World of warships new carrier gameplay commander skills

Nakhimov's torpedo bombers are highly specialized towards deleting battleships and aircraft carriers. They are also Nakhimov's best tool for engaging targets behind island cover thanks to their steep attack angle. These squadrons are thus best suited for dealing heavy damage to cruisers and battleships with less than 40mm of deck armor.

Their large attack range is a double-edged sword it allows the squadron to spend barely any time exposed to AA, but also prevents them from reactively engaging ships with low air detectability. Above all, avoiding flak is critical to success due to the poor aircraft survivability and the sharp increase in power of tier X AA defenses.Īfter a long strafing period, Nakhimov's attack aircraft squadrons launch a large quantity of powerful HE rockets over a very long and thin ellipse, being more reliant on attacking the target's broadside than other squadrons of its kind. Their all-at-once attack runs deal massive concentrated damage from the very edge of AA range, but require exposed broadsides and prevent the squadrons from lingering for extended spotting. Their jet boosters and large reserves allows them to engage ships that are close to the carrier with great efficiency, but their poor normal cruising speed puts a dent in their DPM at longer distances. Nakhimov's general aircraft characteristics echo the trade-offs that define the rest of the line.

Captains of Nakhimov must carefully balance its squadrons' unorthodox combination of jet boosters, singular attack runs, and low durability to reach the carrier's staggering potential damage contribution. With smart positioning and well-executed strikes, her squadrons can terrorize the opposing team with their ridiculous damage output and nigh-uninterruptible attack runs yet, if the carrier is stranded far from the action or blockaded by powerful AA vessels, they will struggle to impact the match due to their poor speed. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's 'Actual AA DPS'.Īdmiral Nakhimov serves as the pinnacle of the all-or-nothing gameplay philosophy of the Soviet carrier line, maximizing the strengths of Pobeda while retaining its characteristic weaknesses.

World of warships new carrier gameplay commander skills