Aircraft carriers | Warship types World of Warships Guide

Aircraft carriers are a specific type of warships. Controlling them sometimes change the game into a strategic one. You will control few squadrons of airplanes. You will be giving them orders to start, attack or retreat back to the aircraft. It is all done from the map of the whole region. Your main objective is to support other warships in attacking enemy. The aircraft carrier himself is very slow, badly armored and, because of its size, is a perfect target for every enemy. Because of that, you must remain hidden all the time. Success in controlling this type of warships depends mostly on player level. To fully utilize the possibilities given by aircraft carriers, not only must you control the situation on the map perfectly, but also know places where you can hide your ship and learn all the ship types available in the game. The knowledge what ship has what antiaircraft weapons is vital for a successful attack. Once you learn all those things, playing as aircraft carrier will become not only enjoyable, but will also give you large amounts of credits after each battle.

Aircraft carriers are slow and badly armored, it makes them a perfect target for enemy destroyers and cruisers.

When wondering whether to choose American or Japan aircraft carriers tree, you should consider few facts. Most of all, Japanese usually have one or two squadrons more than their American counterparts. Those planes aren't in any way worse than the American ones. Sadly, large firepower is paid by a lack of defense. The amount of antiaircraft positions is too small to survive an attack of larger enemy plane formation. The situation is opposite for the Americans. They have smaller firepower, but better defenses against enemy planes. The decision on which tree to choose should depend mostly on whether you prefer offensive or defensive game.

How to play?

• Keep the aircraft carriers as far away from the center of the battles as possible. You should hide in one of the corners of the map, behind one of the islands. When one of the flanks is down, immediately move to where the most of allied ships can be found.
• Use mostly the autopilot to move (M key). It will allow you to keep watching your planes without the necessity to worry about controlling the ship.
• Usually, aircraft carriers have few different "schemes" of squadron's settings. In some of them you will find more fighters, in other more bombers. Think what type of game better suits you and then develop your ship and its captain adequately.
• When sending the airplanes, watch out for warships with strong anti-aircraft defense. The best solution would be to check the number of AA weapons of all ships on the same tier as yours immediately after you buy the aircraft carrier. It will take only few minutes but will allow you to use your squadrons more effectively.
• If you don't have special scouting planes, use fighters for that. They are much faster than torpedo planes and bombers. Additionally they can fight enemy planes. Only after you learn enemy positions, send the rest of the planes there.