On Enterprise there is a significant choice 500lb HE vs 1000lb AP, in their current state Lexington/Essex/Midway all have a choice between 1000lb of either, and the 1000lb HE has higher max damage so even on just pens it does more. Why would I use the 1000lb AP bomb over the 1000lb HE bomb? the AP bombs have a much tougher to use targeting reticle (although much better when you get a good drop at connecting), and on average they do about the same damage + Fire, as opposed to just doing AP damage. Again it has the same problem of your bombs only being good at hitting very specific targets, but largely as I player I run into another issue when comparing the two. Now the main concern is while the AP bombs were alright on Enterprise, using the same bombs on Essex and Midway is a bit. (All of the above assumes you get a manual drop right on target at the correct angle) Some specific BBs (Bismark/Tirpitz) and some CAs (Noticed it on Des Moines and Henri) 20-40 k damage. When using AP bombs you get different damage based on your targets.ĭDs and british CLs ~500 off of ~4/5 hits (could do more testing on British CLs) normally about 4 hits (out of 7) for 12k damage, being really random based on the RNG of the drop

When using HE bombs on ships you get around 500-2000 damage normally against any decent sized targets, you are only limited by how many hit.

Essex, and Midway, versus just using the normal HE ones we have on live

So after some damage testing, here is my feedback on the AP bombs vs the HE bombs on Lexington.

When to use ap vs he world of warships