World of Warships- What Battleship Line Is Right For You In 2023?

[@herrhaber9076]

Is it just me or yesterday's and today's videos are much better and interesting than many of the previous weeks ? Is Carrier Con having such a positive effect on your mood that we can feel it in your content ? Enjoy the event and the IRL's ! :)

[@suryia6706]

SLM'S video's are just getting progressively more polished. BZ

[@MrEyescream]

For me, the cons to the US BBs is actually that they are boring. They are good and effective but i dont know why, i rather have two loses in my FdG and one win and i can use my secondarys, than three wins in my N. Carolina. The stats say they are good, everyone who played them says they are good and best for new players. But after i startet to play them, i got so bored, i played other lines who had some gimmicks. Therefore in my opinion, for me, boredom was the downside to the american BBs

[@hihello6773]

I agree, like it’s boring and not really unique. I play the mobile game of world of warship blitz and it pains me to use American BB. I mainly use BBs and I rather grind Italian BBs as they are kinda unique with gas to cover yourself and SAP shells. Blitz version of Colombo ship have 30 second reload when most Bb have around 20s, but in exchange you have 16 main guns to use and a unique shell no one has, and I can think of ways to utilise this ship effectively

[@wesgeorge4112]

My personal favorite: French line. Tried and true: Japanese and American lines

[@kisukeoda1171]

Amagi is amazing at close range I used her during the last t8 brawls and won most of my matches

[@gow1044]

@kisukeoda I was in the amagi part of the Japanese bb grind and the brawls got me to Izumo.

[@ArekishiKishi]

@@gow1044 secondary amagi in ops is so underrated too that armor is so trolly , often i can tank around 2,5m potential damage and had around 400k in narai ^^

[@kisukeoda1171]

Got Izumo that way to and I hate izumo so much

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

Mainly because the gun accuracy is so much better between close and medium range and is why the IJN ships are so much more fun at close range because they are more consistent with the gun accuracy.

[@Strykenine]

The Montana, despite not being as shiny as all of the new gimmick ships, remains such a great ship. The Yamato is also timeless, but mostly because of its guns.

[@hashteraksgage3281]

Yamato is also decently tanky at range and bow in

[@ItsMrChewy]

Yamato armor bad so basically its a bad brawler

[@heenthousiast383]

the only reason i grinded Yamato first was because it looked really awesome, and i still haven't regretted that choice

[@Taooflu]

I’ve worked my way up the French, American and Japanese BB lines as a casual player. Stopped at tier 9 for the first two, and got the Yamato, and boy do I love this ship. The guns are just so fun - shell velocity is decent, and to me it just feels so reliable because it only takes 1 shell to ruin someone’s day, and with a decent reload time you’ll be slinging small cars across the map the whole game (until a sub or DD nukes you)

[@motaz1975]

even today i dont think you can go wrong with the usa montana line. i think alot of people get enticed by long range german secondaries and find out the hard way that brawling aint what it used to be. i think accurate hard hitting mid/long range bbs is where its at. USA, France, and brit BCs

[@roys.1889]

Been playing since open beta so a question like this is kind of redundant since I basically have every techline bb already (except Conq but I have a Thunderer for that) A question i do wanna ask is this: What can an older player do to have fun in WoWS? Grinding techlines isnt that interesting anymore since we own most of them already. Game modes have gotten stale for sure. And its easy to burn out on the latest dockyard or event ship. What can I do?

[@varanzmaj]

you could try resetting a few lines and regrinding for research points? Unless you've already done that. The research ships are really nice. (Or so they tell me, I have 0)

[@roys.1889]

@@varanzmaj I can and I have. I'm currently waiting for the 3 month reset to hit so I can regrind one more line to get Siegfried. I already have Ohio and Slava so unless they're adding anything new I'm not particularly interested in getting any more of these Research ships.

[@stinkymuffin]

When I just want to have a good time I get in a bb with a speed boost and secondaries like alscace or georgia and rush a cap with HE loaded. You need to be a decent shot and know how to dodge torps but generally dds aren't ready for a suicidal bb.

