Avoid This Tank at ALL Costs! - ISU-152K! | World of Tanks 

It's kind of sad how this tank and the alpha damage used to be unique for the Russian 268 line. Now, tier 8 heavy tanks can do this, and some even more. (Skoda can still do 900 plus in 3.5 seconds, utter madness.)

As a big gun lover this tank is a blast. Super accurate for 750 alpha, aim for center mass not insane weakspots at 300m. You play it for fun and make credits at the same time. 10:35 exactly

This tank for me is like the FV4005. When it works, I am so happy and having fun. But when it doesn't work....yeah.. so if people like roller coasters, this tank is perfect!

6:12 chat goes hard

Loved the original ISU-152 when it had the BL10. This one works great when you hit your shots -- but I find it frequently frustrating.

I just bought the ISU 152 after 10 years. Wish I had got this tank a long time ago. Still at least I can do 176 OP damage back to them now and feel absolute joy in doing so.

My highest average damage tier 8 tank, all your equipment has to be accuracy/handling orientated, aiming, vents and rotation device, this was a super easy 3 mark, I loved it, the tech tree one is better though, much better mobility but this thing makes serious credits.

I only have one thing to say about this tank: "critical hit!"

If you want to enjoy the BL10 you won't have to pay. Just grind the Object 704 and have a tank where the gun actually works. Another tip is the RHM Borsig with the 15cm gun. That thing is quite accurate in comparison AND has a turret, the only problem there is the VERY low shell velocity which requires some practice.

Of all my tanks, and I have a LOT of them, 152K is probably the most fun, playing with it is so stress free, you dont care about hitting something, you dont care about winning, you dont care about stats ... you just roll & troll & go BOOM ! :D

For some reason you're very good at blind firing light tanks with big guns on Lakeville. Always love to see it

10:35 that blind shot was awesome!

I got it for xmas a year or 2 ago and it was hard in the beginning, but after doing mods and tweaking the right equipment, I love this tank. It all depends on playstyle. As long as you can find a good hidden spot, and don't try to push, this tank is awesome.

the problem with this tank is that is very VERY ! dependant on situations. This tank needs a very good team that coordonates with you putting the enemy in situations were they side sideways towards you. it has bad gun handling and shell velocity. if you just play random maps, this tank is a big pain. if you have a team that puts the enemy in situations for you to shoot, you will be the carry of that whole team. Huge alpha dmg with awesome penetration, even against tier 10 tanks. So it's a tank for teams not for random matchmaking. think about bonds shop Foch or KV2 . If you are good a playing agressive and have good skill at going medium range and fight, like 100-150 meters, than buy it. If you are an average player that likes Leopard, E50M, Su130 and other precise gun tanks, leave this in the shop. I own it and i have an average of 2k dmg per game. thats about 3 shots. i have games with 700 dmg and games with 4000+ in equal proportions . i bought this and Caliban cause i like to play for laughs sometimes, and both tanks are very good for having a laugh and having fun dealing big dick damage. but unless you have a high quality platoon, don't touch both those tanks :).

Skill, you are crazy. ISU-152K is one of my favourite TD. It has troll gun, but sometimes that troll gun can hit impossible and can do impossible things. And i like playing 152K against X tier.

Tbh, I love ISU-152k, it is so satisfying when you hit with that big alpha. Whenever I have a bad day, I play with this tank and I am feeling better after.

Really love this vehicle. Friend got it for me and I absolutely cherish it. Sure the gun can be a bit derpy, BUT the chance to smack enemies for 750 with really nice penetration is just too much fun. I usually run with Gun Rammer, Improved Rotation and either Aiming Unit or Bounty upgraded vents. It's not a sniper and people get confused by this sometimes. It's a support TD, if you're within 150 meters you're playing very well, if you're outside of 150 meters you're going to have a bad day. Love this vehicle, Love it love it love it!

Well I got it from Christmas boxes 2 years ago and I enjoy it, however in 3 of 4 games (mostly fast games) I don't do much of a damage but there are games when you snap shot everyone on the left, on the right and you end up with Top Gun medal :D every time when you hit lucky shot 10:30 is the reaction you are getting.

I one shot a Bz with the 152K ammo racked soo satisfying

2 years ago i bought this tank and 2 days later it was never ever been seen on my account more. Discusting time was these days, but for you it still worked, great Work.

I personally like playing with Isu k from time to time but my set up isnt the most competitive one, i just feel like its the most reliable for me Setup: 1: Rammer, Rotation mechanism, Bounty aiming 2: Gun laying drive, Rotation mechanism , Bounty aiming 1. Set up for smaller maps, 2 one for bigger sniping maps to get the shot out quicker in sacrifice for dpm

I love this tank with all my heart. Close to 3rd mark and i play it with improved aiming, bounty turbo and rammer. The playstyle is abit unusual but i enjoy it to the maximum

When I play a derp tank I'll miss every shot but when someone else plays it he fuckn snap shots me across the map without asking my name...

