Japanese Light Cruisers: How Best to Play Them

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[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

The low speed is a puzzling choice as IJN cruisers focused heavily on being fast historically.

[@kroppsomvandling]

They cant be to fast, then they can hunt submarines that do 90 knots

[@colmcorbec7031]

Don't. Just skip the entire line and save yourself some time.

[@thexlonewolf671]

I've played a little bit with the IJN light cruisers, and in my opinion, gunboating is not the strength of the IJN CL line. You tend to want to want to play them more like big destroyers: torps are what you want to go all-in on in your build. That's not to say gunboat builds don't work, but you really want to approach these ships like they're an outsized Shimakaze.

[@edwardbailey7911]

And yet the Pan Asian Cruisers can do torps better as well as use their guns.

[@donnybrook23]

"Prove that you are a master of cruisers by playing these". I think the statistics will already be telling you that most people are going to decline your very kind invitation given these boats are complete and utter rubbish. They simply cause a massive squabble amongst all opposing BB and CAs on the map as to who gets to shoot at them and make them explode first. I am sure your counter argument would be that is good because it is distracting them from shooting at everyone else other than for the fact that it really only takes one decent salvo to make them go BOOM.

[@stevenchan3822]

I like it when opponent team plays them

[@thebudgieadmiral5140]

Definitely an improvement over earlier videos. Pleasing visuals, an enjoyable music choice, and, dare i say it, actually useful information for new or new-ish players. I especially liked the use of arrow indicators to point out the position of the enemy Montana during the torpedo ambush. Stuff like this should prove helpful to people who want to up their situational awareness.

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Thank you for your feedback Captain!

[@Akkznxn]

The ambient music absolutely slaps with the cinematography of this video!

[@Formulka]

step 1: don't

[@altamasparsanov9181]

I agree. I'm at tier 5, and the furutaka from the enemy fleet is always the first to get sunk😂😂

[@thebarris7516]

@@altamasparsanov9181 Furutaka is not the T5 IJN light cruiser

[@TheDedictvi]

@@altamasparsanov9181 furutaka is probably the strongest T5 cruiser

[@altamasparsanov9181]

@@thebarris7516 It is, in wows blitz.

[@UwU-rw5jo]

@@altamasparsanov9181 furutaka is one of the worst tier v cruisers in wows blitz but in the right hands its good but i still prefer köniegsberg over than furutaka.

[@thetrujelo]

So its a light cruiser but doesn't get: Light cruiser DPM, Light Cruiser Utility, or Improved Shell Characteristics. And in exchange you get more range, flatter arks, torpedoes, one of the longest light cruisers ever with a massive citadel. This feels like a Zao that underwent mitosis and spit into two halves, leaving it with smaller but double the guns, and more torpedoes, with all the amazing attributes Zao brings that no other ship has to offer, such as:

[@Molgats]

The IJN line needs some love, especially the likes of Takahashi, Shimanto and Yoda. The ships don't bring that much impact to a game not without either coming across a poor enemy team or being at a professional level. The takahashi for example has the curse of being T9 so super ships will have you on the menu most games, The hull is paper and it's manoeuvrability is poor. The Torpedo's though can do a lot of damage are extremely slow which nullifies the long distance they have. When you look at the DPM the reload time is slow and the gun angles aren't great. The ship has a heal which isn't that good with the damage taken at most times being horrendous or just wiping you off the planes of existence. The ship would benefit from a buff to either torpedoes, it's guns or it's utility. A buff to one of this would make the ship more of an asset to a game rather than being a wasted ship choice in the game.

[@balli7836]

These are basically japanese torpedo destroyers in cruiser size. You use mostly concealment and torpedos, while the guns are mostly for finishing off heavily damaged ships.

[@mrbushi1062]

Efficient and easy to learn>???? What game are you playing IJN CAs crazy hard to play

[@何も無い-n3v]

戦う時に気をつけることと、このツリーの難しさの警告してくれるのは有り難いです。

[@Watchdogger]

TLDR: bad ROF, weak DPM, vulnerable hull and low HP. Their advice: avoid ships.

