Shocking end of the video.

Cutting through dogfights in any A6M, turning inside every other fighter. Truly a joy.

Man so many of your opponents had the chance to just extend and run but I guess people not doing that is one of the fun parts of the zero

Ahh yes,.doing a face reveal in a small unknown video. This man is a legend.

I love the zero, once you fully understand how to use it, it becomes much more than just a turn fighter, its all about the bait

Best part about grinding lower tiers is not having to be as paranoid. At top tier you're not just checking your six, but even popping flares at random just in case.

A6M3 in my opinion is the best (and favourite) Zero in the game, BR for BR. It has all the best characteristics of the Zero at 4.0, where there are more new players who haven't gotten a firm grip on what their and their opponent's planes can and can't do, so people tend to dogfight no matter what plane they're in. Being in an A6M gives you a noticable advantage in a dogfight since you're a UFO that outturns even Spitfires. Everyone wants to dogfight you but don't know you have the "*teleports behind you*" ability. Not only that, the A6M3 has improved speed, roll, and climb compared to the A6M2 mod.11 (I think) as well as 200 cannon rounds instead of the 120 of the mod.11, thus vastly improving the plane's overall combat effectiveness. However, going to the A6M5 is just painful now since it's now 5.0 because people just loooove turnfighting this damn thing, so now it's at a BR where most people outrun, outclimb and outgun you, and players here are now smart enough to not dogfight you*. At this point, you're better off just flying the A7M2 or the Ki-84. Both are substantially faster, have better energy retention, climb and firepower, and only 0.3 BRs higher (at 5.3) *there are still people who dogfight you. At this rate, the Zero will consistently face jets lmao* So overall, A6M3 is the best one since you don't face planes that will run circles around you.

when you're going against three fighters in a giant turnfight you can truly feel the spirit of the samurai flying this thing

This guy knows. The middle map AA is literally unbelievably OP. They need to nerf it. Btw I just found this video and I have to say good job man, I love this plane to death. Super fun to fly

I have hundreds of games in zeros in SB/RB/AB battles, the main thing I recommend is using the tracer tracer. You gotta maxamize the HE in the belts for those guns. There really is no sense in having any AP in that plane when HE can 1 shot any wing. This applies to the Japanese 30mm and even the .50 cals in the ki-61s. The 50 cals have HE belts! Those 50s are just as powerful HE as any 20mm HE round in my experience.

Happy to see some more props :)

"zeroes are just kinda nutty" - average american pilot in early 1942 fr

Haven't played WT in about 4 years but even when I did the A6M3 was my go to when I was having a bad day. Even when upteired I felt like I was seal clubbing like a Ki-43-I player in a low tier match. I always prayed for an over cast map with a thick low cloud layer. Id skim the bottom of the clouds every time and wipe the enemy team ground pounding before the side climbers knew what was happening and when they descended below the thick cloud layer I'd already be rearmed and repaired and in the air again to take them on. And I kid you not, the A6M3 is the vehicle (not just aircraft) but the vehicle I have the most kills with.

The best part isn't even getting to shoot down fast US planes, it's other turnfighters like Copefires and BV155s. 90% of the time they can't extend away even if they wanted to, and most will just turnfight as usual.

if you like the zeros go back and try the ki-43 I with the upgraded guns or the ki-43 II which comes with 50 cals. the air targets ammo shreds planes at the br and it turns even faster although the ki-43 I is really really slow so you need to bait. super fun plane

Its really fun when your enemies try to BnZ you, WHEN YOU ARE COMPLETELY AWARE AND YOU START TO TURN AWAY FROM THEIR TURN CIRCLE.

I dont like flying Zeros so much, cus either it's super easy or the enemy just runs away from you. It can be really fun in a furball though The same goes for some spitfires (specially the early ones).

Ah yes, the last not overtiered Zero. The fact that the later A6M3s and A6M5s have a higher BR than way more capable stuff like Ki-84, J2M2 and A7M2 will always amaze me.

I got the A6M5 Ko premium back in like 2016/2017 but never really bothered grinding out the Japanese tree. A few months ago, i heard rumours spark up again of the RY's being removed because they werent real in jet form, so set out to grinding. I completed the entire Japanese tree in two days from BR 2.7 where i started from.... the amount of German and US players i completely SHAT on because they tried to boom and zoom or take head ons, only for me to tokyo drift out of the way, pull right back in on their arse and clip their wing or tail off before they even got 50 meters away from me was ridiculous. Such an easy plane to fly if you just have the 5 braincells needed to dodge.

The Ki-108 is a hilarious twin engine when you get guns on target, though tends to overheat its engines without proper management, and is prone to being set on fire.

Well, this game is more historically accurate i believe. The reason why you are made of paper is for that specific reason, the zero two (much like most WW2 Japanese fighter planes) had no fuselage armor so they could turn and be faster then their enemies. You see this everywhere with Japanese war vehicles (except tanks) where they sacrifice armor for speed.

