Super-Unicum Aiming Guide

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I spent a lot of time on this one, hope it helps you learn about aiming in the game. Starting at the basics and then getting to some pretty advanced techniques. I think this is a good summation of everything you need to know. I graze over some stuff like weak spots and positioning to get the best shots possible because they seem like different videos, or in the case of weak spots all you have to do is look at the armor viewer in-game to find them.
I'm Potato_Quality, a member of O7, and probably one of the best battleship players in this game. Hopefully, on this channel, I can teach you a bit about how battleships are played. Thanks for watching.
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Chapters:
0:00 why you should listen to me
1:25 auto-aim and its issues
3:47 large UI testing
4:36 how ships move
7:52 predicting your opponents
13:39 horizontal accuracy (dynamic crosshair)
16:12 vertical accuracy (minimap dot)
18:20 using all previous techniques to aim
20:27 aiming for weak points
22:51 aiming at ships in smoke
27:02 blind firing (aiming at unspotted ships)
31:33 aiming with 0 info
35:00 conclusion
35:42 important mods
39:07 end

[@maximusretardious4597]

Rules of world of warships: (1) Your shells will always overpen, ricochet or miss regardless of the targets angle. (2) You will always get citadelled no matter what angle your ship is at. (3) the only shell to hit you will start a fire right after you used damage control to put out the 3 fires just set on you.

[@zoranpribanic2083]

...and you gonna keep that 48% WR that you got by following that rules of yours...

[@zoranpribanic2083]

@GunslingerXXI ..its not about stats..its about attitude...idk if this guy just wanna be funny or this is his attitude for the game he gonna have bad results by following this rules of his..

[@ToeCutter454]

dont forget about having your engine knocked out with back to back volleys or shells that don't even touch your ship while playing DD and having engine room protection...

[@jmackmcneill]

No matter how obvious the joke, there is someone too stupid to get the joke. (with bonus points for being objectively incorrect on top of being a humourless pedant)

[@BB-np4ib]

@GunslingerXXI if you got 47% winrate, it's because you are a potato. Get better

[@alaric7938]

Potato Quality:”All that matters is the dot on the mini map” Me who plays WOW legends: What...

[@JBLaOHeI]

we dont need to learn how to aim,.... we need to learn how to pray to RNGesus

[@brotato7640]

Let me hook you up with my local Church of Stalin pastor. His name is Kappa. For every ARP Yamato I buy that's 10 free dev strikes

[@GM_YYC]

No, no. I need to learn how to aim properly because I really suck. :-)

[@Alexzander19736]

@@GM_YYC Take a number and get in line

[@Just_som_Ottur]

No, we need to instal mods, since apparently cheating by using outside executive files isn’t against WoW’s rules.

[@zinogrevz7389]

basicly me in the Bismark

[@gunnyhighway178]

Wow, really appreciate the in-depth guide here. Many other guides I’ve tried to watch go nowhere near this level of detail. I also appreciate seeing you on KOTS as being one that isn’t speaking out of his ass, but practicing what you preach. Not trying to shame the others that try to explain what they do, but many do these small details innately and don’t think to talk about them or have a hard time explaining them concisely. As an IRL USMC marksmanship coach, trying to shoot with incomplete information about your weapon or the tools on it is unthinkable. Good instruction means teaching all the tools at hand to help the student maximize the chance for success. Now off to try and delete some filthy weekenders!

[@Alexzander19736]

Hunting ducks? Comes close to that.

[@VermilionMk.1]

boooooooot

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME." In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ." Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LoiteringReaper]

As I've learned, there is always a reason for why something happens. A cause and an effect. If you don't understand or see why something is happening to you, then you'll know eventually through experience and learning more.

[@RobertBreckenridge13]

Stat queens exhibit little dick energy. Judging people on their learning curve or because they are more casual players is pathetic. It's pixels, and you don't even own them. Calm down.

