Lastly, her anti-aircraft defenses are inadequate even for self-defense, so captains must fall back to their team for defense against enemy air attacks.Ĭaptains of Cossack will find the most success using her concealment to sneak upon unsuspecting destroyers and from here pushing into a knife fight to secure the kill. This, when combined with her relatively small health pool can make close quarter duels a somewhat risky business.
On top of this, the restrictive gun angles of her main battery can also limit the true effectiveness of her guns during close quarter duels.
Her foremost issue is her torpedoes, which - although good - are lacking in quantity, as she mounts only a single quadruple-tube launcher. Things are not all smooth sailing for Cossack though, and she has a few glaring weaknesses. Her smoke screen benefits her when used to enable such a play style, allowing her to break detection and disengage if required. Her concealment provides her with a buffer zone against other destroyers, allowing Cossack to evade ships which outgun her, while outgunning ships which out-spot her. Her low base detection range allows her to deal with enemy destroyers while providing her with the flexibility to control an engagement, choosing when and where to open fire. However, the Hydroacoustic Search is less than ideal for this task as it falls short on spotting range when compared to that of other destroyers at her tier, such as German Z-23 or Pan-Asian Loyang.Īnother of Cossack’s key strengths is her excellent concealment. Captains may also opt to use her hydro in a more aggressive manner by pushing close to enemy smoke screens that may have destroyers lurking within, but the short range of her hydro makes doing so a fairly risky play. The long duration of this consumable helps to ensure Cossack captains are almost never caught out by hostile torpedoes, able to keep themselves safe during prolonged confrontations. Despite being very short-ranged (only 3.0 km), it provides plenty of forewarning about hostile torpedoes. Captains of Cossack will find that because of the relatively short smoke duration they are forced to re-position frequently, but her excellent concealment blends well with this.Ĭossack also gains access to a Hydroacoustic Search however, she trades most of its offensive usability for defensive flexibility. This does, however, promote usage of her smoke primarily for defensive play, as she is able to deploy it to quickly break line of sight with pursuing enemy ships.
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This presents Cossack with almost unrivaled gun power for her tier, capable of quickly dispatching of destroyers that get caught out by her good concealment.Ĭossack’s Smoke Generator provides her with a quick smoke screen which will allow her to bring her guns into play before before she is forced to move on by the relatively short duration of her smoke. However, when she does manage to get all her guns firing, she boasts an impressive damage rate with her HE shells (complimented by a base fire chance of 8%). The guns on Cossack are plentiful and provide the ship with excellent firepower, although captains will note the firing angles on the 'Y' turret are quite poor Cossack must expose a lot of her profile in order to bring all four turrets into a fight. The most obvious difference between the two ships if the number of main battery rifles, with Cossack bringing an extra pair of them to the fight. Her performance is very similar and she shares many of the same strength and weaknesses as her sister ship. Captains will notice many similarities between Cossack and Tier VII Premium Commonwealth destroyer Haida. Tier VIII Premium Cossack is a comfortable blend of firepower and concealment.