"It's not the plane, it's the pilot." You are awesome with any plane! Can you make a video showing the keybinds and the sensitivity you use. All the best!

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in a while 😂 Plus you are very good looking my friend

I'm nearly done with the japanese planes techtree and it was way more fun grinding than any other tree

Quirked up white boy with a little bit of sauce, I didnt know our favorite content creator was a full course meal

Very entertaining video, love the tactical knowledge and commentary

I'm a pretty new player in WT and I love watching your video's keep up the good work!

midmap aa is why i'm planning to spade my zeroes in ground RB insteand, as an anti-CAS

damn, bro’s kinda cute ngl

3:18 bruh the p-51 tried to cobra

Yo jet! Happy 10k! See you at 100k my dude!

J2M5 premium is downright OP

Truly a video of all time

nice vid seems super fun to play might have to try it out.

your videos help me get better at war thunder

You don't have the B7A2, aka the wolf in sheep's clothing? Oh you don't know what you are missing!

3:56 this is my US 4.0 experience. All of my teammates are on the deck and me and 1 spitfire actually have altitude.

Japan in WT is so fun! nice vid.

Love your video / can u make a guide for low to mid tier plans from usa or boom and zoom or gneral tips in Air R. Thx for reading

I just love spiral climbing this things and spitfires using my yak 3 to stall them out

Turnfighters are very fun and easy to play in WT because so many people can not fight that instinct of turning with you, they tunnel on you and want to fight you, doesnt matter if you are in the best turn fighter in the game. I had P47s, FW190s and F4Us all turn and burn with me trying to rate fight me in a zero or ki 44. Even in air rb where it says what plane I am using. Later japanese fighters arent even fragile or anything that's a missconception. And the self sealing fueltanks have saved my ass more than in any other fighter.

Try ki-43 otsu it's one of the best planes at 4.0 It out gun/climb/speed the a6m3 at 4.0 And because it's always faster than an a6m3, often time you would find out it could outturn the zeros(us and china one)

What do you range your guns too on the zero

That ending though 👀

I have had on multiple occasions gone head on with a zero in something like a P47 neither of us hit and I just dip my nose to extend. Only to look behind me and see 200m behind me the same zero not only close but also keeping speed despite just doing a 180. (I have been away from the game for about a year and forgot how UFOy the Zeros were)

Fora nyone flying the zeroes: load the universal belts for the 20mms. The Tracer belt is a trap, since the tracer HE have less explosive filler than the non-tracer HE rounds. Apparently on the longer-barreled versions of the type 99s, the difference is even bigger.

Looking hella fresh dude !

OH GOD i love the zeros its probably my most used plane and yeah it slow as fuck can catch up with anything

You got new subscriber for the ending

And just in time for the new battle rating changes...more US planes unilaterally going down in BR, while Japanese planes keep on goin' up. All because US teams are still flying like this against Japan.

While legitimately circling or just sitting on the airfield is a problem, when you're in a position where you had to resupply and now need to take off with enemy fighters nearby, I don't really see what you're *supposed* to do except use the Airfield AA as coverage to just gain altitude. If that BV took off and just flew straight into you he would have been a free kill and he knew it, that thing does not gain altitude easily; I think just landing and J-ing out was the right move, because there was no real chance, but using a tool and abusing a tool are very different things.

that was a funny looking plane at the end

man’s majestic

it was worth it watching to the end

Gem of channel, fucken great content bro keep it up

Those guns are insane

As someone who has grinded out the entirety of Japan, it is quite fun. At least until you get past the Kikka. Then the fun begins. Ki-200-WW2 jet fighting Rooks and Warthogs. Same with all the sabres. Then you get to the T2. Fun to play, but no flares vs all aspect missile spam sucks. Same with the F1. The F-104J was actually pretty fun when you’re not facing F-14s. Then you get to the only 2 planes in the Japanese tree that have flares. The EJ, which is decent but is definitely not that fun due to all the gen 4 fighter around. Then the EJ Kai which can still do pretty well against gen 4 fighters since it has an F-16 radar. Still waiting for a new Japanese premium jet or something.

Good Job my fellow Japanese fighter. KAMIKAZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I gotta say my proudest moment so far in war thunder is managing to get on the tail of an a6m3 in a spitfire, those things are terrifying to deal with.

as a japanese main, i always smile when i see people do good in these planes

What is the music at the start of the video called?

Pew pew

One of the ends ever

best face reveal

The J2M2 at 4.3 is *insane.* Climbs better than almost anything up to 5.0-5.3, reasonably fast, turns reasonably well; I'm not a particularly great player and my KD is significantly above everything else I've flown at the BR, including the 109 F-4/G-2 and the Zeroes.

