One of the main disadvantages of Japanese cruisers is weak air defense. Low silhouette allows you to dodge the volleys of battleships. In general, the Japanese cruisers are good for new players, because they can simply spam enemy ships with HE shells and torpedoes. It has all the advantages of IJN tech line analogs, and as a pleasant bonus 'Party repair team', which allows you to restore lost HP points. Premium tier 8 cruiser Atago can be considered one of the best cruiser in the game (taking into account the level of fights, of course). As a bonus, Japanese cruisers equipped with long-range torpedoes. And those 457s hurt a lot harder than the 419s when firing AP at that short a range too.Cruisers of what nation to choose for leveling?Įxcellent ships with a small silhouette, powerful artillery and high-explosive shells with an increased chance of a fire. I've swung several matches before in the past with this Conq build, precisely because the enemy team couldn't and didn't expect me to pop up where I was and drop 8 AP shells right into their broadsides. She works pretty well in my hands, since with judicious use of island cover and good timing of firing and returning to normal concealments I can be a Vanguard on steroids. So I built my Conq as a stealth ninja BB, 12.3km concealment and packing those 8 457mm guns for maximum AP bitchslapping power against cruisers and BBs at almost-brawling range. I hated Conqueror as a HE-spamming Megazao, call me a diehard BB driver back from the days of OBT when it was just US or IJN battleships but I don't believe in battleships only being viable by spamming HE most of the time! The 419s simply didn't pack enough of a punch for me and I wanted a playstyle for Conqueror that didn't feel like me playing a Montana and using HE most/all of the time. I'll start off first with my favourite uncommon meme build: the Stealth 457 Conqueror. Yet there's not really enough love or recognition shown for these ships in these specific 'anti meta' builds, despite the fact that getting them to actually work well is arguably a much bigger display of skill and understanding of the particular ship/s in question! So perhaps we can all start sharing screenshots of our builds and post-battle result screens for all our viewing pleasures, and hopefully inspire more people to experiment and keep things fresh ingame? I'm guessing that a lot of veterans in WOWS have special meme builds for specific ships that help break the monotony of just 'playing by the meta'.

Best world of warships player meme