Before you rush out and play Montana, please notice he started the video in the D Line where he could effectively deter, support and deal damage. THEN he kited out slowly with his guns on cool down. That's the BB clinic you should be watching.
BB players should listen to PQ. He knows how to get the most out of all the BBs and how they are best played. Certain lists will tell you this ship is not good etc, PQ will instead tell you why it can be good and how it should be played to maximize its abilities.
How to get most out of my Conquerer, that ship is brain dead. 15k/ salvo and set him on multiple fires. With the superheal and backline snipping? That's unkillable to me, not any BBs else
Using the stuff I learned in your aiming video, I was able to get a similarly satisfying blind shot! I was in a GK (1/4 hp) pushing south against a Yammy (3/4hp) on the west side of the 2 bros map. He was able to get behind the island at G2, when he was about 12km away from me, and the cyclone dropped to 8km while he was still behind the island. I waited until I thought he would come around the other side of the island, then unloaded my front guns into the water. Low and behold, 2 cits! Overall, I've improved a lot by watching your vids, my average dmg per game has skyrocketed! I actually feel useful to my team, even when I'm in a GK!
I think you should try max reload build Republique. Furious + Close Quarter Combat + AR + Sec Range legendary captain captain. I think I got the reload down to 11-12 seconds on those sweet 431s and it gets absolutely hilarious late game.
@@cookiesupervisor2211 she’s my favorite citadel blapper. Last night on this build I handed 3 devastating strike to a DM, a Mino, and a Worcester within the last 7 mins of the match. Nobody expects 13s reload on this thing. Even DDs got CHUNKED with her HE. It’s so fun I finished the match with 7 kills and 270k damage.
@@PotatoQuality You should try playing Yamamoto , with -34% reload after you get Kraken and heal bust ,I have mine Yamamoto on Yamato but he mostly command Musashi and that combo is a record beating machine , I had my best battle on her 268k dmg , 8 kills and I love that build so much I have 1925 battles on Musashi :) out of my 10.354 in random.
Look into the secondaries of Colombo. Yes, 90mm does not penetrate anything. However, the shells lob in the highest arcs I have ever seen secondaries go. They shoot over mountains behind islands. It's amazing to start fires on something that's behind an island.
An interesting game and a shot to be rightfully proud about. I've had some good success with blindshots in the last months myself as well. Nothing as impressive as this, but good enough to make random teammates voice their praise at times. Your guide on aiming and blindshots certainly did their part in achieving those, so I would like to use this opportunity to say thank you for that. Also a detail I would be interested in hearing your opinion about: I noticed you just dumped the whole salvo at your best guess of where the Khaba would be. I tend to spread out single shots a little to cover a larger area with my blindshots usually and as I already said I get pretty decent results out of it, but I can see the argument for concentrating the salvo to minimize the chance of missing even on a correct guess due to the already worse dispersion without target lock. What is you take on this?
I agree, the rudder shift on Montana is dreadful, and with the improved heal you can skip out on 15% less burn time of fires, Yamato also has similar dreadful rudder shift
Years ago, before CVs ruined the game, I would play Montana in Clan Battles and my specialty was putting the hurt on island-hugging bow-in Stalingrads. You can consistently get 10-15k plunging hits into her superstructure forcing them out of their position within a few salvos.
Love watching Monty replays. My first t10 ship, back when it was just Japan and USA in the game. Kind of wierd to see a secondary build Monty but thanks for showing that its viable
Quick question. I'm finding it difficult to break 80k dmg in any boat but finding myself alive endgame. I feel I'm playing to safe but smart. My aim sucks too ATM but I'm working on that.
I got 7 kills with this build just today xD Sure it was a 2BB no CV airship game - but secondaries secured a kill on the only dd stopping me to go on their flank. Literally the last shell when he smoked up. This build creates opportunities that survivability doesn't, definitely worth trying
I use to play NavyField way back in the day (kind of dating myself here... but whatever) and I always wanted the Montana in that game, but never had the time for the crazy grind. When I started playing this during the beta, my goal was the Montana... and that was the only line I grinded until I got her... and I love her. I still think she is my most favorite ship I have ever played in WoWS (I dont play it anymore, I wont play a game from a company who doesnt give a damn about anything but making monkey off a game that is just becoming more P2W and broken). Such an amazing ship. Even with her being "dated" in game standards, she was amazing.
