Yeah, until the ore truck pathing poops itself :P Good vid, I appreciate calling out the hotkeys.

24 to be exact

They're op in Red Alert Retaliation for the Ps1, weak vs Tesla Coils though...

Hahahahahaha

My god the Soviet subs are basically potatoes under water

Naval battle was always pretty bad in these titles. Basically nobody ever played Naval maps back in the day

Saviliana 1942 colorized

@@2SK3TCHY I would say it was 1938/early 1939 colorized, they did build alot of light tanks before they enter the fight.

As far as spamming tanks I would definitely call that the American tactic...

the entire Soviet Union was one massive tank factory

@@bryanx0317 Sherman and t-34 spring to mind

Sure, but i can't even go a day without "hey, why do I need to build a refinery?" lol - So as much are you're right, let's start simple for the new guys :)

I recall Red Alert the first time round, before youtube and lots of game guides 'q' fighting was a little known secret that only the top tier guys were using, you could get to general 3 star before you saw it consistently. Made general 5 star back in the day. Now tactics spread much faster so use it while you can.

@@davesmith9844 It's also been 25 years :p

Yes, the scatter button was key for tank play...back in the day. I should buy the remaster.

@@dclark142002 Some people say that remaster isn’t as hard in terms of ai, but if you are competitive, remaster is the way!

And tanks will have harder time crushing your infantry ;)

What if ur up against ravagers and fat bois?

If you go against a pro Soviet player they can stop it

I'm starting to notice this ELITE-ism in the comments. It's as if "if your not pro, don't even play" - 20 years will acquire a large fan-base and CnC has to be one of the cornerstones of RTS games...but damn, seeing the word "pro" slung around on guide videos which are clearly not targeted at so-called "Pros"...really starting to turn me off more and more - it also makes for a very unwelcoming environment for new players.

@@2SK3TCHY haha, i get that. I got trounced until I started copying build-orders, and its not like the game is balanced. But it is pretty fun. Yesterday I heard that if you hold Q, you can make your tanks focus a target while they move, so you dont have to stop at all. Havent tried it yet though

@@Baron_Harkonnen only if the light-tanks are not microed.

@@2SK3TCHY Don't worry about it. I'm a long time player from the beginning in 1995 and I loved this strategy tip. Keep it up :)

Smart.

But bigger is better!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!

In 3v3,a Soviet can be very useful by tesla coils. It is contray to the RA2,in RA2 there are many usefuless units in Soviet,but you can only build rhinos with some desolators to crush the allies.In 3v3,have a French ally is important,because giant cannon is very useful

Soviets have stealthy missile sub in RA1 datadisc and light tank rush can be dealt with by locking light tanks with other vehicles once you got enough of them, so they can't move around like crazy. If the Soviet player in this video was also moving which you must to lock enemy tanks from running around your base, damage to his tanks would be also smaller as RA1 for some reason thinks that moving tanks are nearly unhittable, thus greatly reducing damage to anything that moves. Soviets have a powerful air force to compensate for their slow tanks and tesla tanks which will hit regardless of how fast tank you have later in the game, though the whole game mechanics of RA1 is somewhat broken compared to vanilla RA2 with much needed improvements for fun multiplayer, thus RA1 MP is mostly for masochists nowadays even when compared to C&C1 where one side did not have both better defense and offense, because neat light tanks trick did not work later in the game while water for the navy is not on every map, just so you can teleport your battlecruiser near the enemy base with Chronosphere...

You should also learn building hotkeys, your build queue is empty in your early game while you micro units, memorising the hotkey for barracks + refinery + war factory will help you execute this strat 10-15 seconds faster

(Good execution overall tho great video

The second one. So moving and shooting helps because the enemy misses and most projectiles move in a single line when they fire. And no, there is no rear bonus damage in this...it all comes down to landing your shots, so moving while shooting is a good way for you to stay alive longer :)

@@2SK3TCHY Ah, so it's not an animation cancel, just dodging projectiles. Interesting.

You can kill most of the enemys with 10 tanks by move-- shot -- move -- shot. No 1 can survive a focused fire.If your tanks stand still = dead. And infantry is usless in Ra1. Most players will just run them over. They are better as a stationary defense behind stone walls. You can abuse those that can shot over stuff. What i generaly do i send dogs in random parts of map to find enemy base and scout it. Then i rush them with tanks and nuke their center.

Light tanks will die in one charge of a Tesla Coil if it is standing still. However if it is moving at full speed, it will survive with about 70% HP left.

waste of money

*runs over medic*

@@inkredibill6352 You monster!

@@ks4447 by doing counter light tank rush and placing mines at random locations

Yep it does.. the more the faster it builds

True, it gives more tanks in the long run, but making an ore truck spends short-term time and money that could be spent on MORE tanks for your rush :). I do agree in that longer-term matches where larger armies get built are also cool to watch. Also, if you like watching longer games where people build up larger armies, StarCraft is pretty rad for that - both early game builds and long-term economy-focused builds are viable.

@@thegimlichannel I think it's kinda funny that you are lecturing Nate haha. Watch RC1985 if you want to learn about Tiberian dawn and Red alert 1 :)

@@thegimlichannel by the time you arrive to attack, your opponent has caught up on tanks plus has more cash due to his extra truck.

