I did the grind and honestly i don't think it's that worth it. Alsace is my number 1 most played ship with 300 games with the Repub being a close 2nd and i would just recommend that you pick a better line and just get the Bourgogne, or the Jean Bart if it is available for holiday sales and before you ask why i play the line so much it is mostly because it's the line im most comfortable with and knowledgeable about, not because it's the best
I really appreciate episodes like this, thank you. I'm returning to the game and have no clue but now I'm starting to re-learn how to angle, kite, defend a flank and a little of juking. And I'm about ten minutes in 😆 Thanks 👍
I own both Republique and Bourgogne and I just have a hard time deciding which one I like better. Granted Burger has 50% more shell volume, reload boost and speed boost but it doesn't have the base reload or overmatch of the Repub. I am very excited for Patrie, might be my first supership!
Lyon is a meme, but she is a BEAST in T7 ranked. Small maps, top tier, the close ranges means that your wonky dispersion doesn't matter as much, and 16 guns makes up for a LOT of shortcomings. Plus she's fast and has a lot of armor for her tier.
@@dominges Please darling give me a good citadel hit! Republique: EXCUSE ME?! After you hang out with Montana you ask ME for citadels?! No citadels for you mister!!! >:(
It has quickly risen among my favorite bbs but no bb will ever eclipse Yamato as my favorite bb. Pretty close second place for repub. If it wasn't so susceptible to HE and SAP spam it would have a chance to take #1
@@mcbrite hey lad don't be so hard on yourself in the end its just a game. After a game you feel you did well in look back at what you did to give yourself the upper hand. Same with games you feel you did poorly in. Reflect and make adjustments. The French bbs are hard to get a good grasp on because of how much the ships differ from each other from tier to tier, especially when you compare republique to the rest of the line, big guns with a fast reload and a completely different turret layout and overall playstyle to the rest of the line. It can be a tricky ship to master especially if you try to play it like richie or alsace. The guns especially have a super wonky dispersion pattern compared to the rest of the line forcing you to adjust to how you aim your salvos. It's a tricky ship to learn but I'm sure you can figure it out
So hey as a heads up just switch to HE against the smol boys, you can citadel smolensk, mino, colbert, Wooster and Neptune with HE. I've dev struck quite a few smol with HE cits
There was a post recently on WoWS subreddit with a guy taking poll data (recent and old) and Bourgongne still showed up at the top for most fun and most impactful. I will be getting that ship in a few day when the coupon resets, so hopefully that is true!
Haha, funny to see myself in your video PQ :) I was the enemy smolensk. I thought C cap has free beer so 3/4 of my team was partying there for half of the game.
nice video, the first game was the how-to carry a game with the Azumeh doing odd stuff without the DD and the DD just suiciding on a Cleveland. Also for that first game, I'm gonna need your licence to the hunting CV lodge before you can use this Nakhimov pelt as a carpet. The second game illustrated a problem I have with this map, most of the time, one of the 2 team will simply flee this side of the map and it'll give simply free shots to the enemy team and the ability to simply cross the gap. But it is a fun side of the map to play through, got KS twice in the same game with a Drake on that side
@@EvoraGT430 I'm not so sure, plus both aren't easy ships to play, for the same classes I'll rather take an Ägir or even an Alaska or a kagerou (but I ain't a torpedoboat player so I'll go for Lightning)
In French line, Richelieu is really enjoyable : fast, agile, good gun, good protection. Only drawback are 30s reload for 8 guns, and 32mm protection. In T8, she can compete against any other BB, even premium (random & ranked).
Hi PQ! Thx for all the vids and really learnt a lot! When convenient, would you mind making a BB video where you could share some tips countering (to some extent) subs? Like how you manage dcp usage or when to turn away. Thx a lot!
I recently unlocked this ship but haven't played her much (so many other ships to grind up) but I should give her a few more games. At 7:20 you mention shooting the super structure with AP instead of worrying about changing ammo all the time, I have to agree. Been running my Atlantico and having to do just that at range and it is shocking how much damage you can get and how it builds up over time. Ideal? No, but better then bouncing rounds or shattering them and nobody like taking damage.
