Doctrines in Blood Red Skies give special power to this game especially those which are joined with Planes traits. The most popular way of play - in Poland - is turning fight. Let's start have a look at the different doctrines and analyse how they could be used in our game.
Why not to start with one of the most popular doctrines: Aggresive Tactics?
Aggresive Tactics is a bonus doctrine joined with Tight Turn or Rapid Roll traits. It means that using the trait you can utilize the text from the bonus doctrine AND the trait. So in this example player can use the trait (tight turn) card to gain bonus 45° turn (from the bonus doctrine) and then move as normal including default turn at the end (or in any moment as according to the Tight Turn text). This means that planes using aggresive tactics have much higher opportunity for tailing enemy planes (see chart below). Advantaged Spitfire being at the left forward traverse of Bf109 can tail him usinng Aggresive tactics. If the Spitfire would move though the cloud it would also tail being Neutral at the start (as the plane leaving the cloud become automatically neutral).
Which planes fit best to Aggresive Tactics?
In fact Aggresive Tactics is native for all turning fighters: most of the British (Spitfires, Hurricanes), Japaneese (A6M, Ki43, Ki84), Italian (Cr42, Mc200, Mc202, Mc205), Soviet (Yaks, I-16) some of the American (Hellcats), and some of German (Fw190A).
How to deal against Aggresive tactics?
- Watch your six (always have a wingman!).
- Establish battlefield as far as possible from the clouds,
- Use "hit and run" tactics.
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