Taking advantage of that, Serov's planes can strike before entering the more powerful close-range AA range of enemies. Use of island cover can be helpful.Īttack Aircraft have very small HP pool and slow speed, but the reticle is located further away than most other attack aircraft due to angle of attack. Players still need to be careful since the ship has more than 12 km.

A well positioned player could mitigate the disadvantage of low aircraft speed and the inability to attack a certain time to cause permafires or floods on enemies. Serov also has the fastest ship speed for aircraft carriers in its tier, making positioning and repositioning easier. It is more important to support the team with well-placed airstrikes on essential targets only than to farm damage off battleships or isolated ships. It is important for each strike to have the maximum efficiency as Serov's plane cruise speed is quite slow. While attacking targets with high antiaircraft firepower or those that have the AA support of multiple other ships will not affect the CV player as much, the issue is more of having the awareness of which ships need to be destroyed and how best to do so. While the survivability of the planes is bolstered by the fact that they will not need to spend so much time in the AA fire of enemy ships, the dodging of flak bullets is quintessential to prevent the squadron from being entirely destroyed, especially since the squadron has very few total hitpoints.Ĭaptains of Serov will be rewarded for using the right armament on the right target for maximum efficiency. The tradeoff comes with the lowest aircraft HP in the tier, and the attacking pattern means that each aircraft loses is a damage loss due to the generally low plane restoration time. Like the other Soviet carriers, the hangar of Serov has the capacity to carry several squadrons of aircraft.

Making its potential alpha-damage very high. Serov, like other aircraft carriers in the Soviet tech tree, plays differently from the other aircraft carriers with the unique trait of attacking with all aircrafts in squadron at once. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's 'Actual AA DPS'.

World of warships carrier guide