Kudos to your carrier for going for the CAP. Unusual sentience for the breed. (Oh yeah, well done. I would have pushed earlier and would not have had the same success. On the Iowa, maybe. Not ever going to get a Tier 10 except for the Des Moines I already own. Too many FrankenBoats at high tiers.)
I've done a similar shot once, was at closer range but I similarly predicted the path of an undetected ship and hoped they were moving along my predicted path and boom. Dev struck a very very unhappy Cruiser xD
I love my Conquerors heal especially with the signal flag. It annoys me a little though when people take my having lots of hp someway through the battle to mean I aren't doing anything. I can't help it if it heals 43k hp, which is over half the entire hp of the ship itself :~) Also the sitting back in Conq helps me drop shells over the little island in the middle of some maps that dd's and such hide behind. I would, maybe others would too, if you could do one of these types of videos for the Conqueror, maybe help me increase my performance and longevity. Up around 240k'ish maximum damage dealt, hoping to increase that though.
how did you get that angle indicator? aslain said he removed it due to it being outdated/non-functioning? i miss it :( also is there a mod you're using to show the ship modules/armaments' and consumables while you're in the captain screen?
No, it's same dispersion with same sigma, but yes I know what you are talking about, sometimes a ship is just cursed on your account and you will never make it work.
@@RyItar The NC guns are basically god-tier. It doesn't even make sense on paper, they're only a .45 cal compared to the .50 cal on the Iowa and Montana, but they're much more accurate. It doesn't even make sense compared to the other US BBs, the Premium ones. The Massachusetts and Alabama in real life used the exact same turrets as the NC and the Washington, but Massa's dispersion feels like rolling dice with each pull of the trigger and Alabama's is only slightly better, maybe on the same level as the Iowa. Even after getting those two, I still play my NC more because of just how much better it is as a BB (even tanking is easier with it, and with a secondary build I feel safer from DDs, even though it's lacking the crazy turrets of the Massa or Georgia).
I'm interested in seeing if Musashi can do anything with the extra 150s it gets over Yamato - especially considering its poorer sigma means it's closer range anyway. it seems a bad choice, but I seem to recall Denarmo or someone doing a Shikashima 2ndry build and enjoying it a lot.
Musashi has good horizontal dispersion and small vertical dispersion and Yamato is the opposite. Sigma determines the chances of shells hitting the place u aim which doesnt really mean anything. If Musashi have one weakness, it's the AA. Nothing else
Musashi also has the crappier secondaries Yamato gets. Shikishima has the 150s, but also has 5 100mm DP turrets per side, with better arcs and RPM. A secondary build Shiki is much more viable than either, especially when taking the lower shell volume into account.
Yesterday i tried Montana in secondary build on public test server cause i dont have Montana in real game...and she was outstanding with some 300+ secondary hits!
Best blind shot I've ever had? Old gk, years ago. Locked on a moskva, fired all 12. Watched as moskva turned away, heard the ship sinking sound and saw that kill feed said I blamed a Cleveland. I was so confused.
That's just its usual camo I think, but reversed coloring. You can unlock reverese patterns for some of the camos by completing the American Cruisers collection, from the Coal containers. With most US patterns, it just turns something that was Navy Gray into a deep Navy Blue, and reverse. For some ships it's more drastic (it turns the Oklahoma black, similar to the Arizona's default skin, and it turns the Arizona gray, like the Oklahoma's skin. It makes no sense to me, but that's how it is). The various sections unlock this for DDs, Cruisers, BBs and CVs, as well as allow you to fly two flags on your ships (the cosmetic ones, the buff flags remain unchanged). Hope this helps :)
I think Yamato shells are even easier to use than Montana's. When I can overpen even the midships upper armor belt on a broadside Vermont or the citadel of anything smaller than a battleship, then I do not need to care about where to aim, either.
