btw I’m using it for ARB. I don’t know if I should go for bases or if I should play against aircraft, pls tell me. I’m not against using SRB to grind, tho it’s less fun.
I dont play the su25k but most people i see carry 8xnapalm and 2xr60
sometimes they carry 4x gunpods and 2xr60
You are very unlikely to get a base at that BR, at least in the initial rush, you can wait for the respawns but you will often have the match end or you be the last person on your team and get hunted down.
I would personaly take the S-130F rocket pods and hit pill boxes/ arty, try to stay alive then RTB, and either switch to bases if most of the fast base bombers are dead or stick with ground targets if it looks like there are a few left and you wont get a base.
Just remember not to take more napalm then you think you can get bases (2 per base) or the more you take the less reward you get per base, if you take 4 napalm and only get one base you will get less rewards then if you only took 2. It’s up to you to figure what’s best.
And always carry the R-60s, you can jump unaware enemies from time to time
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Be a gigachad and take a full gunpod loadout to delete any direction you’re pointing at
I just posted about this: War Thunder’s May Sale Is Here! - #157 by SilentTracker
Pasting the entire thing here so it’s easy to read:
My full reply from the link above:
Yeah, I feel you. So, it looks like you play RB almost exclusively, but I would suggest you consider doing air arcade if you wish to use the Su-25K to grind some of the air tree. Strike planes get the same fast in air ordinance reloads as bombers in arcade. So, you would be able to keep ground pounding over and over with it, as compared to RB where not only are you slow as heck and might not even have enough time to blow anything up. Most of your time will be spent flying out and back to rearm. Boooooorrrrriiinnngggg. Think about it, because I do not think it is a fun time to try and grind the Ru air tree with an Su-25K in ARB.
GRB:
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It is ok in GRB IF you are capping your GRB lineup to 10.0 Past that and it’s still ok ish, but it falls off above 10.7-11.3 for sure. I would not even attempt to use any of its guided munitions, the field of view is so small you will get wiped by SPAA’s. Use the S-25O’s. (You COULD try to maybe use the Kh-25ML’s as they are mach 2.0, but I am just not good with its narrow targeting view, and very low zoom.) Has ballistic computers for everything: Bombs, Rockets, and cannons. Everything is quite easy to control and aim, even in RB. Its combat flaps are usable at quite a “fast” speed, relative to its max speed.
Imo, either Air Arcade, or GRB with the Su-25K. You should give StatShark a look for ARB stats, ̶I̶ ̶a̶m̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶s̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶A̶R̶B̶ ̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶.̶
EDIT: I take that back, its stats are actually ok/good in ARB on StatShark for 10.3 BR. You would have to decide for yourself. Check stats for the most recent month (March), set to Realistic, set to Aircraft, click on 10.3 left side to filter down to only 10.3 planes in ARB. Sort by Win Rate, SL per Game, or RP per Game. Those are the most useful sortings to compare Premium Vehicles imo: StatShark - See All Player, Missile, and Vehicle Statistics
Air Arcade:
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Personally, I find it quite good/fun in Air Arcade. Lots of countermeasures, good IR missiles for its BR. Can take in a couple extra gun pods, wonderful for ground pounding and ripping people trying to head on you.
I use one of these presets for Arcade. Either 6x S-25O’s, or 6x S-13OF pods. Can mix and match, but it gets kind of funky mixing them as their aims are a little different. Easier to keep them consistent so you don’t miss a bunch of shots when one runs out.
Ignore all the other rockets. S-25O’s or S-13OF pods are superior to any other rocket that the Su-24K can carry.
Bombs/napalm are meh in Arcade, as you have to get so much closer, the rockets are easier and allow you to stay more nimble. No, cant really do bases with the rockets, but you are slow, hardly get a chance to get to the bases anyway lol.
My preferred Air Arcade loadouts:
ARB:
For ARB you could use bombs OR its Napalms. It should only take 2x napalms to destroy a base in ARB (Bases take 2x more damage to destroy AAB.) You could take 4 napalms and take out 2 bases, and still take rockets and gunpods.
Again, ignore all the other rockets. S-25O’s or S-13OF pods are superior to any other rocket that the Su-24K can carry.
These would be my loadout suggestions for the Su-25K in ARB. 2x napalms for 1 base, 4x napalms for 2 bases. Keep the gun pods closest to the middle for better aim, rockets next for reduced spread, bombs/napalms on the outside as far out as possible. (Or use the rocket presets shown above if you want to ignore bases. Again imo ignore bombs. They are heavy, slow you down, and are “only” 500kg’s, you have to aim well to pop ground units. Rockets are easier.)
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There’s no way you are ever going to get 4 bases in ARB with an Su-25. I would be shocked if someone even got two. That’s why the loadouts I took screen shots of only have a max of 4x napalms. Better to take two extra gun pods and Rockets So you can go after ground units. Ground units give more points than bases anyway, especially pill boxes.
Personally, I would take a maximum of two napalm in the off chance that you are able to get one base. Because if there are no bases left, those napalms are completely worthless against any other target. And you’re also extremely unlikely to be able to use them on the Airfield without dying to the AA.
The 2x extra gun pods are a “must” imo, not only can you kill more ground units with them, but they make it much easier to take out enemy planes if they try and get close to you. You can also use separate keybinds for your main gun and the gun pods, if you want to try and make your ammo last longer.
But, it is pretty much pointless to take 4x gun pods. You can’t use them individually. Better to take 2x more S-25O’s or 2x more S-13OF rocket pods, depending on which you like more.
The most likely reason you see some players taking in 4x gunpods is because they are using preset loadouts, instead of creating custom loadouts.
ok thx ill try some games with some new loadouts and see how it goes