What's your favorite ship for 1v1 Brawl?

[Jackson]

So far, no big surprise, I have to say Massachusetts. I've tried Odin and Tirpitiz - neither seem quite as good to me. I have problems with Odin being able to brute force torpedo waves and live - something Massachusetts can do. Tirp seems ok, just not as good as Odin. I'm curious what others are working for people.

So far I have to admit I've had problems facing German cruisers in Massachusetts - particularly on maps with islands that force you to either leave cap or get in close.

[noralovro504]

Same as last time, Eugen. 👍
My Eugen is full AA spec, I am waiting still for CV to show up, from maybe 15 brawls I saw only one, but unfortunately I was testing Ochakov in that Game so CV destroyed me fairly easy.
With BBs I have no problems with Eugen, although Tirpitz can be difficult to face, other cruisers are inferior, and DDs are tough as I use no hydro, so I have 30% chance to win against them. With hydro, I would say chances rise to 65%.
Massachusetts I encountered 2 Times with Eugen, had 2 wins, both by torps.

[MINOTAUROΣ]

Odin, Secondary build, with steering gear mod (had good success with propulsion mod also) to avoid torps, only issue I have is decent CV but with propulsion you might make it in time to kill the CV or win by points, it's hit an miss. KII IJN BB also decent as well against CV but facing DD can be hit an miss, that's been my experience anyways. All missions done thankfully....

On Asia server so get to see reasonable amount of cv's in Brawls

[Shoresy]

Baltimore,if angled you kind'a delete some ships,or just rack up cap points,then melt a bb to 50% health,and then ram it.*heavy ap comes in to play also*

[MrPoshMartin]

My Masschusettes with 11.3km secondaries - she's my favourite T8 ship by far.

[ReDiR]

Amagi. Fast, tanky and good guns to deal with DD before they are close

[Guara Ookami]

Kii, Budget tirpitz has worse torps, but 10 guns , decent AA, hard for CV citadel.

[Destaツ]

Massachusetts, non-secondary build. Waiting for the next free respec to drop.

I expected more Tirpitz players, but the maps in "Brawls" changes the meta. Had to deal with Tirpitz spam in my Massa last time.

Originally posted by noralovro504:

Massachusetts I encountered 2 Times with Eugen, had 2 wins, both by torps.

Lost the two times I faced Eugen; difficult to kill it quickly when I have no space to maneuver. Maybe if I adjusted my brawling gameplay...

[Jackson]

Yea, last time Tirp was best. Now, I've never lost to one. I have enough maneuvering room that either I can keep their torpedoes at bay or I can just ram them after collecting a cap for the win. (two brothers).

[noralovro504]

Originally posted by Destaツ:

Massachusetts, non-secondary build. Waiting for the next free respec to drop.

I expected more Tirpitz players, but the maps in "Brawls" changes the meta. Had to deal with Tirpitz spam in my Massa last time.

Originally posted by noralovro504:

Massachusetts I encountered 2 Times with Eugen, had 2 wins, both by torps.

Lost the two times I faced Eugen; difficult to kill it quickly when I have no space to maneuver. Maybe if I adjusted my brawling gameplay...

Yes, I think Eugen is the best Cruiser for 1vs1. Massachusetts has a little chance against Eugen, if of course, Eugen rushes angled in his torpedo range.
Eugen can take some damage, but once Massachusetts gets 6 torps, well it is kinda over.
With all respect, I do not see how you can adjust your Game to beat Eugen, you need to get close to spot him, 11-12 km, and that is enough for two or three Salvos, and that is not enough.
It is not impossible, but I give you 1 of 5 games against Eugen.😊

[Destaツ]

Originally posted by noralovro504:

Originally posted by Destaツ:

Massachusetts, non-secondary build. Waiting for the next free respec to drop.

I expected more Tirpitz players, but the maps in "Brawls" changes the meta. Had to deal with Tirpitz spam in my Massa last time.


Lost the two times I faced Eugen; difficult to kill it quickly when I have no space to maneuver. Maybe if I adjusted my brawling gameplay...

