WT - Beginner's Guide Part 3 - Attacking Energy Maneuvers 

1. You're very professional in your videos. 2. You give very clear descriptions and provide good examples. 3. Now that I've watched all of these videos, I don't have any more excuses. Thanks. lol

After watching this video I went to try the tips out. My first match I instantly performed better, and the second match I accomplished a Rope a dope and my god was it satisfying

Very good video, pulling off a Rope a Drop and getting a kill is very satisfying. I went from 3 - 4 kills a match and losing all my planes, to 6 sometimes 10 and not even losing one plane.

Longshot is superb. Silky tones with a calming effect. Its like having Clive James instructing you and he's a legend

Also 9:07 and generally the section on BnZ (ok, I haven't watched past 9:07 yet) - in AB the pure BnZ attack can be very dangerous, especially if you are attacking someone in a swarm, because your target (if they survive) or his friends can pull their nose up sharply and start firing at you while you are still in range. More effective is the 'boom and extend' attack, where you dive, fire, and fly away with minimal turning and with all that speed from your dive in level flight or a shallow dive - only when you are far enough away do you start to slow down and climb again. It takes longer to repeat than pure BnZ since your climbs are made with less starting speed, etc., but its also safer.

your videos are so good. I honestly can't adequately describe just how good these videos are. I wish I had them 20 years ago lol, back when I started flight sims. I would have been a fighter pilot much sooner.

I just came to war thunder and found your tutorial videos. They really explain a lot in not even just an easy understandable but also entertaining way. Good work mate and greetings from germany.

Im currently watching your series, too bad I just now found it. Very, very well done. I'd almost guess you are/were a teacher at some point. Detailed descriptions with numerous examples, clearly explained with professional quality. Great work.

Thanks to this video, I was able to perform my first successful fake head-ons. 3 in row... 3 kills. Thanks.

I am searching and watching war thunder youtubes now for months. Yours are the best explained and very well structured. Thanks a lot. And cheers from Munich!

I started playing this game back in 2013 and started again this week. I realized I had no idea what I was doing until I watched this lol

after 5 years this video very usefull

These look very effective and I like knowing how/why they work. One of the best videos I've seen on tactics. The main question I still have after watching that would limit my ability to use these effectively is how do you know when to break and begin your attack? What do you look for to know that they are stalling or over-committed?

Great Vid mate! I enjoyed the examples and will help me master a couple of things better. Have struggled with a few since 1.47, maybe a little rusty and some changed dynamics. Now I just got to get some of my friends to watch this video one, or a hundred times more preferrably!!!

Great video, I hope he still plays

Hi... this is the best video i see of this theme. Thank you very useful

Great video Longshot, I am always learning from your videos, going to practice the Climbing pursuit, seems a great way to re-engage an opponent faster instead of gain a lot more separation as i usually do after a bnz.

Rope a dope is my go to move. 109s or mig 15s. It's the most satisfying kill

Absolutely amazing video! Thank you for this! The explanations are easy to follow and the examples with commentaries help a lot! liked and subscibed

Excellent piloting skills sir!

Loving your guide vids^^ I hope there will be more, something like "Getting rid of enemies behind you" or "Evading energy manoeuvers" would be just great. Keep it up :)

Still a great tutorial in 2020

Amazing tutorial, as usual. This one is going in the bookmarks for future use, though!

Huge improvement allready thankyou :)

Could you do a video on head on collisions as many people seem to love doing those with me. Or even a tip or two would be appreciated. But the soothing voice is nice to listen too...

Boy am I glad not all War Thunderers watch your channel! I employed these maneuvers today with a Peashooter of all planes and walked away with pilot snipes on a Lagg-3, Hurricane Mk1a and an F2A and wripped a wing off a Nimrod. Almost an Arcade Ace 5800 lions without premium...Thank you vertical spiral...oh and I didn't die!

8:50 Actually you should prioritize the targets and first attack the most dangerous plane. Anyway, you make great tutorials!

Speed is life. Altitude is life insurance.

Would like to see a video like this but instead "energy Defensive Maneuvers" for those times your under attack and how to use energy to shake them off.

Great instructions..

I am practicing the climbing spiral, but I'm not there yet. You are talking a lot about the "rudder" key, but what key is that? I have now the "roll", "pitch" and "yaw" axis bind to QWEAS and D. But none of these keys make my plane turn left or right. Also, can you post step by step which keys to use to perform a good climbing spiral? I understand the idea, just not how to do it.

