Fun uptier planes for ARB

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I enjoy taking planes from lower BRs to higher BR battles, and using the performance differences to beat opponents. I found a bunch of planes that perform well even in heavy uptiers. I was wondering whether other people have any planes they like taking to 1.0+ uptiers that they could share.

Here is my list:

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US:
F3F at 3.0-6.0: decent climb, very high dive speed, Spits will turnfight you
A-36 at 5.0: it’s a Mustang, just be aware of the alt performance loss
P-51H at 7.0-7.7: you got performance to back up your presence

DE:
Bf 109 B-1 at 3.0-4.0: turns so damn well at high speed (13G). My most memorable dogfight in it was against an XP-50 that kept his energy up. The baiting was exciting.
He 100 D-1 at 4.0: this is a 4.0 plane.
Hs 123 at 3.0-5.0: everyone will turnfight you because you’re a biplane. High energy bomber spawn.
Fw 189 A-1 at 3.0-6.0: Spits will turn with you. they will lose. Also bomber spawn.
BV 155 at 6.0: Ta 152H at home isn’t too bad
Ho 229 at 8.3: it’s funny to see afterburning jets struggle to maintain energy turnfighting you. I once was overshooting an F-104 at high speed lul.

RU:
I-225 at 6.0: pretty decent tbh

UK:
Spitfire Mk Ia at 4.0-5.0: Decent climb rate makes it pretty competitive.

JP:
F1M2 at 3.0-5.0: same as Hs 123.
Ki-10 at 3.0-5.0: Helikopter Helikopter
Ki-27 at 3.0-6.0: A P-51H once wrote in chat “This thing doesn’t stall”. 27 m/s climb, will outturn everything.
Ki-43 I/II at 3.0-5.7: Haha, it’s time to turn!
D4Y3 at 4.0-6.0: You can meet Hornets at co-alt. If they take the fight at low speed they’re dead. Fast, climbs well, turns well, has airbrakes.
Ki-43 III otsu at 5.0-6.0: HAHA, IT’S TIME TO TURN!
J7W1 at 7.3: Dive speed and turn at high speed make this real nice vs other jets. Decent climb when compared to early jets.
Ki-83 at 7.0-7.7: Ambush slow jets at alt

CN:
CW-21 at 3.0-5.0: Competitive climb, good turn.
(has some of the above mentioned planes)

IT:
CR.42 at 3.0-5.0: Decent speed in dives, decent climb, HEF meatball launchers hit hard
Re.2000 Serie 1 at 3.0-5.0: Climbs almost as well as the Re.2005.

FR:
D.371 H.S.9 at 3.0-5.0: Express Hispano HS 9 delivery. Decent alt performance.
C.R.714 at 3.0-5.0: Nice turn, decent speed.
Br.693AB2 at 3.0-5.0: Takes some time to get used to the guns, but she turns with Yak 3s.
VB.10C-1 at 5.0: Real good plane.
M.B.157 at 4.0-5.0: Yeap, also good, fast plane.
How they massacred my boy the Fokker G.IA. It’s just not fair man.

SW:
Fokker D.XXI-3 at 3.0-5.0: Decent climb, will outturn everyone.
J11 at 3.0-5.0: same as CR.42.
J20 at 3.0-5.0: same as Re.2000 S1, but worse guns.

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Understandable, have a good day

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Well, good for you, bad for your team

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I mean, one can point out that the guy is in fact not taking them up a whole lot which allows the planes to keep their potential really high up.

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Hey, I get kills consistently in them, so I’m not useless to the team (unless my team steamrolls the enemy team before I can even approach the battle lel).

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I like the pack puma at at 6.7 although its 4.3 pretty funny

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I’ve had the exact opposite experience. It’s a 4.0 plane with some more guns that’s 4.7 for some reason. It literally has zero advantages apart from top speed at its own BR.

As for other planes that can be uptiered quite a bit, the Yak-3 and Yak-3U can both go up by 0.7 without facing too many issues.

The J-7E could probably hold its own at 12.0.

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Note that I mentioned the first variant, the C-1, and not the second. The first variant climbs better.