This video was an eye-opener for me. When I originally acquired this ship I was really disappointed because of the long reload time for the torps and the 1x4 torpedo salvo (without regarding the instant reload ability). I completely underestimated the guns on this thing. I‘ve played it now a couple of times as a gun boat destroyer as you demonstrated and it works a treat! I‘m going to have a lot of fun with this ship in the future. Thanks very much for this video Terry!
That first game was freaking amazing! I researched the aki last month and I absolutely love her! I love gunboat destroyers and she was very much worth the grind unlike the Kagero, which I sold after a few frustrating battles. She’s basically a tier 8 shiratsuyu which I did not particularly like grinding either, so I pretty much gave up on the shima and just bought back my speed build banzai aka which is still have a blast with!
Yeah, I haven't really played Kagero much lately. The stealth torp play used to be viable, but today everything has radar and hydro, it's really not that great. You can still torp-rush in Kagero, due to the alpha strike.
I played both, also have z52 and lightning. Kagero still my most beloved. Almost all dd show no respect to kagero and show full broadside for me to shoot. It's sweet 😂
@@anhhuytranle1080 I don’t think the kagero is a bad ship, but like terry said the game has evolved a lot, with a lot of ships having sonars, radars, and commanders with early torpedo detection. At tier 8 and onwards it just gets difficult to stealth torp. Plus with the way you have to play her just doesn’t suite my play style at all. I don’t like the slow stealth torping gameplay, but rather faster gunboats or just well rounded destroyers like the German and American DD‘s are my personal favorites.
@@stevenmoore4612 believe it or not, kagero has acceptable guns for t8, not underwhelming like shima at t10. I apply Z46 shooting tactic to kagero plus timing my disengage. I achieve 15k-20k dam from kagero's gun only shooting dds and still have enough health to stealth torp. Yes, you don't need a full health ship just to stealth torp.
@@anhhuytranle1080 Yeah her guns aren’t terrible but compared to other tier 8‘s they are kind of weak in a gun fight. She’s just not a gunboat and not my kind of destroyer. I don’t like replying on my torpedos over my guns.
Tier 8 has some really good dds. Ogenvoy,akizuki, z23, pan Asian dds are a few. These ships can absolutely wrack up damage. I love the Z23 because it can just rip through dds even some tier 9 dds. Tier 8 dds are good dds to get historical camos for because their good ships while not have the expensive price of tier 10 historical camos. I love tier 8 dds.
When the Aki first showed up in the PC version of the game it was an unholy terror. And even today with all the fancy shmancy EU DD lines she still does well. Gotta love the reload time. Only real strikes against here is there are BB's that can turn inside her and cruisers that are faster.
She's an extremely powerful ship if left unchecked. But one of the main sources of damage is people who still haven't learned not to damacon single fires while being shot at by an HE spammer.
@@FunandGameswithTerryhi Terry, I'm on the Aki at the moment and choosing commnader skills. I noticed the Kitakaze and Harugomo both have AA def and as I'll be keeping the same commander for them Im thinking of taking the Air Defense Expert, what's your opinion?
@@FunandGameswithTerry I mean Fenyang x3 I got confused but still I would like to hear your low-tier reviews.... Specially for the history lessons of ships that actually EXISTED.
This video was an eye-opener for me. When I originally acquired this ship I was really disappointed because of the long reload time for the torps and the 1x4 torpedo salvo (without regarding the instant reload ability). I completely underestimated the guns on this thing. I‘ve played it now a couple of times as a gun boat destroyer as you demonstrated and it works a treat! I‘m going to have a lot of fun with this ship in the future. Thanks very much for this video Terry!
That first game was freaking amazing! I researched the aki last month and I absolutely love her! I love gunboat destroyers and she was very much worth the grind unlike the Kagero, which I sold after a few frustrating battles. She’s basically a tier 8 shiratsuyu which I did not particularly like grinding either, so I pretty much gave up on the shima and just bought back my speed build banzai aka which is still have a blast with!
Yeah, I haven't really played Kagero much lately. The stealth torp play used to be viable, but today everything has radar and hydro, it's really not that great. You can still torp-rush in Kagero, due to the alpha strike.
