world of warships still supporting russian terrorists they let one of them root me then they sent the fbi to my house to find they didnt even do a proper investigation into these criminals in the first place how sad these cowards sure have now shame
Which still beats the hell out of Minnesota's 40 second reload with the same number of *worse guns.* What it comes down to is that Kearsarge is a Tier 10 ship at Tier 9. Even if you took away the planes entirely, Kearsarge would be a Tier 9.5 ship.
@@RedXlV and just shows had sad this player base is constantly proving they cant be human but their player base dont care they will just keep sucking off wargaming
Since I reached my first t10 ship, it has been a struggle and not that fun. I have more fun in t5-t8. I do plan to get a Napoli, but might try the Kearsarge.
The biggest problem with the Kearsarge is not the ship, but the player… specifically those who play it like a CV and just park it behind an island and use the planes. IT’S A BATTLESHIP!!! The guns are its main feature and they are really good guns. I like this ship.
Also, I'd say the general problem with hybrids are the enemies. When given a choice between shooting at an Iowa and a Kearsarge, most will pick the latter. It takes damage (at leat supposedly) more easily, and it's a filthy wall-mart CV so it needs to go.
@@wombat4191 Kearsarge bring the higher firepower than Iowa, more accurate and there is 12 of them! anyone sane would target its first. this is the reason why I like kearsarge, adrenaline rush. 50% HP and its damage reload become monster. not to mention very high HP LOL. the only issue is shell from fast firing low calibr AP.
@@skarhabekgreyrukh8601 Yeah well my point was not to compare Iowa and Kearsarge specifically, but to demonstrate that hybrids are generally probably targeted more than other ships.
My one ship would be Atago. Even after all these years she's a solid all round pick. The only issue is as a crusier it can be a bit squishy for newer players, but the heal helps with that a little.
@@smilingpolitely12345hybrids can basically spam them as well, it's a 2 minute cooldown starting when you take off... So you have about 30s or so left if striking on medium distance... So it's shoot, take off, strike, shoot 2x, take off again...
@@derewe2094 Buddy I am not Cv player but I have all line CV and also Immelmann & Malta ... Kersarge have just rocket planes , CV can send 2-3 types of planes that will attack few times (excluding soviet) , I take 1 vs 1 in bb against Kersarge that cv .
@@smilingpolitely12345 depends on distance between you two Kearsarge Rocket planes are awesome compared to the bombers found on TT ships... CV is more unbalanced since it gets the 1 minute dmg con where kearsarge would otherwise burn it down
WOW, I just got the Kearsarge, I traded in Alsaka since I owned an Alaska b as well. The Kearsarge is performing like omg for me. First salvo i shot was at a missouri 22km away and hit for 38,873. Next shot was another 15k, then the rocket planes hit a slava for 14k and started 2 fires for another 26k. In just moments the ship already had done over 100k damage. My next match was a close repeat, I praised the ship to my clan, my friends , and even the off - topic discussion. And now with that title headline i was saying Kearsarge is my choice. Then what is the first ship i see. You rock SLM! Keep up your great commentary!
Kearsarge Black has been my go to since i got her. 1.5 million credits a battle, and almost never under 800k credits. She is so powerful too. Literally a tier 9 Montana with super high damage planes. My highest damage game so far was just over 200k and it was in the Sarge
@mikeyyz.4999 the red ones give me the 1.5mill. I normally use blue or green tho. Average around 500 to 900k. Its hard to have a truly bad battle with that ship tho.
@AggrarFarmer even Mountbatten called it a tier 9 Montana lol. I know the guns are slightly different, but they still hit like a Mac Truck, and there's 4 turrets of 3, unlike Iowa and NC, with only 3 triple turrets.
I got the Kearsarge for coal a month ago and I had a really hard time with her. I tried playing her at mid range and I always got HE-spammed to death or ate a few torps which always took half my health away or more. Then I tried a more passive approach and I didn't do any damage because I was too far in the back. The most damage I did overall with both approaches was 80k. The planes are good, but aren't the easiest to use in my opinion. I'm probably just too dumb to play her right. Traded her for the Bayard a few days ago. So, everyone who is successful in this ship, I envy you.
dumb mistake lol..... Kearsarge power is equivalent of its player skill. the SHELL IS SLOWER but it got better dispersion. and mostly plunging fire. Kearsarge have 36mm deck, and one of biggest HP of T9 with American DCP..... if you dead by HE spam its so dumb, unless its from kitakaze, Thunkek or Petro
I got mine for free from a random free super container, and it took me a few plays but I love that ship. I've ran into the "it's a CV player" with one a few times but man this things a sweet ship
Since they added the much needed air strike depth charge (ASDC) planes i would say you made a good pick. I got the Kearsarge shortly before subs came out and she was near OP but really fun. When subs came out, all subs made a bee-line for you as they knew you did not have ASDC. However, now at least have some defense against the subs. Having already played CVs for a while, playing the rocket planes was fairly easy and if your good you can get +8k per attack. Timing your planes and gun reload maximizes your damage. One word of caution, most players consider the hybrids like a CV so they, their brother, and their dogs will try to focus fire you; thus, be careful and travel in a group of your teammates. Oh yes i hear the welders on the repair crews are top notch so you get the long American repair time. My fav premium of all of the 268 ships i own is the Massachusetts BB.
She’s definitely a solid premium. Planes take a bit of adjustment to learn how to aim since I’m definitely a battleship and cruiser main, but as said Kearsarge is an excellent gunboat. The planes also definitely provide some utility in late game situations where I need to reposition to another flank. (Though, also, planes get a bit funky with leaving your ship on autopilot while flying which had lead to me getting clapped a couple times) As for my personal favorite, while she’s not particularly meta or relevant, Hood. I’ve had her since she was released, and she’s far and away my favorite. Partly historical significance, and also I personally vibe with the play style of that ship. Nowadays other ships do similar play styles and arguably do it better, but, she’s still fun and was definitely worth it for me at least to purchase
Edit- If someone logs in every day and gets their 3 coal containers per day, it's roughly 210 days to build up the raw coal to buy a coal ship without using a coupon. So in the run of a year of playing the game you will at least get 1 coal ship. Excluding extra coal from special events, and brawls/ranked. Gotta agree, even as mostly a Cruiser/CV player, Kearsarge is likely thee best premium ship available at this very moment. As a Cruiser that broadside is a scary thing to encounter. Pair that with the 38mm flight deck and most HE will actually shatter unless time is taken to carefully aim. As a CV those planes can be quite deadly, because not only will they likely bite into the CV and deal damage but they also spot the CV, and who doesn't like shooting at a spotted CV? They also let you if you know where the CV is, aim your guns, then spot the CV with the rockets, and if the rockets hit or not, you can use the spotting to nuke the CV with your guns. Even the weakness of the flight deck isn't as bad as people think it is, you are less vulnerable than a German BB, and people still like to talk about how tanky those are. Yes it's a weak spot, but it's really not that bad, and can bait some people into shooting higher than they should so they can hit the flight deck, and causing them to over-pen because of how little armour there is to it.
