Part 3 of this blog where we compare strong pro players and decide who is the better player as of March 2021. Today I've chosen the 3 best players of [A] clan to compare. At the end I'll give my opinion on who I think is the best player in [A] clan right now. My opinion only based on playing with these guys a lot - they are all strong players.
The 5 categories which will be judged out of 10: Tanking (Shift, Q/GQ,Stacking,Positioning, Rushing), Building (Teslas,Base Crawl, Turrets, Chrono etc), Infantry (scouting, guarding, engineers, grenadiers, thieves), Teamwork, Map knowledge. Each of the 5 categories will receive a score out of 10 and we will get to a total at the end.
T[A]nja
Country: Switzerland
Best known for: Production
Tanking: 8.75
Building: 9.25
Infantry: 9
Teamwork: 8.25
Map Knowledge: 8
Tanja is a very strong all round player who excels on large money maps such as V7 and P4 Rashowdown. I'd say on the whole his building is a bit stronger than his tanking and he is definitely one of the top 5-10 builders on Red Alert. His infantry use is in general very strong, particularly grenadier rushing so he deserves a 9/10. Teamwork is on the whole pretty solid, but sometimes he can have bad games such as letting himself get rushed or going Migs too early so I'd say on balance his game awareness is perhaps his only real weakness. He tries his hand on all maps 1v1 but I'd say this is also a weak area for him as he tends to only really like sticking to large money maps. He has played standards in the past, to limited success.
[A]RushyBoo
Country: Canada
Best known for: Using 100 different hider names
Tanking: 8.75
Building: 9.5
Infantry 9.5
Teamwork 9.75
Map Knowledge 7.75
RushyBoo (aka Herm) is one of the best players on Red Alert. Period. He has the best record in tournaments of anyone in 2020 and he has also won the 1v1 ladder one month. He is certainly one of the top 3 builders in Red Alert as of March 2021 and he is probably the best grenadier user in the game. He also has exceptional defensive skills and it is basically impossible to rush him on a map like V3 or Rasta. On Rasta he will always take the game to you first with his grenadiers so you don't even get a chance to rush. His teamwork is probably the best in the game as highlighted by his tournament results. I would suggest that he possibly has the best percentage of game wins in team game tournaments of any player (the highlight was me and him defeating beasty and kobra 5-0 in a crumpet tournament). Map knowledge on the whole pretty solid but this is definitely his only real weakness as he doesn't really play maps like Arena, path beyond etc.
F[A]ust
Country: Germany
Best known for: playing part time and still beating everyone
Tanking: 9.75
Building: 8.25
Infantry: 8.75
Teamwork: 9.5
Map Knowledge: 9
Faust is an extremely strong tanker. Definitely one of the best tankers in the game and is always overlooked when it comes to the "who is the best tanker?" conversation. He most often plays other games online but when he comes to Red Alert he always performs to the highest level. Winning multiple tournaments and usually reaching the final at minimum. I have seen him build and he is solid but it is not comparable to his Q tanking skill. His infantry use is also excellent with great scouting and positioning. His teamwork is great in tournaments as highlighted by his results. Map knowledge very strong as proven on the ladder, he is just as capable as beating RAM players on HJK6 as he is of beating robskate on Path. His rush defence has also improved massively recently and he is surely 1 of the best players on CnCNet.
Final average scores: Tanja 8.65/10
Rushy 9.05/10
Faust 9.05/10
Wow so close. All 3 players are very strong. I think it is probably fair on balance that Tanja is 3rd place as he isn't as strong in certain game scenarios such as 1v1 as the other 2. Rushy and Faust tied on the same score!!! Rushy is obviously the better builder and Faust the better tanker. It is really difficult to split them, you definitely want Faust on a path beyond, but you want rushy on V3. I suppose if I had to stick my neck out, there is one secret ingredient that Rushy has of an advantage over Faust - experience! So just by virtue of his decades long experience I would probably very very narrowly give the nod to Rushy as being the best in [A] clan as of March 2021, however it is extremely close as Faust (and Tanja) are extremely strong players. Faust is on a trajectory to become the best player in the game at the moment so it probably won't be too long until he surpasses the legend.
Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more.