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Thanks for listing my Santa Crate winnings

I just bought all of those ships.

1. Marblehead 1:39 (no armor, limited range) 2. Krasny Krym 2:16 (slow, poor concealment, poor artillery) 3. Genova 2:42 (huge citadel, long reload, bad damage output) 4. Yahagi 3:03 (poor artillery) 5. Viribus Unitis 3:16 (bad HP,) 6. Huang He 3:43 (bad HP, slow, poor artillery) 7. Duca D'Aosta 4:27 (poor artillery) 8. Prinz Eitel Friedrich 4:54 (lacks turtleback and armor, poor HE) 9. Blyskawica 5:47 (power-creeped due to stealth fire change, poor concealment) 10. Hood 7:12 (poor DPM, alpha, pen, bad at uptiers, bad turning) 11. Gorizia 8:27 (poor AP DPM, long reload, lacks torpedoes or fire ability, bad AA and concealment, poor protection) 12. Gascogne 9:25 (bad protection due to 32mm armor, poor artillery and dispersion) 13. Vanguard 12:10 (bad protection due to 32mm armor and citadel, bad firing angles, poor AP pen) 14. Neustrashimy 15:27 (bad firepower, better options available) 15. Azuma 16:34 (bad protection due to 25mm armor and citadel, mediocre artillery)

Timestamps Marblehead 1:40 Krasny Krym 2:15 Genova 2:39 Yahagi 3:02 Viribus Unitis 3:15 Huanghe 3:42 Duca D D'aosta 4:25 Prinz Eitel Freidrich 4:54 Blyskawica 5:45 Hood 7:09 Gorizia 8:25 Gascogne 9:25 Vanguard 12:10 Neustrashimy 15:25 Azuma 16:33

I just realized this and “top 10 prem ship” vids can be used as “how to fight against these ships” vids.

The video should be retitled to "The Ships You Will Get From Santa Crates"

Almost all those ships are my go-to premiums for their tiers. Love a good challenge

I actually like the Viribus Unitis alot. The damage you can make is just extreme in Tier 5. You can One Shot any Cruisers and some of the BB if they show Broadside. Its my guilty pleasure :3

Honestly does it matter if a ship is considered good or bad? This playerbase sucks so much that it doesnt really matter which ship you use.

Poor Blyskawica used to be one of your favorites.. I played it yesterday the only annyoing thing is the torpedo angles

NICEEEE I GOT BOTH MARBLEHEAD AND THE KRASNY GRIM FROM THE SANTA CONTAINERS. ALL I EVER WISHED FOR:) edit: oh my lord I ALSO GOT YAHAGI AND THE VIRIBUS FFS Also Huanghe, and the hood, and... the Vanguard. You were literally calling out my 'ships from containers' list. I spent way too much for this shit.

I hear nothing but negative comments from different CC about Huanghe, but I have to disagree. It sets fires like almost every volley and has extremely good AA. Despite having one turret less it outperforms both Perth and Leander in my experience. The only other ship on the list I have is Blys, and I reluctantly have to agree. It used to be one of my favourites, she now collects dust in the dry dock. Such a shame.

Remember playing Hood, coming around an island and finding a distracted Musashi at

Tachibana Lima. Best .99$ seal clubber you can buy. Ichizuchi is fun too. So ships below tier V are viable.

A good overview of premium ships with weaknesses. Some of those can be played quite successfully, so I wouldn't call them "useless", but you correctly pointed out the weaknesses and you correctly said that there are more powerful, similarly priced alternatives. Nicely done. :)

Tbh, I love huanghe. The handling, gun characteristics and stealth is nice

Got most of those ships and must say, I use the Hood like a cruiser. 😁

How did Yudachi not make the list? That thing is horrible.

