What 12.3 helicopter is best to use? The EC-665 with its TRIGAIT-LR missiles or the Block 2 with its Spike missiles.
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Arent the PARS missiles faster than spikes?
HAD Block 2, no brainer.
Tiger HAD Block 2 is a way to go, it has a cannon compared to the Tiger HAC which lacks this weapon that may come handy when fighting planes at very short range.
I’ve unlocked the EC-665 (only 200k to unlock vs 400k) and the Trigat does only small damage…
The Spikes are slower but are more reliable from my experiences when using the AH-60.
Am I the only one thinking that the Trigat are not doing enough damage?
@Beeschurger , according to WT wiki, the Pars and Trigat are slightly faster than Spikes.
ill admit i have yet to use Spikes on heli, but from my experience playing Vilkas (and then hopping in UHT and spamming PARS), damage is the same.
I personally prefer faster missiles as with any FnF you want them to hit target as soon as possible as to not give it chance to hide behind cover.
also i wouldnt say that being some 42% faster is “slightly” faster.
since the french HAC can carry Mistrals same as HAD Block 2
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which were for SOME reason denid to UHT
you have to decide whenever you want gun for extra self-defense or much better positioned sight that allows you to hide most of the helicopter behind cover.
I personally cant remember last time i thought “i wish UHT had a gun” situation, so for me the choice would be obvious
ultimately its up to you, but id decide on other parts of the kit.
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one of the biggest disadvantages of the Tiger UHT/HAC is that it has nothing to fend off enemy jets close range.
The PARS/TRIGAT might be faster, but the Spikes of the Block 2 hit other helicopters more reliably. That sounds neglectable, but any Vikhr slinging heli is your biggest threat (apart from SPAA of course) and once you sneak up on them to be in range of your missiles, they immediately know where you are once you launch any, so you want to make that missile count and Spikes just do it better.
The chin mounted gun is in my opinion the deal breaker here, so I’d recommend the Block 2, even though it takes longer to grind, the vehicle itself is easier to grind so that makes up for it in the long run.
Edit: sorry "@Beeschurger. didn’t want to reply to your post specifically. clicked to wrong reply button.
np.
I personally have not seen any difference between Spikes (albeit ground launched) and PARS when it comes to smacking helis.
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they both suck when the enemy heli is at higher alt than you lmao
Jokes aside, as with ground vehicles, logic would dictate that faster missile is more likely to hit as it gives the enemy less reaction time, but im just theorising. Would need to pull up the missile datasheet for this one.