+1 flak burst per salvo. REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc. π Rendered by PID 28954 on r2-app-056f60a4f4ebd8102 at 2021-05-16 20:58:19.225305+00:00 running 4e13e66 country code: US. [–]HPBPip Pip !!! Essential, what you get, is a Yamato with four differences. Unlike Saipan’s style of having fewer, higher tier aircraft, Kaga instead provided her captain with large numbers of lower tier aircraft. The ship really excels at farming BB’s but the amount of dot damage the ship can do and the time between attacks makes it so you can easily force a damage con and get perma floods or fires with 60% percent or higher dot chances. Please flair your posts! People say that Shikishima is worse Yamato but what they don't understand is that Shikishima's appeal is its hilarious alpha. It will only affect the health of the game in the long run. No begging posts. FdR is an overpowered CV that specializes in killing everything but DDs. All posts must relate to World of Warships or Warships in general, with the exception of off-topic posts (Things like history, model kits, anime ships, and the like) that are allowed on Sundays. No RMT Posts (selling, trading, buying of goods). Incoming Fire AlertReceive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km. Tier I was in the same boat and as you and chose shikishima over the FDR and regret it. These can include posts or relevant comments on other users' posts. FDR is more unique, so that’d be my pick. Shikishima has less DPM, but an arguably better alpha strike. Believe me ,80% of playerbase are 40% winrate so they don't care of any details included is CV in game or not. Expert AA MarksmanIn the priority AA sector: +25% continuous damage. Shikishima is cooler Yamato. Shikishima — Japanese Tier X battleship. [–]luoyantao99 0 points1 point2 points 4 months ago (0 children). In reality, DDs are vastly more accurate though. If you don't want to suffer, don't get FDR, despite seemingly everyone screaming about it, in solo randoms it's weaker than all CVs except for Audacious. Poor vertical dispersion, as well as having only six barrels means that landing shots on target from long distance will pose a challenge, but Shikishima makes up for it with a stock reload of 27 seconds (which can be further decreased with the right captain skills and mods, such as Main Battery Mod. Yamato — Japanese Tier X battleship.. AA Gunner+10% damage from continuous AA and flak. In early March of this year, Wargaming announced the arrival of our very first Tier X Freemium aircraft carrier, the Franklin D. Roosevelt. That said, I don't usually play CVs (only 3% of my games are in CVs), so the gameplay is likely a lot fresher for me than it is for you. Armor is resistant to high-explosive shells. Share. Code giveaways are allowed as long as it abides by the RMT rule. The rather small caliber of her main battery guns was her main drawback, but that was offset by her higher rate of fire. The design of the ship called for a main battery of six 510 mm guns in three twin turrets. FDR can't change the outcome of a match and mostly can't support your team primarily due to the inability to target DDs and the worst spotting capabilities at tier 10. They haven't introduced a new steel ship in 6 months..., I'm sitting on 47,000 and I know other guys in my clan sitting on over 60,000. If we compare Shikishima with Montana, the latter which is in the middle of the tier X BBs in horizontal accuracy, we have that their vertical dispersion at 15 km range for a 75% quantile is: Shikishima - 47.32663 * 0.285 = 13.48809m radius Montana - 57.72383 * 0.225 = 12.98786m radius No ship is safe from Shikishima's guns if they hit. Slow turret traverse hinders close range reactivity. Adrenaline Rush-0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost+0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. While this may seem like an inferior main battery at first glance due to having a smaller salvo weight, Ohio's main battery brings quite a few advantages with it. Scharnhorst — German promo premium Tier VII battleship.. A German battleship designed for raider operations and fighting cruisers, including battlecruisers. I don't have the shiki but I do enjoy Yamato. It's not required but it helps the filter. You do so via [leaky text](#s). If you like CVs, get it before it gets removed. WORK IN PROGRESSTesting the updated Shikishima after Wargaming improved the guns performance, didn't really fix all the issues I have with the ship. The recommended upgrades for Shikishima are as follows: Gun Feeder-50% time to switch loaded shell type. (A) Posts and comments that are deemed overly toxic towards users, players, members of Wargaming staff, ethnic, or national groups will be removed and the poster will be banned without warning. Yamato mounts 3x3 460mm guns. Shikishima = Yamato + Harugumo. If worst comes to worst then Shikishima does have a pretty good array of secondaries which can whittle down destroyers. Close Quarters Combat-10% reload time of secondary batteries.