World of Warships - Captain's Academy #35 - How to Battleship

[@alexandru.g8746]

"Rule #1 Don t go solo" *Bismarck flashbacks intensify*

[@kevinpincket8085]

I understood that reference

[@ErikaBracamonte]

*At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss,they are bound by iron and blood, the flagship of the navy ,the terror of the seas, his guns have gone silent last*

[@juliaslavova9672]

Well he wasent solo like prince uegen

[@apexbrothers1815]

A beast made of steel

[@frog_mug3172]

*PRIDE OF A NATION A BEAST MADE OF STEEL*

[@PetrSojnek]

The problem is "stay with your team", they are generally much faster than you, so either a) they run away from you and get killed before you get there b) when enemies appear on horizon, your team just runs away leaving you a lone sitting duck in shooting gallery for enemies. Sometimes it's not really in your power to help your team if they don't want to get helped....

[@ichasegaming]

Do the best you can :P if team vanishes, apply rules 2-5 and go from there.

[@miskatonic6210]

PetrSojnek 1.) Other BBs aren't faster than you 2.) If other ships run too far away from you it's their mistake, because they lose your support and you can do nothing about it anyway All you can do is show your team you will draw fire for them. If you take the damage and use your HP your team will be effective. Your cruisers will very often die first when the BBs refuse to take damage and don't push...

[@fatherofwar1203]

I aim to keep cruisers within about 10km. I consider that a range at which I can support them. Reasons being if they feel the need to retreat I'm relatively close. And that friendly cruiser doesn't need to close the full 10km between us since my guns have a longer range. If it's another BB shooting then you can dodge quite easily in a cruiser, and if it's another cruiser you'll be able to shoot at them too before your friendly cruiser has closed the gap. You're unlikely to kill anything more than a thousand fish at max range, but saturation fire from you and that cruiser is probably enough that one of you will hit or you'll scare him off.

[@SouthParkCows88]

Still holds true my friend. Lol I've steamed ahead to support them, gotten left behind...... as they ran. Once was even a guy who asked for my support and once I got there he ran away and I was like WTF??

[@heropiya9909]

That happen alot

[@ajwash3247]

Went into an objective with 4 teammates.. 30 seconds later I was by myself getting lit up by 6 ships

[@kenneth7497]

Me every fucking match

[@skyeplays1772]

ye

[@oconnorlee4709]

Every fucking time

[@dude_stop_alright435]

*Inset battle of the surigao strait*

[@alberttrotter1262]

same here

[@ahadicow]

a couple point: Damage control should be used whenever you expect the next fire/flood would be after the CD. best time to use repair is when you're actually taking damage. don't sail in a straight line. don't "poke" out of an landmass; turn away from it bow on - fire forward guns - angle - fire rear guns - bow on - fire forward guns ............. fire in salvos, especially in range - it increases the chance of some hit versus no hit for dodging shells, turning in should be accompanied by slowing down, turning out should be accompanied by acceleration if making a run, don't hit reverse, full speed ahead, angle your ship 45 degrees to the enemy, wait for a salvo, full rudder turning out immediately, you should be at 45 degrees at least when enemy finish reloading don't bother angle your ship to the enemy whose guns are not pointing at you, if fact you should be matching the angle (so the two ships are parallel) for optimum dispersion. never chase, even if your name is ichase.

[@luckyqualmi]

+iChaseGaming You forgot one important point in you list: "Learn from your mistakes!" For example at 19:16 you can see in chat, that the enemy BB (Eldanari) that got deleted a few moments ago says: "I deserved that" He clearly accepted that it was his fault and didn't blame the team for it like most other players do. I'm pretty sure the next couple of games he didn't repeat this misplay. :)

[@ichasegaming]

That is very true, always learn from mistakes :) helps improve your game

[@glenperera95]

