Head to head

IS vs IS-2

Two vehicles side by side — expected values from the XVM reference, measured values from the stored profiles.

First tank
IS
IS
Tier VII Heavy Tank Soviet Union
vs
Second tank
IS-2
IS-2
Tier VII Heavy Tank China

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Overall picture

IS-2 leads in 6 of 7 comparable metrics.

Only mutually independent values are counted: win rate, average WN8 and the five expected values. Battle count measures popularity rather than strength, and the MoE thresholds are arithmetically the same figure as average damage — both stay out.

Strength profile

Five axes side by side

Each axis is scaled to the range of the tiers involved: the outer edge is the best value of the tier, the centre the weakest. The shape therefore shows where a vehicle stands among its peers — not merely which of the two numbers is larger.

Damage Kills Spotting Defence Win rate
IS IS-2

Measured stats

Measured, not estimated

50.93 %

Win rate

8.2 % difference

55.47 %
1,286

Avg. WN8

31.8 % difference

1,887
87,632

Battles

74.8 % difference

22,083

Expected values per battle

XVM reference

1,016

Avg. damage

3.6 % difference

1,055
0.99

Avg. kills

1.3 % difference

1.00
1.02

Avg. spotted

6.1 % difference

1.08
0.85

Avg. defence

2.1 % difference

0.83
53.44 %

Exp. win rate

1.6 % difference

54.29 %

Marks of Excellence

Lower is better

The bar shows the combined damage required for each mark of excellence. All six bars share one scale — the shorter one marks the vehicle on which the mark is easier to earn.

1 Mark
IS 1,677
IS-2 1,740
2 Marks
IS 2,439
IS-2 2,531
3 Marks
IS 3,151
IS-2 3,269

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

Standing within the tier

Percentile among all vehicles of the same tier

Both vehicles are measured against their own tier, not against each other. That keeps a cross-tier comparison readable: the percentage states which share of the vehicle’s own tier scores worse.

IS Tier VII
Win rate Rank 80 of 85

Better than 6 % of the tier

Avg. WN8 Rank 80 of 82

Better than 2 % of the tier

IS-2 Tier VII
Win rate Rank 18 of 85

Better than 80 % of the tier

Avg. WN8 Rank 27 of 82

Better than 68 % of the tier

Best players in this duel

The three best stored profiles per vehicle

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

IS
IS-2

The advantage is highlighted in the colour of its side — for the MoE thresholds that is the lower value. Expected values are reference figures for the WN8 calculation, not vehicle statistics: they state what an average player achieves in this tank.

IS data sheet IS-2 data sheet