How to Get Good at World of Warships Episode 11: Battleship Positioning Guide 

Me: gets a really good crossfire position in a BB away from my team's lemmingtrain Enemy CV: it's free real estate

>stalls the enemy flank in one area >waits for team >team decides to have a lovely cruise in Cap A and wait for the enemy >sinks >lose game via point disadvantage

the curse of "bc". your videos/this information should be in the client because more than half of the wows playerbase doesn't understand basic positioning. excellent video iChase, as always.

you should make a tip about how to retreat without expose broadside or way to retreat with broadside covered by island. like way to plan a course with escape plan in mind in case that your flank is collapsed. a lot of new player don't know how to properly do a U-turn and end up get deleted.

My battleship position: first 5min - wait for me cruisers! 5min-10min - I need to push, pushing, pushing! 10min-15min - oh, firing! oh, flooding! uhh, I'm dead.

I feel like item number 3 should have a little *, sometimes the enemy ships pursuing you keep going after you even as your team turns to engage them, IF that happens, keep running away and let your teammates farm then, it has happened a lot of times to me when I'm the last BB alive in a flank, they pursue until either they get you, or your team gets them xD

So when are we getting the class on arts & crafts or floral arrangement that everybody expects after this intro music?

Thank you for taking the time to make videos on what to do.. it's upsetting when in game players put people down constantly instead of teaching

Thanks iChase, this is just what I was looking for for a long time! :)

Oh man if he'd been in NC instead of the Roma he would have shredded those broadsides...

Wow, this is really useful! I found this by accident. Will definitely view the other 10. Subbed! As an occasional player I can really do with some expert insights... I just got my brand new Warspite and can't wait to put some of these tips in practice.

So I'm in the T VI Bayern mostly, and trying not to switch around ships to get used to the shell arc and such. I'm slower than most paddle boats. My guns take 37 and a half years to reload or reposition. Teammates on my side either fake push to our objective and duck out, or immediately head for the middle and die. It seems like the smartest thing to do is to afk for the first 5 minutes and see how the map settles because I'm so god awful slow with such bad range when spotter plane is down if I get caught out or away I'm never coming back from it.

Positioning is fundamental, though your own team is the true enemy. Remarkable work as usual iChase, thank you, I wish at least 50% of the player base watched your videos.

do not lemming train with other battleships. Learn what your firing angles are to maximize you firepower, yet maximize you angled armor Create 2 on 1 situations with your long range , heavy fire. Push but know how to stay out of the rain or find an island for an umbrella.

Love your videos iChase! Can you please do one on "weak spots / trick citadels" of common BBs and/or other ships? You mentioned Yamato's cheeks in the video. Any other good places to aim for in a 1v1 situation (for Montana, Kremlin, Moskva, DM, Worc, etc?) I find it difficult to not get over pens on light cruisers.

I love cruisers cause they are fast and can grind down ships pretty quick.

Thanks iChase, positioning in particular, I reckon, isn't covered enough.

Alot of people tend to forget that you can flank and create crossfires from the middle of the map (talking also about other games). One (unrelated RU-vidr) once showed a game with a Jagdpanther where he "outflanked" the enemy team from and through the middle. I know it seems scary and when played wrong can get you to alot of demises, *but* the rewards (when figured out correctly) are pretty good :)

So I just came back to wows after 4 years and I used to watch ur videos back in the day good to see your still at it.

I keep looking at the first clip used as a bad example. He kept his ship in line with the enemy as he knew it would make him harder to hit. He would have never made it if he tried to reposition at that point. He kept firing back and actually got a kill AND survived which was his goal. Then the clip was cut just as the ship was going to reposition.

Thanks for your videos. I returned to WoWS after a long time and this really helps me out!

How do you play that "where has he gone?"-game if you are sitting in a Fuso? Her stealth is abysmal, like most Japanese ships.

My tip for bb. Learn when to fire and when not to. Sometimes it’s not worth letting the team know your position. Be aware of your detection range, bbs always have to worry about dds since you really have no effective counter. Don’t try to find a spot at the beginning and just bow tank. I see it so much when a bb goes and parks thinking they will be supported and they get burnt down fast. You will need to make every shot count. Bad angle? Don’t shoot! There may be a broadside cruiser passing and you’ll miss it. Don’t be afraid to load HE, even tho people cry about bbs using it, this isn’t as bad as it once was. Don’t use repair control for 1 fire, what happens if you get focused and 3 fires are lit? Basically know when to engage and when not to, be aware of your surroundings and situation. If you have a slow bb this is even more important.

battleship is the iron long bow of the fleet. keep them out by the carrier and stay broadside as you sail the map

Thanks for the video. I love these videos. I think they are helping me be a better player. At least they are helping me think like a better player.

Another great one with loads of food for thought. Now... to be able to put that into practice...that is the rub. Great information 👍

Thank you! These videos are much needed and I, for one, definitely appreciate them!

Good video. Well thought out and explained.