Skill went from Baboon King to Bird King in this Video 😂

This pulled out so much memories i actually love this tank.

When I have an update waiting to be updated in the background, either GFX or OS (windows), the RNG acts like it hates me so wild.

doc: seagull skill cant hurt you. meanwhile skill : SKEEEIIIII SKEEEEIIIII

I think I watched the stream that happened before this. I always appreciate the respect and joy you bring to the game, and I hope you have less brutal sessions moving forward!

10:22+ - LMAO I'M DYING WITH LAUGHTER - 😂🤣😂🤣😂

In this tank i had many games waiting for my Team to lose, so i can get some damage in the end (like the first game of this Video). What i figured out with the ammunition: If you want to snipe, shoot the Apcr. It has better Shell Velocity and way better gun ark. Also, blind Shooting with this Tank is more difficult than you think. If you want to blind shoot some bushes, but you aim 'into air', then load apcr. The AP shell is flying like someone throwing its Trash over the fence. It just doesnt feel good for blind Shooting. After realising this and starting to play in this way, my MoE peeked at 92% (before i only scratched around 80-84%). All in all, i had some fun in this tank allthough i dislike Tanks without a turret.

In terms of some tanks being super innacurate despite what their stats say, this is not one of those tanks. The only issue is how sluggish this tank is when trying to redeploy to another sniping location, and also the fact that when you do end up bouncing a shell, it takes forever to reload and react to tanks pushing you.

Got the tank last year in the boxes ( or the year before? i dont remember ) and never played it. Last few days I equipped it but some standard equipment and a bounty aiming device and it was loads of fun. Is it an op tank like my lovely BZ ? ofc not - but I feel its different and quirky enough for it to be a good buy.

I lost it when you did the "hawk".... You're a fantastic comedian sir, my scrambled egg is now all over the keyboard, thank you.

Question: If u play this map from north side, is it working the same way if u took this position 1:50 wich skill have from the other side?

IDK about you guy but i enjoy playing this tank and also tech tree version.😉 Mostly because of the big alpha damage, can give ammo rack and its fun to blind shot. And in good match up with tier 10 this tank can easily dealt 5k damage. I have 3 marked both of the ISUs. The 3rd mark was painful though.😂

I got it from boxes i think 2 years ago It is very good for making money because it has huge penetration for tier 8,you dont even need much gold but gun can be trolish sometimes Also bad thing is if your team is winning you cannot make push with it,it is not so fast and has 0 armor Just play it sometimes when you feel like smashing tier 8s with 750 alpha

I got this tank a while back, think it was lootbox or something. It's a personal favourite because I enjoy the derp guns in game. I have had multiple 0 damage games though because the thing has the mobility of a brick but when the gun hits, it hits. It's the patient player's tank, everything takes time. So long as you remember that, you can enjoy yourself in this tank. If you go in chasing damage or.kills, it will not treat you well

Skill... this video deserves triple thumbs up!! This was too much fun. 😁

Had this TD for some tile and I agree its not a reliable performer I am not a good player just an old guy that still likes this game, got it because I liked the old ISU 152 back in the day. After 150 games I am at 46% in it maybe field mods will help a little but right now It doesnt get played very often.

Try on it gunrammor, bino and lownois exhaustion system. You have cammo, viewrange, you can bé sneaky and still spot for yourself. IT Works pretty ood for me

I got it from the xmas crates, and at first, i didn't like it. I played some battles yesterday, and this tank treated me very well. I was hitting more shots with ISU that with my Skorpion. Almost every game was between 3-5k dmg, and i had even one game with 8 kills. I think i fell in love with this tank now.

I’ve got one mark on this and my first tank to mark and I love it lol. I push with it and it works

This tank was really good back in the day when ISU still had the BL-10 (now on this vehicle)

Skill: Unseen terror stalking light tanks hiding in the bush..

I got this tank in loot boxes a couple years ago. Needless to say, the next trade-in event that came around saw it out of my garage.

Isu-152k is so fun, the rush of dopamine when you either land a high rolling hit, or one shot something is unmatched

in-game chat got a little spicy at 6:12

this tank was fun in the arcade cabinet where tanks could move fast

10:20 lmao 😂

I've had this TD from when it first came out. It can easily disappoint with near misses and then not so near misses. 500% crew with all field mods and it's still a bit of a slug. I think I only keep this TD as I assigned Arnie as the commander (before the Iron Arnie came out). Don't play it that much as the BZ176 has got my attention. Won't sell it though. 2nd battle pinpoint accuracy for Skill then 3rd battle levelled it all up!!!

