British Battlecruisers Are Quickly Becoming My Favorite BB Line 

Shoutout to the wholesome opponents who realized "Oh, it's PQ, I can lose happily now."

"If you're new, try to play around your teammates" The teammates: DD rushing into radar, over committing BB, cruisers staying flat broadside to enemy BBs

I loved this line. Every ship was great. Some lines always have a ship that sucks, but this one. Each new ship is a clear upgrade from the previous and I never felt useless even when uptiered.

Good stuff dawg, always enjoy your vidjyas, you really do have a knack for this.

Goes without saying that in game PRIMARILY about ships shooting other ships, if your salvos are consistent then generally your going to have more fun. When your shells are constantly missing or you get alot of "near misses" due to dispersion, particularly on battleships with their 20-30-40 second reloads its just "Ugh why do i bother!" Plus hay the BCs have torpedos, everyone loves "battleships" with torpedos.

I have to start playing more in the back then I am used to. That might be my problem, because as a BB I am not sitting back so much. I'll just play this ship as a cruiser.

Having just started going down this line (after a two year hiatus), they are incredibly fun. Even the tier V Tiger is a relatively enjoyable experience.

Rooke and Hawke are my favorite two ships right now and the only ones outside of my French premium BBs (JB and Bourgogne) that I regularly play. Hawk does have better match making at T8, but I enjoy both more so than the T9/10. I don't agree with PQ that these are for any player. I would not recommend either to unskilled players, potatoes or whales as the skill cap is rather high. To be effective it forces you into mid-range flanking position and most players in this meta are not capable of being successful at that range. They are just going to get farmed out and then give up on the line, which is fine. Like PQ said, and for the right player, this line is incredibly consistent, and it will reward smart play.

I was the Maerker in the first clip - I didn't die, but I was happy to lose. Big fan!

Got a Kraken 2nd time out in the Hawke, enjoyed the Rooke too, didn't feel like a grind either, for me the trick is to keep moving and changing direction or you'll get punished hard by other BBs

You have everything to look forward to from Hawke, Duncan is good and st Vincent is so fun to play.

I kept the Repulse, Renown, Rooke and Duncan, I'm hoping to eventually get the St. Vincent. So far my favorite is the Rooke.

Those first 3 salvos decide everything =D

Hi PQ, after watching this vid. i'm getting the Hawk. I was trying to decide if i should get her, but after seeing her work in the video, i'm getting her. Thanks for helping me decide.

FP + HAP kinda work together, I think. A long superstructure fire just means you can't get lit up there again until it's over; not much point in making the fire shorter if you're likely to get lit up again as soon as it ends.

I totally love the lower tiers of the line, and the mid tiers are pretty great too. St Vincent is one of my new favorite T10s, and overall the line is almost as fun as the german BCs. my only issue with it is that the Duncan I could never get to work for me, even though it's practically identical to the SV but with lower stats and smaller guns. I just don't know why.

Love this line accurate guns good dispersion consistent damage.

So I've grinded upto St. Vincent and my God that nasty 63% fire chance means you'll be constantly lighting fires at each salvo. Feels a bit like Thunderer. 10k salvo and a fire. Also 9 guns with shortfuse AP and battlecruiser dispersion can nuke anything from broadside at 15-18km range. Even Smolensk can get nuked by the british AP

just starting up the line now myself

The best captains always want good guns, they can work around the rest, if the guns are shit slingers it doesn't matter what the rest of the ship has.

Oh Yeah! I started playing these when they first game out and have enjoyed all of them. I'm one game from the St. Vince. I'm average player and way better in DDs than BBs, but I just had my highest dmg every in Duncan. LOVE them, and felt that way when I first started playing the St. Vince on the PT account a month or two ago. POWERFUL! But they do burn easily.

I'm someone who values looks over performance (Maybe that's y I love the gk soo much). But hey. You've convinced me.

I'm on the Rooke right know and as soon I figured it out it became so so fun .... I agree the guns are super nice - sometimes it feels like playing a heavy cruiser accuracy wise...

Agree, this line has been a breath of fresh air to the game.

The RN BCs have become some of my favorite ships in the game, the whole line was solid, not a bad egg among them imo. St. Vincent herself is amazing and has become part of my top 3 battleships to play, shes just so damn fun and so good, the guns are insane. Highly recommend this line to anyone interested in them, amazing line with a fantastic tier 10 to crown it.

