Pre-new SAMs and LDIRCM helis
CAS absolutely has an impact on the winrates of a nation, this is when the new multi-vehicle SAMs were added if I’m not wrong.
Since Russia is so reliant on their CAS at top tier, this addition really hurt them while they were still struggling to deal with the new AAs
You can only see the Russian winrates boost in october, which was when helis received LDIRCM iirc
Addition of BMPTs
And then comes the pantsir
This is now:
Massive drop in Russian winrates compared to when SM-SV was added, showing only signs of decreasing further especially when considering the new additions next update.
From looking at this, you can clearly see how and why the winrates changed.
First screenshot shows before all of the winrates changed, as you can see it’s all pretty balanced, showing that Russian MBTs really weren’t insanely oppressive, even with Su-30SM and Kh-38MT other nations were able to deal with it.
First increase came from LDIRCM helis being added, with Russia being the one benefiting the most not due to LDIRCM being magically better on the Mi-28NM, not LMUR but instead the pantsir which could deal with them the best. Germany was the worst off at this point because everyone was relying too much on the IRIS-T.
The solution to solve the issue here is simple: nerf LDIRCM so it can’t act as a magical “fuck you” shield for IIR missiles as well as adding RCS to rotors so they can’t easily notch ARH SAMs.
Next boost was BMPTs which were obviously added a too low of a br, just like PUMA was in the past.
This is where shit started snowballing, people started getting majorly frustrated and didn’t want to fight the BMPT, so 1 death leaving became more common, lowering team quality, which lowered winrates.
Solution here is moving BMPT up to a good br where it doesn’t dominate (Done, it is good at 11.7) and then fixing the damage model regarding the turret ammo rack. (make it kill the tank or damage more parts and modules when hit)
Nerfing the spread next update is just the cherry on top.
Then comes SM-SV, which really killed people’s willingness to play the game at top tier.
Should never have been added, period.
Had the same effect on teams as BMPT, people don’t want to fight it, so they leave.
That, added to the effect of the BMPT really hit the nail in the coffin.
There’s really not much that can be done to balance it, but I hope the new CAS buffs we are receiving can reduce how strong it is
I can absolutely guarantee you that this kind of winrate boosting is not new to the game, it has happened with other nations, people are only reacting to it happening with Russia so much because it’s Russia.