Hey i really like your videos keep up the good work i want to clarify some stuff i have with you. 1. Should DD's always push for caps even if the enemy is amassing at that point and you know you cant hold it. I've seen a lot of DD's do it and get rekt. 2. Does the distance to a target affect the performance of AP shells and chance to hit the citadel. 3. Sometimes i get heavy damage from long range even when im heavily angled to them. how on earth 4. I use cruisers ( American tier VI ) and on average i land around 70 - 80 + shells on target but my damage done is not that great roughly around 20k - 40k. I use HE and use AP only when the target in is decently in close range i can hit a citadel. Hoping for a reply :)

[@ccau81]

Glen Owin one time while I was in my gneisenau I was with 1 DD and 2 CAs. There were 2 Battleships in front of us that weren't supported. I told to the ships around me that I will push if they come with me or not. The DD accepted to support me for our push and the CAs just camped near te spawn. The DD and me killed the 2 battleships but the DD died just before te death of the second one. So... DDs can push yes if they are supported. And for the AP shells in the real life the shells do lose penetration capabilities with the distance. Ex. a tank with a penetration of 200mm at 200m wich is at 1km from a Tiger 2 will pratically never penetrate him at this distance while if he was closer yes. So yes it can increase or decrease your chances of hitting the citadel. You can overpen or make a right hit, notice that sometimes you can hit a citadel while it's an overpen.

[@Warhorse469]

it's very common and this happens to me a lot, I get left behind at the start because I'm slow as hell and the faster ship rush into the fight get killed then it's 1 battleship vs 8 bots or 8 players.

[@SergioSeminarioC]

17:30 If only people would learn that pushing is a viable option, and supporting the one pushing can yield great results!

[@mylenewhalen5375]

I just had a match in a Kutuzov where a friendly Bismarck pushed into the enemy team. When I saw him pushing, it gave me courage to go in with him, and we completely mopped up the entire enemy team. I love it when a friendly BB attacks at the right moment.

[@SergioSeminarioC]

If only more players would support like you did. I have had only 2 random matches that 2 complete strangers actually game support to my ship and we carried together. I was on the Bismarck on both, first supported by a Hipper, second match by an Atlanta.

[@RedtailFox1]

I think one of the major problems is noone wants to push or brawl anymore due to the overwhelming number of vessels that carry torpedoes. Everyone just seems to sit at standoff range and throw ineffective shots at each other.

[@ExecutionInProgress]

No.1 rule - don't sail in straight line!

[@Blue-bb9ro]

Until you turn with that peace of crap the game ends.

[@maximilianvonspee9329]

I would also throw in German cruisers as ones to angle against. Hipper Roon and Hindenburg can really hurt you if you're broadside regardless of what you're sailing. Might not be citadels but in an Iowa taking 8-9k AP volleys every 10 seconds or so isn't something you can keep up for long

[@-VX-]

3:30 As a carrier I wouldn't even show them that I'm waiting for them to use their damage control.... Usually, torpedo bombers first, hope for a flood, wait for damage control, then dive bombers from out of enemy spotting range comes to bomb...

[@ichasegaming]

That is true, but a BB should still make plans based on what's coming

[@-VX-]

iChaseGaming yeah what I mean is to look out for this kind of false sense of security..

[@ichasegaming]

Of course :P

[@miskatonic6210]

Maybe you should show games that aren't easy to win for you, as you are in a top tier BB with another Yamato on your side. There's not a lot to learn from this match, as there is almost no threat for you. And during the only tricky situations you're making mistakes. Like not targeting the DD close to you first and kill the Amagi instead. The DD was the serious threat and took you and the other BB out, he could have been killed with a single salvo earlier. The Amagi couldn't get away anyway. You're pushing all the time and at no time you had to make a decision and change course...so it just isn't a good replay to learn from, as you don't need skill for a match like this. Better chose a game in a weaker ship showing effectiveness of angling, drawing fire, pushing and retreating to turn a close game.

[@gurkslunga]

And both yamatos knew the dd was there and still pushed out. That is stupid.

[@sdavis7405]

If you pizza when you're supposed to french fry...your gonna have a bad time.