I've had vanguard since it came out and it's been fine but interestingly enough it seems to perform better with Jingles in it. Lol

I got the Huanghe from a container, and it is my favorite premium to play, simply because it needs to be played smart to have any effect. It also comes with that funny walking smokescreen, which is a very nice gimmick against torpedo waves and blindfiring. Overall it lacks firepower though, however with that smoke you can bring yourself in torpedo range. Which is dangerous of course, for you have the lowest health pool of all T6 cruisers. I'd say it's fun because it's challenging :) I wouldn't pay money for it though

I got all these ships from Santa Crates :(

I adore the Marblehead, but T5 is my favourite tier anyway, especially cruisers. I have well over 400 games in my Marblehead and like it so much I also bought the Marblehead Lima (albeit at a huge discount!)

"Premium" to avoid as well: Puerto Rico

My Christmas crates, Hood, Huang-he, krasny and Bayard :p saved it from being terrible pull. Got the gascogne in a super container as well at some point. On the Nuestrashimy though, I have seen if put to good use for T9 ranked by Destroyer Kuroshiokai.

Hood is WAY better than Dude of York... Pen matters not... The Hood's gun angles are lightyears ahead of the Dude's, and it's not all or nothing so you don't get overmatched so much. The reload and 1 less repair of the Dude makes it so trash compared to the KGV. The Vanguard gets around this as it's rudder shift is so fast. I love it, my win rate in it is north of 60%.

I have to say, I do well in the Vanguard and Hood....I find them enjoyable to play.

I love my Vanguard. Don`t play it as a BB, play it as a BC and angle your armour. I often punch into those Russian BB citadels with it.

Damn, can't believe you don't like Vanguard, it's one of my favourite premiums. I have a 70% WRT in it. It's guns reload fast, turrets turn fast, guns are accurate, decent AA, fast rudder shift, plus its just so historical, and sooo sexy.

I've had great games with HMS Vanguard. Her manouverability is excellent (for a BB) and I have wriggled my way out of so much trouble in that ship whilst being able to cause lots of trouble to cruisers. Dodging shells and even torps is something she can do well. The times when I get killed in HMS Vanguard is when I am focused down by multiple ships using endless HE spam. It is rare that I just get blatted, it's nearly always when outnumbered when I suffer the most. ;-) Going toe to toe with other BB's isn't the best idea unless you have the positional advantage , so concentrating on cruisers is best. Baiting other ships to fire a full broadside from range at you is when you dodge and return fire. That's one way (and a good one) you can compensate for the poor firing angles of the turrets. That's how I use her. I've had lots of fun doing it. ;-)

Premiums to avoid : Hood, Huangmeh. Me this Christmas : "Let's buy some mega santa container !" Containers : I am gonna end this man whole career ! Me : get Hood + Huangmeh (+Exeter wich is not so bad)... My wallet is currently angry at me.

Thank god I got the Linen from the Santa crates I love it and I just spent my coal on the Thunderer absolutely a beast of a ship 40k more free xp and I’ll have the Alaska.

How about the newly released CV Indomitable? How would you rate it? I see many CCs don't like it, but I do consistently about 100k average in her, even breaking 200k.

Flamu your video made me smile. A friend bought me some Christmas crates as a thank you and I got 5 ships from the crates. Yep you've guessed it... Marblehead. Krasny Krym. Genova. Huanghe. Duca D'Acosta. That's Wargaming saying give us money for the chance of shit ships. When I thanked my friend for being generous he just said... "I hoped you would get some decent ships. But they just gave you rubbish." That kinda sums up Wargaming just lately. The word REWARD now seems to mean something you will never use and just want to throw away.

I sank a PUERT RICO yesterday! Felt AMAZING!!!

that's literally all the ships that my friends and me got from santa crates. cool

The only premium here I bought was the Blyskawica - at the time, it was one of the fastest DDs and have superior fire power to other T7 DDs but as mentioned in the video, the real strength of Blyskawica was invisible firing. Any premium (or regular) ship can be power crept but the fact that WG changed the rules of the game so that the ship you purchased is, in effect, ruined is a slap in the face. I knew what I was buying when I bought the Blyskawica but what I didn't know is that WG would change the game to remove the Blyskawica's primary strength - invisible firing. It's a disgrace that WG didn't allow for Blyskawica owners to trade their ship for their money back (or at least trade for doubloons) and would just screw its customers this way.

