T10 Cruisers Tier List - World of Warships
Vložit
- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- 0:00 Only Looking At Tech Tree Cruisers
1:27 Hindenburg
2:31 Zao
3:29 Henri IV
4:28 Marseille
5:21 Minotaur
6:31 Des Moines
7:44 Venezia
9:20 Gouden Leeuw
10:33 Jinan
11:31 Petropavlovsk
12:53 Yodo
14:10 Goliath
15:28 A. Nevsky
17:29 Worcester
19:02 Final Thoughts
One Take Series: • One Take
Second Channel for full games and Stream Highlights: / @pqlive228
Watch me live on Twitch: / potatoquality_
Join the Discord! / discord
If you want to know how I mod my game to look the way it does here is a video: • How To Install Mods Fo...
I'm PQ. Hopefully, on this channel, I can teach you a bit about how I play the game. Thanks for watching.
WoWs NA Invite: warships.us/Potato_Quality
WoWs RU Invite: flot.ru/Potato_Quality
Business inquiries only: potatoquality.business@gmail.com
Carry, Pushing, How To Win, How To Carry, Pro, Unicum, Tutorial, Guide, World of Warships, Fun, Funny, Captain Skills, Changes, Build, CC, Community Contributor, OP, Cruiser, Tier List, Best, Grind, Des Moines, Worcester, Minotaur, Petro, Beginner, New, Tier 10, Tech Tree, Free, XP, - Hry
I feels like Worcester’s been powercrept by new lines and the nerf on radar range. If they return its original radar range, and a buff to its AA, then it might be back to this current meta.
100%, I don't like the ship at all anymore since the radar and AA nerfs and the addition of more powerful newer ships
Yeah. Most matches everyone and their mum kites. Worcester is awful in this meta.
You just need to play behind islands, like an Atlanta. I still consistently do okay in Wooster. Mine is fully AA spec with range mod and IFHE, range mod for higher arcs over islands and extra safety, hard to hit things but when you get used to 18km max range volleying over islands, youll do well. AA spec im suspicious of because 20% continuous damage doesnt sound like much but I shred planes well enough. SHRUG, it's fine to me.
@@paddington1670 does it shred Malta's, Nakhimov and super CV it's planes? Last time I've played the Wooster I didn't notice AA build doing much damage, and for me 18 km build it's too hard to hit anything but idle targets, haha
I was grinding US AA and Dutch cruiser lines...and holy fuck is there a difference between the Dutch AA doing something where US AA just...exists
Worcester on S feels like a violation. It’s not particularly good at anything that others already do better.
On the flip side nevsky would’ve been an easy S tier for me. Stupid guns, stupid speed, everything about it is just so stupidly op
100% I play both and imo Nevsky I could argue is best tech tree cruiser. I can’t find anything it’s bad at honestly.
@@jedpratte well it's bad at tanking, but that's why WG gave it 19km range and 1000m/s shells xD
@@jedpratte it's armor is bad so it can't tank, and it can't turn worth crap. Other that that, it's a very good ship.
Honestly think marseille should be B tier, shes quite good.
Her guns slap, making her good for crossfires with a bb, reload booster to help catch broadsides and set fires.
Very fast with great maneuverability, can hit 40kt with engine boost and has a tight turning radius
Rather stealthy for its size, 11.5 iirc, on the stealthy end of these super cruisers/bc’s
Really fun too imo
I think shes S or A at least Marseille is a amazing boat.
She's almost a BB in a cruiser spot, which had its ups and downs.
I agree. Marseille is a very strong ship but not easy to play. But I would put her at least in B. On the other hand, I do not think that Worcester is S. Yes, the ship is good, but it is often too clumsy for the 9km aggressive radar play. Or in other words: with DM, you have more options. So, putting her in A seems to be appropriate and - without doubt, Worcester is also not that easy to play but can be highly rewarding. Starting with Petro or Nevsky might be a bit more rookie-friendly.
