Who says you can't brawl with a Nagato?

[dust340man]

We were losing a domination mode battle down 2 ships to their 4 ships with only me and a DD left on the Neighbors map. I took care of a full strength Colorado as we went round and round in the A cap zone brawling and then my secondaries took care of a low health Pensacola close by. I re-captured A cap and our DD sank a cruiser around the B-cap and re-took it as their last ship was too far off to help them. Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat! 94K damage and 3 sunk and our DD got 4 kills. I really like the Nagato but I just don't play it as much as my other BBs for whatever reason as I guess I'm in no hurry for the Amagi. I have the NC & Tirpitz but thinking Bismarck next.

[Unabletony]

She can brawl good enough to let her live, but not the best.

[SireneRacker]

In a brawl against Gneisenau or Scharnhorst she will loose, you can use most ships for brawling but not every ship is really good at it.

[HowitzerBlitzer]

9 minutes ago, SireneRacker said:

In a brawl against Gneisenau or Scharnhorst she will loose, you can use most ships for brawling but not every ship is really good at it.

 

Are you sure? I've managed to beat a Gneisenau in a brawl with my Negato because his torpedoes missed, and he didn't show his broadside long enough for his secondaries to start lighting fires. Scharnhorst's guns are small enough to where I don't worry about them unless I'm broadside to him.

Negato has a low citadel, so it can do pretty well close up.

[Doomlock]

Nagato's guns are the main factor here, as well as the AP secondaries. 

[The_Hit_Man]

I eat Nagatos for breakfast in my Colorado and my Gneisenau.

[dirsar]

I would say most people don't know how to play the Nagato. People try to get close and brawl with it, you don't do that with any of the Japanese BBs. If you want to brawl go down the German BB line. I would call the Nagato a sniper, tight accurate shots at good distance, that's what it does well, if you get close to other BBs you have to angle all the time or your going to pay. Saying all that I love the Nagato, it's my favorite ship and I do fairly well in it.

[Ducc_ducc]

On 8/10/2017 at 5:20 AM, SireneRacker said:

In a brawl against Gneisenau or Scharnhorst she will loose, you can use most ships for brawling but not every ship is really good at it.

Really? My nagatos AP secondaries eat them for breakfast, I have not met a tier 7 bb who could beat me in a brawl, even killing a konig, a schors, and severely damaging a Colorado simultaneously. This ship is an absolute beast when brawling.

[SireneRacker]

1 hour ago, megadeux said:

Really? My nagatos AP secondaries eat them for breakfast, I have not met a tier 7 bb who could beat me in a brawl, even killing a konig, a schors, and severely damaging a Colorado simultaneously. This ship is an absolute best when brawling.

Objectively speaking a Gneisenau will beat a Nagato. That armor layout is more favorable, the Secondaries fire HE which breaks modules and sets fires (AP only works against broadsides), and it has Torpedoes which is a hige plus.

[Ducc_ducc]

36 minutes ago, SireneRacker said:

Objectively speaking a Gneisenau will beat a Nagato. That armor layout is more favorable, the Secondaries fire HE which breaks modules and sets fires (AP only works against broadsides), and it has Torpedoes which is a hige plus.

Only problem is that when they try to use torpedoes they get destroyed by the secondaries and main guns, also it's super obvious when they do use them.