Nice. Very good explain of how this things should work. Problem is here that the ingame-experience is quite different. 40%: MM decides lowtier with 2CV and three destroyers is fun for you too play. 40%: the majority of your team gets killed while you are on the way to the perfect position 15%: You are in the perfect position. The enemy carrier knows that too. 5%: Hooray, it worked! Dont get me wrong, I really appreciate your guides and they help me a lot. But the game reality gives you only poor chances to profit from it...

Next on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. "SHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT!"

I am Russian BB player Unlocked Sinop and I know one thing that angling the ship increases survival in match but without support you can't do much just like you played with that German BB there was support of North Carolina he was giving you position to cross fire that's the team work required without teamwork even powerful BBs like Kremlin gets doomed.

Thank you for this video, it has been very informatinve and I will bring your suggestions into practice. Keep up this good work!

sorry for the intervention but ....... there is only one thing you need to know about bb Never,NEVER DRIVE BACK!!!!!!!an insanely easy target for everyone!!!!!mostly for the nasty HE spamers! !!!!!there is no easier and helpless target than bb driving back!

Thank you some good advice, even if it seems pretty obvious to me - not that I'm that good to implement it, but I keep trying. Funny thing I can tell where the game goes after first 2 minutes... then it's fighting inevitable more often than not. Now my problem with such videos is - you are in division, with better team than reds. What I would like to see is when you potato, are solo, with bad team AND then tells us what went wrong, how you could do better. Now, such guide would be much more helpful imho. You kind of started it with this Republique play, but it was too late in this game, so it was pointless.

A question for iChasegaming, No matter what I do I always play like a cruiser even tho I'm grinding several BB lines rn, what BB would you recommend to a cruiser vet cuz it's driving me nuts

Man, I don't know if coincidence or not, but I was about 25% W with my Lenin, now seven wins, three loses (awful team thrice)... very useful explanation, thanks!!

been watching for a while, keep it up!

Very helpful, as we have come to expect. I was motivated to seek this out primarily in the context of the "Five Epochs of the Navy" campaign, where I am trying to get "potential damage" in my New Mexico and Izmail. With the level of actual damage from carriers, particularly, and Tier VIII battles, generally, it is tough going. I tend to work towards the middle in slow ships such the New Mexico because repositioning takes ages, but I am re-thinking that. The Izmail should be good for kiting, given the turret arrangement and the less vulnerable stern. (I should just re-buy the Bayern. Less affected by power creep than the others, and probably always was a better ship than I thought it was when I sold it.)

Thank for your video, now I can play BB effectively. Average damage on my montana now is 100k per battle.

First issue I saw was that he was using a French vessel :P

Many thanks Ichase , not only for the very good info in this video but all the work you put into your vids, trying to help the community in understanding the mechanics of the game, I've been watching alot of your vids and have learnt alot about the above mentioned items ;) Kudos Mon Kapitan !!!

Well. as far as WWII naval artillery is concerned, this game seems to me as realistic as shooting down a Tomcat in an Albatros biplane (or reenacting Waterloo on the chessboard), but it's complex. challenging and tactically interesting (like chess). Graphics are fine and ships are beautiful. Definitely i think it is worth trying out

Interesting. I tend not to think too much about my positioning as a BB since I tend to has a rough idea of what I can and cannot tank, but this gives me a lot to think about. I've never really been a fan of going broadside if I can help it, even if that means sacrificing some of my firepower, but if I try to utilise what I've learned from this video, maybe I can get away with it a bit more. It's just a case of trying to be smart about it and not flashing my broadside the whole battle. I don't really do PvP of any kind really since I'm way too lacking in confidence of my abilities, I know I still have so much to learn about the game, but still this ought to help PvE battles go a bit smoother. Now if I could just find a way to get allied Cruiser players to stop torping me/ramming me/running away from the fights, I might be getting somewhere.

Very good video. I already am a confident bb player (55%), but there might are things to improve ;)

At 4:07, how did you move your camera to follow the shells?

Fantastic as always Chase...thanks for your time and insight.

Please sir may I have some more? I am really enjoying this series. Much appreciated!

You didn't listen to Yuros guide on "How to Roma" you can't show your stern like that...

Hey iChaseGaming, Do you by any chance a good way or a webpage to look up those stats for WoWs:Legends on console? I know that’s probably not your main focus and/or interest. But maybe you heard something? 😊

If I was half as good as you at identifying these positions and tactics and when to play them I’d be happy, and much better at the game.

"IChase" Be nice to maybe see someone teach these players to NOT YOLO TO ONE SIDE OF THE MAP and leave one side completely open (or with one/two teammates covering one flank against many ships) in witch usually gives a high % for the enemy team to win.

I know this is more of a general guide, not aimed at specific ships. But will you go into detail with different BBs? For example: Kurführst is so sluggish, that once I reached my position, the engagement is already over. And GK can't kite away as easily. I see some points in this video I could apply but I also see some I cannot.

This is classified information iChase; stop telling them my secrets!

Nice to see that you show a lot of you or buddies playing as bottom tier games😜

Great video... thank you. I knew most of it but its good getting this instruction once more (practice does make perfect).