[@jaywerner8415]

Good List video Sea Lord, perfect ship lines for their respective ranges. OH MY GOD, will people ever get over the fact that US DREADNAUGHTS ARE SLOW?! They may be slow, but they SPIN like tops as a result. The tier 8 and up Dreadnaughts have 23 knots max vs the 21 knots max of previous tiers without modifiers, with the Flag and Brisk (plus 10% speed when undetected) you can get them up to 24-25 knots. New Mexico is pretty Meh though, but at least she has 12 guns so at least you throw alot of shells when uptiered. Also cus its a dreadnaught the Torp Bulge also acts as armor. Use the side armor and Bulge armor to your advantage and you should be mostly fine. As for Colorado, i can understand the "speed envy" but you also got 16inch guns at tier 7 and while it IS only 8 guns, US cannons can actually hit stuff unlike certain OTHER nations that shall remain anonymous. Also as long as you take advantage of her Torp bulge armor and the EXTRA THICC side armor, Colorado is pretty Tanky.

[@cyberwaste]

I hate the US battleships because of the slow shells. With people figuring out throttle juking in their cruisers, it's just annoying as hell. Any cruiser player who isn't a complete idiot is looking at the sky whenever they're spotted, and it's pretty rare a good one gets hit by US bb shells. You have to get lucky enough to catch them in a crossfire where they're looking at your teammate or sitting behind an island assuming your shells can't get over the top. Otherwise, you're just firing at things and hoping they're stupid. Also, who wants to grind 360k xp in a Colorado? 0 people. Vermont is a good time if you have a good team. The hybrids suck and you're going to get reported by salty chodes.

[@Taooflu]

I could never get the hand of the slow shell velocity, it always felt slower than it should be. And even when it hit, the supposed heavy AP didn’t always deliver. Granted I only played up to the Iowa. I couldn’t stand the NC - so slow, and the Iowa is a better ship but facing Tier 10s in it sucks.

[@MyHentaiGirl]

If you wanted a pure BB gun focus experience, IJN can't go wrong Next best probably USN BB (Monty) The gun of these two feel the most consistent for me

[@drererdrerer2044]

Vermont

[@Seluecus1]

They're great until the RNG Gods decide that they're going to troll the shit out of you by having your ships constantly shoot at max dispersion for a week straight.

[@MyHentaiGirl]

@@Seluecus1 suprisingly for me it is overpen or ricochet Dispersion from USN and IJN hardly ever troll me, German and Italian, holy jesus their BB accuracy is to the moon

[@jensgaus781]

Honestly, I love do the Italian BB. On the European server they are accurately shooting, my honest opinion, and their SAP is a winner. BTW, I haven't seen the smoke generator in Europe yet.

[@joshtheking1772]

I dont care what line you choose but Montana with Heavy AP, oh baby, thats some serious pain in the rain of steel buddy.

[@xarglethegreat]

the british battleships having poor armor in higher tiers is so annoying, historically they had excellent quality, thick and well distrubuted armor and a thick deck,, the guns were also very accurate with the 15 inch and 14 inch guns being very accurate.

[@defaq5557]

I personally played the Italian BBs as ambushers. The good torpedo protection, exhaust and amazing AP pen and SAP allows me to sneak into unsuspecting position and dev strike anyone thats not a DD, as long as the enemy CV is not paying attention.

[@armanhadi777]

Italian BB is the worst line.

[@calebworkman7719]

@@armanhadi777wrong and bad take

[@hideshisface1886]

Basically I agree. Go German's for close range (battlecruiser line seems better at the moment, but proper BB line has better main guns) , with a caveat that Germans may be a bit more situational than the rest. considering the brawling being kind of discouraged due to subs. For mid-ranger/universal, go standard US line, not the fat line. For ranged - go Japanese. All these lines have one thing in common - simplicity - con complex, weird gimmicks, there is just you and the ship and the enemy team. No weird situational quirks, no strange tradeoffs, weird behaviour or bizarre consumables. Basic is not always a bad thing.

[@Chaoshero5567]

Ehhh, bc line has better dispersion

[@hideshisface1886]

@@Chaoshero5567 and absurdly miserable penetration to boot - tier VI for that matter has penetration values similar to a tier III BB. It doesn't matter much if you hit if you can't to damage. Doesn't matter that much against cruisers... but let's be real - BBs in WoWs outnumber cruisers quite significantly.

[@Chaoshero5567]

@@hideshisface1886 Schlieffens pen is simmilar to Gks pen? idk what you problem is

[@hideshisface1886]

@@Chaoshero5567 You realise that when you grind the line, you don't start on tier 10, right? And most newer players won't have excessive free XP accumulated. So I don't find to to be a bad idea to, for example, let people know that grinding this line at tier 6-7 = penetration of tier 3, meaning you need to spam HE against nearly every serious target.

