Hard time hitting smolensk ?

[Admiral_Oily_Discharge]

Greetings ,

This ship is seriously like a giant angry dd holy hell and Is it true or its just me who is having hard time shooting smolensk even at 15-18 kms . he always or more frequently manages to dodge my shells from yamato and kremlin ? Also where I am supposed to shoot a smolensk at close range i.e. 10km and under I always get overpens yeah I tried shooting below waterline managed to melt it in 1 salvo but its not always reliable ...

 

Thanks

[lossi_2018]

It;s a nimble ship, wit captains that are (mostly) conscious of their vulnerability. So they dodge a lot but no more than other nimble CAs. I have trouble hitting Minos for example and a couple of dds but mostly cuz their captains (not always) are pretty good at dodging haha :D

[Spartan_Renegade]

Smolensk is a freak of nature. It shouldn't exist. 

[Yedwy]

I have more trouble seeing her then hitting her when visible as most times its just a smoke cloud with shells pouring out of it that start ten million fires on you...

[lossi_2018]

Just now, Yedwy said:

I have more trouble seeing her then hitting her when visible as most times its just a smoke cloud with shells pouring out of it that start ten million fires on you...

dis

[ColonelPete]

In open water Smolensk is just a practice target.

Would they remove smoke, she could get some real nimbleness.

[Admiral_Oily_Discharge]

59 minutes ago, lossi_2018 said:

It;s a nimble ship, wit captains that are (mostly) conscious of their vulnerability. So they dodge a lot but no more than other nimble CAs. I have trouble hitting Minos for example and a couple of dds but mostly cuz their captains (not always) are pretty good at dodging haha :D

Good to know that I am not the only 1 to suck at this xd.just a question. can ships like Smolensk be nerfed? or its considered a Prem too? or it is a prem? 

 

1 hour ago, TheWolfQueen said:

Smolensk is a freak of nature. It shouldn't exist. 

the problem is mostly, for mino firerate which is only acceptable for the mino because it only has ap so the mino needs to aim and can only hurt some things even aiming for the thin parts
while the smol can just hold down the fire button and even if every shot cant even scratch the paint it will still set the ship on fire and with smols dispersion it means you dont even need to change your aim precisely to set the different sections of your enemy on fire your shells will land all over just like its armor at close range the smols weaknesses are actually a strength .WHERE IS THE SKILL IN THIS ?

[Admiral_Oily_Discharge]

10 minutes ago, ColonelPete said:

In open water Smolensk is just a practice target.

The thing is we actually need  24x7 pumps on BBs that would suck water off the sea to rekt fires realtime

[Admiral_Oily_Discharge]

 

Gon need somthing like this to undo smol

[ColonelPete]

15 minutes ago, Admiral_Oily_Discharge said:

The thing is we actually need  24x7 pumps on BBs that would suck water off the sea to rekt fires realtime

Not really...

[pra3y]

1 hour ago, ColonelPete said:

In open water Smolensk is just a practice target.

I can usually tank 1+ million to 2+ million potential damage in my smolensk though.

 

 

[ColonelPete]

6 minutes ago, pra3y said:

I can usually tank 1+ million to 2+ million potential damage in my smolensk though.

Probably because people try to hit you in smoke...

 

Maybe play a few battles without smoke and watch your tanking results.

[Gudgeon]

The smellyensk will not be changed, it will be offered in the lo.....Christmas boxes as bait. I have never wanted one as such ships are toxic to the game. The only problem I have with them is the stupid overpen mechanic, which this ship is particularly blessed with......perhaps it is flying a magic flag or something.

[pra3y]

38 minutes ago, ColonelPete said:

Probably because people try to hit you in smoke...

 

Maybe play a few battles without smoke and watch your tanking results.

Its because I play it without using smoke most of the time, hence the high potential damage 

 

It's impossible to get that much potential damage through smoke shooting 

[KillStealBoss]

3 hours ago, TheWolfQueen said:

Smolensk is a freak of nature. It shouldn't exist. 

Not nature but WG. 

[Ubertron_X]

2 hours ago, ColonelPete said:

In open water Smolensk is just a practice target.

In principle yes, but OPs fact remains that you'll need approx. 30 BB shells to sink one because all you'll ever get in between your reloads is overpens. Other cruisers are far bigger threats to a Smolensk in the open than any BB is.

 

Spoiler

Yes, I am exaggerating, but just a little...

 

[Yedwy]

I esp like to chance upon that little  when in Venezia... Ooooh I get all warm and fuzzy when I think of it mmmmm 

[Spartan_93]

Dodging is OP, you should try that too. Even your Yamato can change speed and direction to make it hard for a Smolensk to hit you at 15-18km.

 

And as some people already said, it is a very vulnerable ship, so most people are aware, that they need to actively dodge.

[illy]

it's not so much the hitting part it's what happens when you do hit it, most often ricochets and overpens.....then once in a blue moon you'll get a citadel out of nowhere, it then disappears only to reemerge and sets fire to your whole team

[lovelacebeer]

At medium and close range I prefer to switch to HE when shooting a Smolensk when I'm in a BB. At longer ranges where the shells are plunging AP can be very effective, my Yamato with spotter plane does very nicely when the little devil is sat in smoke obviously open water kiting is much harder.

[Admiral_Oily_Discharge]

5 minutes ago, lovelacebeer said:

At medium and close range I prefer to switch to HE when shooting a Smolensk when I'm in a BB.

How rewarding do you think it is to switich shells for a single smol when thar are other cruisers waifus thirsty for penetrations

[lovelacebeer]

2 minutes ago, Admiral_Oily_Discharge said:

How rewarding do you think it is to switich shells for a single smol when thar are other cruisers waifus thirsty for penetrations

 

To kill one of those little  personally I find it very rewarding, I will usually focus them over other cruisers because I find them so annoying. Smolensk was a terrible ship to introduce to the game in the first place. 

[OldschoolGaming_YouTube]

7 hours ago, Admiral_Oily_Discharge said:

Greetings ,

This ship is seriously like a giant angry dd holy hell and Is it true or its just me who is having hard time shooting smolensk even at 15-18 kms . he always or more frequently manages to dodge my shells from yamato and kremlin ? Also where I am supposed to shoot a smolensk at close range i.e. 10km and under I always get overpens yeah I tried shooting below waterline managed to melt it in 1 salvo but its not always reliable ...

 

Thanks

Its really nimble and hard to hit at range. I have rangebuild in my Smol (19,2 km) so I can gunboat in the open as much as I want and take zero damage. Best is usually to try and shoot them in smoke where they usually feel safe and sit still. Use the tricks from Flamus smokefire guide and blapp away with HE.

[Miscommunication_dept]

I had a 300k game in my Smolensk and only used one smoke. Kiting 4 German BBs with that manoeuvrability and bouncing shells of then 30mm sections is surprisingly effective.

[Puffin_]

One of the scariest thing to meet when playing Smolensk is Conqueror from short range. 12 guns aiming at you loaded with Royal Navy HE shells   It's like Conqueror has Smolensk delete button.