I have the Kearsarge. It's a good ship. However, if I could only buy one premium ship it would be the Napoli which is also a coal ship that I also have in my fleet.
@@AggrarFarmer Napoli and Kearsarge are both "Premium" coal ships. If the Napoli is not a "Premium" coal ship than neither is the Kearsarge. However, we know that these 2 ships are "Premium" coal ships.
If you play a ton of carriers, I reccomend Malta. Very sold CV, deletes light cruisers, does great damage against heavy cruisers and battleships. But otherwise, for everyone else, I absolutely reccomend the Kearsarge. It has a very unique style, good gameplay, and good credit output. Just all around a good fun ship. Worth the coal grind.
Bourgogne or Thunderer, short reload HE spammers that still can annihilate cruisers in one salvo on broadside, are free if you want them to, with eco bonuses they print credits like the old Missouri did.
The Kearsarge is by far at least the most interesting design that is more logical than say the Ise or Tone which are glorified seaplane tenders with heavy guns. The length of the flight deck is more comparable to that of a jeep escort carrier, and that aircraft like Devastators, Avengers, Wildcats, Hellcats, Helldivers, and Dauntless' which can take off from such a deck with assistance of catapults.
It’s a ridiculous design. Which is why nobody actually built one from scratch in reality. The Japanese battleships converted were a bodge job to try and get some use out of 2 old battleships at a time when hulls were in short supply and new construction limited. Fine for WoWs as it’s an arcade game. In reality you don’t want to put a ship with a huge amount of aviation fuel in the range of battleship gunfire. You can’t put a massive armoured deck of the necessary thickness that high up in a ship with out issue. So in WoWs yeah,probably great. In reality complete nonsense.
My 1 premium to rule them all is a toss-up between Atago and Azuma. I enjoy them both immensely, they're both fantastic at what they do, and so fun to play
My favorite (thanks to your suggestion) is the Azuma. I am having a blast in her. But I will probably be getting the Kearsarge with in the next few weeks, though I am going to need practice with the planes.
Really the Azuma??? I have no use for the Azuma or Yoshino because,, all you can do with either ship is spam HE from max range and hope you don't get deleted by a battleship!!
Me and a friend of mine started playing this game again about 2 years ago. We both saved up coal for a tier 9 premium, he got the Kearsarge and I got the Pommern. My playstyle suits the pommern and his the kearsarge. But I do believe that its got to do with skill a bit as well. The pommern's guns aren't that bad and the armor is a bit more forgiving in my opinion.
The regional pricing is the only reason why I am willing to buy premiums. A T9 premium costs roughly 63€, which i am willing to fork over occasionally.
As someone with keasarge i do not recomend it, u will get farmed by dds with high explosive... take pommern instead... insane secondaries+ 12 decent enouth guns + torps.
I may give it a try and see what happens,I just don't like having to divide my attention from the ship to the planes. I got the Ise and tried the planes but never flew them after the 1st time.@@nanowarrior01
There are a few problems with this ship, first, if you are a PvE player, you can't take this into ops, the credit making PvE mode. Next, some people will hate you for bringing extra "fun police" into the match, and on a related note, you are stuck with the Tiny Tims, while some make like them, others not so much, if you don't like the Tiny Tims on the tech line CVs, this may not be the ship for you as they are main gimmick. Finally, if your are someone who does struggle with aspects of BBs in general or USN BBs in particular, you should fine a ship more inline with you play style. There is no universal "1 premium to rule them all" as what works for me may not work for you,
Kearsarge was actually my first premium ship ive ever had but when i got it i was maining the CVs and i was not using it properly until i started to main BBs and after that i got lots of good battles but my average is still under 100k because i was using it as a CV in the first few games (i regret it)
I have the ship that you are showing here plus i am grinding the T9 delaware hybrid BB ship because on T9 and T10 i get more citadel hit's on about every ship that i fire at and i do get theses citadel hit from other ships but not as much as i do with theses hybrid ships so there is no way that i would stop using theses hybrid ships and the planes they really help during a battle after you fire you AP shells then launch your planes go bomb another ship and hit F key to return to your ship and when you get back you have a reloaded AP shell gun to fire at your target. For me i love them you have multiple ways to use firing at a ship. Love you videos please keep them coming. Thank you
THUNDERER fir my Capt Jingles already have Musashi, Smolensk, Missouri & Georgia & Alaska B & Massa both OG & B as well as both JB's so fir favorite ships THUNDERER is the only 1 eluding me
I have just got Kearsarge and am not very good at the game so I really struggle with it. I am sure its a good ship and I hope I will improve since I have only had a few battles in it. I really enjoy playing Pommern in asymmetric and airship escort. It is the tier 9 economy so it prints loads of credits in these modes. Particularly useful if you are not good in randoms.
I have heard you say how good the Keararge is many times, however, I have yet to see anyone make any real impact in the game with it as they always play it like a carrier in the back, so I'm not really sold on it, My go to make credits and have fun is the Thunderer which of course is no longer available!
kearsarge is solid battleship, even if you remove the CV capabilities.... its gun is accurate as heck. the issue is the shell is really slow and not everyone have good predicting abiities.
My one ship to recommend would have to be Alaska B. Yes its only available on black friday. Yes WG might pull it to put into some gambling mechanic. But as long as it keeps coming back and being the price of a T9 premium its easily the best premium you can get. Good guns, good survivability, Good utility. Its just never bad.
For certain players it will be a very bad premium cause is promoting sitting in back of the map and using it as a mini cv. Last ships I met did that. Personally after 6 years of WOW Mainz and Pommern you should get first and second get Lutjens.
Mainz is a good choice, i have the cross of dorn. But I have to argue that you cant blame a ship cause of its captain. Any ship can have a bad captain.