Hi I was wondering if you had made a Controls/keybind's guide I noticed you are able to move your mouse around fairly fluently without hindering your flight performance

I try these, have to say, they work. Still, you made it look so easy :(

Video is great but I am having a Controls issue when I try the hammerhead while looking backwards (holding C down). As soon as I let go of the rudder key, the auto pilot undoes my hammer head. I don't see that happening in the video. I have see this Controls thing before. It seems that using the elevator keys in look-around mode will shut off the autopilot but you have to use the elevator keys "enough" and it is not clear how much is a enough. Is there a way to stop autopilot from undoing "rudder only" maneuvers?

Using these attacks in tier 4 russians seems to work very well for survivability in arcade, but so far I haven't been able to out-score my traditional dogfighting tactics.

Do you have tactics for Jets?

Great video guides. I'm really trying to fly like this but when I look around with the mouse, whilst pressing a key command, my plane just follows the mouse, which seems to overrule my commands, I'm using mouse aim and am quite new to the game. Am I using the wrong mode or something?? I'm all over the place lol.

Will these tactics work in RB? Won't diving at high speeds tear the wings off? Secondly, wouldn't climbing like that after a high speed dive exert a lot of G forces, causing a blackout?

Question : the japanese planes, up to tier 3, had dogfighting in it, the A6M series. But once you hit tier 4, you have those new planes, which are very alike the FW 190 series of energy fighting. So, are they energy fighters or dogfighters? I can't really tell.

Does these tactic work in realistic? And also If a fighter with greater climb rate will it still catch you in arcade but lesser energy?

Which one of your videos talks about Head ons.. I need some help on that

how do you turn off the autoleveling?

Great music in the background. what is it? OH and Perhaps you can not reply directly to a question. Because you don't have a google account. You need to have that. Google and RU-vid are linked. Don't ask me why.

How can I play these games

these are great video's, thank you. BTW NZ ping is worse lol

Do you have a discord server?

thanks shot now I know how to git gud

How do you record your videos?

"Not only is it safer fighting this way..." Misses a burning plane wreck by few inches.

2:05 インメルマンターン、スプリットS 2:31 ハンマーヘッド 3:33 一撃離脱(ブームアンドズーム)と、回避法 9:39 rope a dope (吊り上げの一つ) 13:55 FAKEヘッドオン 18:37 クライミング・スパイラル (吊り上げの一つ)コックピットは常に上に向けろ 23:14 その失敗例 23:58 climbing pursuit　目的：自分より敵に急な上昇角でついてこさせる 27:13 おさらい

The Best tutorials for this by a clear mile! Thanks:)

Great videos! I really was playing blindly before I saw these and grew a better understanding of boom and zoom. Here I was trying to be a turn fighter with 2nd-3rd tier American fighters and getting my ass handed to me and not understanding why.

I've watched most of your tutorial videos, longshot, and I have to say that my game would be nothing near what it is without having watched them. I'm nowhere as good as you are, but I had no idea what to do with my 109s before I came across your channel. Now most of my plane slots are taken up by 109s, but I usually only need the first one or two slots anyways :) Thanks again for all the work you put into these!

I did some successful rope a dope's last night, but I couldn't get an effective firing solution, seems like I was too late often to get guns on. But the fact I was stalling out people really was gratifying!

wow, very good guide, too bad so few views :(

TimeStamps: 3:30 BnZ 9:34 Rope'a dope 13:52 Dodging Head'on (using Rope'a dope here) 18:33 Climbing Spiral 21:25 To err is human 23:54 Climbing Pursuit

Excellent videos from a fellow Aussie. Thanks for showing me how to energy fight with some finesse. Big respect, and to remind me that to die in arcade is to realise there is more to learn, and try. Cheers friend.

Very good video about these maneuvers. Another thing to keep in mind when performing these maneuvers is the armament of your enemy. In most of the examples, you received some damage from the chasing enemy. However, when this enemy is a p-39 or yak 9 with oversized guns, any damage means death.

@ Rui Moreira, sorry but youtube isn't letting me reply directly to your question. I don't currently own any jets, I'll get to them one day...

Without doubt, the most comprehensive, professional and accessible tutorials by far. (And not just for War Thunder). Thanks so much for these!

wow, this was really helpful. Most other war thunder vids I've seen have had too much dead time through gameplay. Thanks for editting your examples down to the important bits, and giving great breakdowns. The quality truly comes through, thanks a lot, m8.

