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Best Tech Tree Lines to Grind in WoWs Legends

A plain-language guide to every World of Warships: Legends Tech Tree line, grouped by nation, with the ships in each branch and how to choose what to grind first.

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Grind what you enjoy

A Tech Tree line keeps the same job from bottom to top. If you like spotting and torpedoes, a destroyer line stays that way; if you like armor and big guns, a battleship line rewards patience. Pick the playstyle first, then the nation.

Lower ships are the tutorial

Every line starts low so you learn its tools before the expensive hulls. Treat the early tiers as practice for the line's strengths rather than a tax to rush through.

Tech Tree ships are the free path

These hulls are researched with experience and bought with silver, so a line is the no-spend way to grow a fleet. Premiums are shortcuts, not requirements.

Finish a branch before starting another

Spreading experience thin across many lines stalls all of them. Commit to one branch, reach the ships you wanted, then open the next.

USA

Fast Battleships

Tier VII to ★

Iowa VII Maine VIII Montana ★

Bombarding Heavy Cruisers

Tier V to ★

Pensacola V New Orleans VI Baltimore VII Buffalo VIII Des Moines ★

Fire-Starting Light Cruisers

Tier V to ★

Dallas V Helena VI Cleveland VII Seattle VIII Worcester ★

Bomber Carriers

Tier III to VII

Langley III Ranger V Lexington VII

Universal Destroyers

Tier II to ★

Wickes II Clemson III Farragut IV Mahan V Benson VI Fletcher VIIAllen M. Sumner VIIIGearing ★

Heavy Battleships

Tier IV to VIII

Nevada IV Tennessee V North Carolina VI Kansas VII Minnesota VIII

Aviation Battleships

Tier VI to ★

Connecticut VI Nebraska VII Delaware VIII Louisiana ★

Standard U.S. Battleships

Tier III to VI

Wyoming III New York IV New Mexico V Colorado VI

Early U.S. Cruisers

Tier II to IV

St. Louis II Phoenix III Omaha IV

Japan

Outranging Battleships

Tier III to ★

Ishizuchi III Kongō IV Fusō V Nagato VI Amagi VII Izumo VIII Yamato ★

Offensive Strike Carriers

Tier III to VII

Hōshō III Ryūjō V Shōkaku VII

Gunboat Destroyers

Tier IV to VIII

Minekaze IV Hatsuharu V Shiratsuyu VI Akizuki VII Kitakaze VIII

Combat Heavy Cruisers

Tier IV to VIII

Furutaka IV Aoba V Myōkō VI Mogami VII Ibuki VIII

Aviation Battleships

Tier VI to VIII

Ise VI Suwo VII Dewa VIII

Torpedo Cruisers

Tier IV to VIII

Agano IV Gokase V Omono VI Shimanto VII Takahashi VIII

Early Japanese Cruisers

Tier II to III

Tenryū II Kuma III

Torpedo Destroyers

Tier II to ★

Wakatake II Isokaze III Mutsuki IV Fubuki V Akatsuki VI Kagerō VII Yūgumo VIII Shimakaze ★

Russia

Piercing Heavy Cruisers

Tier IV to VIII

Kotovsky IV Gorky V Tallinn VI Riga VII Petropavlovsk VIII

Artillery Cruisers

Tier IV to VIII

Kirov IV Budyonny V Shchors VI Chapayev VIIDmitri Donskoi VIII

Strike Carriers

Tier III to VII

Komsomolets III Serov V Pobeda VII

Early Soviet Cruisers

Tier II to III

Bogatyr II Svietlana III

Fiery Destroyers

Tier II to ★

Derzki II Izyaslav III Podvoisky IV Gnevny V Minsk VI Tashkent VII Delny VIII Khabarovsk ★

Juggernaut Battleships

Tier III to VIII

Gangut III Pyotr Velikiy IV Izmail V Sinop VI Vladivostok VIISovetsky Soyuz VIII

Generalist Destroyers

Tier IV to VIII

Soobrazitelny IV Boevoi V Kiev VI Udaloi VII Neustrashimy VIII

Germany

Breakthrough Battlecruisers

Tier IV to VIII

Derfflinger IV Mackensen VPrinz Heinrich VIZieten VIIPrinz Rupprecht VIII

Atlantic Carriers

Tier III to ★

Rhein III Weser V August von Parseval VII Manfred von Richthofen ★

Area-Control Destroyers

Tier II to ★

V-25 II V-170 III T-22 IVErnst Gaede VLeberecht Maass VIZ-23 VII Z-46 VIII Z-52 ★

Hunter Destroyers

Tier VI to VIII

Z-31 VIGustav-Julius Maerker VIIFelix Schultz VIII

Fire-Support Cruisers

Tier II to VIII

Kolberg II Karlsruhe III Königsberg IV Nürnberg V Yorck VIAdmiral Hipper VIIRoon VIII

Brawler Battleships

Tier III to ★

Kaiser III König IV Bayern V Gneisenau VI Bismarck VIIFriedrich der Große VIIIGroßer Kurfürst ★

U.K.

