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Ranked Battles: Learn From the Past—Get to the Top

Commanders!

Ranked Battles are back, and they’ve seen some changes. You can find a complete overview with detailed information about the updates in the dedicated Ranked Battle article on our portal, but one of the biggest changes is the exclusion of a number of reward tanks from the event! For this Season, only researchable and Collectors' Vehicles are able to enter Ranked Battles.

List of Excluded Tanks

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Below is a list of tanks whose participation in the upcoming three Seasons of Ranked Battles will not be permitted.

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We know that many of the tanks that are no longer permitted were quite popular and part of the previous Ranked Battle meta, but based on your feedback and the data that we’ve collected throughout the last Season, it was evident that they created an imbalance and a lot of players weren’t happy to face them in the mode.

Taking them out levels the playing field and will surely reignite the competitive spirit of the mode.

In order to give you some guidance for the upcoming Season and to predict what the top tanks in 20/21 might be, we’ve looked at past data and pulled out the best performing Standard and Collectors' Vehicles in each class*.

Some popular tanks didn’t make the cut. A prime example would be the German tank destroyer Grille 15, which saw a lot of action last Season, but its performance was surpassed by quite a number of other standard tank destroyers.

Tanks were selected based on various statistics such as win rate, Role XP earned, the ratio of chevrons earned to lost, and more.

Light Tanks

  • Panhard EBR 105
  • T-100 LT
  • Manticore

It’s fast, and sometimes that’s all you need to be.

Role Performance: Wheeled Scout

  • Outstanding speed for active scouting
  • Great as a support scout

Favorite Opponents:

  • Turretless TDs and slow heavies

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Subpar view range, paper-thin armor

A sturdy scout with a stable gun.

Role Performance: Tracked Scout

  • Great camouflage values for passive scouting
  • Use the 100 mm gun to stop enemies in their tracks

Favorite Opponents:

  • Slow targets like immobile tanks destroyers or heavy tanks
  • Enemies with a low camouflage value in open ground

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Lack of firepower for maps without great spotting opportunities
  • Low alpha damage to trade shots with enemies

A good mix of alpha damage and camouflage.

Role Performance: Tracked Scout

  • Its decent mobility allows it to show up at the right time
  • Good camouflage to stay hidden while landing some heavy hits

Favorite Opponents:

  • Slow targets like immobile tanks destroyers or heavy tanks
  • Enemies with a low camouflage value in open ground

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Gun handling requires some expertise
  • A low number of shells means you might run out before the battle is over

Medium Tanks

  • Object 430U
  • UDES 15/16
  • STB-1

A medium made for brawling.

Role Performance: Versatile Attack Vehicle

  • Deal damage
  • Take damage

Favorite Opponents:

  • Other medium tanks with less armor and less alpha

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Hide the lower frontal plate, as it is your biggest weak spot
  • Get close or miss

These angles were made for bouncing.

Role Performance: Versatile Attack Vehicle

  • A hydropneumatic suspension system for enhanced gun depression angles
  • Great concealment to get close and take the first shot
  • Well-angled armor for the maximum bounce rate

Favorite Opponents:

  • Anyone who can't hide their weak spots, especially on uneven terrain
  • Tanks with small- to medium-caliber AP/APCR guns will have a tough time with your angled armor plates

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Fragile fuel tanks
  • Your weak sides and opponents with guns of 150 mm or more
  • The enemy arty

Take them out fast and roll on to the next.

Role Performance: Light Attack Vehicle

  • High rate of fire to bite off enemy HP
  • A hydropneumatic suspension system for enhanced gun depression angles and a hidden hull

Favorite Opponents:

  • Vehicles with low mobility
  • Tanks without decent gun depression won't be able to reach your weak spots

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Only if luck is on your side, will you bounce a shell or two
  • The armor is not the most sturdy
  • The enemy arty

Heavy Tanks

  • 60TP Lewandowskiego
  • Super Conqueror
  • Object 277

Firepower and survivability in one heavy package.

Role Performance: Defender

  • Hide your hull, take damage with the strong turret
  • Hit them once and hit them hard

Favorite Opponents:

  • Opponents with high gun dispersion, as they will miss your weak cupola
  • Lightly armored enemies that will eat up your HE shells
  • Anyone who won't survive trading shots

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • The frontal weak spots are hard to hide
  • Your mobility can leave you in a pickle that you won't get out of

A British gentleman that isn’t easy to startle.

Role Performance: Breakthrough Tank

  • Versatility is key—attack when you can and defend when needed
  • With a sturdy turret and excellent gun depression angles, hull-down tactics are the best way to play

Favorite Opponents:

  • Opponents with weak turrets make nice targets
  • Anyone who can't hide their weak spots when you hold a great hull-down position

Biggest Weakness:

  • An ammo rack behind a weak frontal plate can give you a hard time

An all-round reliable heavy with good mobility.

Role Performance: Breakthrough Tank

  • 490 alpha with good penetration is no joke
  • A heavy with the mobility of a medium tank

Favorite Opponents:

  • Use your superior turret armor to take on weaker mediums that can't match your damage

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Your gun depression won't allow hull-down positions
  • Your hull armor is on the weaker side, so keep that in mind if you want to use side-scraping

Tank Destroyers

  • Object 268 Version 4
  • T110E3
  • FV217 Badger

A speedy and well-armored vehicle for all occasions.

Role Performance: Heavy Destroyer

  • Find them, hit them, destroy them
  • Rely on your armor but not too much

Favorite Opponents:

  • Trade shots with anyone who has less armor and can't handle 650 alpha damage
  • If they are too slow to run away, get up close and personal

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • If the ground isn’t flat, it isn’t for you, due to sub-par depression values
  • A shotgun, not a sniper
  • It's not safe to go it alone

High DPM and high alpha damage? Seems like you can have it all.

Role Performance: Heavy Destroyer

  • Slow and sturdy wins the battle
  • A boomstick that penetrates even the thickest armor plate

Favorite Opponents:

  • Take slow heavies head-on—they won't make it through your gun mantlet

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Don’t get caught alone or they will dance circles around you and send you home
  • Keep your enemies in front of you

As fierce as its namesake.

Role Performance: Heavy Destroyer

  • Make good use of the highest DPM of all the TDs
  • One of the strongest frontal armors of all

Favorite Opponents:

  • Pick a nice hill and take out everyone in reach

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Make sure to aim right or you won’t even scratch them
  • Enemy SPGs have you on their hit list
  • Keep away from open planes

SPGs

  • Conqueror Gun Carriage
  • Object 261
  • G.W. E 100

Over hills and houses, your shells will fly.

Role Performance: Artillery

  • Great splash damage, ideal for groups
  • Works well even on city maps thanks to the great ballistic trajectory

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Long aim time and reload time
  • Not the most accurate, especially over long distances
  • Limited range of operation

Your gun is fast and accurate, so let them feel it.

Role Performance: Artillery

  • Great aim and reload time
  • Good mobility, which can save you from an enemy breakthrough

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • You've only got a small gun traverse arc to operate in
  • Very flat ballistic trajectory
  • With only 20 shells, each one needs to count

Only a heavy arty is a good arty.

Role Performance: Artillery

  • Nice reload time paired with a decent damage per shot
  • Good splash damage range

Biggest Weaknesses:

  • Almost painfully slow
  • The arc of operation is nothing to brag about
  • You are a country arty not a city SPG

We hope this little guide will help you with the changed format. Which tank will be your Ranked Battle choice?

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