can u tell me which tank is the best for that mission?
After buying the Defender I regretted it. I've spent $$ foolishly on many things, but this a truly a waste. Garbage tank! I wish I could get my money back.
get yourself american T77 and you won't have to regret getting defender that much 😅
@@test_nametest_surname1794 I don't know if I would have the strength!
Pirosami❤️
I love this tank.
I use bond fan, bond rammer and bond stabi + premium consumeble and 6 skill crew.
I do not think the gun is bad for me
I call BS...this gun is easy 4 xD and end with a disgusting pirosami.......
Pirosaaaaamiiiiii
pirosami 4 the win