[@michiganfarmer69]

Bad time 100%

[@wowfan532]

I agree with the notion of staying with your team all the time, with a few exceptions. Sometimes both teams are stalemated bow-in to each other. If you have a fast battleship (Iowa or NC comes to mind), and you use islands to conceal your intentions, you can sweep around one flank and get into a position were you have the other team's broadsides to shoot at. I have racked up some crazy scores doing this.

[@SergioSeminarioC]

About the repair, it is a bit hard to know when to use it, especially if you have 2 fires set, you repair and suddenly a torp bomber floods you...

[@Zaharad]

What should you do when your whole team backs away and huddles away from all objectives, stacking up on say A and B 2-3 as far away from enemies and objectives? Every time I see this happen I always see then get rolled over once the enemy is in range of them, assuming they don't just ignore them and cap.

[@jstone4374]

Excellence guide I bring an accomplished tuna boat captain found a lot of things I was doing wrong, for example everything I was doing so please heed his wonderfully conveyed advice and sink that ship. Well done

[@Johnnymac66]

Wo_9 was so good in that Iowa making that such an extreme pleasure to watch!

[@juxtaposeism]

there has to be a mechanic that every player has to watch at least 1 tutorial for every ship class and nation before playing it ;-)

[@ichasegaming]

Haha, I wish that were true

[@jamesmottershead5677]

can we get a captain academy on ramming?

[@lauriea2971]

Is it ok to stay back and protect the CV in a carrier game. Normally I like to protect the CV

[@djangosheridan8250]

How do you switch to the perspective of the shells you just fired?

[@saran4821]

I can't thank you enough Chase. I only recently started playing and I only have tier three battleships but i was so frustrated playing them beacuse I just didbt know what to do and I felt I was totally useless. then I saw this video and immeadiately decided to play some games using what you taught and the results were Outstanding ! . I finally feel like I'm contributing and the ship is working so well. thanks plenty

[@danielpayne1597]

New player who figured out Destroyers right away but having trouble with the larger ships. Really helpful.

[@shadowX50]

I watched a few of your videos and my battleship play has definitely improved. Thank you very much.

[@Fritzthempg_dude]

I got my first battleship and this is good advice

[@Sha.ll0w]

Its a bit of an old video, but should I use the repair control party before taking a huge salvo? (considering I'm already hit and I know the incoming shells are gonna hurt) So I can get a bit more repair out of it? How should I keep up with the rest of the team if their faster than me? And should I consider protecting the carrier's on my team? Because rushing in with your team ins't gonna work all the if you can get shot from multiple sides, I think you should reconsider battleships as for long range cover while the cruisers and destroyers do the spotting and the dirty work of the frontline.

[@angelosgkelias]

When I play (Tier V Furutaka) ALL of the battleships stay at the far back while the cruisers and destroyers go to attack. Any tips??

[@Stonecrow99]

I've only recently started playing wows, I'm no ship expert at all..last ship game I played was battle stations midway/pacific and that's miles different, how does a ship bounce? I understand if it hits the turret, side of the ship, citadel at angles etc but not if the shell lands on the deck as its flat? also do the higher tier ships shoot further? I'm on t3 Japanese line atm (I want the Kongo and Yamato) and it doesn't shoot far at all..some destroyers and smaller ships fire much much further.

[@getbrutal4388]

That Wo_9 replay is the reason I started playing BB last year, it's so damn badass.

[@aklein24]

summary of tips for people like me with short attention spans: 1. Stay with your team / don't get separated from the group 2. Stay angled / use autobounce to your advantage 3. Use AP all the time unless you can't overmatch another BB's armor , use HE sparingly 4. Manage damage control party properly i.e. wait until you've got 2 or more fires burning 5. Plan ahead / plan for next steps i.e. gun angles, maneuvering, cover, etc

[@161dfg]

My favorite class :)

[@ichasegaming]

A class I really enjoy too :) shame a lot of people play them wrong

[@shiranuikatagawa8570]

will you make a vid about ranked battles?

[@ichasegaming]

Altey of course

[@ryanfonseca3270]

whats your email chase? I have a 143k bismarck video with 2 double strikes and 2 outta 4 kills are blind shots. Was an awesome match.

