Rarest/least used paints

[B.A.B.I 643]

Hello, is there some information or source on what the rarest/least used/most used paints are?
I think it's interesting and i'm really curious on what paints players use the least.

[Spy 14,694]

The most popular paint in the game is "Green", then "Holiday" and "Forester".

[tank7 320]

The least used paints in the game can be the Tankoin Tank and Valour paints as they are the costliest paints available for tankoins and are never put on sale even on special events.

[B.A.B.I 643]

1 hour ago, Spy said:

The most popular paint in the game is "Green", then "Holiday" and "Forester".

Where can i see that information?

[Spy 14,694]

2 minutes ago, B.A.B.I said:

Where can i see that information?

I found it in the wiki.

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, tank7 said:

 

isn't valor exculsive for mobile players and in legendary tier 

as for tankoin tank paint it used to be a gift for lucky buyers players back then

[tank7 320]

1 minute ago, fghjkl54 said:

isn't valor exculsive for mobile players and in legendary tier 

as for tankoin tank paint it used to be a gift for lucky buyers players back then

IDK about exclusive for mobile version as I never had 30k tankoins to buy it on pc . However, I now remember a few rare paints like "acid" which was given only to top e-sport players . Paints like "helper of the year " etc are also very rare .

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, tank7 said:

 

even war paints are also rare

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

9 hours ago, Spy said:

I found it in the wiki.

Interesting :p That information could well be outdated however, as Forester is surely not in the top 3 for common paints these days - given that it is not available through containers, few players probably bother to buy it, and fewer still to wear it. Even Green I wouldn't be too sure about any more (as long as we are going by the number of hours players wear it, as against how common it is in the Garage - as Green/Holiday are obviously paints that everyone owns automatically), of course most players at the very low ranks wear it, but it is quickly replaced and not often seen at Legend. Holiday however, is definitely pretty commonly used.

Edited January 4, 2022 by DestrotankAI9

[Spy 14,694]

Topic moved from Questions and Answers.

 

1 minute ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Interesting :p That information could well be outdated however, as Forester is surely not in the top 3 for common paints these days - given that it is not available through containers, and therefore few players bother to buy it, and fewer still to wear it. Even Green I wouldn't be too sure about any more (as long as we are going by the number of hours players wear it, as against how common it is in the Garage - as Green/Holiday are obviously paint that everyone owns automatically), of course most players at the very low ranks wear it, but it is quickly replaced and not often seen at Legend. Holiday however, is definitely pretty commonly used.

True, the information might be outdated. I will look for updated stats.

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

Just now, Spy said:

Topic moved from Questions and Answers.

 

True, the information might be outdated. I will look for updated stats.

Thanks :P This is surely a critical and most urgent matter, how will we survive if we do not know the most common paints! 

Lol.

[alkyng 3,080]

It depends alot, if you mean all of paints even the inaccessible ones and for all time, it would be in example Christmas holiday paint of 2009.  But in real ratings started after 2015 which does mean all of old considerations have changed.  So if you mean only the accessible paints (Garage and UCs) from 2015+ . There is no official source for it. And it is hard to do analysis by yourself from battles because paints are hard to determine. And if there was, basically everyone will start using the least used paint, till it go up and some paint will take its place and the circle continues.

Edited January 5, 2022 by asem.harbi

[alkyng 3,080]

5 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Interesting :p That information could well be outdated however, as Forester is surely not in the top 3 for common paints these days - given that it is not available through containers, few players probably bother to buy it, and fewer still to wear it. Even Green I wouldn't be too sure about any more (as long as we are going by the number of hours players wear it, as against how common it is in the Garage - as Green/Holiday are obviously paints that everyone owns automatically), of course most players at the very low ranks wear it, but it is quickly replaced and not often seen at Legend. Holiday however, is definitely pretty commonly used.

The first two paints are obviously correct , Green and Holiday.  Because paints in game are more than 500+ , the most unique ones of them are Green/Holiday. So definitely they will be the most used among all paints, even if every player have used them for a very few amount of time, the summation of them between all of the players will be the highest

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

1 hour ago, asem.harbi said:

The first two paints are obviously correct , Green and Holiday.  Because paints in game are more than 500+ , the most unique ones of them are Green/Holiday. So definitely they will be the most used among all paints, even if every player have used them for a very few amount of time, the summation of them between all of the players will be the highest

That is a good point - Holiday is of course going to be among the most popular as I agree. Green will be used by (almost) everyone for even a small amount of time, however one thing going against it is that players are able to get other paints very early on now thanks to crystals being so much easier to get at low ranks, and containers/challenges. It is used a lot at the very low ranks, but almost never at the high ranks. Certain commonly used Garage paints could perhaps therefore, be more popular overall. However because of older accounts, some of which would have used Green a lot (as paints were less easily available in the past) Green still might make it to top 2.