[@leonardopezente8663]

How to play the new cruisers: you don't

[@mercygiven2649]

lol, I was thinking the same thing. And of course they delay the new American BB line 'till feb. to try to keep them relevant.

[@baohoang4966]

After experienced a very painful time grinding this line, i wonder.. has i wrong using it as a Gunboat !! Then i chose the capt skill focus on Torps, but the mods were full on gun power ! Make it a hybrid, then it's good, honestly !! The trick of this line is you have to play it like the Minotaur line with Torpedoes ! Their's Torps were scary, so they're useful for acquiring the gaps between island ! While the decent guns with high firing angle will be kinda good for farming behind island ! Their's role would be like the Chinese cruisers, to deal with the Brawler ! Ofcouse this meaning it would depend on MM, i mean if you got in to a match with 2 Vermount then basically you're done, but if you got into a match with German or Soviet ships, you would be nightmare to them with the Torpedoes

[@Cheeseybeaver45]

The real issue with this line is early game, you can't really support your DD because you have to wait for the long torpedoes to come online and your guns are too slow to really help. Hopefully your DD will know your ships weaknesses, but we all know half the people will just roll on in a cap and get killed because our guns can't shoot fast enough.

[@bdfno]

I personally really like the ijn light cruiser line. It's fun once I learned how to play properly. Although Omono is unbearable...

[@brisancomstock9366]

Here’s my personal tip if it’s not in the video: T5-T6, play them like a torpedo boat. After T7 play them like a German cruiser with better torpedoes. Meaning kite

[@BayPofuduk355]

8:00 meanwile harugumo: im joke to you?

[@tehalexy]

1:50 when even WG says, that they aren't good ... they will suck af Range sucks HE sucks AP sucks And Torpedos ... in this sniping meta? A shipline that was dead on arrival :/

[@diegomolinaf]

Seems like an apology instead of a guide.

[@BigD321]

Man, they’re really dodging around how unbelievably average and unimpressive these things are lmao

[@RevyPls]

what do you mean.. the entire video was: ok guns are meh, but ur hp are also meh, but therefor the reload speed is meh, armor is kinda meh, fighting anything feels and is kinda meh, also dont bother using anything but torps that travel have the travel speed: you guessed it "MEH"

[@georgeradu6759]

They are just huge destroyers, even the game recommends researching torp improvement skills

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Basically destroyers with more guns

[@AlvinFS27]

After watching this video, playing as USS CL or UK CL aren't bad

[@Chocolate_cooki3]

"easy to learn" heavy cruiser and aircraft carrier lines :

[@shikikankillzone4239]

I haven't played for a while, but somehow, this video makes me feel EVEN LESS inclined to rejoin and pick one of these CLs up. They just sound like straight up utter rubbish

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

Easy. Select another ship or Exit Game.

[@carmelomancia580]

we introduce shiity line, for the "cruiser art masters"

[@kaloyanradkov8962]

TLDR - They don't have dps/ range or any special ability to make them even remotely worth playing.

[@edwinberner9449]

Anybody know the song name they used from 0:25 to 1:10, this song would fit perfect for a freeskiing video :)

[@cheeseTakoJP]

sorry for the late reply its "Kyoto Spring 5 (60)"

[@emperorlondomollari5511]

Yamamoto cries in corner at how bad these ships are.

[@stanzfrost9430]

how to play new ijn cruiser : fighting with submarines in bottom of the sea

[@cultureshock5000]

i like agano but i didnt invest in the rest of the line .....

[@mehbird153]

These ships are best described as underwhelming. When even your best players generally underperform, you know it's not the fault of the player base, rather, the ships themselves are lacking. The slow reload, combined with guns that can be described as a disaster, take away damage potential, which is one of the two things that make a light cruiser a light cruiser. Not only this, but light cruisers usually have utility, being able to support their team with extra vision, AA support, and cover all at once. These cruisers have no such ability, in many instances, they are less equipped than their heavy cruiser counterparts. I simply do not understand the use of these ships. I loved Yahagi and was hoping they would perform similarly to her regarding equipment and playstyle. But unfortunately, I was mistaken, and I got this instead. I was very excited about another Japanese line, they are some of my favorites, But I can't really say I will be investing much if any time at all into these ships. Hopefully, WG will deliver a more digestible line in the future. A for effort I suppose.

