When I grinded through this tank it felt like most people knew to just shoot the forehead, which is autopen for +90mm caliber guns (which basically every tank has). Made playing this tank quite horrible when you also don't have gun depression to hide the forehead.
@@Ol_White_Fatalis on NA server, it is the 4th lowest requirement for tier 9 heavies with 2,923. On EU it is pretty much the same, 2,942. The only lower requirement tier 9 heavies are Type 4, M-6-Y, and M103 ( on both servers).
I just searched yesterday this tank on yt and could only find a video of a year ago Im having so much fun in this tank And as my first tier 9 tank in general I think i mads the right choice
I religiously go to Skil for all my game info. I had decided to grind to the IS7. Skil said 257 has to be put up with til you get the IS7. For me the 257 has been a dream. I like it more then the Is7. 54% Wingrate 585 games and it is marked. It'd not a brawler for me. Other team players ignore it. They go for the big tanks. It has been consistently good with my play style.
IS-7 is much better, but results might be weaker since with IS-7 you mostly play TX games only and IMO playing TX is totally different than playing lower tiers.
''This is one of those games where you need to go in front and back, in front and back, in front and back, you need toooo act like you're a pipi, you know?'' XDDDDDDDD PRAISE THE EMPEROR BABOON!
When you sound treat your room, make sure you don't put absorbing materials all over and put in a diffuser or two. That way you will get the best of two worlds, removing the ugly sounds but keeping a nice natural room tone which absolutely will improve your recordings.
Hi Skill! Just wanted to warn you that sound isolation foam is extremely flammable, so make sure not to put any candles or other fire near it. I use it myself and I love it, but it's good to be aware of! Thank you for everything baboon king, your hard work shows and we appreciate you 💖
hey skill, just wanted to mention something about the Skill Index. I saw that you put smooth ride as the first skill to get in medium tanks, however this skill currently has no effect in game if your turning at all, its only effective during foward and backwards movement with no rotation. it also only gives a 4% bonus vs the 7.5% bonus that snapshot provides. and i would personally swap it for offroad driving or Clutch braking with improved impact as a second. Thank you
im not great player but if you encounter experienced players with this tank and if you dont hide all of your front side they pen you like crazy. they can pen you from top of the turret too
From my experience it’s pretty easy I agree, and easiest t10s to mark are the t-62a and IS-7 IMO. If I remember correctly from when I marked it the t62a’s reqs are like 3.4k
I was grinding for the is-7 tech tree & then the game gave me free xp for the tier 8 and I didn't even have to play it ! Was able to unlock this tank for 0xp after the tier 7 IS. Am I lucky or what? I feel like that had to have been a bug or something but I'll call it a blessing First game with it and knew this tank was great, been very fun
Beautiful tank, i got my first second mark in it without even realising it. Just avoid 150mm guns like the plague because they can do nasty things to you. wStay hull down against them and youll be fine
@@tomkara1090 You get autopenned by everything on the turret man, idk what u talking about. You don't need 150mm+ gun to overmatch this thing easily xD.
I think this tank is overrated, it only baits new/bad players, but against people with good aim and knowledge on how armor works, the 257 armor isn't good at all. The front is easy to pen everywhere, depending on how you are facing it, and the turret is quite bad, easy to hit cuppolas and overmatch roof. T-10 turret is a lot better than this one. So, again, i don't think this tank is that good, i'd say average at best. It's fun to bait unexpirenced players to shoot at your side and that's it xD.
Finally you get the new sound foam. The audio quality was terrible the last years. Disgusting. I was hearing your voice double all the time even when I finished watching your videos. Btw: I think there were never any sound issues.
Nah nowhere near, a lot of t9 heavies are better than this. In fact, most of them are. This thing has a trash turret that everyone can overmatch and quite bad front armor if you know how to shoot at pike-nose depending on the angle, and the gun isn't anything special. This thing isn't even in the top 10 heavies at t9 xD. Average at best.
This is the only heavy tank I have 2-marked. I love this tank and the sidescraping!
This is my favorite tank I can never play right.
