There is not a single vehicle inside the game I hate more than the LeFH.

For 40k fans, Erebus is a perfect name for a Lefe user, man just wanna watch the galaxy burn

This tank is a menace to society

20 seconds in "The Hero"... you mean the Villain of the video?

Not sure who is scummier, WG for not getting rid of this tank, or the players that play hundreds and thousands of games in it.

I hate this vehicle

The Leafblower*

Combining with all those factors QB mentioned, what makes leFH most disgustingly OP is it's fast firing rate, seal clubbers can get it down to 7+ secs, with 410 ave dmg... that's crazy 3.4k dpm... at Tier 5!!! Yeah, there are a few tanks at tier 5 can get higher DPM, but they have to use their derp guns and HE shells too, and being tank, they have to deal with enemies' much stronger frontal/side armor, whereas leFH is SPG lopping shells on others much weaker top armor! Not to mention regular tanks have to worry about being shot at close range most of the match. PermaTrack & kill is also regularly on its menu, not to mention if there's another SPG on the team to focus fire too... all the while sitting in the back safely without worry of being spotted or fired back.

Of course you'd feature this tank on April fool's day. 😂🤣

Hero!?!?! More like villain of the video

I think WG's policy not to nerf premium vehicles is not only caused by risk of lawsuits. In my opinion an equally important factor is the fact that nerfing premium vehicles (even if they are absurdly OP / unbalanced, like BZ-176 or this arty) would harm sales in the long run. Today, when players decide to purchase the tank, they are quite certain of what they are spending their money on, thus they are more willing to do so. On the other hand, if nerfs of OP premium vehicles would be standard practice, fewer players would be willing to spend their money on tanks, as trhere would be more uncertainty about future performance of given tank. I'm not saying it is a good thing, I just wanted to say that not nerfing of OP prem vehicles is more complicated topic than just 'WG is afraid of lawsuits'

This is the reason I don't play lower tiers. Lefeh completely ruins the matchmaker and I don't even want to risk the chance of getting in a game with this pos.

Remember this: If you are not paying for it, you are not the customer but the product. If you play "for free", you are part of the product sold to those buying premium ammo and premium vehicles. So the "small number" you talk about are their _customers_ that pay their bills, while the large number that suffers are non-paying products. Doesn't really matter if the churn rate is high on the free-2-play cattle, as long as you catch someone occasionally that starts paying.

the entire 'we won't nerf premiums' debacle began over the e25. it's still broken as all heck today. WG were going to nerf it, they got the threats of being sued, and then went 'nah, we can't nerf a premium'

QB, thanks for calling WG ***COWARD*** for not nerfing OP prem tanks like leFH & BZ176, etc. This, MM & RNG are ruining this game & driving me away from it. Like you mentioned before, up tier these OP prem tanks, and then balance them along the way, if they worry a simple nerf would get them into any "legal" trouble.

It's only toxic when others play i against you. When I play it, it never hits. Not even fully aimed shots on stationary targets.

This tank is the reason I hate playing t-5. I wish I could opt out playing with arty in mid level games.

I hate this tank so much that i got it twice in xmas lot boxes... i mean twice, because the first time i got it, i swapped it for gold, but then WG hate me so much, that they gave me it again, so i still have it on my garage, with ZERO battles, because i really don't like to do others what i hate to receive.

Personally I hate all arti because you can’t fight back. But this, this is despicable.

I’ll never understand why when WG sell a new Premium, they don’t just put a disclaimer that the tank will not be nerfed until a minimum of 1 year after release, then it is subject to nerfs. This will allow people to have there fun while keeping the game balanced.

That stug has to be challenged in some way

Wheeled creatures are the real threat. These very slow and clumsy gunners are just prey if you play the game right.

Lefh is one of those "tanks" that I will always focus because it can easily do a 1v5 (Trust me I've done it a few times)... Such a toxic vehicle. Wish they'd remove or make it tier6

The rate of fire, the armor, the damage, the arc, and so much more. I was in a game with 2 of them and they each had more damage than anyone else. It is game breaking

Reality is the only thing that makes the Lef as strong as it is is the reload. You can perma track vehicles but outside that its pretty ordinary aside from the view range.

Gloating while driving this thing is the epitome of a lack of self awareness.

Give the owners of the lefh a refund, and training books for their time, but nerf these game breaking monsters, or get rid of them all together.

My favourite LeFH moment was when I saw a guy rush the middle on Fisherman’s Bay with it in a tier 5/4 matchup. He had coated optics so he lit up the entire enemy team. Our team waxed them 15-0 with the LeFH not even firing a shot.

Everytime I play against the Lefefefefe I contemplate uninstalling… I can’t stand it

Must be my crew in the leFH because the shots rarely go in the center of the aiming circle. 350 to 650 damage depending on if they are running around or sitting still. Now I have to admit I have been hit while running full tilt in a light tank, don’t know how they do that.

