Guide trough: Hulls
Wasp
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Here we go. Wasp is the fastest hull in TankiOnline, with its 10.8 metres/s. In Tanki, the general rule is: The higher the speed, the less armor, and that is so true with Wasp: It has only 150 HP, like 3/5 of what the medium tanks have. But this doesn't make Wasp a bad hull. Instead, its speed can make it do very weird moves, which other tanks can't, so that Wasp might escape warfare, or have an advantage in some situations. Its seize can help it to come to places other tanks can't, or barely reach.
Wasp is small and very fast, that makes it very unstable. It's easy to flip over. Even the best Wasp drivers will flip over once a while. Just make sure you don't do it all too much, and not in the different situations. (e.g.: Falling upside down with the flag because you took the corner too fast with your nitro)
Wasp is small, fast and unstable. Not very positive.. But as I said before: It's speed can help it do manouvres other tanks can't, but it can also sneak trough the other attackers and grab the flag in CTF modes. Wasp is an attackers hull, for those who like speed and are brave enough to take risks. In CTF, Wasp is a very good hull to grab the flag and be out of sight, before you could've even found your keys 2, 3 and 4 in case you want to kill it.
Wasp is small and very fast, that makes it very unstable. It's easy to flip over. Even the best Wasp drivers will flip over once a while. Just make sure you don't do it all too much, and not in the different situations. (e.g.: Falling upside down with the flag because you took the corner too fast with your nitro)
Wasp is small, fast and unstable. Not very positive.. But as I said before: It's speed can help it do manouvres other tanks can't, but it can also sneak trough the other attackers and grab the flag in CTF modes. Wasp is an attackers hull, for those who like speed and are brave enough to take risks. In CTF, Wasp is a very good hull to grab the flag and be out of sight, before you could've even found your keys 2, 3 and 4 in case you want to kill it.
Hunter
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Hunter is the tank every new tankmen gets when he starts playing Tanki. This is, because Hunter is a medium, variable hull which gives enough speed and armor to do CTF, TDM and sometimes even DM.
Hunter is the fastest and weakest medium hull, compared with Viking and Dictator. It has a speed of 7.8 metres/s and gives 216 HP at M3, which is just enough to survive a Shaft M3 shot. (214 HP, fully charged) Hunter has a nice shape: Not too big, not too small, and much more than Wasp: stable. Hunter can be combined with many Turrets and finds its place in the mid-field, and sometimes attack.
I personally find Thunder a very good gun combined with Hunter, but Hunter can also be equiped with Smoky, Twins, Railgun, Ricochet (although I'd take Hornet) and Shaft. (While I'd take a heavy hull with Shaft)
Hunter is the fastest and weakest medium hull, compared with Viking and Dictator. It has a speed of 7.8 metres/s and gives 216 HP at M3, which is just enough to survive a Shaft M3 shot. (214 HP, fully charged) Hunter has a nice shape: Not too big, not too small, and much more than Wasp: stable. Hunter can be combined with many Turrets and finds its place in the mid-field, and sometimes attack.
I personally find Thunder a very good gun combined with Hunter, but Hunter can also be equiped with Smoky, Twins, Railgun, Ricochet (although I'd take Hornet) and Shaft. (While I'd take a heavy hull with Shaft)
Titan
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Titan, before: The little brother of Mammoth, and now, it still is, but now it has recieved more speed than Mammoth, as Titan has a speed of 5.8 metres/s at M3, and gives 336 HP. This makes it a very good hull for DM, but also for TDM. In CTF it's recommended to be a defender with Titan. Titan has lots of HP, what gives it stability: It's a heavy tank. Titan is the only other heavy tank, next to Mammoth. I personally prefer Mammoth, as it looses only 0.6 speed and gives 44 HP in its place. For people who want to play DM and TDM mostly, or like to defend, and don't like the huge size of Mammoth, Titan is the hull for you!
Dictator
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Dictator, the best medium tank if you look at stats, but is it really, the best? Dictator has 7.5 metres/s speed and 255 HP at M3, which makes it faster than Viking, and much strong than Viking and Hunter. The speed between Hunter and Dictator is next to nothing, what makes the stats of this huge "beast" beat the others. But this "beast" is actually a real "beast", if we look at its size and shape. Dictator is a huge tank, very long and high, and that brings some disadvantages with it. First of all, the height makes you very easy to see, and in battle with many other tanks around you, you'll be easy to hit, as your tank is much higher. Second, Dictator is very wide, and that makes the next problem: You can't go everywhere as easy as others can. If you play with Dictator, you'll get used to this, and also be very good in using its advantage: The height, again. You say: "Whut? First its height is its problem, not it's the advantage? O.o ?!" But this is actually true: The turret is sticked on Dictator on the top, what gives it the possibillity to shoot at tanks situated higher than you are. For example, in Kungur, you can shoot over the bridge much easier, and further with Dictator, as it reaches higher.
