The 122 TM in the second game also mentioned being killed by the WZ without being spotted, and the way they were instantly able to turn around and clap the other guy... Homie was definitely stream sniping

That WZ was definetly streamsniping. He shot the 122TM without the medium being spotted, and then predicted every move that you made

I said I didn't want to spend money for any of these tanks. Till my friends all got the Taliba.. Caliban. I got mine too luckily with box 36. Fun tank but make sure you have a book on your side to read while reloading.

The WZ in the 2nd replay was clearly stream snipping, He took out the 122 without being spotted as well.

The WZ was definitely stream-sniping. He predicted and was ready for your every move. The 122 TM even said he was killed without being spotted, ie., a blind-shot

To be honest, I think this is what premiums should be: not necessarily op and top tier competitive, but something unique, something fun you get for the sake of it being unique and fun.

Imagine an E25 getting behind this thing

Quick tip - If you raise your gun the oscillating turret hides the weak spot, and the plate beneath the gun is still 240mm thick !

He was definitely watching stream... GG

Schrodinger's Tank. It's good and bad at the same time and you only know in what state it is in when in. You only know in the exact situation in battle.

sometimes you get rushed by 2 tanks and one-shot them both, sometimes you miss both shells from near point blank range. its a meme tank and fills that role very well.

I just watched Claus Kellerman's review on this tank (he hates it) but all throughout it he would most always fire both shots and then start complaining about the reload. I think it should be treated like a double barrel tank where you have the big damage potential but most of the time it is wiser to only shoot one of the shells.

The Tiger 2 is like a lockpick cause it's one of the most accurate T8 heavies, the Caliban is a Sledgehammer, nothing more nothing less.

Me playing the Caliban: "Did he fire 1 shot or 2?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a Caliban with a 155mm cannon, one of the highest alphas in the game and can destroy you from full health. You've gotta ask yourself a question, "Do I feel lucky?" Well do ya, punk?

Interesting little thing to consider about this tank: it's name. Caliban was a feral, sullen, misshapen creature in Shakespeare's "The Tempest". He's (the protagonist) Prospero’s rather dark, very earthy slave, and is frequently referred to as a monster by the other characters. I genuinely feel like WG were flat out taking the piss with this tank. Especially by putting it in the Loot Boxes.

Rewatch the events from 36:10 The 122 says in chat that he was unspotted, meaning he must have sixth sense and knows he did not get spotted, so there is little reason for a player randomly to assume that a person is still there, but even if we give the WZ the benefit of doubt and say he got lucky (despite missing his first shot), he still reacted incredibly quick to a tank showing up behind him, remember he has to turn his entire tank around and had to do it immediately after shooting the 122 without knowing that he needed to do that because look at where he is, there is no way he could spot the skoda when he was inside a building and had to drive back out... He makes it plainly obvious that he's streamsniping when you put the slightest thought into what's going on here.

The WZ was either watching your stream or running that I-spy-U hack that makes all the buildings, mountains and bushes transparent. He can see all the tanks in his field of view, even it unlit or behind solid objects. Claus and I believe one other CC has videos on it.

It basically has the gun from the T49 in the Mirny-13, on a different platform. I loved it in that mode, so I'm hoping to get it in the lootboxes... just for fun.

I see everyone having a love and hate relationship with this tank😻😿

I trained a specific Commander for this tank! The long aim time isn't really too bad to deal with as the circle isn't really all that big.

A tier 8 premium tank video with ranking would be great like last year.

With the HE nerf they knows people will fire mostly AP with this thing, so playing this tank is just a credit tax for players

QB I had a good roll for my 75 boxes getting this tank, the Tornvagn, 122TM and the T56, I played them all for a couple of games and had fun with this one. One AP shot score 975 damage and you are correct it was fun. I also got nailed by these when I was in other vehicles and they were tough to take down but I got it done or died. Good thing it's just a game. Keep up the good work and God bless.

You know what would be nice to see in a tank review video? One live game after you show us all the statistics of the tank, like play one game live to see the average game or the worse situations, and then one or two cherry picked replays of your choice, I would love this :) Keep up the good work Mr QB, love your content, happy holidays!

