Premium BBs have the advantage that if you have a great BB captain sitting in another non-tier 8 BB, you can move him into the premium without spending the gold for retraining. I tend to think that any of the tier 8 battleships are more than good enough to get the job done in Ranked. A hard choice, in good hands is really good, but a bad move and its game over Kagero can be a surprise, but have to pick the torp reload booster. Why not akizuki? looks great, excellent guns, but in one word: SLOW. Good torps, speed, great smoke, good guns. with a hydro, another winning itemīenson: good overall, no gimmicks. 0.5 km better than anyone, a winning item here Harekaze: acceptable guns and torps, but boy, that concealment. Kidd: good firepower and speed, capable of repair. BBs ok, german or american ones good, japanese valid. Z23 has the concealment of a whale, only better than russians (seen some kievs on the game. cruisers with RADAR help a lot the team (none of these, the New Orleans, but really weak). Prinz Eugen (and Hipper) and Atago, z23 and Kidd, Tirpitz and Alabama (and North Carolina)

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