One Take: Minotaur

[@jamesjohnson6443]

A good mino player will frustrate the hell out of you and be a DPM god, a bad one gives you free dev strikes. Good game design, high risk, high reward.

[@Cactusjugglertm]

Even a good Minotaur player get devstruck every now and then

[@matsab7930]

Nah, the reality of this ship is that you’ll be able to do insanely well against terrible players but be useless against good players. A good player will dev strike any mino the second he’s revealed, and with all the radar cruisers around its not hard for a mino to be spotted. Plus you’re basically immobile - the British acceleration just isn’t enough and your turning circle and rudder shift are both meh. I think this thing would be a ton of fun if it had actual good acceleration so you could consistently dodge shells. Oh, and don’t forget that you’ll never get to shoot a broadside more than once if they’re not completely incompetent. It’s so reliant on your opponents being awful players, I think that’s terrible game design tbh.

[@tds6631]

@@matsab7930 The fact that everyone has radar at t10 is why i run radar on my mino usually

[@Skerra-kk6sm]

@@matsab7930 positioning is critical in the Mino and good players know how to take advantage of that. Honestly, positioning is the single biggest determining factor between good players and bad players in my opinion because it doesn't matter how good of a shot you are if you can't survive long enough to do any damage. The minor is just one of those ships that is not forgiving. I think it's one of the most balanced ships in the game.

[@matthewyang7893]

@@Cactusjugglertm Example in case thunderer cit though the deck with HE

[@atpyro7920]

Nothing is more terrifying in my mind than a well played Minotaur, because that thing absolutely shreds shit if played correctly

[@kameelhutcherson4959]

The one take series is one of my favorite wows content to consume. Refreshing to see not just the highlights of each ship but the lowlights as well.

[@tobiastime4066]

Mino is my first tier 10, my most played ship, and I really, really love it! You get amazing firepower with both guns and torps, excellent utility, and a nice, big citadel. I like a ship that get's punished when you misplay, but really rewards good plays!🤗

[@jonathansullivan6706]

Some of the most fun I've had in this game has been as a radar Minotaur. It's so risky, but nobody expects a radar mino. There's never a dull moment.

[@Skerra-kk6sm]

My clan used to always run radar minnos(before it was cool) in clan battles. Incredibly effective because nobody ever expected it. CVS basically killed ship diversity in CB

[@snugglyhedgehog]

I’ve been punished so many times by radar minos

[@boccaboi]

" One take" is your best content. I enjoy most of your vids but these are my favorite

[@zander8752]

Played a division with a mate, I was in mino with smoke and he in a Worchester. Absolute chaos and I love it

[@wesgeorge4112]

I'm a British CL Main. Neptune is almost as good as Mino. With these 2 ships, you can hold off entire flanks, coming under fire from a Minotaur can be very intimidating, and your HP will melt if you turn broadside. I prefer a smoke build, playing extremely aggressive, using my hydro as a mini, long duration radar to get in close and nuke DDs.

[@JoyousOblivion]

“I see we only have a 19 point commander…” I look at my entire fleet and don’t have any captain above 16…and that’s only one captain lol.

[@freetolook3727]

One of the things about Minotaur is it is one of the ships, if not the only ship, that doesn't lose speed when making a turn!

[@guvyygvuhh298]

If you know how to play it, radar+rpf mino can get you 2.5k xp games relatively easily, but its incredibly risky since you dont have the get out of jail free card* smoke is *not always since radars exist

[@generalkrukov5024]

Russian Carriers are "supposed" to have low Plane Hp, but their Planes get a permanent 30 % Damage reduction since its only 1 Attack run. And thei can de-toggle Fighters instantly by dropping their Payload. pErFeCtLy bAlAnCeD cOmRaDe

[@cphil_2192]

Minotaur might be one of the best tier 10 cruisers in the game. It's an extremely strong cruiser, I would even go as far to say that it's a bit OP. The reason why it doesn't get nerfed is because 90% of the playerbase doesn't know how to play it. If everyone knew how to play it 60% better than they do now, it would have to get nerfed. It can singlehandedly hold back an entire flank, and it's really hard to get dev struck if you know what you're doing. I won't sit here and lie and say it has the best survivability, but the great heal, and the amazing maneuverability is what really shines about the ship. Most people don't realize that you should NEVER reverse in minotaur, as you lose all of that amazing maneuverability as soon as you start reversing. The thing slows down and reverses like a battleship. Nice one take PQ

[@matsab7930]

This thing has terrible manoeuvrability, what are you on about? It has a big turning circle and poor rudder shift. It’s relatively slow and sluggish. Your winrate in this ship is utterly dependent on the map and flank you spawn on. I don’t consider Minotaur a threat because you’ll at most eat one salvo before you angle in and his damage is pathetic, and all it takes to de strike him is a single well-place salvo - that’s even pretty easy to do through a smoke screen.