[@ryanbarbosa3220]

Well, just about to start the Yodo line today. I finally finished the Zao line and well the teir 5 in the line sucked and made me quit the line and do others but I pushed pass thr teir 5 and the rest of the line was great. Only time i got nuked was when i did something stupid and deserved to get nuked. Not to many times i got nuked without doing something dumb. Also helps i did thr Henry line and knew the throttle juke maneuver so i was able to avoid most incoming

[@haeppchen1603]

"sometimes interrupt your artillery fire". Like I wouldn't be doing that already, with a base reload of 12.5 seconds on Yodo (or even 15 seconds if we look at the T8/9)

[@tpaktop2_1na]

These light cruisers play like battleships. You would think their light armor would make them more nimble in game play.

[@devonellis2520]

So, what's the term that means the oppositie of power creep?

[@thefaller01]

The real gimmick of this line is to pretend you don't exist in the game so you can think you do damage. The sad thing is that I can count 100+ more ships who can do the exact same thing and more, minus the "think" part.

[@charleslee5880]

This promotion video is crazy LOL. Japanese CA EASY TO LEARN? LOL

[@tehalexy]

3:20 SURPRISE ATTACKS? WITH 10km STEALTH? IN A CV / SUB Meta? :'D

[@nblackledn5179]

After i get Takahashii. I can tell... Every feature from this line is pure pain. Everything so miserable. For example > even i'm install 2 steering gear modification, but the maneuver still bad. WUT

[@omexgamer21]

The ship is best used as destroyer hunter

[@hiddentruth1982]

the basics are simple and easy to learn. to get good at playing isn't so much.

[@Renzuru21]

It's like playing on a bigger Akizuki

[@somnathdutta3696]

Moral of the video.... don't play Japanese light cruisers😂

[@cultureshock5000]

why do u ask us what we want and give us the opposite lol

[@tsuaririndoku]

They could just can’t add the 155mm guns on Yodo. This will fix 99.9% of the ship’s issue. Making the ship be a Heavy HE spammer with 8 seconds reload. While also vulnerable to getting hits. How hard this has to be?

[@davidb3155]

Save all the exp you would waste on this whole line and just get the Azuma instead.

[@zombiebus_eu]

Perfekt tree to reset and re-research for research points... and not play them.

[@xefino8160]

How can you call these ships Light Cruiser with that HUUUUGE size ? Takahashi and Yodo are a lot bigger than the Zao, plus they are slow and less concealled (with a longer reaload time than the 203 mm of the Zao), the Zao looks much more of a light cruiser than the Yodo.

[@SurplusMarket]

Light doesn’t refer to the size of it, it refers to its armour thickness and gun caliber.

[@xefino8160]

@@SurplusMarket maybe, but compare to all the other of the real "light" cruisers of the game, and you'll see.

[@kc9602]

So. By your own admission, WG, This line is pretty terrible. SO WHY THE HELL RELEASE THEM AT ALL?

[@SirAlric82]

So that people can complain about ships being underpowered instead of overpowered?

[@martinjimenezrodriguez3927]

This is my faborite game since 2020 and y habe lots of fun playing it.

[@jmigueldigitalstudio2545]

very nice... thanks!

[@tokiinnsproduce3485]

Fix the reload time main gun💀

[@Darthspike88]

A video telling you how mehhh this ships are. The wg hate for ijn continues.

[@Gyphon]

In six months I'd like to see the stats of how much this line will have been played.

[@Suraknar]

These are best for PVE (Operations Coop etc).. and possibly Randoms but not Ranked, Handicaps a team to play these in Ranked too frail not able to make any difference, better play a DD if you want light with low detectability and Torps...plus you get better Firirng rates on DDs no Citadels to offer up as Cannon Fodder. Many DD's can Out DPS Cruisers and Sinki BB's with HE. so..ya..not really Samurai or Warrior Ships.

