World of Warships- What Battleship Line Is Right For You In 2024?

Hey guys! Today we go over the battleship lines and try to give you guys the answer to the title question! Enjoy!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:44 Brawlers
12:04 Mid-Range BBs
32:01 Snipers

[@Cerberus0076]

Timing is essential for brawling, that's correct. Start to early,and you're going to be ripped apart by everyone and their mom's focus fire. Start too late,and theres not much left over, since everyone is behind an island,or fleeing. Somewhere in between, there's a sweet spot,when Enemy DD s entering caps, and Enemy team tries to push.. Sometimes the "psychological effect"of a full seccondary built German Bb,is enough to make em overthink their decision 😂

[@grayboats7741]

Still at the over aggressive, solo target phase myself.

[@googuslorenzo]

I always had a bone to pick with how the British battleships were portrayed in the game. The whole Royal Navy doctrine was to have heavier armour to get in close to the enemy, sacrificing speed (while in game they get smashed for showing even a little bit of ankle). That's why they are generally slower than other contemporary ships like the Richelieu, Littorio, Iowa, etc. Their AP in real life was actually really good compared to the pathetic shells we see in game (in relation to pen).

[@st3gosaurus]

agreed, most british battleships were slow but very heavily armored, and had excellent ap.

[@googuslorenzo]

@@st3gosaurus Yeah, the KGVs had a 15 inch belt at the waterline. The only belt in WW2 that was thicker than that was Yamato's 16 inch belt yet in WOWS the KGV is a pancake.

[@thomasbird1463]

Cope

[@Norbrookc]

I didn't mind playing the Colorado that much when I got it, but what I did mind was how *much* you have to play the Colorado. It's the only one where you have to grind a lot for not just one, but two extra battleship lines.

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

Yes they should buff this thing already.

[@Norbrookc]

@@R4ZORLIGHT I'd prefer if they'd shift the hybrids to another ship. It's one thing to grind the over 100K for the main line, and then again for the second line, but then you have to do it all over again for the third line? I have more than enough free XP to jump the line, but then again, I haven't heard much good from other players about the hybrids.

[@broccanmacronain457]

I actually like my Colorado, the New Mexico on the other had sux!

[@Norbrookc]

@@broccanmacronain457 I rather like it myself. As I said, the only thing that irritates me is that when (or if) you try to grind the other tech lines in the American BB's, you have to start back at 0 with it for the next line...twice.

[@HirteJoe]

I think Brawlers are the hardest to play because you need to understand which time to start brawling!

[@mertc8050]

Yep it requires iq

[@cheeseburgerapocalypse2604]

You'll never be a brawler if you are playing on Asia server

[@subodhsrinivasamurthy6866]

@@cheeseburgerapocalypse2604 Its true

[@mertc8050]

@@cheeseburgerapocalypse2604 lmao

[@quor2243]

It depends, if you have a solid team you can start off right behind your DD and get up in the action. Many players still hate to have secondaries raining on them and run and hide, so as long as you have support you can push early. No support and get focused on, you're dead. I like the main line German BBs for this reason, they're more tanky and if you push a bit to soon you can survive a bit longer with hope support follows your sacrifice.

[@dashsocur]

I accidentally stumbled into the British Battlecruiser line. I took a very long hiatus from the game and got the Tiger for free as a "Welcome Back" present. Decided to try it before I sold it and loved it. I never would have given it a shot otherwise (gave up on the main British line at the Orion) but I'm so glad they prompted me to try it.

[@a.nichols626]

As a German BB main I notice too many other BBs sitting behind islands doing nothing. Don't understand the mindset of parking behind a mountain where you can't shoot anything your DD spots. Really frustrating when there are multiple ships parked behind the island for AA support but still not helping. Best way to use islands is just to break LOS right after firing and circling back over and over. Not trying to park on the beach.

[@denispennec3615]

Great description of all the lines!

[@jackcrawford6078]

"Battleships? never had any use for em. *Didn't say I didn't know how to Use em." Admiral Quigley

[@xzarial6652]

Great list as always!

[@jamierife7789]

German BBs all the way for brawling, with an occasional Massachusetts if I'm in an "Anchors Aweigh" mood.

