Premium And Talisman Guide For Planes 

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this is a really good format, way more comprehensive than for the other years where you just pointed to icons. even though it does come with all the normal drawbacks of a tier list, you get to at least point people to a singular timestamp.

Watched the whole video, now I'm ready to buy all rank 1 premiums for britain

The Mirage F1CT's radar is functionally identical to the F1C's, the main difference now is that instead of a old 4 direction RWR the F1C and F1C-200 have, it has an RWR very similar to the Mirage 2000's which I think makes it slightly better than the regular F1C

Thank you very much defyn! You videos are such a treat for the WT community

we just've been gajined

Quick note to add on the Yak-3 (VK-107): If youre using MEC to try to keep the engine from boiling itself into a liquid, setting the prop pitch down to even like 98-95% DRASTICALLY reduces the heat. Enough to run WEP for basically the entire match.

Love a long format video from the best WT CC! Keep being exceptional sir!

such a great and short, but comprehensive video, can't wait for the next one! >:)

Like the new format! Don't mind the longer video since there are timestamps. Thank you very much for the guide.

Great guide Def! Appreciate your efforts!

Gonna keep it short, but thanks Defyn, really. Have been around lurking for quite a bit, originally due to wanting to learn air after ages spent on ground, but eventually stuck for the content and humour itself. Your insights are quite appreciated

0:46 as expected of Defyn, giving the best content in perfect format

Thank you Master Defyn for guiding us mere mortals through this time of big spending.

Best ever guide to the tech trees. I'm coming back to it all the time to see what planes are worth flying.

This is the kind of a video i was looking for for a while.

Awesome vid, lots of useful information in it for me and other pilots. Small correction- the Ayit in the Israeli tree is an A-4N, not an A-4E, which means its engine is WAY better than the E model skyhawks. And you’re absolutely correct that it’s the best 9.3 in the game, lol

It's good they made the XP-55 tier 3 so there is more of a reason to fly it than fun. If people are wanting a US tier 3 that isn't braindead like the XP-50, I would recommend it because it basically doesn't compress and has amazing energy retention too. One of my favorites (you should make a video on it btw)

I'm about to see Defyn in my dreams! Yipee!!!

It was funny when I played so many games in the F4 ADTW in Japan tree for the last star event and eventually started to get decent in it as you learn what fights you can try to take to slap other players. But it indeed very much feels like it kinda depends on your team not all dying right away so that you can lurk around to kill.

I love the condensed version of the video which is somehow longer than the regular version

This is the best Buyer's Guide from any of the WT CC"s. I love how you compartmentalised and categorised everything in meticulous detail. Thanks for another great guide, DEFYN.

Thanks for your work

Thank you. This help me a lot

1:26:22 to see defyn's impression of a car

American Zero is also a great SL grinder and a nice alternative to boom-n-zoom XP-50. And it’s now a Rank 3.

Thanks DEFYN for making my decision much easier on purchasing prem planes. Now even got your decal to put on it.

Great video!

Thanks!

Streamlined AND longer, perfect

fastest hour and a half of my life, these types of vids r like meditation :3

At last... I was so glad when the outro dropped, so I could finally go to bed.

wow another buyers guide by DEFYN

I enjoy your content very much sir.

This is brilliant, wish someone as knowledgeable would do this for ground

Id add that the be-6 is an amazing silver lion printer as well guns allow you to consistently get atleast 2 kills a game and has enough bombs for 2 bases

I watched the whole video and now I’m going to go to sleep, see you in my dreams Defyn :)

I have actually had a fair amount of success with the J-7D, though I say that as a somewhat ok pilot who has also completed the USSR tech tree and is used to flying a lot of MiG-21s. I think the addition of the 12.3 bracket reduced the amount of uptiers into 12.0 for the 11.0 jets, making it a bit more doable.

Bought the SU-11, very happy with my purchase. Thanks for the guide!

Good stuff.

i love hearing defyn breathe air for 1 hour and 32 minutes.

love the format and the video was amazing, my only issue was with the placement of the American F-84G. You're right about it consistently going against 8.3 jets but if you bring rockets on the wingtips and then dump them at the beginning of the match, on min fuel you can confidently go up against those 8.3s. If the F-84G gets it's tier or below there's really no aircraft that can keep up with you and you can dictate how dogfights play out. For me it's an easy A tier but I might just be biased xD

In Italy the hs129 premium is worth the pickup if you want to criminally seal club biplanes. Got me all the Italian props very quickly.

Tbh for Britain I’d honestly recommend the F4J if you have experience at top tier, I did pick it up in the sale and I’ve been honestly loving it, plus the amount of head on kills I got with the skyflash is very nice.

In my oppinion, J-7E, J-8B and J-8F are the funniest jets to play on war thunder, the hard thing is only has 4 missiles on 11.0, but still a good planes to play on close combats at top tier, it´s a lot fun. I would put the booth 11.0 on A tier and J-8F on S

hahaha. Most honest warthunder youtuber fr. Love it

i was expecting this video for a long time. top quality content. it helps a lot to deciding wich aircraft to fly to grind new nations. i have a friend who just got the mig23mld but i fly USA. any nonpremium suggestions to fly with him?