I think PQ should do tier lists in each country at every tier….for example…..best to worst out of t10 BB’s and at tier 9….8 etc. And then do cruisers dd’s etc
Yo Potato can you please make a video of USS Iowa or the Mighty Mo with a secondary spec. They have the speed of the Georgia minus the speed boost but I think that they could be viable.
in my petro, the only bb that messes me up is monty, i fear that ship if its on my side in anyway, bow in im fine usually but ive gotten smacked by it so many times from 20kms away
"Now with the commander rework" of the rework, of the rework. Were on the third rework now. I mean Montana has those HEAVY AP shells that hit for 13k a pop right? Aside from Vermont with its 457s id say that is still the most damage per broadside, depends on how much the Italian shells do. Actually, just personally speaking, just speck into Flak if you got the points to spare and you should be fine (she gets 9 flak i want to say with skills which do 1600 ish if they hit deadcenter), Its enough to SWAT Japanese and German planes, and the future Russians (seriously the ranger has more hp then the tier 10 ruski) but the US and British CVs (if you ever see the British anymore) can tank a flak shell or 2. Far as im concerned AA damage is useless since you have that stupid "Accuracy" stat that lowers your Damage by a percentage, Although with skills your average aa is mid 400s which is respectable.
Still allowing dds to just sneak up on you and your secondaries cant really do anything till 45 seconds . I remembered when my Mass If a dd got spotted they were In big trouble ,game still sucks big time. Im kind of glad I quit a few months back , and you know what I feel better not have to put up with there shit.........
Before you rush out and play Montana, please notice he started the video in the D Line where he could effectively deter, support and deal damage. THEN he kited out slowly with his guns on cool down. That's the BB clinic you should be watching.
PQ is a BB clinic!
13:45 If it were me, I'd show this at my funeral.
BB players should listen to PQ. He knows how to get the most out of all the BBs and how they are best played. Certain lists will tell you this ship is not good etc, PQ will instead tell you why it can be good and how it should be played to maximize its abilities.
How to get most out of my Conquerer, that ship is brain dead. 15k/ salvo and set him on multiple fires. With the superheal and backline snipping? That's unkillable to me, not any BBs else
There aint a single reason other than just for fun to field montana.
Using the stuff I learned in your aiming video, I was able to get a similarly satisfying blind shot! I was in a GK (1/4 hp) pushing south against a Yammy (3/4hp) on the west side of the 2 bros map. He was able to get behind the island at G2, when he was about 12km away from me, and the cyclone dropped to 8km while he was still behind the island. I waited until I thought he would come around the other side of the island, then unloaded my front guns into the water. Low and behold, 2 cits!
Overall, I've improved a lot by watching your vids, my average dmg per game has skyrocketed! I actually feel useful to my team, even when I'm in a GK!
We all know that kremlin has the best secondaries, they are so good that WG had to make them break from 1 single 76mm shell from a tier 1
Yes 180mm guns what to say 😂😂 best firing chance but that Thing goes to gulag very quickly with HE shells which is really frustrating.
@@mkgaming990 130mm*
We all know that this was Kremlin main problem when it came out /s
Grind Slava !!! It gets the same pre nerf Kremlin AA and secondaries !!!
@@magnus_bd6185 i have it, it's not worth the time tbh
I think you should try max reload build Republique. Furious + Close Quarter Combat + AR + Sec Range legendary captain captain. I think I got the reload down to 11-12 seconds on those sweet 431s and it gets absolutely hilarious late game.
And have 21p J.J.Honore as commander AR 0.25% bit better , but I had many epic battles on Republique (AKA Citadelique) .
This sounds fun, I have to try this!
@@cookiesupervisor2211 she’s my favorite citadel blapper. Last night on this build I handed 3 devastating strike to a DM, a Mino, and a Worcester within the last 7 mins of the match. Nobody expects 13s reload on this thing. Even DDs got CHUNKED with her HE. It’s so fun I finished the match with 7 kills and 270k damage.
@@doducduy96 Nice.
