1.4 ISU vs IS3

[thatguy]

They are both supertanks, they both dominate tanks but one does it with the a turrent and the other with a howitzer.
so my question is which do u prefer and why???

[RedGuard]

IS-3 is my flavor of choice

the pinnacle of soviet armor, it has no equal
answer your question?

[Crinkle]

ISU for me,

Even though you rarely lose it, you always have the security of being able to call in replacements and that allows more ofensive gameplay for me

[cephalos]

ISU-152 forever! I like this one, powerful shot that takes 1/2 panther's hp. Also ISU has quite strong armour. And I never send it without support, so in my entire pvp history I lost only one ISU - to V1 rocket 

[RedGuard]

powerful shot that takes 1/2 panther's hp ISU has quite strong armour.  in my entire pvp history I lost only one

that is OP!

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

ISU-152 forever! I like this one, powerful shot that takes 1/2 panther's hp. Also ISU has quite strong armour. And I never send it without support, so in my entire pvp history I lost only one ISU - to V1 rocket 

+1, but if you play against Sovs, it may be quite annoying.. Remember our match on Lemberg, Ceph, where I lost ~4 JpzIVs?

powerful shot that takes 1/2 panther's hp ISU has quite strong armour.  in my entire pvp history I lost only one

that is OP!

Wow, you call some Soviet piece of armour OP?
Anyway, I'd agree with you. It was a pain in the ass to have that beast standing behind a building, backed by 2 SU-76s so you can't even flank it, shooting at my JpzIVs from a safe distance with its arty ability..^^

[Dzierzan]

ISU 152!!! IS 3 can suck my ****. I like ISU, because it's more powerfull, it have barrage ability and it looks like master of the battle. IS 3...yea it have armor and firepower, but it's one called unit, ISU 152 you can have infinity of them (of course one per time). ISU 152 is orginal model, i mean made by devs so it looks awesome (nice skin and model), but IS 3, made by Men of War, so it doesn't look like tank for CoH, it's shitty. I hope that devs will replace models from MoW to own. Summarizing - 1:0 for ISU 152 . Cephalos, you have right, ISU 152 forever!!!

[Otto Halfhand]

Guys, a Reward Unit doesn't have to be superior to the original just different. I seldom use JagdPz IV; not because its bad but because I like the smaller silhouette (and MGs) of the Hetzer. Even in vCoH there seems to be a variation in design. WM shreks seem to perform differently to PE Shreks. 

[cephalos]

ISU-152 forever! I like this one, powerful shot that takes 1/2 panther's hp. Also ISU has quite strong armour. And I never send it without support, so in my entire pvp history I lost only one ISU - to V1 rocket 

+1, but if you play against Sovs, it may be quite annoying.. Remember our match on Lemberg, Ceph, where I lost ~4 JpzIVs?

powerful shot that takes 1/2 panther's hp ISU has quite strong armour.  in my entire pvp history I lost only one

that is OP!

Wow, you call some Soviet piece of armour OP?
Anyway, I'd agree with you. It was a pain in the ass to have that beast standing behind a building, backed by 2 SU-76s so you can't even flank it, shooting at my JpzIVs from a safe distance with its arty ability..^^

^^ that's why I like it  the V1 rocket finished my killing spree 
this arty ability is quite... hmmm, disturbing I might say. It has a very long cooldown, crappy accuracy... and ISU must stand on flat ground. I'd rather see this ability removed instead of some useful one.

... and it's not OP, it is powerful enough to be 8 CP call-in for 800 mp. And it's easy to destory. some circlestrafing i and it's dead. When we played I have shown that ISU is very effective when having backup and using combined arms. It's me, not ISU, overpowered   

[Cranialwizard]

ISU-152 forever! I like this one, powerful shot that takes 1/2 panther's hp. Also ISU has quite strong armour. And I never send it without support, so in my entire pvp history I lost only one ISU - to V1 rocket 

Didn't I do that?

[Killar]

The ISU is for soviet what a jagdtiger is for wehr, a support unit: Shooting big shells at long range under cover.
The IS3 is a battle tank (more like a battle fortress) and can fight at close range for a short time.
So if you like tanks clashing against each other then go for the IS3. If you like to play EF more chess like (each unit protects the other) then go for the ISU.

[GodlikeDennis]

I like  both for their strengths and weaknesses. IS-3 I prefer vs tanks and ISU-152 I like better against grenspam.

Otto, PE shreks do less damage than Wehr shreks. It can be increased to much higher with off vet though.

[Killar]

I like  both for their strengths and weaknesses. IS-3 I prefer vs tanks and ISU-152 I like better against grenspam.

I think the IS2 is already good enough for the super heavy tank role. You can build multible of it. On the contrary the Axis can only build one heavy at a time.
A ISU covered by IS2´s should deal with any Axis tanks and inf threat.

[RedGuard]

^^I agree both should be nerfed

[GodlikeDennis]

IS-2s I find worse than Panthers. They can beat one in a slug match but are pretty chunky to use and I don't like it. I much prefer the IS-3. Also, the IS-2 requires all the techs, whereas an IS-3 can pop out of nowhere like a KT. IS-3 is exactly like the Tiger Ace for me. Strong, fast, deadly. Good against all targets then retreating quickly.