But if we took the most common paints used across all accounts in 2021 (if that were possible), I would not be confident that Green would make it to top 2. Because it is got rid of early by most players, and then never used again.

Edited January 5, 2022 by DestrotankAI9

[alkyng 3,080]

1 hour ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

That is a good point - Holiday is of course going to be among the most popular as I agree. Green will be used by (almost) everyone for even a small amount of time, however one thing going against it is that players are able to get other paints very early on now thanks to crystals being so much easier to get at low ranks, and containers/challenges. It is used a lot at the very low ranks, but almost never at the high ranks. Certain commonly used Garage paints could perhaps therefore, be more popular overall. However because of older accounts, some of which would have used Green a lot (as paints were less easily available in the past) Green still might make it to top 2.

But if we took the most common paints used across all accounts in 2021 (if that were possible), I would not be confident that Green would make it to top 2. Because it is got rid of early by most players, and then never used again.

I mean let's assume that Green is being used only for 1% of a player time in the game. And the rest are for any paints. There is paint you may use for 100+ hours but another one may have never used it among the set of 500+ paints. But both of you have used Green for 1% of your time.  If we gathered all of your paint times, Green will be prominent.

For Legends there are many reasons to use Green, some are using it for irony and fun. Some are get bored from the shiny paints with burst of lights. And it's basically the default for a tank. And after finishing your premium period Green will take the place of Premium paint, if you're lazy to change, it will have a few amount of time

Edited January 5, 2022 by asem.harbi

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

15 hours ago, asem.harbi said:

I mean let's assume that Green is being used only for 1% of a player time in the game. And the rest are for any paints. There is paint you may use for 100+ hours but another one may have never used it among the set of 500+ paints. But both of you have used Green for 1% of your time.  If we gathered all of your paint times, Green will be prominent.

For Legends there are many reasons to use Green, some are using it for irony and fun. Some are get bored from the shiny paints with burst of lights. And it's basically the default for a tank. And after finishing your premium period Green will take the place of Premium paint, if you're lazy to change, it will have a few amount of time

You are probably right, definitely if we take into account the total time used by all accounts, with all paints Green could well be in the top 2. As I say, in addition to what you say - older accounts will have used Green a lot of more since paints were less accessible back in the day.

I played a few games today on a very low ranked alt account, and one or two players were using Green. The vast majority were using paints that they had probably obtained from containers, the challenge silver tier, or even the very cheap Garage paints. Players transition out of Green very fast these days, so I would be curious to see also the top paints used in 2021, if it is still in the top 2. It could well be, however.

Apart from RIDDLER_8, I see Green almost never at Legend :p But maybe players do use it sometimes, haven't paid very much attention really lol.

[numericable 2,375]

7 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Apart from RIDDLER_8, I see Green almost never at Legend :p But maybe players do use it sometimes, haven't paid very much attention really lol.

I think he uses green paint because of the character named "the riddler" in batman, he is a green character. However, the green tanki paint is a dark green contrary to the comic character.

Edited January 6, 2022 by numericable

[LONDON.ENGLAND 302]

Interesting topic, I think apart from the obvious, two paints I rarely see are Afterburner and the bumblebee one.

Absolutely gutted I didn’t buy either of these

[E_polypterus 2,374]

Lava

[Okami 3,041]

In terms of ownership:

Most common: Green, obviously. Holiday is a really close second but in the ancient days of Tanki, it was a purchasable paint (0 crystals) so there are doubtless some accounts that don’t have it. Maybe it was added retroactively like Ares was, idk. 
Most rare: Lord. In all seriousness, definitely an eSports paint. Not sure which one though, I’m not really into eSports. Or maybe a helper paint like Tester?
 

In terms of usage:

Most common: In the low ranks, Green. In the high ranks, it’s a toss-up between Green and any animated paint that was in a recent Challenge. 
Most rare: This is tricky since there are tons of paints, making it the most empirical category here, and there’s always someone who uses a certain paint, but I know of only two people who have Mr. Smiley and use it actively. I also never see people using Common-rarity but not solid-color paints like Confetti and Vortex, but those are probably used by some accounts in the low ranks. Certain animated paints like Funky Medicine, Spring, or Visual Disruptor have fallen to the wayside too. 

Edited February 6, 2022 by Okami