Ill admit. These tuturials turned me from the typical arcade lawnmower turn and burner that gets on average of 3 kills a game losing like 5 planes, to a air superiority god that gets 7+ kills and 0 deaths. I once went 16-0, but that was a very good downtier for me. Ill likely never get another match like that again.

I'm 3 episodes in.. and I became a subscriber... simply because of your strait forward no nonsense explanations that are spot on and clearly understandable... Thanks a bunch! War thunder nic GeneralSmedleyButler

These are good tricks but your not just fighting one opponent in a dog fight most players fly in packs only the noobs like myself fly alone but now i know what not to do thanks for the tips😉

I have been watching your tutorials and I have really improved, I used to have never get kills but sometimes I get enemy kill assist and 1 kill, and when watched your tutorials I improved by getting 1-7 kills each match. THANK YOU so much!

I love my 109 and I intend to get to a 262 eventually. I have always hated fighting spitfires because they turn really well. Thank you for showing me how to take them out!

Seen a lot tutorials, this is a nice easy understanding and explaining series. Thx keep them coming. (love that easy listening music on the background, vintage.)

This is by far the most useful video i have seen for war thunder, since im new to the game i had terrible time playing turn fights and getting a kill or two max every game but the first game after i watched your video i got 5 kills using Energy maneuvers with a hurricane (that's only beacuse my aiming is terrible so i need to turn fight at some point after a failed maneuver)...anyway thanks a lot man for your effort and i hope you make more of these videos.

I don't know if you still read comments but I hope you do. I've started playing WT around 2016 then stopped for a long time because I was focusing on school. Skip forward to 2021 and everyone's in quarantine so I decided to see if I still got it. Much to my dismay, it seems that I was playing like a noob just starting to play the game and I have no idea what I'm doing and I keep losing every game in arcade. That all stopped when I stumbled upon your video series and especially the aiming guide and this one. I can't remember if I've actually got 1st place during my earlier days but I definitely got that few hours ago and I was starstruck. I couldn't believe what was happening. Throughout that game I was constantly in the heat of battle diving and pulling up after every kill and assist and there I was in the sky asserting my dominance upon everybody including my team ;P I also had an epic moment reaching the end of the battle where I was being chased by an enemy fighter who was constantly on my six even after dodging every bit of lead he was sending to my plane. He chased me to the point that he lost his energy right beside me literally 5metres away from my cockpit and I clinched victory as I unleashed my power while uttering "pffft.... amateurs". Truth be said that was one of my biggest moments in my gaming career and for that I thank you a lot. I don't know how to pay my gratitude to you but I hope this might make a smile on your face. From Malaysia, syedM02 sending you salutes from the sky✈️

Good videos, man. Excellent presentation. Excellent content. And no inane bullshit that wastes the viewers' time. You are a legend. I salute you. See you in the skies.

Wow, these guides helped me a lot! I'm actually able to use my planes now and its just really satisfying using these attacks against enemies/evading enemy attacks or even getting killed after a long battle of energy fighting.

Subscribed, I appreciate the time you put forth on these videos. It really helps beginning pilots out there

I used to turnfight with the MiG 3-15...

Excellent video Long5hot! Far more helpful than the tutorials in gaijin's channel. The spiral climb maneuver (I usually do it with the rudder, because I fly mostly Lavochkins), which I only started using after seeing your videos, has increased a lot my k/d. It's still difficult for me to do the climb and keep visual contact with the target, but your sharing of expertise has been the biggest benefit I've had playing this game.

Seven years later, these videos are still very informative and helpful. Many thanks for this series

This is super stuff for everyone seriously trying to improve their gameplay in War Thunder! Highly recommended ! You and tx141 are the guys to learn from in my opinion. Thanks! I hope for more of this ! By the way; you are really far to modest; your skills are way above the average, not even to talk about your knowledge of aviation. Thanks again! .

damn if the graphics looked better

Just as a observation, I fly RL planes, the hammerhead maneuver was/is still used today, previous it was called a box canyon turn. Often executed with VFR pilots travelling back country in the mountains.