I agree without a doubt at least B but what im here for is the Hindenburg ! this thing does near everything well this ship will tear Wooosta a new arse and if you have Lutens an adrenalin rush activated you get reload down to near 5 seconds thats 12 203mm with German AP well armoured and throwing torps around like there free, its a no brainer and yes other than the YOYO i have all of the above. So do yourself a favour and grind away...
Most of us agree with PQ on this.
Worcester? Really? I never see this ship ever, unless somebody is grinding out there TX christmas box.
Yeah it's been power crept to hell, plus the meta is way too passive ATM.
Surprised with your rating of the Marseille. It's fun and can be very impactful. Nothing like a well-timed reload booster ;-)
yeah and strong armor and guns for a cruiser and fast too if needed to retreat :)
And we'll timed and used repeir, or you burn to death.
Marseile at D????. For myself it's a S but hey i guess we vibe different
Marseile at D its cringiest joke ive ever heard
I think Des Moines is not really S tier (for random battle) anymore since a few years ago because of the passive meta, CVs and now sub. A solid B for random and perhaps A or S for CB (if CV isn't present).
For my opinion I would choose Marseille,Gouden Leuw,Goliath,Hindenburg and Newski at first for S.
But it is interesting how different the thoughts about that are.
Everyone is different 🙂
Have a nice day
I’d like to see tier list videos like these for premium ships as well
Its just matter of time I think
Great production! Thanks so much. I’ve been looking forward to this from you. Happy sailing!
Marseille, once you get used to it, should honestly be A or S tier. On paper it's not brilliant, but the combination of speed, maneuverability and stealth, paired with excellent guns make it a rather formidable target.
At the very least it shouldnt be placed lower than zao and yodo.
Minotaur is my favourite, it's so much fun and it's amazing. Play it like a Wooster for the first chapter of a battle, and in second chapter play as a DD. Pretty okay against planes, radar when spotted, it's good.
Yeah, it's an awesome feeling when some DD player starts farming you and pops it's smoke, thinking that you can't hurt him...but then....40 second RADAR and it's raining lead every 3 seconds. I loved playing the Mino to hunt DDs with radar....sadly I'm over WoWs. WG introduced too much BS in the last 2 years and I just can't take it anymore.
I have fun playing as a radar Minotaur and agree it is either high impact or a sinking piece of swiss cheese. Playing the Mino well means have to be prepared to play high-energy as you are basically a mega DD.
I also really enjoy the Des Moines now that I have gone to 18km range over a 4.x second reload.
Poor Jinan. One of my best ships!!
Love your lists. Usually fill the odd gaps when I discover an omission on my behalf. More importantly it helps support what I don’t get ie not suiting my style
Thanks again PQ. Your hints and tips have greatly shaped my tactics and improved my enjoyment of the game.
Thank you so much. please make more I am addicted
Hindenburg was my first, I find you need to be very aware of your position, and ability to disengage, save it for late game push. Yet to play many games in the Venezia.. that ship scares me. Recently picked up the Minotaur, and oh my god what a fun ship, get into a nice forward secure position, pop smoke and unleash all that ungodly AP rain… after the Neptune that ship feel’s Illegal.
I like this list. I lament the drop of Zao which in the old days used to be one of my favs. I use Nevsky a lot in Clan Battles - Petro/DM I like too. Hindy is still my fav.
Yeah i have thousand of hours on the Zao. But nowadays she is just bad. Sadly.
Thanks for making these!!! Once you get to coal/steel/rp and so on, could you please leave the tech tree ships up on the screen so we see how they compare with the resource ships? Thanks again!
Agree with your take on Mino, high risk/reward with UK lights, have to say they are my favorite tech tree line.
I know that this tier list is subjective but it's still looks kinda cursed
It's almost like he has ONE cookie cutter playstyle and that's how he's grading things. Different ships have different play styles.
I mean yeah, tier lists are pure personal opinion.
I don't really have a problem with this tier list except the Marseille. Sure, the hull is a bit questionable, but i really, really love the guns on this ship. It's quite accurate with amazing penetration, not to mention the reload booster. It can obliterate almost anything if caught broadside. Also I don't play Marseille with bow-in playstyle, despite the turret setup. I find it much better when played as a highly mobile ambusher/flanker, using the speed boost to look for broadside opportunities.
