http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/32522-tedsters-updated-and-expanded-where-to-shoot-guide/. Legends only has one real OP premium that massively dominates all other ships at its tier, so you don't really get a gameplay advantage from them. 1 EasternDragon_2014 New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the WoWs_Legends community. Note that shells penetrating the citadel can also over-penetrate. Generally they are directly below turrets and under funnels at waterline. How to video to show one way of getting citadels on German battleships. She has the third largest hit points of any ship in the game at a staggering 97200 next to Großer Kurfürst’s 105800 and Kreml’s 108300. However, one battle I went up against a Fuso, and discovered that my shots to his/her pagoda were not counting as citadel hits. It is situational given your a DD, but should be able to get it. From a large distance, aiming at the water line will pretty much cause a bounce, as the angle the shell hits the armor will be to steep to penetrate. Score 5 citadel hits in a single Standard battle. 1 guide. World of Warships Best Destroyer Lines, Ranked Weakest to Strongest ... Big (easier to hit, and can take high damage from AP shells) ... League of Legends, World of Warships, Undertale. Done and done. Thank you for all the info. You'll need to hit the ship at the waterline (where the hull meets the water) in order to give yourself the best chance of hitting the citadel. Most cruisers are pretty good at citadeling other cruisers with AP, and the occasional BB if you are lucky. A lot of success with landing citadels comes from experience more than anything else. As part of the new campaign one mission is to score 5 citadel hits in one game, which so far is proving difficult for me. 199. Go to Home. World of Warships Legends Citadel Guide. How to unlock the Hit Where It Hurts trophy in World of Warships: Legends: Score 5 citadel hits in a single Standard battle. I have always thought I should be aiming directly at the waterline, but I've watched a couple videos showing people lining up the horizontal aiming reticule in the middle of the ship, between the waterline and the superstructure. The Omaha because of fire rate and firing angle and Pen with range and 203s catch lots of cruisers off guard. Please … Hmm, let me go into a deep philosophical thought process - citadel, armoured haven, lots of protection surrounding vulnerable parts. I was in a Cleveland at the time and … A projectile that enters the ship can encounter up to four or five layers of armor and … World of Warships - free-to-play naval warfare-themed massively multiplayer game from Wargaming. Will a cruiser be better, or should I just stick it out and hope for the best? Tirpitz- never expect to get a citadel on it, Pensacola - anywhere on the ship at any angle. We ended up killing each other, but not before I scored 14 citadels on him. Poseidon Blessed achievement in World of Warships: Legends: Earn 20 ribbons (excluding the 'Target Hit' ribbons) in a single Standard battle - worth 30 Gamerscore I did one match in an omaha and just found another cruiser and got 7 cits. I tried exactly this with the Phoenix (I've only been playing British DD and BB) and got 9 citadel shots. Mar 28, 2018 @ 10:10am Best cruiser line for AP citadel hits? Striking the citadel zone requires penetration of the most protected part of the ship, and thus requires proper shell selection, good aiming, and a healthy amount of luck. Welcome to the largest subreddit dedicated to the Naval Action game World of Warships: Legends! I'll go shoot a few rounds and see what I learn. Destroyer + armour = small cruiser, this implies that Destroyer = no armour, no armour = no citadel. Yeah Pensacola is nuts with the current players, so many broadsides. 18 citadels using Marblehead on broadside cruisers. Where do you aim if you want the most citadel hits, waterline or halfway up? Good luck! It is important to remember that Destroyers do not have Citadels.. A ship's Citadel will always be well-armoured, so make sure you're not at too steep of an angle (60-68 degrees, depending on your nation), or too far away, to penetrate. If you hit it of course. Note that shells penetrating the citadel can also over-penetrate. Zabu. I used an Omaha for the citadels. Also, find all of this stips stats and modifications. Welcome to the largest subreddit dedicated to the Naval Action game World of Warships: Legends! Online. A Good Day's Work. If you can surprise a cruiser and get in close with a Mahan you can citadel almost every shot. So, if you’re good with a DD, take the Farragut or Mahan out and try to settle up with a cruiser that runs broadside to you. No citadel means no citadel hits. But another thing is what type of ship are you aiming at, with what size guns. Can’t give a better endorsement than that. The Standards (the 21 kt US BB’s) seem to be a pain to citadel for me with anything short of the 16″/50. Ive been trying with my faragut and ap the shit out of t3-4 cruisers, have to check if I've gotten my 5 citadels in a game yet though. In my recent game, I shot a Scharnhorst somewhere below the front turret area and was able to deal 20k damage but no citadel hits with my Nagato. I had a heads up fight with another destroyer and after sinking him, looked to my right and there was a fresh Aoba rounding the corner right beside me. Prioritize cruisers or any BB giving you the full broadside. Get the latest news and developments here and play for free! In order to achieve Citadel hits (at short range), your shots must hit as close to the waterline as possible and below Chimneys of the engine and below the cannon towers… American destroyers have great guns, maneuverability and AA. Legends. The pinnacle of all Japanese battleship design philosophy and possibly of the entire world, Yamato gains its place as the one of the most solid battleship at her tier. Anti air the same. Cruisers are a bit more iffy now, they can be citadel’d at higher angles than BB’s, and can also be citadel’d by underwater hits. Cheshire is a Tier VIII British heavy cruiser, being the same tier equivalent to