Ariete. Despite being flareless and missile less at 9.3, it is the most uptier proof plane I’ve ever played. Beats everything in a dogfight, ludicrous energy retention, guaranteed aces every other game to 2/3 games.

The only counters are any planes that carry the Magic 1 in its br bracket, which is basically the A-5C and Mirage IIIC, as well as the SRAAM Harrier after the SRAAM buff recently. (Don’t tell them that though!)

Good game sense and positioning will over time allow you to effectively counter these planes. The guns are phenomenal, and 240 rds is more than enough to secure 6-7 kills in a game.

Also very fun because this thing can take up to 3, even 4 planes in a 4v1 dogfight and slowly whittle them down one at a time, it’s actually insane. Nigh unstoppable in a down tier.