I have to disagree on the Hood. Since the buffs I find her to be one of the best BBs at T7. She's so tanky, has very good turret angles for firing all of your guns, and the quirks of the guns are very familiar to anyone who plays the Warspite.

"Every single tier" ... waits for tier 10....

If anything, I just kite away and fire HE at range in the Azuma. The HE damage is not bad, and the fire chance is pretty great, so I pretty much live to annoy battleships untill they land a shell on my ass-end.

I know it's a shitty ship but thank you for not including Dunkerque she is my baby.

you forget Vanguard has 7.8sc rudder (+rudder mod) and decent speed, her conceal is good enough (12.6 km). also her turret is fast enough

Tbh i also like the premium ships under t5, especially the king albert. Also the viribus unitis may have low health, but it has the highest ap dmg of its tier. It's really nice to burst cruisers and bbs with it.

I have a yahagi and for anyone who does have a yahagi, I advise you to keep your distance. 15km range artillery. Almost 40 knots with speed boost, and 12km torpedoes with an 8 torp salvo is impressive at tier 5, so keep far away to stay alive and keep doing damage. You cannot rely on your guns to devastate things at close range like furutaka. Not a great ship but it can work.

Boy am I glad I pulled quite a few of the ships you mentioned out of my christmas containers xD

Gasgogne is not to bad but you know the Player plays with the ships not the ship with the player... Gasgogne got a nice Range too i think ya Vanguard is worst T8 but Gasgogne is way better than the Roma with only 18km lower speed and a big citadel?

Nice vid Flamu. I have most of those ships and I quite like them despite their flaws. (Marblehead and her Lima sister especially, I'm a fan of the Omaha cruisers IRL) I've had my eye on the Prinz Eitel and Hood, so your info on those two was very handy.

Krasny Krym is the kind of cruiser you can do a lot of damage especially from citadels and torpedoes if you surprise an enemy cruiser or the enemy just isn’t paying attention. It requires a certain amount of time to get good at it. In my opinion it’s pre-revolution self, Svietlana, is better in the respect of you’re less likely to be fighting tier 6-7 ships with it but I have seen some of the WoWs streamers do very well with Krasny Krym so it can be useful. But it’s best not to waste your doubloons if you’re the tanking type or not going to put a lot of time into playing it.

I somehow like the Vanguard and she works for me. I love the actuate guns, as long as you switch between AP and HE is fine

I love your commentary. It seems you have almost every premium out there. I only own the Ishizuchi and I don't even remember how I got it. I am a new subscriber and just finished watching both of your best/worst videos and looking to buy my first premium DD, thank you.

I love my Azuma ship over that shitty Alaska any day, remember that she is a battlecruiser, and historically they are cruiser killers and NEVER designed to fight battleship (like the Hood). When you play Azuma and spot cruisers, punch to the dead with AP, and battleship burn them to hell with HE while staying away from them far as possible

I have to say I have had good luck with Azuma. Good fire starter and spotter helps keep you out of reach of BB’s. The AP in other cruisers is great...however, as you said, if you annoy a BB ( especially RU ) you are deleted rather quickly

Personally, I strongly disagree that Hood suffers in tankiness when uptiered. In fact, when played properly, it's among the best tier 7 BBs to tank at higher tiers because so little of it is actual plating. There's a good deal of higher level armor everywhere and when angled, it can even mock Yamato shells. This is unlike most Tier 7 BBs with 26mm plating everywhere that takes pens like it's going out of style. Of course, showing broadside in this thing is asking for punishment. But I've gotten into one on one slugging matches with higher tier BBs and have come out ahead more often than not because when this thing is angled, it's pretty nigh invulnerable unless the other BB has great aim and always lands shells at the exact same small spot in the nose where it can hit the citadel behind it instead of just overpenning through the other side.

