Kusari "Takeda"-class Destroyer PvP Tutorial

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Hey people,
since I hear from so many people that this ship is completly useless, here is my tutorial how to fight against other caps.

So let's start.

Setup 1 (It's better against Battlecruiser and Battleships)

Slot 1: Pulse
Slot 2: Pulse
Slot 3: Light Mortar
Slot 4: Kusari Destroyer Turret / Kusari Cruiser Turret
Slot 5: Kusari Destroyer Turret / Kusari Cruiser Turret
Slot 6: Kusari Destroyer Turret / Kusari Cruiser Turret
Slot 7: Kusari Destroyer Turret /Kusari Cruiser Turret
Slot 8: Kusari Destroyer Turret / Kusari Cruiser Turret
Slot 9: Kusari Destroyer Turret / Kusari Cruiser Turret


So first of all, setup your weapongroups like this.

WP 1: Pulse 1
WP 2: Pulse 2
WP 3: Light Mortar
Wp 4: Cruiser turrets

So, you finished your weapongroups, now it's time to understand the ship. The ship has bad arcs and a bad powercore, that means, when you fire your pulses, never go under 1/2 of your energy, otherwise another cruiser will just kill you without any problems. Well, your ship has a really good turnrate and other people will get a problem to outturn you when you use my tactic.

Let's start, you will stay in the standard view of the cruiser, you will only use TS to fire your pulses and LM. Your focus will be to get behind the enemy Battlecruiser or Battleship to strafe the whole time and deal a good amount of damage. Well, the Battleship or Battlecruiser will give their best that you don't come behind them, when you are not able to come behind them (Aka with cruise, engine kill or whatever tactic you want to use) use your LM and pulses. It will take some time, but when you stay on range and use your LM and pulses you will win this fight.

Setup 2 (It's better against Cruiser)

Slot 1: Pulse
Slot 2: Pulse
Slot 3: Cerb
Slot 4: Kusari Destroyer Turret
Slot 5: Kusari Destroyer Turret
Slot 6: Kusari Destroyer Turret
Slot 7: Kusari Destroyer Turret
Slot 8: Kusari Destroyer Turret
Slot 9: Kusari Destroyer Turret

WP 1: Pulse 1
WP 2: Pulse 2
WP 3: Cerb + Cruiser turrets

So, you finished your weapongroups, now it's time to understand the ship. The ship has bad arcs and a bad powercore, that means, when you fire your pulses, never go under 1/2 of your energy, otherwise another cruiser will just kill you without any problems. Well, your ship has a really good turnrate and other people will get a problem to outturn you when you use my tactic.

Let's start, you will stay in the standard view of the cruiser, you will not go into TS or into Cockpit View because you don't need it. Whatever happens you will give your best to face the enemy cruiser, when he is running, chase him, when is is going to face you, you will also face him. Also, don't forget to strafe left and right the whole time, do this 24/7 even when he is not in range, just do it. (Strafe 1 second to the left, then strafe one second to the right)

Now the fight begins, give your best to deshield the enemy with your pulses before he comes to close and tries to pass you, he will probably try to pass you, because your arcs are so bad, that you will just die when he manages to pass you. So, when your enemy is deshielded (don't go under 1/2 of your whole energy, because you need it for the hull fight) hit your reverse key and wait until he is in range of your Destroyer turrets (aka 1,544 m). When he is in range, open the fire and try to do as much damage as you can. Now, the enemy tries to pass you, for example he tries to pass you on your left side, hold your reverse key and preturn into the direction he tries to pass you, you will preturn him and can fire all of your weapons onto his ship. (Move your mouse to the left, hold the D key and aim at his ship, DON'T AIM AT THE CROSSHAIR, BECAUSE YOU WILL MISS EVERY SHOT) Continue this and your enemy should die while he tries to pass you. When he tries to pass you on your right side Move your mouse to the right and hold the A key and aim at his ship.

When he tries to run away, strafe the whole time (A and D) and chase him the whole time. In the most fights, my enemies were not even able to deshield me. (And yes, I even thought against the broken AI cruiser (before he got "fixed") and won with this tactic.

I hope this tutorial will help you to use this cruiser against Cruiser, Battlecruiser and Battleships. Anyway, a swarm of Fighter or Bomber will kill you anyways... so this is just a tutorial against caps.

When you have any ideas or other tips, post below this tutorial.

Ps. When you have problems with this style, send me a pm and we will train it in conn.

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