Category:Playstyle: Support

Interesting gimmick tanks which back up skirmishers and spearheads on the frontline, which are highly effective in one role but need to have more versatile teammates to make up for their drawbacks. This class applies to many different tanks which don’t fit into the other types.

Tricks and Tactics
Support tanks have powerful guns for their tier which make them good at frontline fire support. By staying with skirmishers and spearheads and remaining near cover, they can use their usually short barrelled guns to greater effect than they could by mid-range sniping when they are close to the enemy, without getting hit too hard by enemy counterfire.

Cooperation and Countering
Support tanks work best when they have allies to support. A squad of 2 skirmishers plus a support tank and/or a spearhead tank is a great way to break the enemy lines. If a support tank is alone it usually does not last very long against the enemy compared to spearhead or skirmisher tanks. Going against one, use that to your advantage, by luring and separating it from its team and using a tank type which it can't fight well against.