In all honesty - with changes to HE, damage is too inconsistent to honestly call it good. You get similar or better damage potential with plenty of tank destroyers, without the need to get close to the enemy, and without suffering horrendous reload and being less at the mercy of RNG. It is kind of a meme tank - basically a shotgun tank - it looks hilarious for what it is, but gimmicks it has will mess you up more often than help you.

The game in Safe Haven, it was so satisfying securing the 2 new lootbox tanks consecutively, first aiming at the cupola of the M4Y and then clapping the side of the Tornvagn. That match was the funniest for me. Edit: It's hard to believe that the Caliban is a HT, not a TD. Several times that I thought Caliban + GSOR '8 platoon was a funny TD combo until I'm reminded that the Caliban is a HT..

I received one in a 75 large box purchase. Thank you for cranking out the advise so timely.

So essentially, this tank has: A big boi autoreloading derpy gun that takes forever to reload once empty Some ridiculously good rounds Some abysmally horrible gun handling Some decent gun elevation and depression angles A poor top speed A ridiculously good hp/ton ratio and ground resistances Prone to rammy bois like the Heavy German Mediums Has excellent frontal armor Has side and rear armor so bad that even Tier 1s can penetrate it A workable amount of HP Some good concealment for a heavy tank A decent amount of VR A very flamey boi that is also one of the largest targets in the game

This was a very informative tank review. I was definitely struggling to understand how to play this tank.

I actually use a improved rotation mechanism to help with mobility. I feel that increasing the mobility is the best thing to do on this tann to make it a real assassin

Not sure what I think about this thing. I think I am more focused on how to counter it, then playing it. Lots of reviewers are hating this tank, but I am also seeing that the other reviewers constantly firing both shots, which is pretty often a terrible idea. Loading both rounds and then focusing on using it as a single shot tank is just better, all the way around.

27:36 commander : "MEDIUM TANK RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT ONE O'CLOCK!" gunner : "STILL RELOADING SIR!" reloader : "THERE'S NO TIME SIR" commander : "F**K DRIVER RAM HIM!" DRIVER : "ALRIGHT SIR"

This might become a platoon tank, you guarantee your own support which isnt otherwise reliable in randoms and the better players will be the ones doing this. It also mitigates my top tier solo heavy concern.

Thanks for spending the time to give a pretty balanced review with an informed 38 games under your belt

Can’t say 100% that the WZ was stream sniping. But it is highly likely that they were

As for the setup, I think I would use vstab + improved aiming + vent on the second slot instead of optics. That slot would be fully reserved for maps such as prokorovka where no matter what you do there would be some kind of sniping that would occur and in that situation I'd rather have better handling rather than extra top speed or vision (since you will never be suitable for vision play anyway)

Auto-preloader should have an alternate mode to prevent the 2nd shell to be fired, X key to on/off for example. The loading indicator is too small to focus while the big circle only show intraclip reload.

Great reviews, I love the Caliban thanks for the play tips

Hi quickybaby I just wanted to say you have helped me trough such tough times thank you for everything you have done and keep up the good work

so WG demolishes HE shells, turning arty and t5h useless, and than puts a premium tank that has insane pen and the nerf means nothing to it. and than you hear it has such ass dpm that its same as a tier 8 light, if not lower. damn i love HE nerfs, 2 out of 3 tier x vehicles i have are useless, and 3rd one isnt meta (t5h t92hmc and strv)

Rhm Borsig: *exists* Caliban: "no thanks"

I got all 5 tanks and a skin for the Sheridan within 30 boxes. Bought 75 boxes for gold for the advent calendar but the premium tanks are nice cherries on top. Had 16k gold before and ended with 41k

I was excited that i got the Caliban and tornvagn in a 25 box pack I bought. I really wish I could return this tank. Its just so specific for a situation. Light tank drive in front of you every 40 seconds, its awesome. Anything with armor you're fubard

Your tank review is great! Thank you

Met my first Caliban 2 (AP) shots later.. back to my garage.

After some long break I went totally blind into the again game and bought me the lootboxes and I got that thing. First thougt was damn got me a light tank. Then I saw your video and now I feel quite lucky getting that thing. this thing is just plain fun

Great review! I have it but do like the fire power.

Good work Quickybaby. I see a lot of Them on the Battlefield today. Great review. And a little correction; not the first premium Derp; KV2R was the first one, although it is a copy-paste of the techtree KV2

I can't wait to be playing my WT auf Pz IV in the upcoming weeks... That's gonna be so much fun...

