It is a threat to equivalent tier cruisers, but like Furutaka, Aoba is a skirmisher, good at harassment, great at medium to long ranges at about 8-15 kilometers where she can still use her maneuverability to avoid gunfire, and requires friendly ships to draw fire, or islands to duck behind to give her breathing space.Ĭaptains should first research Aoba's second hull for the increase in health and maneuverability it provides. That being said, while Aoba is an anti-ship combatant, it does not have the armor or the reload speed to engage in gunnery duels with rapid firing American cruisers such as the equivalent tier Dallas and come out unscathed. Combined with her excellent maneuverability and fast reverse speed of 17 knots, holding that heading is not difficult and while she can still dodge the occasional torpedo salvo if coming from the front or rear, especially with Hydroacoustic Search active to give more time. Aoba retains the narrow hull of Furutaka and thus can bow in and expect not to be hit (very often) by battleship guns at longer ranges allowing continued fire. It's best that to let Aoba behave as an anti-ship combatant rather than a AA screen. Granted, this makes Aoba a dangerous ship to chase, but it also makes it more obvious to the enemy when she launches torpedoes, as the forward firing angle is quite shallow. Unfortunately, the positioning of the racks at the rear of the ship is a sort of downgrade from Furutaka. Her torpedoes are the same Type 8 mod.2 of the Furutaka upgrade but, perplexingly, their reload is longer. Aoba can smash tier V light cruisers with ease and be a wary force for other heavy cruisers and battleships but not so much with carriers as her AA suite is sufficient to only defend herself alone. This allows her to be where needed and to support when it is asked.
Her responsiveness to fluid situations is improved for a Japanese cruiser. One of thing to notice is the slightly less responsive turrets (common to the next two tiers, culminating in Mogami's super-slow 155 mm turrets) and faster gun reload time of 4 seconds at best over her predecessor. Aoba is a very good vessel to be a captain in, so long as the captain knows her well. They are anti-ship combatants, skirmishers that specialize in medium to long ranges, and are ships that need other ships to draw fire or to support in order to do well in. She is very similar to Furutaka's C Hull and continues traits that will persist through the entire Japanese heavy cruiser line. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".Īoba isn't really much of a departure from her predecessor Furutaka.
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