German Battleship "Friedrich der Große" Revisited - World of Warships Blitz

There have been a few changes since the "Freddy" originally came out - secondary overload, bigger main guns, better acceleration etc.
So, it's time to play her again, just some random battles, and see if she's still got it.
00:00 Intro
02:03 Stats
07:45 Build
11:29 Battle 1
18:17 Battle 2
25:07 Conclusion

[@COMMANDER-wm9vr]

I enjoyed the Freddy grind to GK. My overall German BB grind was very fun. Sure some ships I struggled for a while to finally grasp on how to play them (Gneisenau). But overall, a very fun line to play. Picking your fights is always a must, even if your armor is great, it won't mean you are immune to damage. Your biggest threats will always be destroyers and CV's, although the Sonar helps against DD's. I do plan on rebuying Freddy and getting the historical camo for it, I did like it. If I'm being honest, I know many players don't like the German BB's, but I feel the Soviet BB line is one of the worst to grind. The guns lack the penetration and consistency to get things done. Sometimes they are very good though, like once every 8 games or something lol.

[@adzhanitristan6756]

You're right,Soviet BB is pretty terrible Although I'm pretty bad at playing Bismarck,but I managed to get 55% winrate with her Vladivostok on the other hand

[@COMMANDER-wm9vr]

@@adzhanitristan6756 Those things are terrible indeed. Bismarck took me some getting used to as well, as it had no torpedoes. But in Bismarck, you don't need torpedoes to be an effective brawler. Play Bismarck mid to close range, it shines at those ranges, not so much as a sniper. 55% winrate is pretty good, I haven't played Bismarck in a very long time.

[@adzhanitristan6756]

​@@COMMANDER-wm9vryeah,I enjoyed German BB line Gotta grind for the GK,I heard she is great with Admiral Franz von Hipper

[@COMMANDER-wm9vr]

@@adzhanitristan6756 The ship is very good with Von Hipper from what I've heard, but I don't have Hipper. I have GK, but I have a regular commander on it. I have Maximilian von Spee and currently training him up to then put him on the Elbing line but yea I have yet to unlock Hipper. My GK commander is level 10 now I believe. Only two more levels

[@anubhavdassarma7230]

Funnily enough, the Gneisenau was the easiest to play in the line and the Bismarck was the hardest. I've reached Fredrick and it's nigh unplayable. Bismarck is amazing though

[@part.time.grandmaster]

That's a bird?! I thought that was your child lol!

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Crows or Ravens. These are actually the more quiet ones, you should hear the Kookaburras or the Cockatoos.

[@part.time.grandmaster]

@@FunandGameswithTerry I guess they're Australian crows/ravens because they're nowhere near as loud or vocal here!

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Yeah, they're native varieties here.

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

Perfect timing!!! Finally decided to try and finish this line!!! I just got this ship and have yet to play 5 battles in it yet, so the insight is handy!!!

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Freddy is the natural progression from Bismarck to GK. Less agility, more firepower. The GK's mains are hitting pretty hard now with the increased calibre.

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

@@FunandGameswithTerry It does seem pretty linear from Bismarck. This vid was great help in figuring out how to use the ship, as Ive never spent a lot of time on the German lines... Thanks for that Terry!!

[@t.a.ackerman4098]

As for the background noise, first a racecar driver then the bird and then the police car going after the race car and scaring off the bird in the process! Lol

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Just a normal day in the Sydney suburbs

[@angc214]

Just put it full ahead and never stop. You were driving a Shimakaze when you said that Terry. Don't deny it.

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Hehehe 😁 I haven't actually played Shima, AFAIR. The premium version, yes. This used to be the old style you'd play on the German BBs when they came out, acceleration was so bad that all you could do was run away from DDs and try to take them out with the 150s

[@Evilship994]

Nice video i love fdg too as i also tank for other bb sock damage as much as i can

[@sonnyrockwel1266]

Time to full speed used to be 50 seconds lol

[@vsok2685]

Btw if Freddy is used for the ranked battles, then it would be appropriate to build it hybrid: survivability and big guns (biggest of the "white" Ships of teh tier) accuracy - works as Kurfurst at X

[@andresenorebro]

Thx Terry, its absolutly better then before😊 Can handle Teir better!

[@charakiga]

That's a Bismarck but with slightly bigger guns (which adds more weight), but at tier IX.

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

And more armour.