A6e premium grind is such a good SL maker. With a 960% multiplier and 11x 1000lbs you have enough for 2 bases plus an enemy plane or some ground units. Talking over 100k sl per match victory and over 64k sl per defeat just getting 3 tons of bombing done.

The main problem of the Mig-21 Lazur is that when it gets uptiered its gonna get shafted, on the same tier its decend but in down tiers it is pretty good. (Mainly because u can clap lv. 10 F-5C players)

I will say, for those who wished there were more bombers on this list, I will say that there are four particular vehicles that are pretty good- but only IF you can handle them properly. 1. The British Avenger Mk2, basically a copy-paste TBF-1C with an extra pair of British knock-off Tiny Tims. HOWEVER, it gets a HUGE SL modifier comparable to the rank 3 premium fighters except it's 1.7 BR. It has a solid payload for reserve BR, the two .50s in the wings are good enough when dealing with enemies, you can actually outturn some early monoplanes using the flaps, and the defensive guns are good enough to keep the kites with guns off your tail. If you need a LOT of SL while spending as little money as possible, this is a good pick, especially if you're only just starting to grind for Britain. 2. The Tu-2S. Now realistically any model of these apply, but the original Soviet pre-44 model is the best one given that (for some reason) the Soviets decided to neuter their 1000kg bombs, so while the Tu-2S gets 636kg of TNT in their 1000kg bomb, the Tu-2S-44 and Tu-2S-59 only has 394kg of TNT in their 1000kg bomb. As far as I'm aware, there's no other differences other than the 59 model having one 12.7mm defensive gun replaced with a 20mm. But realistically any one of these are fantastic aircraft if you're grinding for early jets in either USSR or Chinese tech trees. I got a talisman for free on one and it gave typically 15,000xp per match. It's very similar in playstyle to the Avenger mentioned previously: Good bomb load for a light bomber, decent guns (2 ShVAKs with 150 rounds each), VERY agile with flaps, decent defensive guns for dealing with kites with guns. And 3. Either of the late model Canberras (Canberra B Mk.6 (late) or B-57B). The Brit Canberra is the lighter of the two, having a much smaller payload, but offers much better flight performance. You can climb up to 7,000-8,000 meter altitudes easily and drop your payload on a base before turning your attention to any high climbing aircraft. You can outturn pretty much anything, but you need to be careful at higher speeds since you can easily rip your wings if you pull too hard. Your controls are also a bit sloppier than a fighter, but you have 2000 rounds across 4 20mm Hispano cannons so you can act like a Twitter user and be liberal on the trigger. The American Canberra is a bit different. Your payload is a lot bigger, but your overall flight performance is considerably hampered and your guns are a lot more awkward. While you can still dogfight if you're smart, it's a lot more difficult to pull off since you don't do cartwheels in the air like a gymnastics pro (though this makes it harder to rip your wings), and you don't climb quite as easily as the lighter cousin either. You also start with four high fire rate .50s located outboard of the engines on each wing, making shooting down fighters a tricky ordeal. However, you can replace the wimpy .50s with four 20mm cannons that are identical to the ones on the F-5 Tiger with a fair bit of ammo to boot. Whichever one you choose depends on whether you prefer dogfighting or ground strike. Hope this helps!

Get this man to 100k.

Carries on talking as the harrier continues to float across the screen. Very funny

This is perfect to sum up all of the vehicles. Good job.

I'm still waiting for the day they finally give the xp 50 an airfield spawn.

I get so much kills with the Vautour IIN (Late) using the AA Nord, I was the first surprised how effective it is once hooked to a joystick !

VERY useful video, ty. I'm one of the wackos who saw it whole btw.

I watched the whole thing, ill be prepared to meet you in my dreams

I own 8 F2G-1s. Bought them when they were like 4 bucks, they're about $25 now.

Ur my favorite youtuber atm

56:49 damn I didn't expect a gundam joke from Defyn

For grinding Britain i recommend the Sea Vixen for the absolutely insane amount of money you get per kill (~12k without premium) and the xp bonus is also pretty decent. That said it is a little boring but the missiles are pretty okay

Great overview thanks, though I'm surprised you haven't mentioned at all the I-185 (M71) and the Yak3p, both amazing planes as well. For my personal preference I would put those 2 in S tier for USSR, together with I-225, regular Yak3 and La-7. Not a fan of Yak3U at all tbh, and most of the other planes. Out of the premiums for USSR I do love the P47 thunderbolt, great for GRB and not bad for ARB, and the Kingcobra is not bad as well. For Germany S tier for me is the DORA, amazing plane def agree with that one, BV 155 is fun as well got that one from battlepass awhile ago. For USA S tier def XP50, great little plane. Haven't bothered with other nations yet, and not a fan of Jets so far, I do have Mig15bis and Mig19pt, but jesus fuck what a nightmare of a BR where ALL you see are lock on missiles flying your way, NONE STOP. Screw jets.... lol. Maybe one day ill give it a go, but I also enjoy Heli's, Tanks and Ships so I've got plenty to play with.....