Speaking as someone who used to push into spawns, the thoughts in your head are "sweet, they're running, now we chase." It's even more prevalent at low tiers
The thing I like about this ship is the fact that coming after Alsace, her reach is so long at stock that you don't feel the need to sacrifice rate of fire for range in slot 6. As for secondaries, I will take the secondary mod in slot 3 because I play a lot of co-op, but her commander will (when I unlock her on the live server) be survival biased.
I recently got republique as well as it's legendary mod and while I agree that the extra reload is not often worth the range I really wanted to copy your full reload build so I wanted to ask would you say this standard survivability build is better or a full reload build? I'll likely keep reload bc it's more for memes and having fun but I'm sure plenty of people would like to see which has better performance. Also I'd love to see more pointers on good/unusual positions on maps like you did in both the first and second games. As you said in the second map too have stumbled into that position behind the big island before and done well but I hadn't realized it before
I really like Repub, my issue is not being able to play it enough. Big guns with fast reload makes me happy, and to be honest, Bourgogne is somewhat of a letdown (it’s like Alsace, which I wasn’t a big fan of when I was grinding the line)
Republique is my favorite enemy when playing my Hinderburg, I usually get 10k each ap salvo if I get it broadside. For some reason it is quite easy to farm
That Puerto was a perfect illustration of just how thoroughly WG dumbed down an already frankly pretty dumb game when they decided to let everyone sail broadside and get away with it over and over. Good luck with that back in testing and immediately after release, LOL. Meanwhile, both Smolensk players topped their teams. I sure that's entirely random coincidence.
I have played through the Richelieu. It’s really good when angled and can hold a solid bow in position. But the guns can be a little odd sometimes. Alsace is actually super fun though. Not sure why anyone would badmouth it?
@@wtpiv6041 I guess for some the Alsace isn’t good, but the exact reasons I’m not sure. I ended up getting the Richelieu and Alsace and liked them both. Different but similar play styles with the turret placements but against everything except Russian armor it’s been quite good.
it's only a close game cause ur team was that bad. what are they doing? well... if u run a stat mod you'll likely find that they have less than 500 battles played. On the french BB line I'm currently on Jean Bart Jr. Gotta say, I miss the Reload Booster. On the plus side I finally got thru Monarch last night. Though, I'm about 15m short of unlocking and equipping the next one.
I would disagree. You have 32mm plating all over your ship and vulnerable to HE spam. BoS will go a long way for Republique. Brisk I see more suited for battlecruisers.
My issue with that is republique is already quite fast and has a large detect range with low reload so your not going to spend much time undetected. You will however spend a significant amount of time shooting and being shot at.
umm... that battleship's main advantage is the fast reload. What use is Brisk, if you're making use of it's reload? Also u have CV's, subs, and DD's that are more than happy to break the ability, too; and the Concealment is bad. (3-5 extra knots, combined with the straight line time it takes to get to a max speed...doesn't seem worth the points to me. Rather have Grease the Gears, or Priority Target, instead.)
I don't understand why you say that Repub is a good battleship. Why is it NEVER used by competitive clans in higher level CBs? How does it compare to Montana. I would appreciate understanding what it makes so good in randoms but so poor in CBs.
As far as CBs go, it gets outshined by other BBs, either the kremlin due to its tankiness and same overmatch or Ohio due to its longer range, quick heal and improved heal along with the same overmatch
Well, You've convinced me to grind French lines. I just fully grinded all of USSR and USA Lines. Well done PQ.
I did the grind and honestly i don't think it's that worth it. Alsace is my number 1 most played ship with 300 games with the Repub being a close 2nd and i would just recommend that you pick a better line and just get the Bourgogne, or the Jean Bart if it is available for holiday sales
and before you ask why i play the line so much it is mostly because it's the line im most comfortable with and knowledgeable about, not because it's the best
You're the best WoWs player, good voice no stupid annoying plays or trying to meme, I really appreciate your content, subbed
I really appreciate episodes like this, thank you.
I'm returning to the game and have no clue but now I'm starting to re-learn how to angle, kite, defend a flank and a little of juking. And I'm about ten minutes in 😆
Thanks 👍
I own both Republique and Bourgogne and I just have a hard time deciding which one I like better. Granted Burger has 50% more shell volume, reload boost and speed boost but it doesn't have the base reload or overmatch of the Repub. I am very excited for Patrie, might be my first supership!
