Aziraph

Thanks so much for the responses! I think this explains why I didn't end up having much fun on the line but enjoyed the RN CLs all the way up (and loved 6/7/10). It's a really interesting insight that their heal - because it's so strong as a consumable - means they've had to have big compromises elsewhere that make them quite unfun (mainly through lack of versatility?), on top the lack of utility. I feel this really sums it up. That might be good in a competitive setting but in casual play that's not always what you want, is it! Thanks a lot for the super comprehensive look at all the ships Bunny_Lover_Kallen. I'm sure that'll help a lot of people make a decision about whether it's really worth pushing up through the line. I've got Minotaur and Baltimore at the moment. I think if I do progress another cruiser line, I'm much more likely to go up one of the others, now - maybe French or Italian. Cheers!

Devonshire through to Drake are consistently at or near the top of tech tree cruisers in terms of win rate and average damage after ~250,000-400,000 games played each (https://wows-numbers.com/ship/4075730896,Drake/). Is that normally enough data to roughly know how good a new line is? I know they had a lot of criticism, and I played up to Surrey myself before giving up, thinking they were rubbish, but then it was my first cruiser line, so realistically it was me that was rubbish. What's the general consensus on them these days?