I know BB captains complain about cruisers bugging out the instant they take damage, but you're a light cruiser. Following battleships is kind of irrelevant after the buffs to BB AA, and they tend to fight at long range where the Cleveland struggles to consistently land hits.ĭon't be afraid to GTFO if things go bad. Forming a cruiser deathball is also an entertaining tactic. Assisting caps tends to force the sort of medium-range engagement where the Cleveland excels. I like to follow destroyers around who are trying to cap - a Cleveland can turn a fair DD duel into a lopsided slaughter, while also preventing CVs from interrupting the DDs as they cap. This also means your friends benefit from your powerful AA, which is nice. She can't survive being focused, so you need to avoid going alone (this isn't really a Cleveland-specific problem, honestly).

The Cleveland has good HP, but only light cruiser armor. Just be aware that some people missed the patch notes and are still under the impression that the Cleveland is an overpowered monster despite her rather average performance. The current Cleveland is not a bad ship (49% win rate on the US server last I checked), she's just not the unstoppable god ship she used to be. The captain skill nerfs also hit the Cleveland pretty hard, since at the time she was the only 155-armed ship at tier 6.

The shell arc was probably hit the hardest - if your enemies know the WASD keys exist, you won't score hits at max range.

The Cleveland used to be hilariously overpowered, and was hit with repeated nerfs since then.

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