Some of those ships I do enjoy in fact. Vanguard - great maneuverability , turret rotation also good. It’s agile it doesn’t feel so heavy. Good AA too (conqueror level so T6 cv will suffer) and those AP blap cruisers instead of overpenning them like on Roma - which I thought you’ll be unrecommending even more than Vanguard. Gascogne needs reload buff or reload booster module with base reload nerf. I thought you’ll unrecommend the Poltava - surprised me with that. Viribus I got it from Christmas crate and I also was skeptical. But after playing it - oh man it’s not bad at all. Actually I can say it’s powerful being top tier against T4-5 MM. It suffers from CV heavily . But has really good dispersion and blapping power.

good you ask for that follow, doesn t cost me a thing. good luck on the 100k

I see an interesting trend here: in the Best Premiums list, most of the ships were obtainable with (sometimes only) with in-game resources that demand some kind of grinding, while the Worst Premium ones you can get with cash. I see what you are doing, WG EDIT: grammar.

I thought Huanghe was bad too! My first game ever in her I did 130K tho... Also I'm having a lot of fun in Genova. Hint: use AP

Hey, Gorizia serves a really important role of creating more ways to instablap destroyers and US/French cruisers while making it easier for BBabys to park behind hard cover near the map edge with no situational awareness and no repurcussions. Sort of like all the rocket planes.

A new one of 2021 would be nice. Lots have change in feeling. Like hood and vanguard are way better now and it tank decently. :) Btw what your tough on kii in 2021?

I was hoping you would include the Poltava and Yudachi in this list. Indomitable and GZ could also be considered.

That's a nice thing to do for the players, Flamu. WG tricked them too many times and for too long. I'm glad there's someone like you telling the truth, pointing on what's rotten in this game. Cheers!

I liked the Hood... One of my favorite BB currently

i love vanguard

Funny how the Zara(Gorizia) class cruisers are the most amoured cruisers in WW2, yet WG made them squishy as hell...

Huanghe is definitely a great ship if you play it like a big destroyer. It’s the kind of ship the special modules fits perfectly on. Especially Hydro and Smoke. Captain skills should be chosen wisely to make smoke radius even better. I cannot count how many T8 ships I killed with the Huanghe, ranging from DDs to BBs. One game I even had a perfect double kill with both sides torps in less than 2 minutes. Huanghe is an hidden gem. Sure it has drawbacks but it is a versatile ship.

KM Prinz Eitel Friedrich - The Best Secondaries and the Best AA on Tier VI HMS Hood - One of the most durable Battleships (well...it's technically a Battlecruiser but...) on Tier VII RM Gorizia - The best CA on Tier VII (I'M CHUNKING 10K+ DAMAGE ON FDG&GK FROM 20KM EACH SALVO+1-2 SALVOS ENDING DD'S)!!! MNF Gascogne - The Best Secondaries on Tier VIII!

I didn't have too much trouble tanking in the Vanguard. It's true that the citadel is big and the firing angles are bad, but the belt armor is very thick so even a shallow angle can protect your citadel at 10+ km. The guns are frustrating, though, the only thing they're good for is HE spamming and they're not even too good at that.

LOL, these are the ships I won from xmas containers.

I have the Vanguard, and you missed the point of the ship entirely. Thought it has the battleship tag for in-game purposes. It is really a nimble battlecruiser. Boost that rudder shift, it's amazing. You rely on duking rather than armor to make this ship work. And the ability to 3d print yourself a new battleship with it's heal is pretty handy since it is so easy to damage. Now, if a cruiser gives you broadside. Punish him with AP. If he is not broadsiding or you are facing a heavy BB armored to the testicles? These fast 20 second reload guns have a 20% base fire chance. Burn. Them. Dead.