Me too I suffer 10 bad games then get 1 game with 4k damage
@@lorenzofalorni3961 better 4k then 0
back sidescrape is working for this tank. give it a try
Same
It's the "no clue of the best position in each map"
Casual 8k combined with live commentary. Truly the Lord of the primates.
Thank you. This is exactly what i need. Grinding this for my first tier 10
When I grinded through this tank it felt like most people knew to just shoot the forehead, which is autopen for +90mm caliber guns (which basically every tank has). Made playing this tank quite horrible when you also don't have gun depression to hide the forehead.
Yeah turret of this tank is really bad, terrible at any hulldown position because of that. This tank is bad imo.
Weirdly enough its my only 3 marked vehicle
@@bencetoth5407 Idk what it's expectations are, but probably low since a lot of newcomers grind this line and isn't a very good tank either.
@@Ol_White_Fatalis on NA server, it is the 4th lowest requirement for tier 9 heavies with 2,923. On EU it is pretty much the same, 2,942. The only lower requirement tier 9 heavies are Type 4, M-6-Y, and M103 ( on both servers).
@@Ol_White_Fataliscant play hulldown= bad? Its godlike at sidescraping and medicore at everything else
My favourite tank for blocking missions. Reverse sidescrape works great.
Until people realize they can hit the cuppolas/easily overmatch the turret forehead xD.
I just searched yesterday this tank on yt and could only find a video of a year ago
Im having so much fun in this tank
And as my first tier 9 tank in general
I think i mads the right choice
this tank was my favourite tier 9 heavy i really loved this troll armor and sidescrape ability
I religiously go to Skil for all my game info. I had decided to grind to the IS7. Skil said 257 has to be put up with til you get the IS7.
For me the 257 has been a dream. I like it more then the Is7. 54% Wingrate 585 games and it is marked. It'd not a brawler for me. Other team players ignore it. They go for the big tanks. It has been consistently good with my play style.
IS-7 is much better, but results might be weaker since with IS-7 you mostly play TX games only and IMO playing TX is totally different than playing lower tiers.
''This is one of those games where you need to go in front and back, in front and back, in front and back, you need toooo act like you're a pipi, you know?'' XDDDDDDDD PRAISE THE EMPEROR BABOON!
When you sound treat your room, make sure you don't put absorbing materials all over and put in a diffuser or two. That way you will get the best of two worlds, removing the ugly sounds but keeping a nice natural room tone which absolutely will improve your recordings.
Pozdrawiam każdego polskiego widza Skilla 🙃
some wehicles are so op
i am so impressed what wz55 can do on the battlefield AND
how it seems to resist damage from arty
257 is like old is4 with 90° side scrape, back in days.
is4 still like that today xD
17:44 - where is our song? He is a submarine!
Loved this tank too, not so many people truly like this one
Hi Skill! Just wanted to warn you that sound isolation foam is extremely flammable, so make sure not to put any candles or other fire near it.
I use it myself and I love it, but it's good to be aware of!
Thank you for everything baboon king, your hard work shows and we appreciate you 💖
3 marked this beauty today, great tank
hey skill, just wanted to mention something about the Skill Index. I saw that you put smooth ride as the first skill to get in medium tanks, however this skill currently has no effect in game if your turning at all, its only effective during foward and backwards movement with no rotation. it also only gives a 4% bonus vs the 7.5% bonus that snapshot provides. and i would personally swap it for offroad driving or Clutch braking with improved impact as a second. Thank you
im not great player but if you encounter experienced players with this tank and if you dont hide all of your front side they pen you like crazy. they can pen you from top of the turret too
yup
Lfg I waited for you my friend.
I feel like this tank is not this good anymore... Everything pens this tank right now.
We all need to hold our banana!
That first game though..... wowee.
I have a hard time playing with my defender, thanks to you I know how to make armor work now.
Gun is very trolling too 😓
What? Defender cant sidescrape like the obj 257 can. Their playstyles are different.
skill do you think there will be marathon just like with shtpk?
I 2 marked this thing in 50 games. Really fun. They ALWAYS take the side armour bait man
The more you "drive" like a Bob, the better the armor work.🤭 My experience, when I 3 marked it.
nice reminder why I have blocked fishermans bay
Master of reverse sidescrape :D
I think T-22 medium is the best side scraper, even better than IS-7 and IS-7 is better than 257.
