Yak-1 is amazing It's my only fighter where I got K/D close to 3

It is a pretty straightforward plane for a beginner - you outturn everyone you can't outrun and you outrun those you can't outturn. And being at a children's BR of 2.3 it is self evident what kind of planes you won't outturn. Hint: they have two wings! Also the armament is easy to use. A single shvak is still a meneace 2 ranks above you and the Shkas MG's are the best 7.7mm guns in the game. No weird restrictions liie on a P 39 or P-36 or the Bf109 E5.

Yeah I love 109s too! Probably my favorite airframe in war thunder, but there’s not much you can do against a half-decent la-7 pilot at low altitude 😆

Russian bias! Also try the I225, it’s very unconventional, but a great plane.

​@@MacWithGun Def one of my favs together with the yak-3p

yak-9p is good too. some say yak-3 has better specs, but the triple 20mm guns have amazing convergence and velocity so its far easier to hit enemies.

​@@MacWithGunhave ypu tried the I-185 M71? They say I-225 is a poor upgrade on it.

@@DzinkyDzink I did try the M-71 a couple of weeks ago, absolute brick to fly, but at least it climbs well and is fast enough to sort of boom and zoom enemies. It’s not a bad plane, but it’s certainly not good. I-225 is in my opinion one of the best 5.0s in the game.

Thank you for the support! I have a couple of clips in the a6m5 Ko, I might make a quick vid later

Russian bias?

No, the yak3U is a much smaller, lighter plane than the la7. This makes it accelerate better, turn better, and climb WAY faster, even though the la7 already has a great climb rate. In my opinion, the yak3U could be uptiered to 6.0 and I wouldn’t be surprised.

the yak-3p is also a huge death machine. The last time I used it I got 5 kills and 2 assists (stolen) in a full uptier

@@kingghidorah8106 Never used the yak3p since i never found the additional guns worth the increase in br. I just really enjoy bullying the japanese and trolling the p51h players with the 3U. It's funny how many people underestimate the yak3u's performance thinking that it won't do much since it's a "jack of all trades" and in their heads it probably won't have any "special strengths" to turn the tides. Last thing they know they're dead by trying to stall it out, outclimb it, outrun it, and for some planes, dogfighting it.

@@Jbatistali i didnt really like it when I started playing it, back when shvak was THE worst gun in the entire game, but now that the guns are fine I accept it being 5.0

Very satisfying to hit a hammerhead on an op xp-50 💯

@@MacWithGun I call it "rope-a-dope" and it's my favourite move in my book :D

I’ve actually never played the I-185s before, Ive always assumed they aren’t worth it, because they’re super easy to fight and kill, but I’ll look at them later.

@@MacWithGun In my experience, I-185s are almost like soviet Fws, but their elevators are a bit stiff, so anything more maneuverable with good engines can kill them (I'm often on that business end because I'm still learning defensive flight with energy planes lol)

​@@svidentkyrponos7530 I-185 isnt a Energy fighter. Las and Yaks are.

@@lucasmolitor1029 If not an energy fighter, what is it then? Thx

@@svidentkyrponos7530 Too bad at turning, Boom n Zoom fighter. Gotta be conservative.

Since 2019c but I switched to MnK 7 months ago

See the problem here is that they both nulled their energy at some point. Starting from scratch at the deck La-7 is probably the best at generating it. That 109 lost the moment he failed the energy trap. Should have just stayed high above and perforned safe "pecks" instead of going full in.

109 has all the speed he needs but hes just diving straight to the ground back at him after la-7 stalls.If 109 jockeys him as hes diving he can get a shot at la-7 easily.Hes just diving like a loose bullet.You cant expect someone to pull inside when youre diving but once that person get you with it you can just adjust your speed next time.This 109 is a better pilot than most of the randoms but hes falling to same play over and over again which means hes mediocre at best.If someone turns inside of your dive and try to reversal you just get straight up as soon as they start turning and take a spiral loop and dive back at them youll still have much more energy state and they bleed more energy doenst matter if its a russian plane or not youll get a shot at them.All they can do is pitch up and headon you again which you can prefire or just energy trap again with a spiral.

Maybe the 109 should've focused on not compresssing and maintaining his position idk actually because the La-7 has good maneuverability

@@m85production idk how to really explain it, but the best way that I can put it is that I don’t try to fly my plane where it doesn’t want to go. If I wanna turn or do a maneuver, I’ll just position my plane into the proper orientation to start and complete my maneuver rather than just throwing my plane around. Also, when I’m rolling in those scissor turns, I use roll and rudder (Q+A or E+D) at the same time for a quicker and cleaner snaproll,

I use 600m and no vertical targeting, and rarely switch it.

@@MacWithGun yeah 600 feels nice till i get too close but i cant choose between stealth and ground target belt now

I don’t have it, but I’ve heard it’s fun and I might pick it up on the spring sales, if not I can try and take out the sea hurricane mkI C in the future.

@@MacWithGun I’ve just picked it up in the sale and jump scare-ing P38s at 17,000ft because a Hurricane with Russian 20mms is the last thing they’re expecting is priceless

You’re right, but in terms of performance, the la-7 bullies these planes. None of those aircraft are gonna catch the la-7 because it climbs and accelerates so much better. Also in a dogfight, the la7 wins too.

@@MacWithGun I don't know about a typhoon, it's actually quite the rate fighter. I will agree with the p51d30 tho. Dunno about the f4u4 tho. Haven't actually fought any la7s in recent memory in it.

@@ushiki2212 F4u4 is all around worse than the la7 below 3km (besides top speed) and you can energy fight typhoons, IF you are very careful.

@@paul_wiggin uploading in 4k60 now ;)

Expert crew is mandatory for me, and if you have enough SL, then I recommend expert crews as they are worth the money.

Yes, and my gameplay has a lot of similarity to both defyn and AdamTheEnginerd.

Tracers

Maybe in the future, because the la-9 is currently a mid-mobile at 6.0

@@MacWithGun exactly cuz I’m struggling with this thing I get a spawn I die because jets

The la-7 is much better under 3km, being faster, climbing better, and being nearly as maneuverable as the yak3 However, once you get above 3.2km, the yak3 is slightly better in terms of performance.

What about yak 3p ?​@@MacWithGun

@@NoName-gv6pi I’ve already made a video about the yak-3, which is basically the same plane. Also, in my opinion the yak3p is worse at its BR, because it has the same performance of a 4.3 yak3 while having barely any better guns, at 5.0.

@@MacWithGun kinda love the plane ngl

Its honesty not even that bad

I use MEC, so I manually activate it, and I’ll look into lowering my game volumex

My RP now 💀

Do you mean MEC? If so I do use it :)