[@Chris-xl6pd]

Mino guns are op, thats it.

[@ZozoRage]

Finally my baby, ever since I got mine it’s always been my favourite thing to play. The I have mad dpm but instantly die if I’m not careful playstyle is what makes it so fun.

[@doublesoul862]

Chkalov is stupid op, just look at its winrate.

[@carstenhansen5757]

They gotta make the morons/losers buy it. What better way, than making it op'd, vs skilled?

[@tds6631]

All of them are, I somehow have 60-70% in the serov, and im barely a decent carrier player

[@Adplosive]

It's just the fact you get 6km attack range with skip bombers and drop bombers instead of rockets to deal with DDs. I've got around a 72% win rate with Chkalov in ranked atm.

[@wilhelmt.muller170]

Colombo: gets sap PQ: yay, never overpen Austin: gets sap PQ: destroy it, cast it into the fire

[@virtuosic1]

That ship burns the hell out of me.

[@Apollyon-er4ut]

Love your vids, but SAP is what makes all the Italians work. Austin is powerful, but has a high skill level because of short range guns. I'm glad it's a part of the game.

[@mosescheng6610]

I was just wondering, how do I get the aiming mod with a star on it, the one I have is just the standard one and there’s no where to be seen in the armoury shop anyone knows ? Haha thank you PO, been following your channel for a while now as a relatively late player to WOWS, your videos does help me get better at the game . Mino is my second tier X ship and i have been struggling a bit, so i have been dying to wait for you to release this video haha, so I'm really glad you did it :) thank you PO for the great content as always :)

[@armansagmanligil1144]

the green star isn't a indicator of a special aiming mod, it just shows that you can get armory coal upgrades in that slot

[@mosescheng6610]

@@armansagmanligil1144 oh that make sense, thank you very much !

[@DuduDruidDotCom]

Minotaur without both module and 4 point Commander skill is having really... meh AA. Once you get those two together, you can see planes melt down. I run that build alongside with Radar.

[@amadeokomnenus1414]

I was just watching your container opening video and this dropped!

[@carstenhansen5757]

If it's an island map, you'd wish you had radar and if it's an open map, you wish for smoke. :P I know the feeling.

[@carstenhansen5757]

You have no burn with sap. That's a pretty big disadvangtes.

[@zobayer1]

On a second note, I miss my 8.6km no fly zone Minotaur.

[@matthewyang7893]

When American ships were no fly zones

[@theGoogol]

Great normal and easy to listen to voice. Great review. Great advice. Great vid ... Thumbs up. (edit : subbed to support).

[@droidmotorola3884]

Only fun cruiser imo. Others are just sit in a spot or kite number farmers and citadel farmers.

[@Maxhoppel]

People would do more spotting if it would be rewarding and being reflected in the game stats after a win or loose. Like Spotting and doing Damage get the same value

[@wazdalos]

Actually I think it would be great if youd play CVs as well for better perspective. The T8 Russian premium is really busted and in general the Russian CVs seem crazy strong. But id like to see you playing Midway for example or Haku. A lot has changed since the rework state and Id say they are balanced pretty well. You have to play smart to make them work, a little more than you'd expect I would dare to say :D

[@alexanderfranke9951]

I think you didnt shoot down the planes so fast cause minotaurs long range AA isnt that strong. The strong Mino AA is midrange and that is from 4km. Nice vid PQ

[@FreshCoolBeer]

Do you have any special MODs that make the graphics looks better? The water is much better than mine for example, thanks.

[@lel_fgt6699]

im new to this game, why this battleship has a really fast reload (like about seconds) while usually BB that i play (tier 4/5) has about 30 seconds to reload

[@lel_fgt6699]

@@krammy7224 i see.. that explains.. Thanks! But among cruisers i saw, his reload time is still awesome. Is it the nature of tier X cruiser?

[@siriusczech]

Radar Mino is the beast. 9,1 concealment with 10 km 50s+ radar (with coal module, definitely worth it btw) is a super DD fighter and you are the one that definitely control who spots who. Smoke is better with farming dmg openwater, but radar is more game-impactfull and kind-of counterbully for enemy DDs. You get spotted without shooting? Press radar and in 5s you have all your guns pointed on a target that has nowhere to go to instantly hide :D

[@zobayer1]

With so many RADARs and CVs literally every match, smoke Mino is better option right now.

[@matsab7930]

And then you’re immediately devstruck if a single battleship is paying attention. This only works if you’re playing against terrible players lol

[@zobayer1]

@@matsab7930 no. I can confirm you, it can be played against superunicum divisions, as long as you're a better superunicum 🤣

[@siriusczech]

@@matsab7930 works in golden ranked pretty well. Arcs and positioning, man ;)

[@matsab7930]

@@siriusczech or just play petro and outperform every mino ever?