[@miyano3116]

The 1:52 moment that Idk how to even name it: >aim off target >still hit 4 out of 6 shells >3 of them are Torpedo Protection hit >RNG-is-Fun-and-Engaging.jpg

[@KapitanPoop]

Pretty much why I quit this game.. that and how CV's have no counter and ruined any chance of dynamic gameplay

[@wmopp9100]

but why did he aim off target? I didn't get why he WANTED to shoot the island

[@iwuanadie1058]

@@wmopp9100 did you even watch the video?

[@kujousara101]

when im using my montana, when I am shooting a maneuverable target ,I am shooting with one gun first then if he move then shoot.. absolute big brain solution for annoying ships that can dodge your shots

[@mrdunk2955]

Funny thing I do is shoot in all possible directions the ship can go left, right, straight and it works from time to time.

[@uberfu]

@@mrdunk2955 Is that method kind of like how a broken is clock face is right twice a day ?

[@Korovkin_Pavel]

Yes, it works. And with 4 turrets you can herd ships. There was several times when cruisers get spotted at 17km away, going nearly nose in to me. Nobody want to be close to BB, so they need to turn, they start turning you fire 1 turret, they stop the turm, they start turning again you fire 1 turret, and then it is 12 km away and it is too late to turn and run away.

[@jack0fspades-svg629]

@@uberfu nice Richthofen quote right?

[@TheCodyLaxton]

@@Korovkin_Pavel This is the way to do it, holding your shots so they hold their angle waiting on you to dump your shells. I'm going to try this :)

[@Goldencoins]

You just explained the dynamic crosshair to me in like 3 sentences. I've seen forum discussions and other lengthy videos trying to explain it and I still couldn't get it. So great, thank you.

[@amirulasyraf9199]

@The dhgate 1:1 Replica reviews you have to count in the ship's speed as well. from what i've read about dynamic crosshair so far, this crosshair really works for when the enemy ship is going 30 knots. less than that, you'll have to start eyeballing it. i might be wrong tho so just take it with a grain of salt

[@PotatoQuality]

Thank you to those suggesting the Nomogram Crosshair, I tried it yesterday and thought it would be better based on my first few games. However, I found the crosshair wasn't accurate at long range with long flight times. At closer range, it was very good as it simplified the horizontal aiming to just thinking about the enemy ship's speed. I just find myself mainly using the crosshair at long range and going by feeling more at close range, so I will continue to recommend the Smart Horizon crosshair if you are looking for a dynamic one. edit: Since Battleframe minimap hasn't been updated for a while I've switched to the minimap buy autospy. As a bonus, everything is configurable from in-game so no need to go into the config files :)

[@lickkittysplit3871]

I'll try it!

[@zublacus]

Interesting. iChase and LittleWhiteMouse did a whole thing about how the Nomogram is the most accurate at long range....maybe Smart Horizon wasn't around. Nomogram Classic has 30 kt ticks on top and 20kt ticks on the bottom....so for long range Kleber shots you double the bottom and add time or double the top and subtract...whatever works for you.

[@tombaker2510]

@@zublacus I don't know what his talking about but accuracy wise Noragami is perfectly fine. you just have to remember not everyone is 30kt or 20kt lots ships are 35kt so you have to lead a tiny bit more. My stats are 60% WR and 2200PR so I would like to think I am decent at this game.

[@BigChutes]

Nomo is year(s) ago.,q

[@winstinwin7650]

Dude I down loaded smart horizon but the crosshair it’s self is bright green, any idea how to make it white like yours is??

[@kieranjones2346]

You've outdone yourself with this guide. Very useful. Thank you!

[@colonelclank]

No kissing aft!!

[@andrewshaughnessy669]

This actually helped a lot. My biggest issue was always trying to shoot vertically. I really like how you detailed the shots and explained the way the system calculates each shot that is fired.