[@thomasnl24]

How often did they have to use the word "modest" in this video? I see a drinking game opportunity 😅

[@danielnikolla7634]

Tommorow is my birthday make a video about uss north carolina pls

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[@parapat9957]

I am just waiting for when they will do a line with some kind of counter radar or an Italian line with their gufo radar

[@tomduke1297]

i played the T6 and loved it. its an incredibly mean little monster. if higher tiers are anything like it, this might become one of my favourite lines! i like light cruisers in general, so thats not really a surprise tbh. ;)

[@Lodai974]

unfortunately after T7 it's less attractive, not enough DPM and range to compensate for the low penetration, no heal at T8, not enough AA to resist CV, and a lot of BB that can put you at a citadel a plus of 20 km.

[@rybizhang]

p l s make the reload time faster

[@ΔημήτρηςΠολάλης]

Best way to play this line is by NOT play it at all.

[@MaxMustermann-gx7rq]

i aim a ship i shoot a ship i miss a ship .... so what is the point with that turning torp mechanics?

[@CommodoreHorton]

Seems like the best IJN CL isn't even in the CL lineup.

[@jasonjiao7881]

Make reload faster might as well play the heavy cruisers

[@FrostBeam009]

Yes very light cruiser 10k more hp than Zao LMAO

[@Zagoreni02A]

I liked Omono, although her armour was total crap and AA was disaster. Still i had fun with it.

[@imamage]

and I thought Holland(Netherland) and SEA line cruiser is bad enough..... paper armor and citadel like a Omaha/Kuma for free citadel hit Slow reload and useless AP and torps that enemy can see >1.8km away

[@marvelous5038]

Long range HE spammers that can’t even long range HE spam

[@dzello]

The line is significantly underperforming. It needs quad guns instead. Yodo with 6x4 guns thank you very much.

[@namele55777]

reminds me the 155 mogami but at least that had armour

[@logieuk]

Try and play them but after the game im just like.... What does it do this ship? (Take t9)

[@spitfire2602]

Wg performs to sell sand for touaregs.

[@KalinoursEU]

Boomers rush to buy them early access because they have no concept of competing in a video game

[@edomar2r]

Alright players, as usual stay at the edge of the map, spam HE, throw some torps and just play cowardly. Nothing new. Oh yeah remember AA still useless :)

[@Royce9019]

Turret traverse speed is horrible .

[@Hellfire918]

I mean Light Cruisers would be worth playing in WoWS if AA wasn't crap. Before the AA reworks done back during the Aircraft Carrier Reworks, no carrier would dare take a squadron over something like a Cleveland for fear that they would lose the squadron. Now they don't care, because AA will never do enough damage to the planes to stop an attack. So congrats on adding more Light Cruisers that can't do anything but be xp farms for everyone else.

[@hiddentruth1982]

don't be food aa fire, it does basically nothing. you can't stop planes from dropping their payload no matter what. all you can do is reduce the drop by a plane or two at best.

[@Shokka97]

one DD missing in last scene 🙄

[@sebastiansansa780]

Hermoso y con gran calidad el vídeo. Me dieron ganas de jugar esta rama!

[@Crisisdarkness]

Estimado Sebastián, es una bonita rama, pero sé consciente que no son los mejores cruceros, el crucero que mejor destaca entre los pares de su mismo tier, es el barco tier IX, el omono, barco de tier VII, igual es decente comparado a sus pares, por eso, piensa bien en la decisión de avanzar esta linea o no, yo tuve la suerte de desbloquear algunos de estos barcos, gracias al evento, y tengo planeado solo quedarme hasta el tier VIII solamente, ese barco de Tier VIII, es termino medio, al final esta linea no es tan competitiva, como otros cruceros, a pesar de eso, si te gusta, esta bien, yo por eso, me compraré al Shimanto.