Simply the best content to date of War Thunder... given that the video is already a few years old... but it is still by far the best to learn how to play this great game. It is very pleasant to assist thanks to the clarity, tranquility and seriousness that denotes excellence and quality of your videos. Thank you very much for your work, it is a shame to see that you haven't do more recently, because surely we would be many who would enjoy them, thank you again and greetings!!

Thank you for the great tutorial video for new players such as myself. Now I just need to learn how to stabilize my plane well aiming with a joystick 🕹 but practice should help with that.

Very informative tutorial. Cheers.

Really good videos on how to energy fight, but I still have some questions related to the "climbing pursuit" strategy. I got a little bit confused about "start to turn very very slowly as I climb and gradually increase the speed of my turn"?Does that mean i need to turn slowly when the distance between me and my opponent is not far enough. And also why my opponent will drain their energy faster If they pursue me since it is not a sharp maneuver to point their guns at me? Eager for your response.

Mate you are awesome ! I was looking for videos to show my buddy basics for the game and i learned so much : ) it's insane how i own ppl without knowing those maneuvers , preaps cause of my sick aim but when i got to high tire planes i got a bit in a stragle maybe next time i will be more effective cause of you : ) : )

okay so if a BF-109 is best played as a boom and zoom plane, and a spitfire mk 16 is a similar plane but better turn radius, does that mean that a mk 16 is better because it can do the same thing but probably better??? pls

I hopped in a battle after watching this.. 10 kills and Well... was it not awesome! Thanks mate! Liked and subscribed.

Awesome tutorial thanks so much!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Your videos have really helped me. I'm new to the game. In World of Warplanes I'm used to being the killer. How little I knew. Thanks for your videos.

You taught me how to Warthunder all those many years ago, how are you?

1:19 - wait, WEP in RB will damage engine??? Never saw this happen before. Of course WEP will raise engine temperature and that can indirectly lead to an overheat if you stay at WEP and 100% on some planes, but direct damage from using WEP?

got addicted to warthunder recently. I fly mostly the bf109s and this video really helps a lot. Thanks :)

Thank you for your excellent videos, they have made an immediate improvement to my strategy and game play, not to mention further enjoyment of the engagements now. Great to see quality instructional videos and you kicking ass in WT from a fellow Aussie!

Great work! It is the best warplane maneuver video I ever see, the deepest indeed. Please make more of this. By the way, I love the classical music in the background.

Thanks !!!! This helps. I only know Boom n Zoom \lol/. Table of Content 0:16 Introduction 1:25 Immelmann 1:43 Split S 2:29 Hammerhead 2:54 Wingover 3:29 Boom and Zoom 5:50 High YoYo Example 1 6:31 High YoYo Example 2 9:35 Rope a Dope 13:52 Fake Head-on 18:32 Climbing Spiral 23:54 Climbing Pursuit 26:59 Conclusion 27:20 Two More Examples 30:10 More Tips

These suggestions are VERY insightful and helpful, and the Starsky-&-Hutch theme music playing in the background MAKES it. Subscribed. One question though: what type of mouse, trackball, or settings do you use to maintain such perfect situational awareness? Whenever I fumble with my mouse to keep an eye on the other guy, my plane ends up stalling or lawn-darting into a mountain.

Do these also work in Air RB?

i've seen so many vids are more then 5-6-7 years ago or old and asking every time why are the effects are that much better then today.. ?????xD the bullets, crash and destroy effects or fire are much more realistic then it is today... i dident get it...: ( can someone explaine me this ?:)

Why does the screen get a vignette when you climb? Does the G Force overload do something to your plane?

Long5hot...yes I do have stuff I want answerd from replays..no I have never gone 15-0 let alone 4-0 yet. I did figure out my problem by watching my own replays over n over...but I really appreciate the time u took to answer me long5hot. Thanks again! And i cant wait to see u in the skies! Giod hunting to u!

How do I determine what is a competitive altitude? Normally I fly the XP-50 to hunt bombers for instance, so I know that I must climb _at least_ 5000m, but for fighters, how does one determine that?

Can't thank you enough for this series, Longshot - by far the clearest, most informative, most Practical ones I've seen. Question - I see you (and lots of other WT video-ers) doing maneuvers with an opposing plane behind them but keeping the view on the target. Are you using target view while controlling the plane exclusively with keyboard? Do you mostly use keyboard to control the plane and only mouse for aiming, or? I am thinking I've gotten lazy and use mouse 90% of the time,except for rolling, rudder turn for hammerhead, etc... thanks!