Different tastes, different strokes, and Coal is easy to acquire. IX Pommern and X GK are also available for Coal. Tier VIII is a very competitive spot and among the Cruisers there, Mainz is really good. 'Not that good.' German Cruisers in High Tier are decently sturdy (for a Cruiser) but agility isn't their forte. The only negative I have against Mainz is that she sails like a German CA, i.e. And considering that this is NA Server and how frequently USN BBs are played, this is a big deal. 38mm HE Pen right out of the box means she can farm even the 38mm deck armor of High Tier USN BBs. Other CLs in High Tier have to consider the massive pro's and cons off IFHE because 30mm HE Pen isn't enough. Lots of guns, good reload, fantastic HE Pen. The reason why her 150s are better than all prior German 150mm armed CLs is because of the superior shell flight characteristics. VIII Mainz - The German CL armed with 150s firing the best version of the guns. Her big drawbacks are her low speed and poor concealment.Īlso, don’t spend cash/doubloons on Pommern.

She is also quite tablet for a CL and has eight torpedoes per side.

38mm HE pen and high ROF make her an excellent HE spammer and fire starter, and her AP DPM is also monstrous. Mainz is a contender for the best tier VIII cruiser in the game. She offers a very dynamic playing experience.

She also is a ship that requires one to adjust ones playstyle depending on MM - when top tier she can be an absolute bully of a battleship, while when bottom tier one should lean into playing her more like a large cruiser. Scharnhorst is fast and tanky for a tier VII BB, and while her 11” AP isn’t as good as it was prior to the cruiser plating changes a few years back (she can’t overmatch as much of their plating as she used to be able to) her guns are flexible and do good work with their fast rate of fire. Scharnhorst or Mainz, depending on whether you prefer BBs or cruisers.

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