META SHIPS IN PVP AND ARENA

PVP

Regular player versus player mode

Tier V – upper

• CV: Midway (tech tree)
• Battleship: Virginia (tech tree), Temeraire/Joan of Arc/Illinois (premium)
• Cruiser: Duke of Edinburgh/Des Moines (tech tree)
• Destroyer: Somers/Mogador (tech tree)

Tier V – lower

• CV: Essex (tech tree)
• Battleship: Iowa (tech tree), Jellicoe (premium)
• Cruiser: Takao/Oxford (tech tree), Black Prince/Seydlitz/Mikhail Kutuzov (premium)
• Destroyer: Tashkent/Fletcher (tech tree)

Tier IV – upper

• CV: Enterprise/Kaga (premium)
• Battleship: Toulouse/Clemenceau/Tirpitz (premium)
• Cruiser: Prinz Eugen (premium)
• Destroyer: Benson/Le Terrible (tech tree), Laffey (premium)

Tier IV – lower

• CV: Hiryu (tech tree), Graf Zeppelin (premium)
• Battleship: Gneisenau (tech tree), Renown (premium)
• Cruiser: Surrey (tech tree), Helena/Mogami/Zara (premium)
• Destroyer: Vauquelin (tech tree)

Note:

Cruisers and destroyers are not good in PVP. For those ship types, I picked ships that are still somewhat useful.

Arena

Ranked battle mode

About

Arena has different MMWeight spread. Each spread has their own uniqueness. For example, Des Moines is a very strong cruiser, but in MMWeight 10.0 battle it’s weak because there are too many battleships with >410 mm caliber that can overmatch it.

9.5 – 10.5

• CV: Midway (tech tree)
• Battleship: Virginia (tech tree)
• Cruiser: Duke of Edinburgh/Minotaur (tech tree), Gloucester (premium)
• Destroyer: Somers/Shimakaze (tech tree)

8.6 – 9.6

• CV: Essex (tech tree)
• Battleship: Joan of Arc/Soviet Union (premium)
• Cruiser: Des Moines/Duke of Edinburgh/Minotaur (tech tree), Black Prince/Gloucester (premium)
• Destroyer: Somers/Shimakaze (tech tree)

8.0 – 9.0

• CV: Enterprise/Kaga (premium)
• Battleship: Alsace (tech tree), Jellicoe (premium)
• Cruiser: Oregon City/Takao/Fargo (tech tree), Black Prince/Maya (premium)
• Destroyer: Fletcher (tech tree)

7.8 – 8.8

• CV: Enterprise/Kaga (premium)
• Battleship: Lion (tech tree), Jean Bart/Musashi (premium)
• Cruiser: Oyodo/Takao/Fargo (tech tree), Prinz Eugen (premium)
• Destroyer: Benson (tech tree), Laffey (premium)

7.5 – 8.5

• CV: Enterprise/Kaga (premium)
• Battleship: Toulouse (premium)
• Cruiser: Oyodo/Oregon City/Takao/Belfast (tech tree), Prinz Eugen/Edinburgh (premium)
• Destroyer: Benson (tech tree), Laffey (premium)

7.0 – 8.0

• CV: Hiryu (tech tree), Graf Zeppelin (premium)
• Battleship: King George V (tech tree), Richelieu (premium)
• Cruiser: Oyodo/Belfast (tech tree), Wichita/Prinz Eugen/Edinburgh (premium)
• Destroyer: Benson (tech tree), Laffey (premium)

6.5 – 7.6

• CV: Hiryu (tech tree), Graf Zeppelin/Hornet (premium)
• Battleship: Nagato/Pr64 (tech tree), Renown (premium)
• Cruiser: Belfast/Agano (tech tree), Wichita/Helena (premium)
• Destroyer: Fubuki (tech tree)

6.0 – 7.0

• CV: Hiryu (tech tree), Graf Zeppelin/Hornet (premium)
• Battleship: Nagato/Pr64 (tech tree), Renown (premium)
• Cruiser: Brooklyn (tech tree), Zara (premium)
• Destroyer: Fubuki (tech tree)

Note:

Cruisers in arena fills several different roles. For example, some are better for dealing damage, some are for capturing bases. This is why meta cruisers have many options.