How to Get Better at World of Tanks: A Pro's Guide to Improving

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[th_CAV_Trooper]

Solid advice. My clan, GATT, does replay reviews and it's helpful to get feedback from the guys who are playing 500 to 1k WN8 better than me. Also, your advice to play for marks starting at lower tiers is similar to what I did when my win rate was 48%. Someone called me a shitter and said I should go back to tier three. Though toxic, it was actually good advice. So I went to tier three and played until my WR was 51%. Then moved up. Now I'm working on tier 9 and I'm 49.9% there and 52% overall. Took about 6 months to get positive WR from tier 3 to 7. Took another 6 to repair all the damage to my tier 8 WR. Now I'm playing for marks and it's challenging me a lot.

One thing you didn't mention is playing competitive modes. When I started participating in clan battles I had to learn to be more intentional. We take turns calling at low tiers and that will really stretch an 800 WN8 player. 😀

[blitzcanuck]

Good stuff Dark. I'm not in the same league as you. Just a garden-variety unicum. But i improved (and continue to do so) exactly as you have prescribed. For anyone looking to improve, it cannot be overstated how important it is to be honest with yourself and critique your own gameplay. Don't blame RNG, don't blame your teammates, don't blame WG for 'rigging' the match. They are all just lame excuses that will maybe salve your ego but will definitely impede your progress. Thanks for making this video Dark. It's nice to see you following a script. Having followed your YT channel since the start, i was actually going to suggest this because i thought your videos, while presenting excellent info, suffered a bit from meandering. You have a lot to offer the WoT community and i would like to see your channel get a lot more eyeballs. So hopefully you take this constructive criticism in the spirit it is intended.

[snder]

You, kajzoo and daki deserve so much more exposure. I've learned alot from you and them as a 3.3k wn8 player it helps to watch you and see what you do to improve

[vincedoran]

Appreciate your putting in the effort to make this, great advice. And I believe you would succeed in other spheres with that same focus and logic/discipline. Cheers.

[ivandelamorte]

I don't know how I ran into this channel, but I'm glad I did. Excellent video. Extremely helpful. Thank you kindly.

[kobathedread]

Insightful video mate - brimming with wise tips and suggestions. Thanks!

[OTOss]

I'm going to try to implement this advice. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. It's a huge help for a potato like me.

[valeriomangano]

You earned yourself a subscriber! Keep up the good work!

[agent]

thanks for the video! i have been playing WOT for over a decade, but my stats suck because i didn't bother to learn how to play GOOD, until fairly recently. I started the game playing mostly heavies and i have a few Tier X tanks, but it wasn't until i made my self learn light tanks, that my game play improved dramatically.

[topsnek]

Really insightful and useful video, thanks for making it. I'm a WOT Blitz player who recently started getting into PC WOT. The thing I certainly struggle the most with currently is knowing where to go. Your advice of watching good players to improve is solid and helps a lot. The one I would add from my own personal experience with improving is tooning in similar tanks with players that are slightly better than you. If you are 50% play with someone who is 55%, or if your 55% play with someone who is 60%. Then you just kind of shadow the other player. This helped me get in the habit of doing the right thing subconsciouly while not fully understanding why right away. Then once you start doing things right, they make a lot more sense right away.

[tonsterg]

Excellent advice. I'd add that you should have damage markers enabled so you can see where people are shooting from and the alpha if bounced. It helps with blind shots and of course figuring out where people are on the map.

I personally am leveled off at between 2k-3k wn8 playing meds (mostly tier 8). I know I don't fire enough gold, but also maybe I'm too aggressive as my win rate runs between 52%-60% (variable depending on the week).

[jksoler]

Great stuff. Much appreciated. I just subscribed.

[abrahamergashev]

Thanks bro, I just started and I was going down hill, but this helped me

[banditgaming]

Great Job on this.

I think the biggest part of me learning was my computer but other than that. When I started WG was taking a bunch of maps out putting more in, changing tanks. WG just took the 183 out the Waff just got took out the 155.. Then they was buffing tanks and nerfing tanks as soon as i would get them. So I really couldn't learn anything. The game seemed to be forever changing.

But the biggest to me was gun depression. I also think its still a big issue with the game in general. I think as a new player staying away from tanks with no gun depression. Why maybe the T29 is one of the most loved tanks. Its a tier 7 and its got a great Turret.

I'd play IS7 and I could shoot from this spot but now i took the T-44 I could not. Well im going to make it work so now i'm over peaking and so on etc. You touched on on it a bit with the where to go early on with your tank. I mean its the where and why. I also seem to see a bad player on a strong position but its like they don't know why they are there. Positioning and Aggression is to me is, the two biggest things on top of what OP tank your playing. I have an aggression problem and thats why I can't play High Purple or maintain a high purple.

[mrsaussissonsec]

What u said here is still working today, especially at about 19:00 . Back in the day I was a decent player with around 1.8 to 2.4k recent wn8, and I got my hands on a free bourrasque thanks to some giveaway. I loved the tank but wasn't really performing great in it, so I challenged myself to make it the 1st tank I have 3MOE on. IN the end, I played more than a thousand games in it and only marked it earlier this year, but just by trying harder and harder it made me a much stronger player, as I usually have around 4k recent wn8 (which I'm still not satisfied about, lol)

[theoriginalmikyscha]

As somebody that has been playing with an iMac for 2 years, i can safely say that I’m happy to switch to a 4090 by Tuesday 😅

[whitegoliath]

16:22 basically, you're using your fast-track brain aka intuition to rely upon for a lot of decision making which automatically comes to your mind based on experience.

[Val-sjmw]

Please do a guide about dealing with bad maps on lights. (Empire's border, Himmelsdorf, Ensk and other)

[Zudexa]

1 month after first watching this video and average wn8 went up from 1k to 1.5k, and average winrate went up from 49% to 56% your underestimating how good this video is for helping people improve haha

[MrCuerocks]

Yeah I am coming back from a 3 year break. Went a good win8 to 1k with a 2% drop in win rate. I had to relearn the game because tanks like the Lowe changed were you shoot them. Plus the maps changed to be majorly updated and not even talking about all the new tanks. Was a new challenge to the game.