[@n00btotale]

Gotta love blind citadels

[@galliman123]

Any tips for the terrible New York? struggling to play it compared to the Wyoming, has terrible accuracy, not as much range, its slow, middle turret isn't much consolation when compared to the Kongo anyway...

[@ichasegaming]

Yeah, New York is tough, try using terrain as cover, stick with the fleet and try ur best not to use the middle gun, exposes you too much.

[@galliman123]

thanks iChaseGaming , ill try do my best :) I find it funny that I love the Myogi, average damage 60k in it haha

[@Snyfox8]

Wait until the colorado, it's been really hard for me xD

[@galliman123]

Snyfox8 TBH I think the Colorado will be better, the player stats for it suggest so too. NY has 47.50% WR, 3rd lowest on SEA server, only Izumo and Myogi are worse (and I do really well with the myogi)

[@purefucknmetal]

All of the US BB's prior to T8 have soft noses but vey thick belts. Never go bow on, learn how to angle your side armor to bait the enemy to shoot at it and bounce shells. Also the slow US BB's have to stay relevant in the battle. You can't go too far to one flank, you can't do complex manuevers, you can't overcomit. Stay relevant to the battle at all times.

[@maltehaus]

I just won Ohio in literal lottery on wow mobile and your tips helped me so much.

[@maltehaus]

Ohio is fast af Does way too much damage and is kinda tanki and is a Montana class battleship.

[@anlize3422]

Thanks for the video Chase! I was expecting this one. It's also worth noting that sometimes you *might* have to go solo on things simply because the rest of your team doesn't care enough. Example: North map. the D cap in the eastern most part. I played TONS of matches where my team simple forgets that cap and goes the other direction. The few times I took upon myself to to go there and cap the damn flag (and kick a destroyer around when I find one) we got a very comfortable lead and advantage (since I would get flanking shots on the enemy). I would not recommend doing that, since a DD with high enough skill can make your day suck horribly, but if you have enough confidence to do that, well, it is against what Chase says, but what he said is not a "be all end all" thing, but rather very good rules of thumb.

[@ichasegaming]

Yup yup, this is a general good tips video for BBs :P

[@mammothmk3355]

Anderson Zerloti I think there are some of the battleship DD are refrain to engage. My friend play destroyer, and he often said there are 2 BB he fear the most. 1. Yamato, 2. Bismarck. ;)

[@nan92831]

Thanks for the tips, and I was sometimes complained by my teammates for being a coward. like you said, a BB should push with team even though she might got sunk, not being blinded by the amount of damage she fires.

[@MozzaBurger88]

I'm doing fairly well in my BBs. One issue I'm having is overpens on cruisers. Especially German ones. Lead is good, land center of the hull and very often, ding ding ding, 2-3 overpens, no pen, no citadel, lame damage. Anything I'm overlooking here ?

[@ivaylonikolov6217]

How do you say players diesel see if somebody has been to the ship? How can that happen in?

[@nono7947]

another reason why you should stick with your team, especially if you're in a big battleship, is that you will become a beacon, let's say a cruiser approaches you, and they are a scout for the enemy team, well, thing is, you now have enemy battleships approaching you as-well, and you are currently being sniped from distant ships, and because of the size of the battleship *well really depends* you can't escape, and normally, experienced players don't go into battleships on one angle, they surround you, especially if you're the Yamamoto

[@ghostslinger3148]

Hi for new mexico, what upgrades modification should I choose? I chose: - main armaments modification 1 - damage control system modification 1 - - steering gears modification 2 Need some recommendation for the third one and others if there are any better ones.

[@jamesrather7170]

Go to the Wiki guide for WOWS. Excellent reviews of all the ships in the game, and recommendations for upgrades, consumables and captain skills for each one. Also gives the strengths and weaknesses of each. Some even have video showing what to do and not do.