Granted, it will not do well on high tier competitive scene where you will find almost no broadside to shoot at. But in randoms and ranked, I'd put Marseille on at least B tier, or maybe even A tier.
I'd put Marseille in S tier. Its one of only two ships on this list that is limited in clan battles.
I love my Venezia but man playing the lower tier cruisers in that line are some of the most painful experiences I've had in this game
Marseille is great in CB when you've got teammates with complimentary ships. If you have a BB to help take fire and a DD to spot and cause chaos, it can quickly rack up citadels. It becomes an issue when enemy cruisers shoot from longer ranges and get plunging fire though. It's not good at long distance engagements (which is the current Randoms meta), but it's a beast at medium range, which is suitable for Clans and Ranked, as well as certain Brawls formats. Although, they really need to buff the reload booster. It only lasts long enough to recharge 2 salvos, and that's if you time it right and immediately get your first recharged salvo off. I'd says it's less versatile than the Henry though.
Hi pq. How's it going. I just received the gorizia in a Santa container and was curious about your thoughts about this ship seeing how it's not on your list here. Do you have any videos that talk about this ship in depth or how best to play it maybe. Really enjoy your work here. Good luck and fair seas.
My list of favs is the opposite way round, excluding the Yodo which should be in a tier below the barrel. I suppose the best would be to play all of them and find which is the right fit for you
Cruisers are I think the hardest class to play - you have a citadel and can get one shotted, that said you have a better chance to correct a missed shot without having to wait. I wish they'd buff the deck armour on Zao to similar to that on Atago, it would still have the weak broadside/torpedo trap but you'd have a chance of resisting shells if you angled, I still like playing her but it's more because I remember what Zao used to be like.... Henri is fun but I miss the acceleration and deceleration. I'm not too keen on the superships - don't see the point really. Desmo and Mino I think are my favourites, used to play Hindi a lot too - but a bit too slow, lots of overmatch now too. Venezia is nice but I find it a bit boring and too gimicky - possilby I need to play with it a bit more. Petro's great apart from its dispersion which is frustrating and feels Russian OP... Goliath is kind of the modern zao for me - you can carry out alot of games with it, murders destroyers, surprisingly tanky and AP at close range is really powerful - have to be careful with your broadside or the step in the citadel though. Nevsky with Radar mod is really good against destroyers, probably the best light cruiser in the game as the AP is nasty too (plus you get to play Dmitiri Donskoi which was one of my favourite Tier IXs.... Worcester has too floaty shells for the current meta for me (plus its previously legendary aa is now pants) and its AP isn't that great, it's good but ships like colbert/smolensk/austin do what it used to do only better.The US Heavy cruiser line is probably the one I'd play if I was starting out from Tier VII on it's pretty fun (although careful with buffalo - hide your broadside). That said I do have a soft spot for the british light cruisers - but they're rather niche.
Hindenburg a decent "oven water" ship, I don't know why but this misspell was so funny it made my day. 🤣Thx potatoe. Keep up the good work. I love your Videos and have nice holidays 😄
Thought I could get away with skipping to the end, but now I have to see how you justify ranking Marseille a D... inconsistent with it's clan battles limitation where it's grouped with Petro and Napoli and you can only pick one of them. Appreciate the content.
Worcester beats Marseille head to head? smh
I don't know, I wreck face with the Marseille, and you can bounce most shots if angled correctly, and can just disintegrate things if they show broadside. Could just be how I play though, but the Marseille is one of my best performers.
Good list. DM is my go to cruiser for sure.
As a first t10? Try to decently learn Buffalo too. She plays somewhat similar to other cruisers so you get some experience. DM has a very unique playstyle.
Also, enjoy Baltimore. She's probably a stronger t8 than DM a t10.
Legend. I asked for this vid yesterday haha
I love the Des Moines, but in the grind when switching from Baltimore to Buffalo play styles, it was hard for my brain to adapt quickly.