Superheal is really so good on these ships, like on Nelson. I loose 60-80% of hp before to press the button and don't worry about fires at all.

Wait till you get to the St Vincent. That thing is great, the guns just work.

I totally agree, I loved rooke and hawke is just a bigger and meaner version

Just loving this line too… who’d have thought that just giving ships consistent guns makes them fun to play? 😂

Take Improved Repair Party Readiness instead of Basics of Survivability. It helps a lot in endgame situations. British BCs have relatively low HP and improved acceleration helps a lot for dodging salvos. So, you can easily get 60ish second cooldown on superheal.

Duncan gets rough, worse dispersion than Hawke and Rooke. But man, is it good at close range.. those torpedos, the fast reload.. etc..etc..

Played Rooke and it was quite fun. P.S. I was quite impressed when Vincent deleted me (on Minotaur) across the map. That accuracy.....

T9 and 10 are pretty good but I’d rather have a Nelson or a Marseille turret placement on the bow of the ship as the 3rd turret is a bit awkward to get to shot,rather than that they are pretty decent

I was getting slapped hard by one of these in a Bismarck, he didn't angle well and he melted when he was shot back but the GUNS hit crazy hard.

What mod do you use to show all resources at top of your port screen?

I like this line

How did you manage to get through the renown, I'm having difficulty with it.

Really enjoyed Hawk. But Duncan is kinda rough against the T11 super ships.

I am struggling with the T7 Rooke, any suggestions for me?

That is a short fuse AP, try playing Lion and Conqueror with AP, these are also just devastating with these shells.

oh new line and fun to play... lol

The Rooke and the Hawke have quickly become my favourite ships to play, and are very much the sweet spots of the line. The Duncan and St Vincent just don't fair so well at their tiers as their turret layout makes them a pain to play and they don't quite have the excellent concealment and speed advantage the Rooke and Hawke get using brisk.

Completely agree my man. Had a St Vincent game last night where a Div with a kremlin and repub cornered me, and I nearly got both of them. You will do very well in that ship

Hawke was fun, Duncan is even more fun, can't wait for Vincent.

Monarch HE (381mm): 6300 damage, 95mm penetration, 35% fire chance Hawk HE (406mm): 5950 damage, 68mm penetration, 45% fire chance Vladivostock HE (406mm): 5850 damage, 68mm penetration, 41% fire chance North Carolina HE (406mm): 5700 damage, 68mm penetration, 36% fire chance Kansas HE (406mm): 5700 damage, 68mm penetration, 36% fire chance Amagi HE (410mm): 6500 damage, 68mm penetration, 30% fire chance Zieten HE (406mm): 4800 damage, 102mm penetration, 38% fire chance You are not getting the great British HE shells from the main line. At MOST, you are getting a little bit better fire chance than most tier 8 battleships with 406ish mm guns. While people fire the mainline British battleships with HE most of the time is how good those shells are. People seem to default to HE on the British battlecruiser line because the AP just isn't as useful. That fuse timer really screws you over when firing against heavily armored targets.

Do these have the short AP fuse timers like the first British BB line? For some reason I thought they did, but now I am second guessing myself. Hawke has been pretty fun so far, seems a fairly capable ship. I am iffy on going further just because the t9/10 are so flippin ugly lol

I appreciate your videos. I subscribe to a few channels, yours and Jingles being my favorites. One of the things that keeps me from subscribing or even viewing others is the need for them to put their face on the screen. I want to see the ship and battle not their face taking up the screen.

Hi PQ!

St Vincent is OP imo... and people seems to be fine with it? No cit, 40mm deck, spee dispersion, RN heal, speed boost, AA, close range torp, good HE and AP, insane turret traverse speed and manuverability. I dont see any flaw with this thing besides the "25mm bow" that you probably wont even consistently hit. This is just another thunderer but requires a lil bit more brain. I do like it tho (i mean who doesn't like playing an OP ship?). Is it bad for the game? probably, you cant citadel this thing while at least you can cit some bad thunderer players. This thing, and the Mecklenburg, are too strong and probably should get nerfed while I don't see people complaining about it. Hell, most british ships aren't bad. Daring top tier, mino not bad, goliath good in some area burning down krem/petro and stuff, cqr i think we all know and hate this thing its probably a lil bit overtuned after the cit change, thunderer etc... and people seems to be fine with it? French and british can have good or even op ships while one good ship from USSR people starting to go crazy about "russian bias" it just baffles me.

for me dispersion was super trolly and it keeps on going with duncan ...

