I bought her because I’m a history nerd... for the love of whatever you hold dear DO NOT play her in anything but co-op. SOOOoooooo bad. Four 6” guns. Two tubes per side. Top speed 20.6 Knots. SLOWER than most battleships. Same tier as the amazing Tenryu. On the flip side her historical camo is bad ass, maybe best in game. Shame it’s on this tugboat that went toe to toe with the U.S.S. Iowa. Gotta respect that though. Yūbari is fantastic BTW at tier 4 if you’re in the market for low tier premiums.
There has to be a good way to play this ship...but so far I haven't had much luck finding it. I see the record in it by Forgotten Fox is 50k+ damage, which is very respectful for tier 2...that is dd territory. Maybe he was able to play it as a dd with the torps. But the guns don't seem to work well, it is slow, etc. etc.
Maybe it'll get a buff in some future patch, who knows.
"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing"~OWH
Yeah. Just looking from stats alone, she is a Tenryu with only better gun layout and AA (which is still pathetic) in exchange for torp power and your speed. I would only get her if I can get enough Rank points just simply as a collector's item.
And if I feel really tempted, use my gold to get the camo to make her less unbearable. But hey, if I can love the Mikasa, maybe I can find something to love in the Katori. But with my Aurora cmpeteing as the good Tier III cruiser...she will have stiff competition
Honestly, I’m OK with it being a turd. I mean, that’s what it was, just a training vessel pressed into service out of dire necessity. It’s a collectors item only.. or for the masochistic. Crazy respect for 50k damage in her no matter how it happened lol.
There has to be a good way to play this ship...but so far I haven't had much luck finding it. I see the record in it by Forgotten Fox is 50k+ damage, which is very respectful for tier 2...that is dd territory. Maybe he was able to play it as a dd with the torps. But the guns don't seem to work well, it is slow, etc. etc.
Maybe it'll get a buff in some future patch, who knows.
How do look up the record damage? Is there a stats site somewhere?
There has to be a good way to play this ship...but so far I haven't had much luck finding it. I see the record in it by Forgotten Fox is 50k+ damage, which is very respectful for tier 2...that is dd territory. Maybe he was able to play it as a dd with the torps. But the guns don't seem to work well, it is slow, etc. etc.
Maybe it'll get a buff in some future patch, who knows.
How do look up the record damage? Is there a stats site somewhere?
I’m quite fond of the ship. She can contribute well even solo. She had great torps with outstanding launch arcs and reload thats the primary. The guns are accurate and fast firing enough to deal with DD’s. She is a support ship and should play close to your teams BB’s. Angled shes pretty tough and can turn well. Just slow. I did a review a while back maybe there us something in my gameplay you can adapt to yours to help out.
Post by betterholdfast on Mar 18, 2018 3:56:32 GMT
Very cool Zip. She’s still not quite my cup of tea but I’ve found her fairly effective when in a squadron of fleet mates supporting battleships. Nice review!
Post by AbyssalKageryu on Apr 12, 2018 12:25:41 GMT
Just got Katori from Rank
She's really fun
Torping at long range and accurate gun fire is rather nice with great torpedo arcs and fantastic range meaning you have excellent stealth torping abilities. Still slow and fragile though, but she can still get the job done.
I seriously underestimated Katori's capabilities but now, I can say she is quite an interesting Tier III Cruiser. Not a great cruiser, Tenryu and Aurora will still make you feeling weak, but she is not that big of a turd. The camo too helps a lot with the ship plus it looks cool.
If you can get this ship from Rank coins, I reccomend giving her a shot.
I intend to do a review of her in the futute so keep an eye out for that