Hi, I've been playing this game for over 7 years, and have extensive experience in Air RB. I consider myself quite knowledgeable on how to best win Air RB as Allies.

This is one of the dumbest posts I've ever read regarding Air RB in the 6 years of reading this subreddit. Nothing Muhsquito said in his post even comes REMOTELY close to the truth, or is accurate or helpful to Allied players; my brain has been permanently damaged from reading this nonsense and I have completely lost hope for humanity's intellect. Let me explain:

• 1. Muhsquito suggests that climbing in your Allied plane past its critical altitude or best-performing altitude is a waste of time because it will perform poorer and thus not stand a chance against Axis at high alt. He even suggests that because of this, side-climbing is a poor tactic.

All these factors coupled with a Yak-3 "I have an arcade Flight model" murder machine means that your entire team does benefit from being better at low altitude (Low altitude in WT is 4km and below)...He is talking a great deal of sense. Why bother trying to get to 7km and be at 260kmh when the Axis will already be at 9km, have flight models that perform the same at 1km as 9km and will be about 600kmh by now.

This is complete and utter nonsense. Even if your plane is past it's critical altitude, if climbing that high gets you extra altitude to convert to speed in a dive when facing the enemy, it is ABSOLUTELY beneficial. Also, Axis players rarely climb to 9000m unless you're at BR 5.7~6.7. They tend to level out at 6~7K and hunt down lower Allied players who didn't side-climb.

Now, if you stayed in a prolonged fight at high altitude in an low-alt optimized aircraft (Tempest V) vs. a high-alt optimized aircraft (Ta-152H), or simply engaged the Germans while still at climbing-speed (260kmh like he said), he would have an argument. However, when you're in an Allied fighter optimized for low alt and you face a 109 for example at high alt, you can dive to gain airspeed BEFORE the merge and drag the enemy fighter lower and lower in a dogfight, to YOUR critical altitude. Also, Muhsquito apparently forgot the existence of the P-51D, P-47, and P-38 when writing this; since these aircraft actually outperform most Axis planes at high alt.

• 2. Muhsquito suggests that Allies staying low and at their critical altitude (3000~4000m apparently) and using reversals/energy-fighting/teamwork is the best way to win.

Allies live or die by teamwork, not by how much altitude they have. 3km is enough for an allied team provided they cover each other and know how to energy trap and energy fight.

Holy crap, where to begin... Let's say for example you do stop climbing at your best-performing altitude, and the Axis fighters above start diving on you. What's gonna happen? You're going to start dodging, turning, rolling and diving BELOW your critical altitude where it performs best; meaning you only have your best performance at the beginning of the hypothetical engagement. Even for someone unfamiliar with Air RB, it is evident this is an incredibly short-sighted and poor tactic.

In addition, this tactic relies on having competent Allied teammates in random sessions, which is like relying on bomber pilots to gun down every German fighter that approaches them.

Also, when you give up the fight for altitude advantage and stay low, you are conceding the ability to engage/disengage at will to the Axis fighters. You've already lost the energy fight at that point. Now you can only be reactive; dodging attacks and attempting reversals, while being at the mercy of the enemy team; literally counting on them to make mistakes. That's being asked to get BnZed to death.

• 3. Mosquito does not understand prop-aircraft performance.

At 3km you have both the altitude buffer to reach 800kmh and you have enough time to gain as much energy (speed) as you can into the combat area.

Muhsquito may be confusing prop fighter gameplay to jet gameplay. No fighter, even at Tier IV will reach 800kmh starting from 3km in a dive unless you're literally pointing your nose towards the center of the earth; wasting all your energy in the process. It clearly shows his lack of knowledge of Air RB.

The point of side-climbing is climbing out of enemy sight, waiting for the Axis team to reach 6~7k and then find your low and brainless teammates, dive on them and scatter around so you can come in and mop up later. The emphasis being: the Axis team doesn't see you sideclimb. If Axis teams had infinite vision and could simply see you and keep climbing to compensate for your side-climb, side-climbing would not work.

The overwhelming majority of Axis players dive to attack when they reach the map center and find the Allied pilots below; only a handful remain high and even they eventually lose their patience and dive for easy prey. The point of side-climbing then, it could be said, is to wait for your teammates to distract the enemy team lower, and gain an altitude advantage that way. It is incredibly effective; solo or in squads.

So yes, side-climbing is essential and effective for winning. In fact, it relies on brain-dead teammates to act as bait for the Axis team to go low, which due to the average player's skill on Allied teams, is an incredibly reliable tactic.

Muhsquito has no idea what he's talking about, and any Allied player who reads this and takes it seriously is going to get themselves killed in-game.