I played both, also have z52 and lightning. Kagero still my most beloved. Almost all dd show no respect to kagero and show full broadside for me to shoot. It's sweet 😂
@@anhhuytranle1080 I don’t think the kagero is a bad ship, but like terry said the game has evolved a lot, with a lot of ships having sonars, radars, and commanders with early torpedo detection. At tier 8 and onwards it just gets difficult to stealth torp. Plus with the way you have to play her just doesn’t suite my play style at all. I don’t like the slow stealth torping gameplay, but rather faster gunboats or just well rounded destroyers like the German and American DD‘s are my personal favorites.
@@stevenmoore4612 believe it or not, kagero has acceptable guns for t8, not underwhelming like shima at t10. I apply Z46 shooting tactic to kagero plus timing my disengage. I achieve 15k-20k dam from kagero's gun only shooting dds and still have enough health to stealth torp. Yes, you don't need a full health ship just to stealth torp.
@@anhhuytranle1080 Yeah her guns aren’t terrible but compared to other tier 8‘s they are kind of weak in a gun fight. She’s just not a gunboat and not my kind of destroyer. I don’t like replying on my torpedos over my guns.
Got this one a few weeks ago and was crestfallen not to find your review, thrilled to finally find your review and learn how I'm misusing the ship.
For the first game, thats some godlike MM. No CLS or Cruisers, and only 1 DD.
And on cv!
Tier 8 has some really good dds. Ogenvoy,akizuki, z23, pan Asian dds are a few. These ships can absolutely wrack up damage. I love the Z23 because it can just rip through dds even some tier 9 dds. Tier 8 dds are good dds to get historical camos for because their good ships while not have the expensive price of tier 10 historical camos. I love tier 8 dds.
I threw the concealment mod on my akizuki and it has helped me get the drop on enemy dds and letting me hammer them before they knew I was there
When the Aki first showed up in the PC version of the game it was an unholy terror. And even today with all the fancy shmancy EU DD lines she still does well. Gotta love the reload time. Only real strikes against here is there are BB's that can turn inside her and cruisers that are faster.
She's an extremely powerful ship if left unchecked. But one of the main sources of damage is people who still haven't learned not to damacon single fires while being shot at by an HE spammer.
@@FunandGameswithTerryhi Terry, I'm on the Aki at the moment and choosing commnader skills. I noticed the Kitakaze and Harugomo both have AA def and as I'll be keeping the same commander for them Im thinking of taking the Air Defense Expert, what's your opinion?
I absolutely love this ship too. Favorite line grinded so far
Reload is a good option too. Loved this line!
Another splendid video, many many thanks! Cheers
It really is a fun ship, & the guns fire so fast that I can sometimes forget to use my torpedoes. ;-)
Awesome video, always wondered what was going on with everyone else while I chatted away.
Every team lemming trains to the right on Encounter. The sides end up trading bases often.
Yep, I often play defence / delay in those scenarios, to allow us to cap out, or at least cap out first, and get points.
yes the akizuki is a fun ship to play my win rate on this >60% but as soon as I get to the T9 was pure pain it just like bring the T8 to a T10 match
Team up with 2 mates in the Aki trade your smokes together and watch hell spawn in front of you . Love this ship
Holi,you prefer this one or Daring?They have fast reload.I know Daring its tier X but I think they have same feelings
Awesome. Can you do the IJN Takao next please?
Akizuki is next on my list.
I was wondering what this ship would do in battle.
Yes I’ve finally bought the Akizuki. Oh the entire game is just pewpew
When i saw the thumbnail, my first thought were the destroyer is the one below.
I'm always looking for interesting camera angles in port, to keep the thumbnails interesting.
Haha brilliant 👏
with the arrival of Italian dds its hard to get a good game
Are Akitzuki AP good against destroyers?
This thing... Is Way more fun than kagero... Nowadays...
You still owe us a Shenyang review e.e
Yep, I want to do some low-tier reviews
@@FunandGameswithTerry I mean Fenyang x3
I got confused but still I would like to hear your low-tier reviews.... Specially for the history lessons of ships that actually EXISTED.
All these people talking about the destroyer....I want that tug boat! No guns, 0.5km detection 🤣🤣🤣
We should lobby to make that a T1 premium
UwU, OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU…TORPEDO…NANI
In warships, the line probably translates to "damage-controlled a single fire"
hi
I really love this ship too, burning enemy deck is very enjoyable and the only threat for akizuki is maybe cleveland
It's always good to have a counter for a ship. And Cleveland has to hit me first at 8km 🤣