Whats a good nation for cruisers only?

[Dominic]

my fleet is mostly Japanese but i felt like the cruisers were lackluster compared to the ones id fight against with their endless barrages of shells. What are some good nations to go for crusiers in?

[Tommygun]

US is not bad as is UK but they all squishy so take your time.

[philg]

I really enjoyed the Kotovsky, also Yorck and Prinz Eugen so for me it's Russian or German.

[dakin1]

Originally posted by philg:

I really enjoyed the Kotovsky, also Yorck and Prinz Eugen so for me it's Russian or German.

I like playing Nurnberg/Budyonny, so I would echo German/Russian. Both of these at Tier 6 have relatively fast reloads so good for HE spam (you get the quarter pen HE with Nurnberg as well and good muzzle velocity on Budyonny). The end of these lines have Roon/Hindenberg and also Riga/Petro (heavy Russian cruiser split), so there are some really good ships at the end of the lines too.

[mad scientist]

German cruisers, especially once you get to the Yorck.... Good guns, torpedoes if you're sneaky and can get close enough. US cruisers are good for distance fighting, and if you like specialty ships, try to get hold of the Flint/Atlanta, they're interesting!

[Hiei]

To be honest most countries have good Tier 10 cruisers. It depends on the play style you want from them though.
US, UK lights, Russian, They have radar and hydro (Or Def. AA but you'll probably want hydro. I think the US lights get both) Radar is very good for ruining DDs lives.
The Italian ones get Sap and exhaust smoke so they can possibly go dark and run away. No hydro or radar, but still solid.
Russians are pretty great or so I've heard.
It's mostly about play style.

[Myrmidon]

Originally posted by Best HIEI:

To be honest most countries have good Tier 10 cruisers. It depends on the play style you want from them though.
US, UK lights, Russian, They have radar and hydro (Or Def. AA but you'll probably want hydro. I think the US lights get both) Radar is very good for ruining DDs lives.
The Italian ones get Sap and exhaust smoke so they can possibly go dark and run away. No hydro or radar, but still solid.
Russians are pretty great or so I've heard.
It's mostly about play style.

Russian cruisers despite being gigantic are really great skirmish / hit-and-run ships. Most of the way up the line they have the longest range and a 'fairly quick' rate of fire but nothing exceptional. They can be an absolute pain in the ass when they're at max range resetting battleships and taking multiple enemy ships on wild goose chases so other friendlies can get in close with numerical advantage.

[York]

the new dutch cruisers seem solid lower rate of fire but strong armour and damage (as of the moment they might get nerfed soon if the community keeps going batty)

[Evil donut]

If you want to heave really good cruisers which will not be nerfed to death and stay relevant for a long time stay with the US and the Soviet cruisers.

Japanese cruisers were once good, but they are heavily overnerfed today. They are very squishy ships with a garbage gun range and their T 10 Ship Zao is one of the oldest ships in the game and is in need of a complete rework. Furthermore the Zao on T 10 has a weak AA and gets blasted to bits with 2 or 3 volleys. The Mogami on T 8 was once a great ship for example, but is has only a range of 15,7 km. Is is basically close combat distance today in this game. And the japanese cruisers can tank NOTHING! You can not even use the torpedos, because they are in the rear section of the ships and because of this you have to show full broadside to the enemy to use them.

The soviet Cruiser Petropawlowsk is one of the best ships in the whole game. Very hard to destroy and has great guns.

The Des Moines, the T 10 US cruiser is squishy but packs a punch. And the other T 10 US cruiser the Worcester is great too.

The british T 10 cruisers are very hard to play. Yes the have super heal, but the Minotaur the light T 10 cruiser can be sunk very quickly when you are new to this game. Furthermore it has no "High Explosive" Rounds. Only "Armor Penetration" rounds. Very hard for beginners to play only with "AP" rounds. The second T 10 british cruiser the Goliath is more sturdy, but the shell speed is very, very slow. You must have a very good aim to hit something with this ship.

The Italian cruisers have "SAP" rounds, but the problem with them is the shell traversity. Often enough the shells will bounce and the current meta is "High Explosive" Meta. You are doing way more damage with "HE" as with "SAP" rounds.

I would grind the US line or the Soviet line. They basically never get nerfed and they have both HE and AP rounds.

The french cruiser are "ok". They have a reload speed boost and they have good HE and AP. But they have very wierd armor. Sometimes you get nearly to no damage. Sometimes only one shell which conects to your ship will cost you half your health" Furthermore they are fast and they have "motor speed boost".

The german cruiser are in a bad spot on T10. The Hindenburg has good guns, but it has such a bad armor, it is getting penetrated from all sides. So not a lot of people are playing german cruisers.

[Kamiyama]

I don't have any T10 ships yet but I want the Des Moines on the USA tree. The mid-tier USA cruisers seem pretty average at everything. Just middle of the road. The nice thing about the Des Moines is the reload speed. It has fast-firing guns and is a good HE spammer.

The mid-tier german cruisers are also good HE spammers. The Konigsberg and Nurnberg are great at this.

I haven't gone far up the cruiser lines on the other nations.

[sneakybass]

Each tier has Its ships that are the best go to wows stats and numbers and It can help a decision. Tier 10 I think the Petro Russian holds the top spot. Check the best to so not so good .Baryard Is fun at tier 8,Flint at tier seven,Drake at tier nine , these are only free ships In tiers there still are better ships to get later In crates or certain events.......

[Jackson]

Originally posted by Der den Döner klaut:

Japanese cruisers were once good, but they are heavily overnerfed today. They are very squishy ships with a garbage gun range and their T 10 Ship Zao is one of the oldest ships in the game and is in need of a complete rework. Furthermore the Zao on T 10 has a weak AA and gets blasted to bits with 2 or 3 volleys. .

Can't speak to the Mogami, but the Zao is one of the best T10 cruisers as far as I'm concerned. You just have to play it right. Yuro just made a video about the Atago. It was kinda funny and he pointed out how it was so strong it never needed a buff, but because the players played it so terribly it got buffed. I think Zao is the same way. It's a kiter.. Nothing like raining fire down on people 18-20km away. It's light and fast so very hard to hit. It's quite stealthy. Soon as some BB starts targeting you, stop firing, go dark, when his turrets turn back start firing again. It's very fun :)

[sneakybass]

Originally posted by Jack:

Originally posted by Der den Döner klaut:

Japanese cruisers were once good, but they are heavily overnerfed today. They are very squishy ships with a garbage gun range and their T 10 Ship Zao is one of the oldest ships in the game and is in need of a complete rework. Furthermore the Zao on T 10 has a weak AA and gets blasted to bits with 2 or 3 volleys. .

Can't speak to the Mogami, but the Zao is one of the best T10 cruisers as far as I'm concerned. You just have to play it right. Yuro just made a video about the Atago. It was kinda funny and he pointed out how it was so strong it never needed a buff, but because the players played it so terribly it got buffed. I think Zao is the same way. It's a kiter.. Nothing like raining fire down on people 18-20km away. It's light and fast so very hard to hit. It's quite stealthy. Soon as some BB starts targeting you, stop firing, go dark, when his turrets turn back start firing again. It's very fun :)

The Zao Is a fun ship