[@TheRandomOpera]

i have a question, sometimes when you stay angled youre forced to move towards the entire enemy force, at this point of time if your team behind you starts to retreat, what should you do? especially for ships like nagato with only 4 turrets able to bear from the front.

[@torenico]

Hey amazing video! I just unlocked my first BB, Kawachi, and went solo against two St. Louis and just killed one, but I was obliterated anyways. I didn't really angle nor tried to stick close to my teammates, who were pretty far away tho. Good thing I barely have a couple of battles, so, I'll take note and improve! Subbed.

[@Bartalosko]

wow, just first battle after watching your video i made 95k dmg in Georgia (instead of 30-50 i used to) and most importantly we won. thank you : )

[@aerospacenews]

Perhaps you could add another short video for BBs and each of the other classes for their ranked play differences from random battles?

[@jeffbergstrom]

The advice on only using AP is mostly correct but it should be noted that some BBs HE is better. For instance the Iron Duke excels at setting fires. Play to the strength of your ship.

[@ItsXatu]

Would you reccomend firing AP at an angled ships turrets?

[@robgraham5697]

I question your advice on 'Always use AP'. I've pretty much given up on it myself. Example? Just finished a game with a Nassau. Broadside at about 5 km against a Bellerophon. They were angled, about 30 degrees I'm guessing. All eight shots hit. Results? One penetration, two over penetrations, 3 shatters and a bounce. And that's fairly typical. AP is so fucking random, and bad, that I rarely use it/ I can't count on it.

[@atiredfrenchfry398]

I use console and I mainly use High Explosive shells because they set ships on fire and damage their guns/engines better but it's my opinion

[@robgraham5697]

@@atiredfrenchfry398 I'm on a Mac. I will be sticking to HE in the future myself.

[@frisianmouve]

How to battleship (according to noobs): 1. Stay in the back trying to snipe at 15-25 km while far behind the rest of your team and never go for objectives because that's where the DD's and CA's of your team are supposed to die. 2. Stay close to islands without support because DD's don't like to hide behind islands and won't even think about sneaking up on you. 3. Sail in straight lines and show broadside to enemies so it's easier for you to aim 4. Don't pay attention to the minimap, no important information can be found there 5. And most importantly, rage in the chat about how the rest of your team consists of noobs for dying or how torpedoes and fires are OP. Bonus points if you push your allies out of their smoke because you as the bigger ship have a right to claim it, or make it impossible for your allies to torp the enemy by being in the way

[@nambr9]

iChase, can you please elaborate the AP vs DDs. It used to be a "rule" to use HE against DDs (if possible). I am aware that AP wrecks DDs if they are bow/stern on, but I dont know why "strictly AP against DDs" is currently the rule. I still have that in my mind ... if a DD is close by my mind want to switch to HE.

[@ichasegaming]

watch this updated HE vs AP video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWW7n2uYrZ2obqM

[@lordraven1991]

Ha rule one gets broken right out of the gate with my teams, I follow a group into an area only for them to turn around and ditch me at the first sign of danger leaving me to put-put far behind them. Rule two is also a bust as I have been ripped apart by other battleships even two tiers below me regardless if I'm "bow in" or "angled". Rule three I have no argument save for the fact that, again battleships even at a lower tier than me, majority of my rounds seem to bounce or shatter off of everything I fire at. This also includes destroyers and cruisers, provided that my rounds even land on them in the first place due to lovely "dispersion". Four is just a given. In regards to five, I try to have a "master plan" but as the expression goes when punched in the face. This one ties into rule one also as pointed out before, I go in well defended only to find myself all alone facing off with two enemy battleships and three cruisers with no way to turn around so as to not expose my broadside to them.

[@DanTKD87]

Yes thank you, exactly my thouggts!

[@lordraven1991]

Ok, quick update on my previous statements and frustrations. On the point of "dispersion" to be precise, I just completed a round of WoW's on a random battle, resulting in 96 rounds fired resulting in only 9 hit targets. That's a less than ten percent accuracy rating with a ship some have said to have "good guns". I always find videos done by KZbinr's explaining how to be a better team player recorded with them using the highest tiered ship of any line with at least one friend in a division with them.

