This guide will show you the top 3 most competitive Heavy Tank for each tier. Keep in mind each tank is strong if played well, but these are most powerful when mastered.
Heavy tanks play the frontline role, they can take hard and hit hard, but some have different playstyle.
Each tank reviewed will have a short list of pros and cons.
Note: No premium tanks, unless for tier 3.
Tier 3
Best Tier 3 is GrossTraktor. Well it is the only tier 3 heavy tank.
Pros:
- Great mobility
- Great 7,5cm sniper gun at tier3 (rekting hard low tier)
- Premium
Cons:
- Paper armor (getting shred by auto gun)
- Large size (easy to hit and hard to hide)
- Bad camo (bad sneaky sniper)
It is a premium seal cluber tank, you have better choice without spending money.
Tier 4
1: B1
Pros:
- Good armor
- Large health pool
- Rate of fire
- Decent gun
Cons:
- Mediocre mobility
- Low alpha
2: D.W.2
Pros:
- Better gun than B1 (better alpha, pen)
- Good health pool
- Good armor when angled
- Good sidescraper
- Better acceleration
Cons:
- Flat and weak armor if not angled
- Bigger Pz3 with not much armor
Tier 5
1: BDR G1 B
Pros:
- Great mobility
- Deadliest gun around all tier 5
- Good health pool
Cons:
- Weak Armor
- Large target
- Tall tank (can be hard to shoot smaller tanks or shoot in depression)
2: KV-1
Pros:
- Bouncy armor
- Excellent sidescraper
- Tracks that eat shells
- Somewhat good hull-down, with an impenetrable turret at tier 5
- All around good 85mm gun
Cons:
- Slow
- Bad depression and elevation
3: VK.30.01H
Pros:
- Good armor when angled
- Good sidescraper
- Good gun (accurate, good dpm, good pen)
- Small tank
Cons:
- Weak armor when not angled (that’s a common thing for German box tanks)
- Bad depression (due to small size)
Tier 6
1: ARL44
Pros:
- Best gun (sniper accuracy, excellent rate of fire, good alpha)
- Same penetration as Tiger 1 with top gun
- Good mobility
- Very good frontal armor
- Bouncy turret at the front
Cons:
- Weak armor for the rest
- Can’t side scrape (40mm side armor)
2: T150
Pros:
- Thick frontal armor, plus it is bouncy
- Thick turret armor
- Excellent sidescraper
- More versatile 107mm gun than the 122mm the KV-1S get
Cons:
- Slow
- Easily flanked
- Only 980Hp
3: VK.36.01H (aka Mini Tiger)
Pros:
- Thick armor when angled
- Good turret
- Excellent 88mm gun
- Large health pool
- Good sidescraper
Cons:
- Slow
- Box german tank (weak armor when angled)
Tier 7
1: IS
Pros:
- Thick frontal armor
- Angled armor
- Angled armor
- Excellent sidescraper
- Choice between the 100mm and 122mm
- Monstruous alpha (with the 122mm)
- Good mobility
- Magic tracks that eat shells
Cons:
- Numerous weak spots on the turret (sides of the mantlet, cupola)
- Not so scary when knowing weak spots (lower frontal plate)
- Long reload and low accuracy when playing the 122mm
2: Tiger 1
Pros:
- Large health pool
- Becomes very hard to kill angled at 45 degree
- Sniper gun, penetrates everything, good rate of fire
- Good mobility
- Good sidescraper
Cons:
- German Box tank
- Large target
- Gets destroyed at close range (play it as a second line heavy)
3: T29
Pros:
- Impenetrable turret
- Can stay for days hull down
- Dangerous 105mm gun (300 alpha, good pen)
- Acceptable 102 mm frontal plate (better armored than the tiger 1)
Cons:
- Slow traverse and turret traverse
- Weak sides and rear for the hull
- Vulnerable turret on the sides
- Slow rate of fire, mediocre accuray
- Can’t side scrape effectively (gets tracked everytime)
Tier 8
1: IS 3
Pros:
- Good mobility
- Low profile
- Pike nose
- Hard to pen turret
- Magic side armor (and spaced armor)
- God like sidescaper
- Enormous alpha, good pen
Cons:
- Slow reload
- Russian accuracy (sometime it’s a pro tho)
- Pike nose gets weaker when angled
