War Thunder Beginner's Guide 3.0, How to Energy Fight

Third instalment to the guide series, we will be looking at energy and how to use it.
I won't be covering how to use energy in a dogfight or in a more manoeuvrable plane as that defeats the purpose of the video. Might cover in the next or the one after that.

00:00 - Intro
00:09 - Introduction (recommended)
01:25 - Reading the enemy's energy level
04:25 - Using your energy (recommended)
07:00 - Example 1
08:00 - Example 2
08:50 - Using your speed (recommended)
10:31 - Example 1
11:48 - Example 2
12:36 - Equalizing your energy (recommended)
13:49 - Example
15:08 - Showcase
16:39 - Using your plane (recommended)
18:53 - Wrap up and example
19:49 - Outro and stuff

Outro: A.N.O. - Vanish

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[alihasanabdullah]

There is a real scarcity of good learner’s guide after Longsh0t stopped uploading. Good to see someone making beginners guides like his that’s up to date.

[silience]

5:57 summarizes the entirety of low tier engagements.

[TheCostantinus]

I love-hate how much situational dogfighting is: you could be the best pilot in the world, but if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, you're dead.

[fliesaway]

Good guy Defyn postpones his own death just to deliver

[reggiekoestoer]

I was like a schoolkid learning something new, and I've been playing since 2013 (and I thought I knew what E-Fighting was). Totally on a different level of understanding. Thanks Defyn

[ccramit]

As a noob, my biggest mistake was generalizing planes too much. It wasn't until I finally played enough to where I was familiar with most planes that I started to get better.

Not all Fw 190's are the same, nor are all Spitfires. In general, Spitfires turn much better than a 190, and 190's are generally much faster. But at certain BR's this is not always true. Assuming because I was in a Fw 190, I could outrun any Spitfire and assuming because I was a Spitfire, I could out turn a 190 were the cause for many a death before I started memorizing stats of planes in more detail.

Also, Gaijin stat cards don't mean shit. Just because your plane SHOULD be 20kph faster than the plane chasing you, it doesn't mean that it actually is. Not to mention, if your plane is spaded and the enemy isn't, or vice versa, plane stats don't really mean a thing.

[SuperAndrewization]

Just wanna say this 3 guides not only made me go back/properly start playing air realistic it also made start enjoying it again, thanks a lot

[mockingbird]

Good cover of the basics, showing different outcomes. Classy animations ;P

[temrinal]

i watch these kinda videos 8 times over like i will retain any of the info. its so fucking hard

[Inklng]

I was climbing in my k-4 and watching this video. Right after I baited an enemy I pulled off an energy trap the way you did. Thanks for the guide!

[cellelysium]

Your guides helped me to improve as a pilot a lot in just a couple of days! I definitely found way more success fighting with energy in mind, i even just stalled someone for the first time and gunned them down! It felt like such a thrill, my adrenaline is still going crazy! Now i see why people like planes so much, it's hella fun, when you know what you are doing, so huge thanks for making those guides, i just might start to truly enjoy and appreciate planes because of you :)

[ohms]

just installed the game recently and was mind blown on how good these tactics work. all i did was spiral until i eventually get shot down. Thankyou! i will be practicing these

[kingghidorah]

When I saw this video I realized I was doing more or less the same things you do instinctively! but I did them wrong.

*Now I can do them right.*

Thank you!

[gfriedline]

This is probably the best form of instructional guide I have seen for Air. The graphical simplifications backed by real-world examples really made the points much more clear and evident to me. At least for me, this was better than just the typical "1 vs 12 ACE Carry kIlLeR Plane" videos that are more common for the game. Now if only I can break a lot of my bad habits that you pointed out for me. Much appreciated.

[wyvern]

These learner guides are great, I really struggle with judging enemy planes energy and often die because I misjudge energy levels.

[UnclePutte]

I love these how-to's. Been playing for years and I still desperately need these.

[Terribleguitarist]

Being a newb, I'm seeing nearly every mistake I've made from the perspective of those who murked me... learned a lot.

[josephbrust]

I notice in game, at least as a new player, there is an idea that some planes are energy fighters and others are not. This video helps clean that up and shows that all fighting is energy fighting. Good job, excellent video. Have fun and keep improving 😉

[yannick]

Oh man, i can't thank you enough. Although I'm at over 1400 hours of War Thunder i still feel like i'm in the learning phase. I think my and actually most peoples problem is that "we" play too kill-thirsty. We'd rather dogfight a plane we can't outurn just because of energy loss than play smart and maybe pass on a kill. Extremely helpful, keep it up!

[Maree_Customs]

Hurried through the tutorials and thought I was decent, but after watching this, my tactics completely changed and I got so many more kills. Came back just to say that