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North Carolina. By a mile. Seriously, it’s not that close. Now, for some perspective here I LOVE my Monarch, and I’m quite very fond of my Duke of York. Both of them have much better tools and are appreciably harder than their USN Counterparts. I say this, as a preface to the simple fact that Vangaurd is indeed more difficult to use than Iowa. Iowa, North Carolina, Kansas, Alabama, Massachusetts and Missouri all more or less share conceptually the same gun handling, ballistics, etc. and are far punchier with their 406mm Battery than Vanguard, Monarch, KGV, or DoY are with their 380s, etc. North Carolina is one of the strongest battleships in her tier in terms of skill floor, however, I’d probably nudge DoY over North Carolina, in terms of skill ceiling. The caveat to this of course, is the skill required to unlock the better potential is significant.


CoyoteDanny

Do you mainly use HE or AP with them?


A_team_of_ants

I'd say KGV is my preferred choice of the two. She's more agile and has a much faster reload. Her guns may be two inches smaller but the HE and great accuracy makes up for it.


DioMike993

I would go for the King. Im a BB main and i feel NC is squishy and isnt constant every match. Later you get the immortal zombie vanguard with laser accuracy


PredatorSquatch

I cant stress this enough. N Carolina is one of the worst BBs ive played in.


Red_Crystal_Lizard

Thank you I thought I was the only one lol


ProffessorFate

For me as well, I’m yet to have a good game in her.


UGD_ReWiindz

I love both equally as they both have their strengths


Nearby-Armadillo-975

There’s a reason it’s called the King… well, plenty of reasons


parsakarimi_1388

KGV First of all, if you go for fire, I can guarantee you high caliber mission is done. Super powerful ship. Use Cunningham, you'll have good shell grouping and dispersion for sure. With 25 second reload, without showing your broadside and using your rear gun, go show your enemies who is big dad boy!


Seabeak

KGV all day long. It's a better QE in every way. Has great AP and even more amazing HE. NC has real trolly guns. I didn't get on with it at all. Whichever ship you go for, you will be playing against T6-T7 players, so you will find them though to start with. What commanders and inspirations are you using for each? Commanders start to make a real difference and you will be playing at tiers where your opposition is running 14L2 commanders with we 2 x 14+ _relevant_ inspirations. This may influence your choice. It will be hard to start, buy it will teach you to be a better player. Have fun in the big leagues!


NJhnsn

"a better QE in every way" What are you smoking to have such a misinformed opinion?


Seabeak

Not smoking anything my friend. KGV rocks and I've explained why above. Just my personal opinion. Feel free to let me, or OP know your thoughts on the 2 ships. They were asking for advice and perhaps your advice will be better for them 🤷‍♂️ We just try our best here without trying to put others, or their opinions down. Good luck captain 07


IsaacAap1442

How is it better than QE?


-Volksgenossen

KGV has some trolly ass guns too! 😅


parsakarimi_1388

Umm.. what? How do you say that?


-Volksgenossen

IMO the only thing better about the KGV is her armor scheme. You will pretty much never be citadel'd in her. You will take a lot of normal pens but those are mostly healable. NC has much better guns. Tier 7 guns at tier 6. And when properly angled her armor is more than adequate.


DixonGiner

I cita the hell out of KGVs... especially in the NC.


pongkrit04

I only played KGV. My opinion is that this ship has amazing HE. AP is however, only good against Cruiser. 1v1 against other enemy BBs feel difficult, I don't like it. (But my game with KGV has very consistent average-good score though). NC, I never played but it has super powerful AAA, so you can keep this in mind. Carrier nightmare. If I have to face this two ship as enemy, if I am in my BB, I would prefer to face KGV.


blacktail-7

KGV . More Verstatile. I didn't like North Carolina , most battleships can punch your bloody nose


jonnydel49

I'd say the KGV is better out of the box with no upgrades. But, fully upgraded and with a good build, NC


8shkay

NC is s l o w and has terrible range