An answer to the fighter ground pound problem. It gets points. The game would be really fun if it wasnt for repair costs and the slow RP gains. Alot of people just want to unlock some new planes, or get a jet, and so doing some ground pounding with a fighter is an easy guranteed way to get points compared to fighting the 100th bf109 in a row.

The JetNoob hath revealed himself

5:31 That Spitfire surely was mad after you sent his ass home😂🤣.

God tier kamikaze 1v1 😂

"I don't have much of japan unlocked, only at tier IV" Me with one 6.0br airplane :(

Day 17 of asking to play the yak4 at 2.0 Start by a dive directly at q base that has another base clise to it ( 2 bases beside each other) 4 bombs for each Go straight to your base killing some ai on the way with your 7.62 Some planes will come on your back going in a straigh line with minimal evading is recommended and try to hit their engines with ur turret since they have weak engines a damaged one will lead them to crash i return to the airfield with 2 bases with 4 to 5 ai kills and 1 or 2 planes after taking off i go for bases if left but if not i will focus on ground targets cuz aa is the bain of this plane so bombing airfields is not recommended Bonus:do not forget to have smoke always on to piss the enemies 🤣

Lol that ending

You look like Johnny Lawrence from The Karate Kid

I personally try to fly my us fighter as a fighter but when a bomber is in the stratosphere i ground pound for research i have started to use bombers though

I never seem to find my groove with the zeros. I know people are doing well in them, or else people wouldn't whine and cause them to be constantly bumped in br, I just never seem to be one of those people. I do enjoy my A7Ms though.

Oh, the ki-108 is a fun meme of a plane. That big cannon with its stupid fire-rate is just funny. It also turns and handles pretty well, but is not the fastest and doesn't climb amazingly well. It really needs the upgrades to work well, or you have a pretty good chance of missing a bomber-sized target with any shots past the very first one on the big gun.

i love the zeros it's so fun usa teams are like monkeys i always rope them in to turn fights even some level100's

A6M3 is the best plane in the game, I think anyway.

I have like a 6:0 K/D in the Ki-43 lol bought a talisman and grinded the entire Japanese tech tree

You should try chinese ki-44, the best prop fighter in the game. I ground it in about 4 hours, and all chinese low ranks are extremely op

This is the most accurate description of the american experience in warthunder. Despite possesing huge potential american fighters suffer in climb rate wich usually puts them at an energy dissadvantage against 109s,A6s,spitfires even 190s( pretty much everything you face lol). You can't outturn shit neither can you BnZ shit since you are at an energy dissadvantage. So option A is to sideclimb A LOT and play defensively(wich is hella boring and results in being the last man standing forced to AF camp or repair and J out) or option B: ground pound like complete scrub. Peple pic option B, _obviously_ . I am not saying they need a buff or a BR reduction, just maybe consider a 1000ish meter airspawn.

The problem for us teams is that they need altitude to actually play effectively and there's like 3 different planes that can actually outclimb anything. Your choices if you're not playing those planes is sideclimb for 10 minutes or just stay low and try to reverse people. I've been playing a lot of the hispano stang recently and my us tech tree one has about a 0.8 kdr because it fights germany 90% of the time and they ouclimb the shit out of you. My mustang mk1 in the British tree, which is the exact same plane has a 3.8 kdr because for some reason it doesn't fight germany.

Mid map AAA should only be for immersion. It shouldn't decided a match. AF AA should also get less accurate and then stop if a player stays within 1km of the AF. Have a message saying "the AA gunners are running low on ammo" and force the player camping to either jout or take off. Can't do that without a warning i feel like. Though it would be very funny to see the camper rage when AAA just is silent as they get merked. Another thing is why is AAA able to fire through the ground and at low angles? Historically they were just unable to fire when aircraft were flying low as there was no warning or thing to aim at. If I'm flying below the treetops, I don't want to be hit by AA that is 3km out and behind a hill. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

brain? what’s that?

I've played around 200 hours in air rb so far and I never knew midmap aa can ever even land a hit at you

Spoiler: Jumpscare at the end of the video

I like brainless US teams full of lawnmowers cause they keep my favorite planes undertiered lmao

"Oh boy, it looks like the A6M is still too successful in battles! Time to up BR to 6.3!"

Shame about the face reveal though. All jokes aside. Really nice video as always.

finally a face reveal awesome video as always my friend

Love a6m3, a6m5 turns so much you lose too much speed and black out.

hotel? trivago.

If im the last one and I return to my airfield to repair and the whole enemy team follows me like a bunch off dumb asses and they die to AA, is counting as using a game mechanic as a strategy 😂

7:26 Wait so both airfields used to have AAA a year ago? wow

as a us player that is why my air is way behind my ground, because my team always does that

pros: climb, turn, without ammo u r ammo cons: on fire

Logan Paul wt edition

lol the Face revel at the end

The zeros energy retention got nerfed FYI

Any tips about how to counter spitfires with this?