Pommern is trash in every way (even in farm) by comparison with Tirpitz. Kaga and Tirpitz seem to be the best farmers even when compared to T9 premiums that are possible to get (I don't have Missoury, Musashi, Jean Bart, Georgia and Alaska, while have Pommern, Kearsarge, Z-44 and Agir. Compared to those T9 I have Kaga and Tirp farm 2-3 times better in every battle)
Hybrid ships should lose half their turrets. If given one, I would never buy it, I would only use the guns. Got rid of my CV's at the rework and haven't played on one since. Dutch cruisers also don't get played as CV's and thus hardly ever played.
I have a hard time saying which I would prefer if I could get 1...I have almost all premium ships released pre Christmas 2022 and I have played a lot. Some of my favourites are benham, Belfast, musashi. What I also really enjoy playing is Tiger 59 and some of the American premium t8 cruisers. They are high risk high reward , a playstile I love
nothing has caught my attention as fast as the Kearsarge, not the Benham, Smolensk, or whatever, IT is simply impressive, and a great money maker since T9 i think is the best tier for that too.
@@skarhabekgreyrukh8601 I enjoy the challenge of it, the ship has a very good set of consumables, if you have map awareness and don't swim into torpedoes every round
I struggle with the Kearsarge. The bullets are soooo floaty, I barely hit anything over 14 kms, if I go closer I am farmed instantly. I also don't like the tiny tim rockets, they arm in 6 secs or so, I play with the medium rockets on US CVs...
Nah. I don't mind subs. I don't mind cv's, but Hybrid ships like these, and I mean any, Sorry I hate seeing them. They are so off reality, that I will never play one. Even a free one I got somehow I sold off. Don't care about credits. I like a somewhat bit of reality in the game, as much as possible. This ship to me is no different then if they brought in a catamaran hull with rocket firing drones. know what I mean? I just don't like them. Warships ruins the game by straying too far from what the game sort of claims to be which WAS historical ships from various Navy's matched against teach other. This is NOT historical in any way shape or form. Can't stand them. I don't care how it performs. You could put one of those rubber duck ships into any match too. Quite easily.
For me if it wasn t a special due to TX and that T9 is a "better" place for uptier, i would have been the bourgogne, the better alsace, so i guess for prenium ( and kearsage as very strong argument) i would say JB / Flandre for fun to play. then Kii and Roma as i have the old economic bonus with the special camo
I absolutely agree, Sea Lord. The Kearsarge was my first premium ship and I got it for coal of course. The funny thing is that until WoWS introduced the Armory, I had absolutely no idea what to do with coal and vouchers. I'd been playing for over a year, so I had heaps of coal and a 25% off voucher. It mightn't look like it, but it can brawl too. I actually used it in Tier IX brawls quite often. I still haven't spent any real money on the game. Coal is certainly the way to go to get ships with premium economy.
I just got the ship, and It is OP, beyond a doubt, Is like a Kansas that shoots faster and more accurately with the added bonus of nasty hitting planes, I believe this ship will be nerfed, it is that effective.
If you don't know how WG ended up with this and the Hybrid Tree, just remember the USN was trying to figure out what the Royal Navy were doing with the Nelson Class, and immediately went "BattleCarrier!"
This video perfectly explains why I picked the Kearsarge as my first Premium. Looks fun, is fun to play ,and definitely worth the coal. End of story. The highest damage I got from rockets was 24k on a broadside CV.
You didn't pick the HSF Graf Spee. Does she have big guns for the tier? Yes. Torps, yes. Hydro, yes. High hp, yes . Does she have a plane? Also, yes. Does she have a unique economic bonus that no other ships gets at tier another yes. ---This message was brought to you by the brotherhood of the Graf Spee
@@smilingpolitely12345 I agree. Terrible firing angles, by far the worst of any Tier X BB (even the GK). Low Hp. and the torps are slow af. The only good of the ship is the AA guns. You are better buying a Gk and a prussen rather than that abobination.
@@jamesdoe3713farming tier 10 BB with HE at long range is easy and quite braindead way of playing the game sure you have big damage number but you yeld next to zero battle impact in the match. Infact Yoshino, Thunderer, Vincent, Conqueror can do the same HE slinging role if not better than Meck, damage isn’t eveything in the game. How is your PR stat in Meck tho, that’s what I care about.
That’s why I’ve money farm all American hybrids when we had the chance and I got 78% on Louis’s with 128 game , she’s a beast in every brawl mode or 3v3 ect
Pommern with full Secondary build and the long range thing with concealment. I have a 48% win rate but with pommern, even with all the careless ways I play it... pushing up when there's no need to and dying with a big boom, I have somehow managed to have a 57% win rate with it and a good ammount of avg damage on it. Brawling maybe dead for the game but not for me.
@AggrarFarmer yeah but I don't care if it's competitive or not I have fun regardless.... I'm currently in the qualifications thingy for the ranked season.... it's the first time I have actually properly played ranked and god is this ship stronkkkk
actually i prefer tone, for me she's what a cruiser should be : a lot of tool that u have to use them all to do great. She got decent gun, with ijn he, 50sec reload torp, with nearly the best concealment , heal, hydro, and decent plane that u can gice a lot of health. The commander built and the equipment have to specificaly play with concelment torp and plane u can get all good upgrade for that
Its gonna have to be Ark Royal for me. Its hands down THE BEST CV at tier 6. It can reliably hunt enemy DDs and damage everything else well too. And those FDR squads at tier 6 lol.
On the plus side the Kearsarge is an enhanced credit income ship. On the minus side a 40 second reload. The question for me is do the planes make up for the lower DPM due to the slow reload? Yes if your good with them but no if your not plus once you push in quite often you are to close to the enemy to use planes.
36 sec reload dude.... the DPM is higher than Iowa. and more accurate dispersion the issue is, HER SHELL SLOW. unless you have good gunnery skill, you cannt hit anything lol
May I suggest that if you want more subs, that you interact with viewers when they ask you a question. I know you are a teacher, and yes, I know you are busy, but that is the best way to get people to sub & talk about this channel. Just an observation from a 63 year old bloke who is new to the game.
I hear you say 33 seconds reload xxxx its 36 Also you say it goes 32 knots xxxxx its 30 knots Besides that i agree or perhaps you were talkin of the flags added in for speed at least but i dont get how you get that reload and have 11% decreased dispersion
You have no clue best Premium ship is the Missouri with old credit boost. Stop calling Tier X Special ships as premium ships. Kaersarge is big crap got he farmed easily.