I may be missing something here, but these British battlecruisers have not clicked for me yet. Playing them like standard BBs simply has not worked out well, so I need to adjust. Guess they are not meant to be aggressively played?

Wooooow, powercreep much? These salvo's are Patrie level damage it's insane.

Honestly when faced with a bow in Russian BB I still prefer the AP in these ships, it's just so consistent even against bow in ships that It's hard for me to justify using the HE, seeing as it's just IJN HE, it's not really all that special.

The game becomes unplayable day after day, at least on the EU server. Since they merged the EU server with the eastern one, the joy level has plumeted, lots of veggies, I mean DDs far behind the BB line, suicidal cruisers that die in the first 3 min, BBs that from start they only go in reverse to the border, lemming trains etc. And to top everything they added a new OP CV, Malta....2 bomb runs and he left me with 15k health in a DM. Where is the joy Wargaming?

Cruiser that takes BB slot because of the guns

Only on the Tiger atm, free xp'd the tier 3-4, since, who cares about tier 3-4. I hate this thing. I've never felt so at the mercy of RNG before. Broadside battleship at 7km? 1 shell. I've never felt so useless in a bettleships as I have in this thing. The torps could be nice if it weren't for the ship's awful armour making getting close such a dangerous prospect. I just don't understand what this ship is supposed to be. I'd pick any other tier 5 BB over this so far. It's nice to see the later ones pick up the slack though and gives me a reason to actually bother with it.

More or bigger primaries than german BCs, but no good secondaries. Still not sure what line is better.

I've never consistently got arsonist or witherer and I have conquerer. I am that bad.

Rooke against Tier IX vs. Hawke against Tier X. . . Actually this is the first time I have considered “grinding” past Tier VII in quite some time. Even without the Starships Tier VIII battleships can be miserable in the normal up-tiered game.

Man I miss this game. I miss the guns and the naval warfare. Then i watch a video with a CV or a sub. As much as I want to pick this up and grind this ship line. I'll pass. Thanks for the Vids though PQ

Wow it's monarch but good.

Dammit PQ, why you make a DD main like me want to play a damn BB/cruiser..... I blame you for my soon to be spent credits and XP..

smell nerf coming

No gimmick? This line worth 1st t10 ?

The line needs a tiny bit of a rebalance

"If you're new, try to play around your teammates" ye this sounds fun. But this dont happen oudside of clan battles... Its almost nothing you see in ranked. Its still same. DD push in to die a 2 min mark, then they yell to bbs that they got no support couse bb didnt push whit them wich is not there roll. And 1 or 2 cc is dead by 5 min mark couse stupid boradside flashing. And then the broken matchmaker that always seem to put all 1500+ pr in same team and all the red expet 1 good player in the other.

That first two minutes is NOT representative...at least at the lower tiers. I find that you do hit more shells...but you do NOT get good penetrating hits. You will be wondering if HE is a better choice a LOT on Queen Mary and Tiger.

It's weird how they made the German BB's so inaccurate when historically the Germans had some of the best gunnery.

ya...110k into the Hawke and I don't get anything like you get. It's a POS

,,the turrets aren't the quickest"....the turrets are actually the quickest out of all t8, t9 and t10 with some others

Am I the only who can't make these ships work?

I think PQ will wet himself, nce he plays St vincent

Am I the only one in this comment section that is somehow struggling with these? I don't know why. Maybe I'm just bad at BB's.

This line is really tempting for me. However, both T9 and T10 here are sooo ugly and have a bad turret layout. Also dont like the inflation of speed in this game nowadays. WG just slaps speed boost on new stuff left right and center, creating those completely unrealistically fast BBs which outspot, outpace and of course overmatch many cruisers.

Passed this nonsense for free xp with 33% wr

RN BC look bad in t9 and 10

Nah, it's just your streamer's account tuned up for showing new ships big numbers. Ordinarily user does not see those. You will neither in few months.

900+ hours, p2w game......

Hawke gets smashed from any angle. Other ships in line are much better.