The most OP tanks - ever

A fellow tanker asked a simple question of “what is the most OP regular tank in Blitz of all time?”. A fair question and something I would have not been able to guess.

Of course the definition of the “best” is the one that decides the answer and I have chosen the criteria to be Relative WR - the average of the differences between players' WR in a tank and average WR in their all same tier tanks. And in this case I have calculated it over the time, not during the peak performance of each of the tanks. WG has launched many tank lines with OP tanks, but over the time most of those have been nerfed to reasonable levels or been power-creeped.

The most OP regular tanks of all times

To my surprise the most OP tank of all times is Emil I. It is not that there never have been more OP regular tanks than Emil I, but those have been nerfed and over the time their “average OPness” had been brought under more reasonable levels.

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The most OP regular tanks of all times - Table

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Tank	Relative WR	Average WR	Player WR at Tier	Players	Battles/Player	Vehicle Class	Tank type
Emil I	4.7%	56.1%	51.4%	24 296	158	Heavy Tank	Researchable
Vickers Cruiser	3.6%	56.7%	53.1%	12 992	247	Light Tank	Researchable
LT vz. 38	3.39%	57.2%	53.8%	16 928	68	Light Tank	Researchable
Renault R35	2.92%	57.9%	55%	49 963	64	Medium Tank	Researchable
Emil II	2.8%	53.1%	50.3%	5 519	207	Heavy Tank	Researchable
AT 2	2.18%	53.9%	51.7%	212 099	68	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
Maus	2.1%	53.9%	51.8%	30 599	426	Heavy Tank	Researchable
Chi-To SPG	2.04%	52.8%	50.8%	27 031	101	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
T95	2.02%	53.8%	51.7%	31 932	409	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
AMX 50 Foch	2.01%	53.7%	51.7%	24 769	259	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
Renault Otsu	1.95%	57.1%	55.2%	47 698	50	Light Tank	Researchable
Ho-Ri Type II	1.92%	52.6%	50.6%	9 871	235	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
IS-4	1.91%	53.1%	51.2%	49 160	528	Heavy Tank	Researchable
S35 CA	1.89%	53.8%	51.9%	117 502	68	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
FV4004 Conway	1.86%	54.1%	52.3%	28 732	295	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
AMX 50 Foch (155)	1.84%	53.8%	52%	21 682	453	Tank Destroyer	Researchable
T1 Heavy Tank	1.82%	53.3%	51.5%	262 443	127	Heavy Tank	Researchable
T-34-1	1.75%	53.6%	51.9%	86 983	152	Medium Tank	Researchable
AMX 12 t	1.66%	53.1%	51.5%	243 225	108	Light Tank	Researchable
Vickers Mk. F	1.61%	54.7%	53.1%	25 064	68	Light Tank	Researchable

The most OP tanks of all times

Including premium tanks

But is Emil I the most OP tank in the game all-time - including the premium tanks? Not even close to. It barely fits into the TOP 10. The most OP tank of all the times is of course the legendary Type 98 Ke-Ni Otsu. It was released with wrong parameters and never sold since. WG did not dare to nerf it since some players managed to buy it before WG noticed the mistake. Due to its rarity (and age) it’s not played much and thus it is not visible in the normal tank rankings on BlitzAnalysiz[].

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The most OP tanks of all times - Table

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Tank	Relative WR	Average WR	Player WR at Tier	Players	Battles/Player	Vehicle Class	Tank type
Type 98 Ke-Ni Otsu	6.7%	69.6%	62.9%	3 114	584	Light Tank	Premium
KV-220 Beta-Test	6.41%	62.4%	56%	5 021	180	Heavy Tank	Premium
Chimera	5.83%	60.1%	54.3%	19 428	194	Medium Tank	Premium
SU-76I	5.65%	61.1%	55.5%	45 194	114	Tank Destroyer	Premium
Annihilator	5.4%	57.7%	52.3%	46 426	127	Heavy Tank	Premium
Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC	5.32%	61.6%	56.3%	1 053	45	Medium Tank	Premium
IS-6 Fearless	5.25%	67.4%	62.1%	558	251	Heavy Tank	Premium
T54E2	5.19%	58.8%	53.6%	11 829	92	Heavy Tank	Premium
Object 252U	5.12%	57.7%	52.5%	44 485	153	Heavy Tank	Premium
Pz.Kpfw. S35 739 (f)	4.83%	59.1%	54.2%	77 445	117	Medium Tank	Premium
Emil I	4.7%	56.1%	51.4%	24 296	158	Heavy Tank	Researchable
Pz.Kpfw. 38H 735 (f)	4.61%	62.2%	57.6%	9 683	84	Light Tank	Premium
Krupp-38(D)	4.37%	57.2%	52.8%	15 946	115	Medium Tank	Premium
Valentine Mk. IX	4.25%	57%	52.7%	41 688	52	Light Tank	Premium
WZ-120-1G FT	4.14%	58.1%	53.9%	23 262	470	Tank Destroyer	Premium
Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. J	3.93%	62.1%	58.1%	14 376	71	Light Tank	Premium
Lupus	3.93%	57.4%	53.4%	16 403	212	Heavy Tank	Premium
Smasher	3.78%	57.5%	53.7%	37 052	373	Heavy Tank	Premium
T28 Concept	3.78%	55.8%	52%	37 012	142	Tank Destroyer	Premium
Defender Mk. 1	3.76%	56.3%	52.5%	8 507	144	Medium Tank	Premium

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