[@lillknasen5840]

Thanks! This really helped me play as a battleship i play as a tier 5 könig right now

[@ryanc5195]

Thank you for the video...I got so much better at battleships now! I went from averaging 2k damage to 50 k. Thanks!

[@uhrensohn9706]

What are These aiming Settings? I cant find this exact crosshair

[@z6a99c]

how do you play rank battles

[@marcusess]

This gameplay boosted my love for Iowa

[@jjwashinton9813]

do you think you can make an update of this video because the game has changed since 2016

[@mrlaird]

I always had good results from shooting AP at the superstructure of angled BBs if i can't overmatch

[@maxcaysey2844]

Am I suposed to know the armor value of other ships? There are like hundreds? And where is my own penetration shown?

[@jason199506]

where to aim when shooting at german BB? i know waterline doesnt work(learnt that the hard way, colorado against full broadside afk konig 5km away, full salvo 8 shells 5 or 6 hits 0 penetration). should i be shooting super-structure or deck?

[@ezpz_183]

Aim for the superstructures and you could still aim waterline if they're nice enough to present you a broadside. KMS BBs still take huge damage from that.

[@nopeaches4you460]

Is it 'short range presents' or 'iChase presents' in the intro???

[@M5YUILL]

Question, why isn’t HE good against DDs. Doesn’t AP always over pen?

[@votered3539]

when I get a fire or flood, I use the ship repair first but if I get 2 fires I use the emergency crew thing.

[@graafferdinand5280]

iChase what whould you do in a north carolina (secondary build) aigenst a low hp nc 3 bbs other side your low hp and your guns are reloading

[@wattygamingwt]

Im not chase but choosing secondary build on amercian bbs arent the best thing to do. They have bad secondaries compared to Japan and Germany. Your strength is AA

[@graafferdinand5280]

kougamatt you may thing but you have no idee how powerfull 7.2 km secondary range is still working on my cap so after manual secondary cap skill im done

[@ichasegaming]

Ram?

[@thanhvinh4606]

How to watch the bullets fly guys?

[@Diemofoxx]

7:05 How did you follow your salvo all the way to the enemy ship?

[@ib8595]

Z

[@lush.hayden]

Thanks for the help Captain! Will use there tips and help in battle!

[@aldaiphizer]

Chase, I just put your channel on the WoWs survey as reference! Keep the good work.

[@aBoogivogi]

As a new player that just got his first battleship with a spotting plane when should i pop the plane. Also can i direct the plane to a specific area or have it follow a given enemy for spotting purposes?

[@Nikola95inYT]

It just increases spotting range, nothing more :)

[@KTA1sVidsandFacts]

How do you get that HUD that shows if your shells penetrated or not?

[@ezpz_183]

Enable alternative info in the setting menu

[@taylorpoteet921]

Help me, I seem to be doing everything right. I angle as best as I can in bb's and I lead enough and aim at water line but I continually get the ribbon that shows no damage. What is going wrong

[@CMDRFandragon]

How do you play the New York lol. A ship that isnt accurate enough to even hit reliably at close range, armor, even angled gets mauled...... These higher tier ships, the shell dispersions are within the bow to stern of the enemy ship. The NY, it sends shells to the bow and stern of your monitor....

[@Globoglobitos]

But Chase, isnt the Gneisenau and Schanhorst bow overmatched against 406mm ammo? shouldnt the iowa just shoot?

[@ichasegaming]

Yes, that is true, it is overmatched, but at range, not an easy shot to land. Nuke easier targets first, then move onto slightly harder to crack nuts

[@Globoglobitos]

that is a fair point but i feel that if the BB is coming towards me at the 8-10km range vs a cruiser fleeing at 12+ range, consider me old fashioned but id rather try cracking the hard nut first.

[@akitsushima_1453]

I sure hope that people would change their "snipe" behavior ..