Patrie is looking pretty exciting. I’m hoping it gets Republique’s reload or a burst fire gimmick. Burst fire gimmick would be extremely interesting.
Lyon is a meme, but she is a BEAST in T7 ranked. Small maps, top tier, the close ranges means that your wonky dispersion doesn't matter as much, and 16 guns makes up for a LOT of shortcomings. Plus she's fast and has a lot of armor for her tier.
Playing Repub with the improved adrenaline rush captain is such a gift. I've seen the reload get down to the 16 second mark.
wait until u see 9 sec reload yamato
I Made Its Reload TO 13 Sec Wiz Reload Mod In Arms Race. I Literally Had 2 Salvos In The Air At The Same Time
Good players get heavily rewarded with this ship in my opinion, my fav BB so far
That ship is like a woman. If it's not in the MOOD it's the worst thing in the world but if it's IN the MOOD... oh mama...
@@dominges Please darling give me a good citadel hit!
Republique: EXCUSE ME?! After you hang out with Montana you ask ME for citadels?! No citadels for you mister!!! >:(
It has quickly risen among my favorite bbs but no bb will ever eclipse Yamato as my favorite bb. Pretty close second place for repub. If it wasn't so susceptible to HE and SAP spam it would have a chance to take #1
By that logic I'm an utterly shit player, which tracks perfectly...
@@mcbrite hey lad don't be so hard on yourself in the end its just a game. After a game you feel you did well in look back at what you did to give yourself the upper hand. Same with games you feel you did poorly in. Reflect and make adjustments. The French bbs are hard to get a good grasp on because of how much the ships differ from each other from tier to tier, especially when you compare republique to the rest of the line, big guns with a fast reload and a completely different turret layout and overall playstyle to the rest of the line. It can be a tricky ship to master especially if you try to play it like richie or alsace. The guns especially have a super wonky dispersion pattern compared to the rest of the line forcing you to adjust to how you aim your salvos. It's a tricky ship to learn but I'm sure you can figure it out
One of my favorite bbs, honestly feels underrated due to how little I see it. I always have a good time in repub, the guns are just nice
I think people are just tired of dealing with IFHE IJN DDs which put this line to the bottom of the ocean so easily
That last blind shot on Nakhimov was insane! Just wow
So hey as a heads up just switch to HE against the smol boys, you can citadel smolensk, mino, colbert, Wooster and Neptune with HE. I've dev struck quite a few smol with HE cits
Smolensk yes, Mino? No
Great video. Love the way you talk through what you were thinking and why you do what you do. Very educational. Thanks m8
So is Bourgogne still the best steel ship?
There was a post recently on WoWS subreddit with a guy taking poll data (recent and old) and Bourgongne still showed up at the top for most fun and most impactful. I will be getting that ship in a few day when the coupon resets, so hopefully that is true!
Expecting to see many Mecklenburgh when coupons reset. Difficult decision though.
Haha, funny to see myself in your video PQ :) I was the enemy smolensk. I thought C cap has free beer so 3/4 of my team was partying there for half of the game.
All time favorite BB! I love this ship so much. Yeah here an there you will have kinda whacky dispersion but the shorter reload makes up for it!
Was I the only one humming ...it's to late to apologize...😂, keep em comi'n man! great work PQ
nice video, the first game was the how-to carry a game with the Azumeh doing odd stuff without the DD and the DD just suiciding on a Cleveland. Also for that first game, I'm gonna need your licence to the hunting CV lodge before you can use this Nakhimov pelt as a carpet.
The second game illustrated a problem I have with this map, most of the time, one of the 2 team will simply flee this side of the map and it'll give simply free shots to the enemy team and the ability to simply cross the gap. But it is a fun side of the map to play through, got KS twice in the same game with a Drake on that side
Hilarious how you could almost guarantee the Azur-Lane whalers would die super-quickly and cheaply.
@@EvoraGT430 I'm not so sure, plus both aren't easy ships to play, for the same classes I'll rather take an Ägir or even an Alaska or a kagerou (but I ain't a torpedoboat player so I'll go for Lightning)
In French line, Richelieu is really enjoyable : fast, agile, good gun, good protection. Only drawback are 30s reload for 8 guns, and 32mm protection. In T8, she can compete against any other BB, even premium (random & ranked).