Dictator is a medium tank, what makes it most probably a mid-fielder. But it can serve in attack as well, as it has enough speed, and can withstand enough shots so that other attackers can grab the flag. I'd say Dictator is best used in TDM and CTF modes. It has decent armor to survive in DM as well, but many other players will probably have Titan or Mammoth, which makes you again a "weak" tank.
Dictator is a medium tank, what makes it most probably a mid-fielder. But it can serve in attack as well, as it has enough speed, and can withstand enough shots so that other attackers can grab the flag. I'd say Dictator is best used in TDM and CTF modes. It has decent armor to survive in DM as well, but many other players will probably have Titan or Mammoth, which makes you again a "weak" tank.
Hornet
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Hornet was the fastest hull before Rebalance came, now it's lost some speed, but still has 9.1 metres/s and 166 HP at M3. Hornet is much more steady than Wasp, but it can still flip over, with some help of enemies who shoot you exactly at that moment you take the corner with nitro. Hornet has a little more armor than Wasp (166-150= 16HP), while it looses lost of speed. (10.8-9.1=1.7 m/s) This is why most people say Wasp is better. But still, many people on the battlefield use Hornet. This is because they can't handle the enormous speed and unstabillity of Wasp. Also, Hornet is cheaper to upgrade, AND the upgrades are availible earlier. Hornet is a hull best used for attack, equiped with Firebird, Isida, Freeze and maybe Twins. It can also find its place in the mid-field, combined with Railgun or Thunder. But keep in mind, that Railgun shoots very slow, so be able to get in cover as fast as possible! In the mid-field, I'd say Hornet should try to hit as many enemy defenders as possible, so that the attackers can easily beat the defenders, who are left with only half their armor. In the attack, Hornet is best used for grabbing flags, just like Wasp: It has good speed and is not very big, so it can sneak to the flag and be gone in a second. Hornet is best used in CTF, as you need more HP in DM and TDM. I use it in TDM sometimes as well, but I don't recommend it.
Mammoth
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Mammoth, also well-known as "Mammy" is the strongest and slowest hull in Tanki. At M3 it has 5.2 metres/s and 380 HP, which is quite a lot. It is very usefull DM, TDM, and in CTF as well, as defender.
In bigger maps Mammoth is best in the defence, but in (very) small maps, Mammoth is also a very dangerous attacker, if on drugs, or supported by 1 or more Isida's. Mammoth is, as I already said, best positioned in the defence, in CTF. As defender, it can be equiped with Freeze or Thunder, maybe Twins, as Twins overpowered physical effect disables your enemies to drive normal. In the attack, Thunder isn't the best gun, as probably most enemies drive to you, what makes you self-damage yourself. (+ If you finally kill them, they still block you for a long time) Twins is better in the attack, as it has no self-damage and massive damage output. Mammoth is the hull for people who don't care about speed and size, but just want to be a "Hill of a Hull."
In bigger maps Mammoth is best in the defence, but in (very) small maps, Mammoth is also a very dangerous attacker, if on drugs, or supported by 1 or more Isida's. Mammoth is, as I already said, best positioned in the defence, in CTF. As defender, it can be equiped with Freeze or Thunder, maybe Twins, as Twins overpowered physical effect disables your enemies to drive normal. In the attack, Thunder isn't the best gun, as probably most enemies drive to you, what makes you self-damage yourself. (+ If you finally kill them, they still block you for a long time) Twins is better in the attack, as it has no self-damage and massive damage output. Mammoth is the hull for people who don't care about speed and size, but just want to be a "Hill of a Hull."
Viking
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Last but not least, Viking is the most balanced medium tank. It has, at M3, 6.5 metres/s and gives 242 HP. The HP is close to Dictator, but it does kind of a lack of speed. So, you'd say: "Dictator is better." But in my opinion: It is NOT! Viking does have less speed, but it still moves forward with average speed, and the shape is much better (and nicer) than Dictator's. (alias. "The Penguin") Viking does not have a high situated turret position, but it's smaller, what makes it much harder to hit. Viking is a low tank, what makes it possible to, if needed, "dive" under other tanks. (Look at the vid's to see what I mean) As Viking is a medium hull, it's mostly used for mid-field, but As Viking is also very good equiped with Freeze, it can also serve as defender. In the mid-field, Viking could be combined with Railgun (although I'd take Hunter as medium tank with Railgun) and with Thunder. And Viking-Thunder is not just good, it looks pretty awesome too!