Final stats for update 8.0 have been added.
In total, there were 152M battles by 477k players recorded in the database during the update 8.0.
Not much changes in the best performing tanks:
The American experimental heavy tank line leading to M-VI-Yoh was introduced in update 8.0:
The tier VII stats M-VII-Yoh felt a good tank, but it seems to have performed pretty poorly on average.
The tier VIII stats M-III-Yoh was introduced as a very balanced tank. In other words it is performing below-average for a heavy tank. I found the tank pretty decent.
The tier IX stats M-V-Yoh was not so fun tank to play due to its enormous reload time. It performed bit below average.
The tier X stats M-VI-Yoh continues the pattern and performed below average. I liked the tank, but I have been fairing pretty poorly with it. I like the dual-shot gun more due to its unique characteristics, but the three-shot autoloader has far better DPM and seems to perform better. WG could give the dual-shot gun bit shorter magazine reload to make it more competitive. There is already T57 Heavy Tank so playing the three-shot gun feels bit “meh” (IMO) - even it performs better.
If you have seen the M-VI-Yoh performing well on the battlefield, it is probably since it has been driven by better than average players: