The Best Coal Cruisers To Get In 2024 

its 8am and you upload a half hour video on coal ships? how am i expected to be on time for school

Thanks a bunch for your excelent video and review of these ships. I just picked up Yoshino because of your recomendation and i am having a blast in it. Realy happy with it. Much appreciated :D

#1 is so locked that I can't think of any content creator ever putting anything else there since it was added. That makes the real competition for #2 and below.

I'm soooo lucky that i got the Napoli from a Supercontainer that I accidentally opened because I remembered i wanted to claim my rewards from the battle pass at the time and I pressed the containers tab and I said "you know what, Im feeling lucky today" and claimed one of those "luck based containers" and to my suprise a Napoli poped up. Having fun playing with the shio ever since.

Note: "Outnumbered" will proc even if the greens are 1 more than the reds, as the player's ship is not counted and it procs when equal. Not all that hard to activate in rendoms either, especially if you have long range guns. Ofc it is easier yet in small scale battles.

Napoli does NOT need a nerf

T10's (special ships) don't get the credit multiplier but they do earn more credits than tech tree ships because they come standard with a bonus package which does make a big difference.

We need a tier list for the super cruisers, especially with recent updates.. really liked the video and series, keep going:)

17:38 Moskva is very fire-resistant, despite the mega HP pool, but the burning time is based on the caliber (any ship has main caliber smaller than 283mm has cruiser burning time) so Moskva no need to worry much about HE spamming ships, unlike Stalingrad (Stalingrad gets murdered easily with fires while Moskva not). Anyways, I have Moskva and it's super fun with the good armor, unless I get nuked when sailing broadside. Also, I very surprised to see Napoli as top 1 and I agree with you PQ, Napoli is most fun when yolo rush to any BB and murder DDs. Keep up the great content, PQ!

thanks potato was looking for this kinda video!

I've been a big fan for awhile. I FINALLY subscribed... Anyway I've been around this game since the beginning, but I haven't played the game like most of the rest of you. There's other games I like to play to, so the ONLY line I've gone through is the Japanese BB line. So I have the Satsuma...:) Anyway I currently have your number 1 through 7, with the Brisbane being my newest addition. So when it comes to coal ships I'm getting to the point where I'm having an issue on what to get. The only coal BB left for me is the GK. Everyone is saying NOT to get her. U-4501... I like subs, but boy it's hard to play them anymore. Have the Malta. So it's down to the DD's. This is where I really need help. It doesn't help I'm a marginal DD player...

No surprise I have so much trouble facing a Napoli in a DD as I do. Thanks for the insightful video

Things i've never heard in a WoWs game : Oh no its a Tulsa, Carnot, etc etc

When I started playing 2 years ago I spent a lot of time grinding tech trees to unlock Des Moines and Marseille, and then picked up the Napoli with the coal I got while I was grinding. Using those three got me through a few Clan Battle seasons. I went through to Petro and the Russian Light Cruiser (forget the name) as well as the Dutch tier 10 and then picked up Brisbane as my third coal ship (I got Marceau for when my Clan needed a Destroyer player) since I already have a Petro and Des Moines so I didn't want the Moskva or Salem. I am planning the Azuma or Agir next so I have a credit farmer.

My top3 coal cruisers list: 1. Napoli 2.Napoli 3.Napoli Thank you so much.

Napoli is #1, shock. But I have to say, I'll still take Moskva at #2, hands down, especially with the UU. The only exception might be if you don't have the DM (which is better), then maybe Salem. When playing CB, I'm pretty confident when I see a Yoshi on the opposing team; it usually means a win.

Putting Moskva in 5th place should be considered criminal.. I'd argue that its literally the best coal cruiser (if not the best coal ship) for anyone with decent experience in WoWs; Its always viable in comp, extremely effective and tanky in kite but punishes mistakes heavily. However due to utility, fast shells, 50mm deck+sides and great kite angles, its one of the best T10 cruisers. Its not easy to play, especially not if you want to play it correctly (Dont play it like a DM unless you really struggle with kiting or misstimed your turn early game) but its extremely rewarding if you play it correctly. Napoli may be better for less experienced players, however its far worse for randoms (if you want to solo-carry or play in a div and have impact) and often restricted in CBs (Even if it isnt, you need to be far more competent to play it & San Martin hardcounters it if kited. Yoshino is a useless afk permakiter that doesnt do anything particularely well (Al. Nevsky, Conde/Henri, Hinden/Clause are all far better. Even Mosvka is better in kite). While sure, you will get decent average, your impact on the game is usually not going to be high, especially compared to any utility/fast cruiser (Just play Conde, Clause, Nevsky, Moskva etc.) Brisbane really isnt that good outside of comp (if nevsky is banned and or dm is restricted).. Its only upside is the 12km radar and HE, however there are ships that are just far better for that purpose; Moskva, Nevksy, DM etc. Since its nerfed Mino-Reload the DPM really isnt worth it and while fires can deal a lot of damage, its really insignificant in current WoWs, as the fire resistence of BBs has increased by a lot making most of the newer ships basically unkillable with HE (unless they missplay it heavily ofc, therefore Radar Mino is usually going to be the better option.. Even though Salem is my favourite (and most played) ship, its by no means as good as Moskva (its better than Napoli for solo-carry potential if you play it extremely well [randoms]), it is however better than both Brisbane and Yoshino by far. The only reason people seem to see it as weak, is due to them not being able to play it properly and get into the wrong positions rendering the radar essentially useless. Its extremly good if you know how to play it and depending on how much you do so, it may be better than Napoli, however I do agree that for newer players, Napoli is the better choice. And if you want to play CBS, then take napoli aswell. I agree with the T9 in terms of their ranking, since they are either considered as an insult in ship-form or just worse than the T10. My list would probably be; 1 - Moskva (Its just the best coal cruiser; Best for randoms & Cbs) 2 - Napoli / Salem [Strength(Randoms: Salem, CBS: Napoli) Ease of use: Napoli] (Depends on how good you are at the game/What you use it for) 3 - Salem / Napoli [Same as above] (Depends on how good you are at the game/What you use it for) 4 - Yoshino ( Decent kiter but useless at anything else) 5 - Brisbane (Radar mino is better) 6 - Azuma (Just a worse yoshino) 7 - Ägir (Alaska & Riga exist, so dont buy it) 8 - Tulsa (dont buy it, get a dm or salem) 9 - Carnot (dont buy it, get a henri or any other permakiter)

Personally, I'd take the Moskva for the looks alone. But with that in mind, she's way overdue for some minor buffs, or better yet, nerfs to her counterpart(s)

Potato I literally bought the Forrest Sherman literally 5 minutes ago, I was tossing up between moskava and Sherman, you’re killing me here PQ. I’m not a destroyer player god help me

I honestly don't get the comparison between Moskva and Petro. I love them both but they couldn't be more different. Petro has to get in close - I do not have the unique upgrade yet - whereas Moskva can hit the balls on a mosquito at 20 kms. Stalingrad is a steel ship so much harder to get but yeah, she has insane AP but easily loses the HE dpm to Moskva. So to me at least, Moskva is still very much a relevant ship.

Appreciate the time you put into this PQ. I really like your #1 and #2 pics.

I love the Yoshino. I find myself getting hits with the torps a lot. Last match I played in it I dev struck a Hindenburg at around the 18km mark with the torps like 5 minutes after I shot them. I have a Yoshino video on my channel where I got like 8 torp hits and a few kills with them.

31:37 Bite your tongue! The Napoli does NOT need a nerf. I played it for the first time and ended up running it for several hours. A very fun ship. Not everyone is a super player like PQ! Besides, the torps are super slow and the damage seems weak to me. And the smoke doesn’t seem to work, either. Not sure what mechanic I’m missing there, maybe just too close to the action… Another thing is when I’m chasing a cv the he just breaks on the flattop. I have to aim off so the shells hit the side, which isn’t easy with the shells plunging downwards.

I mostly agree with your list, except for the Brisbane in number 3 because it is so squishy. Only people that do well in a radar Mino ( which is not many) will do well in this ship. I don´t play radar Mino well, so for me it´s on my ¨not to get list.¨

The Carnot feels like it was designed for use with MBRB, then it was taken away in testing and they never rebalanced the ship for the removal of it.

i got the florida from that exchange event i blame you PQ! ;)

I just picked up Napoli last week. Haven't taken her out yet but looking forward to it. Tier 10 play can be so . . . suffocating sometimes that I tend to play only T7-T9 but at T9 I often get the brutal matchmaking with superships so . . . Might as well play T10 and be well armed when I do.

Currently in tier IX brawls 90% of the players are using Agir. I am using Tianjin and its dispersion is insanely fantastic at range, especially with that super spotter plane. I would love to see your review of the Tianjin.

when yoshino came out it was amazing troll sailing between 3 ships torping two from each side and ap to the third one xD

I did not expect Yoshino at 2nd place. I really like the ship but I don't know if I would even put it at number 2 myself. An absolute W for the Yoshino here

Already got the Moskva and Yoshino. Both ships I have been playing with a lot of joy. I am having currently enough coal to think about adding a new one. So your opinion/rated is going to get important from my end

Show me/us just how OP the T61 is!! Probably my favorite mid tier DD.

PQ, what is that mod or whatever that is listing all your currency in port in the top Right corner?

Thanks for that and very timely as I've about 300K of coal burning a hole in my pocket. BB next please!?

How and where do you choose?

I'm considering Brisbane for my next coal shop. She seems interesting and I have yet to grind out the Mino, the Neptune is not a happy place to be rn.

yeh spot on for number 1 Im not the best cruiser player but just got this and its amazing and its not even Russian brilliant for lone Yamato s push in smoke up and kite fireing HE for fires while sap secondary s melt them

When deciding to spend an earned resource like Coal I think about the comparison to Tech Tree ships I can grind. None of the T9 Coal CAs are frightening to a Riga and none of the T10 ships are frightening to a Petro (even Napoli). Are the better Coal values in the DDs?

I feel the Carnot reflects WG attitudes toward the Henry in the way they needed her at one point.

Hi. I am new to wows. Hoe do you display the coal steel etc that you have on the top right? Is it a mod?

The Iwami re-visit would be interesting.

I'm interested in a direct comparison of Black and Sherman and if it's worth chasing both.

Secondary build shikishima!!

i just got yoshino , i thought about salem but i have desmoines and annapolis.I do have the zao.Stalingrad napolia moskva

charleston, the end.

Moskva is actually one of the best coal cruisers, its pretty tanky enough for me. Despite having the same guns as petro, Im very comfortable with the reload on this. Azuma on the other hand is actually a fun ship, consistent, though a downgrade version of yoshino. the guns are consistent out of the battlecruiser available for coal

Is there a super ship tier list to be found?

Agir is just so good to have imo. Brawls and ranked is alot more fun than randoms.

I bought the Moskva a few months ago as my first purchased coal ship, and I love it. My son bought the Salem and he gets cranky every time I mention that he should have bought the Moskva. Especially when I let him play my account for a few battles. I've heard PQ's comparison of the Petro being better than the Moskva more than once and I don't agree. Then again there are some ships that just don't sit well with some people. Maybe Moskva is PQ's.... IDK. Moskva is a great ship and I have no regrets.