I really don't get WG's absolute reluctance to rebalance premium tanks. Premium vehicles in similar games like WT and MWO rebalance their premiums all the time. People complain sure, but the games are better for it. I wonder if simply changing the LefH to a TD with normal TD aiming would fix it? As for my dirty little tank, it's the Matilda, such a vicious little seal clubber.

This makes me miss playing the old FV304. An absolutely ridiculous SPG that was, going at 70 km/h and had like a 10 second reload.

I once had a match like this in the AMX 13 F3 back when it was tier 5 ages ago on Karelia. Me alone against 8 tier 6-8 tanks including KV-5 and stuff. I did finish off 5 vehicles alone including the KV-5. It is not like they were bad just slow vehicles only doing the mistake of coming one-by-one. They hit me multiple times though, but mostly the gun and non-damage-model armor parts. Funnily I don't have a problem with the leFH nowadays, it misses often enough to not be a menance to me, as long as I move slightly every now and then. Or specifically dance around the many many shells of 2 leFHs just to waste their time and effort :D

For those who argue that they paid real money for it, just like any real physical products - NO, they are not the same, they are covered by different consumer/warranty agreements/laws where applicable. The EULA of WoT/WG products, the one we all agreed to when we start playing this game should protect WG legally. Don't think WG is gonna get into real trouble if they nerf any premium... for example, premium tanks would fall under "8. Additional Features" of the EULA, & under "8.2" it stated that: "... You agree that you do not “"own”" the Additional Features and that Wargaming has the absolute right to manage, regulate, control, modify and/or eliminate such Additional Features in its sole discretion, in any general or specific case, and that Wargaming will have no liability to you based on its exercise of such right. ..." and "8.3.7 We do not make any promises about how or when Additional Features may be available and can update or change Additional Features at any time;" However, I think they just don't want to get on the bad side of their whale customers... reflection on how much they weight their whale vs. F2P (or paid-less, or those just happened to not-paid-for-these-OP-tanks customers)... I'm sure they know F2P (or paid-less, etc.) players are more numerous & they are essential in populating the queue, so everyone can actually get in matches & play the game... and ultimately WG gets paid by whales, or even the paid-less as they CAN keep playing this game, but of course the financial impact of a whale backlash would be more immediate. And whales would also more likely & have more incentive (also the means & $) to file a class-action lawsuit, and even if WG win, WG will still have to spend $/time/effort to fight it, plus damages to their reputation. So in some way I understand that, but I'm sure there are other ways to handle this. Think QB & some suggested that raising the tier of these OP prems, so they'd earn more XP/credits (even bonds if raising to tier 9 or 10 for the case of BZ176), etc. but also balance their stats accordingly at the same time. I think this is a fair compromise for both sides of this discussion.

LeFH also has some armor. As that stug found out the hard way 🤣. Rock on Tankers 🤘😎

Back in 2015 they nerfed the super pershing, it ended up with a court case in the US against them for changing a product that they charged money for it. They lost the case and A LOT of money because of that class action. They also had to do full money refunds for the tank for US citzens and gold refund sfor the rest of the world. This is why they don't nerf premium vehicles. You should know that quick baby, you were already a CC back in the day. Calling them cowards is just you being you again like the anonimizer epsiode.

Don’t forget that none of the shells in the Lef do any stun damage

Yet when I play my Leafblower, I seem to be unable to actually hit anything lol.

It's mind boggling why a tank this toxic is allowed to decimate the lower tiers, I can only imagine how many potential players just quit the game because of this anoying tank.

do remember that arty shell trajectory means that you'll mostly hitting the roof, both TURRET AND HULL, of the tank on a flat, equal elevation from the arty in question. and tanks got crappy roofs. my experience with the Centrurion hull with their 17mm of engine deck armor(roof behind the turret ring) meaning getting hit by the arty flush is a full pen and damage. and getting hit flush by the FV403 and CGC on your roofs due to their high shell arc means they got better chances of penetrating one's roof. if you move alot erratically, a human controlled FV403 will miss you alot unless he got some shenanigan running that allows him to just let some AI do the aiming and shooting. CGC's issue is that it got the most inaccurate gun go getting hit at the exact point is rarely happens. edit: i dont think WG will remove arty. but if you want to screw Arty even more, ask WG to buff ALL roofs by 100mm but reduce speed by 10 kph and/or increase weight by 5-10% to accommodate the increase roof armor.

I don't know, I've never had a match where the lefh does well, not for my team or the enemy team.

I bought a Lefh from the black market just so another player couldn't get one. Never played a single game in it, and never will

i think of quitting the match when lefh is there on enemy team

On the NA server, seeing three Leaf Blowers on each side isn't uncommon at all.