@@AggrarFarmer I’m not gonna tell someone that can only afford one premium ship to go throw hundreds of dollars away on Christmas containers Plus I’m not 100% sure if that is old Missouri in those containers
Starting today with warships is anyway a bad idea. The best ships are gone so you cant compete vs Musashi /JB / smolenks and so on.@@sealordmountbatten
for me, if I were to only pick one ship it would be HSF Harekaze. Top in class stealth for speed. 38 knots with 5.35 concealment? Yes please. AA is decent. she wins in dd fights if she is ready for them due to fire rate, or disengagement to let the team handle it while she spots. Basically nothing out spots her and she can outgun what matches her stealth.
Yeah, Kaga farms better than most other T8 premiums. The closest results in farm compared to Kaga, I got on Tirpitz and enjoy this ship very much. I've got it for free from trade-in by selling Immelman (I have FDR anyway and enjoy it very much, while was struggling hard to get good results on Immelman and got only mediocre ones). Recommend Kaga in the first place and Tirpitz on the second (mostly for those who hate CVs). Both those options farm much better, than any T9 premiums (unless you have Missoury, Musashi, Jean Bart, Georgia or Alaska. I don't have them so I campare farm with T9 that are currently possible to get. All current T9 are trash if compared to ships listed above)
Btw, got Kaga, Saipan and Chkalov for free in the Brisbane event by spending all tokens for Air Supply premium containers, which had 12% ship drop chance back in the day, but sadly got recently nerfed to 4% drop chance
Help please, I just bought a package of Dbs which included a 30 days premium battle pass. I went into the battle pass screen and Premium is Locked says I don't have a Premium account but my account bar top of screen says I have 30 days. Why is the Battle pass rewards locked ?
Their speed and speed boost gets you in trouble pretty quickly. Just poke and prod in the early game. Don't be pressured to go up front so early. Try to look for weak spots in your enemies' formation and use your speed to exploit that.
@@soumyamukherjee1792 I do it mostly through experience. If you know how to play Cruisers in high tier, they play mostly like that. Forget that you have armor, and always move from cover to cover
Both the JB and Georgia are excellent flanking boats. Use the speed and island cover to get on enemy broadside and have fun. Also, do not sleep on the JB's AP. She has that sneaky Frenchie pen that is surprisingly good. Georgia is also great as a kiter. You use the speed to control the ranges and she has good gun angles firing to the rear.
Hi colleague teacher :) I am KitchenTV from EU server...I have one replay with Atago and its relaxing one just need your voice in background :) How can I send that replay to you ? And its clasic Atago example :)
Kearsarge should have a different name because their is a historical ship already named Kearsarge an Essex class carrier. Also my one premium that I would get would be the Alabama.
Gun reload is 36 not 33 seconds, I believe I had Pommern on the brain
Not surprising, Pommern's got a nice aft.
world of warships still supporting russian terrorists they let one of them root me then they sent the fbi to my house to find they didnt even do a proper investigation into these criminals in the first place how sad these cowards sure have now shame
Which still beats the hell out of Minnesota's 40 second reload with the same number of *worse guns.*
What it comes down to is that Kearsarge is a Tier 10 ship at Tier 9. Even if you took away the planes entirely, Kearsarge would be a Tier 9.5 ship.
@@RedXlV and just shows had sad this player base is constantly proving they cant be human but their player base dont care they will just keep sucking off wargaming
Since I reached my first t10 ship, it has been a struggle and not that fun. I have more fun in t5-t8. I do plan to get a Napoli, but might try the Kearsarge.
The biggest problem with the Kearsarge is not the ship, but the player… specifically those who play it like a CV and just park it behind an island and use the planes. IT’S A BATTLESHIP!!! The guns are its main feature and they are really good guns. I like this ship.
You probably yelled at me in the NE. Planes and big guns make me think range, but it is a bb
A very strong battleship, at that.
Also, I'd say the general problem with hybrids are the enemies. When given a choice between shooting at an Iowa and a Kearsarge, most will pick the latter. It takes damage (at leat supposedly) more easily, and it's a filthy wall-mart CV so it needs to go.
@@wombat4191 Kearsarge bring the higher firepower than Iowa, more accurate and there is 12 of them! anyone sane would target its first. this is the reason why I like kearsarge, adrenaline rush. 50% HP and its damage reload become monster. not to mention very high HP LOL. the only issue is shell from fast firing low calibr AP.
@@skarhabekgreyrukh8601 Yeah well my point was not to compare Iowa and Kearsarge specifically, but to demonstrate that hybrids are generally probably targeted more than other ships.
My one ship would be Atago. Even after all these years she's a solid all round pick. The only issue is as a crusier it can be a bit squishy for newer players, but the heal helps with that a little.
totaly on your side here,
Quick get the pitch forks and torches
To be honnest I would rather have hybrid ships that CV , hybrid send planes not often , cv just spam that crap.
@@smilingpolitely12345hybrids can basically spam them as well, it's a 2 minute cooldown starting when you take off... So you have about 30s or so left if striking on medium distance...
So it's shoot, take off, strike, shoot 2x, take off again...
@@derewe2094 Buddy I am not Cv player but I have all line CV and also Immelmann & Malta ... Kersarge have just rocket planes , CV can send 2-3 types of planes that will attack few times (excluding soviet) , I take 1 vs 1 in bb against Kersarge that cv .
@@smilingpolitely12345 depends on distance between you two
Kearsarge Rocket planes are awesome compared to the bombers found on TT ships...
CV is more unbalanced since it gets the 1 minute dmg con where kearsarge would otherwise burn it down
WOW, I just got the Kearsarge, I traded in Alsaka since I owned an Alaska b as well. The Kearsarge is performing like omg for me. First salvo i shot was at a missouri 22km away and hit for 38,873. Next shot was another 15k, then the rocket planes hit a slava for 14k and started 2 fires for another 26k. In just moments the ship already had done over 100k damage.
My next match was a close repeat, I praised the ship to my clan, my friends , and even the off - topic discussion.
And now with that title headline i was saying Kearsarge is my choice. Then what is the first ship i see. You rock SLM! Keep up your great commentary!
Wait till you see Tier 11 Monsters.