[@101roccat101]

dude i wish the video was longer, with more details. but this was by far the most details ive gotten from anyone in WOW with the lengthiest video out of all i seen, from point to point, only valid and important information, good editing, good analogies, proper visualizations , this defiantly gave me a huge boost in how to aim. Bless you PQ

[@Alexjames969]

I faced off against you in a match and you absolutely annihilated me and I pride my self in battleship plays. Thank you for this. Take my sub. I hope to reach your skill level someday.

[@jaredellifritt6094]

Honestly I have been watching several tutorials while playing this game. Thank you for taking the time to create this. Very helpful

[@FJFuentesCO]

So obvious! Yet amazing at the same time! Landing some nice shots just making the check on the mini map before firing. With a high accuracy BB like the NC, results are way up! Thanks for putting this together and sharing!

[@nicholaslamour5530]

Cannot tell you how long I’ve been looking for a comprehensive analysis of this system. Glad someone knowledgeable finally put in the effort

[@Tedster59]

Great video. I've been trying to break a lot of instinctive aim habits I've built over the years, which work, but are holding me back from getting to the next level. You've done a great job of explaining what I've been doing purely on instinct and providing a system to utilize the tools the game gives you (and a few that it doesn't) to put actual calculations and math to use to take the instinct out of aiming. The minimap is criminally under-used for aiming, given WG's wonky auto-aim. For the smoke-firing part, it's probably worth mentioning the difference between AP and HE tracers in terms of starting position relative to the smoked ship, and in a situation that can spare the voice coms bandwidth, ask for corrections from a sunken ally to spot your shellfire with freecam, or for targetting information on a ship out of render in a cyclone :)

[@chillshock2144]

Really nice guide. I just started a few weeks ago and am still learning. This is really helpful!

[@innerarts4091]

Best aiming guide out there by far dude, thanks for the effort put on this video. Subscribed.

[@pegasusted2504]

One of the biggest problems I have with the aiming is when you are tracking a fully viewed ship and the ship sails behind an island. Even if your shells have the ability to loft the island and continue hitting the ship, as evidenced by the fact the shells do that if they become spotted and you can aim on them again etc, when the ship goes unspotted your shells lose their loft and just fly straight into the island. Using a spotter plane allows this to some extent but it should work all the time and not have your aim hijacked just because there happens to be an island in the path of the shells.

[@panpeter9828]

Thank you for this comprehensive video. Although i find it slightly complicated. You've answered all the questions i had and gave more than enough information abt the game.

[@guyincognito1560]

Appreciate these vids. Have really learned a lot and improved my playing. I was so bad that people would tell me to destroy my PC. Now, not so much.

[@johnthebeard84]

Thanks very much for this. Have already noticed an improvement in my long range shots.

[@Boomax-rr5fk]

First game after this I had a 190k game in my Montana, a new personal best in that ship, after I struggled to make her work whatsoever beforehand. Thanks man!

[@SillPVGaming]

Man, what a vid. Two Thumbs way up. On that amazing blind shot at 33:50, I think you also took in consideration the fact that the DD player wouldn't move at all, cause he would want to watch his torps hit you. So, just perfect! Loved the vid.

[@isoluc11]

First time viewer on YT but i did watch your stream on twitch here and there. Thank you so much for this vid. I will work on most points that you did share, i did need this to get a bit better in this game.

[@justenough2326]

Really nice video ty, well thought out and put together. I'm a veteran who does 80% of what you say with fairly good results but defintely taking away stuff form this to improve my play. There's a thing in gaming that makes one assume the players at the top are somehow arrogant or unapproachable and you've just torpedoed that right in the citadel :)

[@williamthornburgh3675]

Wow. Been waiting for a vid like this for a while. Bravo!

[@mrdunk2955]

Literally had an amazing game after watching this video. Thank you!

[@positron5687]

It is just the best Video that i found on KZbin i the last 3 or 4 Years! Thank you very much!

[@83cable]

So I wasn’t far off with telling my friends that I just use the force to aim...

[@MaroNavy]

Nice vid. Very informative. Thanks for going through it in such great detail!

