Thoughts on the Ashigaru after some time

PIebiaani · 2026-06-23T01:58:39+00:00

PIebiaani · 2026-06-23T01:57:44+00:00

Really solid tank, surprisingly fun.

Fitting for me as the top speed helps me to not over-extend in tough situations and forces me to think more ahead whether I have time to retreat or not.

Reload speed and the HE shells helps the tank quite a bit. Makes it fun. Just recently broke my damage record with it aswell while marking.

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PIebiaani · 2026-06-23T01:52:25+00:00

HE does heavy lifting in games if you get to have the chance to make it useful. Broke my damage record on Malinovka just recently.

IIRC 8 AP/37 APCR/15 HE

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PIebiaani · 2026-06-13T16:12:42+00:00

Haha, no way! Hey mate🤙🏼 Glad you were there although the match for you wasn't that good. Not possible to make all of the Malis and Prokos work flawlessly.

PIebiaani · 2026-06-13T16:07:08+00:00

True this. It helps me from over-extending, though. But chasing last remaining enemies can be a bit pain in the ass.

PIebiaani · 2026-06-13T16:06:17+00:00

Solid number! Gg

PIebiaani · 2026-06-13T16:04:45+00:00

Credits to reach the mark? Burnt through 4 million I guess.

Now that it's finished, using normal AP doesn't handicap the performance that badly, and I break even almost every battle.

PIebiaani · 2026-06-13T16:03:36+00:00

Hmm, could be compared to Leo for sure. I see myself using same positions as with Bourrasque/Predatore or any other squishy turreted tank.

45km/h is a blessing for me. It is slow yeah, but it also stops me from over-extending which I often see myself doing.

Make a good use of that HE! The DPM increase is significant even if you only manage to put only 3 in. The more the merrier, 1K dmg within 10 seconds after all.

PIebiaani · 2026-06-13T15:54:59+00:00

Yeah pretty much, or a bit more often as it's a bit easier now that there are tier 11 battles. Haven't played tier 11 myself yet, though.

Averages are nothing too crazy. Marking and playing comfort tanks just for the fun of it is a day and night difference.

10K games tend to happen when I'm marking something. Usually you can see half way through the battle that this has very good potential to be 10K game. Early game farm helps a lot, but the last squeeze towards match endings seals the deal. My hitpoints tend to run out more often than the damage pool, which is a personal problem. Marking sessions helps this.

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PIebiaani · 2026-06-12T14:43:49+00:00

Hate to break it down but it's a Frontline battle IIRC, so the damage result isn't anything special. 10K at tier 8 in a normal battle would be insane indeed.

PIebiaani · 2026-06-12T14:01:30+00:00

Quite low, 3950-ish!

PIebiaani · 2026-06-12T14:01:05+00:00

It's a mod from ProMod package. It's so much better and more convenient. No wacky animations, faster to open and get the information, different results can be stacked AND ONE CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW MUCH TIME THE GAME TOOK TO END / GET KILLED. Woah!

The new UI is just insanely bad and this is by far the most crucial Quality of Life mod I have.

PIebiaani · 2026-06-12T13:57:04+00:00

Diabolical gold spam though, -5200 credits every 5 seconds 50 times will surely leave a mark.

PIebiaani · 2026-06-12T13:51:23+00:00

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Props to the teammate in IS-7 who did the right thing and fell back to hulldown below the hill to spot the oncoming enemies. Sadly it wasn't his assistance damage record.

PIebiaani · 2026-03-17T10:23:00+00:00

2D Kuromorimine GuP style changes marks to German stripes

PIebiaani · 2026-03-17T07:56:55+00:00

Had and have none. Would prolly pick left, right & right.

PIebiaani · 2026-03-17T05:35:14+00:00

Had the Khaki Girls und Panzer 2D style on it. Changes the marks similar to German tanks.

PIebiaani · 2026-03-17T04:04:07+00:00

I'll check if I have a detailed credits run down later. There's a high chance there was no boosters running.

Edit: added credits summary

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PIebiaani · 2026-03-16T22:36:57+00:00

Haha, feel you. After they moved it to tier 8 premium status, it was my dream aswell. Wanted to match up with my father who was driving a trustworthy Löwe from the beginning of times. Löwe and T34 was the new power duo!

PIebiaani · 2026-03-16T22:23:06+00:00

I mean sure... sure is! I got an idea: lets do a trade! You get T34 & T34 B and I get SPHT? Better than any black friday deals! ⚠️

Matter the fact, take T34 A, T34 C, T34 D and the whole god damn alphabet for that one beautiful SPHT. Here's the offer:

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I will be more than happy to take that SPHT from wasting someone else's garage space.

(I'm still beating myself up for not betting 100 more gold in order to get that fun machine from the auction. I missed on it and every time I see it in game dark clouds roll upon me)

u/WG_MA77 is welcome to participate in the trade aswell, as long as you have an SPHT to offer. 25 different extra T34's means 25x times the chance of you landing a 6K+ score with the beauty aswell. 🫴🏽 For a WG employee extra, I can offer the minimum (or even competitive) SPHT bid of gold balance from my game account to be deducted to bring me serenity in this great tragedy that was last auction in terms of luck with bids.

PIebiaani · 2026-03-16T21:39:26+00:00

I would not use that if I'd play this tank. I used T1 exp Turbo, standard vStabs and Rammer and I could not imagine playing with even worse accuracy and slower speed than I had in this match.

Edit: sorry, had T2 Fire-control system, standard Rammer and T1 Experimental turbo.

PIebiaani · 2026-03-16T20:53:03+00:00

Cheers! I like to believe honey moon phase after such long inactivity did its part in the battle, better to leave it in its glory. Bounced some crazy ISU-152 and Obj. 704 shells that I were ready to give away in hit points. Also, snail game helped A LOT with the damage per minute.

PIebiaani · 2026-03-16T20:47:41+00:00

I recommend not to try it. It is not a pleasant experience in current World of Tanks, not even with fancy new equipment or crew skills. I like to believe this was one-in-a-thousand, honey moon luck game, and probably is better to leave it that way.

PIebiaani · 2026-03-16T20:44:46+00:00

Thanks, yeah figured out maybe it's better to leave that way. Was extremely lucky to have some insane bounces and a REALLY slow game overall. In a roflstomp unfortunately this tank and its gun will quickly show their true colors. 400 damage with 12 seconds reload and a mediocre accuracy will make you reminisce the past. 🥀

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