World of Warships- How To Improve Your Aiming

[@jevidar]

A trick with the Dynamic Reticle is that if a ship is traveling perpendicular (flat broadside) to you at 30kn (most cruisers max speed is ~30kn), put the line level with the enemies weather-deck, you can lead by 1 mark per second of shell travel time to hit center of the ship. You can use this baseline to increase or decrease your lead from the hip. This trick works because the space between the marks adjusts through the zoom so the relative distance is the same.

[@defender714]

There are people who aim via mini map. I like Sea lords vids such as this. Very helpful.

[@Mopinio1]

I have applied this on the past and helped me a lot Specially since I use from mino to Nevsky which are the two extremes I'm shel velocity

[@haakonsteinsvaag]

Best advice I can give, is as he already mention a few times...experience. One you have played for a while, you should have started to gain an instinct for where to aim.

[@patrickprafke4894]

One thing I caught on early in the American BB line is this. Use that long shot arch to your advantage. At long distance. Aim for the deck. Not the hull. And Citadel the heck out of things as the shell comes in from the top. Strait down threw the deck. I get more Citadels at a distance this way then I do at close range.

[@donpfoutz625]

Thank you for this guide. I have a huge issue with aiming at ships that are angled to me. I have learned a lot.

[@ShockSmile]

same bro, i very recently got my Yamato and still can't do damage. yesterday i switch to Italian BBs starting with T6 and it's AMAZING, doesn't matter how they angle you always do a ton of damage

[@shironee_2384]

1. Always wait for a second after changing targets. This would ensure your aim assist and shell dispersion to properly tracking enemy according to the visuals (as aim bug or high ping / packet loss could messing up your dispersion). Very important if you're playing BBs. 2. Expand your minimap, and use minimap reticles to lead your shells. It helped me a lot for aiming at running away targets and for lobbing shells from behind islands. Also it would train your ability to blind fire smoking cruisers.

[@microgfx2766]

Omg i sneezed at 17:00 i thought i went deaf... :*(

[@just_is]

They took him

[@sealordmountbatten]

Oh yup, editing mistake, whoops

[@cyberwaste]

I like the nomogram classic top dynamic crosshair. The numbers on it indicate the number of seconds lead you would need if the target is moving perpendicular to you at 30 knots, so you can adjust from there based on what the target is.

[@monssterific]

I love the comment section here, more learnings!! Thank you to all those who contributed, much appreciated. ❤️

[@tsuaririndoku]

Fun fact. There’s a mod where you can get a Dynamic Cross Hair telling you when the shell will land and it does have 2 speeds on it. 20knots and 30knots. They were also very easy to use because it also changes based on your shell velocity. This is just only partially improve your aim tho. It doesn’t tell you the ship angle and their real speed. Means you still have to adjust it based on ship speed. But because of this. It makes you able to able to predict things a lot easier. Average Ships will usually travel. 30 and 20 knots or if they were traveling slower than that it basically coming to a stop. Which is another can comes in to help with Compass mod. This is actually replace the actual compass in the game to tell enemy ship angling which it is also tell their critical angle where if your shells will bounce or not. Green means, Yes. Yellow means 50/50 and Red means, No. This helps you on when was the right time to use AP shells. The down side of this is that it doesn’t tell overmatch. Means you can see the ship nose in as red even if your guns can be over match. Which again, Mods have you covered on Caliber Overmatch statistics. Where you can actually see your gun caliber and how much armor it can be over matched. This is only a port thing and not in real time battle. But atleast some knowledge for you to learn. These mods are fine to use in WOWs because all of these are in Modstation and Aslain. You can use them as much as you like. It is an option. These mods are making your quality of life a little bit easier. Like seeing your team consumable Timer and radius of the Hydro and Radar. Which is actually quite advantageous for you because you can actually abuse it. There’s also a controversial mods where it locate enemy subs when enemy subs is pinging. Which you can see on the screen normally. The mod just making this more noticeable on the Minimap. Which I find much easier to track down.

[@pegasusted2504]

I hope they, sometime, introduce like a check box or switch to enable or disable the aim helper for those that can do it themselves so it would stop pulling shells off target when the target turns or slows down.

[@TheMacallyn]

One thing you can also use is the mini-map reticle, especially for angled targets at long range. Having a larger mini-map on screen helps in this regard.

[@ElmwoodCertified]

I don't believe you mentioned the shell travel time is based on a constant 30kts of speed. Therefore, you can adjust up/down accordingly based on the ship and it's estimated actual speed.

[@davidhines7592]

practise helps. experience will make you better at estimating lead distance, and how players will probably react and how to predict where to shoot. but sometimes you will switch ships and find you are missing stuff. this usually (i think) means the shell characteristics are different to the ship or ships you were just playing, and you need to lead more/less as a result. thanks for the SAP advice. i was always unsure if to switch to it for a broadside target or not.