-10% reload time of main battery if an enemy ship is spotted within secondary range. [–]Phynnoderee 3 points4 points5 points 4 months ago (0 children). Range can get up to GK levels and they are basically harugumo guns. If you like CVs, you'll probably like the ship. Ohio would seem similar to Montana, as both share the same hull.However, there are key differences. As a battleship, your target should be other battleships and heavy cruisers. Better secondaries 3. better AA 4. Vigilance+25% detection range of enemy torpedoes. Shikishima is a capable ship of an effective secondary build and YouTube videos out there have proved that. Lastly, those secondaries. This subreddit is for the discussion of the PC version of World of Warships. Your enjoyment of the ship solely depends on the matchmaking. If your goal is winning the game while having fun, I'd pick the shiki. Go Shikishima. I had uhh.. "Mixed emotions". Consumables Specialist-10% cooldown time of:  Main Battery Reload Booster (),  Torpedo Reload Booster (),  Spotting Aircraft (),  Catapult Fighter (), &  Defensive AA Fire (). Improved Secondary Battery Aiming-35% dispersion of secondary shells against primary target.Primary target must be manually selected. I have seen a general take on Shikishima that it is just a crappier Yamato and that while it has better AA, its free older sister is better than it is. 510 mm/45 Type 98 in a twin turret: Shikishima: Type10 mod. Rendered by PID 28954 on r2-app-056f60a4f4ebd8102 at 2021-05-16 20:58:19.225305+00:00 running 4e13e66 country code: US. No posts or comments shall encourage in-game actions that are against the game's EULA. Flamu says it is a worse Yamato. Go Shiki if you want to have an eargasm every time you pull the trigger. Secondaries have high fire rate with improved HE pen, similar to the Japanese gunboat DDs. Concealment Expert-10% detectability range of the ship. (A) YouTube and Twitch links must have a combined 20 link and comment karma to be posted. [–]WesternBloc 6 points7 points8 points 4 months ago (0 children). 0.8.4 Yashima is what we tested earlier (0.9.3 and earlier version actually) 0.8.5 Shikishima is what we will test later (0.9.4 and later version for now) Penetration is lowered almost 100mm in all ranges. If any specific kind of off-topic post is posted too frequently they may all be subject to removal or megathreads. but AP Arming threshold is lowered … Latest Trending Patriots Search You will farm tons of damage when there are lots of BBs, but when there are 4 DDs you are out of luck. All memes, macros, reaction gifs, and rage comics must be related to World of Warships. Shikishima can equip the following consumables: © 2011–2021 Wargaming.net. shikishima is unique because it has strong AA (think Ohio Montana Level) and very good secondaries (Harugumo level pen good accuracy and angles) and 22 (reload mod) second reload. as well as a quite substantial overall of her concept, they finally declared the ship as final. I mainly play Midway and Enterprise and have over 2000 pr and 70% wr in both. The project of a battleship developed shortly before Japan entered World War II (Design A-150). Also, don't be surprised when you finally get in range and find most of them dead. Posting referral links is prohibited, however you can ask for them to be sent via PM. No duplicate posts- please search for similar posts before posting. Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection+10% damage reduction of Torpedo Protection System. Priority TargetThe detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. Shikishima mounts 3x2 510mm guns. Low effort memes will be treated as "Off-Topic" posts and may only be posted on Sundays. In all other respects, the ship's characteristics were similar to those of Yamato-class battleships. Promotional videos and streams that are posted must be in compliance with the Subreddit's rules. What to buy for steel, Shikishima or FDR? Dead Eye-10% main battery dispersion if no visible enemy within the ship's base detectability radius. You can have secondary mêmes, or just throw Darings at people. Extremely good penetration with her armor piercing shells. Exposing Dangerous Leftist Ideologies While Sharing Real Hope & Change. I'll definitely be picking up a Shikishima on June 23rd. Like others have said MVR got nerfed so FDR definitely stands at the top easily the strongest carrier and steel ship. In this subreddit we share World of Warships news, strategy, tips, discussions and other content, as well as sharing our passion for historical warships. Shiki as a sniper may be decent as that dead eye talent helps with vertical dispersion, but still stand by FDR as best choice. Excessive overpenetration at close range against most cruisers, leading to situations that could get the player killed. Menu. Ads = better and faster server, more data from game, more new features in the future. Any scorecard post may be removed by moderators, (B) Contents of lootboxes may only be posted if the lootboxes are obtainable for free in-game (Such as Supercontainers). Ideally, Shikishima should be played as the second or third ship in a formation, with cruisers and destroyers serving as AA screens and mopping up smaller targets, such as those aforementioned light cruisers and destroyers, giving you the time to focus on deleting CAs and BBs from the map. Spam rules still apply. Please direct all WoWS Blitz topics to /r/WoWsBlitz and all WoWS Legends topics to /r/WoWS_Legends. RMT posts (Selling, trading, or buying of goods or accounts) are not allowed. Emergency Repair ExpertDamage Control Party () and Repair Party ():+1 charge (each).+10% action time . Better rudder shift We will begin with the obvious, the guns. Personally my pick would be Shikishima over Bourgogne, though it is a playstyle preference as both are strong in their own ways. [–]KimchiNinjaTT 0 points1 point2 points 4 months ago (1 child), shiki isnt a good ship, but she is a fun one. Good at farming big damage numbers but actually winning games? Want a fun tier 10 CV? I present to you Kashino Maru. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Basics of Survivability-15% repair, fire, and flooding duration. Slow planes and 25s between strikes means that not only is it not actually that strong but it's boring too. The biggest warship of World War II and the world's largest battleship. Kaga is a Tier VIII premium Japanese aircraft carrier. Rule 5: Posts and comments that are deemed overly toxic towards users, players, members of Wargaming staff, ethnic, or national groups will be removed and the poster will be banned without warning. (B). the only steel ships that are worth getting are stalin and borgape, im ready to drop 30k steel on upcoming coal ships. Copy link. 1: Propulsion: 158,000 hp: Upgrades + Main Armaments Modification 1 : Increases survivability and accelerates repairs of the main battery and torpedo tubes: Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1 : However, these 20in guns will not save you should you encounter lightly armored cruisers (such as Smolensk), as well as destroyers (which is a given), as the AP shells will simply over-penetrate their thin armor. [–]Schumilex5 0 points1 point2 points 4 months ago (0 children). steel is so easy to get once you play clan battles and now you get like 10k every rank season, a few of the guys in my clan have 50k+ steel because so much dead content for steel and so much coming into the game. You're signed out. I have a feeling FDR will get removed from the armory in the near future, and Shikishima just didn't seem to differ enough from the Yamato to warrant buying it. (B) /r/WorldOfWarships uses a 6:1 guideline for self promoting content. [M] 0 points1 point2 points 4 months ago (0 children). Yamato was designed around the idea that an individual ship could have superiority over any battleship of a potential enemy. Pyrotechnician+1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. Depends on how much you want to be hated. I love the ship, but in the end, she's still a Yamato, so you'll like her if you like Yamato. Equipment. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. The ship removal is a good poing, thanks for the heads up on that. Thanks for bringing up the randoms, dem thats sad. Super-Heavy AP Shells+5% AP shell damage+30% fire and flood duration. ... WoWS Builds is an independently created website for World of Warships. Thank you for posting to r/worldofwarships! 