Kearsarge Black has been my go to since i got her. 1.5 million credits a battle, and almost never under 800k credits. She is so powerful too. Literally a tier 9 Montana with super high damage planes. My highest damage game so far was just over 200k and it was in the Sarge
with which credit bonus?
Thats not Montana guns ! its from NC.
@mikeyyz.4999 the red ones give me the 1.5mill. I normally use blue or green tho. Average around 500 to 900k. Its hard to have a truly bad battle with that ship tho.
@AggrarFarmer even Mountbatten called it a tier 9 Montana lol. I know the guns are slightly different, but they still hit like a Mac Truck, and there's 4 turrets of 3, unlike Iowa and NC, with only 3 triple turrets.
@tylerbanns9515 what?
"-Pommern is an awesome brawler"
*Laughts in Tirpitz*
Secondary build is such a sleeper in co-op and limited events like Airship Escort. Been some fun surprises when ya pop up from behind an island.
Can you do a video of this same concept but at each tier or for each class of ship?
best tie 2 premium: mikasa
I got the Kearsarge for coal a month ago and I had a really hard time with her. I tried playing her at mid range and I always got HE-spammed to death or ate a few torps which always took half my health away or more. Then I tried a more passive approach and I didn't do any damage because I was too far in the back. The most damage I did overall with both approaches was 80k.
The planes are good, but aren't the easiest to use in my opinion. I'm probably just too dumb to play her right. Traded her for the Bayard a few days ago. So, everyone who is successful in this ship, I envy you.
dumb mistake lol..... Kearsarge power is equivalent of its player skill. the SHELL IS SLOWER but it got better dispersion. and mostly plunging fire. Kearsarge have 36mm deck, and one of biggest HP of T9 with American DCP..... if you dead by HE spam its so dumb, unless its from kitakaze, Thunkek or Petro
I got mine for free from a random free super container, and it took me a few plays but I love that ship. I've ran into the "it's a CV player" with one a few times but man this things a sweet ship
Georgia... still mad I didn't grab her before it got taken out.
Found myself low on credits the other day, pulled out the OG Missouri, two things forgot how much fun it is to play & 2, credit shortage fixed! 😂🤪
Sometimes "but you have twelve 16-inch guns" is the answer to everything
Since they added the much needed air strike depth charge (ASDC) planes i would say you made a good pick. I got the Kearsarge shortly before subs came out and she was near OP but really fun. When subs came out, all subs made a bee-line for you as they knew you did not have ASDC. However, now at least have some defense against the subs. Having already played CVs for a while, playing the rocket planes was fairly easy and if your good you can get +8k per attack. Timing your planes and gun reload maximizes your damage. One word of caution, most players consider the hybrids like a CV so they, their brother, and their dogs will try to focus fire you; thus, be careful and travel in a group of your teammates. Oh yes i hear the welders on the repair crews are top notch so you get the long American repair time. My fav premium of all of the 268 ships i own is the Massachusetts BB.
Kearsarge is a solid tier 9
no, its a solid tier 10, it is misgendered..lol
She’s definitely a solid premium. Planes take a bit of adjustment to learn how to aim since I’m definitely a battleship and cruiser main, but as said Kearsarge is an excellent gunboat. The planes also definitely provide some utility in late game situations where I need to reposition to another flank. (Though, also, planes get a bit funky with leaving your ship on autopilot while flying which had lead to me getting clapped a couple times)
As for my personal favorite, while she’s not particularly meta or relevant, Hood. I’ve had her since she was released, and she’s far and away my favorite. Partly historical significance, and also I personally vibe with the play style of that ship. Nowadays other ships do similar play styles and arguably do it better, but, she’s still fun and was definitely worth it for me at least to purchase
Hey, did you mention the 12 16 inch guns? Good video mate
I picked this monster up yesterday n u come out with a vid the next, it was like it was fate lol but yeah i agree with you on this one.
Edit- If someone logs in every day and gets their 3 coal containers per day, it's roughly 210 days to build up the raw coal to buy a coal ship without using a coupon. So in the run of a year of playing the game you will at least get 1 coal ship. Excluding extra coal from special events, and brawls/ranked.
Gotta agree, even as mostly a Cruiser/CV player, Kearsarge is likely thee best premium ship available at this very moment. As a Cruiser that broadside is a scary thing to encounter. Pair that with the 38mm flight deck and most HE will actually shatter unless time is taken to carefully aim. As a CV those planes can be quite deadly, because not only will they likely bite into the CV and deal damage but they also spot the CV, and who doesn't like shooting at a spotted CV? They also let you if you know where the CV is, aim your guns, then spot the CV with the rockets, and if the rockets hit or not, you can use the spotting to nuke the CV with your guns.
Even the weakness of the flight deck isn't as bad as people think it is, you are less vulnerable than a German BB, and people still like to talk about how tanky those are. Yes it's a weak spot, but it's really not that bad, and can bait some people into shooting higher than they should so they can hit the flight deck, and causing them to over-pen because of how little armour there is to it.
been on my coal list for a while, but got tempted into the Pommern and GK. I promise myself this will be the next one I get.
I have the Kearsarge. It's a good ship. However, if I could only buy one premium ship it would be the Napoli which is also a coal ship that I also have in my fleet.
I agree on the Napoli 100%
Napoli is not an premium ship.
Napoli is a Special Ship, not a Premium Ship.
@@dzello As the word "Premium" is used in this discussion, Napoli is a "Premium" coal ship.
@@AggrarFarmer Napoli and Kearsarge are both "Premium" coal ships. If the Napoli is not a "Premium" coal ship than neither is the Kearsarge. However, we know that these 2 ships are "Premium" coal ships.
Pommern is one that i just got( with coal), purely to dominate in brawls and ranked. Fun=10
If you play a ton of carriers, I reccomend Malta. Very sold CV, deletes light cruisers, does great damage against heavy cruisers and battleships. But otherwise, for everyone else, I absolutely reccomend the Kearsarge. It has a very unique style, good gameplay, and good credit output. Just all around a good fun ship. Worth the coal grind.
Bourgogne or Thunderer, short reload HE spammers that still can annihilate cruisers in one salvo on broadside, are free if you want them to, with eco bonuses they print credits like the old Missouri did.
This
The Kearsarge is by far at least the most interesting design that is more logical than say the Ise or Tone which are glorified seaplane tenders with heavy guns. The length of the flight deck is more comparable to that of a jeep escort carrier, and that aircraft like Devastators, Avengers, Wildcats, Hellcats, Helldivers, and Dauntless' which can take off from such a deck with assistance of catapults.