I feel like the British light cruiser line is the best to start with because 1) they only have 1 ammo type so there's less things to confuse new players, 2) they have a heal so they can survive a couple hits and be able to learn from mistakes, mispositioning, being overly aggressive etc, 3) they have smokescreens which further increases survivability especially at lower tiers where there is no radar or submarines and where hydro and CVs aren't as good.
I disagree strongly, if you're new to cruisers you really don't want to start with any light cruisers. Newer players will get one shot constantly and probably get frustrated. Yes they're great ships, but damn if you make a positioning mistake you die fast!
I just got my Worcester today, and it's great. Seattle wasn't all that bad. DM was my first cruiser. It was kinda funny I completed the supercontainer mission with on Seattle and got the Salem from it.
Surprised to see Worcester in S tier.
Good vid, I think I'd put Wostr in A and move Nevsky and Petro to S. While they have different strengths and weaknesses, there's a reason you see both of these in KOTS (the former was so strong it was getting banned) and almost never see a Wster.
petro in a, it’s meh in a random
Well KOTS has a specific meta that doesn't really translate well to randoms. For example, Kremlin does very well in competitive because how tanky it is, it can hunker down and hold an area. But in randoms the meh accuracy really hurts the ship with all the long range spam
Naa, Nevsky is better than Wostr.
You’re list is nuts!!
I love Hindenburg. 82855 avr dmg. 264k dmg record.
Same. My favourite ship in the game. Holds my overall record with 309k (no arms race).
Sorry but that average is really bad for a farmer like Hindenburg. You should be sitting at about 100 - 110
Dude, that's a really bad average damage...
@@dzello Not everyone is unicum. That's way better than the average player I'd think
@@etdizzle10 I wasn't basing my comment on unicum standards obviously, but you don't need to be a unicum to get a higher average than that: Hindenburg only does damage. On NA, the average is 75 133 but Hindenburg is generally played by bad players. Highlighting a 82 855 average is not good and suggests he's below average as a player.
Thanks for your thoughts, interesting.
As a Worcester I always go for the supers. That insta-slaughter AA mixed with 37mm of pen with HE makes it a super killer. Landing shells on the superstructure of a SAT isn't hard at all. I burn 50k HP off T10/T11s in less than a minute and watch them run. Such an underrated ship in 2023/2024.
Petro was my first cruiser i got. When I got to the ship i didn't like it as it was so different from the previous ships. Now 2 years after I got it, i like it much better. The shell speed is just insane. It feels so unfair when facing a DD.
i would like to see a one take on Iowa
where would you put the Moskva considering she was a tech tree ship up until pretty recently?
I don't know I just can't really figure out how to play Worcester and have battle impact with how bad its shell velocity is and how long range engagements are at t 10. I have had tons of fun playing cleavland tho. Might be becouse t 8 games are ususaly shorter ranged.
here in Brazil we have a saying the describes the Minotaur super well, "its either 8 or 80" xD
Venezia was my first tier x and I absolutely love it
So the t11 ships need their own captain ? You can't use the T10 captain on both is that right.?
thanks alot time saving and respect for help
Really like you ranking the ships this is good and not a lot of info like this out there. atleast on youtube anyway maybe there is on some redit some place.
How the times have changed... when this game first came out and it only had 2 tier X cruiers (DM and Zao), the forums everywhere were FILLED with complaints asking to buff DM because it was so 'bad' compared to Zao.
Good job
Zao was my first T10 ship and i love it to bits but it is a pain to play
it's not that hard. Just don't play her as a cruiser but as super heavy destroyer :)
Agree on a lot of things, although not everything. I would put Marseille in B. Insanely good HE and AP, great maneuverability, tankiness, concealment, she's really good imo.
Zao is also B for me, very consistent and has my highest avg damage in a cruiser (134k).
