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Well, you got your Scharnhorst, one of the two BB1 you can get with the KM;
Congratulations! This is a great BB1, but it suffers from some huge drawbacks that
can make you hate it (In the same way you probably hated the Admiral Hipper grind
to this ship) but the major flaw it has is:
-That your boat is made out of paper mache, which means that if a BB2 and up sees
you, you will die almost instantly unless you are fast to react and do what common
sense tells you to:RUN!
One way of avoiding these situations is to stay in the dark, always try to be hidden,
and to accomplish that you must have AA,I repeat: YOU MUST HAVE AA. The previous
statement is not a suggestion, this ship has 4 gun slots per broadside and all of
them can have the KM40 with a decent ammount of ammo, so you must make well
use of this capability, I know it isn't great but hey, it is better than the one present in
the Prinz Eugen, isn't it? Also, use your scouts wisely: You only have 3 which means
you need to manage them very well or you could face a situation in which you can't
see the enemy towards you are directly advancing (most of the time, a blockhooting
BB4-5)
-Second Suggestion: Do not engage unless you are absolutely sure you can; not only
hit them, but also avoid any incoming shells. You are a KM ship made of paper mache,
which pretty much makes you like a Tier 1 sniper in any First person shooter; your
range is not Uber-range and your health is pretty low, but you still have a range
advantage over the regular soldiers (CAs,CLs,DDs,FFs and some BBs!) use that little
advantage you have, exploit it, abuse it, learn from it, and win. Because you are a
BB1 you don't have enough firepower to oneshot anything above a CL (and even
those are kind of hard to achieve) but you can surely act as a distraction to a larger
BB that can't see you and is engaged with other large BB from your team. You can
and should always try to annoy enemy BBs from the shadows, remember that you
are playing against other people that also hear the "damage" alert whenever they
are hit, which means that they will react to it. You will probably not be able to sink
any BB from full health by yourself, but you can pester it and let a larger BB to finish
the job, while at the same time you rack up some decent attack against a higher
level enemy, effectively making your EXP earn larger. Another important thing is that
some players have experience shooting blindly at targets, so you must learn "Sniper
tactics" if you haven't yet, this means "Shoot and move" in this case, go exactly the
opposite direction at which you just shot and then advance to any other position in
which you are hidden and can make another shot.
-Third Suggestion: Try to stick to the middle and wait untill the enemy formation is
split between north and south. Most BBs go either north or south, which leaves the
middle; while not undefended, in an almost perfect condition for a BB1 to sneak in
and do some damage to the other team. The good thing about the middle is that,
while the larger ships go sout or north, the smaller BBs, CAs, CLs, And DDs are left
behind or decide to stay behind in order to look for some protection, this scenario is
perfect for your BB1, since you will be able to pick on some small or same sized
targets, and if you succed breaching this spot you have another extra advantage:
You have a considerable piece of map that virtually belongs to you (if your team
hasn't lost most their BBs and are actually engaging enemy forces) which means you
can turn back and support your ships from the frontline (Although this is not
encouraged since they will be probably facing some high level BBs that prefer an
easy kill now, than a larger kill probably never), or you can sneak behind the enemy
lines and make some discret shots here and there and force the enemy BBs to switch
positions to avoid your fire, which will hopefully put them in the range of your team's
BBs or at least prevent the enemy from destroying that BB4-5 that was in trouble.
Fourth Suggestion: Avoid Blitz. This is pretty much self explainatory. The reason why
I suggest this is because nowadays, most blitz games are played in Hobbit war;
Which isn't the most apropiate place for a KM BB1 since it will not only not teach you
anything about GB2 but it will neither give you as much experience as GB.
Fifth Suggestion: Use little armor. Always use little armor, you can fit some 0.4
broadside armor and 0.2-0.4 in the deck. Oh and get as much bulge as you can
before losing a single knot, when you loose this know revert to the previous number.
Remember that speed is one of your greatest allies, and here (unless you have some
really good Engineers) you will not be able to OH as often as you probably did in the
previous stages.
Sixth Suggestion: Read other guides, the one that Splid made about the setups for
each ship is really an awesome guide if you have any doubt concerning other topics I
probably didn't covered here.
Seventh suggestion: Eat your vegetables, wash your hands often, Brush your teeths
and always be polite with everyone (even with the CV drivers, which for some reason
most BB drivers seem to hate or at least be mad with).
That was pretty much it, thank you for reading this guide, if you have any suggestion
they are welcome :D Have a good ride with you Shiny BB1.
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