[@jlvfr]

Avoid firing full salvos, specially at long range. Fire _one_ turret, see where the shells are going to fall, ajust, fire another turret, ajust, fire another. You increase your hit chances _and_ keep a steady volume of fire going downrange.

[@hashteraksgage3281]

But I like hearing all my broadside at once and seeing a big number pop on top of the enemy ship

[@jlvfr]

@@hashteraksgage3281 but what are the chances of actually getting the big number at long range?... besides, with a little luck, you can score so many consecutive hits with trick the game won't even be able to update the notifications fast enough. Happens a lot with my light cruisers.

[@patrickprafke4894]

Accuracy by volume is a thing. Lol

[@jlvfr]

@@patrickprafke4894 using my favourite, the _Normandie_ , as example. If I fire by turret, I wait 4-5 seconds before aimed and fire the next; which means I'm constantly reaiming and firing, keeping shells going. If I fire all then I have to wait 30 sec to reaim & fire, by which time the range & direction of the target might well have changed. Less shots in one try gives me more hits per turret.

[@BlackHearthguard]

@@jlvfr I have noticed that firing a % of your turrets seems to fill out the same % of the shells grouping pattern. So if you fire half of your shells, it seems to fill out half of the grouping at the other end. Also, and again, this could just be confirmation bias as the above is, each time you fire, the RNG part of the shot is recalculated. So I feel I get more hits by "ripple" firing rather than volley. Could all be my imagination tho, lol.

[@tijger5353]

thanks, I am realy strugling with aiming my monty shels to longer ranges

[@drag8371]

Monty shells have worse air drag, so any shot above 17 KM is easy to dodge.

[@Aotearoawoodturner]

try moving in

[@tijger5353]

@@Aotearoawoodturner thanks ill try

[@hashteraksgage3281]

Honestly you just play and get the feel of it, ive been spamming a lot of Yamato lately and can reliably hit most stuff up to 20km, beyond that gets a bit more difficult.

[@defender714]

Agree. It's the practice that pays off. These vids are where sealord shines. Very helpful.

[@BladeCaptain-TRMN]

I like the #9 Reticle

[@jackaubrey8614]

OK, I think I can claim to be a fairly decent shot (dev strike on a broadside cruiser travelling in the opposite direction from Republique at a range of 25.4km ? - RNG was kind that day), but all the advice and experience in the world is useless when you have a ship like the (Tech tree) Renown which supposedly has a main battery maximum dispersion of 181 metres....sailing that thing last night, I fired at an almost broadside BB at a range of 5.4km. The shells from the front four barrels landed all round the target (zero hits) while the two shells from the rear turret were a total joke - one landed left of the main group and short, while the other landed right of the main group and long..... With "accuracy" like that the only requirement is a ouija board :)

[@ryanbrochu3336]

The value of 181m is for horizontal dispersion at the guns max range of 15.8km, vertical dispersion is a hidden stat. Using the site, Shiptool, you'll find that Renown's vertical dispersion at 16km is 107m. As for your Renown missing the enemy at 5.4km, it sounds like RNG just shoved an un-lubed torpedo up your ass and shouted "NO!!"

[@EllieBanks333]

Was hoping for some SAP suggestions. I don't seem to get the results when using SAP vs AP.

[@ryanbrochu3336]

Sap is like HE, it has a set value for armour pen. For example, Italian T10 Cruiser Venezia's SAP have 54mm of pen. If a ship has 55mm or more armour, your SAP either shatters or bounces doing 0 damage.

[@willis1712]

It would be nice if there were some context and ship specific round start warnings to remind newer players of ships possibly having hydro or radar and things of that nature.

[@paradoxvs4197]

Hey! Would you consider doing a positioning/logic of the fight guide? I have around 200h, just unlocked my 1st tier X ship (Yamato) but i feel i don't know how to play the game properly. Thanks!

[@jaredbossart4038]

How about a video explaining the relationship between armor geometry and shell penetration characteristics (Have fun avoiding innuendos with that one), especially for us idiots who refuse to shoot anything but AP in Yammy? In one instance I was actually trying to hit a Montana you yourself were skipping; there you were quite well angled and it was bouncefest with a few over-pens for me the entire battle. Meanwhile a Conqueror has a ghost citadel standing broadside, but I've double cit'd them bow-in from across the map. And why is that there is a citadel sweet spot on Schlieffens where they are Nagato levels of soft with big shelled AP but at all other angles seem to have destroyer citadels? These are questions that keep up at night after a long session playing this game.

[@joshuayang0331]

could there be a captain training ship guide? like which line could be trained on which ship, what ship to train it with for different countries etc.

[@svkAssasin]

Probably dum question, however it bothers me to no end. When you zoom in, what are those numbers in the horizontal lines on the both sides of crosshair? Distance, or seconds or smt else? Thanks in advance.