[@Flipped_Bits]

Great Video/highlight reel! Got me all motivated to improve my game. Wish it was as easy as you make it look in the video. Please make some more tutorial videos- you r a natural!

[@StephenGoodman1001]

First spotter plane sniping dev strike in Repulse thanks to this guide and correctly predicting the turn of an enemy Nürnberg. Thanks, PQ!

[@rogerbogh3884]

Yup... Went partway through this when it first came out. Figured it was all Purple Toga Stuff so blew it off. Now that I have gotten into Tier VI and seen enemy player movement I revisited. Awesome video. The use of the mini-map for aiming is going to be difficult, but possible. Liked and Subscribed.

[@slip6699]

Great job! Thanks for the effort on this one.

[@suryia6706]

Ichase had a rule "Practice!". Everything you have said reinforces this 😀. Great video

[@SuperK3V1N007]

This video alone deserve a subscribe. After 5 years playing, I thought I know everything about aiming. Turns out I need to go back to the basics

[@mmogeek1]

Literally the game after I took the time to get the mods and my settings right I got 6 citadels in my Yamato. Great guide!

[@ShiftyBandit214]

I just recently stumbled on this video and I have to say it has been very helpful

[@sjparkinson]

Thanks for that. Good run down on smoke firing which is the number one pain point for me. Cheers.

[@double_cx4666]

Excellent narration voice. It's completely different from reality where you'd really be whining about how every one of these salvos wasn't a dev strike. 10/10 improvement.

[@cristianchiracu6309]

Me seeing those thunderstorm dev strikes - instant subscribe. Man, you're good

[@adel1510]

Dude, u earned my like and sub, u really helped me a lot, my damage went from 20-30k per game now it's 150-200 from just 2 games using ur guide, thank You again Captain

[@floriangantner9950]

Great Guide. Improved my aiming instantly

[@feanorn8409]

Just found this guide. Awesome, thank you very much for this. Especially the UI trick. I knew, that sometimes my shells just dont land where im aiming...

[@varanzmaj]

OMG.....I have 700 battles played, and only now discovered this video, and the dynamic crosshairs exist.....Thank you. Thank you. Win rate, prepare to go up a percent! :P

[@Mantose262]

Glad this video popped up in my recommended watch thing. If this video was only 30 seconds long and only showed me how the real aim is the circle on the minimap it would still be the best world of warships video I have watched.

[@ehsanity]

eassyyy subscribed. After watching this became a sniper in my tier 4 battles LOL thanks for sharing!

[@alemaorobsondirschnabel670]

You got my attention, pretty good video man, I already used the dot for Cyclones blind fires, but didn't know it was so much better than your screen aim, I'm going to sub. :)

[@Milan74]

Played wows since day one but this vid still teached me a couple of things. Thanks.

[@DeckCannons]

2 Years later and still earning likes

[@RomanAmirdzhanov]

Thanks for the good work. Been looking for something like this for ages to improve my game, and now i have it. Have a sub 😉

[@neonlight1214]

Very nice from you to share this to us. That clip from a streamer aiming 2km above a republique really explained all my issues when my shells fall short or above. It's so frustrating. Maybe do a video about DDs and how to aim with the torpedoes. It's way different and just would be nice to hear ,not sure if you are a DD player. Being a DD nowadays is a torture

[@maximillicon1166]

been playing for 5 years...still learning..great info

[@tedoyle61]

Love the carrier shot!

[@foowashere]

Thank you for the upload. 👍 Subbed. I’m knew about the auto-aim mechanics in principle, but had no idea it was so overriding. Mind-blowing stuff. But one observation on the aim at the Roon at 9:45. It looks like you clearly adjust screen-aim for a turn in as you say, but the mini map reticle looks pretty much locked on to his straight line, to the nearest pixel, meaning that your prediction was cancelled out by the auto-aim.