It doesn't have the armor of the TS5 or the Turtle but the gun can't be trusted either, so you have to be a support td and wait for opportunities to show up. In the old 7 vs 7 battles this td was scary. It still is, the tech tree variant has better gun handling but less penetration but with just 3-4 shots you have huge impact in the game. The versatility of the SU-130PM is miles better than with this tank but this tank can ammorack tier X heavies with its huge penetration. If you don't have premium soviet tds then this thing might work and it seems to be on offer these days for 32€ which isn't that expensive compared to other tanks.

Time stamp 5:10 This game play is exactly why I detest TD's and the lack of the ability to use them in a real support position. Just pick a spot and wait for the op for to drive in front of your gun when half your team has already been killed.

For me this tank is worth it. I think part of the problem is that you are trying to snipe with a tank that has really poor accuracy to begin with. I play this as a heavy support tank even in Tier X games and I average 3k dmg. Not perfect but I make a good impact and punish enemies when they peek to attack our heavies. Holding angles and never going in first is a huge part of this tank. And when I do try to snipe with the tank I miss pretty often like what you said. But I understand it doesn't work for everyone that way. Now for sniper TDs like the Skorpion of course you don't play as support heavy it is meant to snipe and has to accuracy to do so.

This Does nice damage , but its a royal pain in the A%^ to Aim

I have never played ISU 152k but I spent a lot of time with Obj. 704 which supposedly has the same gun. It was different with accuracy, but overall I remember this vehicle well. The funny thing is that WG in his movie "How to Play ISU 152k" claims that it is a rather close-range vehicle. I have no idea how you can play it close without armor.

that light tank had a great gaming experience

The 3rd game is on the map swamp but they remade it and changed the name

I got this TD for a half price deal and had to jump on it. Now im playing console and have my commander skill helping, gun and camo and I must say I like it a lot. Just dont get spotted and you slap the tanks as they try to push your team

Bro I played with that skorpion at 8:48 :D

in a 10/9/8 typical USC match, this lasts about 20 seconds after firing.

I got it from the Christmas box 2 years ago or so... Not a bad vehicle, not a particularly good one... if 2 hits/ 1.5k damage per battle is enough for you, then it's not bad. Turns slowly... and the accuracy...

Skill, will you do a video on the panther 8.8 compared to the panther 2. I have both but can't seem to play the panther 2 as well as my panther 8.8

Player : BL gun on ISU152 too OP WG : Fine ..... Put BL gun on ISU152K premium tank

2:34 Bin Chilling?

tbh i know you maybe wont agree with me but i was looking soo much years for a tank destroeyr with huge alpha damage and after i got this tank no matter if i win or i loose i have mostly fun with it and some cheeky cheeky shots and ram shots with it so for me this tank is super insane like a sniper and in the back but not in a front line

It's a very good credit maker, land one shot and you're at minimum breaking even. As far as accuracy is concerned, I always found that its fairly reliable if you don't rush it, let the damage come to you and you'll be ok. It's not laser accurate but it's pen is good enough to compensate most of the time. I like it so much more than the T103. Sure it's not an ultra competitive tank but it can be incredibly fun!

Having just grinded BZ-166 that gun handling and accuracy looked like perfect 10...

I had this from Christmas boxes. It was ok for awhile,but very situational.

I have always loved this tank. One of my favorites.

I recently bought it and I love it, 2400 DPG is not much but it yeets BZs very easily, also I prefer agressive playstyle with it.

This is my first premium tier-8. This thing can bang. It is a lot of fun playing this thing. If you hit your shots.

I got it from the christmas boxes and the tank is not bad but not overwhelming... I like the techtree version more but the K version has a higher credit incoming so it is ok

Hi King, Both the Isu teg tree and this one are great but simply out of meta. I honestly wonder how you ever three marked this one. Im on 2. Almost had 94% and than...bad games happend. Unfortunate.

still more reiable than my foch 155's gun. that thing bounces on everything.

I had such a bad time to get 3 mark… that when i achieved the 3 mark i dismounted every single equipment to never put again and play with this tank

I got it in the christmas boxes and completly forgot about it^^ I grinded the T-8-10 of the line passively with random Blueprint rewards.

I ground through the original ISU, and obviously got hit right in the back of the head by nostalgia when this was released. 7 skill crew with decent equipment modules and yeah.... It's STILL the Troll Cannon.

