Which Carrier Line to Grind | A CV Tier List 

imagine if those CVs were still in RTS mode, it would be interesting to see nakhimov as a the hard hitting CV but with few squad, only 3/4 but has alot of reserve, Haku with her original 8 squad, MvR, Audacious would have the same as midway, FDR would just be like hakuryuu but with few reserve XD and immelmann just only has 4 but has the time to make the plane ready to attack again

I have been looking for something like this for some time now. I want to thank you for making this. 😀

As a generally competitive player in many pvp games, and a semi-frequent wows player (and I more often than not bother to grind ranked to gold) I can 100% support this video. very fair and accurate. I too, loved the MvR! But after the continuous nerfs - it just does not make up for the RnG reliance. The haku will give you the strongest dependable performance with slightly better performing AP bombs (less dmg than mvr, but more reliable due to drop height), and great torp damage. It also has planes that at least cause a dd to do something other than laugh at you! Great video, absolutely - Japanese and US lines first. I really wish they find a different gimmic for german rather than RNG. EDIT: In fact, did I play you at some point? I run my MvR in Ranked (to have fun, rather than to grind up ranks - for that I'll do a DD), as a torp-focused, interceptor build (but funny enough, without interceptors... so they can spot).

Nice review. It is sad thtat even after rework people still complains about CVs non-stop. I enjoyed them so much back when they used to have depth in gameplay with RTS mode. Now you just fly bomb, fly bomb, spot enemy, very snooze to play

Thanks for the tierlist , BigFan!

Thanks for this interesting video, Reimu! I stopped playing CV alone without a division, but in my old clan there were much players like "i dunno like CVs, if you wanna play it i`m out here". So i had not much fun with my CV`s. Now i changed the clan and things changed fast! From "it`s ok when you play a CV" to "i love it when you play a CV". Because this players uses the advantages of spotting i can give and love how i can guide enemy ships to show them broadsides. It`s so funny that nearly all ships try to avoid a little torpedo, bomb or rocket damage and then get very high damage from 1 or 2 battleships or just a devstrike. Yesterday at tier 8 i had to compensate our potato DD`s and do much spotting work instead of dealing damage. Did only 11.238 damage with my Parseval, but had 59.510 spotting damage, most on enemy DD`s. And i forced the enemy sub to dive with fighter groups and waste its dive capacity. This helped us win the battle against all odds. In the last tier 10 brawl my clanmates asked me to play CV for just spotting and doing only some attacks, so i decided to grab FDR for its tough planes and do my job. Worked very nice.

Thank you for the nice review

Thx for the review ill go for japanese cvs

Thank you, iv had a Riujo for about 2 years and never play it or CV's so i might get it out of the shed and start in co-op then randoms and grind her up.

From my limited experience, the Russian Cv does more damage with what people think it is than in reality. It's the easiest Cv to mitigate incoming damage. It's powerful only against people who sail straight, the torps arming distance is so far and the speed kind of slow even the slowest bb easily doge most of them, whit the skip bomber if the target just turns fully in you will land at best 2 bombs reducing a lot your damage, and the rocket work only on AFK or brain dead player. I would happily be focused by 2 Admiral Nakhimov than one Hakuryu. But they are kind of relaxing to play. And For the RN Cv that really sad I loved the idea behind them, it was the first Cv I really try to play. But it's really a struggle with them, I know some manage to do good with them but good players will be good with everything, I'm not there yet.

Your comment about the FDR player, I have a screenshot of my Napoli having shot down I think 2 dozen FDR planes and my clan could hardly believe it cause ITA AA sucks. It is indeed because the FDR player sucked and flew through my catapult fighter, Harugumo AA, and Des Moines AA and who knows what other AA I was deliberately luring it into. By the end of the game I was rushing down the carrier :)

Just got Immelman , after 100 battles a wierd message pops up to my screen ''Aircraft Carrier Commander, Elite Forces''. It's that easy to play. The only bad side is that sometimes u re put up against 2-3 Hallands which delete u re planes before you even see the destroyer.

fantastic... new wow player and i decided to grind a CV line... and i picked RN i reached implacable and i find this video ,oh boy there goes my enthusiasm

Thanks for the video.

Good Tlist ty! 🍻

My only problem with hakuryu is the rate at which u can run out of planes. She's strong and has speed but unless u look after her planes u kinda struggle towards the end of the match. Personally I find more reliable games in the audacious, may not be meta but she's tuff and can dominate if played right, also more fun. Of course I'm not the best in carriers so that could be a factor lol

Imagine the FDR with the russian all planes attack at once gimmick

as a surface ship player (read: I pathologically hate playing carriers because they’re such a slog to play), this is a pretty decent insight into how carrier players perceive carriers. I’m not going to actually play them anytime soon, but know thy enemy and all that.

The things that are probably why they are the most hated is 1.) Spotting capability basically killing any ship relying on concealment, mostly DDs, and 2.) When the CV gets good dispersion on a target and chunks for 10-20k, and the player "feels cheated" (strangely they never complain about 10-20k chunks from my Vermont) I will say spotting needs a nerf along the lines of radar and only doing map updates and not global spotting. Otherwise there is not much you can do to nerf CVs in their current format without making them useless. They have a very odd balancing that is make-or-break.

I had an uncle serve on the midway, feels awesome to play it in the game

Do tier 8 ranking, there is a lot of premiums. Also tier 6 ranking wouldnt hurt.

thank you

The MvR ram was such a funny CB game to watch. Fucking corrin just mad ladding in

If anyone wants to know the intro song is escape the beast

Great video! No love for the Kaga? I purchased it a week ago very impressive CV at their 8. Have a good one I'm gonna sub

When it comes to Chkalov, Kaga and others you get from shop, which one is at the current state one you could heavily recommend ?

Please its a good idea a tier list of cvs premium and lines tier 8, tks, lol i only hace a audacious line....

Thnx you!!

What is the best Supercarrier in your opinion?

Hey where would you put Essex and Malta now?

Reimi, it's very probability to add french line with clemencau class Carrier tier x and others creations, then cv chinesse línea to variable of american cvs similar patrón of this nationin wows ,or italy línea with variable of Aquila,sparviero Carriers and other tier x, it's possible to create they tier listo allá Carriers tier 8, tks, bye

hi, i'm not that high and a T8 carrier tier list could be good due to the plethora of carriers available. :)

after what you said i am going for midway since i am a begginer and rely on the armour so yeah

Malta?

so Malta is recent right ? How would you feel about X Malta?

Also I do agree hakaryu very op

Still sad to see that CVs are nowdays farming machine and lack some sort of utility like smoke bombs or depths charges and still can't protect other ships including itself against air attack from other CVs, fighter planes are more a spotting tool than actual aircraft counter as it was back in those days of RTS CVs Oh well they might be adding line splits with more team support oriented CVs, with maybe actual fighter planes who can deny air attack for once xD

And cv malta, or opinión abaut super cvs? Please

This is a carrier UI question. In some of your highlight videos I see that your CV is occasionally detected and on the left side of your HUD would display an alarm for it. How did you do that, I thought all detection alarms are placed on the right side. Sometimes I have no clue if my CV is actually detected or not since it overlaps with my plane detection alerts.

Comparing to other classes there is no such thing as c tier carrier.... even the worst carrier is A tier at worst looking at the carriers objectively. They just bring so much to the match from spotting, instant crossfire creation to presence on a map and game influence

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks FDR is just meh in randoms. I don’t care for competitive so I can’t attest to it’s performance in that scene but for randoms, I find myself almost always preferring to play midway; the dmg potential is just better imo. Like don’t get me wrong, slapping 20k off a broadside island-humper is always funny but that 25 sec timer just kills it for me. Plus lets not get into the fact that playing FDR just invites unwarranted hate from the whole lobby. FDR is in the game so everyone just wants you dead, not because of anything you can actually do to them, but just because it’s got the reputation of being completely busted. I’ve never run into a situation where everyone on the enemy team will open up on a cv 15km behind the frontline on anything BUT my FDR. Midway? Hak? No issues, but playing FDR is just way more toxic than the gameplay itself justifies.

Audacious is one of my fav CV's, I mostly just spec out the rockets and harass the shit out of destroyers. Amen to the CV haters that only bitch and whine, they know nothing about CV's

Hello Rei! I just want to ask if this tier list is still up to date? I'm starting to learn CV and want to grind for a strong tier 10 CV. Your videos help alot by the way

How does the United states preform with the 38mm deck buff?

So, looking at your list. The Hakuryu is the better CV to spend time and resources to master (another month of grinding I should have her)? I've been grinding steel to get the FDR, but I also play DDs (clan battles, no CVs allowed). The decision to look at the Ragnar over the FDR for my first steel ship is what is on my mind right now. Would rather spend time becoming the best CV player in my clan(s). We have one, but he's only OK and doesn't perform as well as I've seen you and other really good CV players. I'm on a scab (sub) clan for a clan that seriously plays Clan Battles and KOTS. Do you do Tips and training vids for this new meta?

Do you think they will add kamikaze squadrons alongside Shinano as tactical squadron?

i love carriers so i really appreciete this video! in my openion i really love the immelman , i have the most fun in it .

How does Kaga position in this tier list?

Where would you put Malta in this?

Love you content, I know this is a old video but you're the only streamer and content creator that isnt auto lawl cv player suck and cant play, they have no clue what it takes to play a CV in + games, they just watch tier 10 replay when a CV gets -2 gainst tier 8 and cry, I can also take any brawler into a -2 game and get 6 kills =/

What about kava?

"rncv should be grinded last" well toss me.

Is it just me, or does every Yamato have a persona vendetta against my Immelmann? Very often I see Yamato players trying to fling shells at my Immelmann during the early game.

