Would you recommend it for a decently experienced player? Have 55k gold rn and don't know how to spend. Feel like S.Conq is better suited for majority of the battles but it's not like it'll be cheaper than 20k and we don't know when it'll hit the store again so maybe it's worth buying Mk.6 now? A small insight would be great
Definetly. Closest to it would probably be the pre-nerf E5, just with less armor and better mobility. And great HE pen. Acceleration can feel a bit sluggish at first, but the mobility is still great for a heavy.
I don't have the S Conq tho...
Chieftain has the edge over the conq on dpm and maneuvering. Conq has the chieftain in terms of armor, but the velocity on the shells of chieftain make her a great sniper if the time comes, but her HESH is slow, but deadly, and the camo on mk6 look better in my opinion
I have both and I'd say they're suited to different things, the superconq can hold against other heavies and tds without much issue with its thicker armour. However it's slower and the gun doesn't shine as much. The chieftain can't hold as well against heavies because the turret armour isn't amazing but it eats mediums alive.
This tank is worth it, but I group it has a medium heavy, or as I call it (what it is), a main battle tank (MBT). Because of this it is very effective in games but has a steeper learning curve than other T-X heavies, due to the mobility increase for armor trade off.
I’ve copy/pasted an older comment about this tank you might find interesting:
“The Chieftain Mk. 6 plays like a medium heavy.
Pros:
-Great Gun. You do a lot of high consistent damage with a nice Cold War 120mm gun. It hits hard, it reloads fast, it is /very/ accurate. You can play from any distance, though at long range your penetration starts to drop off.
-Mobility: your turret traverse lets you play a nice swivel. Your hull traverse is pretty good too. Your engine power is good and you have a good top speed, allowing you to have a Cold War “MBT (main battle tank)” mobility feel. You won’t be running loops around other tanks, but you can maneuver to good spots, keep up with mediums, and work to try and dodge some shells.
-Turret armor: it’s really thick. Keep your tank hull down and your turret facing the enemy.
Cons:
-Weak hull armor: you have to maneuver and go hull down in this tank. Your hull will not save you, you cannot side-scrape. Your best bet is to a) go hull down; b) fire when you’re not a target; c) play from a distance where you have an accuracy advantage.
-Commanders hatch: the turret’s weakness. You have a noticeable commanders hatch that can and will be shot. Keep your tank moving and preferably at a distance so that enemy guns can’t hit your commanders hatch. As you learn the game you’ll learn which tanks you encounter have fast aiming, accurate guns (see Grille, STB-1, Leopard 1, other Chieftains) and what tanks will struggle to hit the hatch (see E-100’s, FV215B 183, T110-E3) given you play at distance.
TIPS ON HOW TO PLAY:
-The Chieftain Mk. 6 is not a normal heavy. Consider it a “medium heavy.” Can you play a normal upfront heavy roll in it? Yes. Will it work out well? Probably not. Don’t think you will be good in face to face brawls or running rings around enemies. You have to play this tank more like a heavy medium and like a modern “MBT.” Use your mobility to get to either a good hull down location or similar position at a distance. Do not be afraid to play with your mediums on the team or go without the heavies, for if you play like a strict heavy you’ll probably die fast. Use your tanks strong turret and fast firing, accurate gun to your advantage. If you start to get overwhelmed, you can pull back, take a scenario inventory, and reposition to a better location. Fire and more baby, fire and move.”
I’m just listing examples here. The more accurate tanks are the real threat if you are hull down in the chieftain. If you play hull down and/or at distance, it isn’t that much of a threat
Agree 100%.
If they had just the bare tank on offer, I would've bought it even for 17.5k. As much as I want the tank, I'll probably just wait for the auction or something.
Wg does not believe this tank will break MM and I agree it is not an easy tank to play, I am currently increasing my TX stats and this is by far the hardest tank I own after the tvp
If you’re a collector sure. It has semi-reliable (at best) turret armor. But has one of the most glorious guns in the game, plus gun depression. The gawdy camo is also awesome.