Two things you forgot about the Gascogne -1.9 sigma, compared to 1.8 of Roma, Bismarck, etc. -40 second heal- this is the Massachusetts heal- against fires alone, you stand quite well. -as previously mentioned, the reload is alright Overall, I'd say it's okay as a ship There are people who like it

to avoid hmmm strange list tbh. could do a brief overview or make a list what to buy or meh or DEF NOT BUY. below T8 then

great vid hugely surprised by the Blyska but I have been away from the game for awhile so can totally see what you mean by power creep which is a shame as when I first got it, it was a beast to play.

Excellent! With the Santa containers WG have presented me with all the crap premiums at tiers 5, 6 and 7. Is there any way of getting refunds on the ships you haven’t touched? Or an exchange for better ships, maybe? Or should I keep them as a shield against getting them again in future drops? Thanks for the help

Actually Viribus Unitis is a nice little premium IMO: I'm a Potato, and yet my average damage is consistently twice the ship hit points with a very high VR and stats better then my Giulio Cesare. Is it OP? Certainly not, but is reasonably accurate, has a lot of fast reloading guns with good punch and low overpen tendency, it is quite maneuverable allowing to shoot full broadsides and get back to angling without too much of a risk. You need to manage your low HP pool and the large citadel, but when angled is quite trollish and performs reasonably even when Uptered. It's the perfect ship for someone who wants to "Learn" BB basics without the pain of doing that at tier VIII. It's main downfall is the abysmal AA suite, but it teaches you how to keep a low profile, stay away from CV and stick around your Cruisers. It is slow, but this avoids you to get in trouble too fast. Because it's often seen as a joke when uptieared, CV usually tend to ignore it while harassing other players.

Vanguard: last and arguably greatest battleship ever built, let down only by the main guns. Radar directed firepower, auto loading 5.25” secondaries, the best armour scheme of any battleship, and thoroughly meh.

Huang He is not that bad once you have 19 points captain, it would be even better with a few more points

The duke of York and the prince of wales historically used double charge on each shot meaning that the 14” guns had the power and pen of 15/16” guns but with slightly lighter shells

I'm surprised Dunkurque didn't make the list, sure you get 2x4 forward-firing guns with quick rudder and traverse but: 1) you're pathetic against other BBs 2) 1 incapacitated turret means half your guns gone 3) you have no protection against the things you're supposed to be good at hunting 4) it's easier to get your ship hit at a distance since you have to be head-on and (in my experience) being mid-turn to avoid head-on gunfiring at your ship makes you an easier target than being broadside in a straight line then turning. 5) A T6 ship that has absolutely no bow protection from almost every BB above your own Tier (7 and 8), which means prepared to get cit'd due to overmatching because you will never fight anything below another T6 BB.

Love your content FLamu, I agree with your picks I think I got most the ones on your list free, sold the huanghe, it was weak at best, the Blyskawica, is weak, but I enjoy playing it occasionally, the Prince E.Friedrich, I feel its speed helps to make it work, the others I appreciate your avoid info, good tips from someone who has them all I guess.

Nice Video. Can agree on nearly all ships, but i have to say, that the Vanguard is kinda ok, with its decent AA, Stealth and short rudder shift time.

You had Roma in the centre of screen for so long when talking about the gas can that I assumed it was next.

Huanghe is great. Dunno why u put her in this movie.

LMAO Got most of these in santa crates. you're right about most of them but I really enjoyed the Gorizia. You do get ignored by BB's a lot which lets you just peck away with SAP at their superstructure and it is absolutely death to DD's and most CA's. I regularly hit DD's that get spotted out to near max range. If i just had one more smoke charge i would even be more effective.

Embrace the hate turbo....Embrace it.....it feeds the starving children working in the war gaming sweat shops! Keep up the good work.

