Pay no attention to my name. However, the Atago is undoubtedly very 'cookie-cutter' like, and therefore a lot of things about it are things you'd expect from ordinary IJN cruisers. I myself think the Atago is a better rounded ship, and more versatile, so that would be my choice. Those are some of the things you can expect from the two ships. Can't say too much of its maneuverability and speed, someone else can touch up on that I'm sure. Yeah, it has one. So, you can ruin many people's days with that if you know what you are capable of. Though one thing that is unique to the Kutuzov (though the Flint has it), is a smoke screen. It also has torpedoes like the Atago. But they are 8km torps, have 2x5 launchers, have a bit of a higher reload time and do slightly less damage. A downside is it gets detected faster than the Atago, which makes it a bit inferior to Destroyer hunting, but also makes it harder for you to sneak up on people. It has very very good AA, so it is a good escort ship/anti-aircraft platform. But it is still a pretty squishy ship with a big citadel, so people tend to sit a bit back a bit to improve their evasiveness. It has a longer range, and is still decent at fire starting.

Feel free to correct me if I'm not exactly correct with something I state. It has faster firing guns but with a bit lower damage with the shells. The MK although I don't have it, I have some knowledge of it. Another thing the Atago has that is unique is a heal, which ups your survivability/endurance. This is really good for going into the ending minutes of the game, or just for patching up the light hits or fires you've accumulated over the course of battle. We all know the IJN cruisers are squishy, maneuverable, stealthier, good fire starters, etc. It has the usual 203mm guns of the tier which are quite good, 4x4 10km torps with a frontward facing launcher (better front arc, which is something the tech tree ships don't really have), and so-so Anti-air. The Atago, is a generic IJN cruiser with much of the same qualities, but with some added stuff on the side. But if you're not a BB type of guy, then that more or less takes it out of the picture.īoth the MK and Atago have their ups and down. If you are a battleship user, you might want to just up and get the Tirpitz, which is a strong ship all around. As a short answer, it depends quite a bit on what you main.

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