1:17:06 The tech tree G.91 R1 does have both AA-20 and AS-20 Nords though

Ty for the guide iam looking to buy Lazur M if it will be on sale i tried it in test flight seems pretty ok and i kinda want to grind germany for its planes coz italy dont have thad much. Btw where i can find the decal?

i am truly shocked you put the jasdf f-40 at b tier. its so fun to fly. it prints me so much money.

Just got the Mirage 2000C-s5 as my first rank 8, and honestly, the grind starting from rank 6 isn't too painful. I did get lucky in the sense that it was a breeze to get through when they moved the vautours up a rank because I only had to grind 2 planes to get to rank 7 and I could skip through the super etendard to get the jaguar, but honestly, the some planes are genuinely not that bad. The Etandard IV m's guns are great, the III e is nice with the magic 1s and its speed, and the mirage f-1c(not premium), is actually super fun when you get the magic 2s. (I did get a talisman for it out of a battle trophy so it did make it less painful). Honestly, if this isn't your first time grinding an air tech tree, I would recommend the premium Mirage f-1C-200 to spare yourself rank I through V's painful aircraft.(would not have said this had the vautour's bomber variants not lost their air spawn cuz they made good rp).

gotta get the tram, i just like it so much and its just alright.

It’s tough over here in Australia man

1:01:45 I FEEL SO VALIDATED. High tier Japan grind is the Sabre, then nothing but absolute suffering til the F16.

what about british premium harrier GR1 with the SRAAMs? I think that one was forgotten. Is it any good?

Thanks for the Skill Issue decal

Are the packs going on sale as well? Must just take some time to get it all ready huh?

Would love to see a video of the b34 as a heavy fighter

I got the Skill Issue decal. I've purchased premium for 1 year and also the pyorraisd - the sweedish plane and the xp-50. Thank you for your insight DEFYN! I love your videos and the humor

I don't even know if it's still on sale but in my opinion the German Tempest is now better than the D13. Which is hard for me to say because I flew the D13 religiously and have over a 3 KD in it. The Tempest turn performance and the Hispano performance right now makes it very good

No BF 110 rating in the italian tree or the premium P-51s in the US-tree?

DEFYN casually carrying the WT Air RB community again.. common W

Another upload from the old man

I know the german mig spsk is rare but where would you rank that? Or the Harrier gr 1 you didn‘t rank either

I think the A-5C is one of the best premiums and I think Defyn only ignored it because of the high br. It’s a great plane for learning high tier and it’s a great way to get through China quickly. You get all of the good parts of the Mig-19 but with flares and some of the better IR missiles in the game.

Love the format! Any chance we can get a ground one as well?

Man i'm not regretting keep my J6K1. It is an absolute monster, for rank 5 probably the S+ rank there for japan

F-4S gets slats that are actually better than the Agile Eagle slats, will pull harder but bleed speed faster when pulling hard.

One small nitpick is that the Mirage F-1C has Super 350F and not 350D's, it would be so much better if it could take the D missiles

Hey Defyn the Swift F7 is kinda fun and unique for Britain. 😅

btw J26 David has different belts from P-51 that don't set fires and don't do anything in general

For people planning on getting the F-4S I want to clarify, it actually DOES have slats and they are more aggressive than agile eagle slats so it actually turns better than most Phantoms, although it is unfortunately slower than the F-4J because of this.

Sent this to a friend and he pointed out the length of the video to which i went woudnt you wanna listen to defyn rambling about planes for 1.5hrs?

21:25 the F-4S isn't a hard wing, is it? I thought it had slats similar to the F-4E.

Hey Defyn what about Harrier GR.1?

Hey defyn, what are your thoughts on the later P-63s?

Post edit Defyn jumpscare XD

Should I get the French Top Tier Premium or the Swedish top tier premium?

You did both of the T18's dirty. Trading a gunner and .3 BR for way better fire power

DEFYN why do u have a TIS MA and shit in ur inventory still? saving ? or u bought it

For SL I always use the British Avenger. Makes me 50k per match on average. For more relaxed gameplay I like the Catalina's. ( I have all of them :D )

Oddly enough im not a bad player but i love the mig21 bis, all versions of it, i can out fight almost anything with it including f16s and and mig29s i don't understand why people dislike it so much, i do really really well with it

is it smart to put a talisman on my ja37c rather than buying the j35xs for the upcoming gripen grind? (I currently have all normal tt planes except the ajs37)

I'm considering a F-5E US talisman just for future to come aircraft so it takes me half the matches to grind them I got talisman on MiG-21MF germany and I gotta say its one of my favorite aircraft, I know its on F-5C BR but I know how to handle them, and some times you get a couple F-105s and F-4Cs without Flares and easy frags, 20-40k RP depending on how the match goes, 60k RP record with 300% booster and thats before the Skill Bonus

I’m so glad that I got lucky and managed to get the Hunter F.58’s talisman in a battle trophy 😂