The CLs job is to annihilate the enemy’s screens, thats why they have so many turrets.ĭD 1 are cheap and can be mass produced to cover all of your convoys. But put a few torpedo bombers for damage.īBs are there to soak up damage, so the best would be SHBB, you can add extra AAs if you want, but make sure they are as fast as the CLs. I use 6:1 because if I lose any screens on a battle my capitals are still protected.ĬVs are not that good in this patch, so they are basically fighter coverage. You need 4 screens for each capital to have 100% screening for torpedoes, any less than that and your capitals start to take damage from it. CL - Best engine, best radar, AA, no secondary (lowers piercing), 4/5 light cruiser batterie, spotter plane 2, fcs 0, armor 1 or 4 (2 and 3 get pierced like 1, costs more and only slow you down.) DD- Hull 1 (the most cost effective), batterie 1, best radar, best engine, sonar 2, no AA, torpedos, and 2 depth charges.

BB- Only one gun, spotter 2, fcs 0, you can fit a couple aa but be sure you’re fast enough. Do not use Subs on strike forces either, because they are slow and speed is of the essence.Ģ CV, 3 BB, 20 CL and 10 DD strike force will absolutely wreck anything the AI can throw at you.Ĥ/6/10 DD on escort depending on the area.ĬV - All decks, at least 60% fighters. That said, I've tried it with single player and (limited) multiplayer and it seems to work fine.ĭo not use heavy cruisers, they are useless, their gun doesnt have enough piercing and they are flagged as capitals, you can use the ones you start with as shore bombardment. This is all pirated from other posts on the subject so I can't back any of this up with in game maths. Hope this is vaguely what you were looking for. Send them out in groups of about 10 to hunt for subs raiding your convoys.Īlthough, if you have man the guns then it's probably better just to move where your convoys travel through by putting restrictions on sea zones in dangerous areas. 1->99 groups of 5->10 subsĬonvoy Escort: Destoryers with depth charges are the way forward. Several groups of 5-10 subs hunting over a large area (preferably away from land based enemy air cover) works well to sink dozens of convoys a month. Ratio: 1LC:3DDĬonvoy Raiding: Subs are working great and can escape patrols pretty well so no point doing any surface raiding. I personally like 3 crusiers as that is small enough to lure in your enemy into battle, but will also survive long enough for your main fleet to arrive. It maybe worth putting extra planes on your crusiers to increase their detection.Ĭrusiers to Destoryers at 1:3 ratio. You want a couple of these per strike force. Patrol: This is how you detect enemy fleets.

Max 4 Carriers (to avoid crowding penalty), 1-4 Battleships (not currently very good), twice as many Heavy Cruisers, four times as many Lights, and twelve times as many Destoryers. Strike Force: Sits in port till your patrols find an enemy fleet. I've been doing the run around for this recently so this is just an amalgamation of what I've read on the forums/reddit.

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