[@anlize3422]

I agree, but there's that point: BBs aren't very nimble, so it is very risky to lead the charge without a DD or a cruiser screening for torps. It sucks when you are leading a push and get done in by a torpedo wall from a DD you had no idea it was there. Also there's the whole focus fire thing. BBs hate being set on fire, but they will tolerate it if the team gets behind then and support by killing the CL/CA/DDs that are setting then on fire while they tank. BB drivers tend to fall back to sniping when they don't feel confident on the team. Of course, I might be dead wrong, but as a BB driver I noticed that pattern on other BB drives (that kind of doesn't apply to me because I'm an idiot that keeps charging ahead wanting to brawl).

[@akitsushima_1453]

I play all of the classes so I could say that I'm familiar with all of the play style. And, I kind of notice a pattern. When I play CA, no BBs support. When I play BB, no CA/DD support.

[@andrstn]

You can always use a division to get some nice coordination going even if it's just 3 people. I don't find I'm having problems with torps from unseen DDs though it's more that i get focused with HE and nobody is there to support and eventually die to fires if i try to push ahead so i usually just sit where the cruisers and DDs decide to screen, basically letting them decide how i move. Edit: What classifies as sniping is staying at your max gun range to move out of detection from the enemy as soon as someone starts shooting you, I rambled about something unrelated, that is pushing at the same time. People don't follow you when you push half the time.

[@akitsushima_1453]

+Retsini Yes, they stay max range and "run" all the time ... And the about division, I mostly play alone (my bro has ships at a much higher tier so I can't play with him) ...

[@XXXwarXhammerXcXXX]

Is there a way to only lock one turret

[@thomashetz3297]

great Video!

[@CrnaStrela]

Why don't you mention to use Catapult Fighters to get sight against enemy BB behind island/smokes or torpedoes? 8/10 BB doesn't even use them until they sunk or game ended.

[@mylenewhalen5375]

Sometimes I wish the spotting plane didn't change the camera angle when shooting. I struggle a bit with landing shots in this view. There have been times when I wanted to use the plane, but thought that if I used it now, I won't be able to land my shots for the next two minutes.

[@CrnaStrela]

Catapult Fighter doesn't do that

[@SawFG]

The first battle with the Yamato: Did your and nevers earnings cover the repair/maintenance costs? I think that in the higher tiers BB captains are playing that defensive-camper-playstyle because of the high repair costs...

[@ichasegaming]

Well, if you're playing high tiers you can't expect to really make credits. All WG games are designed this way, high tiers cost credits, low tiers make credits to fund the high tiers. I think with premium account I made a 160k credits on that battle. N3V3R i think lost some though

[@bpeck77]

Chase, you're right that you should never be alone in a BB. But is having reliable teammates something you really have control over? Playing WoWS solo as a BB can be a trying experience in this regard. So often I THINK I have support, but my allies turn tail and run at the first sign of danger, hanging me out to dry. So while I agree with your tip, it's not really a "skill;" it's just luck of the draw whether you get a team that meaningfully supports you. Second, angling is a great skill. But again, it assumes that you're fighting other BBs who also fire AP. Against the myriad firebreathing CA/CLs and torp-spamming invisible DDs, angling means nothing. I often make the mistake of thinking WoWS is a solo game. It isn't. So much depends on having a team with you. I rarely lose 1-on-1 brawls with other BBs (which I find to be the most fun part of the game, period). But it's rare to have that opportunity.

[@daddywoofdawg]

I have a colorado and it seems to burn like it's full of kindling.

[@lukasTHEwise]

How can i get this Crosshair/sight?

[@kitramika5137]

hey chase, I'm currently running a secondary build on my scharnhorst. I'm just about a few games away from my lv 5 skill. I'm wondering whether I should get manual secondaries or concealment. Thanks for your opinion

[@Duncecap64]

if your running secondary past tier 6 (so 7+) then go for manual secondaries. Standard BB stealth build is also fine, though not as effective since the minus 60% dispersion is more valuable for secondaries. Personally for the scharn i find you dont tend to run secondary builds because you have quick turning quick firing guns and torps, so your secondaries are kind of being wasted. Would be good for a bismark captian though, she does well with a secondary build

[@kitramika5137]

The secondaries are mainly to deter destroyers, plus the extra fire could be useful in that if the enemy hit damage control and then get hit by a torp, for some extra damage. I am planning to move the captain to the Bismarck once I obtain her. Still a long way though :/ Anyway, thanks for your suggestion :)

[@DavidOlver]

can someone please tell me why there are no British aircraft carriers in this game, as the British did have carriers at the timeline the game is set.