[@Chaoshero5567]

@@hideshisface1886 i didnt have any problems with the AP at low tier tbh, was my first line, had a blast, and HE spam on a KMS non Mecklenburg bb? Are you ot of ye mind

[@Evilducttapeman]

The Colorado is brutal. I hate that ship.

[@charakiga]

Sweet, I was actually searching for one of your videos about battleship lines yesterday!

[@krzysztofmakuch139]

Fuso... is Fuso. i couldn't agree more. I love Kogo, I love Nagato, but Fuso... is Fuso ;) I'd just like to add that if you're playing a lot of ops and looking for a coal ship then Duke of York is really nice battleship to sit in. Not as deadly as Lazo cruiser, but also not as easy to kill :)

[@admiralprinceeric323]

What about for Vermont Line, British Battlecruiser Line, and Louisiana Line for a specific gameplay???

[@kaollachan]

i would add that french line BB beside having a small engine boost ( and are better at flanking) have somewhat fast reload, especially rep that have a cruiser reload XD

[@abyssalreclass]

The American Main/Fast battleship line is not tied for the oldest BB line in the game, way back in the closed beta days, we did not have American battleships, just the Japanese ones. American battleships were added alongside Japanese carriers.

[@feloniousteabagger]

Wishing safe travels upon you. I hope it is a wonderful experience and you are invited to more events like this. On a side note of caution, I have heard that theft is quite rampant in the area. Even the trunk of your car is not safe. I would recommend a trunk monkey if they were real :)

[@Qunia]

Honestly Columbo is very very good when you can get it to work. Push up to a island, and you can just farm massive damage.

[@Dik131WZD]

I like this period of every year, when everyone's making videos like "The best/ top 5 of something in 20NN"

[@hectorc7080]

Funny enough, I had better results with Lepanto than Colombo... I think is the speed. Lepanto speed together with the stealth and brisk commander skill made for a nice flanker.

[@cylonred8902]

Still love the JB to death (with the reload booster)... I have over 3500 games . It can shot down planes, decent rudder for torpedo beats (including "homing" torpedoes), sub or DD behind out - lets the secondaries to deal with them, it will pen chunky DDs will pen easily with AP, throw a salvo at a low health DD/CA and kill then at 18+ KM, speed boosts helps keep her out of trouble (and kits really well), can absolutely cap or shield DDs/CAs who are capping. Only real issue is DPM but that is helped by the reload booster. Get Russian BBs on the broadside and rip them a new one. 10K chunks easily on the German BBs when aiming high on the hull.

[@cylonred8902]

I could never get US BBs to work for me. A - every now and then - good game and I would prefer the good games to be far more prevalent with great games.

[@mralsace1]

If you love to using BBs to snipe, than the Imperial Japanese Navy offers the best of the best of BB snipers in the game.

[@skullhelmet1944]

Fuso is Fuso LOL couldn't have said it better 😂

[@Tyberzen]

That explains why I haven't gotten video notifications

[@MrGamer09251]

Are ussr battleships and good ?

[@calvindebruijn7441]

Good players are Welcome to join: HMS__

[@ArekishiKishi]

Japanese Line is quite enjoyable , US line sucks until at least new mexico, gets fun at north carolina German Line is okay but main battleship line can be quite inaccurate - would be better with faster heal times Italian Line t1-9 is utter garbage t10 is okayish at times UK line : not a fan of it turret traverse is abysmal French line : Punchy guns but ugly ass ships Russian Line : meh , not a fan of them, very sluggish ships Also have fun at carrier con sealord, maybe you can release some vid bits when you come back

[@captainmarkoramius7875]

I have to say, I liked the Italian BB line better than both the German Battlecruiser and Russian lines.

[@Lorenzo-hi4ot]

Why? How do you use them?

[@calebworkman7719]

@@Lorenzo-hi4otas a quick brawler w heavy hitting guns , w your exhaust smoke get up close , face bow at any BBs and outgun them. Ez

[@gaufrid1956]

I enjoy the IJN battleships. The Yamato is my next step. I like the Brits too, but I've decided to grind their heavy cruisers. They have the improved heal from Tier VIII, and excellent AA.

[@RobertMememe]

I have the IJN BB with 20 km torps and I have been having luck sending out those long range torps blindly

[@doobas2171]

You must be a coward kiter

[@Oi40ozCasualty]

Yamato turret speed with all the upgrades to increase accuracy. The research point one included. Is so SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW! Expect to use your rudder to aim more than the turret lol.

[@markfosseth8047]

Battleships are ridiculously weak if compared to cruisers, I play both at around VI tier

[@demosearies7591]

Sorry to disagree with you, but the t5 Italian BB is fun and trolls with it's armor layout. T6 on up I agree..