So, I have the third highest WR% (solo too) and PR EU in Yahagi (muh shipfu). It's pretty interesting, that statistically speaking Yahagi ranks I believe second or third among all tier V cruisers. I think despite her obvious drawbacks, she's pretty enticing for higher skilled players at this tier :)

Great review. What do you think about the IRIAN? This is the ship I got and some people say it is bad. I find it not too bad and unique in some way. Not a strong ship but somewhat interesting.

I loved the gascan with a meme secondary build... Until the Mass came out.

please do an update of this video, especially for high tier ships

I wouldn't agree with Duca d'Aosta. Yes, she lacks firepower a bit but, at the same time, she's very versatile, quite stealthy, stupidly fast (for a CA with no engine booster) and fun to play. You can run both hydro and def AA on it. It quick velocity shells and fantastic penetration (it's notorious for citadelling light cruisers at tiers 5-6). She's just a good all-around support ship - precisely what CA should be. Overall, it's only weakness - at least as I see it - is that you should have a separate captain for it (IFHE). But that is the consequence of how they designed the Italian cruiser line (SAP, no HE).

What do you mean Hood has poor guns, the dispersion is filthy

Have to say, with experience the Huang He is one of the best cruisers in the game. If you are doing bad in it, you are playing it wrong. It's like a mini Belfast at tier 6, with epic concealment, torps and hydro. You can almost play it like a DD. The AA is also pretty good for tier.

You see Flamu upload. Premiums to Avoid. The Unicum God Has Spoken... SILENCE!!

So here's a question Flamu. Just curious about your opinion. Would you rather get more of these types of premiums or more like the Smolensk?

The Prinz Eitel Friedrich is my number1 favorite Premium Ship. Followed by warspite, Atlanta, Molotow, Graf Spee and Murmansk. I Play her as a Brawler and never had Problems with the armor thanks to the great firing angles and the turtleback. I use it as a Sealclubber for Tier 6 and my favorite Victim is the Ismail. The Ismail is a Floating Citadell who Needs to give broadside to shoot more than one turrret. If the Ismail is not running away i will push up and simply kill it. No wonder that the PEF is the thirrd best BB at Tier 6 after Arizona and West Virginia when you lock at the EU-Stats.

I will say, the P.E.F. can be fun as a scenario ship and can be kinda trolly with it's secondaries.

Flamu, what you should say in Random battles, they ships are poor to play. However, I think these ships are good for only one thing. They are really good for is snowflakes in Co-Op mode. They could pay in coal, steel, and containers around WoWS Anniversary or during the Christmas holidays. That is the only reason that I still have them in my port.

Flamu. Would you contend that the Krasny Krym would benefit from a reload buff. Say anything from a 5.5 to a 4.5 second reload as opposed to its current 8 something second reload? While it would not make the ship super competitive I would think that it would make it alot more fun to play.

I'm actually surprised for just 1 ship on that list, and its Azuma. Yes it isnt as good as yoshino, but it also gets lower tier games. ( they do happen more often now than when Azuma came out). I found the ship to be extremely damn accurate, as in hitting DD's at 15km pretty easily. When i fire, most of the shells actually hit. It does have weak armor but I think if you play the ship as a long range ship, you can draw so much fire (since everyone wants to shoot an Azuma as soon as its spotted apperantly.) and you can actually dodge pretty well since you should be pretty far out. I dont know why but I mostly get good games in it, wether our team wins or loses. And for some strange reason I kinda secretly enjoy playing a squishie ship and getting away with all the shit you try to pull off (most times xD). I know there's better ships then Azuma at its same tier like Alaska, but I sure didn't expect to see it on this list. The rest totally agree on tho xD

Strongly agree on Marblehead. This is the worst ship of all I've played so far. Every battle you just get recked because someone already spotted you in first minutes from nowhere and you can't do a thing to avoid this even with concealment skill.

My first kraken was in a Marblehead Lima. My Huanghe has a 68% win rate. Yahagi isn't great but it's ok, I don't mind it. I got the Blyskawica in a crate so I'm not too worried about it. I understand they're on the list because they don't make exceptional profits.