@@TheRealPulverize reverse sidescraper tho
skill when are you going to make a video on the wz132
Sidescraping? 90 degree angle and my Gonsalo couldn't pen it with AP.
Auto ricochet on lower side of plate must aim high
@@timwilson6527 I know but the penetratable area is really small when you have such an inaccurate gun.
Casually breaks my dmg pr in first game
I think the 257 is the easiest 3 mark tank. At least it was my first tank with three marks.
From my experience it’s pretty easy I agree, and easiest t10s to mark are the t-62a and IS-7 IMO. If I remember correctly from when I marked it the t62a’s reqs are like 3.4k
How do you find AE Phase 1s that shoot AP? Every Phase i play against is always heat spamming.
Skillllllkkklzl i love u broooo
my first 3marks tank
I was grinding for the is-7 tech tree & then the game gave me free xp for the tier 8 and I didn't even have to play it ! Was able to unlock this tank for 0xp after the tier 7 IS. Am I lucky or what? I feel like that had to have been a bug or something but I'll call it a blessing
First game with it and knew this tank was great, been very fun
i dont know how to use this tank, how to move or cover...plz help
Beautiful tank, i got my first second mark in it without even realising it. Just avoid 150mm guns like the plague because they can do nasty things to you. wStay hull down against them and youll be fine
Hulldown of this tank stinks, everybody can overmatch your forehead. Not a good idea to play hulldown with this.
Better than getting autopenned from a T30
@@tomkara1090 You get autopenned by everything on the turret man, idk what u talking about. You don't need 150mm+ gun to overmatch this thing easily xD.
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Skillz say everything twice anyways so why bother fixing the echo?
in console version this thing can't block at all
I don't liked that Tank. But i played it very wrong! should i play this Tank once again. but like this 😊 thanks! 😊
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I think this tank is overrated, it only baits new/bad players, but against people with good aim and knowledge on how armor works, the 257 armor isn't good at all. The front is easy to pen everywhere, depending on how you are facing it, and the turret is quite bad, easy to hit cuppolas and overmatch roof. T-10 turret is a lot better than this one.
So, again, i don't think this tank is that good, i'd say average at best. It's fun to bait unexpirenced players to shoot at your side and that's it xD.
The Problem for me is the Gun Skill, but is a good tank 😁
13:29 - no struggle, it is this shit map. This is really strange that people vote high on this map in your questionary.
i love this tenk, całym serduszkiem :)
I did not like this one. Sold it the moment I grinded tier X. WR only 45% while T-10 at the same time 52%. So it didn't work for me...
Hated every second of this tank
Its always team foult
yo
why is 50 prosent of your widiows not showing on my yoytube? it stand as just reloading? it bugs me seens i wacht em every evening
I dont hear echo it is fine Like this to me also
No idea what you guys are talking about, the turret armor is complete trash.
Tho i made 5k dmg in one battle and block most dmg ever 11k and lose sad but that was nice haha
You can speak English even if your nationality is Lithuanian.
Finally you get the new sound foam. The audio quality was terrible the last years. Disgusting. I was hearing your voice double all the time even when I finished watching your videos.
Btw: I think there were never any sound issues.
i fuckin hate this tank. for some reason, I can't do well in it.
I hate this tank, gun always be trolling me
i hate this tank so much
Bad tank. Being able to overmatch any T9 heavy tank with 105mm is idiotic. What were they smoking
this tank is crap, no sidescrap strategy works.
One of the best sidescrapers in the game
Best Heavy in game, love that monster!
what xDDDD 257 is piece of kaku
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Maybe I should have said T9 tank XD
Nah nowhere near, a lot of t9 heavies are better than this. In fact, most of them are. This thing has a trash turret that everyone can overmatch and quite bad front armor if you know how to shoot at pike-nose depending on the angle, and the gun isn't anything special. This thing isn't even in the top 10 heavies at t9 xD. Average at best.
Does any one know what is ibj 257 pa I don't see any video about the tank