[@suryia6706]

Great Vid. I wish i had started on BB's but nooo, I had to do cruisers. Big mistake 😂

[@TheJoe7Six]

I've been playing since beta and only recently have I finished the Montana and Yamato lines. I was dreading Izumo, but I really enjoyed grinding it. I was still glad to finally get the Yamato though. And while I do have Satsuma, I think I enjoy Yamato more.

[@ottertok]

Awesome, just what I was looking for.

[@mikedignum1868]

I went down the British line when I first started...mainly because I'm British...I like to brawl.

[@davidlennyman444]

Being from Canada I also immediately went for British BBs despite wanting to brawl. I’ve learned to just be content with renown as she’s as close as you’ll get in a tier where you won’t be punished very hard for misplays

[@TheStygian]

​@@davidlennyman444 I'd never say the British Battlecruisers are good brawlers, BUT - They do have those disgusting little gyroscoping torpedoes that do very well in close encounters. Combined with their ridiculous damage and you got yourself a little pocket dev strike.

[@mertc8050]

I sec built my vincent and it kinda works lmao

[@wedgeantilles3983]

Battleships peak at tier 8. Once you hit 9 and 10 theres so many auto loading smoke and hill hiders that your just an xp and damage pinata feeding everyone else. Hence why theres such a passive long range meta, approaching anywhere near the halfway line at top tier just gets you perma spotted and burned/torped down and you cant do anything about it.

[@robdgaming]

I've noticed you favor long-range BBs like Yamato, and you even once recommended a main battery build for Preussen. I personally can't hit/pen well enough at range, esp with pen RNG being what it is. The only BBs I have consistent success with are the secondary ships. Although they're also the only ones I play a lot.

[@GreggFellows]

if you want some fun grab a German BB and go brawling

[@Balanar6236]

This is an awesome video and very helpful! It would be great if you could make a similar video for other ship types, destroyers and cruisers at least.

[@JarlSeamus]

I actually like Schleiffen, and have pretty good luck in it. The Preussen line, however I found really painful.

[@ElmwoodCertified]

Solid Vid Sealord!

[@malguskerensky]

Great overall Battleship review! My personal favorites: USN Primary BB line (typical armored, decent speed, good guns), IJN Primary BB line (Solid speed, ok armor, longer range play style, kiting ships), RN Secondary Line (torps and guns, weaker armor, fast, medium range), German Secondary Line (brawl, fast ships, weaker armor, and torps)

[@Norbrookc]

I finished grinding the British lines a little while ago, and the one thing that I kept thinking was that the secondary line was actually better overall than the main line. Regarding the torps, once in a while you get something with them, but since you have to be pretty much broadside in some tiers or only have one in the upper, I often felt like it fell into the "why did you bother?" category. I don't know about the upper tiers of IJN ships (I haven't ground that far up), but at least through tier 7, they're my least favorite line.

[@paddington1670]

IJN BBs are good if you stay far away and can actually hit something but as soon as you get close they suffer@@Norbrookc

[@Norbrookc]

@@paddington1670 It's the "can actually hit something" that's the problem at any range.

[@malguskerensky]

@@Norbrookc With IJN main line, until tier 9-10, you want to always be moving, so you may miss more shots. You want to kite tier 7 and lower ships, try to get the rear turrets involved even at the expense of the front turrets. Sneak in those broadsides off and then cut the rudder over hard; while at 15+ km away from the main battle. Yes you tend to miss a bit more, but the guns are more long range and quicker to fire to cover up the dispersion issues.

[@kaollachan]

i love alsace , i use a mixte of main gun and increase of secondary range ( just to use the CC reload time on main gun)

[@sargisshirinyan207]

Love these videos

[@jamesharrington001]

I really think they shout tweak the American BB lines, now what I mean by that is make the spilt come off of the New Mex. Colorado being the first ship in the Fattleships, add a proto NC 3x3 14" guns for the fast BB line, and the Avation BB line coming off of the NC line.

[@waynemathews6494]

i can brawl with all nations bb in game some better then others but they can all brawl if u pay attention to where other ships are and your dd spot so u have a good idea where things are and use islands as cover even a lower tier bb can make a bigger one cry for mommy if u can get him looking the wrong way

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

They need to nerf CVs to make brawling and more aggressive play viable again. Reduce the damage to ships that get attacked over and over again by the CV (like they are testing) and ships spotted by CVs should only be visible on the mini map.

