Spanish Cruiser "Castilla" Review - World of Warships Blitz

Finally, we get our hands on the rest of the Spanish cruiser line, and can answer the most important question - do you really need to play the tier 9? Let's find out.
00:00 Intro
01:56 History
03:04 Stats
08:53 Build
19:41 Battle - Normal
26:50 Battle - Maxed
33:24 Conclusion
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[@Slai47]

Nah, you weren't the only one with issues. The Castilla is a heavy cruiser with light cruiser armor and heavy cruiser size. She either needs even more firepower, some smoke or armor.
I found sniping at first while flanking kind of works but even then, better snipers will still kill you.

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

I think the idea here is to have a "finisher" ship that can punish bad positioning of light cruisers, and she's very good at that. Make a mistake in a Jinan at 15km from this thing, and you could be one-shot. That's where all the BHs point to.
The problem is, she isn't good at anything else, and given the size of this thing, can't operate within base range. They've kind of painted themselves into a corner with the scout II, I'd say give her range comparable to the top tier Soviet supercruisers - something close to 14km - and take the scout down to I in return, and then either give her working secondaries for an ambush capability, or actual working AA for a support cruiser / base camper, and then we're talking.
She still wouldn't be too powerful, since she doesn't have anywhere near Soviet dispersion, but at least she can do _something_ when she's not ambushing CLs that isn't suicidal.

[@Daniel_czupryn]

😊the music in the intro is amazing

[@explorationandhistorywithethan]

I was hoping this ship would have functional secondaries......I am disappointed with this line.

[@NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov]

So many ships have large secondaries that don't do anything 😞

[@explorationandhistorywithethan]

@@NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov all except Napoli and Anchorage-

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Same, when I've seen the screenshots, I thought this would be a three-system supercruiser of sorts. That said, with the armour on those things, having secondaries isn't going to help much, since you'd be blown out of the water cleanly before you ever got to use them in most situations. Still, would have been nice.

[@ROC-ROC]

Eso! Eso! Eso!.. baila, baila, fiesta! Nice Terry!!! LOL I liked good salsa music more than the ship XD

[@gleamingcolt]

Honestly, I’m probably going to stick with the tier 8, when I eventually get it .
Edit: I got the tier 10 in a crate

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

T10 isn't quite as bad as T9, but still, probably a free ship slot I'd say ;)

[@gleamingcolt]

@@FunandGameswithTerry I mean yeah, though it probably won’t be played for a couple months

[@briangregg8581]

I bought the Marlborough British BB. The show camo was very effective but looked absurd so I spent another 5k gold to buy the historical cam which is less effective but looks OK. I also own the Alaska which is a terrible ship but looks darn good in historical camo.

[@daruma56563]

Spanish techtree ships are the kill stealers 😁

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Very true - the purpose of this line is to punish enemy cruisers, or finish off low-HP ships that are trying to get away, and they've very good at that. Unfortunately, in T9-10, not very good at anything else... ;)

[@srs3416]

Salsa!!!

[@PVP_GAMERizi]

from first glance i can indeed tell this is a napoli with spanish flag and scout plane instead of smokes😅

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

If only the secondaries, that are so prominent on the 3D model, would work...

[@PVP_GAMERizi]

@@FunandGameswithTerry yea u said it😅

[@briangregg8581]

I have Napoli and play enhanced camo where if you move on the flank you can torpedo without detection especially if there is no CV. Can this one do that?

[@enchantedbananas]

by WG's HP calculation formula larger ships like castilla, marseille should have better armor to account for being more ship to destroy.

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

You sometimes think that there's reason behind stats, like the Veneto having good torpedo defence (Pugliese, although it didn't actually work that well), but then I look at British battleships...

[@edwardsaavedra2885]

I think I will just get the tier 7 since I have the special camo and Álvaro and that's it. Upper tiers seems a bit disappointing.

[@briangregg8581]

Dispersion was painful

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Yeah, not a fan. Given that this is a tech tree line, we might see improvements down the road, though, in upcoming versions, so I wouldn't give up on it as a line, and T7 (and, to a degree, 8) are still very much worth it

[@ignatius_rage]

Did WG slap your hand for being too accurate in your last review?…. Rhetorical Terry. No answer necessary.

[@FunandGameswithTerry]

Oooh, I'll bite :)
No, actually, they didn't. I just generally try to be as objective as possible, but especially when I'm fresh from a 10-round testing session, frustration can get the better of me, and I can get a little snarky, so I'm just trying to keep the balance :)
In more general terms, WG doesn't dictate what we can or can't say about ships. Of course, if I were to go on a swearing, ad-hominem tirade, it wouldn't be well received, but valid criticism, even when laced with sarcasm, is always fair game. And I do value my integrity :) Opinions are all mine

[@ignatius_rage]

@@FunandGameswithTerry I respect that.