Crossfire, L-shape ambush, 3-sided pot..... Destroyers fire torpedoes to force a broadside to the Battleships and Cruisers. The battleships and cruisers are always trying to create angles on broadsides.

NICE VIDEO! Thanks you! Ichase!😆👍 HOW ABOUT NEXT US CRUISER POISONING? 😅

Great content. I'm enjoying it. These videos are helping a lot

AVOID the corners of the map!!! It is literally "painting yourself into a corner". You may be kiting away in a straight line but eventually you will have to turn the 90 degree, and at that point you are broadside to everything that was chasing you. I've made this mistake a few times, and regretted that move. ALWAYS leave yourself "rudder space" with plenty of radius.

Are these rules still exactly the same for a ship like bismark or tirpitz who have a secondary build? Your main goal is to go in and use your secondary strength right? I’ve been struggling with finding the right time to go in

Are there any World of Warship videos where they just give you tips instead of it being 30 minute video essays on obscure game mechanics?

Well, im really bad, maybe it can work, but not when i go in a battle with lvl6 to lvl8 Battle Ships..

Ichase pls make a video about how to counter Cruisers in the game because they are stupidly strong now. Their range is far, their dpm is very strong, their armor is a joke. Its like you cant do anything to them. Like Venezia, her gun is so trong, every salvo cos me >10k hp, when i fire back she ez dodge with insane maneuver. its like BB cant play effective in this game anymore, Cruisers is now completely out gun everything. If you have any tip, pls make a video about it. tks

Very helpful. Thank you.!

Not in Sea server. Cos every match i play, team mates just dont bother to giv help. It's even worst when your playing a german line. While your out there taking dmg as bb, the other just turn and run.

Your great you should have a million subs

Good explained thank you

I actually wonder how I position my slow af American BB (New York/New Mexico/Colorado)

sorry it still confusig how do i position how do i find a position

at 12:19 what is the button you press to switch your camera to the front?

I play the Lenin because i love the aggressive playstyle and tactics all turrets being bow mounted makes available, usually try to park behind an island and hold off one flank, any advice?

Me: New player in a Lenin, 150k damage, 5 kills. Bow tanking and dodging torps like a boss. Wow, things are going pretty well so far! Enemy Smolensk: *Are you sure about that?*

Check out how he’s firing at 0:46, 1:05, 1:31 and so on... is this some kind of auto-aim? It looks like he’s pointing the mouse low, like right in front of the ship, but the guns keep tracking the target and firing as soon as they’re loaded. Maybe I’m not seeing this right...

i can say that on the match end in minutes 29 im not see you play very well i see 3 players who choise to run away when they can focuse on you 2xBB 1xCR realy ? fire from CR bb change from He to AP anly if you are broadside maximum chance for you was have to be 2 salvo GN all

wow i watched this vid and just played good positioning not just by fault, but by purpose

great series, thank you!

may I ask for the shell firing angle indicator mod?

Is the red team a real team meaning is there actually people playing on their team or it’s computerized

Thank you

Very nice video alltogether. I'm only a bit disappointed about the Dunkerque part. You said yourself that the ship has it's own perks yet you used it as a 0815-generic battleship. The only armor this thing has is it's fancy bow and deck armor. Showing the side or the back to the enemy is just asking for a paddlin. Same with Roma. It's stern is crap. I'd say those clips were a somewhat questionable choice to demonstrate the gist behind BBs, but who am I to judge. Still, everything you said is pretty much the 101 on battleship gameplay. If only more players would watch this video and try to implement said things into their playstyle.

What’s that tall cylinder on top of Roma’s superstructure?

hey chase, just want to thank you for your tutorials. they are so so helpful! you showed me i am doing pretty much everything wrong, with your videos i was able to see that not my ships sucks, i suck. but paying attention to what you said i got a lot of crossfire positions and also the game is way more fun now. of course i still suck in terms of reading the game wrong or dont see threads early enough and getting my ship sunk... but at least now with your tutorials i know what went wrong and i can learn from it.. before i was like yolo in like you call it :P. thanks for your effort, amazing work

Everyone gangsta and angle til a conquerer and a thunderer show up

what are you using for HUD ? plz

what is flank what do you do

Hi iChase, many thanks for all the hard work you do, it is very much appreciated...

It probably not work well if enemy CV focus on you ......

How long untill subs compleatly break all thiss tactiks? And the gane...

I hope I will be able to do this in battles at least I will try.

I am curranty grinding the American Battleship line (I only play American) unless ship if free (Devonshire) Than I will try it then sell it. I keep a Black Swan to put the captain The Mighty Jingles on. I want to be the bigger threat. Keep them focused on me. To give the DD a chance to do a drive by.

Thanks Ichase

4:23 " what you're really trying to keep an eye on is" HE spamers.

what is that giant hat on your superstructure?

perfect video

My first thoughts when I saw this video pop up: "You suck brah, watch the video and GET GUD!!!!!!"

u should change ur fps limit from 78 to 144+

What mods are you using? Just curious.

Great video...

When does the enemy team decide you're not worth chasing? Seriously? These players will hound you to the ends of the earth.

Could you be more arogant and smug while being worng at the same time?