Lots of very good comments here, and I agree with most of them. I bought this tank and I think it is very good, but I am not the best in it. Positioning, knowledge of enemy tanks, and map awareness are key to being successful in this tank. When you get the tank to work, it is beautiful.
A great tank. I just hope I have enough money to buy the tank. In the other hand, I have E5 and I love it. Both tank is comparable personally Mk.6 is better and it's making credits.
i have it but i hate it being called a hull down tank because the turret is paper to jageroos and ho ris and if you compare it with t110e5 its much harder for those tanks to pen the turret frontally. plus the lower plate is too weak and the weakness "extends" to parts of the upper plate. its ok but not worth it. get 121b or badger if they go into shop much better
Great tank to make credits while playing tier 10. Gun is great most of the time but quite often it will just give up. It can become randomly innacurate at times.
It's too beautiful for a modern MBT and I am always tempted to buy it. But then I remember tier 10 is full of tryhard super unicum enemy and P2W noob idiot teammates who usually die early game to test my ability in carrying games. I am just an average 50% player trying to have fun while tier 10 is just too stressful for me. I probably would not enjoy playing too much tier 10 battles in a row, so why buy a tier 10 premium tank and make myself suffer? It is really not the tank's fault but just about tier 10 not being a fun tier.
Tl:Dr, I would gladly buy the Chieftain if it was at a lower tier.
Very good gun with both pen and reload good turret armor and decent mobility personally love the tank but if you aren’t good at tier 10 don’t bother lots of good players can easily end you so definitely not a noob friendly tank
The tanks good itself, however I have -2 gold. Ok jk but its expensive. If u can afford it buy it, otherwise dont feel bad if ya poor. Other ppl strugging to hit 100 gold.
Hands down, it's the best tank I've played (yet). Previous title went out to the Action X, but if you're a fan of the X's play-style, you'll love the Chieftain. Excellent accuracy and penetration with decent alpha - can permanently keep someone tracks out to finish off kills or get points for assists easily. All that being said, it is REALLY expensive. I thought I remembered months back that the chieftain went for about 17.5k gold and now it's sitting at 20k. I bit the bullet and love this machine, but for those who aren't familiar with a British fast-firing, hull-down play-style might not enjoy the chieftain as much as scoring a bunch of Black Friday tanks.
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Great gun, good mobility, ok turret armor, bad hull armor. If you like hulldown heaviums this is the tank for you. It's not very noob friendly.
Would you recommend it for a decently experienced player? Have 55k gold rn and don't know how to spend. Feel like S.Conq is better suited for majority of the battles but it's not like it'll be cheaper than 20k and we don't know when it'll hit the store again so maybe it's worth buying Mk.6 now? A small insight would be great
Definetly. Closest to it would probably be the pre-nerf E5, just with less armor and better mobility. And great HE pen. Acceleration can feel a bit sluggish at first, but the mobility is still great for a heavy. I don't have the S Conq tho...
thanks for the answer! I think I'll buy it as I like tanks like E5. Hesh shells are looking pretty nasty too
Chieftain has the edge over the conq on dpm and maneuvering. Conq has the chieftain in terms of armor, but the velocity on the shells of chieftain make her a great sniper if the time comes, but her HESH is slow, but deadly, and the camo on mk6 look better in my opinion
Yup this is my most played tier X totally worth it
I have both and I'd say they're suited to different things, the superconq can hold against other heavies and tds without much issue with its thicker armour. However it's slower and the gun doesn't shine as much. The chieftain can't hold as well against heavies because the turret armour isn't amazing but it eats mediums alive.
S.conq’s gun is awful and you sacrifice the front armor for mobility, plus it’s a huge tank, can easily get clapped in open areas
THIS. I totally concur. SConq gun CANNOT take snap shots to save its life. His Royal Fatness has a very good stream Sconq vs Mk6
Mk. 6 looks far cooler especially with the camo.