1. Ship Name: Shikishima (Ex Yashima) WG Introduction: Jan 14th 2020 Tier: X (10) Class: Super Battleship (BB) Status: Special Ship Ship Release: Update ~0.9.5 Resource Purchase: 32,000 Nation: Japan Permoflage: Level 10 Free Current Status: Final hull New upcoming ships: Tier VI BB, British battlecruiser "Repulse" and Tier X DD, Swedish destroyer-leader "Ragnar". FDR is the opposite as her slow speed and 25 second strike time means a lot of waiting, [–]Schumilex5 1 point2 points3 points 4 months ago (0 children), [–]MerlinCH65 0 points1 point2 points 4 months ago (0 children), Somers is going to leave in 10.2 - if you play DD's - it's a really good ship, [–]CatsWillRuleHumanitySoviet Navy -1 points0 points1 point 4 months ago (1 child). DiscussionWhat to buy for steel, Shikishima or FDR? Shikishima. The armor. Share this post. The project of a battleship developed shortly before Japan entered World War II (Design A-150). At least one poster here likes to refer to it as Shitishima (or something like that). If you don't want to suffer, don't get FDR, despite seemingly everyone screaming about it, in solo randoms it's … The project of a battleship developed shortly before Japan entered World War II (Design A-150). It's nowhere near as OP as people say, the only OP CV right now is MvR and even that got hit pretty hard with a 50% larger DB reticule. [–]HOS_Tuzla 6 points7 points8 points 4 months ago (0 children). Shopping. While historically, Riga was meant as a smaller and less protected version of the Kronshtadt… in World of Warships, it’s a completely different story because overall, Riga has a better protection compared to her big sister. The design of the ship called for a main battery of six 510 mm guns in three twin turrets. I'd take Midway over this crap any day in random battle. This means that for every one (1) self promoting link posted by a user, they must have six (6) contributions to the subreddit that are not self promoting. Name-and-shame comments posts and comments may result in bans. © 2021 reddit inc. All rights reserved. Do not reply to this comment as they are not always read. By all means it's not  a bad ship but it seems it's only good at mindlessly farming damage, at least in random. Shikishima is nigh upon us, for the princely sum of 32,000 steel. use the following search parameters to narrow your results: Please mark leaks with spoiler tags, like this: Smolensk is balanced!. Grease the Gears+20% main turret traverse speed. Many of the guys who play clan battles and get all their Typhoon steel are sitting on a TON of it. FadR is boring as hell, it's just Sky Conqueror. This page has been accessed 78,387 times. Overall it's a horrible design and it encourages selfish damage farming. Tap to unmute. (self.WorldOfWarships), [–]kweniston 49 points50 points51 points 4 months ago (3 children). [–]sojou 8 points9 points10 points 4 months ago (1 child). In all other respects, the ship's characteristics were similar to those of Yamato-class battleships. Playing FDR has been a... guilty experience, but I don't regret the purchase at all. Lootboxes that are obtained money or are obtained with currencies that are available for purchase with money may not be posted unless a specific megathread is provided for such purpose. However I just can't figure out FDR. [–]Rabid_TurnipThat's why I'm Ise...Ise like Sunday morning 7 points8 points9 points 4 months ago (0 children), [–]Rotschwinge 1 point2 points3 points 4 months ago (0 children). This includes intentional team-killing/ "friendly fire" and AFK'ing matches intentionally. You should shoot AP at their broadsides, and with good ballistics, you can theoretically penetrate the citadel from any angle as the AP shells will fuse on time if you shoot through a heavily-armored bow or broadside. When Scharnhorst was built, she was faster than any ship of her type. In-game screenshots that depict players in a negative light and do not have their usernames edited or blocked out are considered naming and shaming posts and will be removed. X-Posts MUST BE MARKED. Unfortunately, your post was removed, as it is in violation of the following rule: If you have a question about this, please contact the moderators. Preventive Maintenance-30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated. When one citadel does 19.4k damage you can do absolutely hilarious things with those guns. This includes bringing any sort of political issues and/or debate to this subreddit. Shikishima is at its core a Yamato with 510mm guns, but only 6 of them. [–]Rabbican 0 points1 point2 points 4 months ago (0 children). It has all of the good characteristics of its lower tier predecessors, while also addressing several annoyances that … [–]Zeshan_MRegia Marina 1 point2 points3 points 4 months ago (0 children), If you enjoy CVs then FDR is the stronger ship by a decent margain (when comparing each one to other T10s in their