I haven't found any national focus unlocking them. 3. 1. The best meta currently in HoI4 is heavy cruiser spam: To make these Heavy Cruisers, start of with a current Light Cruiser hull to get an extra slot for a Light Battery. 1. . 2. 1. Heavy raiders can sink the actual convoy escorts (and any free-roaming anti-sub patrols!)- which will take months or YEARS to replace, depending on how many you sink each year. You can only kill submarines by spotting them first! The best way to kill Submarines (especially 1940 Submarines) is to use a Spotting Cruiser as a spotting task force, in. The extra armaments they. 1. 2. I'm not sure off hand which nations even get access to them, all I know is. CorpseFool • 4 yr. There are 2 chassis frames for Submarine: The standard 4 tech unlocks and the sexiest of Submarines: the Cruiser Submarine. Set you sub fleet to engage at high risk, medium repair priority and enable automatic split off. ULTIMATE Submarine META PRO Guide - HOI4 Meta Navy Guide. 1. FeedbackIRL. HoI4 Wiki Main Page; Recent changes; Random page; Style guidelines; Wiki support; Paradox links - Wikis - Forums - Mods - Store - Twitch; Tools. 1. What links here;. So far, only the French have access to them. Heavy Cruiser Designs. 117K views 11 months ago. 8K. g. 1 Destroyers 1. Destroyers are about 1/3 the Ainti-Air strength of a Light Cruiser, which is the most cost-effective ship for AA (outside of a carrier with fighters). Subscribe. 3K subscribers. This is the most powerful doctrine for surface action. 7. This guide will cover more intermediate knowledge and tricks of the HOI4 Navy, as well as comment on the current navy metas, why they work, and how to deal with them. A select few nations have access to Cruiser Submarines, either at the beginning of the game or unlocked via focus (most importantly. Heavy cruisers are the undisputed kings of light attack, mainly because they can mount light cruiser batteries in all their slots (BBs and BCs need to mount either heavy batteries or secondaries, which are far worse). 2 Anti-submarine warfare 1. Not really. 2 Cruiser armor 3 Battleships 3. As well as Anechoic Tiles, Radar/Snorcal Combination, and unlocking Anti-Air for submarines. Destroyers > Submarines > Light Cruisers > Air > Capital ships > Screens. Heavy cruisers also have the speed which heavier ships lack, making them far better and finding and killing enemy ships. A submarine starts out hidden and has a chance to be spotted if it gets too close to an enemy ship (submarines may also be spotted by aircraft). 1. Only certain nations even get access to cruiser subs, they are one of the 'hidden' techs. 1. IIRC, torpedoes are used 25% of the time, while naval guns are used 75% of the time. Long range submarine patrols, and similar mine laying operations are my first two choices. I never understood the point of catapult light cruisers. Compared to other capital ships, heavy cruisers aren’t worth producing in most scenarios. Cruiser submarines discovery. Light gun modules can be applied starting at Tier 2, Medium and Heavy gun modules starting at Tier 3. It focuses on blue water navy carriers and their light cruiser and destroyer screens, with submarines also receiving decent bonuses for supporting carrier. Give your sub snorkel, best (and maximum amount of) torpedos and best engine. Rush 1940 sub and snorkel. ago. However single player gives you some wiggle room allowing you to try other strategies like Light Cruiser spam and submarine spam - both methods which are obsolete by Heavy. 1 Battleship hulls 3. Put in a good engine and a snorkel if you have them so you can evade. They are more expensive, slower, more visible, and less reliable, but I find its always nice to have one or two around for that spotting. Subs are going to sink Convoys, which can be replaced in a few days or weeks on an enemy naval production line. As we all know ships in Hoi4 have been completely changed the old "rock-paper-scissors" system of pre MTG naval combat, e. 1 Destroyer hulls 1. 2. They lack the speed of battlecruisers. Originally posted by Random: the easiest and most effective way to wipe out subs on mass is to setup about 4 groups of 10-15 destroyers with at least 2 secondary gun components setup to depth charges (pretty much every destroyer that isn't a minelayer or minesweeper should have this) with your highest available radar + sonar, and set them to. 3 Detection 2 Cruisers 2. Destroyers have torpedoes 20% weaker than Light Cruisers and 1/3 the strength of Submarines. You need Radar 3 or 4 to get the same sort of spotting you can get out of a single advanced catapult, but even then you can mount two such catapults and a radar on a cruiser sub. Which surprised me because the Germans were supposed to have access to it iirc. I personally divide my subs into 5 groups and set each group a target strength of 20 subs. It enhances Search & Destroy for capital ships, submarine detection for screening ships, and bonuses for all classes, although subs seem least favored. It focuses on blue water navy carriers and their light cruiser and destroyer screens, with submarines also receiving decent bonuses for. 1. 7. Oooo. If anyone still has some problems figuring out what works, this is a small guide with ship designs to copy and how to use them in combat. New modules can. 8. From 1940 onwards, submarines become more cost-efficient. 48. I created a small Guide for Ship Designs and Fleet Compositions in MTG. Destroyers are best at hunting submarines followed. In this short tutorial esque guide I will show how the current best way to counter the Axis sub spam, as the Allies (specifically the United Kingdom). 1. 1 Cruiser hulls 2. I was speedrunning in observe mode the n-th game of a mod I am working on, when I tried to find as much as possible about cruiser submarines.