[@gotfrydzbouillon4191]

Republique with hybrid of Heavy AP build and Reload+Seconadries build.

[@minkster5054]

I'm a bit confused. After not playing for many years, i went down the russian bb line. I'm up to the vladivostok and I kinda agree with survivability- however dispersion has been horrendous right down the entire line for me. Its supposed to be better at short range, but even at 8-10 km at slow or stationary targets most shells miss. Ive tried a main battery build and a secondary build but the dispersion is so bad to begin with the small gains arent worth it. Were you just referencing the Kremlin? because i'm not seeing it.

[@sealordmountbatten]

It does happen up and down the line, the gimmick doesn’t always work for some reason or another

[@richardwilliams3152]

When you talk about the American "super heavy AP" are you using the heavy AP commander skill?

[@sealordmountbatten]

No, the shell itself is a special shell known as Mk8 SHAP

[@crazykev5]

Is the Russian bb worth going down in 2024? I've been enjoying the t6 germanbattle cruiser.

[@tukiort4504]

Will you be doing a video like this for all class?

[@sealordmountbatten]

Mayhaps

[@spiffywolf2850]

Id play this game more if I had people to play with but I enjoy the info, I love my Kremlin even if it feels a bit power crept at times and I enjoy the Conq cause hehe I burn u. Working down German BC line. After than might try one of the snipey lines if i ever get there.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303]

Minor correction,the british BCs have standard HE pen

[@Axel23410]

Doesnt change anything tbh Having improved pen on BB guns at higher tier doesnt cross any important threshold

[@paulrasmussen8953]

Just call the 2nd us BB line the tilman line, its in that vein

[@Da_chit]

The Vermont is not as forgiving as a GK. Many times been hit for 50k on my slow ass Vermont never in my life has Gk been hit that hard and it much harder to play. You can’t just in in secondary range and do good damage. You need to be aware of the map and just like the GK soon as you fire you are the target. Unlike the GK though the Vermont can’t fight back as fast and discourage the advance. Also for some reason the Vermont shells love to shatter in places where my GK can pen.

[@mile_381]

republique or yamato for beginner?

[@cyberwaste]

Play the Italians first. Do it.

[@theGoogol]

😂

[@AllroundSwizzy]

I did. Not having too much fun with them 😅

[@yamazakinozaki9804]

BB Stalingrad is not included?😢

[@paulrasmussen8953]

He is talking about the free ships

[@yamazakinozaki9804]

@@paulrasmussen8953 oh i see.

[@utimas1696]

I perfer the German Battlecruisers rather than the German Battleship main line. Even though Preussen has bigger guns and a bigger HP pool, Schlieffen has crazy secondaries and easier to manouver, and Schlieffen can be an absolute monster if you have Lutjens.

[@ach5477]

I don't know why but I enjoyed all the italian lines

[@caifrank7425]

how to get the full of WOWS tree tech for 2024

[@brady9320]

i binge watch all your videos super drunk my main BB is the florida can you give a review in 2024??

[@gesalbte]

Video summary Secondary-battery brawlers: Preussen line Schlieffen line Kremlin line Mid-range battleship: Montana line Vermont line Louisiana line Conqueror line St Vincent line Colombo line (a terrible line to grind) Republique line Sniper battleships: Yamato line (a decent grind) Bungo line

[@BlackHearthguard]

Hang on, I thought GK was your highest played ship?

[@FoStealth]

I would say play the US battleships from 10km in

[@paulrasmussen8953]

Lion wasn't too bad monarch is the painful one

[@kingofcastlechaos]

Do a video on the tiny quirks of each line and one on each map and the best way to play them. The constant review rehashes are getting old (been with you since

[@itsmebatman]

Every time I play my Alsace I'm surprised just how much damage these 15 inch guns do over the course of a match. This boat slaps. At first I thought: "looks like an Iowa with worse guns" but it feels completely different. Its big downside is the pathetic French armor scheme. This boat takes so much damage from HE spam and also from normal AP penetrations. Can't really do any tanking.

[@hadriench3402]

French BB techline is totally out of date, and it's now no worth to grind it except if you've already up all the other BB tech line

[@itsmebatman]

@@hadriench3402 Arguably old, original Japanese and US BB lines are even more out of date. Doesn't mean they are unplayable.

