Alaska is a genuine tier 9.5, such a versatile ship with BC armour and guns but with radar and hydro and a low citadel

I bought that a couple years ago during the Black Friday sales. One of my favorite cruisers, just got to keep angled and it does exceptionally well

You just rolled around literally hard flanked by 2 battleships (yes, one a hybrid, but a better Nebraska player burns you down with planes), and you not only survive but you kill the Nebraska with a larger health pool than you at the start of the engagement, but you only go down to half health. Alaska is a baller tank, and can punish things if RNJesus blesses you even a little bit.

And a 2-shot kill on a healthy Chakalov? Come on dude, that's gangster AF.

I would love to see how you play the Atago B. Thank you for your time spent on making content.

So hyped to give my new Alaska a spin. Lucky to get her, too (from one of the containers in the sequential bundles leading to Repulse). Dem improved ricochet angles be spicy.

My man's sitting out here open-water trading with a T8 406 mm BB and complaining about the damage output lmao. No other T9 cruiser (except maybe Riga?) could do that while losing so little HP.

Thinking of getting 2 ships this year, first time. Which 2 would you recommend? Alaska and Massachusetts?

I remember flanking on a failing side with Alaska, with my teammates, I ate a lot of the enemies broadside and won the game.

2:09 You can hear Golden Leeuwe cursing every submarine player in existence LOL

You should do a "favorites" video. Which are your favorites in all ship types. I would value that as I have the same preferences as you toward accuracy, and ship type.

This is my exact experience with Alaska lol. Its so good on paper but i always seem to run into plays that force my weaknesses

Serious question that will decide if I buy, can you get other camos for it, and if not can you at least remove the black one?

This thing is way better in Ranked than on Randoms.

How do you get to hunt down the single remaining ship? My games always end when we're doing well and there's two or three enemy ships left.

I always had far better luck with Alaska B once a clanmate advised me to always Heavy AP, that plunging fire with Heavy totally made the ship make sense. Learning her angles was the next lesson and am glad i did. She becomes a real monster with that hydro/radar playing peekaboo with islands, especially if you have comms with Div or clan mates. Truly a favorite if you have the mindset for her unique abilities.

Hey, new player here, how do i get my hud to look like urs? I mean tge "destroyed" flags and such, they yours look different to mine

how do you change the circle for an X in the mini map?

The only super cruisers worth playing are Stalingrad, Marseille and Puerto Rico. Stalingrad for the the Soviet tech, Marseille for the speed and concealment, PR for a mini Monty experience. Alaska is super good too, but it gets super clapped by battleships through nose.

Wow just had this pop up in my feed and i just bought a a Alaska B the timing lol

Bought 25 crates and got 11 ships - then took the dubs I got from the Iwami B and Brandon B, missions added them to my dub total and bought the Repulse B. Now time to buy a lotto ticket.

I always thought Alaska's dispersion was bad, until I got Puerto Rico. Now she feels like an Elbing! 😄

AK is probably the most powerful super cruiser up to T10. No regrets picking her up the first year I started playing. She's ok in random, but ranked and clan battles is where she really earns her keep.

Really appreciate the video. I guess Little White Mouse’s reviews are gone for good now that the forum is gone. This helps fill the substantial gap.

Hey PQ, can you do a video on Saipan B and Brandonburg B?

Any idea when it’s going on sale again

The momment this was available on black friday all my ranked games have Alaska B's

is there any possibility wargaming adds a line with ships with this hull on tech tree? love this hull its a skinny montana version

Definitely agree with the statement that battlecruisers combine the worst of battleships and cruisers. 60s fires and the inability to get fire prevention is the worst. Sub homing torps get the tighter cruiser homing but you don’t have the maneuverability to dodge those torps. 5s DCP is also very sad.

I love my Alaska , as some have said stay angled and have fun , i spec into heavy AP , and boy cit city .

Is this in this years sale?

this is like watching your grade all hit A+

Should i get alaska or massachusetts?😂 any advise.

I had luck with the north pole tokens and in my first black friday premium container got her, its a really powerfull cruiser, never less than a 100k damage dealt in the 20-something battles ive played in her (and im an average 52% winrate player, not a whaler and often sending full W just for the fun)

One thing that would really help supercruisers would be if WG reduces the maximum amount of fires on all Cruisers to 3. Also fires on DDs to 3 or 2.

For me it's my moneymaker. But it burns like a bb and the reload time is terrible....

Alaska by far is my favorite bote in the game, by far. The skill floor is high, but the ceiling is high too. A well played Alaska is absolutely S-tier, especially in Ranked. It has all of the utility including good ASW. You can solo non-supership BBs all day long and win the fights more often than not. And if you can get Halsey to proc, lights outs. Plus, I think she is just the nicest looking US ship in the game, period.