36:02 The correct and in fact only way to say this in England is "Ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day"

That WZ had to have been looking at your stream. He seems like a good player but not THAT good.

It's tanks like this with the long reload that makes me with there was a Loader Skill or piece of equipment in the game which replaces Gunrammers for Autoloader Vehicles. It would reduce the interclip reload but not the intraclip reload.

Kinda want it, just for when I'm playing in platoons, because I remember what the KV2 was like at tier 6 in a platoon. But I think there are several other premium tier 8s I'd rather play solo for credits or crew training that'll feel way more consistent.

Always an elegant presentation of the tank !!

Instead of turbo, perhaps the improved rotation mechanism? Help with the aiming size in all aspects including after firing.

I got this boi in my 6th box, pretty happy so far it's all I wanted

I'm really enjoying it, it's a hilarious combination of absolutely helpless if you ever have to dip into that second shot in reserve, and completely terrifying. And since as you pointed out it's not really averaging very high damage numbers, it's more of a just quirky fun tank rather then an OP meta tank, which, IIRC you yourself said is what you miss about premiums when they were just a bit weaker then same tier techtree tanks but with some quirky unique mechanics.

Brought to you by the country that imagined the bouncing dam-buster bomb, then ten-ton Grand Slam, and the iceberg aircraft carrier. Did Barnes Wallis design this thing?

Tbh i'm happy that i bought 25 Boxes and got the Tornvagn and 122 TM from them, not the Caliban. The Caliban looks like an extremely situational tank that is difficult to truely master and can't box itself out of tricky situations on it's own. The HE-Rework also hinders it dealing with enemies from the front if firing HE. I myself am and never was good with derp tanks >,< And i've already watched some reviews from other CCs that call the tank the "true definition of Meme cast in steel". From all the 5 of the Tier8 Premiums the Caliban, for me at least, would have been the only true nightmare to draw XP So yeah... I'm glad not having get it dropped into my Garage. And i've fought enough of them already that i can say that their HE bite is only a thread once you allow it to nibble on your bacon. And it is, in a straight up frontal fight, more often then not helpless against you. Only the AP-shells bite hard. If you, once again, Allow it to bite you. And you can manage to stay away from it rather well since the Caliban's mobility is not the best.

"Take out the first derp daddy premium tank tank onto the battlefield." KV-2R and SU-100Y: "Am I a joke to you?"

This reminding me of the Auto Loader T49 from Mirny:hope event

QB why you check it with HE rounds ?? ap can pen it with 225 mm and hull even lower pen ,it is very important info...

Qb do you think that the obj 703-II (122) and the IS-3A will be in the Christmas calendar? And if they are can I put the crew from my IS-3-II to the obj 703-II (122)

people keep saying this tank sucks because of "he nerfs" well if anything this tank gets more benefits then downsides from the HE changes due to having 180mm of HE pen. you can doubletap the side armour of any tank in the entire game, unlike the shitty tech tree derps that have subpar 70-90 HE pen without turrets and without autoreloading, armour, or gun angles.

you can delete a tank per minute; there are 15 enemy vehicles; a battle lasts 15 minutes. checks out.

Got 75 box bundle and got all 3 new tanks, 25000 gold and 61 days of premium. Also 3 3d styles. Not bad. Good return on my money

I'm a bit confused about the 2 round clip... if one round is loaded ready to fire, and you have another one ready to go, doesn't that make it a 1 round clip? The one in the breech doesn't really count.

Great review QB. I like to play similar to you otherwise it is boring

I drop the turbo for the aiming device, I love it though fun vehicle.

When I saw your first review of this tank I wanted it badly, but I forgot others would have it as well lmao. I'd have one Caliban on the enemy team rush me and clip me and kill me, they'd die doing so (or survive) and then that's the game for me... I don't specifically hate the tank since I'm expecting their numbers to drop later on.

Just use the aiming time Tools that Thing has terrible accuracy at paper but Ingame its decent. - vert. Stabilizer - aiming Gear in field Mod - improves Rotation mechanism or aim Speed And U are good to Go

Quickybaby 113 obj705 amx 120 tier 9 or type 4 or obj 777 2 debating on which is best for me to re buy or recover

The Caly - bon song _____________________________________ Day-o, day-o Daylight come and we want go home Come Mister tally man, tally me banana (Daylight come and we want go home) Come Mister tally man, tally me banana Baby's tired and needs to go home... _____________________________________ Go get some sleep my friend.

