Best anti-air?

[Van you see]

How should I protect my convoy from enemy planes? Which ship is better anti-air? DD, CA, BB?

[cswiger]

Depends on which side you play as.

For the USN, the Atlanta-class cruisers are the best AA for their CP cost, but you could make a case for the later destroyers with DP guns like the Fletcher-class.

For the IJN, only the Akizuki-class DD has air-search radar, and their earlier destroyers are not of much use. The Nagara and Sendai-class cruisers are OK, but they don't excel at the role the way the Atlanta did for the US. The Japanese are better off having friendly fighters around to fight US airplanes.

[Van you see]

Originally posted by cswiger:

Depends on which side you play as.

For the USN, the Atlanta-class cruisers are the best AA for their CP cost, but you could make a case for the later destroyers with DP guns like the Fletcher-class.

For the IJN, only the Akizuki-class DD has air-search radar, and their earlier destroyers are not of much use. The Nagara and Sendai-class cruisers are OK, but they don't excel at the role the way the Atlanta did for the US. The Japanese are better off having friendly fighters around to fight US airplanes.

OK, thx.
Another question, can you actually do anything useful in an anti-air battle, or just sit there watching them fight?

[Herr Flick]

You can try and evade the torpedoes or dive bombers….. If you select ships to evasive manoeuvres it should try to move them automatically BUT I don’t think it works??? 🤔

[slaindeah]

Originally posted by Van you see:

Originally posted by cswiger:

Depends on which side you play as.

For the USN, the Atlanta-class cruisers are the best AA for their CP cost, but you could make a case for the later destroyers with DP guns like the Fletcher-class.

For the IJN, only the Akizuki-class DD has air-search radar, and their earlier destroyers are not of much use. The Nagara and Sendai-class cruisers are OK, but they don't excel at the role the way the Atlanta did for the US. The Japanese are better off having friendly fighters around to fight US airplanes.

OK, thx.
Another question, can you actually do anything useful in an anti-air battle, or just sit there watching them fight?

dont show the broadside to the torpedo bomber and try use all your AA guns against the dive bombers (you can see all your AA guns in the ship information, and the angles they will start firing)

[greggh1961]

This game has some strange mechanics - an enemy scout plane can fly down the line of your task force and not be shot down! However, when strike aircraft make an attack, the AA on ships can take down the majority of the attacking aircraft. My usual tactic is to provide my task forces with CAP. This is very effective as it takes any enemy aircraft.

[V-Bro - The Titan's Driver]

Honestly, the best anti-aircraft I've deployed is other aircraft.

Fighters can often quickly intercept and dunk the bombers in the waters, long before they ever get close to the convoys. The slow bombers especially have little chance to drop their payload and no chance of escape.
So I have often have patrols over my fleets when I can, be it from carriers or nearby airbases. Even a small squad can completely neutralize a bombing raid.

[jeffmburns1]

How do you get the CAP to engage in time? Enemy dive bombers always appear right above my fleet with no time for my fighters to engage, I have even initiated the combat with my fighters between the bombers and the fleet and they still are able to slip by undetected and attack.
the only bombers I have been able to shoot down are the betty torpedo planes because they have to circle down to a lower altitude.