FACTS ON THE CLOSING STATEMENTS

18:29 OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH

and malta or inmmelman recomend to cvs coal ships tier x better , try and buck up to realize and other tier list of tier 8,line and lines ships,with aquila too, toher tier 6 or more ,very short,no aconsejable. for mmi opini[on chaclov and kaga are excelent cvs premiun tier 8...

what about malta?

How would you balance CVS?

I’m not a good cv player but I agree that most people complaining about cvs just don’t play them!

😎 facecam soon

midway S but FDR only B??

Royal navy is not that bad, and they have the strongest supercarrier in the game

I hate CVs as much as it gets, but unfortunately I am forced to play Midway (which i bought with Free XP) in order to get Halsey. Am I doing something wrong cause even though i maneuver a lot, my planes are getting decimated and i can't do any serious damage. What am I doing so wrong?

Ranger I don’t like ranger

them slaps tho

Weser completely killed my interest in that line. Wet-cardboard planes with the least reliable DPM on a CV, no thanks. The TBs are fine, I guess, but you can't use them exclusively. The rocket planes also do this infuriating thing where the reticle goes way out if you start your attack run over land. I will say it's good for farming cits in co-op.

Bruv. Malta ?

Hakuryu - Opportunist gameplay. Search for that lone target and blow it out of the water with repeated torpedo attacks. Your planes are fragile so pick your fights because they wont last for a second strike if take them across overlapping AA bubbles. If there are no lone targets on the map, make sure to pre-drop several times and just go for a single attack. Enemy stupidity is your greatest advantage. Audacious - Brawler gameplay. Pre-drop to save on planes and go for those 1 strike runs. Your primary targets should be ships that are already under attack, so that you can set them on fire and force them to use DC or set them on fire and wither them down if they already used DC. Because of the massive HP pool of your planes, you can go into overlapping AA bubbles and make the strike... and even recover your planes if u are smart about avoiding puffs. The firing arcs of all your planes help with that. Nachimov - Farmer gameplay. Understand that you are useless against DDs. Rocket planes have 6.5s lead time and torps have too long arming time. However, you are a battleship or cruiser's worst nightmare. Keep part of your booster ready for your attack run, because your planes will die during their attack run if u dont help them with the extra speed in that critical moment. Midway - Generalist gameplay. You can take a bite out of anything that floats and if you fly them right, your planes might actually return to you after their strike. Richthofen - Used to be good when players didnt know how to counter them. Now everybody and their dog will turn against your incoming squadron and because of the standard 10km spotting range against planes, you will never surprise any ship anymore. Worst carrier atm, by far. Do yourself a favor and just gather coal for the Immelmann. Its better in every way. Immelmann - See Richthofen. FDR - Salt farmer gameplay. Pick this if you want to read instant complaints from the enemy team in chat... while actually being just as mediocre as the Midway. Looks terrifying on paper, but only a good player will know how to use it..and that's a general rule for every ship in this game so that means its nothing special, when all is said and done.

THoughts on malta???😢

Although Audacious should be F tier

Midway is now the weakest t10 CV now?

For the British, get the Malta and you won't go back.

And soon some time in the future we will have SUPER CARRIERS with "tactical squadrons" of JETS, and the HORNET with her "tactical squadrons" of B25s. Having played the 6ths id say this is a fair list, and YES the USN is the most "general purpose" line of the bunch. I seriously wish FIGHTERS where better (take Enhanced Reactions at the very least if you want your fighters to murder enemy planes) and AA was better as well as made any logical sense (number of FLAK vs number of DP guns). Carriers just ARNT FUN anymore, its just a BORING farm fest. With skill those HE bombs have over 55% chance to start a fire (and you get 6 of them), on top of almost 10k damage max damage (9200 if i recall, which due to how pens work 33% of that is the actual damage they do, 3050 i think if i remember how math works), the torpedos arnt grate but not bad, and you have the choice between HVARS (more rockets, which mathematically actually do more damage if they ALL hit) or TINY TIMS (more pen and damage, good for dealing with Cruisers or Battleships) depending on preference.

Would strongly disagree with that hakuryu biased list =/ especially for returning/new players, they will get very surprised too see that even attacking single target might cost you your whole squadron, thx to new ships that have stalingrad level of aa.

this is one month old and outdated?

Flamu and his fanboys are screaming at the corner. Seriously, that guy have some serious anger issues over this game. Like, all he does is complain, complain the same shit all over again how CVs are OP, subs are OP, radars are OP and yet he still play the game. Like, if he hates the game just uninstall it and yet he still plays it and complain about CVs and his fanboys are all the same.

All Aircraft carriers are illegal! Call the cops!

Seems ps5 is out dated😢

“The us line is very friendly.” No no NOOO IT IS NOT “The ranger is… on the weaker side of things.” Y A T H I N K ? “But once you get to Lexington and midway it’s a breeze.” *me on the ranger just 100,000 XP short of the next tier.* 🥹 so there’s hope for my US main yet?

Malta?