Good as always *thumbs up*

Hey Quickybaby Console just got this tank and we have option for single shot gun reload is 18.3 reload which do you think would be better

30:45 lol I was hoping for caliban and got the skoda

I think in the last game you played quite predictably. That flanking move, in my opinion, cost you the game. When both of you proxy spotted each other, you pulled back. However, you didn't take into account the 10s spotting so he can clearly see you move in that direction. A different approach that I'd suggest would be to trick him into thinking you are going to flank, turn back, and rush the shot asap so you can kill him before he traverses. Although I don't play WOT, that's what I came up with my 3 years of experience playing the Wot Blitz version.

TBH Its perfectly profitable with APs. Each AP costs as much as GSOR AP, but deals twice the damage, and can pen IX, or X tier easily. Im rolling almost full gold, and trading 2x600 vs 1x500 with most X tiers around the corner, while earning 30k to 60k netto credits. Right now my bad battle looks like 1700dmg (3 shots), while my good battle looks like 3200dmg (8 shots), with the average being 2200dmg per battle currently. The only thing you have to keep in mind is to always stay around some non-magazine allies, who can cover you. XVM is highly recommended (to find a skilled ally). Edit: right now I screwed up, died on a flank filled with muppets, dealt only 1700dmg, won, gained 65k credits brutto, 43k netto (+6500 credits into prem vault).

Amagine complaining that you haven't "gotten an ace tanker in almost 20 games" 🤣

Can you make a review on the forgotten 121 (chinese medium tank)? I think it deserves a new point-of-view. Since the last update changed the way we could play most of the tanks, I believe it can be improved significantly thanks to that.

both autoader and derp (explo) are already OP, so yeah let join theses in a single tank^^

I absolutely love the Caliban. I always play in a platoon with a friend and just being able to (sometimes) clip two entire enemy tanks is just madness

30:43 that's me :( I rly wanted to get Skoda after 50 boxes, but I got this little meme. First, I was very mad, but after 25 battles I started to learn it and I did like 3-4k dmg and I rly enjoyed it :)

Quickly baby do you have a video clip of the original vk 30 and 36 when they both of them had 88s and looked completely different

QB, please call out the WG changes to the credit bonus based on collections. Past years I have spent on boxes to get the .5 bonus day one. It may have been explained in the holiday ops video and notes, but if so, I missed this change. It is so much harder to get to the full credit's bonus this year.

This tank reminds me of using kv2 with 75% crew

As someone who is not particularly good in the Bourrasque, I think the Caliban would have me in tears.

it needs a standard AP round. with 175-220 pen and 600 alpha and id air towards the low end of that scale to make sure you don't geet a FV4004 Conway with armour at tier 8

I bought 25 Boxes and got the T 56 and in the fiest box after it i got the Caliban and i have to say its actually quite fun👍😂

Am I the only one noticing that QB says Holistic in about every video. 2021 word of the year.

The WZ was 100% stream sniping but what you probably should have done was go the the middle rock curve. It would only expose your front hull so when you poke out, he might have tried to take a chance and shoot but if he ricocheted then you could have killed him. Just an idea

Would you prefer the Vickers Cruiser tier 8-10 British light tanks from WoTBlitz over the current British light tanks in WoT PC

I feel like atm there is an rng buff when trying to shoot them because all my shots no matter how well aimed keep missing the weak points

On a side note....did you purchase a handful of large boxes for that guaranteed "50th" drop? Which tank did you get and was it on #50??

Console has have a tier 7 premium kv-2 called the juggernaut that is similar but no auto loader. It's been on console for 1-2 years now.

hi may i ask how will i have that caliban or the type 63... is there any particular amount of loot box?

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Imagine the potential for dmg having a platoon with a Caliban & Gsorr (max clip dmg with max derp dmg)

I do not have it, but I think WG did well bringing it into the game. A lot better than making another generic heavy or medium premium..... This one is different. Some will like some will hate it. And for those who love "classic" tanks, there are piles of them available.

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