Great video

Honestly, i got this tank when it came out, from loot boxes. It was one of my first Premium tanks, and i played 360 battles. It was well….fun? 51% win ratio is not bad, and if you have patience to wait for a shot you will do fine, and sometimes if you learn how to, you can go harras heavies with it closeup….but it’s definitely not for most people

last year or 2 years ago(I don't remember i won the isu152k from the lootboxes)... played 5 games and the first vehicle caravan exchange I traded it for wz 120-1 ft

I’d argue that any stationary tank is outside the current 15-2 meta. You can’t push to chase damage, or if you’re having a good defensive / damage game it’s probably a loss. WG just needs to add rocket boosters to every tank.

I got this tank from loot boxes a while ago, played my first game and got Ace tanker while doing 2,8k dmg and 4 kills on a lost game so if you want to get easy Ace tankers buy it other than that the gun is insanely trollish and i don't even remember the last time i played it

That's a BASIC fire extinguisher right there right?

Skill, you are absolutely correct about this tank - the ISU 152 with the 260 gun has at least twice the accuracy and better penn then this 286 penn gun with standard or gold ammo on the 152K and std on the 152 - I had the ISU 152 around eight years ago; I think it was my first tier VIII and I loved it until they took the top gun away - about six months after WG screwed me they put this POS in the game - I refused to buy it back since it was the same tank I spent a lot of hours grinding for - I received it in the loot box's I think two years ago after the first 75 box's gave me shit and the wife told me to buy 75 more and I received all the tanks with them - from the first battle I knew this was not my old ISU 152 - I have had as many as five or more battles in a row where every shot bounced or just refused to hit the target - I have a 5 skill crew from the 152 I move back and forth all the time - the 152K requires gold to get at least a 30% to 40% penn - Std ammo gives you 10-20% on a good day - and do not waste the credits trying to shoot the side of light tanks for there is only a 5% chance to do dmg on them - if you can do more than 2 penns a battle you are having a great game - also the low rolls around 600 dmg is common, high rolls are rare -

This tank is great for one reason. I can watch netflix or youtube ect on my second monitor while camping in the bushes or redline and play without much effort and still make good credits if you hit 1 or 2 shots.

It used to be awesome. Playing it now, if you aren't fully aimed at point-blank range, the shell disappears. This tank should be the counter to BZ.

I got it from the loot boxes in 2020, and I have my second top damage with it but also games where I can't hit a single shot. So yeah, if your shots hit, you can make huge money, but that's 1 out of 5 games and those 4 will make you very very angry

I like it. Can be good fun if you connect with your shots😉

I bought it awhile ago and I love it. It is so fun to come home after a long day and just hit a bz in the face for 750 damage

I can also confirm that the gun is very inconsistent, despite this I had some very good games in this past years in this abomination. It is very hard to win in this TD, but when you damage the enemy for 750 it still feels amazing for tier 8. Nowadays you have other options although they won't hit this hard.

The tank is fun when you are hitting the shots but it can be frustrating aswell. I think they should improve the acccuracy of the gun just a lil bit :)

I have this TD and I find it is okay to play with.

I almost have every premium tank destroyer (apart from the tier 3 french tank, the Turtle I and the 114 SP2) and I love most of them. ISU152K is different though. There are so many times where I play with that tank and get my mood destroyed afterwards. The problems I have with it: - Gun is mostly inaccurate - No gun depression at all - Very slow compared to other td's - Long reload time - No armor Every time I give this tank another chance to maybe get some good games with it but mostly it just doesn't work for me.

Agree with everything Skill said about this tank, but I still love it. Just don't depend on this tank to boost your stats in any meaningful way as it is just too wildly inconsistent for that.

It looked fun. And it usually is. Can be frustrating only in times. I like it.

Bz-176 is the memster weapon of choice now if you want td that plays like this one i think the tier 7 is the better choice. The lower tier have far less armor and its easyer to have good games with less armored tanks with less experienced drivers driving around.

I love ISU K from the bottom of my heart. I have better stats in this tank than in Scorp G. Best thing is you do not need to shoot gold 90% of the time. But it is not all the time right time to play this tank. You need to be very calm that moment. Or when you are loosing one battle after another, take this tank. Enemies will come and you can do 2-3 shots every battle which brings you to good score already. Also what is important for me is to have - gun rammer, improved aiming and binos. A lot of time I am ending alone, or at least holding flanks close to alone and full viewrange is a must.

I personally like this tank. 750 alpha with a 14 second reload is super troll. Had a game where our heavy line got pushed and i farmed half the team. I had 5.6k and 6 kills.

6:16 read the chat xD

Even as his team is collapsing, Skill seems to still do over 3k combined lol. I'm lucky if I can get 300 combined with teams like that...