[@rainyy198]

im not a bb main .. but i got into the secondary german bb line and they are so fun imo

[@Chaoshero5567]

You mean the bcs?

[@jackala2783]

Love the Scharnhorst myself.

[@missk1697]

The hybrid line 👍

[@mikeconnor7394]

Ty SLMB - hey I’m excited to for you with “Carrier Con” have a great time there- I hope some day I get to visit that part of California - I choose the US line 1st when I started back in 2015 - the British battle cruisers are a lot of fun - The Hawke is my favorite I can’t wait for the St Vincent! Will you post any video at the Carrier Con? I hope some one is streaming that show - anyway thanks for the daily content - all of your videos are great informational and really help !!

[@ItsMrChewy]

yes, I agree about the italians T5-7 because I am stuck myself at T7. IT JUST SUCKS! Only 8 guns and TERRIBLE dispersion! I recommend Louisana and Montana since their armor and guns are decent, but Vermont is another story. If you want a ship with a lot of guns, take the french battleships, but for god's sake, NOT THE VERMONT. This ship is litterally armored with paper, just like the french, but with less guns and secondaries. Patrie is at least having dozens of guns and paper armor. But to counter that, Devastation has decent armor and the same amount of guns as Patrie. C. Colombo has 16 guns too and decent armor, but the damage and caliber is just bad. Personally, the best ships out there is Incomparable, due to her torpedoes and decent armor (unlike the Shikishima, that costs even more) and has one of the biggest caliber and damage of the game with the ability to had her shells have a 0% chance of ricochet on T10 ships.🙃I hope this recommendation helped at least one person in this vast 9 billion people world (talking to ppl of the future hehehe)

[@MeMe-ph1wd]

I got tier 4 RUS CV and I can not use planes. I tried use every mouse and keyboard buttons. I only manage cap base and use guns to set cruiser fire against bots. What a "great" quality this game have. Makes think CCCP sunglasses, I heard they was good against sun, those was so dark You could not see anything when You used those. Arcade game, not simulator. Why We still play this game? No idea, except ships was interesting.

[@percy9406]

Just make yourself precisely, focused, and boil it down to ten strikes. I'm 70 years old and grew up in Jersey, Irish Catholic. I just love your attitude.

[@seubertz]

Heya, u've helped me alot getting into this older game. There's alot of choices to make. Cheers. I hope to get out of the desert of IV to VI. Peace

[@reegan8425]

Lol could have released this viedo like 10 Months ago, I’ve acquired the conqueror first, and minotaur first love both but definitely shouldn’t have been ky first two lines

[@johnnychaos1561]

I love the French ships for their speed. They are classic flankers.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

15:10 - yes, because the USA has made the most battleships and has the biggest navy, they have the most to draw from.

[@Gearing-s8q]

Only 1 line has ships that were actually put to sea

[@Dbars19]

British BC have been an amazing line for me.

[@TrevTheMan00]

Did you just skip over the Vermont line even tho it’s basically a slower Montana with an eating disorder and has 18 inch guns.

[@michaelwoods9669]

Sorry I disagree, the British line is irritating af to grind, the ships have paper armor and take massive damage due to the flat armor plating all over, they are SHIT.

[@nachtheil2829]

Just a random question but what is the best t6 bb is the best for mid to close range?

[@Kleber_03]

Warspite I guess

[@MartyInLa]

Agree, I absolutely hate the Italian BBs. And the slow as snails low tier American BBs. Not fun.

[@mazda_rt24-p]

I loved the t7 Italian bb, that was a really good ship. The Veneto is just the biggest hunk of garbage though, the guns can't hit anything and it has terrible range and at t8 when you will 70% of the time get uptiered to t10 its totally useless

[@calebworkman7719]

Tier 9 has +16 survivability to 90, w a good commander Italian BB line is good overall but yeah Veneto is underclass for where it’s at tbh

[@plasot]

man, you are able to grind at least 2 lines playing moderately, since my return to game last year I have grinded through IJN & USN BBs, USN CAs, USN DDs, EU DDs. On two lines I'm on T8, on two lines I'm on T7, on one line I'm on T9. Playing moderately.

[@stevenmarreel344]

Same here, in a years worth I was able to grind my way to about 10 tier X ships. Even got the GK and Kaba before they removed them from the tech lines. And no I don't play hours and hours per day either...

[@RobertMememe]

German are the best

[@nove2485]

Colorado is my third favorite ship. And it really isn't very new player friendly.