@@PotatoQuality You should try playing Yamamoto , with -34% reload after you get Kraken and heal bust ,I have mine Yamamoto on Yamato but he mostly command Musashi and that combo is a record beating machine , I had my best battle on her 268k dmg , 8 kills and I love that build so much I have 1925 battles on Musashi :) out of my 10.354 in random.
PQ found your channel a few months back and for educational/tutorial videos you are #1. Great content, and your voice puts me to 😴🤣🤣
Look into the secondaries of Colombo. Yes, 90mm does not penetrate anything. However, the shells lob in the highest arcs I have ever seen secondaries go. They shoot over mountains behind islands. It's amazing to start fires on something that's behind an island.
An interesting game and a shot to be rightfully proud about. I've had some good success with blindshots in the last months myself as well. Nothing as impressive as this, but good enough to make random teammates voice their praise at times. Your guide on aiming and blindshots certainly did their part in achieving those, so I would like to use this opportunity to say thank you for that.
Also a detail I would be interested in hearing your opinion about: I noticed you just dumped the whole salvo at your best guess of where the Khaba would be. I tend to spread out single shots a little to cover a larger area with my blindshots usually and as I already said I get pretty decent results out of it, but I can see the argument for concentrating the salvo to minimize the chance of missing even on a correct guess due to the already worse dispersion without target lock.
What is you take on this?
I agree, the rudder shift on Montana is dreadful, and with the improved heal you can skip out on 15% less burn time of fires, Yamato also has similar dreadful rudder shift
Definitely been dev struck by Monty's plenty of times in CL/CA's across map.
Nice game. Good content.
Years ago, before CVs ruined the game, I would play Montana in Clan Battles and my specialty was putting the hurt on island-hugging bow-in Stalingrads. You can consistently get 10-15k plunging hits into her superstructure forcing them out of their position within a few salvos.
Love watching Monty replays. My first t10 ship, back when it was just Japan and USA in the game. Kind of wierd to see a secondary build Monty but thanks for showing that its viable
Quick question. I'm finding it difficult to break 80k dmg in any boat but finding myself alive endgame. I feel I'm playing to safe but smart. My aim sucks too ATM but I'm working on that.
12:28 "And thats when he knew, he fcked up."
Montana, the OG Smoke Mino smasher
Still love taking the Monty out! Fantastic blind shot PQ. Well done!!
I got 7 kills with this build just today xD Sure it was a 2BB no CV airship game - but secondaries secured a kill on the only dd stopping me to go on their flank. Literally the last shell when he smoked up. This build creates opportunities that survivability doesn't, definitely worth trying
I use to play NavyField way back in the day (kind of dating myself here... but whatever) and I always wanted the Montana in that game, but never had the time for the crazy grind. When I started playing this during the beta, my goal was the Montana... and that was the only line I grinded until I got her... and I love her. I still think she is my most favorite ship I have ever played in WoWS (I dont play it anymore, I wont play a game from a company who doesnt give a damn about anything but making monkey off a game that is just becoming more P2W and broken). Such an amazing ship. Even with her being "dated" in game standards, she was amazing.
That blind shot was beautiful
Kudos to your carrier for going for the CAP. Unusual sentience for the breed. (Oh yeah, well done. I would have pushed earlier and would not have had the same success. On the Iowa, maybe. Not ever going to get a Tier 10 except for the Des Moines I already own. Too many FrankenBoats at high tiers.)
Hey which mod for your flags you using? I like them :)
👏👏👏👏👏👏
EXCELLENT blind shot!
Epic. :3
Hey free the brain. Early as always!
@@shikikan6345 Hey, hey. I was pretty lucky to see this early upload. Quite a fan of the Monty stuff by PQ.
I've done a similar shot once, was at closer range but I similarly predicted the path of an undetected ship and hoped they were moving along my predicted path and boom. Dev struck a very very unhappy Cruiser xD
Will you be doing a secondary Kremlin perhaps as well?
