Ron James Dio
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Date registered: Mar 29, 2016 12:57:01 GMT
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Post by Ron James Dio on Sept 1, 2020 4:59:00 GMT
Welp, its time for me to pick up another premium. I have a TON of them already. This will be my last one for a while though.
Is Asashio any fun? I'm not too concerned with how good she is as a ship per say, more the fun factor. Does anyone have her?
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YureiKuma
Captain
I'm not dead yet....
Posts: 1,057
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Date registered: Feb 15, 2016 13:12:40 GMT
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Post by YureiKuma on Sept 3, 2020 0:32:25 GMT
I’ll be honest, as much as I like DDs, the specialized torps ruin her for me.
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Major Englush
Sergeant
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Console: Xbox
Preferred server: East
Is R35T a Skreb?: Yes
Date registered: Feb 22, 2017 15:11:28 GMT
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Post by Major Englush on Sept 3, 2020 15:24:00 GMT
Don't have one, but they seem dependent on MM -- you need BBs all over the place, otherwise not much you can do other than try to gunboat. Did have one try to torp my Alaska the other night...twice. That was hilarious.  |
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Ron James Dio
Lieutenant
Posts: 829
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Date registered: Mar 29, 2016 12:57:01 GMT
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Post by Ron James Dio on Sept 3, 2020 19:36:29 GMT
I picked it up. Boy oh boy is it ever GREEE-HEEEE-EEAASSYY. like, holy cow. Those torpedos are absolytely stupid vs BB's. They have 0 hope of getting out of the way
Her concealment is insanely good. 5.3km's good. She has a 14.7km stealth fire window on her torps. I took the torp module and they also travel 72kts, which doesn't include the torp speed captain skill. How is that even fair?
Her guns hit pretty hard, they just reload slowly. I use her to spot and shit on BB's. If I have a distracted DD near me, or if I can use my teammates for some support, I have been knofe fighting other DD's to try and lay a hurting on them. She won't win a knife fight alone, but she can deal some damage if you pick the right times to fire your guns.
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FormulaZR
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Console: Xbox one
Date registered: Apr 20, 2016 18:49:42 GMT
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Post by FormulaZR on Sept 5, 2020 0:14:30 GMT
I know you already bought it, but for anyone reading in the future - Asashio is a good ship. Yes, the torps only hit BBs and CVs (but damn do they hit hard). However, she also has really great concealment - and even though the guns have a long reload and horrendous traverse, they hit really hard as well. Asashio is often a ship I play to relax. She's an excellent for contesting caps and super scary for any BBs. If you find yourself late game with a lot of enemy cruisers left...well...you're kinda screwed.
Full disclosure, though - CVs and multiple radar kinda screw the ship over. So the meta has changed since it was an absolute monster.
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