Japanese Cruiser "Zao" Review - World of Warships Blitz

One of those ships you don't see too often, the Zao is probably one of the sneakiest cruisers around, and given the amount of firepower this ship brings, she's an absolute menace of an assault cruiser with a pretty narrow focus. But how does that hold up in a normal battle, if the enemy team doesn't just allow you kantai kessen them into oblivion?
00:00 Intro
00:23 History
01:18 Stats
04:29 Build
10:26 Battle - Normal
17:13 Battle - Maxed
23:47 Conclusion
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[@doriandowse]

The Zao was my first tier X cruiser, and still has my best WR in tier X. Haven't played it in ages though, so after watching this video, I pulled her out and dusted her off. 130k damage, 4 kills and an MVP later, Im reminded why I love this ship. :)

[@briangregg8581]

I love Zao when the match has no carriers. I run up the flank (I play a speed/concealment build) torpedo undetected, turn around and drop opposite side torpedos then come back and do it again.

[@dennisfox8673]

Cruisers are my favorite type and Zao is my favorite ship. It was nice to see that you drifted into a style similar to mine. I think I’ve buffed it towards more speed so mine tops out at over 38 knots. I frequently stalk battleships at the start and silently unload torpedoes on them (often with 1 wide and 1 narrow fan, slightly offset) and then run away and if I’m spotted ostentatiously start shelling a different target.
It’s not my ship of choice to complete DD hunts, but if I’m near a teammate who’s under attack by one, going precise aim with HE usually blows them apart with one or two salvos.

[@calebb6161]

Good ship, a bit of a learning curve after playing the Ibuki as I feel the play style is a little different. But maybe that's because its T10. Still trying to get a handle on this ship. After your video I did do some changes to the ship and play style, seems to work better after a handful of games, we'll see in the long run through. Thanks for the video

[@iceberg9248]

Very interesting to sea Terry’s play style with this line. The Japanese cruiser line was my first grind and I played them as destroyer hunters and used the torps against cruisers and BBs. I never put on HE through the whole grind. I thought that was just for Mogamis - the original fire starter.

[@ottaviobasques]

I find quite ironic the ingame description for the Zaō.
"However, the design was too advanced for the Japanese industry at that time and the ship was never completed"
Okay, so by that time, the Japanese had the capacity to build two Yamatos and a half, the Taihō, but not a heavy cruiser like Zaō?

[@daruma56563]

Taihō is completed though. You meant Shinano?

[@ostellan]

@@daruma56563 The "Two Yamatos and a half" means that half is Shinano, Taiho it's self is also considered just as advance if not more than Zao

[@ottaviobasques]

@@daruma56563 no, the Shinano is the half Yamato I mentioned.

[@johnnyzippo7109]

A Zao properly deployed in a proper echelon during battle , is capable of projecting more combat power than any other cruiser in game . The torps, the flooding , fires , the AP on certain DD’s and Cruisers , deletion .

[@admiral_HiHi]

Zap is nuts!! Conclusion- I will think about getting it

[@PVP_GAMERizi]

Terry this is the first tier 10 i ever got and i love the fact that it has 2 pairs of shima torps with powerful guns:)

[@nicenslowx9223]

grinding the zao tech line in the second year of wowb wasnt fun😅 i had to change to des moines tech line bcoz of those CV main.

[@theunknown21329]

I gave up at Ibuki because of how horrible it is. Basically a Takao in tier 9 with worse gun and torp angles.

[@Musik2Huhn]

Jaaa Zao!

[@Evilship994]

Really nice cruiser but the problem with them is they are so fragile like a glass
All in all torpedo are really 💎 for them

[@gleamingcolt]

This ship should get a small buff, but I doubt this will happen

[@worldofwarshipsblitzwithde1559]

A buff????? At least to AA or something of the sort. She’s super deadly, but anything carrier related, anyone with skills in any ship class, and any skill at all to do max damage can easily counter it

[@gleamingcolt]

@@worldofwarshipsblitzwithde1559 yeah, probably AA.

[@Glenn2597]

Do you guys think the commonwealth should be a playable nation in the game or Spain?

[@tuankiettran2079]

B-65 tactic.

[@Musik2Huhn]

AP gegen Zerstörer. Schreddert

[@chowdhuryshaykhrafshezani9011]

biggest threat for jao is cv

[@heilam6264]

Jao💀