I love my Conquerors heal especially with the signal flag. It annoys me a little though when people take my having lots of hp someway through the battle to mean I aren't doing anything. I can't help it if it heals 43k hp, which is over half the entire hp of the ship itself :~) Also the sitting back in Conq helps me drop shells over the little island in the middle of some maps that dd's and such hide behind. I would, maybe others would too, if you could do one of these types of videos for the Conqueror, maybe help me increase my performance and longevity. Up around 240k'ish maximum damage dealt, hoping to increase that though.
U are talking about the most efficient bb in the entire game..
I feel dirty when playing the conqueror it is so overpowered. I’m a month late I know but please don’t complain abt the conqueror lol
Alternate title: why I am in love with a ship 😄
What's the Tank build on battleships.
Prev Maintenance
Quicker repair reload
Shorter fires and floods
Torp belt
Faster heal by potential dmg
Extra heal
Fire prev
how did you get that angle indicator? aslain said he removed it due to it being outdated/non-functioning? i miss it :(
also is there a mod you're using to show the ship modules/armaments' and consumables while you're in the captain screen?
I recently got Montana. And i’m struggling to aim. But I’m quite comfortable with Iowa. Does Montana have a worse dispersion than Iowa?
No, it's same dispersion with same sigma, but yes I know what you are talking about, sometimes a ship is just cursed on your account and you will never make it work.
@@antoniohagopian213 Ok lol
I have it the other way.I love NC guns and i can lead well with them but the moment i run Iowa/Montana it goes to shit for first few shots.
@@RyItar The NC guns are basically god-tier. It doesn't even make sense on paper, they're only a .45 cal compared to the .50 cal on the Iowa and Montana, but they're much more accurate.
It doesn't even make sense compared to the other US BBs, the Premium ones. The Massachusetts and Alabama in real life used the exact same turrets as the NC and the Washington, but Massa's dispersion feels like rolling dice with each pull of the trigger and Alabama's is only slightly better, maybe on the same level as the Iowa.
Even after getting those two, I still play my NC more because of just how much better it is as a BB (even tanking is easier with it, and with a secondary build I feel safer from DDs, even though it's lacking the crazy turrets of the Massa or Georgia).
@@vtr0104 Yeah i also play a lot NC so i was thinking that maybe i'm biassed or it's placebo but maybe it is better.
I'm interested in seeing if Musashi can do anything with the extra 150s it gets over Yamato - especially considering its poorer sigma means it's closer range anyway.
it seems a bad choice, but I seem to recall Denarmo or someone doing a Shikashima 2ndry build and enjoying it a lot.
Musashi has good horizontal dispersion and small vertical dispersion and Yamato is the opposite.
Sigma determines the chances of shells hitting the place u aim which doesnt really mean anything. If Musashi have one weakness, it's the AA. Nothing else
Musashi also has the crappier secondaries Yamato gets. Shikishima has the 150s, but also has 5 100mm DP turrets per side, with better arcs and RPM. A secondary build Shiki is much more viable than either, especially when taking the lower shell volume into account.
what mod do you use for the ship health
I didn't know VTOL was a thing on these catapult planes. 8:11
Hello PQ! Thanks for this masterclass! Would you help us with a guide of the Pommern?
Yesterday i tried Montana in secondary build on public test server cause i dont have Montana in real game...and she was outstanding with some 300+ secondary hits!
what is the HP mod at the top? Could not find it on the modstation but prob missed it
Modifications to battle interface/mini ship icons/Team HP
liked for the blind shot. awesome!
Why do you preffer the wows legends ribbons ?
Is Vermont good compare to others T10 now? I feel quite depressed with Kannas :(
Montana is a good jack of all trades battleship.
Great game, and video, too!
Look at all the flags he WOULD have got before WG's meanness kicked in.
I'm glad secondaries are back!!
Best blind shot I've ever had? Old gk, years ago. Locked on a moskva, fired all 12. Watched as moskva turned away, heard the ship sinking sound and saw that kill feed said I blamed a Cleveland. I was so confused.
What mod do you need to get that Montana camo? It's beautiful.
I don’t think he running a mod for that.