i would really like if you did it with research bureau for sebastopol, the agir with 380, T10 british cruiser... and compared them to the coal counterparts ;) To be fair. I love alaska, and love my carnot as it play kinda like but more long range and nimble. Moskva and des moines (kinda salem? lol? ) too.... But i cant see brisbane beeing good to carry a team/game like those mention before. Agir and azuma i can't see them turn the battle course. Tulsa... meh... its like congress... i don't see the point. Rather get salem ^^ Yoshino and napoli are in my visor... but to be fair that napoli is really appealing. Krondshtat is one of my most disapointing cruiser sadly. took in coal before it was gone... and ... should have gone for something else ^^' Pure shotgun. :( Now... i m looking at reaserch bureau as i have ohio and slava.... Sicilia look fun but... rn i m in a cruiser mood.

Well, time to get Yoshino then... Got Napoli B in a container 2 years ago 😎

Agincourt has best secondaries in the game 😛One can easily solo the DD and torpenhymerboots in Utah. 14 main guns with what has to be the most random dispersion in the game are often more like fireworks but just watch the secondaries melt anything within range.

I'm new to the game, and my first coal cruiser was Napoli. I'm finding it extremely hard to make it work in Randoms. But, I must stress I'm new xD I've got 1000 battles. I don't even have a real T10. I recently just unlocked T9s. I picked Napoli cause I liked how the ship looked and I watched a video of Jingles one time where he showed 3 random Napolis making a platoon and doing smoke train secondary memes. But in Randoms, I'm barely doing my ship's HP in damage. I just can't seem to get it. I got better results in my Riga. I can see the potential, I just can't seem to exploit it.

How do you show all your resources on the main page? Steel ect

Would you ever do a coal series for mid tier? Like flint or Atlanta? Edit: ik Atlanta isn’t a coal ship

Best secondary ship is Michelangelo. More hitting dpm than Schlieffen and Napoli.

Coal battleships next 😁

DDs to follow... your opinions on BBs aren't nearly as obscure!

Napoli should be listed as battle ship btw🙃

While I dont disagree the carnot really isnt good Switching the 20% speed boost for spotter plane on a cruiser with 19km base range is a... choice

There are 5 coal ships everyone should get first: The first three are strong enough to be T11 ships 1. Marceau 2. Sherman (basically a SAP and HE 3. Napoli 4. Kearsage - easiest credit farming ship there is if you don’t have the credit farming version of Missouri. 12 North Carolina guns and attack planes for spotting and chunking DDs as well as lighting perma fires. Also it has ridiculously good firing angles. It’s cursed. It’s overpowered. It should’ve never been made. Use it. 5. Okt. Revolutsiya for T5 ranked.

Now I only owned Azuma and Moskva

A good T10 is surely going to earn more money than a bad T9?

Nap could have been a steel ship and she’d still challenge the top slot.

I Accidently bought the Azuma a few weeks ago, I was wanting Kearsarge but yea... >_> but, the funny thing is I got AL Azuma Commander so it work i guess?

Coal DD's please...!

The Salem makes a ton more money than the Des Moines. You forget that everyone else don't have free credits.

I don't understand Salem at #4 since PQ literally says it's a worse DM and it also isn't very unique

every time i face against a Napoli im left raging...bc ive thrown everything including the captain at the damn ship and it just keeps tooting along....dont matter if im Yamato, Maine, Montana, Petro, Salem, Smolensk, etc....fucker wont die

Any chance you could to the RB ships too? I'm coming up on getting my 5th RB ship (63k RB after one Venzia game) and I'd like to hear your input on them (I have Ohio, Illy, Siggy, and Palo)

Wanna comment before i watch😂 for me napoli, sherman> then marceau

I prioritised which nation I play. So Brisbane is an absolute no go for me.

Battleships next, please.

DD's first please

Do EVERY coal cruiser.

Well, I got the Carnot from a box. I guess is something.

how big is the difference of credits making from t9 an 10? what is better for a new player for farming credits to be able to pay free lines?