[@usmlestepexamreview]

But the thing is Terry a lot of german bb players don't understand this. They either go flanking or just rush ahead alone and get themselves killed in first 2 mins

[@Tophat654]

I’m Deciding to Finish this line and i’m Scared of this ship Because i literally saw it getting hammered by an Iowa so it’s gonna be a Painfull but worth it grind for Kurfust

[@arsonist2298]

This may be an odd question .. but I gotta know what kind of bird was that ? Sounded like a small child almost

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Crow or Raven (hard to tell), probably native variant. They're practically quiet compared to Kookaburras or Cockatoos

[@dlandi458]

You should do a Cross of Dorn ship review

[@kardy12]

The Cross of Dorn is the ship I have played the most games in, and I think everything Terry said about the Odin in his review of it applies to the Cross of Dorn. The main difference is that the CoD has a permanent camo that gives main gun range and dispersion boosts, and replaces sonar with the skill that gives a 25% bonus to AP, whereas with the Odin you have the sonar skill and an option to get a camo that boosts secondary range and dispersion. Personally I would prefer secondaries, but I got the CoD in a pretty big discount sale they did for warhammer camo ships. It’s an excellent ship, and it forces you to learn map awareness, and to follow and expect DD movements to avoid torpedos - very good skills to have as a BB player at t8 or higher.

[@user-qt4gr6tr8c]

August von parseverl vs Lexington tier 8-10 battle

[@gleamingcolt]

This ship had a lot of hate, I don’t understand it, the armor is good, the guns are underrated. One of the better tier 9,s. Just overall a underrated ship

[@AbkakeDaGoat]

You can get killed easily by a shima

[@gleamingcolt]

@@AbkakeDaGoat any ship can get easily sunk by a shima

[@AbkakeDaGoat]

@@gleamingcolt then why is it underrated

[@gleamingcolt]

@@AbkakeDaGoat because a lot people I talk to say that the ship always say it’s not a good ship, they also always say to just skip the grind, when in reality it’s a great ship

[@AbkakeDaGoat]

@@gleamingcolt I have the ship whenever I try and rush I always have to make someone else tank the damage or I’ll get 20k and camping give basically no damage

[@lockedontarget770]

One of my favorite t9 battleships. Possibly the only t9 battleship that can sufficiently hold its own against t10 ships, at least personally. I always do better in her against t10 than in my GK for some reason. Maybe a skill issue idk.

[@Musik2Huhn]

definitiv einer der besseren T9. allerdings T9. T9 ist niemals gut. dauerhaft T10 mit nervigen Schiffen und seltsame aufteilung der guten schiffe und noobs. wenn man t9 mm bekommt ist das ding sehr gut. als ich die deutschen bbs als erste bb linie gegrinded habe war das ding sehr angenehm zu spielen. das war aber einige jahre her, da ging das volle kraft voraus ohne zu stoppen noch. behalten würd ich den brummer aber nicht

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Ging mir genauso damals. Volle Kraft voraus, und kein Blick zurück. Das hat sich schon geändert. Die ungeraden "Tiers", besonders 5, 7 und 9, haben es oft nicht leicht.

[@Musik2Huhn]

@@FunandGameswithTerry 5 und 7 sind gut... wenn man cesare, kaga etc hat

[@jasonjiao7881]

All tier 9s all bad you get thrown in tier 10 matches and hardly and tier 8 matches

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

The bigger issue is what kind of T10 ships you end up facing. Double Vermont, Midway, triple Shima? Well, scratch that game. Same goes the other way, triple DzP div, or a Friesland in a top tier round won't go well, either.

[@Richard1976]

Just did Marco Polo with t10 match. It was great

[@kardy12]

@@Richard1976 The Marco Polo isn’t particularly representative of t9 ships though 😂

[@kardy12]

Well, even if it’s a t10 battle it really depends on the composition. If it’s mostly BBs and cruisers, the FdG can do pretty well. If it’s a CV and 3-4 shimas you’re facing, you won’t have a good time even in most t10 BBs. And unfortunately, there’s often a lot of shima in t10 matchups…

[@Yueh-99]

@@kardy12well Neptune just feels good against t10, no issues there

[@mdtransmissionspecialties]

I was so disappointed when I got Freddy. Probably the worst grind to Großer. And I thought the Vladivostok to sovetsky was bad..

[@COMMANDER-wm9vr]

Tbh, the grind for Soyuz is pretty bad. I am on the Vladivostok, and the guns on that ship are completely lackluster. Personally even at mid-range I get mostly semi-pens on BB's, and maybe it's my aiming, but sometimes on CL's, bounces. In FDG, I fared better. I still got to play Freddy when it had the 406mm guns, and those games sure some weren't good, cuz I was getting used to it, but then I got pretty good in it. I got the GK and it's fun, especially now that it has 457mm guns, which punish BB's in brawls, and anything giving broadside. I've had a love-hate relationship with the Soviet BB's because some games, the guns are amazing, and the majority are not. And yea, the dispersion on the Soviet BB's also had me pulling my hair out. I feel the penetration should be buffed a bit, as well as the dispersion, a -3% would do fine since those get the PA III starting in Tier VIII.