Iwami might be my favorite battleship. The combination of good mainguns, fun secondaries and spicy long range hard hitting torps makes for such satisfying brawls.
How about the ship's armor? How good is it? Biggest reason I prefer Prussia, GK, and Napoli is that they have armor that can withstand heavy fire at close range which traditionally is the weakness of IJN ships.
@@roys.1889 You get the dreaded IJN vulnerable cheek. The incredible turret angles help to cover that weakness, but its still there. Iwami definitely wins the battles of secondaries though, and has main guns more effective at range (if you can stand IJN vertical dispersion). Its armor scheme is nowhere near as good as those ships unfortunately.
@@FrostBeam009 It's far less of an issue in ranked, but it still makes it harder to keep ships trapped in your secondary range (It's not fast or nimble either)
The secondaries also don't come with 32mm pen and the ship has Japanese dispersion which is terrible at close to mid range. Contradicts the short range secondaries.
The stern torps(on Odin, Iwami, Constellation, etc) are good for kiting and drive-bys where you can launch both sides without huge, broadside-revealing turns. Just a little booty wag and they're on their way - saved my hide and won battles many times in 1v1 and 2v2 brawls in the Odin or Graf Spee... occasionally even in randoms.
I run secondaries on any ship which has a secondary hitting DPM that's equal to or greater than Georgia's (this is from the third party web site). They may not be the most optimal builds, but I enjoy trying to make them work. In my experience, they at least help keep the DD's a little further back.
Have most of my random battle games in GK and Pommern. Both die so quickly I have switched to the Wisconsin. I agree Ilawmi is a good secondary build BB in the special game modes. Looking forward to the mode switch.
22:51 It's not necessary. The penetration of 100mm secondaries is already good. While 155mm guns can only penetrate 26mm, 100mm guns can penetrate 30mm.
And here i was, set on getting Napoli as my 1st coal ship, and now im getting very tempted by Iwami... Is it true that tier 9 has better economy bonuses? ngl the coins are in short supplies compared to research points, notably since getting to tier 5 and 6... Would love you guys opinion on that
I got it from a christmas crate years ago, dont remember when. might be 2022-23 year. i never really tried it out, might possibly give it a shot but im having a much more fun time playing DDs, i always used to play BBs but when i tried out destroyers i naturally was really good at playing them, even in my first 3 games i think i got 2-3 kills each game.
My most favorite ship. Iwami is a real brawler, torps deadly 20km. Secondarys very good. I have plenty of coal ships, and iwami always stands out above all.
Its a great ship I agree. But I run a secondary fire buld on mine. I've played agains many of them in battle. The secondary ones just keep me on fire. Good caliber and shell speed and gun angles.
@@jimd9053 It is all information the game is giving your client, freely and not encrypted, so really everyone should be getting this info to help them out. WG has said many times that mod packs like Aslain is cheating and not a problem to use. Really the major quality of life mods should be in the game as advanced options if the devs cared to spend time on the game core features.
I think fire prevention is better than emergency repair in brawls/ranked. You already have 4 heals and usually won't use more than that. FP stops you being a tinderbox
Was looking to get Azuma, purely because I need credits. But if I get this will it be more fun or will I get crushed harder in an uptier than I will in an Azuma?
@@papaversomniferum2365 total BS ! even PQ likes the Azuma its a cash cow and as long as you don't go broadside and move it does very well. I have Azuma and have won a lot of my Medals in it. In the top 3 or 4on the team most of the time. If you know how to play its a good ship.
I got to say that despite the Shorter range secondaries and lack of a spotter plane, Iwami is leagues better then her sister Hizen in every other aspect.
From what I've seen, it acts as a standard heal on those ships, too. So 50% restored HP from penetrations, 10% from citadel. I do not know, for example, if a DD can take citadel damage from a torp and as such heal less. But you can heal as a sub or CV, yes
Iwami is on my list forever , but I have Musashi & Hizen I have skiped Diesen , coal is ez to farm you can get EZ 600-1.2mil per year depend how much you play and how many ship you have I am on 1.2 mil side since 2 years , last year I got Black + Lutjens + Brisbane + Kitakami stages , this year I got Neustrashimy , I have buy back Salem after excange for Brandenburg , I have done also exchange F.Sherman , so I need to gather 84k coal to buy it back , so to anniversary I should do that , I dunno if WG add some T10 for coal if yes , that will be mine priority , but after that Iwami is next... so 2025 ... unless someone will buy my account , or I will quit game and start family , I am 40 this year , I should allready retire .
The sad thing is, you need to play ranked to have a fun or good game with a secondary ship these days. It’s also sad that accuracy of so many ship secondaries make them near useless. It’s like wargaming is scared of fun or something.
