[VLOOT] RamboCras Players 298 posts 20,036 battles Report post #1 Posted March 13, 2020 I used IFHE on my Massachusetts, Ohio, Georgia to empower my secondaries more. Is that still useful in the new Meta? Also have it on my Smolensk and Belfast... I have no clue if I should keep it. Smolensk is a fire starter, with the new IFHE that chance is cut in half. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[DAVY] Isoruku_Yamamoto Players 1,121 posts 12,798 battles Report post #2 Posted March 13, 2020 48 minutes ago, RamboCras said: I used IFHE on my Massachusetts, Ohio, Georgia to empower my secondaries more. Is that still useful in the new Meta? Also have it on my Smolensk and Belfast... I have no clue if I should keep it. Smolensk is a fire starter, with the new IFHE that chance is cut in half. Smolensk should lose it Keep it on belfast if you use captain only for belfast, it needs the pen Massa secondaries only if you ise it asa dedicated captain, but even then meh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[4_0_4] Zemeritt Players 7,896 posts 14,340 battles Report post #3 Posted March 13, 2020 13 hours ago, Isoruku_Yamamoto said: Massa secondaries only if you ise it asa dedicated captain, but even then meh I'd give it a hard pass. IFHE on US 127mm goes up to 26mm pen, which is not enough with all the new 27mm plating on many cruisers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NOCAP] viceadmiral123 Players 1,150 posts 23,858 battles Report post #4 Posted March 14, 2020 I'd skip IFHE on the ships you mentioned, without Belfast which may find it useful. My advice is to check what threshold you can meet with IFHE - 27mm for cruiser plating, 32mm BB plating in t8+, 38mm some decks/plating. If you pass one of those thresholds and you can spare the captain points, IFHE may be useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[LEEUW] TheBrut3 [LEEUW] Players 493 posts 7,778 battles Report post #5 Posted March 14, 2020 52 minutes ago, viceadmiral123 said: I'd skip IFHE on the ships you mentioned, without Belfast which may find it useful. My advice is to check what threshold you can meet with IFHE - 27mm for cruiser plating That's why it's still useful on Smolensk. It gives 27mm pen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NOCAP] viceadmiral123 Players 1,150 posts 23,858 battles Report post #6 Posted March 15, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 4:00 PM, TheBrut3 said: That's why it's still useful on Smolensk. It gives 27mm pen. 27mm is a small treshhold, it's up to you if it's worth 4 skill points and half fire chance. I personally retrained Smolensk captain without IFHE. I think aiming for superstructure you will mostly shatter on the 30mm deck rather than get random hits on the 27mm plating. It's rarely useful. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[VLOOT] RamboCras Players 298 posts 20,036 battles Report post #7 Posted March 17, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 12:53 AM, Zemeritt said: I'd give it a hard pass. IFHE on US 127mm goes up to 26mm pen, which is not enough with all the new 27mm plating on many cruisers. Flambass just posted a video that if you are top tier and you have IFHE you will rip through every cruiser and tier 6 BBs... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[4_0_4] Zemeritt Players 7,896 posts 14,340 battles Report post #8 Posted March 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, RamboCras said: Flambass just posted a video that if you are top tier and you have IFHE you will rip through every cruiser and tier 6 BBs... So you wanna gamble on being top tier? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sargento_YO Players 1,423 posts 8,827 battles Report post #9 Posted March 17, 2020 You know that if you take IFHE on a battleship you will lose half of your fire chance on your main guns? However secondaries WITHOUT IFHE are quite useless. So, yeah, secondary builds are pretty dead now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BUSHI] Odo_Toothless Modder 5,055 posts 22,876 battles Report post #10 Posted March 17, 2020 We need additional perk: IFHE for secondaries only. 3 points ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
