Why you should pick Obersoldaten or Fallschirmjäger - What's the Difference?

A guide for Company of Heroes 2 going in depth as to why you might select one of these squads over the other

00:00 Intro
00:16 Firepower Comparison at different ranges
01:13 Fallschirmjäger Camouflage
04:22 Obersoldaten Abilities
07:00 Unit Timings
08:02 Fallschirmjäger vs Allied Squads at 9 mins
09:58 Different Build Orders
11:22 Weapon Transfer Mechanic
12:26 Reinforcement Cost
12:58 Ease of Use



#guide #COH2 #stats

[viktorg]

Dude, these videos are so professionally made and well tought-out it blows my mind.
Thanks for all the effort you put into this!

[beefyblom]

I prefer Fallschirms because I generally like doing sneaky commando maneuvers, and the mobile reinforcement while airborne assault is active can be very convenient to have. I usually play 2v2s, so I usually get to use late-game abilities more.

[magic]

Average 4v4 game:
-Takes place on Port of Hamburg
-Both sides spam rocket arty

Tightrope spitting hot facts. Also Youtube thinks this is Men of War XD.

[cthulhupl]

One minor thing worth adding is that you can reinforce Fallschirmjäger squads on the field when skill planes are up.

[ahmedshokry]

Dude, I can't imagine coh2 community without Tightrope, you are the man, Thank you

[zirvic]

Really great thanxs and never stop doing that intro xD

[haaansolo]

Tightrope this is honesty incredible!!!! I am so impressed with your level and quality of the video. You're putting soo much time and effort in!!!! Learned soo much and also now I know the math behind why I love Guards so much!! Thank you soo much and keep up the great work!!!

[emiliovicente]

Oh tightrope, you are the best man on earth. Good video!!

[roys.]

When I usually play with friends I find that I rarely go for either the Falls or the Obers because by the time I can start building them I'd either have Volksgrenadiers at Vet 2-3 that are capable of carrying the game for me, or I'd be in a moderate to severe manpower deficit which means I'd rather spend MP reinforcing my depleted Volks squads. Then again I love playing very aggressively in the early game, so my army comps are either heavily in favor of just Volks/Sturmpios or a Volks/Sturmpio/PFusilier mix.

[Brlitzkreig]

Wow, I wasn't expecting such good quality content. This video took a lot of work

[CWhiteRose]

I play with friends mostly 3v3. And I prefer Fall
- They come at 5min. Compare to Ober that come at 8min that can be delayed if you use Light vehicles. Thats enough time for Fall to gain vet 2-3 over fresh Ober.
- I prefer to use Camo units for secret sight for info (sight is the most important for me) and surprise flanking, or just wait and kill retreating units
- In desperate time, I can drop Fall to Vic point, or instant reinforce my attack (by dropping them from behind the frontline), with ability they can reinforce in middle of the battle field.
- For 3v3 its easy to see Shock/Ranger/AssTommy blob. They can easily pass by Ober line by a smoke grenade (especially Shock), and Ober only do great at long range. For Fall, they certainly out perform any close range infantry, but the close they get, the more damage Fall input, making any close range assault is a lose-lose situation.
- With camo, I can sneaky throw a blend grenade on Ranger zook blob to slow them down and my friend throw double Werfer at them, impossible to retreat. Ober hardly do this since they have to get close, which will reduce their damage.

Fall's utility is far beyond Ober.

[headphonesz]

Obers vet 3 with infrared stg 44's melt EVERYTHING

[oldetyme]

great analysis; answering the most important questions with the required attention to detail and context

[VonManteuffeI]

Great video! You also have to add the fact that the Obersoldaten MG34 has Focus Fire, the FG42 not. So models will drop even more quickly againsed Obers than Falls. Most of the time enemies engaging Falls will drop HPs by 50% but no single model dies. On the other hand you are losing ~2 Falls. Thats so frustrating and manpower bleeding...

[fabriciolopez]

Dont stop making these videos tight 10/10.

[eliahelfenbein]

Thank you for the Detailed triels. It will save a Lot of try and failiure

[albertosara]

oh man when all your squads ran into the booby trap, that was golden 😂

[fritzx]

personally i prefer the fallschirmjagers more solely for the fact that the fg42 is both one of the coolest and most bizarre gun of ww2 with the whole lmg sniper assault rifle mix

[TheTrueJanko]

Well done, it is clearly seen how much work you have put in this video. GGWP

[JaHail-oyvq]

2:30 you forgot the best camouflauge unit Stormtrooper.