class), [–]TronX33Marine Nationale 3 points4 points5 points 4 months ago (2 children). The ship maintained a very high level of survivability due to reliable armor and robust torpedo protection. Shiki is just a boring meme copy of Yamato, FDR is broken and unique. This page was last modified on 29 April 2021, at 21:21. Consumables Enhancement+10% action time of:  Hydroacoustic Search (),  Surveillance Radar (),  Smoke Generator (), &  Engine Boost (). Shikishima. Depends on how much you hate the rest of the player base. Playstyle-wise, with only short-ranged AA, a high, poorly armored citadel, and being one of the largest ships in the game, Shikishima is not meant to be played as a brawler, or as the vanguard of a formation of ships, but with decent accuracy and outstanding sigma (even better dispersion than Yamato), as well as the largest guns of the game means that it can and will be able to fairly easily overmatch battleship- and cruiser-sized plating. Large citadel with a poor shape that makes her very susceptible to citadels from battleships. What would have been your thoughts if you were in this situation? Earth splitting crack of main guns firing is unique to this ship and can be heard across the map. I faced this same decision a few days ago when the coupon reset, and I went with the FDR. (A)"Scorecard" posts are allowed to be posted on Saturdays for exceptional games or container results, or to showcase rare in-game moments. Info. The guns (obviously) 2. Emergency Repair Specialist-3% cooldown time of Damage Control Party () and Repair Party (). That's why I'm Ise...Ise like Sunday morning. Crossposting memes is allowed only if the content of the meme is related to World of Warships. Get an ad-free experience with special benefits, and directly support Reddit. [–]DecentlySizedPotatoHE spammer 2 points3 points4 points 4 months ago (0 children). The design of the ship called for a main battery of six 510 mm guns in three twin turrets. Follow the reddiquette as closely as you can. Shimakaze — Japanese Tier X destroyer.. Shimakaze, hull number 125, was an experimental destroyer, envisioned as the new generation of destroyer design for the Imperial Japanese Navy, born from the 1939 4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme.Bigger and greater in tonnage than previous types, she carried a larger, higher pressure power plant than her predecessors, which … (A) No posts or comments may ask for, link to, or enable piracy, malicious software, or illicit tools or sites in any shape or form. FDR is exactly the Conqueror for CV. Shikishima Tier X Japanese Battleship (32,000 Steel) Kirov Tier V Premium Soviet Cruiser (43,000 Coal) Warhammer ... WOWS Gamer Blog Subscribe in a … Seriously, even Somers beats FDR in the weekly win rates, and Stalingrad and Bourgogne far outperform it. People complain about it simply because no one likes to get farmed. To log in, select the region where your account is registered, Or use Microsoft Login to enter WoT XBOX ecosystem, Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell, Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shel, 155 mm/60 3rd Year Type in a triple turret, http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/index.php?title=Ship:Shikishima&oldid=305049. If you post a screenshot of the game, try to explain what people should focus on in the image in a comment. If you have a Yamato, Shikishima won't give you much. [–]luoyantao99 0 points1 point2 points 4 months ago* (0 children). Fire Prevention Expert-10% risk of fire.Three fires maximum. So in the end not much at stake huh Go FDR if you a sadist and enjoy human suffering. Ever wonder how do they transport the massive turret of battleship Yamato? On paper, Shikishima's secondary firepower is better than a Harugumo, because Shikishima receives the secondary version of the gun, which has 1.7k HE alpha, not the main gun version with 1.4k. Watch later. After many testing iterations, tweaks, etc. The ship is specifically design to carry the turret of the Yamato class and then converted into a munition ship after the loss at the battle of midway. and join one of thousands of communities. – Supertest: Soviet Tier IX Cruiser Riga. Poor vertical dispersion, which causes shells to go over and under the target. We're Redditors with a passion for warships, gaming and the World of Warships video game on PC. I agree that it is most likely to get removed from sale like Smolensk. ST 0.10.5, "Grand battle", disabling of friendly fire and other news. Inertial Fuse for HE Shells+25% armor penetration of HE shells.Base fire chance reduced by half.