Guide to Light Tank Tactics and Scouting - Still Good in 2022!
8,812I review common mistakes and break down effective tactics and tips to help you understand how to play light tanks correctly.
Light tanks have the highest "skill cap" of any class in World of Tanks (WoT), as they are fragile, possess relatively weak guns, and have enough mobility to get the driver into trouble.
00:00 Introduction
*What Bad Looks Like*
00:43 Suiscouting / charging recklessly
02:52 Spawn camping
03:39 Spotting in areas where spotting can be done by anyone else
04:37 Overexposing your tank
07:50 Dumb brawling / poor trading
*What Good Looks Like*
09:27 Active scouting smartly
12:29 Getting early spots + damage
18:27 Leveraging intervening soft cover
19:36 Exploiting low-risk opportunities
21:39 Knowing when to flank
29:08 Knowing when to back off / retreat
34:16 Keeping your cool when you have support
35:15 Beware of friendlies who'll get you killed
37:00 Playing with low HP
*Recommended UI Options*
1. Settings → General → Enable Expanded Minimap Features → Always: this tracks the last spotted location for every enemy tank
2. Settings → General → View range indicators on the Minimap: check all 3 checkboxes. The first shows the view range circle, which is how far your tank can spot. Note that doesn’t account for enemy camo. The second checkbox shows the max distance (445m) that any tank can theoretically spot. The third checkbox shows the max distance that you will render tanks that have been spotted by an ally
*Recommended Equipment*
1. For the vast majority of light tanks (aside from the ELC AMX), use Coated Optics
2. For the other 2 slots, typically you want one for gun handling (VStab or GLD) and the other for reload (Rammer). For autoloaders that can't mount Rammer, go with Vents
3. For light tanks around tier 5 that can't get to 445m view range with Optics and Situational Awareness, I have been experimenting with replacing Rammer with Binocs and having good results. This would be regarded as a controversial choice by other Unicums and I want to emphasize that I do this to help out-spot higher-tier tanks, not to sit stationary and be passive for long stretches of time
P.S. this video was something I've wanted to do for a couple years - light tank gameplay is so nuanced - but I knew it would be a TON of work so I kept putting it off. It took several months to collect and catalogue the illustrative footage in the video, so I hope you find it helpful. I'm so relieved to finish it :)
This video is part of my "Road to Unicum" series in which I share what I learned as I progressed towards account Unicum rating (top 1%) with silver ammo only. I talk through how I'm reading the battle as it unfolds and discuss key decisions and mistakes. My hope is that these videos meaningfully help players improve their gameplay.
"Road to Unicum" full guide and FAQs:
http://taugrim.com/2015/02/19/road-to-unicum-guide-videos-for-world-of-tanks
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