[@marjeune]

The deadliest weapon is torpedoes don’t matter what armor you have 5 to 6 torpedoes ends the biggest ships

[@williamkirk1156]

I enjoy your videos. Thank you for making them.

[@sandro6062]

What about the musashi? Everytime i match with one of those it seems to me that this thing just irgnores armor and totally rips you appart in 2-3 salvos

[@genericorochimain7027]

Glass cannon the Yamasushi has the dreaded cheek vulnerability that allows almost every shell to pass right through to its citadel it’s also a HE magnet

[@midwestnet2704]

You spend too much time abusing the map edge. Next.

[@TheDarkman39]

When will you make a video with Potato Quality? ;p

[@sealordmountbatten]

He’s made a cameo in one of my videos of that counts :p

[@nicoletapascan2268]

I already buy the british BBs cause i am british

[@marjeune]

What the hell are those bozos doing go into reverse

[@MaBe_Music]

I followed the French Line, it's okay for me. But now I follow the German line, and for me it's way better. I am at Gneisenau now and love the ship!! Thanks for your videos it really helped me getting better.

[@DariusJones05]

I mean the US did pump out BB’s lol

[@thewildriftofgandd5740]

Lol my fav play style is winning hahah

[@BlackDeej]

Are yo sure you're name shouldn't br Sea Lord Map Border given how much time you spend (apparently) using that hax ? Lol DI do get a lot out of your vids though, so keep 'em coming bud 🙂

[@wynlord]

I really love the Agencourt, fire starter & secondary build. 50% of the time no CV's you rain death, the other 50% you're screwed.😂

[@azoniarnl3362]

I love how the intro gameplay is an absolute mess😂. Most guys would have put some shiny kill shots there but you showed the true experience.

[@bearplays7116]

Where was Vermont

[@sirtogii5216]

Lol, nice cluster"#¤% at 2 minutes

[@sealordmountbatten]

Dude that other Montana was 100% a bot, man just sat there the whole match

[@redhongkong]

i think i did okay in us line, until iowa, i just totally failed in iowa , plus colorado's slow speed just make me feel i will never reset this line... currently i only like ijn BB line all the way from t5-t10.

[@cyberwaste]

Republique is super fun but hard to play well and really suffers from having bad teammates.

[@Kelvin_HTTYD]

Soviet is the best if u want armor. They are the best at armor. Most of them are 200+ while USA and IJN is at 50

[@marjeune]

What does hydrocustic search do

[@janssengamed]

Nice video. I'm just started to play World of Warships. I like this game!

[@brisancomstock9366]

T5 - T7 aint italians aint bad. Just dont use SAP and use your AP bc you have massive guns

[@alpfeanor6431]

I want to grind french BB line but everyone speaks bad about them...

[@hersaint1993]

Thanks for the info. New player here. Going for battleship line and carrier line.

[@marjeune]

Getting close to enemy ships can be deadly especially if you thin armor

[@zastronomer7592]

The best part of French BB is patrie super BB. but play supership=go broke.

[@jamesbate8884]

Am enjoying using the French battleships do you have any tips on witch battleship I should get

[@Seluecus1]

They make all these US ships and then nerf the crap out of them.

[@skld1295]

Damn secondary build on conqueror

[@sealordmountbatten]

Accidentally recalled my Agincourt commander lol

[@PrettyBoyTyroid]

You sound pretty much like cod youtuber Metaphor

[@FabianTrahan]

You are amazing!! Thanks for what you do for us brother!

[@thorgrimharryson2329]

What's "Alpha"?

[@Chaoshero5567]

Havent watched yet, but seeing the german bc line on the thumbnail gives me an idea

[@carratTheNinth]

How do I follow my gun shots when I fire them

[@mussolinipizza6697]

I remember when I was playing my conqueror and suddenly a full health Halland pops up from behind the island at 2km he was bow into me waiting for me to shoot so he can show broadside and torp me. I shot him and clapped him for his entire health pool with no detonation. It can still clap dds

[@pigeon-z7l]

And what about the UK line? 😔

[@veritas4887]

Obviously, get the slava

[@xzarial6652]

Perfect information of the battleship lines! Enjoy carrier con!

[@carllanger8873]

This game is a CV/Sub sim now.

[@robjmck]

Not being notified of your posts!

[@miahg9141]

im new. u rule. that is all.

[@tex7995]

Great vid. Thanks for the info.

[@MrGamer09251]

😮

[@a.j.8926]

hybrid ships are stupid