My Jean Bart is easily my favorite ship in the game. French BBs are ridiculously fun ships to play.
I appreciate the ideas you give for positioning on caps
15:40 - I'm a firm believer in using heals early and often. If you end the game with a heal left, it should be considered a waste.
adrenaline rush perk captain's say.... lol.
Hi PQ! Thx for all the vids and really learnt a lot! When convenient, would you mind making a BB video where you could share some tips countering (to some extent) subs? Like how you manage dcp usage or when to turn away. Thx a lot!
I recently unlocked this ship but haven't played her much (so many other ships to grind up) but I should give her a few more games.
At 7:20 you mention shooting the super structure with AP instead of worrying about changing ammo all the time, I have to agree. Been running my Atlantico and having to do just that at range and it is shocking how much damage you can get and how it builds up over time. Ideal? No, but better then bouncing rounds or shattering them and nobody like taking damage.
That Oster kill cracked me up
Speaking as someone who used to push into spawns, the thoughts in your head are "sweet, they're running, now we chase." It's even more prevalent at low tiers
Lyon and Richelieu are very good ships down the line. They are strongly armoured and punish broadsides.
My favorite ship I think... is a pleasure to play.
Every time a CV dies, God kisses a kitten.
The thing I like about this ship is the fact that coming after Alsace, her reach is so long at stock that you don't feel the need to sacrifice rate of fire for range in slot 6. As for secondaries, I will take the secondary mod in slot 3 because I play a lot of co-op, but her commander will (when I unlock her on the live server) be survival biased.
No ones gonna talk about that yukikaze that spawns in late and literally detonated?
I recently got republique as well as it's legendary mod and while I agree that the extra reload is not often worth the range I really wanted to copy your full reload build so I wanted to ask would you say this standard survivability build is better or a full reload build? I'll likely keep reload bc it's more for memes and having fun but I'm sure plenty of people would like to see which has better performance.
Also I'd love to see more pointers on good/unusual positions on maps like you did in both the first and second games. As you said in the second map too have stumbled into that position behind the big island before and done well but I hadn't realized it before
I really like Repub, my issue is not being able to play it enough. Big guns with fast reload makes me happy, and to be honest, Bourgogne is somewhat of a letdown (it’s like Alsace, which I wasn’t a big fan of when I was grinding the line)
30:19 ...ouch...biiig slap there
doesn't the Preussen have the Same reload Same guncount and bigger guns?
Lyon may be a meme, but it's the only ship in which I've gotten 100k in the first 5 minutes.
Republique is my favorite enemy when playing my Hinderburg, I usually get 10k each ap salvo if I get it broadside. For some reason it is quite easy to farm
5:40 lil bit of a mind fart? Considering you got reduced fire/flood instead of propulsion, would you still take propulsion for repu anyway?
So looking forward to this on Legends
Hey potato any chance you'll do some more videos on legends they'll be adding another tier soon.
Loved Tier 6 and 7
Just researched this ship, now comes the grind for creds. probably going to use my California for that
So is it better to get the Republique or Bourgogne? I know one is premium, I am asking just ship-wise, which one should I go for in this meta?
Repub coz 431mm, bourgogne is just upgraded alsace
"It is so hard for a light cruiser against republique". Yes, its so hard to stop shooting and go dark from 12km.
Off topic
The US bb split
Kansas
Minnesota and vermont
Are getting some changes
Will cover these changes?
That Puerto was a perfect illustration of just how thoroughly WG dumbed down an already frankly pretty dumb game when they decided to let everyone sail broadside and get away with it over and over. Good luck with that back in testing and immediately after release, LOL.
Meanwhile, both Smolensk players topped their teams. I sure that's entirely random coincidence.
I just played Champagne like you played the first game. Almost Kraken and best among both teams.
Guess I played these ships the wrong way. 😅
Republique or St Vincent? Which one is better?
I wonder wth was that throw in the second game from the enemy team
I might get republique this year, hope WG did not replace this ship yet like moskva/khaba/GK
Mecklenburg video when?