It’s a ridiculous design. Which is why nobody actually built one from scratch in reality. The Japanese battleships converted were a bodge job to try and get some use out of 2 old battleships at a time when hulls were in short supply and new construction limited.
Fine for WoWs as it’s an arcade game. In reality you don’t want to put a ship with a huge amount of aviation fuel in the range of battleship gunfire. You can’t put a massive armoured deck of the necessary thickness that high up in a ship with out issue.
So in WoWs yeah,probably great. In reality complete nonsense.
My 1 premium to rule them all is a toss-up between Atago and Azuma. I enjoy them both immensely, they're both fantastic at what they do, and so fun to play
My favorite (thanks to your suggestion) is the Azuma. I am having a blast in her. But I will probably be getting the Kearsarge with in the next few weeks, though I am going to need practice with the planes.
Really the Azuma??? I have no use for the Azuma or Yoshino because,, all you can do with either ship is spam HE from max range and hope you don't get deleted by a battleship!!
@@runfox_4780 I use the ap and smack BBs and Ca's that show me broadsides as well.
Me and a friend of mine started playing this game again about 2 years ago. We both saved up coal for a tier 9 premium, he got the Kearsarge and I got the Pommern. My playstyle suits the pommern and his the kearsarge. But I do believe that its got to do with skill a bit as well. The pommern's guns aren't that bad and the armor is a bit more forgiving in my opinion.
T8 Tirpitz is much better than Pommern in EVERY way, even in terms of farm. I have both and around 300 battles on Pommern, so I can see the difference
I dunno, don't see it very often, and when I do everybody on the team will focus farm it.
yup because most Kearcharge players play it like cv .
@@smilingpolitely12345 and forced to cause as he says gets focused so he runs
The regional pricing is the only reason why I am willing to buy premiums.
A T9 premium costs roughly 63€, which i am willing to fork over occasionally.
Then be smart and use your cuppons.
I just send children to the mines and buy them for coal.
As someone with keasarge i do not recomend it, u will get farmed by dds with high explosive... take pommern instead... insane secondaries+ 12 decent enouth guns + torps.
is economy on pommern good as Keasarge i mean credits?
I got one recently in a mission where one of the awards was a tier 9 container. I probably won't use the planes unless I get into a sticky situation.
use the planes immediatly after firing main battery works best, cause the ships main battery is amazing.
I may give it a try and see what happens,I just don't like having to divide my attention from the ship to the planes. I got the Ise and tried the planes but never flew them after the 1st time.@@nanowarrior01
There are a few problems with this ship, first, if you are a PvE player, you can't take this into ops, the credit making PvE mode. Next, some people will hate you for bringing extra "fun police" into the match, and on a related note, you are stuck with the Tiny Tims, while some make like them, others not so much, if you don't like the Tiny Tims on the tech line CVs, this may not be the ship for you as they are main gimmick. Finally, if your are someone who does struggle with aspects of BBs in general or USN BBs in particular, you should fine a ship more inline with you play style.
There is no universal "1 premium to rule them all" as what works for me may not work for you,
Kearsarge was actually my first premium ship ive ever had but when i got it i was maining the CVs and i was not using it properly until i started to main BBs and after that i got lots of good battles but my average is still under 100k because i was using it as a CV in the first few games (i regret it)
If I could have only one Premium Ship (or only one ship at all) it would be Tirpitz - always -
I have the ship that you are showing here plus i am grinding the T9 delaware hybrid BB ship because on T9 and T10 i get more citadel hit's on about every ship that i fire at and i do get theses citadel hit from other ships but not as much as i do with theses hybrid ships so there is no way that i would stop using theses hybrid ships and the planes they really help during a battle after you fire you AP shells then launch your planes go bomb another ship and hit F key to return to your ship and when you get back you have a reloaded AP shell gun to fire at your target. For me i love them you have multiple ways to use firing at a ship. Love you videos please keep them coming. Thank you
THUNDERER fir my Capt Jingles already have Musashi, Smolensk, Missouri & Georgia & Alaska B & Massa both OG & B as well as both JB's so fir favorite ships THUNDERER is the only 1 eluding me
And you can spot for yourself and your team and that is huge benefit
I have just got Kearsarge and am not very good at the game so I really struggle with it. I am sure its a good ship and I hope I will improve since I have only had a few battles in it. I really enjoy playing Pommern in asymmetric and airship escort. It is the tier 9 economy so it prints loads of credits in these modes. Particularly useful if you are not good in randoms.
I have heard you say how good the Keararge is many times, however, I have yet to see anyone make any real impact in the game with it as they always play it like a carrier in the back, so I'm not really sold on it, My go to make credits and have fun is the Thunderer which of course is no longer available!
kearsarge is solid battleship, even if you remove the CV capabilities.... its gun is accurate as heck. the issue is the shell is really slow and not everyone have good predicting abiities.
My one ship to recommend would have to be Alaska B. Yes its only available on black friday. Yes WG might pull it to put into some gambling mechanic. But as long as it keeps coming back and being the price of a T9 premium its easily the best premium you can get. Good guns, good survivability, Good utility. Its just never bad.
For certain players it will be a very bad premium cause is promoting sitting in back of the map and using it as a mini cv. Last ships I met did that. Personally after 6 years of WOW Mainz and Pommern you should get first and second get Lutjens.
Mainz is a good choice, i have the cross of dorn. But I have to argue that you cant blame a ship cause of its captain. Any ship can have a bad captain.
Pommern is trash in every way (even in farm) by comparison with Tirpitz. Kaga and Tirpitz seem to be the best farmers even when compared to T9 premiums that are possible to get (I don't have Missoury, Musashi, Jean Bart, Georgia and Alaska, while have Pommern, Kearsarge, Z-44 and Agir. Compared to those T9 I have Kaga and Tirp farm 2-3 times better in every battle)
Hybrid ships should lose half their turrets. If given one, I would never buy it, I would only use the guns. Got rid of my CV's at the rework and haven't played on one since. Dutch cruisers also don't get played as CV's and thus hardly ever played.
It's got to be the Massachusetts, this ship is my favourite premium, great in randoms and ranked. It's great for hunting down destroyers and cruisers.