That's just its usual camo I think, but reversed coloring. You can unlock reverese patterns for some of the camos by completing the American Cruisers collection, from the Coal containers. With most US patterns, it just turns something that was Navy Gray into a deep Navy Blue, and reverse. For some ships it's more drastic (it turns the Oklahoma black, similar to the Arizona's default skin, and it turns the Arizona gray, like the Oklahoma's skin. It makes no sense to me, but that's how it is).
The various sections unlock this for DDs, Cruisers, BBs and CVs, as well as allow you to fly two flags on your ships (the cosmetic ones, the buff flags remain unchanged).
Hope this helps :)
@@vtr0104 no, I’ve done the US Cruisers collection and the Montana still has a dazzle
I think Yamato shells are even easier to use than Montana's. When I can overpen even the midships upper armor belt on a broadside Vermont or the citadel of anything smaller than a battleship, then I do not need to care about where to aim, either.
Secondary Montana!? 😨😱
oh my man that blind shot XD hilarious
How this vid didn't get a NSFW warning due to that shot is beyond me! lol.
I think PQ should do tier lists in each country at every tier….for example…..best to worst out of t10 BB’s and at tier 9….8 etc.
And then do cruisers dd’s etc
is a secondary build viable on IJN BBs?
well yes but dont try it anyway
No
Yo Potato can you please make a video of USS Iowa or the Mighty Mo with a secondary spec. They have the speed of the Georgia minus the speed boost but I think that they could be viable.
I love my Monty, my first t10 and by far my favorite!!
in my petro, the only bb that messes me up is monty, i fear that ship if its on my side in anyway, bow in im fine usually but ive gotten smacked by it so many times from 20kms away
10.7: return of the secondaries Monty?
20k secondary damage per 100 hits is a decent benchmark for BB imo.....thats about what you got.
maybe you should try Yamato secondary build with 5slot upgrade module is Legendary module.
"decent pen"
You mean literally the lowest of all T10 BBs?
Plunging fire bro.
wish i could play on the server your on ... must be full of newbies.. would love to torp your monty lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ah wows before subs, good times man good times
"Now with the commander rework" of the rework, of the rework. Were on the third rework now. I mean Montana has those HEAVY AP shells that hit for 13k a pop right? Aside from Vermont with its 457s id say that is still the most damage per broadside, depends on how much the Italian shells do.
Actually, just personally speaking, just speck into Flak if you got the points to spare and you should be fine (she gets 9 flak i want to say with skills which do 1600 ish if they hit deadcenter), Its enough to SWAT Japanese and German planes, and the future Russians (seriously the ranger has more hp then the tier 10 ruski) but the US and British CVs (if you ever see the British anymore) can tank a flak shell or 2. Far as im concerned AA damage is useless since you have that stupid "Accuracy" stat that lowers your Damage by a percentage, Although with skills your average aa is mid 400s which is respectable.
Overmatch is kind of being power creep by armored deck imo
Man i had a great battle today with my monty 234k dmg with the standart build
Sounds like nonsense, but I tried Alabama with secondaries at 10km, pretty good I must say. Won the game too
Montana = Iowa with extra turret.
Can you please do a seigfreid video?
I have Yamato Kufurst and Kanas, i never even get out spawn, i get 5 or 6 fires set within 2 mins and its game over
Heeyy potato i dont know if you know but stalingrad is coming is coming to legends
American class is next line I’m grinding
Kii next please :)
pog
Secondary Montana ? WTF
Make AA great again ...
hi
Still allowing dds to just sneak up on you and your secondaries cant really do anything till 45 seconds . I remembered when my Mass If a dd got spotted they were In big trouble ,game still sucks big time. Im kind of glad I quit a few months back , and you know what I feel better not have to put up with there shit.........
Even Hizen has a heavier broadside. Kind of sad, ships losing their special place.
Hizen has a lighter broadside. 12 guns, but 12750 per shell, compared to monty's 13500.
Um Hizen absolutely does NOT have a heavier broadside ... idk where you're getting that from.
@@poopsie117 Not to mention the pen is worse. Disprsion as well.
@@UhackUdie yea exactly, like noticeably worse.
HE spam montana is so fun tho
That’s it?! BAHAHAHAHAHA