[@cob-codeofbrawl7668]

useless aa, long ass reload with weak pen values, glass cannon armor but without the canon, manages to make zao look like a decent ship in some aspects, you really outdid yourselves

[@Interceptor00X]

all AA is useless. I don't even know why it's a statistic or even in the game at this point

[@cob-codeofbrawl7668]

@@Interceptor00X I think you are forgetting that halland full aa build can actually kill a squadron of a braindead cv player that doesnt dodge flak AA works, but not as it should, nonwhere near, what halland does it should be applied to most cruisers and bbs, they should upgrade continuous damage by a fair amount and reduce flak damage but increase the amount in all ships, that way you punish braindead players and reward actual good CV enjoyers while the surface ship player can actually see planes going down Or just better make another random mode without CV's simple as that, also without subs and supertrash

[@joao_goncalves]

Way too many "dynamic camera angles" in this video.

[@kennethfortugaleza5073]

Turtle velocity

[@davidlawand2805]

"japanese ships are popular in our game" 💀💀💀💀💀dafuq you mean the most underpowered ships in the game we need a buff

[@sinoskopyasky]

Japanese BBs are still the beasts.

[@danh7411]

Yamato is the most popular BB Shimakaze is the most popular DD Yoshino is the 2nd most popular cruiser So yea.

[@marvelous5038]

@@danh7411 they mean tech tree line ijn cruisers

[@dzello]

@@marvelous5038 The line is '' japenese ships are popular in our game'' and that's just a fact. People love japanese ships even if they're bad.

[@HomelessEmperor-ps4gs]

@@dzello To be fair they either look awesome, play awesome, or both. The japanese battleships are super solid.

[@thegeneral123]

If you removed the citadels from these ships, they might be worth playing. Far too fragile. Light cruisers have not been meta for years in this game if they don't have smoke.

[@UnicornGamingRX03]

Faster reload and torpedoes would be nice

[@sarpkaplan4449]

umm, worcester is still incredibly strong. This line just lacks dpm and utility.

[@Speedyej]

This poor branch needs a bufg

[@UnicornGamingRX03]

Only good enough for cooperation games

[@legiran9564]

You took the impressive type 5 15 cm gun and nerfed the reload from 6 second to 12.5 seconds. Therefore don't even bother with this line.

[@amosagapao6347]

Light cruiser with lacks of DPM haha

[@tajox]

Honestly? I just started the game, and chose this line because Shimanto is on Azur Lane (and she's cute). Kinda dissapointed to know that the investment won't be very good

[@archwaldo]

new player? do not grind this line if you're new, it's hard to use and very unforgiving. the line consists of support ships, so map knowledge, positioning, angling, shell and torp timing have to be top-notch since you have thin armor and the wide turning radius kinda negates the fast rudder shift. however, they have godly turret traverse speed, long-range fast reload torps, and excellent AA. shell ballistics are terrible though, so you really have to pick your shots. dont expect high damage, solo carry games with this line. instead, you think about how best to enhance and protect your teammates by denying flank pushes using torps and shredding enemy planes.

[@LarryWater]

The line is not for newbies.

[@AlvinFS27]

IJN CL line isn't easy to learn. For beginners, I recommend you to use KMS or USS cruiser/battleship

[@Cheeseybeaver45]

Ya this line will make you hate the game lol but do some research and find a line right for you and you'll have fun.

[@edwardbailey7911]

Don't play them is the answer. Light cruiser caliber guns with a Heavy Cruiser reload time is not worth playing.

[@won-tonjohn4418]

the people who master this line isn't a master of playing cruisers, they're a master of wasting time and listening to the wrong kind of advice

[@SirAlric82]

Not true. If you can perform well with crappy ships, you are gonna be god tier when you play the good ones. ^^

[@won-tonjohn4418]

@@SirAlric82 if you perform well on bad ships, then why play them in the first place when you can just play actually viable ships instead to make it easier on yourself??

[@bullreeves1109]

Now if only you guys properly released the line 3 months ago maybe there would’ve been some hype, instead of these asinine “Early Access” events that kill all hype for the new lines.

[@canatak5317]

more bonus code

[@alexgrey64]

Pure garbage line

[@AJ-ei2df]

How to best play light cruisers TL:DR: you don't.

[@doctorjegor4357]

So... what is the incentive for playing these cruisers? I see nothing appealing accept for those torps.

[@Strong_UP_Calvins_zombie]

So they are garbage?

[@okimmaheadout4236]

It's light cruiser that mean armour suck. Yes.