Jinan is a weird one. I struggled with the line until I realized that you can lob shells over freaking mountains. So going full gun build, finding an island and never letting go of LMB works well, but then Worcester is straight up better at this. C for me
Radar Mino is S+
Certainly makes sense to me. Sad to see Zao (and Yodo) down in C. Even though the D tier entries may be worse in some ways, they at least have remarkable (if not exactly meta-fitting) niches. The IJN CA/CLs' combination of characteristics just doesn't accomplish anything at all (certainly nothing that other ships can't do better). We can maybe say the Zao is a concept that got left behind by the game, but the Yodo...
Yeah they sadly don't belon in this meta anymore. They are ninja ships, but with submarines, CVs, radar and DDs they are always open. Nearly impossible to play.
Can’t wait to see Gearing as S tier DD in the DD tier list
How about T10 tier list cruisers for Clan Battle? I think it is not the same as Random Battle.. any suggestions?
Moskva, Petro, Napoli, Nevsky are meta. Off meta you could take Venezia, Sevastapol, Minotaur, Des Moines, Goliath. In Typhoon we constantly see like double Moskva + Napoli divs and currently run Moskva, Petro, Nevsky with a gearing smoke
Nice list... fairly well done.
But Marseille in D is just wrong...
Yeah, should be swapped with Gouden Leeuw which is just a sad pile of nothing.
Nice 2nd interesting video, but what are the exact terms for: S,A,B,C and D?
If I missed it in the first one - sorry, but I can't currently explain what the exact names of the letters are supposed to be.
Thanks in advance
Des moines being above petro and nevsky is something special
DM is at least on par with those, it's still easily one of the strongest cruisers in the game. Worcester being higher, on the other hand, is a bit of an interesting choice to say the least.
Lol agreed.
I have the reverse view of Zao and Hindy, Zao's excellent concealment makes it great at going dark and its maneuverable enough to be able to dodge the BBs. Hindy I feel suffers what I call 'the Hipper problem' where you will eat cits and take massive damage at very weird angles especially a long range which this passive meta makes it more likely to happen.
Hindenburg is indeed a great ship but I hate how that ship handles like a battleship. That along with average speed makes it difficult to choose between reload and range. Personally I go with range because Hindenburg just isn't agile enough to take reload and not die instantly.
How is the grind to Venezia currently going for petro and am almost there looking for the next ship to get
The guns are good, but every ship until t9 is a floating citadel, at t9 you get slightly more armour so you need to be map aware and good at dodging
Thanks for the tier list,now I'm in 80k exp algerie and still confused on where to choose between cruiser or battlecruiser line
Battlecruiser!
I love Des Moines. My first T10 and most played ship. Still my favorite of all. Sometimes you get games where you're non-stop sweating and kicking ass.
It gets rarer and rarer though. Most games have subs and CVs and the low range/super floaty shells make for games of pure torture or utter boredom because you cant push but you still barely do damage.
I don't get your problems with nevsky and petro dispersion.
honestly marseille is a great ship. try use it like a bourgogne it works great for me. i hardly ever had a bad game in it.
I still remember a match when I had 24k SAP salvo on a Kearsarge and I was shocked at what just shocked at what just happened.
P.S.: That wasn't arms race mode.
I don't know if yodo is much better, but I played 1 game in the t7 omono and don't want to touch that line again, never.
Hope they get out soon so I can sell them and at least get some credits out of them 😂
Hahaha, I have 16 cap points into that ship bive turned it into an all AA/sub hunter/torpedo ship as much as I can just to get some value for my team from it. Every upgrade and cap point so far I've dedicated to those 3 things and when there are 2 cvs and 2 subs I can actually help my team. Otherwise you are correct the ship is garbage
I'm surprised you didn't have higher praise for the henry I f'n love that ship. One of the if not the best (tech line) cruisers in the game.
i think petro is definitely S tier，quite broken，I think giving petro a burst fire，it can be a super ship
agreed. petro is only t10.5 because of somewhat random dispersion and the slow turrets. give petro a funny button similar to conde and we got a strong supership.