[@aurelspecker6740]

Well, I think it's just a ruler to get a feeling for distance and speed. If you are a pro, you could utilize it very hard. Let's say someone sails perfectly broadside, and your shells take 10 seconds. You can just count ten seconds and MEASURE how far he got. Now you just preaim exactly this distance, and you got a perfect hit. In the end, it doesn't work that well. Because the ruler moves with the enemy ship when locked on. (Not sure if you can manually delock? - would be very interested) And people usually don't sail in a straight line and constant speed for a longer time. And finally, if you are capable of using this ruler, you probably also have a pretty accurate gut feeling how far you have to preaim. So basically, this ruler would be used by the real battle ships to calculate their aim.

[@shironee_2384]

If you're using Dynamic crosshair, I believe it's time for shells to arrive.

[@ShockSmile]

you can use the numbers for a ship sailing broadside at 30knots, if your shot's take 8s to land, aim at the 8th mark

[@octaviusmorlock]

Now, can you explain angling? Because I feel like a bow-in VT shouldn't be taking damage if shells hit the bow. (460mm+ excluded of course.)

[@matthewyingling6490]

What key do you push to get the top down view from your spotting plane?

[@gregcavender7798]

C

[@matthewyingling6490]

@@gregcavender7798 thanks

[@EliotFerguson-h4n]

I have the shell timer on my guns but you still need a little game knowledge to get these. I end up not using it because I know the shells on my ships pretty well.

[@evolutionari]

That ending was amazing

[@joeystalin3357]

Hey Sealord could you make a video for the German Cruiser line? Eg. Tips, how to play each one etc.

[@mitchm4992]

At 1:57, what'd you mean by firing penalty range?

[@sealordmountbatten]

The range at when you’ll be detected after firing

[@mitchm4992]

Ah! Okay, cool, thanks man.

[@snowi9585]

I can aim fine enough with almost everything really, other than the damned american bb line. I just can't deal with the shell velocity. It's always like this when I go from the veneto to the montana and i have to wait 3 business days for the shells to miss cuz my enemy evaded in another direction than I thought he would, compared to the more normal velocities from other bbs.

[@jeffreyp2053]

was about to grind for vanguard but i saw what you commented in the chat in-game 6:08

[@ryanbrochu3336]

??? You can't grind for Vanguard, it's a premium ship. Which means the only way to get is to use your credit card.

[@patrickprafke4894]

Is there any of these WoWS channels that use anything other then Randoms as the Replay?

[@sirtogii5216]

The difference between Dynamic and Static cross hairs could have been useful. I've only used dynamic ones but not sure how much they differ in terms of skill floor and benefits either way.

[@BlackHearthguard]

The numbers on the dynamic sight correspond to each second of flight time the shell will take to reach the aiming point with the target traveling at 30kn. The scale on the dynamic sight changes based on the zoom level, so regardless of zoom level, the number 4 will always correspond to 4 seconds of flight. This is useful as when you put your central point on the target, it reads out the range, the maximum speed of the target and how long it will take the shells to reach that point.

[@ryanbrochu3336]

Static is scaled to a 20knot speed while Dynamic is scaled to a 30knot speed.

[@Redbeard013]

Does anyone know if any of the mods can mess with the full HUD display? I have my HUD set up like Sea Lord's but I don't get the range, travel time, etc on my in game HUD when I zoom in.

[@LangeloScuro]

Yeah I'm new to the game so pardon the question. ... Can anyone tell me where the Training Room is in game? I've seen the videos but not the room. And I know I need the practice.

[@sealordmountbatten]

Look at the bottom of the screen when you change the game mode

[@LangeloScuro]

Found the wiki page and learned you have to be tier 17 before it appears and I'm not. But thanks to you I found the wiki.

[@erikalexander414]

😊😊😊😊

[@Schaneification]

It RNG , you can have a best AIM but if RNG says no it is NO .

[@zabarang1]

Bird hunting helps.

[@NarcissisticTree]

How come Des Moines only has three turrets when Buffalo has 4?

[@jackcasse]

Des Moines has 3 but they fire like 3 times faster.

[@AmerAmer-ti7bp]

9 years to late but why not ...

[@redhelmetmann]

Or just download the mod to get much better information

[@gonzdoom]

Makes a guide to aim when hardly lands shots in background demos

[@deucerr3470]

Dodging?

[@ChrisDean-w6e]

totally useless to all but the newest players.

[@mikehenthorn1778]

Lol how to aim BB guns. Who cares as WG has played games with how they work for no good reason at all. I'm talking to you KM . Because the Germans were known for inaccurate guns on their ships.

[@jmiller475]

HS.... every game starts with figuring out which direction the game fuzzy miss seemes to be biased to this game and it changes each game. Total BS

[@holdenwaite]

Thanks for the guide….great information. Please, please, please think about getting to the point & not rambling on & on so much. It makes an otherwise top notch video nearly unwatchable.

[@andyaweebphysicist]

Good old Yami HE Spam. Got it.😂