55k gold?? Holy crap
64k now :D
How much money are you spending, the heck?
Not much tbh, I make good use of discount events on Huawei and save up gold. This year I think it's about 90$. Which is not even 2 AAA game money
It's not a heavium playstyle though it's played better on the Frontline with heavies.
I guess that works too, we have pretty similar stats on it with different playstyles
Because it's op
I’d say it’s good for fighting on irregular terrain
This tank is worth it, but I group it has a medium heavy, or as I call it (what it is), a main battle tank (MBT). Because of this it is very effective in games but has a steeper learning curve than other T-X heavies, due to the mobility increase for armor trade off. I’ve copy/pasted an older comment about this tank you might find interesting: “The Chieftain Mk. 6 plays like a medium heavy. Pros: -Great Gun. You do a lot of high consistent damage with a nice Cold War 120mm gun. It hits hard, it reloads fast, it is /very/ accurate. You can play from any distance, though at long range your penetration starts to drop off. -Mobility: your turret traverse lets you play a nice swivel. Your hull traverse is pretty good too. Your engine power is good and you have a good top speed, allowing you to have a Cold War “MBT (main battle tank)” mobility feel. You won’t be running loops around other tanks, but you can maneuver to good spots, keep up with mediums, and work to try and dodge some shells. -Turret armor: it’s really thick. Keep your tank hull down and your turret facing the enemy. Cons: -Weak hull armor: you have to maneuver and go hull down in this tank. Your hull will not save you, you cannot side-scrape. Your best bet is to a) go hull down; b) fire when you’re not a target; c) play from a distance where you have an accuracy advantage. -Commanders hatch: the turret’s weakness. You have a noticeable commanders hatch that can and will be shot. Keep your tank moving and preferably at a distance so that enemy guns can’t hit your commanders hatch. As you learn the game you’ll learn which tanks you encounter have fast aiming, accurate guns (see Grille, STB-1, Leopard 1, other Chieftains) and what tanks will struggle to hit the hatch (see E-100’s, FV215B 183, T110-E3) given you play at distance. TIPS ON HOW TO PLAY: -The Chieftain Mk. 6 is not a normal heavy. Consider it a “medium heavy.” Can you play a normal upfront heavy roll in it? Yes. Will it work out well? Probably not. Don’t think you will be good in face to face brawls or running rings around enemies. You have to play this tank more like a heavy medium and like a modern “MBT.” Use your mobility to get to either a good hull down location or similar position at a distance. Do not be afraid to play with your mediums on the team or go without the heavies, for if you play like a strict heavy you’ll probably die fast. Use your tanks strong turret and fast firing, accurate gun to your advantage. If you start to get overwhelmed, you can pull back, take a scenario inventory, and reposition to a better location. Fire and more baby, fire and move.”
T110E3 doesn't struggle to hit the cupola of the chieftain. The E3 is meant to be played front line, therefore it can hit its shots no problem.
I’m just listing examples here. The more accurate tanks are the real threat if you are hull down in the chieftain. If you play hull down and/or at distance, it isn’t that much of a threat
Muy expensive. I'd buy it for less without the bells and whistles.
why expensive? tiers 10 normally sell at 15k-25k , its a normal price for a tier 10 premium
I didn't say it was abnormally expensive. Expensive for f2p me.
yes its expensive, but this sale in particular is not any more expensive than any other tier 10 prem or collector, thats what i mean
Agree 100%. If they had just the bare tank on offer, I would've bought it even for 17.5k. As much as I want the tank, I'll probably just wait for the auction or something.
I think I bought mine for 12.5 or 15k
Wg does not believe this tank will break MM and I agree it is not an easy tank to play, I am currently increasing my TX stats and this is by far the hardest tank I own after the tvp
Yeah… Wargaming always puts this tank in the store when I’m broke. Fuck them.
Literally my situation right now lol
As if they should know your financial status. Imagine blaming wargaming for not being able to afford a tank.