[@Achillesxxl]

My favorite class, showcased by my favorite ship

[@nishithasapukotanage2952]

Chase can you please tell me what your favourite class is

[@ichasegaming]

I play all classes and since I tend to do pretty good with all of them, I enjoy all of them :P but if I have to pick an outright favourite, CVs?

[@hassanpatel3630]

Hi I’m new to the game on PS4 and I love it so far I want to get good so that’s why I’m here studying.. a couple questions such as what is meant by staying at an angle? like facing an enemy slightly to the left or right so you can shoot more and also what is broadside or whatever it was called?

[@minatimanil]

Broadside is showing your side to fire more guns, and in wows, the lower the angle of the bullet to the ship it hits, the more effective your armour is. So if a bullet is at a 10 degree angle with the ship it hits, is less effective. When you angle, enemy bullets are at a very low angle to your ship.

[@areksuroboyo4588]

is it true that british navy's he shell is pretty effective?

[@ABCWCTR]

I don't care about tanking in a bb but i care what my team is doing when i tank. Most of the time they would run away as fast as possible and left me behind, even I type in chat to inform them. Btw, what is the best way to kill a german bbs? They have that armor which is hard to citadel.

[@ichasegaming]

Go for pen damage, their upper belt armour isn't that good

[@sparky107107]

what ships can get/have radar and how do you get it? if you have done a video on this plz send me the link

[@devyntheunbroken7303]

Just now started and I'm at tier IV for German BS and I aim at the waterline, but my guns never hit the side of the ship...it just hits the bridge and top...

[@aBoogivogi]

Also as a new player which captain perks should you go with for the different tier of battleships?

[@alexwolfe3930]

Have you ever tried the Japanese ship, Ise? What are your thoughts on it?

[@octaviosardi3337]

Are there open sea fights?

[@ianphillips7924]

the problem with "AP everything" is the over match mechanic ie. you limit the damage you can

[@derhenri2002]

So, what's the difference between the playstyle of the three different nations ?

[@lars9805]

Yup you don't wanna be shooting ap against broadside dds

[@cobrazax]

its ok to use AP as overpen damage is significant. i would switch to HE vs DDs after i shoot my AP, if i plan to be engaging only DDs for some time

[@anlize3422]

Overall, IJN plays more a long range sniper, US plays mid-to long range support and Germans play close range.

[@twindragonslegend]

especially the tier 7 german BB Gneisenau. Once you close to within 6-10km she really shines

[@cobrazax]

well it does have torps...

[@CrisURace]

Oh, what reticle is that?? it's awesome

[@Bartalosko]

But but but, as soon as i am spotted in my Georgia, 3-4 enemies start sending salvos at me, what am i supposed to just sail towards them hidden just to autobounce ? :(

[@Bartalosko]

i see now :) i was showing them my side all the time

[@avalynpoe4441]

Any tips on the South Carolina? I'm just entering the BB line and I've heard she's a complete joke.

[@MrMcGee-wv2mi]

How about the enemy goes to u, and u and yr too is out numbered?

[@ezpz_183]

You fight. You die.

[@margretfortune1524]

Great lesson, I am really bad at operating BB's see if this helped.

[@craigkulbaba7564]

another note - you can recover all to most damage from fires (with time) but you cannot recover citadel damage.

[@blokefromthebush]

Mate I took your advice let the destroyers spot for my South Carolina. Remain face on to other battleships and spank any battle ship that gives you a broadside shot. And I've just had my best game yet 4 sunk and 60k damage. I'm playing on iPhone tho