Coal BB's please

I'm a bit disappointed we only have a single T10 coal battleship at the moment. And its GK, not even an original coal ship. Now compare that to the steel options...

RB Ships next ?

PLEASE PQ DONT TELL WG TO NERF NAPOLI IM 40K COAL AWAYYY NOOOO

DD coal ships

I've been playing WOWS for years with a decent WR 55% (was 56% but oh well) with around 6k battles. My best advice would be: -Napoli: Amazing secondaries after the pack a punch skill got added. Amazing armor for a cruiser but requires aggressive play and knowing when to kite or push a brawl. Torps are slow but hit hard and the guns are inaccurate but do sollild damage. -Moskva: Used in almost every comp mode imaginable. Cruiser fire duration, longer radar duration that Stalingrad or Petro, way better fire starter, and smaller so it is easier to handle than something like Stally. The bow is reasonably tanky and honestly just reversing away on a losing flank and throwing HE can net a lot of damage. Amazing AP as well for broadsides on lighter targets, and has a legendary mod although it isn't needed. -Yoshino: Mostly for randoms, but can spam ranged HE and throw torps at extreme range. Fits the randoms passive playstyle and has solid AP performance if needed. Honestly those 3 are probably your best pick. Agir can work too but tier 9 is in a tough spot with supers running around. I can't recommend Tulsa outside of tier 9 CBs, and Salem has a shorter radar range than DM which is giving up a lot for the super heal. You can always grab the low tier stuff if you want. Charleston is a pre-nerf Saint Louis at tier 3. Flint is an Atlanta with smoke instead of radar and less turrets with longer torps. BUT than Pan-Asian CL line covers this now anyway for free. Carnot is really kinda disappointing but can work at times. And Azuma is a worse Yoshino but works fine outside of the stated tier 9 issues. Finally Brisbane is great but San Martin or even radar Minotaur are right there without you burning coal on them, though Brisbane does get better radar range so you might like it but you are squishy like Mino so it is recommended more for veteran players. But ultimately get what you think is fun.

Battleships please

Me before entering the video: Napoli is definitely going to be #1 Me after seeing the list: YEP

Napoli is perfect the way it is…. Leave it alone. Good list though.

Thanks, PQ! Looking forward to seeing your Steel Cruisers rating.

Yoshino is just pure crap for people who likes to sit on 20km range and then be last one to kill when game is over with 0 impact on game. You have to bet who will be the last one standing mostly its Conqueror or Yoshino bot on the edge of the map trying to make way to another map :DD For me the list is like this (for randoms): Moskva, Brisbane, Napoli, Salem, Agir, Tulsa, Yoshino, Carnot.

Dear Sir, I have a Ship Request - Alabama. It seems to me that you somehow skipped it.

90% of the time you meet a yoshino in ranked or random u know it will stay in the back and playlike a DD

Day 5 of asking PQ to play the finest Russian BB admiral ushakov with meme lord kuznetsov

Aegir is doing great IMHO. Like the ship very much.

DD first :)

come on PQ how many times have you shown us your moonwalk while you pew pew pew AP. haha.

Are you kidding me mate!? I just GK yesterday and I regret it.

Sad state of affairs for the Moskva , she was the reason the Soviet Cruiser line was my 1st simply because it looked cool , still love the guns that feel like lazers but all the other Soviets cruiser are just better now Love the Brisbane spam but it does always feel like you are target priority No.1 and then theres the Napoli , simply put I think its the best ship in the game , using a secondary build and watch it rip everything apart while you just sit in smoke

I played a game last week with Napoli, it was 2 brothers, went mid, got 6 kills, deleted an entire flank, and it was fun while blasting the Pizza song

Day 4 of asking PQ to play the monarch

The Yoshino is at the very bottom of t10 cruiser win rate across all skill levels of players. It is consistently outperformed by all its piers.

oh wow, Azuma and Brisbane before Moskwa. No PQ, no no no. XD Never ever.