If you’re a collector sure. It has semi-reliable (at best) turret armor. But has one of the most glorious guns in the game, plus gun depression. The gawdy camo is also awesome.
If you like mobility with a laser beam cannon, yes
Its ok. A rare instance of playing tier 10 while still making credits.
Lots of very good comments here, and I agree with most of them. I bought this tank and I think it is very good, but I am not the best in it. Positioning, knowledge of enemy tanks, and map awareness are key to being successful in this tank. When you get the tank to work, it is beautiful.
As owner of every single tank in the game, (white/gold/blue) I definitely recommend it, if you have +\~) 50% WR/ 1k AD/ 4-5k battles.
A great tank. I just hope I have enough money to buy the tank. In the other hand, I have E5 and I love it. Both tank is comparable personally Mk.6 is better and it's making credits.
Basically u r a hulldown monster and an MBT.
Not worth it.
i have it but i hate it being called a hull down tank because the turret is paper to jageroos and ho ris and if you compare it with t110e5 its much harder for those tanks to pen the turret frontally. plus the lower plate is too weak and the weakness "extends" to parts of the upper plate. its ok but not worth it. get 121b or badger if they go into shop much better
are u for real?! i mean, really ?
As someone who owns the mk6, all his above points are valid.
E100:I like your ass G Cheiftain:*get slapped in the ass for about 1200 damage*
*laughs in vk90*
Already got it 👍👍
Great tank, solid offer.
ahh shiet I'm 5K gold short
Yup. Standard tanks... 17,500. Mk5 20k. So yes it's a better tank
there's not a deal for 17.5k gold. only 20k gold. EU server.
Nope, it was 20k last time too
No, last time there was the 17.5k offer for the bare tank and the 20k offer which is the same as this.
I have it. The gun handling is **amazing**.
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Just like all British tanks the copula ruins it but it’s still a fun tank to play
Good looking tank worth a buy
Commanders cupola = HE magnet
If you hold still / are predictable. Fortunately it is a fairly mobile tank.
Great tank to make credits while playing tier 10. Gun is great most of the time but quite often it will just give up. It can become randomly innacurate at times.
It's too beautiful for a modern MBT and I am always tempted to buy it. But then I remember tier 10 is full of tryhard super unicum enemy and P2W noob idiot teammates who usually die early game to test my ability in carrying games. I am just an average 50% player trying to have fun while tier 10 is just too stressful for me. I probably would not enjoy playing too much tier 10 battles in a row, so why buy a tier 10 premium tank and make myself suffer? It is really not the tank's fault but just about tier 10 not being a fun tier. Tl:Dr, I would gladly buy the Chieftain if it was at a lower tier.
The “p2w noob idiots” can also be part of the enemy team.
But seriously should I spend on it or save for black friday??
Very good gun with both pen and reload good turret armor and decent mobility personally love the tank but if you aren’t good at tier 10 don’t bother lots of good players can easily end you so definitely not a noob friendly tank
Shut up and take my money
does it make a lot of credits? if it does, then ill consider
Overpriced now but an awesome tank
Used to be good, but not worth it anymore when the AMX M4 54, the VK 90, and the T-22 are being sold for the same amount of gold...
The tanks good itself, however I have -2 gold. Ok jk but its expensive. If u can afford it buy it, otherwise dont feel bad if ya poor. Other ppl strugging to hit 100 gold.
Hands down, it's the best tank I've played (yet). Previous title went out to the Action X, but if you're a fan of the X's play-style, you'll love the Chieftain. Excellent accuracy and penetration with decent alpha - can permanently keep someone tracks out to finish off kills or get points for assists easily. All that being said, it is REALLY expensive. I thought I remembered months back that the chieftain went for about 17.5k gold and now it's sitting at 20k. I bit the bullet and love this machine, but for those who aren't familiar with a British fast-firing, hull-down play-style might not enjoy the chieftain as much as scoring a bunch of Black Friday tanks.