All stars aligned here. Stupid enemies, missing enemies, going one after one. A game 1 of 25k, i might believe.

its not cowardice or short sightedness. It is simply that premium tanks are covered by the digital sales of goods act. WG have reasonably made the decision that the potential costs (and potential reputational damage) that altering the sold goods is simply not worth it. The actual problem is the play testing of the tank and/or changes made over the longevity of the game (eg E25 camo). It could also be argued that some of this is entirely intentional in order to sell tanks (EBR/BZ176).

Everytime I go down the new tank lines, this thing haunts me in mid teir games. God forbid I have a stock heavy tank...

I like to take my Leafblower out occasionally especially during the daily missions for critical hits. I do not have the view range perks on my crew since, as you said, high tier spgs don't have good view range. (I'm kinda surprised that the guy does not have bond / bounty equipment... )

Loved playing it and destroying others's games. Years ago we were platooning FV304's and LeFH's and synchronizing our shots through with voice chat. Needless to say if you got tracked, you could just as well quit to garage straight away 😂😂😂

Though not at the same level of "filthiness" as the Lef, my "filthy" vehicle is the Tier V Matilda Black Prince. When I just want to warm up or just want a fairly simple-minded game, I play this. At Tier 5 it doesn't see Tier 7. I have vent, an improved Turbo, and an Improved Gun Rammer on it. While it can still be situational since it can be one-shot by a KV-2 and even with the turbo it is pretty slow so big maps not ideal, but otherwise people almost always seem to underestimate it. I'd love it if QB did the math, but I suspect that the Matilda BP may have the highest tier on tier DPM in the game. Standard rounds don't have great pen for dealing with heavy tanks, so a generous amount of gold rounds is needed to deal with them, but I'm generally willing to do toe to toe with just about anyone, and it is hilarious when people think, "Oh, it's a medium, I'll ram them!" Gotta watch out for the KV-2s, as mentioned, and the Churchill III will beat you toe to toe just because it has more hit points I think, and some others I'm not immediately thinking of, but otherwise my biggest problem is getting to where the action is fast enough so that I don't end up alone against many opponents. It has good accuracy at range but generally you want to get close and just hold down the fire button. 🙂

I got the lefe in boxes and have not played a single game with it.

Hey @QuickyBaby thanks for the great content. My account is about 10 years old in WOT and I really want to main this game but what keeps driving me away is the spotting aspect of this game. I can’t figure it out and it feels oh so bad to die getting spotted when your opponents aren’t. Could you help direct me to a really good guide on camo and spotting or would you consider making a guide for players like me that want to play but can’t seem to sort it out on our own? Thanks for all you do

Playing the Lefehehe and being called Erebus. This guy is fully aware of how much of a menace he is

Used to call this "LePoof" when I used to play. Some of the funiest games I ever played were in that thing.

This should be fuckin nerfed!

As a returning player who's only ever played console version, what tips do you have for pc version

My LeFh has 498 view range even when moving . Record Score experince 1407 Damage 2302 Kills 8

Lately is had a battle with fv304 und lefh in the enemy team.... I got spotted, both needed less than 40sec, permatrack was real. That way they took out 4 our tanks

Back in the days as it was possible i played this spg with tier 10 Platoons i managed one day 3k dameg vs tier 10

i wish spall liner would work against artillery shells. So atleast you have something to counter artas

The only arty I ever considered more OP than the Lefh was the pre-rework M44. Back when failplatoons were still a thing, you could see these in competent hands putting out 6k+ damage and top the damage board in a tier X match.

This tank get nerfed already, the aim time and the accuracy

When the first tanks rolled across no man's land in World War one it was arty that countered the tanks. In the second world war arty were used exactly the same, concentrating in enemy armour concentrations, same in Korea, in Vietnam arty used to support armour and troops, and now in the Ukraine taking out armour and other hardware. Then we have World of Tanks, where players cried a river because they couldn't sit behind their favorite bush/rock and complained enough that something that was actually accurate about the game got nerfed to nothing. So wargaming introduced very fast wheeled vehicles and 'rare' reward tanks to compensate. At least the crying players can't blame arty anymore. 🙂

Leffe is my favorite tank, always fun to login now and then to WoT and do 2k damage with Leffe and the leave the game. I know everyone have it now days, but when I got it, I was one of the few

I wouldn't say "Stark's" medal is all that rare, at least I got more of those than "Gore's" or "Top Gun" medals. Besides playing against those LeFh-something doesn't feel that bad, unfair and scary. Yes, their rate of fire can be annoying, but that's about it.