The CC flex and audacity to put a secondary build on Yamamoto 🤣 For normal players id recommend to use a high level DD or cruiser captain on Iwami. Cause none of your BB captains would fit.
Been playing Iwami and haven’t been able to hardly citadel anything. I’ve been getting citadels on other ships in the rudder area! Aim BUG. How do I fix this?
Use the shell flight time number to lead your shot. Common to land shots short. The middle of the name plate is the citadel area on each ship. Imagine your front and back guns as a triangle. You must aim that point at the lead time of the citadel
Maybe your build. I had the same problem on secondary build. The gun control system is better. The secondary, only commander skill. Otherwise, you will struggle hitting anything.
@@BertusLabuschagne I actually found out that the shells have short range arc. You just need to aim a bit up the belt, or at the top of the belt. Aiming at waterline 80% of the shells will go short. Just an arc bug, but Iwami can fire over hills and hit closer targets. She wrecks in brawl with secondaries!
A gunnery bug in an artillery focused game. Probably explains why WeeGee focuses so heavily on CVs and Subs. They either cba or just cant actually fix the bug. Been in the game so years smh.
It's not very fast which I find is one of the bigger problems plaguing this ship. 28.2 knots is mediocre but at the tier near enough everything is faster aside from Vermont line.
Specifically spec-ing legendary commanders on every review doesn't seem realistic. I get that cc's get to use any commander at lvl 21, but it gives a bit of a false impression. Sure WG would loves us to move/spec them around willy-nilly but that be the dumbest thing to do.
I use legendary commanders on premium ships. You don't have to reset skills unless you're mad competitive or making a video where you want to show people the optimal build for a certain ship.
Looks like a mod that indicates how fast the ship is going either full ahead or reverse. The more full the green circle gets, the closer to max speed the ship is getting. The more full the red circle gets, the closer to max reverse speed.
you should be asking if its worth playing the game in 2024 with all the yoloing brodsiding noobs that have no clue. just blow outs these days. uninstalled today not looking back
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Iwami might be my favorite battleship. The combination of good mainguns, fun secondaries and spicy long range hard hitting torps makes for such satisfying brawls.
As much as I love the ship and secondaries...the shorter secondary range is very much a factor to consider.
10.5? in randoms maybe not in ranked.. most maps its very easy to get up to 10.5 with full hp.
How about the ship's armor? How good is it? Biggest reason I prefer Prussia, GK, and Napoli is that they have armor that can withstand heavy fire at close range which traditionally is the weakness of IJN ships.
@@roys.1889 You get the dreaded IJN vulnerable cheek. The incredible turret angles help to cover that weakness, but its still there. Iwami definitely wins the battles of secondaries though, and has main guns more effective at range (if you can stand IJN vertical dispersion). Its armor scheme is nowhere near as good as those ships unfortunately.
@@FrostBeam009 It's far less of an issue in ranked, but it still makes it harder to keep ships trapped in your secondary range (It's not fast or nimble either)
The secondaries also don't come with 32mm pen and the ship has Japanese dispersion which is terrible at close to mid range. Contradicts the short range secondaries.
10:15 Actually Jingles thi... wait a minute
The stern torps(on Odin, Iwami, Constellation, etc) are good for kiting and drive-bys where you can launch both sides without huge, broadside-revealing turns. Just a little booty wag and they're on their way - saved my hide and won battles many times in 1v1 and 2v2 brawls in the Odin or Graf Spee... occasionally even in randoms.
I run secondaries on any ship which has a secondary hitting DPM that's equal to or greater than Georgia's (this is from the third party web site). They may not be the most optimal builds, but I enjoy trying to make them work. In my experience, they at least help keep the DD's a little further back.
Yeah, good for when you get outnumberd
What is the website?
Have most of my random battle games in GK and Pommern. Both die so quickly I have switched to the Wisconsin. I agree Ilawmi is a good secondary build BB in the special game modes. Looking forward to the mode switch.
Thank you PQ for another fun vid, man that first game thou.
22:51 It's not necessary. The penetration of 100mm secondaries is already good.
While 155mm guns can only penetrate 26mm, 100mm guns can penetrate 30mm.
I really enjoy my Iwami, it´s the reason why I have a full secondary build on Yamamoto.
0:24 super villains after explaining all of their plans to the mc
What a timing, i was between Iwami and Hayate, ended up buying Hayate
Hayate is a blast since the recent change where it can run both smoke and torpedo reload. Enjoy!
I had Hayate since it was a free xp ship, and it was ok. Now it's straight up good.