You should do a video about using the insane speed of Iowa to your advantage. She does almost 35knots with speed flag equipped
You ever tried Georgia? I use her on ranked bc no other bb can get on a side flank like it. If I remember it can get up to 41kts
Yukikaze was afk for 7 minutes and manages to get himself killed in like 45 seconds of playing. big lol
In your opinio Zao or Henry 4? thx
We are getting it as a campaign in ledgends next update at t8
I'm not seeing where you're saying your team is pushing into enemy spawn? One DD was a bit past cap but otherwise looks like they were going B
I heard people bad mouth the Richelieu and Alsace, any of that true?
I’ve been loving Lyon’s 16 guns and hesitating to buy the Richelieu.
I have played through the Richelieu. It’s really good when angled and can hold a solid bow in position. But the guns can be a little odd sometimes. Alsace is actually super fun though. Not sure why anyone would badmouth it?
...if you have the Jean Bart... u'll hate the Richelieu.
@@wtpiv6041 I guess for some the Alsace isn’t good, but the exact reasons I’m not sure. I ended up getting the Richelieu and Alsace and liked them both.
Different but similar play styles with the turret placements but against everything except Russian armor it’s been quite good.
Lol the MM waiting so there are 2 or more carriers to be paired up in your match lol kinda sus
That as t11 and the patrie as t10 would be so much better imo
Best BB in the game. For me anyway. Fast, heavy, good.
you use HE to aim at a smolensk at that range.
it's only a close game cause ur team was that bad.
what are they doing? well... if u run a stat mod you'll likely find that they have less than 500 battles played.
On the french BB line I'm currently on Jean Bart Jr. Gotta say, I miss the Reload Booster.
On the plus side I finally got thru Monarch last night. Though, I'm about 15m short of unlocking and equipping the next one.
Quad cannon is the most inaccurate naval gun yet in the game it can whack stuff
Not using the meme build anymore?
Just wait till the Patrie makes it to the live servers.
of of my favotire bb;s
One take Henri pls
Me who's got a fast-turning gun Yamato
I logged on for the first time in 2 years. my monty and shima were gone. not sure what happened but I'm down to an nc and aka.
Good vertical dispersion ? lol tell that to my gunners This ship is able to miss a still ship 3 times in a row without a single splash of damage.
Repub makes me wondering why you want Bourgone anyway
I wonder if taking Brisk for Republique is a good idea. I would choose that rather than Basics of Survivability, tbh.
I would disagree. You have 32mm plating all over your ship and vulnerable to HE spam. BoS will go a long way for Republique. Brisk I see more suited for battlecruisers.
My issue with that is republique is already quite fast and has a large detect range with low reload so your not going to spend much time undetected. You will however spend a significant amount of time shooting and being shot at.
umm... that battleship's main advantage is the fast reload. What use is Brisk, if you're making use of it's reload? Also u have CV's, subs, and DD's that are more than happy to break the ability, too; and the Concealment is bad.
(3-5 extra knots, combined with the straight line time it takes to get to a max speed...doesn't seem worth the points to me. Rather have Grease the Gears, or Priority Target, instead.)
Republique is nice, but I'd still rather play super cruiser Jean-Bart...
That AFK DD coming back and managing to kill himself in the first minute that he joins the game is peek typical DD behavior
I watched 4 times how he could kill Nakhimov without seeing anything
Hi
One Take Nakhimov please . I want to see you play Soviet CV
"the dispersion is good on this game". Lol no XD horizontal.. yeah.. vertical? its awful. Only good for flat broadside enemies.
You don't enjoy playing Jean Bart??
JB isn't tech tree...he doesn't enjoy the other tech tree French BBs
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Twenty fokin nine!!!!
I don't understand why you say that Repub is a good battleship. Why is it NEVER used by competitive clans in higher level CBs? How does it compare to Montana. I would appreciate understanding what it makes so good in randoms but so poor in CBs.
As far as CBs go, it gets outshined by other BBs, either the kremlin due to its tankiness and same overmatch or Ohio due to its longer range, quick heal and improved heal along with the same overmatch
where is the SUBS
hi, any contact for business inquiries? like email or whats app?
hi, any contact for business inquiries? like email or whats app?
hi, any contact for business inquiries? like email or whats app?
hi, any contact for business inquiries? like email or whats app?
hi, any contact for business inquiries? like email or whats app?
hi, any contact for business inquiries? like email or whats app?
hi, any contact for business inquiries? like email or whats app?