
Their biggest issue is they are big and slow and easy for CVs to hit. They don't have DFAA but they do have good DP guns with good base AA values. IJN - Aki-boats - Akizuki, Kitikaze, Harugumo.

Some like Somers are prewar designs which never got AA upgrades and are pretty lousy. If you build for heavy AA they can shred planes and CVs will tend to leave you alone. I think it goes all the way down to at least T6. USN - Almost all of them can mount DFAA and have good base values. That being said, here is what I know from playing CVs and being attacked by them: Zero-upgrade AA, even from the best AA ship will be worthless against a CV that spend on upgrades. Most of the time you don't have to dodge it because the unbuffed damage output isn't a threat. People say that a good CV captain can always dodge flak. I could tell the minute I entered his AA envelope that he did not have DFAA and had swapped it out for a hydro and had put zero skills or upgrades into his AA. To give you an idea, I was in Midway and attacking a DM with my DBs and he was complaining that he couldn't shoot down any of my planes. Figure that every CV you face unless it is a brand new one, will have almost all modules and skills devoted to helping his planes attack you. Please explain if the ships are great by default, others need the equipment and consumables on them - but what ships do you bring out that allow you to feel safe no matter what's flying around? Thanks!Īll ships need skills, equipment and consumables to truly be good AA ships. Just looking for input on the best AA ships at their given tiers! Tech tree or Premiums are fine. After Tier 5 most ships have decent AA & all "good AA" is based on relative measures & player opinion. Also, I don't have any tier 5 ships, since I grinded aircraft carriers.

Tier 5: at this tier we see the AA on ships become half-and-half in regards to distribution.