Hayete after the buffs is the best T10 dd, good choice here
@@ReDiR20 there is no "best" DD, a Ragnar can smoke a Hayate and it is still not the "best" T10 DD.
@@ReDiR20 The best tier 10 destroyers are Gdansk, Ragnar, Marceau, and Smaland. There's really no competition there.
And here i was, set on getting Napoli as my 1st coal ship, and now im getting very tempted by Iwami...
Is it true that tier 9 has better economy bonuses? ngl the coins are in short supplies compared to research points, notably since getting to tier 5 and 6...
Would love you guys opinion on that
Yes tier 9 premium has better bonus economy compare to the tier 10
in your opinion between Iwami, Kearsage and Pommern?
I got it from a christmas crate years ago, dont remember when. might be 2022-23 year. i never really tried it out, might possibly give it a shot but im having a much more fun time playing DDs, i always used to play BBs but when i tried out destroyers i naturally was really good at playing them, even in my first 3 games i think i got 2-3 kills each game.
My most favorite ship. Iwami is a real brawler, torps deadly 20km. Secondarys very good. I have plenty of coal ships, and iwami always stands out above all.
Great battle. What are the mods You are using?
Its a great ship I agree. But I run a secondary fire buld on mine. I've played agains many of them in battle. The secondary ones just keep me on fire. Good caliber and shell speed and gun angles.
Maybe a Tier VI ? novorossiysk ? I would like to learn how to play, since I bought it today. Ty
I'm not sure if you've put out a video on the T9 Pan-Asian cruiser Dalian or not, interested in your take on it.
Day 16 of asking PQ to play the finest Russian BB admiral ushakov with meme lord kuznetsov
I second this.
I've had her for a year and build up a love/hate relationship so i just traded her for the Kidd.
That DD is so much fun!
What’s the addon putting the green circles around the target? Is it showing speed?
It's a mod that indicates ship speed. No circle = stationary. Red = reversing. Green = Quarter / half / three-quarter / full speed.
ship movement indicator on Aslain mod manager
That seems like borderline cheating kinda
@@jimd9053 It is all information the game is giving your client, freely and not encrypted, so really everyone should be getting this info to help them out. WG has said many times that mod packs like Aslain is cheating and not a problem to use. Really the major quality of life mods should be in the game as advanced options if the devs cared to spend time on the game core features.
@@Swarm509 I don’t think PQ would ever cheat but what I mean is it seems like it would diminish the skill required to do well.
While I prefer my Musashi, the Iwami's a rock-solid, fun battleship. Would recommend.
I think fire prevention is better than emergency repair in brawls/ranked. You already have 4 heals and usually won't use more than that. FP stops you being a tinderbox
Was looking to get Azuma, purely because I need credits. But if I get this will it be more fun or will I get crushed harder in an uptier than I will in an Azuma?
Dont even bother taking Azuma, one of worse tier IX CB's in game.
@@papaversomniferum2365 total BS ! even PQ likes the Azuma its a cash cow and as long as you don't go broadside and move it does very well. I have Azuma and have won a lot of my Medals in it. In the top 3 or 4on the team most of the time. If you know how to play its a good ship.
5 secondary kills! never seen that many in one game!
The new game mode he was talking about is on the test server right now
I wanna see 9 tier rank BB guide or onetake maybe
I got to say that despite the Shorter range secondaries and lack of a spotter plane, Iwami is leagues better then her sister Hizen in every other aspect.
Actually a slight mistake to use the heal at 4:20, since Yamamoto's heal was surely about to proc :)
Did they nerf the Yamamoto heal? I could swear it was healing perma damage back in the day?
They did. Iirc, it acts like a normal heal now, just with a longer duration
@@TheShinySearcher wow, okay.. how does it act on ships without a heal then? Do you know?
From what I've seen, it acts as a standard heal on those ships, too. So 50% restored HP from penetrations, 10% from citadel. I do not know, for example, if a DD can take citadel damage from a torp and as such heal less. But you can heal as a sub or CV, yes
@@thegreatdodo5092 In short treat it as a regular heal and you won't be disappointed
I think Iwami is in class B not C like your review a year ago about "The best Coal Premium Ships" 🤩
next up play the Hizen, same hull, just more guns and longer reload, oh and no torps unfortunately but still on of my favorite tier 9 ships
How do you obtain hizen ive been trying to get her as a 2nd japanese premium
Iwami is on my list forever , but I have Musashi & Hizen I have skiped Diesen , coal is ez to farm you can get EZ 600-1.2mil per year depend how much you play and how many ship you have I am on 1.2 mil side since 2 years , last year I got Black + Lutjens + Brisbane + Kitakami stages , this year I got Neustrashimy , I have buy back Salem after excange for Brandenburg , I have done also exchange F.Sherman , so I need to gather 84k coal to buy it back , so to anniversary I should do that , I dunno if WG add some T10 for coal if yes , that will be mine priority , but after that Iwami is next... so 2025 ... unless someone will buy my account , or I will quit game and start family , I am 40 this year , I should allready retire .