Yes, I think Eugen is the best Cruiser for 1vs1. Massachusetts has a little chance against Eugen, if of course, Eugen rushes angled in his torpedo range.
Eugen can take some damage, but once Massachusetts gets 6 torps, well it is kinda over.
With all respect, I do not see how you can adjust your Game to beat Eugen, you need to get close to spot him, 11-12 km, and that is enough for two or three Salvos, and that is not enough.
It is not impossible, but I give you 1 of 5 games against Eugen.😊

Eugen turtleback makes her hard to kill quickly. Besides torps, she also has hard hitting AP at close range.

The first time was a close game in 1v1 ranked sprint; I made a few maneuvering mistakes and ate too much damage from the torps. The second time, however, I was at a natural disadvantage due to Eugen being able to reach caps faster than I can and having RPF, forcing me to push in to avoid being outcapped. I can see how it could have gone differently, though.

[FalterXV TTV]

Odin has really become the ship I've used the most.
21 games as of today.
21 wins!

I've had wins against Tirpitz, Odin, Massachusetts, Kii, Benson, Asashio, Le Terrible, Hosho, Pyotr Bagration, Vittoria Venecia, Prinz Eugen, and Bismarck.

Honestly, I'm shocked at the amount of BBs that will drive straight at me and let me just turn away and kite in their face.
I expect it from randoms, but not from high tier clan players. You'd think they'd know how to angle. Odin's simply a smaller Battlecruiser Scharnhorst after all. With a smaller health pool to boot!

[noralovro504]

Originally posted by Falter:

Odin has really become the ship I've used the most.
21 games as of today.
21 wins!

I've had wins against Tirpitz, Odin, Massachusetts, Kii, Benson, Asashio, Le Terrible, Hosho, Pyotr Bagration, Vittoria Venecia, Prinz Eugen, and Bismarck.

Honestly, I'm shocked at the amount of BBs that will drive straight at me and let me just turn away and kite in their face.
I expect it from randoms, but not from high tier clan players. You'd think they'd know how to angle. Odin's simply a smaller Battlecruiser Scharnhorst after all. With a smaller health pool to boot!

Wow, good for you. 👍
I was testing yesterday Kutuzov, but believe it or not I suffered two losses, one against NC, and one against french DD, although DD rushed me behind Island, and suddenly he was at 2 km and I eat most of his torps. But Kutuzov seems Like good choice against DDs, Wichita also imao. Relatively fast reload and hydro. Not good against BBs, although Kutuzov has torps, but no heal.

[FalterXV TTV]

Originally posted by noralovro504:

Wow, good for you. 👍
I was testing yesterday Kutuzov, but believe it or not I suffered two losses, one against NC, and one against french DD, although DD rushed me behind Island, and suddenly he was at 2 km and I eat most of his torps. But Kutuzov seems Like good choice against DDs, Wichita also imao. Relatively fast reload and hydro. Not good against BBs, although Kutuzov has torps, but no heal.

Thanks.
As far as your multiple losses go, you could try not using meta-balans or support ships? Might help fix where you are probably struggling personally.

[noralovro504]

Originally posted by Falter:

Originally posted by noralovro504:

Wow, good for you. 👍
I was testing yesterday Kutuzov, but believe it or not I suffered two losses, one against NC, and one against french DD, although DD rushed me behind Island, and suddenly he was at 2 km and I eat most of his torps. But Kutuzov seems Like good choice against DDs, Wichita also imao. Relatively fast reload and hydro. Not good against BBs, although Kutuzov has torps, but no heal.

Thanks.
As far as your multiple losses go, you could try not using meta-balans or support ships? Might help fix where you are probably struggling personally.

Thanks for input/advice bro.👍😄
I play best with BBs (acc. Stat.) but choose to pass this brawl with Cruisers.
My premiums have stronger Captains than their tech tree counterparts, that is why I am using them.
I want to Explore a little bit, hence the other Cruisers, Eugen is in my comfort zone, Kutuzov, Ochakov and Wichita not so much, as I did not have a chance to play more than few games with them.
But anyway, I am not afraid of loss, I Always learn something from Every one.
I loose with smile on my face, it took me years to master that.😄😂👍
And now I am a happier man.😃

[[GDF] Sniper47]

Le Terrible or Le Fantasque as last time. Its really easy to get 9 of 10 wins.