[@keyl1m382]

Can you do a One Take on the Klèber? I'm a Legends player, and would really love to see how you play it. Love your vids!

[@alan_162]

Another 30min vid love that man🤭

[@rockefeller63]

Concept was a good word you used. You also forgot that its not only a cv but a soviet one... :)

[@dzy061]

can you also do a one take on the Dmitri Donskoi? I have not seen featured gameplay of her for ages! Love your videos!

[@dasenpetric9149]

My cruiser WR is 53%, but with Salem it's only 45% :( I dont get it.

[@drink15]

Any other Mino players finger start twitching when he started shooting?

[@karlosantiago5902]

mino radar vs mino smoke who you got?

[@Flatulent_fox]

The SAP on italian ships it's fine, but on Austin is broken, he should have normal AP and HE, just like all the other American cruisers

[@mattbailey1613]

My favourite ship for ranked tier 10 as thats when I have the most fun!

[@MrTrool323]

Tbh the Russian cv's have some kind of a gimmick is just makes them take a bit less damage compared to other cv's

[@oliverjepson6248]

Love the one takes

[@rallius8629]

New PA cruiser line going to play like really big destroyers, range is too short for much else. Radar, especially Soviet radar is a very hard counter to a smoke ship with 13km firing range.

[@PrinzEugen39]

Can you do other tier than 10?

[@elpearsono4452]

dumped my AA skill for RPF. Found RPF a lot more useful (after been a skeptic)

[@hitori2643]

can you do one take: goliath?

[@brokeafengineerwannabe2071]

Love your videos

[@derrickstorm6976]

I don't play myself, what's the first games map called?

[@JoyousOblivion]

Says in the video. “Warrior’s Path”

[@JLewisRacing927]

RADAR MINO FTW!!!!!!!

[@shaneduc]

It's War Gamming, what did you expect?

[@zobayer1]

What is this build, no DE... 😅

[@jbktkj]

RU planes are not what they said they were, they are tough to shoot down.

[@juliansantos3840]

My Mino radar has 62% wr it's simply hilarious 😂

[@sardaukerlegion]

Cannot explain why, but i have a better feeling with the (radar) Neptune.

[@Ruslakall]

I have the feeling that you've not played many games in a CV, I get it, CV bad and ppl who play CV are bad, but you need to play it to understand it's mechanics. I say this because I notice you complain, very subtly about CV supposed overpowerness. I've played a lot of CV games and as a result I hardly ever get into a situation where I get wrecked by them. Playing CV, normal damage score is around 100k, sure there are exception for some CV's like Nakhimov or Super CVs, but think about it, how many times do you see CVs in top 3? In your particular game, around 16:00 I was a bit surprised that chkalov even hit 1 torps since you were bow in, in a very nimble ship and chkalov has very long arming distance of his torps, but you did shoot five planes at least, without showing broadside, also Minotaur only has really strong AA at medium range. The only thing I can agree is a bit OP about CVs is the spotting, but you have to remember your team also has CV spotting and I hear that CV spotting mechaning is scheduled for a rework in near future. When you think about it, is it any more annoying having planes over you dropping bombs than a smoked Minotaur hammering you from a safe distance? At least you can shoot down the planes. I definitely recommend you play more high tier CV games, you may find out CVs are not that OP and even learn to counter them. I say all this with the greatest respect :)

[@dexterfitben]

SAP will do a lot of damage on your bow

[@oneangrycanadian6205]

Lol your upset about sap ammo!!! Most people are up set about Minos so guess you have to deal with the sap

[@brads2041]

Greed is good

[@Chris-xl6pd]

Mine - Oh - Tor. Np, just helping another American that struggles with basic pronunciation. I get bad understanding of things that arent obvious but how the hell is "tar" anything like "taur".

[@colombiaproboy]

Play A. Nevsky plss. Lova ya

[@domidomi917]

Sneaky AA mechanics that are far from obvious helped that Chkalov get through...

[@Dominus_Potatus]

SAP is like AP... hard to heal

[@mole741]

they abuse ingame buffs to CVs when they are first attacking and then last flight. I think its 35% reduction to flak damage

[@DEATHRAGE157]

We are going to get the mino for 0 silver and no grind on the console version 8)

[@benjaminmello8023]

shoot, im always second

[@dexterfitben]

To be honest pomme de terre..im getting tired of all the channels only playing tierX. How about some V~VII gameplay redux etc...remember, there a still a lot of players moving thru the ladders.

[@i4y]

Such a great game before the CV rework, SAP, "submarines" and Russian ships.