Albemarle.. Cheshire's survivability is one of her weakpoints.Her hitpool being average, she stands out with her raised citadel which extends from the forward turrets all … Created Sep 12, 2018. American Destroyer. ... best protected citadel ever. Going to have to go with US destroyershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Zt3JS20Ck. Full list of all 38 World of Warships: Legends achievements worth 1,000 gamerscore. Landed 9 citadels in one round in my Pensacola last night! WoWS: Legends. Hits to citadel - One ribbon is awarded per fully penetrating hit to the citadel area of a target ship. Thank you for the video. Pyromaniac. Battleships and I believe 8" gun cruisers also have fairly large magazine citadels under gun turrets as well. I have managed only a handful of such citadel hits. 11.7k. This guy knows. Thanks you. Members. Depends on what you're shooting at but for maximum chance to hit the citadel you tend to want to aim for the waterline yes, some cruisers like mogami and atago have massive citadels that are easy to hit as long as they present it. Welcome to the largest subreddit dedicated to the Naval Action game World of Warships: Legends! I citadel the crap out of people with both Omaha and Pensacola. Killerblood3al4 . April 22, 2019 Uncategorized, WoWs Videos 07:19. I got the 5 citadels pretty easy with the Colorado. Was running out of stuff to kill when a Shitzu was nice enough to give me juicy broadside at 5km and be focused on other targets, took a lot of volleys to finally find the citadel for my 5th. This is a Bronze trophy. Where do you aim to hit it? You need to play a total of 20 battles to post in this section. Depends on what you're shooting at but for maximum chance to hit the citadel you tend to want to aim for the waterline yes, some cruisers like mogami and atago have massive citadels that are easy to hit as long as they present it. Citadels are the engine/boiler rooms and ammo bunkers. Scharnhorst. World of Warships > General Discussions > Topic Details. First things first - Both HE and AP shells are capable of getting Citadel Hits. What is a Citadel? Cleveland - Directly under the superstructure, beside the smokestacks very close near the waterline. Killerblood3al4 . Torps are less important. ... Hit Where It Hurts. It depends on your distance to the target, and whether you are aiming for the engine or the turret wells. I have been playing for a wile and just did not figure out there was a science to the critical hit. At best I'll get 3 with the Queen Elizabeth. North Carolina and up are extremely vulnerable when broadside. Because Scharnhorst bow is 25mm, which means it can be lolpenned by 16 guns regardless of angle.. In contrast to the majority of her contemporaries, Kirov has weak armor. This is a guide to find out! Arizona at long range in the first game trying. Press J to jump to the feed. aim low for the magazines when against battleships. It was a good game for sure and it came down to my last shot on an Aoba for the last citadel. Just thought it was a luck thing, and I was on the short end. By Below are diagrams showing all US Cruiser and Battleship Citadel locations. WoWs Builds. Thanks. The_Moe, November 1, 2015 in General Game Discussion. Find community submitted builds for the Scharnhorst in World of Warships: Legends. Original question = … I had previously thought that the bridge was the sweet spot as it were of citadel hits. Jokes aside it is a bit in front of the first smoke stack and a smidge behind the second smoke stack. I juste made it with the Farragut on as Futurama. The historical counterpart of the famed battleship Yamato, Tier IX's Iowa is the pinnacle of the various fast battleship designs the United States commissioned into service before and during World War II.. Veterans of North Carolina will be well-familiar with how Iowa plays, as both ships are laid out in an identical AB-X turret arrangement. Please make sure to read the Rules before participating. Despite her small displacement, she is equipped with powerful long-range main guns and has good speed. Image Gallery . Cleveland boiler room is just in front of smoke stack. One of the first large warships designed and built in the U.S.S.R. (Project 26). If you struggle to get citadels, I'd recommend using a cruiser, the higher rate of fire makes it likely to land more as long as you're targeting other broadside cruisers. Armor in World of Warships is not just a uniform barrier to be pierced (like in World of Tanks), but rather a kind of multi-layered “cake” that covers a number of construction elements and mechanisms, each having specific armoring. Don't forget to aim for the potato stowage. By then the angle is low enough that you can reliably penetrate the main belt, and at 10km the penetration is pretty much assured to reach the citadel. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Zt3JS20Ck. Thanks again and for everyone else who commented :). T5 and 6 premiums also earn quite a lot of credits and XP, because they have high credit modifiers (T7 do however earn less because of a smaller modifier) and the perma camo that increases XP gain. The citadel is typically very low in the ship's hull, and depending on the ship may be mostly or entirely underwater. Also, would an overpen that goes through a citadel area cause a citadel hit? It gets more regular at around 12km. As part of the new campaign one mission is to score 5 citadel hits in one game, which so far is proving difficult for me. However, hitting the citadels require penetrating a ship at the right place and angle. Please make sure to read the Rules before participating. These guys are scoring citadel hits as well. Not unusual to get 15+ in a match. I got 7 on an Aoba the first match I played. Your best bet is usually to just aim at or slightly above the waterline under the smokestacks. After posting this I got mine done with the Yubari of all ships, easy 4 citadels vs a Danae that gave me broadside but had to get up close and personal with BBs to get the 5th one, tried an Orion but he was angled way too much so was forced to take him out with torps. Created By. 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