Petro is really not that great in randoms. If your enemies have brains, she does crap damage. 20 second radar is also a joke. Imo Moskva is just Petro but better
@@Artem_Shepelev you commented under malta's buffalo video that you did well in buffalo, right?
you seem to be decent but i think you just like a different playstyle.
petro is stupid. she can take positions even kremlin can't, because of the better concealment, radar and aa.
you don't want to take bow in fights, you want to take weird unusual positions to catch broadsides. and because it's petro, it works.
petro is stupid, but she needs some creativity/lunacy to really show it.
@@cemborembo The playstyle you described works when there are no carriers in the match. With a CV you either play passively or get dumpstered.
Perhaps you are right and I just don't understand Petro
Don't quite agree with the new player part on wooster and dm. As you said, one has to know the islands well before using their high shell arcs as a weapon, which I found hard playing through atlanta, mino, jinan, and dm. I would recommend mino and even jinan first just because of their smoke.
I'm a huge fan of Hindy. Maybe a B+/A-? Overmatch is why cruisers have been so hard to play last year or two. it's insane.
Nah, Hindenburg is just average. No utility and nothing to compensate either. It doesn't have insane anti-air and is bad against submarines. It's just ok, it would need a radar or a gimmick to get higher.
@@dzello Hence the B+/A- and not an A or S tier.
@@etdizzle10 No, it's literally just a B. In fact, it's on the lower end of the ships in that tier.
@@dzelloAA is non existent in wows des moines AA is shit worcester AA is shit 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
can you make a country tech tree play style.?
I generally agree. But Marsielle for me should be at least Tier B.
Her alpha can surprise even bbs. Speed allows you to quickly change position and deal a lot of damage to an opponent who is not watching map.
You can 2 shot DDs with HE and reload booster as well. She's an easy A tier.
Happy Holidays. I tend to agree with your rankings. For me, Mino is an S tier. But you did explain it's tricky and smoke is not a cure all. I love deleting minos hiding in smoke with a Montana. But my best cruiser games have been Mino and Wooster.
I can't get the Hindi just because I absolutely loathe the T8 and T9 ships to get to it. I played the T8 a few times and hated it. I just skipped it.
I have my best games in Goliath, I don’t know why, but I do love the Japanese cruisers. The HE just seems to hit harder and more consistently than any other line. Nice tier list!
Thats because IJN cruisers got improved accuracy.
@@gothia6515 yeah, they have DD dispersion
AP nose with Wooster and BBs melt if at a good distance
Pretty much agree with this list, although I am biased towards the Hindenburg since it works so well in ranked for me and Venezia since it is just so fun to play in almost every match whatever the game mode. I will say the Italian cruiser line overall is extremely fun as well, if you can figure out how to make the low tiers work (in my case, open water gun-boating and constant moving/dodging) you can apply that same gameplay and tactics throughout the entire line. I wouldn't say it is beginner friendly, but a good intermediate line to run.
I just got the Worcester so will need to play it more but it seems like a beast if you can keep it alive in a match. The grind up to her was rough, but really if you are able to make the others work it seems like those skills would apply to her too.
For this series I'm giving you an attaboy. ATTABOY!
Ty for the reviews. Your voice is somehow idk, good . Keep it up
bro how do you put marseille in D tier lol
it can play so laughably aggressive and get away with it
Grind for DM was fun and semi easy. Compared to Hindenburg or zao.
Been playing the game since Beta and have ZERO interest in superships. Ditto for Carriers and Subs.
Seeing my first love and the original battlecruiser Hindenburg at B tier makes me incredibly sad.
LOL, Buffalo and Seatle being pain points. I mean, yes? but I got my first Kraken in a Buffalo and shot down 50 planes in one match in the Seattle so even those are very capable.
IJN got so incredibly powercrept... "Look how they massacred my boiz!"
I love the Mino
ijn cl is not even yet been fully release but it’s already been power creeped.
I think the dispersion of the Petro is better than the Des Moines and Petros guns are all round just better. Still love Des though.
Make a submarine ranking video (and put them all into E tier). 🔫
Jinan was my first T10 (yes I’m insane for that). But man the shells are slow are bricks
I feel for you, Jinan is pure awefull even when your shells hit they are such small caliber they just shatter.
