IBUKI tierIX need Up

[Atris2nd]

Coming close to the Ibuki myself and I'm honestly a little afraid of wasting my 12m credits. Ships ain't cheap boys.

[GrumpyWorm]

Moved

[McCracken666]

She needs a better rof, so does the mogami 203's.

 

WG is not good at balancing stuff. Plenty of ppl out there that could do it propper for free.

[Exocet6951]

Maybe fix the rollercoaster AA value on the entire line?

 

You go from non-existent at low tier (nothing out of the ordinary) then still trash at tier5 (disapointing) then quite good at 6, great a 7, then it gets worse and progressively gets back to a similar amount at tier9. 

So if the Zao is an escort ship, with sniping pedigree and BB support, why not tune the Ibuki (and to a lesser degree the Mogami) to reflect that? Slightly better accuracy, better long range AA, and there; you have yourself a very nice little support ship.

[mrak1979]

Im satisfied with Ibuki. Compare to Mogami 203 is better but I did most of damage by torpedos usualy. I can deal with other cruisers easily and Im able to surprise enemy BBs with torpedos which are deadly on Ibuki. Fast and  do good amount of damage. AA is better then Mogami.

[LakeTheAce]

I dont think Ibuki is a bad ship. I mostly do quite well init and do like that heal ability. You can get yourself in quite nasty situations where you most likely loose health and you still get away with it. Those things i wouldnt do with Mogami becouse you aint getting that health back. My playstyle is mostly aggressive and im all the time looking for those situations to get closer than 10km to pump in those citadels.. about citadels.. i feel like its somewhat harder to get citadels with ibuki.. well.. maybe compered to myoko wich was hell on earth to everyone who showed their broadside.

[Atris2nd]

I found an absolutely baller way to play Ibuki. I got her 3m upgrade that increases the firing range of her guns by an extra 16% as well as her firing range module. Her firing range goes up to -19km-. This means she can eat up battleships with the demolitions expert perk. Try it out, see what you think. 

[II_Nemesis_II]

I found an absolutely baller way to play Ibuki. I got her 3m upgrade that increases the firing range of her guns by an extra 16% as well as her firing range module. Her firing range goes up to -19km-. This means she can eat up battleships with the demolitions expert perk. Try it out, see what you think. 

 

Can Ibuki use scout plane as Zao? And isn't 19km range actually enough for her to be invisible while firing (counting on having the 5th level smaller detection perk)? That could be really nice.

[Atris2nd]

She's stuck with a fighter, I believe. But if you get the firing range module and the 3m firing range upgrade, she gets a flat out 19.2km firing range, which is simply godlike. I use the demolition expert perk and I find myself torching Yamatos, Amagis and Montanas with ease from range. It's ideal for large targets. And she still retains her capacity to do great damage against cruisers from shorter ranges with AP due to her great firing arc. I honestly expected to hate this ship, as it looked like a flat downgrade to Mogami stock, but she's an amazing sniper. I'd wager that she can remain unspotted firing from 19km too. There's also the option to buy the +10% concealment upgrade, which will further reduce her spotting range. In cases where I have been spotted, battleship shells have a difficult time hitting me due to both maneuverability and being a small target at extreme ranges.

[mrak1979]

Ibuki should use spotting plane. But I didnt found efective nor interesting play it this way. I play Ibuki almost like destroyer:-) not exactly but I try kill cruisers with AP in close range and BBs by surprise attack with torpedos. When Im focused I try stay hidden. Always angel myself and running away from BBs to catch them in torpedo trap:-)