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Turttleman17

Nelson and Hood comparison (my opinion, but want to share it with you)

Guide

I will devide this short comparasion into multiple categories and at the end we should have picture of both ships. Before I start my comparasion, I just want to say, that both of them are very good ships, but way different in playstyle.

Commanders:

  • Nelson: Nelson with Brawler, Firefighter, Master mechanic and with his legendary skill, that increases shell damage at the cost of pen, which actually works great, AP can still punish CAs and BBs and HE is still killing enemy BBs and DDS. Inspirations are Cunningham and Hyde.
  • Hood: Hood with increased range and preccision, Crisscross, Pride of the navy (bonus speed) and Master mechanic. Inspirations are Cunningham and Guepratte.

Survivability

  • Nelson: It has 60k HP and unfortunatelly very big citadel in comparison to majority of other BBs, but if you angle correctly (your third turret can almost shoot, but it actually can´t, then you have good angle), it is very tanky, the special trait of Nelson is his zombie heal (heals very big amount of damage, but heals only 10% of citadel damage). Nelson can easily tank and hold flank (not push just, slow down the enemy) for very long time even with minimal support.
  • Hood: It has biggest HP pool on tier 6 with 67k and if it is angled correctly and uses it´s superior speed (35,5 knots with my build) it can attract and distract lot of enemy ships, so they are wasting their shots(in comparison Nelson is practically atracting damage and healing it).

Artillery

  • Nelson: It has 9 406mm guns with range of 14,6km and with 27 sec reload. HE has very good fire chance, damge and penetration values, so it can break torpedo tubes, secondaries. AP sheel are standars short fuse britsh AP shells, but that makes them great tool for punishing of cruisers.
  • Hood: It has 8 380mm guns with range of 16km and with 27 sec reload. AP is very good in punishing of CAs and it hurt BBs too, but don´t except citadels on BBS very often, because of short fuse timer. HE worked good against one unfortunate DD, that got too close.

My verdict

  • Nelson: For me it´s bowtanker wet dream on tier 6 and even in whole game, because of gorgeous heal and ability to sustain almost anything if angled properly, just can´t get on less then 8km distance to BBs armed withgund of caliber 38cm and bigger. If you love setting everything on fire and breaking torpedo tubes on german BBs, wrecking their secondaries and destroying engines in cruisers, you will love the Nelson.
  • Hood: I love the map control, that Hood offers, it is fast, can go and help to secure the succes of push or hold the flank with his great kiting ability, it can be annoying for enemy, but the turning radius is very big, still haven´t got 100% used to it, but after one day of playing I am enjoying it. Most important thing is, that it can be used as very healthy and fast torpedo (had to inclued this here, sorry)

So I got to the end of my writing and I am back, where I begann my work, they are both great and lovely ship, but each is different in it´s playstyle and role for team.

Posted Feb 11, 2020, 8:18 PM UTC

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ObaFett•

Nice overview, you nailed it - thanks a lot! Nelson is a little easier to play as Hood requires more active maneuvering/kiting to be effective.

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Turttleman17OP•

You hit it exactly into middle or you nailed it in other words. TY ft or feed back

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Ruthless4u•

I prefer to go in instead of hiding in the back.

Been debating which one of these to pick up

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Turttleman17OP•

Average combat distance with my Nelson is around 11km, with Hood it's varying from 14km (60% of time) to 8km (rest), so I don't know.

Nelson is more realiable, Hood is bit more map deppened.

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SK_Moose•

what a great writeup, thank you for taking the time to summarize this!

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Thebloodyhound90•

I love Hood, I hate Nelson. But then again I hate HE spamming BB’s and Nelson is butt ugly.

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Turttleman17OP•

Took your words as challenge, I used only AP on Nelson for two games, both have been wins with me on first place. (build stayed same)

So with bit of learning and you can actually make Nelson a AP firing beast (with your Cunningham and JJ it's not problem)

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Thebloodyhound90•

You don’t count turt’s, you are seriously better than any other player or cc I have ever seen lol.

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Thoraxe41•

I love the Nelson for the fact you can literally one Salvo DDs.

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Turttleman17OP•

Oh yes or break for good their torpedo tubes, DD without them is almost worthless

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Turttleman17OP•

Nelson or Madden, they are both very solid picks.

With Madden you can make fireproof build as I call it and be tankiest tier 6 BB.

I am running AL Nelson, cause of his unique perk, increasing shell and decreasing penetration, AP can still kill cruisers and HE shreds everything else

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Requesting_Support•

Good guide, that's pretty much how I would set them up. Taking advantage of each ships strengths, Nelson's heal and firepower as well as Hood's speed and accuracy(?). I always hear Hood is an accurate ship, when I hear accurate I think Queen Elizabeth, is the accuracy reliable on Hood? Also AL Nelson is a woman (her). Great write up nevertheless.

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Turttleman17OP•

The guns on heed are pretty accurate and thanks short fuse AP they can punish CAs very easily, though citadels on BBs are bit of problom usually, but that doesn't matter, damage is still very good

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Requesting_Support•

Do you get a lot of shattered AP shells against broadside BB’s (like New Mexico) when attempting citadels or do you just try and get as much normal pen damage as possible on areas like the bow, superstructure, or upper belt? (using either Hood or Nelson)

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Turttleman17OP•

With Nelson I am going for upper belt and with Hood practically same, because I know, that shells can't reach the citadel(eventhough they have pen, but fuse time is very short), so I am going for sure damage and it worked great so far

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Requesting_Support•

Much obliged commander, your advice and opinions are always much appreciated (just in case you didn’t know already👍).

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