WOOPS! I can see how that's misleading. Sorry about that! I even photoshopped the Allies logo on the tank lol damn....

Thanks for the feedback BTW - fixed and changed it. I'd rather be accurate than a clickbaiter!

Unless it's Generals. Tanks lose HARD to missile infantry in Generals.

They said they didn't want to change anything that would break the campaign missions. Because they're so balanced, you know :D

Yeah but it takes forever to get those.

That is because its just the og RA balance

It matters

I'm doing great!

All good here, wanna see some iron harvest gameplay tho (no rush😊)

So, the intended counter is Tesla Coils, but that doesn't really work. They hit instantly, which makes them effective against moving units, and they can even one-shot a Light Tank with a direct hit. However, as others have noted, at the same time, by doing so, you are gimping yourself and you'll be stuck in your base, they aren't cheap, and the Allied player will just out-econ you, use their Light Tank speed to hit and run where you aren't guarding, hunt your Harvesters, and destroy you that way instead. You can try and level the playing field a bit very early game by being very aggressive with your Grenadiers. Pick off the Allied Scouts, try and creep your way to the Allied base, and take out his Power Plants. Grenadiers move more quickly than other infantry and they demolish buildings. The idea is to slow him down, not take him out. You want to slow down the speed with which he can mass his tanks, giving you a chance to catch up with your own tank production. Then you basically just Heavy Tank spam, go on the offensive if you can or at least make sure you are ready for the Light Tank attack. If you go on the offensive, ignore his tanks if you can and just take out his key structures. If you slowed down his tank production enough with your Grenadier harass, Heavy Tanks will level a base faster in a base trade than Light Tanks will, as Structures are stationary targets and cannot avoid your superior firepower. You have to play much more skillfully than the Allied player, no doubt about it. It'll be hard and the Allies will have the advantage, but it's not impossible. Once you survive early game long enough to make it to mid-to-late game, the scales are weighed much more in your favour as Soviets. At this point, now the Allied player will have to play more skillfully than you to continue pressurizing you (though between Gap Generators, GPS, Theives, Cruisers and the Chronosphere, they've got plenty of tricks up their sleeve, don't you worry, do not drop your guard). Once Tanks reach critical mass for both sides, even if Heavy Tanks' cannon shells miss their targets, they'll be enough tanks on the field anyway that they'll still hit something directly, and without naval assistance it can be hard for Allies to break into a fortified Soviet base without suffering heavy losses (causing you to win the base trade, again).

you build Rocket Soldier to take out the Tanks, as Rocket Soldier cost lass and build in less time, it allow you to build up your base and tech up before he can send a new wave.

take my digital copy, im over it.

@@2SK3TCHY how come?

All someone would have to do is wait. The Tesla player would run out of ore and need to expand. When that happens the ally player would have built a crazy army of light tanks

So, speaking as a noob, who never played RA online back in the day, and just tried this tactic for the first time a few hours ago, against a Tesla using opponent; a steady stream of lights overwhelmed his towers. The rate I could focus down the ones in my way greatly outpaced the rate at which they could kill off my tanks. That, with the fact that he spent so much funds on powering those things and he couldn't expand past his closest ore because of my constant stream of tanks gave me the win. I am new, yes in 2020, to RA online and in general I'm not so good in competitive 1v1s in most games. So if the Teslas were no issue for me I'd say yes it works. As for the flame towers, hardly an issue...

@@Kayori-Chan Q attack move on Powerplants the drop so fast with some tanks, mostly you can sneak up on some power from the side or behind. Why throwing everything on the main entrance of the base? Teslacoils are power hungery and expensiv if you rush mostly there is no tesla or if there is a tesla he has not that much untis so crush his power and gg

Watch RC1985 :)

Tesla can kill light tanks but investing so much in static defense's means you will lose map control i.e cash replenishment.

wait really? wtf? ...uuuhhh...no clue

I do,but lose because my offense gets plowed

it's a remaster, not a remake.

@@sepg5084 And that's the problem, why wasn't a remake made to play properly? They revived a corpse that was about to die without care anyway. I wanted to buy it when I saw it the first time but after the KZfaq videos I don't want anymore, it's unplayable 😢

who? i don't copy jack...i open Photoshop and design each of my thumbnails related to my content.

@@2SK3TCHY Maybe subconciously you chose a similar style, down to the same font. We all get influeneced constantly after all and sometimes without even realising ourselves.

Still strong lol 🤣

@@2SK3TCHY yeah, not that's very helpful when you're 2/3 mins in and have 5 light tanks destroying ur Mcv and u only have 1 tank n a couple infantry to defend with

@@philpants44 not sure ur understanding, it's STILL a strong order to build. video for evidence.

...also, use 'Q' key and click once you start shooting. You'd loose to a serious player with the way you're doing it.

Dave, I'm 37, and I find your comment "cringey af." Get over yourself.

No...no not really, if that happens to you, a pill box or a harvester can make quick work of infantry

@Kampy187 yeah

@@SlavesWereGood twitter.com/2sk3tchy

@Kampy187 New York has that affect :)

lol "are you black?" wtf dude?

lul

dps?

@@fortheloveofnoise damage per second

Watch RC1985, i do believe most of the old guard good players prefer med tanks over light :)