Map Mondays: Malinovka

GeorgePreddy, on Aug 21 2018 - 05:10, said: Malinovka... one of the best maps in the game !   Thanks for the guide, it pretty much covered everything notable (except for H2 passive scouting for lower tiers).                


YANKEE137, on Aug 21 2018 - 07:28, said: I like open maps like Malinovka.  The only problem with it I see is that after so many years in rotation you can just blind fire the usual bushes and get hits.  I think they should freshen this map with some non radical shuffling.


Nunya_000, on Aug 21 2018 - 08:19, said: Malinovka.....the best spotting map for LTs in the game.   However, I was extremely disappointed this weekend.  I'm grinding 7 tanks, one of them being the MT-25.....and I need LT15 to complete with honors.   Played the other 6 tanks until I completed my x2 on them, and no Malinovka map.  Got to the MT-25 and thought: "Hey, Mailinovka should come up soon.  that will be great for LT15".  Played 10 battles in my MT-25 and never once saw Malinovka.


xtc4, on Aug 21 2018 - 02:56, said: Very nice guide to scouting positions. Beginners should hit "expand" and look at it. The guide doesn't mention the famous "magic bush" at H2. On occasion, I will still rush out there from the north in a light tank, and it can still produce loads of spotting damage. Once the camping reds are thinned out and their heads are down, you can consider whether it is a good idea to rush forward to the buildings and press them or retreat and do something else.   I'll also sometimes do an initial active scouting run into the field from either side. You speed out just far enough to spot something (H5ish from south; F3ish from north), do a U-turn, retreat, and do something else (usually proceed to middle shelf or hill). The active field run is reasonably safe if you do it right away, and it often results in a few free shots for the team.   Hill is definitely key. But I will occasionally do the southwest push in a heavy, especially from the north. The matches that I do the push are generally ones where some early scouting and/or a few deductions give me an immediate idea where the reds are going. The teams' initial movements make me calculate that I will be too late to the hill, that the reds are thinnish around cap, and that I will have fire support behind me. If I can't make these calculations very quickly, I will generally just travel to hill.