It doesn't matter whether the hit was made by AP or HE. I frequently earn Witherer awards and sometimes Arsonist. 12).Ĭonqueror does 25% more damage than my next highest average for a BB. That might explain his preference for AP, but giving up 33% of your rifles seems like a high cost for the greater penetration of the bigger caliber (8 vs. I'm wondering now if my opponent was using the 457 mm guns. Cruisers are another story and I use AP more often but HE works well even with them. Yamato and Montana need to be showing a really open angle for AP to be better than HE. I have noticed that AP works well against other Conquerors and sometimes Grosse Kurfürst if I aim a bit high. If I get a really clean broadside shot I use AP. With the 419 mm shells, HE shells do as much or more direct damage than the AP shells at least 75% of the time. I’ve been experimenting with Conqueror AP, and frequently look at the Detail report to see what damage each shell type did. I shot HE almost the entire duel. We did 103k of damage to each other. We were both playing Conqueror, but I was surprised that he shot AP at me most of the time. Basically, all locations I know I can penetrate the armor scheme reliably. If I switch over and play a cruiser or battleship, the ranges I will use AP need to be adjusted because their AP remains effective for longer ranges than USN destroyer AP.I came up against a very well respected player in Ranked. At 7km or less I start to aim for the bow, upper hull, and/or super structure on battleships and the citadel locations on cruisers. Under 8km, I begin thinking about switching over to AP on broadside targets if I can get superstructure hits. AP tends to be less effective than HE at longer range with the 5' guns shell trajectory and flight time.

AP use situations can be specific to the ship, ship class, and the caliber of the AP you are using. You will have to consider whether your shells can overmatch their armor, the maximum range your AP can be effective, where in their armor scheme can your shells be effective, etc. For instance, I play USN DDs quite often. Generally speaking if you have a broadside target, they are a potential candidate for AP no matter what class they are or what class you are.

World of warships when to use ap vs he