Pursuit Battlecruisers

Tier IV to VIII

Tiger IV Renown V Rooke VI Hawke VII Duncan VIII

Flamethrowing Battleships

Tier III to ★

Orion III Iron Duke IV Queen Elizabeth V King George V VI Vanguard VII Temeraire VIII Conqueror ★

Armored Carriers

Tier III to VII

Hermes III Furious V Implacable VII

Dueling Destroyers

Tier II to ★

Valkyrie II Wakeful III Acasta IV Icarus V Jervis VI Lightning VII Jutland VIII Daring ★

Royal Heavy Cruisers

Tier IV to VIII

Hawkins IV Devonshire V Surrey VI Albemarle VII Drake VIII

Skirmishing Cruisers

Tier II to ★

Caledon II Danae III Emerald IV Leander V Fiji VI Edinburgh VII Neptune VIII Minotaur ★

France

Cruiser Hunters

Tier VI to VIII

Toulon VI Cherbourg VII Brest VIII

Fast Battleships

Tier III to ★

Courbet III Bretagne IV Normandie V Lyon VI Richelieu VII Alsace VIII Bourgogne ★

Rapid Cruisers

Tier II to ★

Friant II Duguay-Trouin III Émile Bertin IV La Galissonnière V Algérie VI Charles Martel VII Saint-Louis VIII Henri IV ★

Ambush Destroyers

Tier II to ★

Fusilier II Bourrasque III Jaguar IV Guépard V Vauquelin VI Le Fantasque VII Mogador VIII Kléber ★

French Torpedo Destroyers

Tier IV to VIII

L'Adroit IV Duchaffault V Le Hardi VI L'Aventurier VII Orage VIII

Italy

Evasive Cruisers

Tier II to ★

Taranto IIAlberto di Giussano IIIRaimondo Montecuccoli IVTrento V Zara VI Amalfi VII Brindisi VIII Venezia ★

Destroyer Hunters

Tier II to VIII

Nazario Sauro II Turbine III Maestrale IV Aviere V Luca Tarigo VI Vittorio Cuniberti VII Adriatico VIII

Bruiser Battleships

Tier III to ★

Dante Alighieri IIIConte di Cavour IVAndrea Doria V Francesco Caracciolo VI Vittorio Veneto VII Lepanto VIIICristoforo Colombo ★

Netherlands

Airstrike Cruisers

Tier V to ★

Kijkduin V Eendracht VI Haarlem VII Johan de Witt VIII Gouden Leeuw ★

Early Dutch Cruisers

Tier II to IV

Java II De Ruyter III Celebes IV

Pan-America

Early Pan-American Cruisers

Tier II to III

Vicente Guerrero II Córdoba III

Advanced Sonar Cruisers

Tier IV to VIII

La Argentina IV Almirante Cochrane V Coronel Bolognesi VI Ignacio Allende VII Santander VIII

Pan-Asia

Destroyer-Cruisers

Tier IV to ★

Chungking IV Rahmat V Chumphon VI Harbin VII Sejong VIII Jinan ★

Capital Ship Destroyers

Tier II to VIII

Phra Ruang II Shenyang III Jianwei IV Fushun V Gadjah Mada VI Hsienyang VII Chung Mu VIII

Pan-Europe

Contesting Destroyers

Tier IV to ★

Muavenet IV Stord V Grom VI Split VII Lambros Katsonis VIII Gdańsk ★

Area-Denial Destroyers

Tier II to ★

Romulus II Klas Horn III Visby IV Västerås V Skåne VI Östergötland VII Småland VIII Halland ★

Spain

Ready Rack Cruisers

Tier V to ★

Baleares V Asturias VI Cataluña VII Andalucía VIII Castilla ★

Early Spanish Cruisers

Tier II to IV

Navarra II Almirante Cervera III Galicia IV

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