[@motaz1975]

lets play battleshits! harold and kumar lol!

[@temery94]

Best tier 10 German bb is still the GK

[@scootypooper]

hello

[@ronpatava]

I think the Yamato has the worst Play style in the game currently. 90% of them sit at max range and never leave their spawn points. I personally love to brawl even with Montana, great video

[@grimmhammertv3365]

that moment went you thought you sent the "gud" vermont replay, and you didnt....*not like this* 🙃

[@Angeltrust76]

Day 4 of asking sealord Mountbatten to make a WoWs replay playlist

[@beardumaw24]

Maybe quite asking and ask someone else??? Lol

[@Cocomofo]

Entitled much?

[@tehpwnzeez]

Ok Worcester-guy wannabe

[@littlefaith8740]

You like battleships?? Who would have seen that coming 😉

[@anzacmerc4hire781]

Day 1 of watching @Angeltrust76 asking sealord Mountbatten to make a WoWs replay playlist

[@nucleus_underfire4666]

0:00 "Who doesn't like battleships?" This goes to show just how biased the community is in favor of this class.

[@paulross1768]

Italians BBs on top...Thats the only correct answer

[@thematrixredpill]

Says British battle cruiser line is good. The st. Vincent is the best bb/bc in the game.

[@geehammer1511]

Drinking game : every time SLM says "Battleship" drink a shot. Good luck! lol

[@gothamgoon4237]

First thing you have to learn as a new player playing BB's is that your armour and angle means squat in this game. Everyone just fires and spams HE in this game and HE completely bypasses any armour regardless of thickness or angle. Everyone just spams it for 20 minutes straight, even bb's, usually from inside smoke or behind an island and starts endless fires. He spam, torp spam, homing torp spam or shotgun torp spam from invisible subs and of cause the unending waves of planes from cv's that pump them out like factories which you can do absolutely nothing against. Good luck new players.

[@dennisboulais7905]

I love to torp BB's! lol

[@jonathoncopeland7492]

On console my favorite three cruisers are Exeter, Belfast, and Plymouth. Use like battleships but I find my self enjoying cruisers more. If I was pick three battleships it would be Alabama, Florida, and Texas.

[@Paleorunner2]

I can't bring myself to play Japanese ships.

[@loonowolf2160]

I'm not a wows player and never will be one

[@mungo7136]

Hate battleships and game "random" and rigging for AI controlled ships. Played several Operations in Bismarck / Scharnhorst constantly wiped out by cruisers and DDs that were laughing in the middle of my splashes while constantly eating my HPs. Made hit for 2000 (and constant miss, overpenetration, ricochet) and played by 3000+. Any DD can charge you, run to 3000m from you and shotgun you with torps while you cannot hit him as every f*** shot just hits water. Turrets turn forever. When shooting even at Tier4 BBs (form Tier7/8 !!!) - ricochet, overpenetration, few HP down. Return salvo regardless the angle ate thousands of my HPs. Again, again and again. Any stupid cruiser can run circles around you and keep spamming you with HEs. Did it so many times. Took Tier6 Dorsetshire to same matchmaking and effortlessly made more damage, just spamming HEs

[@BugattiONE666]

How about you simply shouldnt be playing Battleships in 2024? HE spamming is the only one of the 3 metas BBs can do and their either bad at it, or a cancer to the game and shouldnt be advised at all, so you might as well play a Cruiser

[@dominikdolejsi1088]

North carolina is bad ship.

[@chiracultrainstinct3d629]

lol. You just don’t know how to play it

[@dominikdolejsi1088]

@@chiracultrainstinct3d629 , it is not universal, if you have bad match, you gona do nothing

[@chiracultrainstinct3d629]

@@dominikdolejsi1088like in any ship in random.

[@dominikdolejsi1088]

@@chiracultrainstinct3d629 yes, but North carolina have everything worse

[@hornm67]

I hate battleships, they are big, slow, hard to turn and not really usefull in naval combat. Plus you are asking for a like and subscribe without showing any content, the ultimate sin of any youtuber!

[@fresshell3411]

I grinded Yamato and Bungo, never again. Crusiers are badass