I have a hard time saying which I would prefer if I could get 1...I have almost all premium ships released pre Christmas 2022 and I have played a lot. Some of my favourites are benham, Belfast, musashi. What I also really enjoy playing is Tiger 59 and some of the American premium t8 cruisers. They are high risk high reward , a playstile I love
nothing has caught my attention as fast as the Kearsarge, not the Benham, Smolensk, or whatever, IT is simply impressive, and a great money maker since T9 i think is the best tier for that too.
@@nanowarrior01 Smolensk used to be my go to ship
HOWLING SHEET, SOMEONE ENJOY PLAYING TIGER59!!
@@skarhabekgreyrukh8601 I enjoy the challenge of it, the ship has a very good set of consumables, if you have map awareness and don't swim into torpedoes every round
@@Kermin98 the ship can give you heart attack... it can work, but not worth my health.
I struggle with the Kearsarge. The bullets are soooo floaty, I barely hit anything over 14 kms, if I go closer I am farmed instantly. I also don't like the tiny tim rockets, they arm in 6 secs or so, I play with the medium rockets on US CVs...
the kearsarge reward them with great skill. the shell is more accurate, and the tiny tim literally delete anything if its hit.
1200 coal a day, so in one year you make 438,000 coal. So you can afford a tier 10 Coal ship in like 2 years.
Get the 25% off coupon twice a year
@@Michigunner Which brings it down to what? 650,000 ish.
@@jaywerner8415 work through free battlepass too. Also gives you coal. Anniversary event, I believe gets you coal. Now steel is a whole other animal.
Get a clan and get the better battlepass.
Nah. I don't mind subs. I don't mind cv's, but Hybrid ships like these, and I mean any, Sorry I hate seeing them. They are so off reality, that I will never play one. Even a free one I got somehow I sold off. Don't care about credits. I like a somewhat bit of reality in the game, as much as possible. This ship to me is no different then if they brought in a catamaran hull with rocket firing drones. know what I mean? I just don't like them.
Warships ruins the game by straying too far from what the game sort of claims to be which WAS historical ships from various Navy's matched against teach other. This is NOT historical in any way shape or form. Can't stand them. I don't care how it performs. You could put one of those rubber duck ships into any match too. Quite easily.
This ship is too easy to farm….the flight deck DOES NOT get saturated
Musashi by a mile. Absolute beast
But not available anymore sadly
For me if it wasn t a special due to TX and that T9 is a "better" place for uptier, i would have been the bourgogne, the better alsace, so i guess for prenium ( and kearsage as very strong argument) i would say JB / Flandre for fun to play. then Kii and Roma as i have the old economic bonus with the special camo
I absolutely agree, Sea Lord. The Kearsarge was my first premium ship and I got it for coal of course. The funny thing is that until WoWS introduced the Armory, I had absolutely no idea what to do with coal and vouchers. I'd been playing for over a year, so I had heaps of coal and a 25% off voucher. It mightn't look like it, but it can brawl too. I actually used it in Tier IX brawls quite often. I still haven't spent any real money on the game. Coal is certainly the way to go to get ships with premium economy.
I just got the ship, and It is OP, beyond a doubt, Is like a Kansas that shoots faster and more accurately with the added bonus of nasty hitting planes, I believe this ship will be nerfed, it is that effective.
If you don't know how WG ended up with this and the Hybrid Tree, just remember the USN was trying to figure out what the Royal Navy were doing with the Nelson Class, and immediately went "BattleCarrier!"
There's another version of the Kearsarge design (Gibbs & Cox Project 1058) with 4x2 457mm/48. Just wait until Wargaming adds that one as a supership.
This video perfectly explains why I picked the Kearsarge as my first Premium. Looks fun, is fun to play ,and definitely worth the coal. End of story.
The highest damage I got from rockets was 24k on a broadside CV.
Being just a PVE player I would have to pick a ship that can get into operations. So Massachusetts for me. Then maybe Mainz.
i wonder when the German hybrid bb tree is coming from the H-Class Navy projects
i want the french hybrid version of the richelieu ( clemenceau i think was the name of the project), or surcouf
You didn't pick the HSF Graf Spee. Does she have big guns for the tier? Yes. Torps, yes. Hydro, yes. High hp, yes . Does she have a plane? Also, yes. Does she have a unique economic bonus that no other ships gets at tier another yes. ---This message was brought to you by the brotherhood of the Graf Spee
Can't buy it tho.
I dropped her on my T9 prem crate when I got back after a 3 month Hyatus. Seems promising indeed! :)
Mecklenburg, hands down the best ship ever.
I got that crap in June with cupon , I regret that , I have GK,Pommren , Schliefen and in compare Mecklenburg is just lame.
@@smilingpolitely12345 I agree. Terrible firing angles, by far the worst of any Tier X BB (even the GK). Low Hp. and the torps are slow af. The only good of the ship is the AA guns. You are better buying a Gk and a prussen rather than that abobination.
@@smilingpolitely12345 All those you mention sink in the wake of my Mecklen 😁, perhaps it's the captain not the ship.....
@@smilingpolitely12345 I have 350k dmg games in the Meck. Ya it's the captain lol
@@jamesdoe3713farming tier 10 BB with HE at long range is easy and quite braindead way of playing the game sure you have big damage number but you yeld next to zero battle impact in the match. Infact Yoshino, Thunderer, Vincent, Conqueror can do the same HE slinging role if not better than Meck, damage isn’t eveything in the game. How is your PR stat in Meck tho, that’s what I care about.
I play a lot of Operations. Many interesting T8 premiums to chose from. Mainz class is my current fav.
The Inquisition is displeased.
In His name, stop using hybrids.
That’s why I’ve money farm all American hybrids when we had the chance and I got 78% on Louis’s with 128 game , she’s a beast in every brawl mode or 3v3 ect
Pommern with full Secondary build and the long range thing with concealment. I have a 48% win rate but with pommern, even with all the careless ways I play it... pushing up when there's no need to and dying with a big boom, I have somehow managed to have a 57% win rate with it and a good ammount of avg damage on it. Brawling maybe dead for the game but not for me.
Brawling is not dead in competitive.