That artillery is a turd 💩

Arty code in general has always been awful in this game, as if this module was developed by the village idiots just to give them a job.... but this at T5 ruins what was the funnest tiers in the game.

back in the days i used the M41 HMC the tier 5 american spg and queue with my tier 10 friend and spam heat only. although i only managed to 2 marked it easily. unfortunately i kind of stopped playing after and just got back after the reworked artileries, and thats when i stopped playing artileries 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Previous" most disgusting vehicle. WG one upped everyone with the BZ176

i remember another kolobanov in leFh18B2 but it might have been on Dez's channel

The enemy LeFH being also on top in regards to dmg speaks for itself. I despise these things...

@Quickybaby, make up your mind. Last week the ELC was the most toxic tank in the game followed by the BZ; now it is the Light Field Howitzer. While I agree with you on the choice of these tanks; only one can be the filtiest.

This battle was really LeFH in a nutshell. Hitting nearly nothing in the first half of the battle. But then.... when you really need the hits... That dpm is nuts.

279e worst ebr105 close second .... one massively overpowered, other can hit at will while spotting everything... but I forget , you have them and your a unicom 😂

The chart at the end just proves it is a pay-to-win game.

I remember getting 8 kills in the tier 6 french arty. Chat was going crazy.

I use it with binoculars, and can easily outspot almost every tank that can be in front. Add to that a surprisingly good accuracy when you use autoaim, and you get what we have seen at the end of this game.

This is my go to for all those pesky "7 critical hits in a battle" missions. 😊

So Is PZ V/IV more game breaking than lefe coz unlike lefe, pz v/iv was not sold straight in premium store (AFAIK)

Lol EREBUS driving the leafblower... This is poetic

Hate playing against this arty. Then a few years back I got one in Christmas boxes…….. Yeah. It’s crazy to play

This tank isn't even a HAHA funny OP like hetzer. Hetzer you can counter if you know what you're doing, but it's still fun to play. And its forgiven for being an OG derp tank. The lEF is literally just straight up game ruining and overwhelmingly decides who wins. The view range is fucking stupid. This thing just needs completely removing or having it's fire rate changed to 1/3 of current one and view range completely nerfed.

I HATE LEFHS

Crazy how bad that team was. The 2 enemy spg should have capped together.

PZ IIJ, PZ V IV, PZ V IV A and E25 ALL come mind. Back 12 or 13 years ago many battles were 7 vs 7 or 9 vs 9 and every tank was an arty, and arty only went to tier 7. I don’t play mine often , having said that on several occasions I’ve been asked in chat “where can I get one”, DPR is misleading war gaming did nerf the aiming mechanics during one of the 5 or 6 big arty nerfs. With a fully aimed recital you shot will only hit center 1 out of 10 times, if your medium tank only hit 1 of 10 you would say it a complete piece of junk. I’ve never seen a 15K damage battle in it or even half that. Like I said earlier if a TD(that you can’t see) hits you, you relocate same applies to arty.

PZ II J. It cost me hundreds of thousands of credits every time and it's so worth it..

The guy wasnt even good. Only had a good game because broken view range which he shouldn’t have and enemy incompetence. Thanks for highlighting this vehicle is a problem though

How long has it been since the last arty video?

its firing arc is also ridiculous

The other premium arty (Sexton 1) also has great view range....466m with binos and a good crew. (Binos are a default choice as it cannot use vents, rotation or rammer.)

I dont get why world of tanks doesnt nerf premiums when they have sweeping class changes. turns out they can modify their own tanks based on their own EULA as it warns you when playing before buying any premium. They just dont give a fuck

The leaf blower is the most toxic. I even had one of them talk smack to me when I was in a KV1. The nerve of a hiding camping pay to win player have anything to say to a heavy tank player. Stats in that game I did 900 Hp, and I did more combined than 3 other heavy tanks on my team in the game. Leafblower did 1.1 K in HP and they think they are King You can't win in this toxic game.

My son started playing. I have been grinding some lower tier tanks in platoon to help. It is ****. All other OP tanks are not so bad but when you have NEW account without FULL repair crews, it is bad with leffe´s

According to TragicLoss on Reddit WG doesnt refuse to nerf PremiumTanks, it's just "there are different opinions on the tanks" 😂 she claiming there are ppl who say BZ-176 is not OP. I guess there are different opinions on the lefh too 😮

I still think the ELC even 90 is more toxic

This tank is such a hunk of trash. Played a session last night and the amount of 1k damage games was infuriating. Fire 40 shots, hit 10. Every time.

Delete artillery

I love playing mine. Great game buddy and thanks for sharing Quicky Baby. If WOT are going to sell tanks they can't change them later. That would be wrong. And since this is a pay to play game for the most part makes sense that they neither need nor buff premium tanks. You get what you pay for.

Arty in general is actually no longer playable for me as a Console player. There is no splash damage at all unless you hit AT BARE MINIMUM a track.

Disgusting. One of the many reasons why I basically stopped playing this game. I used to love it and sink hours upon hours in it, but WG made so f***ing many stupid decisions what it's no fun anymore.