I issuse a theory challenge.

You have 50 points.

What is the deadliest single tank that can be made (1 tank plus upgrades) with this?

Stay faction pure too, no putting American gear on German tanks.

If this pans out, I will playtest builds in a "robot wars" style game and post my findings so we all know the power play when we see it.

Theres our first contender. Just need a challenger!

48 pts is acceptable.

As I said max 50 pts. If your tank of choice plus upgrades is less than 50 pts that is ok.

I dont have British but was playing around the builder with this...

Comet
Harris
Sharpshooter gunner
Defensive driver
Precise loader
extra ammo

....so if I'm right, an uncancelled crit gets a 3 card draw and choose the best.

Jackson (19)
War Daddy (8)
John P. Irwin (7)
Jailbird (6)
Seek, Strike, Destroy (2)
Supercharger (2)
Sandbag Armor (3)
Extra Ammo (3)
Final total of 50 points

Warning, this fulfills the "deadliest" criteria as best I'm able, if not for the opposition, certainly for the tank's crew. Abuse the hell out of Cautious to break line of sight before the enemy rolls, and if you simply must risk taking a shot, time it well to give you a full defense pool using supercharger and cautious for 4, cover if you can.

The main event comes when you are shooting. Gung Ho should keep your opponent's defense low, even if you floor it. Shovel your raw damage into the machine and combo War Daddy and John Irwin to simply add another. Don't be shy with Extra Ammo, it'll blow up if you take a hit.

This second build is related, if you wanted to bump the point totals up. I present to you The Brick.

Super Pershing (46)
War Daddy (8)
John P. Irwin (7)
Jailbird (6)
Clarence H. Mason (6)
Best Job I Ever Had (1)
Hyper Velocity Shot (2)
Camouflage Netting (4)
Final total of 80 points.

Congratulations, you are a monolith of destruction. You are an immovable object with a base armor of five while stationary. If someone dares defile your sacred garb, your treads rumble to life and restore your Divine aura of protection while Gung Ho negates the enemy's benefit for this. Bestow your mandate of pain upon all those who defy you with the above machine of final damage +1. I would use the HV ammo while stationary for maximum impact. Clarence works tirelessly to keep your paint unscratched and apply rerolls to each of your two repair checks. This is not a fun build. This machine simply outlives that which it cannot out-kill. Apply supercharger and survival equipment as needed, I always recommend liquid courage, though I don't condone drinking and driving.

I used this today and it was an absolute killer.Killed 5 Panthers in three games.

I personally would not use it. I rather have 3 modded jacksons as my brute force and one tank as bait. As said previously, I too abuse cautious. I usually add Improvised armor on jacksons, so they have 4 HP and without ammo upgrade, this grants me survival even if first damage is ammo explosion. One game I even managed to kick germans without taking single point of damage by jacksons.

I just learned that the Panther reskin of my Heavy Metal Poisoning list is exactly 50 points, so have fun with that. Assassin makes the Super Pershing super sad.

http://tanks.aamcardbase.com/?build=y29Xd

If you're unfamiliar, the goal is to score exactly two hits on the first attack, feed them to the Assassin to kill a crew, reclaim the ammo card with clever loader, and then take a second shot with Ernst.

Edited by user Friday, May 12, 2017 11:33:55 PM(UTC)  | Reason: I simply struggle with English as a first language, apparently.

I feel that Maria isn't very helpful inside a tank that has a base 2 defense, and maybe that bigger and heavier isn't the Soviet path to badness. For your consideration: Codename: KAbr0

Utilizing the Soviet's No Retreat doctrine seems a no brainier, as does a fast tank with "Silly" Vasily Krysov. The commander brings shooting initiative to ten, which the heavier tanks can't do, and gives you some added functionality when committing to the kill. Get in close and let em have it.

You're kinda right in your math. It's just that Mariya changes the base stat of the tank to two, she doesn't provide a modifier.

So you end up with whatever dice for your movement, plus x for your opponent, plus base two regardless of whatever was printed on the tank.