Diesel is nice and that with secondary but you can't pen the most that why the most times play without if he and have games with 20 fires 😂😂😂😂
The sad thing is, you need to play ranked to have a fun or good game with a secondary ship these days. It’s also sad that accuracy of so many ship secondaries make them near useless. It’s like wargaming is scared of fun or something.
Would hizen work as a secondary ship too?
10:14
Jean Bart? Ackshually, PQ, that was a Richelieu.
Yeah, probably a mistake. I mean they both look alike
He was at least in the right class
True
What premium battleship for money would you recommend?
i you have a t9 to trade in then get brandenburg. i did this today and dont regret it. 10 bucks for the missing dubs but that is not too bad
One of the best looking ships in the game.
i hate to say i land more often with t8 in t10 then with t9 in t11, and even if its mostly 1 t11 so its not THAT bad i still prefer t9 over t10
The CC flex and audacity to put a secondary build on Yamamoto 🤣
For normal players id recommend to use a high level DD or cruiser captain on Iwami. Cause none of your BB captains would fit.
I was wondering this. If you throw a normal bb yamamoto on the iwami and only add secondaries in the modules would it still work okay?
@@Elheru42 The range on them would just suck.
Dang I missed this game on stream
Can you please do Jean Bart? I average 70k with it, mainly with secondaries.
Don’t play it secondary.
50 sec since upload first time being this early
the big secondary gun is 155 from mogami not 152
Iwami vs gesepi verde?
Been playing Iwami and haven’t been able to hardly citadel anything. I’ve been getting citadels on other ships in the rudder area! Aim BUG. How do I fix this?
Use the shell flight time number to lead your shot. Common to land shots short. The middle of the name plate is the citadel area on each ship. Imagine your front and back guns as a triangle. You must aim that point at the lead time of the citadel
Maybe your build. I had the same problem on secondary build. The gun control system is better. The secondary, only commander skill. Otherwise, you will struggle hitting anything.
@@BertusLabuschagne I actually found out that the shells have short range arc. You just need to aim a bit up the belt, or at the top of the belt. Aiming at waterline 80% of the shells will go short. Just an arc bug, but Iwami can fire over hills and hit closer targets. She wrecks in brawl with secondaries!
A gunnery bug in an artillery focused game. Probably explains why WeeGee focuses so heavily on CVs and Subs. They either cba or just cant actually fix the bug. Been in the game so years smh.
Imagine playing YOSHINO with the captain that have 10 points, where would you put those 10 pts. What build would you play using only 10?
It's not very fast which I find is one of the bigger problems plaguing this ship. 28.2 knots is mediocre but at the tier near enough everything is faster aside from Vermont line.
Is the burgogone worth it for steel?
always.
Yes
GET IT!
lol, it’s the best
It's worth it for anything; one of the only game mechanics stupid WG bugs can't ruin is speed so Burg is probably always going to be great.
Potato doesnt wanna play alabama ;(
I love my iwami
Pls make kearsarge vs 2024 too sir🙏
In ranked it’s pretty good
He is doing coal ships now so it will probably be out soon
I only ricochet with Iwami. Maybe I set it wrong!!!????
I don't really like it
I find the main guns amazingly frustrating!
ship request: Daisen pls
Marco Polo next?
Specifically spec-ing legendary commanders on every review doesn't seem realistic. I get that cc's get to use any commander at lvl 21, but it gives a bit of a false impression. Sure WG would loves us to move/spec them around willy-nilly but that be the dumbest thing to do.
I use legendary commanders on premium ships. You don't have to reset skills unless you're mad competitive or making a video where you want to show people the optimal build for a certain ship.
Day 1 of asking for Mogami 155 secondary build
pls play the chumphon.
tier 7 pan-asian cruiser
1:20 whats that red/green circle thing filling up
Looks like a mod that indicates how fast the ship is going either full ahead or reverse. The more full the green circle gets, the closer to max speed the ship is getting. The more full the red circle gets, the closer to max reverse speed.
thanks, makes sense
you should be asking if its worth playing the game in 2024 with all the yoloing brodsiding noobs that have no clue. just blow outs these days. uninstalled today not looking back
First
First?
yamamoto is trash and we all know it
Japanese ships are like these
"If I can't pen you, I'll born you instead"
You definitely need to swap to HE more