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An interesting approach could be to wait until the last week of the season, just to bring Slava into Broadside-Heaven...

Don't forget that we are just talking about 7.5% HP - how long do you think these additional HP will last inside heavy enemy AA ? My feeling is: the heavier the AA, the better it is to be fast instead. And Ranked has a lot of AA blobs. So you are talking about speed adjustments during the attack dive. With enough experience, you will usually set up your approach correctly, so you don't need to break a lot in order to aim your bombs. But yeah you can do that if necessary.

Since when do you have to slow down for a high drop? The attack animation is always the same and more speed will just make it quicker. I think you are imagining this buddy... or maybe you just can't aim it properly unless you brake. Do you have anything to back this claim up?

It's just a 10% boost of continuous damage - don't wet your pants over it.

I guess you missed the part about spending less time inside AA, but feel free to pick the 7.5% HP instead. I would be more interested in your explanation why "speed is as much your ally as your enemy at times".

Speed is what you want. You spend less time inside AA to get your strike off and you spend less time useless between your attacks.

Legendary Upgrade Hakuryu. I expect a lot of Smolensks and Hallands though, which could favor the Richthofen, especially for those who cannot deal with Halland and choose to ignore it anyway...

Detonation in Ranked and CW has always been stupid. Just use the signal though... You can at least buy it for credits now.

It's not really questionable, since the ship is lacking accuracy at range. PR is in fact balanced to be a brawler. As long as you accept the German Turtleback as a balancing factor, why not accept the underwater citadel? It's not like PR is too strong overall...

It's not like Shokaku can't do the same though...

There is a lot of BS in the wiki and l know for sure that IJN AP bombs do not land outside of the reticle 50% of the time.

Certainly not, at least with regard to the rockets/bombs.

I didn't try it, but I'm quite certain that 2x JB with HE spam could have just melted most Pommerns, especially as I expect many of them to run without Fire Prevention. Maybe Sea of Fortune would have given too much cover though...

Triple Pommern div will just roll over most Random teams.

The Kutuzov dude means Kronshtadt - he just has no idea what he is talking about, as JB was never FXP.

That's the thing : Slava is actually more forgiving than Stalingrad. People have a really hard time to citadel you even when you're broadside, unless they're close to you. That means it is much easier to turn your ship around.

Hands down: Alsaka for the improved AP angles. Many people underestimate the difference this makes...

I don't understand the OP. Stalingrad is for Steel, Slava for RB Points. How is there a choice between them? Just a few points on the question: Stalingrad Has improved AP angles and great bow-tanking potential Slava Extremely good vertical dispersion and penetrating power let you blap BBs across the map, actually has forgiving citadel armor Of course there is more to these ships, not writing a review here...

And I have told you the solution. Spend some money. Buy premium time and a T9 premium ship against the credit problems in particular.

If you do not have premium time/stuff, you have to work your butt off to grind in this game. I recommend to work in a real job instead and to spend some money on the game, which is more effective.

What's your deal dude? If you are butthurt and want remove your posts here, just edit them. If you want to delete your game account, go for it. Or... maybe just chill and ignore it?

"The first thing that would catch the player's eye would be the massive 12 200 alpha for the HE bombs, and when compared to even Midway's HE bombs, Erich Loewenhardt's HE bombs outperform Midway's in damage, penetration and fire chance." How amazing is that - they are just comparing the individual bombs, but fail to adress that Midway drops 3 times more of them... Conensus between good CV players is that E. Lowenhardt is weak btw.

That is certainly true. We have always had a lot of "imbeciles" though, so what could be the reason for increased stomps? I personally believe that the game simply got more complex and has a faster overall pace with the CV spotting, meaning that said "imbeciles" will suicide even quicker. Maybe it's just my subjective feeling, but I think the old stealth-meta was a bit more calm. WG has said a lot about average battle duration, but in a stomp the game is usually decided much sooner. What I am wondering instead is if there is a statistic showing if more ships have been dying within the first 5 or 10 minutes of the battle since the CV-rework. @MrConway maybe?

I guess you would have to pay some Russian Hacker to do that.

Congratz. And as @Excavatus has pointed out, it was obviously great help for you to stop using the Yugumo and try Pommern instead: