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Atlanta, Flint
~1 min read7 of 59 in Cruisers
Atlanta, Flint
- Tier 7 Atlanta is the OG HE spamming ship, very squishy with floaty shells, but amazing firepower and radar that strikes fear into every DD player
- Flint is similar, but trades her radar and some DPM for a US smoke.
- Atlanta was the lead ship of her respective cruiser class. Flint is a modified Atlanta that removes the wing turrets for improved stability
- Both ships uses a customized CL build to account for their DD caliber guns
- IFHE is strong for T7 ranked, so trade PT/DE and SE for IFHE
- As Flint does not have radar, run ERP or hydro instead
- Doe provides minimal benefits and should be prioritized for other ships
- Atlanta and Flint are both light cruisers with impressive firepower and an equally impressive lack of survivability. Despite sharing similar stats, they play completely differently due to their respective toolkits. Atlanta is a DD’s nightmare; catching unprepared DDs with her 8.5km radar before obliterating them. She can also employ classic US cruiser strategy of farming bigger ships behind island cover. Flint is a pure damage farmer, using US smoke to safely farm from anywhere on the map.
- Atlanta/Flint’s lack of armor can be a huge benefit at close range. BBs and fast shells can overpenetrate her broadside armor, allowing Atlanta to “tank” hits that would devstrike a bigger cruiser