Lovely ship

Finally someone addressing the downsides of this ship rather than buying into the Alaska cult fan bois. It's a great ship when you're countering bad- mildly average players. When facing people who actually knows what they are doing, regarding what ship they playing, being in an Alaska really isn't a fun and engaging experience.

Thank you for pronouncing Brisbane correctly

i wonder who has better pen Agir or Alaska?

I’ve always wanted the Alaska, but would like to use coal or steel for it or even RB points. I’m trying not to spend too much money on the game these days. Thanks PQ! o7

As Flamu put it *S TIER* in ranked if you know how to use her, I'm ok with her but better like you in BB's great Cruiser though. Good vid

you cant get only one of them...there are in bundles and you have to buy all of them

Just happened to take out Buffalo before watching this. (I do this from time to time. Ought to sell it, but keep hoping for a miracle.) What a contrast. Alaska’s guns are a bit weak for their tier and caliber, but it is playable in a Tier X game. Buffalo just isn’t. I have the gray version of Alaska, and it is one of the few cruisers I consistently actually enjoy in high tier games. For me, being based on an actual real-world ship is a plus. Roon seems a bit more tanky, but the guns are nowhere near as good.

i like it.

This ship wails hard

lots say, that Alaska, is the best tier 9 cruiser period, so why on earth does it need any buffs?

Alaska is a gud boat and I'm glad I have her... But these days I take out my Puerto Rico instead. If I'm going to be facing tier 10 and super ships I might as well get the extra firepower. If I were playing tier 9 ranked or clan battles though and I wasn't grinding a tech tree ship (seems like I always am) she would be high on my list of premiums to choose. The versatility of near battleship firepower combined with radar and sonar in a ship that has decent AA, better than battleship dispersion and faster than battleship reload is hard to beat. BTW I NEVER get players on the red team that are as dumb as the ones that face PQ and other streamers. I means seriously I would have been dead in two salvos if I sat still on the edge of a map like that instead of being almost completely missed by every shot that hybrid took. Also it ain't Alaska's fault that RNG screwed you on the fires. THAT is something that happens to me over and over and over and over again and of course the first salvo of HE ALWAYS seems to light a fire on my ships in return.

opened like 15 containers no ships , Rip me

can you do napoli b please :)

I just got her in a crate :D

is Alaska ever sell for coal or steel?

for some odd reason, I have the starter T8 congress and the T10 Pay to Rico, these to ships have very good dispersion, watching this vid, alaska's dispersion seems shit. Still one of those ships Im wary about whenever I see it XD

Bought 10 crates, got none

If you're wondering why BB captains DCP one fire, it's because experience has not taught them to do differently. 🙄

You should zoom in more to watch your shots.

I’m really struggling with her so inconsistent and frustrating

i bought 3 premium BF containers with the tokens (i got the 100 tokens from the battlepass) and no joking, i got 2 ships: Alaska B and Napoli B. The other was the Commander XP packagge. I am happy. Ps: i got video proof

i would have secured the kill on the bb first

i prefer the congress due to T8

I win every ranked game in alaska

I hate easy to use ships like this ship for example 🙃 which has almost everything in it

I hate rank games right now cause of this ship, every game has one and its never on my side.

I saved up free dubs and bought a premium Black Friday container. Guess what Alaska b. I literally got this ship for Free

Alaska B or Black B for a new player looking for t9s?

This or Kearsarge?

not tanky enough ?!?!?!? you were focused by 2 BB`s which you out tanked one of which was soviet ! achieved citadel`s on another BC then got 6 citadels on a soviet CV ....... what the heck would make you happy ?

In reality, Alaska is not a battlecruiser

I really hate wg that they nerfed agir so hard just because one agir melted 3 alaskas and made an over hype to OP

Slapping a new camo on a ship and calling it a new ship is one of WG's more cynical moves.

Ah, yes. Alaska, the bane of cruisers. One of the best ships. Sadly it aged a bit.

ok you can buy alaska b; however theres a VERY LARGE "but....." its only availble for purchase as part of an over THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR, FLEET BUNDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN NOT BUY ALASKA B "ON IT'S OWN" only other option is to hope the containers "smile on you"

Everyone talking about the supreme ship ALASKA ... And in my hands its one of the MOST AWFUL ships I have ever had. Its like a big, clumsy Des Moines without DPM. Wasted money in my case ...

Whine, whine, whine and gets 216k.

Somone gift me this ship or some BF containers.

Imo alaska is an amazing ship, your never not useful.

The thing about this garbage aim assistance that wargaming has is absolutely atrocious and doesn’t give you cits or fires when it’s supposed to