@AggrarFarmer yeah but I don't care if it's competitive or not I have fun regardless.... I'm currently in the qualifications thingy for the ranked season.... it's the first time I have actually properly played ranked and god is this ship stronkkkk
Bought JB ' back in rhe day' when she was for sale and zero buyer's regret.
actually i prefer tone, for me she's what a cruiser should be : a lot of tool that u have to use them all to do great. She got decent gun, with ijn he, 50sec reload torp, with nearly the best concealment , heal, hydro, and decent plane that u can gice a lot of health. The commander built and the equipment have to specificaly play with concelment torp and plane u can get all good upgrade for that
drendric from NA says Great video
I have the Black version from the Black Friday containers - really need to play it more
I love my Kearsarge, and didn't pay a dime for it. Play it like the T9 Monty that it is, and not like the T8 CV that it isn't.
Its gonna have to be Ark Royal for me. Its hands down THE BEST CV at tier 6. It can reliably hunt enemy DDs and damage everything else well too. And those FDR squads at tier 6 lol.
What happened to Warspite?
Sadly British scraped it :/
I have only paid cash money for 2. Alaska and Pommern. I have a load of premiums from coal and the events. I love Black and Alaska though.
I traded Hizen (which I hated!), and about 1250 dubs for it. Very happy with the deal and the ship.
On the plus side the Kearsarge is an enhanced credit income ship.
On the minus side a 40 second reload.
The question for me is do the planes make up for the lower DPM due to the slow reload?
Yes if your good with them but no if your not plus once you push in quite often you are to close to the enemy to use planes.
36 sec reload dude.... the DPM is higher than Iowa. and more accurate dispersion
the issue is, HER SHELL SLOW. unless you have good gunnery skill, you cannt hit anything lol
May I suggest that if you want more subs, that you interact with viewers when they ask you a question. I know you are a teacher, and yes, I know you are busy, but that is the best way to get people to sub & talk about this channel. Just an observation from a 63 year old bloke who is new to the game.
He does answer posts. He also live streams a couple times a week and interacts for hours when he’s streaming
wish I seen this before buying santa containers and getting only v-VI tiers 😭
I hear you say 33 seconds reload xxxx its 36
Also you say it goes 32 knots xxxxx its 30 knots
Besides that i agree or perhaps you were talkin of the flags added in for speed at least but i dont get how you get that reload and have 11% decreased dispersion
Theres a 4 point commander skill that reduces reload
@@davidecarucci1073 there is nothing that does that perm u cant count that m8
I believe I got her and Pommern’s reload crossed in my head
If only one... I'd have to go with Mainz.
Video title says buy, not earn by grinding coal. None of them are worth buying until this over priced MTX trap tones it down.
You have no clue best Premium ship is the Missouri with old credit boost.
Stop calling Tier X Special ships as premium ships.
Kaersarge is big crap got he farmed easily.
But is the Old Missouri available?
@@sealordmountbatten xmas boxes.
@@AggrarFarmer I’m not gonna tell someone that can only afford one premium ship to go throw hundreds of dollars away on Christmas containers
Plus I’m not 100% sure if that is old Missouri in those containers
Starting today with warships is anyway a bad idea.
The best ships are gone so you cant compete vs Musashi /JB / smolenks and so on.@@sealordmountbatten
How did you know that I just got Kearsarge today?😮
I’m in your walls
@@sealordmountbatten Then, you should know about the roaches... 😳
for me, if I were to only pick one ship it would be HSF Harekaze. Top in class stealth for speed. 38 knots with 5.35 concealment? Yes please. AA is decent. she wins in dd fights if she is ready for them due to fire rate, or disengagement to let the team handle it while she spots. Basically nothing out spots her and she can outgun what matches her stealth.
I thought it was the stupidest thing ever when WG announced it , I've owned it for a while now.🙂
Exact same thought
I play Kii with Koby camo daily for the credits
I’d probably choose Gato.
What's happening?! Is this the video that got Kearsarge dispersion hard nerfed?
Sea lord, can you please do a review on japanese premium battlecrusier tier 7 ashitaka please soon?
Jean Bart Black or Alaska b was a hint from you
Friesland / Groningen. Nuff said.
Only premium I have really loved and come back to is the Asashio.
Tbh the rest have been a bit meh to be honest
I love American hybrids.
As a CV main and not a battleship main, the KAGA. That would be my choice for the "If I could only have one Premium Ship" question.
Yeah, Kaga farms better than most other T8 premiums.
The closest results in farm compared to Kaga, I got on Tirpitz and enjoy this ship very much. I've got it for free from trade-in by selling Immelman (I have FDR anyway and enjoy it very much, while was struggling hard to get good results on Immelman and got only mediocre ones).
Recommend Kaga in the first place and Tirpitz on the second (mostly for those who hate CVs). Both those options farm much better, than any T9 premiums (unless you have Missoury, Musashi, Jean Bart, Georgia or Alaska. I don't have them so I campare farm with T9 that are currently possible to get. All current T9 are trash if compared to ships listed above)
Btw, got Kaga, Saipan and Chkalov for free in the Brisbane event by spending all tokens for Air Supply premium containers, which had 12% ship drop chance back in the day, but sadly got recently nerfed to 4% drop chance
Damn. I love it when people whine about hybrids cuz I love my kearsage.
i got the mainz for operations
Help please, I just bought a package of Dbs which included a 30 days premium battle pass. I went into the battle pass screen and Premium is Locked says I don't have a Premium account but my account bar top of screen says I have 30 days. Why is the Battle pass rewards locked ?
I have a Jean Bert and a Jeorgia but I am doing Terrible in these ships while I do good in Montana , can someone help me please
Their speed and speed boost gets you in trouble pretty quickly. Just poke and prod in the early game. Don't be pressured to go up front so early. Try to look for weak spots in your enemies' formation and use your speed to exploit that.
@@misot90 thank you. Any particular guide video for these ships ?
@@soumyamukherjee1792 I do it mostly through experience. If you know how to play Cruisers in high tier, they play mostly like that. Forget that you have armor, and always move from cover to cover
Both the JB and Georgia are excellent flanking boats. Use the speed and island cover to get on enemy broadside and have fun. Also, do not sleep on the JB's AP. She has that sneaky Frenchie pen that is surprisingly good. Georgia is also great as a kiter. You use the speed to control the ranges and she has good gun angles firing to the rear.
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Kearsarge should have a different name because their is a historical ship already named Kearsarge an Essex class carrier. Also my one premium that I would get would be the Alabama.
ill be doing a tour on that monster in january!
Hard to pick. I still enjoy GK a lot.
Kearsarge may be good , but it is a work of fiction , and I won't spend coal on her