[@rokko1020]

you most certainly earned a sub and a like. i love the in-depth explanations

[@mrbill862]

Awesome video, thanks, well made and informative. Props

[@rossboss8885]

Right after watching this video played a game using the North Carolina and got 5 Citadel hits, 2 kills, and 80k damage. Thanks for the tips

[@gramshaku]

that is great info. I didn't know about that line on the horizon line.

[@billseventy6825]

@Potato Quality , very good info and presentation for your video , I personally learned a couple of things thx to you ,, one thing I'd like too bring to the table is something I learned in real life while serving in the Military as a tank soldier ( yes I know what you are thinking , how is this useful to a game of Ships shooting each other lol , read on it 'll come apparent ;) )...... Quite simple a technic we learned when firing main armament " Sight picture" , basically this means observing Fall of shot ( for us in WoWs the fired "salvo" of all the turrets ;) ) as the shot( shots) land either on target or in area of target, use the "Reticle pattern" to correct your shooting ,this should mean that ( to 75% ) your next salvo should hit either all or partially the target .. This process is how I fire in Wows works for me ,and range doesn't really matter it can be used at any range ,obviously the further away the target is might mean that it'll take a couple more "salvo's" to effectively hit the target , once you use this technic you'll get a "feeling" for where too aim ... Many thanks for putting this video up I think alot of players should watch it and learn as you explain alot of technics ..... Stay safe !!

[@larsgustavsson4326]

Wow. The trick with the minimap aim gave me a 93K damage and highest XP of the team with an Algerie on a T9 game (far more than I use to have), followed by me pinpointing an angling Hornet from 20kwith my Fredrich Grosse on the next. Hats off for sharing.

[@uberfu]

Damn - I'm going tro ahve to go abck over this video a few times - but thanks. You pointed out a few things I didn't know and also never thoughty of. Even without slapping on the extra mods; just the basic aiming mechanics walkthrough helped.

[@MercenaryZack]

You did earn yourself a sub, thanks man, very helpful and to the point.

[@MrWhitearchon]

Highly informative and to the point :)

[@crazyr0m]

Amazing guide man! Please, make more!!! Subscribed here and on twitch.

[@xenius7770]

It was a very interesting guide, i'm a bit of new player in game and my shoots often have gone too above or below the ship with auto aim but i was thinking it was dispersion. I've now really learned something, it's probably will taking time but i will learn to aim with the mini map now thanks

[@erikkardana2328]

you are good at it sir...salute.

[@SWORDSLINGEROMIO]

You've won the whole video and you've earned my respect ❤🖤❤🖤

[@jordananderson2728]

Holy shit I never knew that about the dynamic crosshair! I will absolutely be using that from now on - thank you!

[@kennyplayswowsworldofwarsh5040]

great video, i learned much tips form this, thanks

[@rockefeller63]

dude.... you are going to get subs crazy fast... what a monster of a video!

[@rockefeller63]

6 months later, what did i say?? 😊

[@johnmedford7200]

Thx...........some great info. I've noticed the "dot" but never thought to use it.

[@AH-pq7yw]

@Potato Quality, thanks for very usefull tips. I would like to give my tactics: 1. Actually the best crosshair is "Nomogram Modern" in ModStation, I call it "legal cheating" because it has only 10 20 30 40 knts scales and your shells hit the spot exactly what enemy ship' speed is. It doesnt matter if you are shooting Des Moines's slow shells or Petropavlovsk's railguns, you will always hit for example Montana (30 knts) if you aimed for 30. 2. I have my own smoke shooting tactic that works perfectly for potato smoke campers especially. All I have to do is aim at the middle of smoke screen (the middle spot between back and front white borders of smoke screen) where the shells are coming from. This method works because most of the time Smolensk and Minotaur smoke up and stand still inside their smoke so theit citadel ends up being in the middle of smoke screen.