@@jasper5878 I find it to do better with a reload build to just become a minigun but I really do love the torps
I would put both petro and A.Nevsk on S level. They are amazing dealling with DDs. I recently noticed petro rear gun turns 360, and God forbiden any DD crossing your way. Although it is very situational, there always be a noob DD laying around doing wrong things
Greetings
All petro guns are 360, not just rear guns. If you like petro try moskva, also great cruizer. Its even better against DDs.
For me Hindenburg and Zao works as a S-Grade.
So I mostly agree with this list. I wish they would fix the turret angles on the Zao, and just improve RoF by like 2 seconds. It just feels long.
If I was king of my CZcams video though, I would switch Nevsky with Hindi. I just don’t have much luck with the Nevsky and find it’s durability lacking. Wooster is a solid B tier for me. It can be a menace at closer ranges and has great impact, but there’s a reason you don’t see them much in the meta.
Gold lion is probably C tier. For new players coming through learning the basics, a ship that relies on its strikes and less guns to create battle impact is lacking. Other than that, yeah. This seems like a decent stacking.
Definitely recommend DM, Hindi, Petro as “first” lines.
It’s really strange how she has the biggest guns but meh damage
Talking about G Leeuw btw
Next Dev blog: Clan battle restriction: Only one ship of DM, Worcester or Napoli.
Any chance of a step by step tutorial on playing Des Moines? I cannot get the hang of her.
Some basic stuffs when playing DM
1. Map awareness
2. Always pay attention to the minimap
3. Position the ship depending on the situation (eg. If you are outnumbered, go for reasonable kiting angle position, find an island to cover, etc
4. Use consumables at a right time
5. Pick your fights smartly
P.S there are tons of tutorials and plays that you can search on yt so go check on that and it might get you an idea on how to play DM to its full potential
Also get the UU, once you've learned that you become much harder to kill
Also learn which BBs overmatch your armour (406mm guns) and don't try to bow tank them, use islands to shoot your front turrets without being spotted
Can someone explain how the Tier rating work? Why not ABCDE?
It's a common RPG rating system
Smolensk best cruiser.
Yoshi makes Minotaur an S tier bote.
I can't wait to get Goliath.
I honestly do like gouden leeuw, her guns are not always accurate and has the burn time of a BB which are big downsides, but she is very tanky, has both good AP & HE, strong AA, can sneak up on anyone and her airstrikes will either force someone to move or get carpet bombed badly (they can potentially destroy a sub with just 1 strike)
Nope, not looking at Superships at all, PQ. They have no interest to me.
Exactly
Veey sad to hear the zao is in such a bad spot I've fallen in love with the japanese cruiser line at the myoko and I was thoroughly hoping the zao would feel like more of the same but just better obviously.
Don't feel sad. Zao is pretty good. I think a lot of people are really exaggerating her weaknesses. Zao is not incredible but is a very consistent damage farmer and is fun to play, especially with the legendary upgrade. The only truly bad ship in this line is Ibuki
Zao was once a very good ship. Her problem is nowadays, she is always spotted in one way or the other. Submarines, DDs, CVs and radar ships. She is a ninja with great dispersion, but as you said the guns and torpedos are hard to use.
And she still has one of the lowest hp pools in the game. She needs a huge buff in terms of hp. But it won't happen, because she is T10 silver ship and WG wants to sell premiums.
As an IJN main if i want the Zao to be buffed, it would not be the HP. A few hudred more HP is not going to do crap.
I rather have firing range buff or turret traverse speed buff instead which will significant affect the gameplay. Also the torp turning mechanic from the IJN light cruisers would be very nice.
Btw i do not know what you meant by the gun is difficult to use, the projectile of the Zao's 203 is one of the best, pretty much laser beam at long range like Soviet cruiser.
The 203 mm gun is definitely not the problem, i love these guns, they hit hard, high fire chance and easy to aim, pretty much the only reason why the Zao is still somewhat usable.