Alaska, performance wise, will become the meta-defining, must-have, flavour of the month. It will be taking a new and novel vessel and make it into something gaudy. Buffing Alaska will only further the influx of powercreep. It’s not the end of the world if Wargaming does buff (or significantly change) Alaska. Her current build encourages a light touch with a flexible play style and rewards it in spades. She doesn’t immediately force her opponents to play differently because she ended up on the enemy roster. Alaska isn’t like Belfast, Graf Zeppelin or Fujin. Like I said, this isn’t a CTRL + ALT + WIN ship. This does mean there’s a bit of a skill wall. Know the moment when you have to transition from a second line gunship to leading the charge to provide cover for your allies. Pick and choose the right consumables to match your play style. Know what ships you can bounce off your 27mm bow and which ones you have to bait into your angled belt. Use and abuse her autobounce bonuses and aim at the right parts of ships to unlock your prize. The amount of damage she can stack is amazing and what’s more, it feels right and earned. Tick all of these boxes and Alaska will treat you right. What’s more you have to pick the correct ammunition and even then you have to aim carefully. She cannot spam AP shells willy-nilly and hoover up 150,000+ damage.
Unlike the brainless gunnery of the Soviet Kronshtadt and Stalingrad battlecruisers, Alaska’s weapons reward careful aim and target selection. Somehow Wargaming had stumbled upon the perfect balance of PROs and CONs that made this ship so appealing in my eyes. It took less than three games to reach this conclusion (though playing more only further confirmed it). I cannot stress this enough: The initial test iteration of USS Alaska is perfect. I have quickly fallen in love with her early game play. Wargaming was very kind to provide me with a preview of version of this ship and she is subject to change.Īlaska is highly anticipated. You can call it a “Battlecruiser” without bending knee to the throne. Seriously, America, you’re cute with how desperate you are to differentiate yourself from your roots. I don’t always have time to write one of these, but this is going to serve as a quick preview of the upcoming tier 9 American “Large Cruiser” Alaska.
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