- Very vulnerable when getting shot from serveral direction (can only face one enemy at a time)
- Weak at brawling when against bigger tanks (kv4, tiger 2) because of the 20mm plate at the top of the turret
2: Tiger 2
Pros:
- Excellent 105mm sniper gun
- Very effective armor at range
- Thick frontal plate
- Good sidescraper
- Good health pool
- Heavy (can ram)
- Good at brawling against smaller tank (can shoot the weak top armor)
- Super armor when angled
- Can be mobile in a straight line
Cons:
- Slow
- Vulnerable side armor (hull and turret)
- Large target
- Weak lower frontal plate
3: KV-4
Pros:
- Very thick frontal armor
- Excellent sidescraper
- Hard to pen turret
- Very Good 107mm gun
- Still good side armor
Cons:
- Very slow
- Not mobile
- Easily flanked
- Big target
Tier 9
1: ST-1
Pros:
- Best turret armor in the game
- Thick frontal armor
- Thick side armor (plus spaced armor)
- Same gun as IS8 with less aim stats (so very good gun, very good alpha, pen, surprising accurate for a 122mm, not so bad reload)
- Excellent sidescraper
- Excellent pull down
- Good amount of health pool
Cons:
- Slow
- Weaker armor when angled (same armor layout as IS6 and IS4)
2: E75
Pros:
- Large health pool
- Very thick armor, effective when angled at 35-40 degree
- Monstruous gun (very good alpha, good pen)
- King of sidescraping
- Very good at raming (Very heavy and can go fast in a straight line)
Cons:
- Not mobile
- No German accuracy (mediocre)
- Slow reload
- Same weak spots as Tiger 2
- Big target
3: AMX 50 120
Pros:
- Large health pool
- Very good mobility
- Accurate and good pen with the 120 mm gun
- 1200 average damage with one clip
- Burst damage
- Trollish turret and pike nose
Cons:
- Paper armor
- Big target
- Loses its HP quickly
- Vulnerable while reloading
Tier 10
1: IS 7
Pros:
- Small target
- Good mobility
- God of sidescraping
- Invincible hull down
- Impenetrable turret
- Very thick frontal armor
- Magic side and spaced armored
- Bias tracks
- Savage gun (excellent alpha, very good pen)
Cons:
- Smaller health pool
- Long reload, low accuracy
- It’s a bad idea to brawl against taller tanks like the E100 or Maus
- Low depression and elevation
2: E100
Pros:
- Large health pool
- Thick armor
- Spaced armor at the sides
- Invincible at sidescraping
- Super well angled armor
- The gun: biggest alpha among all heavy tanks (640avg)
- Decent pen
- Very heavy (can ram if enough speed)
- Good at brawling, with big or small tanks
Cons:
- Very slow
- Huge target
- Large weak spots (lower frontal plate and sides of the turret at the front)
- Long reload time, bad accuracy
3: T110E5
Pros:
- Good mobility
- Invincible turret armor
- Good frontal armor
- Angled side armor
- Very good all around gun
- Invincible hull down
- Low profile
- Can sidescrap against most guns
- Agile
Cons:
- Weakside armor, get penned by HE at the back
- Average stats
- Can’t brawl
- Plays more like a Heavium (heavy/medium tank)
Honorable Mentions
AMX 50B
Same Pros and Cons as AMX 50 120 + the frontal armor is better, with the same armor layout as the T110E5 + better reload time + better accuracy + better mobility (1200 Horse Power engine) + smaller hull.
Maus
No honorable mentions concerning heavy tanks without the Maus. It still has the 128mm gun, the same as the E75, but the armor makes this tank a beast.
Conqueror
Last honorable mention for a British tank. The Conqueror has a accurate and deadly gun, while having a great mobility. The armor is not the strong point of this tank, but it is smaller than the M103, which can be compared to it. The M103 is a beast hull down, the gun is great, but the mobility is not enough to protect the fragile hull, while the Conqueror is more agile and more versatile.
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