[@garethfairclough8715]

I had to switch away from NM in the mod station, just because it was way too busy visually. It was a nice idea, but when I tried using it I found myself losing track of where certain markers were. I'd have to really hunt for the right marker (say, the 8s marker) and by the time I've found it, the target has noticed and has ruined the shot. I went back to the stock dynamic, but I might try the horizon one he mentions in this vid.

[@godlikeghost4839]

extremely helpful! thanks a bunch!

[@mordicuspb]

impeccable guide!!

[@Four9sFineJewelry]

Shot 4: Doesn’t react. (Aka gave up on life.) GREAT video. Thank you for this. I’m glad I’m not the only one noticing shots are falling way shorter these days.

[@MrGrim2u1987]

Fantastic guide ... Cheers

[@Vulcanisings]

Really good video! Thanks for sharing.

[@mykilbee]

thanks from TxT, man, I have been asking everyone for a long time how to make the mini map bigger!

[@mykilbee]

@AKUJIRULE ; hmmm, really? Lol… I have three screens, my resolution is 5600 X 1080p, I am looking at 84” of screen when I play the game, a normal size map, even after pressing the + sign, as you say, it not to my satisfaction, thanks though. if you would bother to watch the WHOLE video you would understand what he was talking about. Thanks though…

[@jason199506]

great guide long range horizontal lead is the one thing im having huge trouble with right now

[@chronographer]

That blind shot was really nice. You could also use the negative information of your friendly ibuki too. IF he was further away, the ibuki would be spotting him, we can't see him, so he must be hiding between the two of us.

[@balderskjold1581]

This guy is so humble man❤

[@reimuhakurei2208]

Thanks a lot mate, this video helped me (a noob) a lot!

[@0l_l0]

Min 11:38: Quite few players use to enter the smokescreen area while enemy is shooting at "them"... They're thinking to go through or hide while many times the only results is just set the smokescreen owner to get hit/sunk!! Very unfair!! How smart is that? So use that as a sample to explain what "not to do" when few ships are shooting at you!! Make sure you are undetected when you invade someone else cover-up area. Got nothing to do with respect, but is tactically stupid to bring the fire focus point within someone area of camouflage. Very nice on the Aiming lessons, thank you!

[@rkcoon]

Played the game since beta, always suspected that primary reticle was broken. Glad someone finally proved it.

[@bobzzo9041]

frustration led me here. Sometimes frustration is a good thing. Excellent guide mate and big thanks from me. Btw the minimap size can be changed in game with the + / - (at least in current version)

[@nfthero4280]

New player here. Does this apply today in 2024?

[@rockefeller63]

This is still my favourite video when it comes to WoWs 👌

[@imamrka1]

best aim guide i ever learn, i learn it and get rewarded instantly

[@legiox3719]

Nice tips. did not know about the dot.

[@motomikewisowsky1]

awesome video thanks man!

[@geekonomist]

I just blind shot citadeled a CV from max range in a FIJI, using many of the mini map tips you have highlighted here. Would have been impossible otherwise Mr Quality. Not a kill, but as good as it can be in a Fiji. Thanks again.

[@johnconger2522]

very helpful info. thanks!

[@vestal896]

Very well done, learned alot. :)

[@unclelou8636]

Knew about the minimap dot and used it sometimes. Had I known the primary reticle was so useless I would use the dot a lot more. Makes me wonder why the main aiming GUI element in an arcade shooter is so awful. Only thing I can think of is that it has to do with vertical and horizontal planes and the arcs through which the shells pass, whereas most shooters use projectiles with essentially flat trajectories. I have often wondered why shots that appeared to be lined up perfectly yielded such poor results; after the most recent patch it seems worse than usual (may be confirmation bias tho). Will definitely have to start paying more attention to the magic dot. Excellent vid. +1

[@davidsu8950]

This is the best teaching :D

[@Cerberus0076]

Great advice,thx sir

[@yxxy8055]

Dude this guide was so fucking good! Thx for this keep this stuff up

[@onemileperhour]

really helpful, thanks mate