World of Warships Commander skills Guide. ALL NATIONS (patch 0.6.0+)

Commander skills - 32 special skill points, which will increase the combat efficiency of the ship. You can Earn elite Commander XP and spend 19 skill points when training your captain.

Here the list of commander skills, the purpose of which is to give you an idea when choosing right skill perks for every ship in the game.
Sure each ship must have his own commander and specific set of skills (build) but often people using a single commander for researching one tech-tree branch. So here is quick commander skill-list suggestions for every nation tech-tree in World of Warship.

And don't forget there no rules and these are just basic recomendations how to train your captains. Its up to you follow them or not.   

Destroyers
Order any Destroyer ship tier X with a skilled Commander here
 

IJN destoyers

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert (at your discretion)
2. Last Stand - It was and still the best skill perk for cruisers and destroyers
3. Torpedo Armament Expertise, Basic Firing Training - to boost our torpedos and our main guns firepower
4. Concealment Expert - yay ninja style

Those are  basic IJN destroyers perks. There are still 6 skill points left which you can spend what ever you want. For example Survivability Expert,  Superintendent or Torpedo Acceleration for specific ships.

US Destroyers

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert (at your discretion)
2. Last Stand - still the best skill perk for cruisers and destroyers
3. Basic Firing Training - dominate enemy destroyers, Torpedo Armament Expertise - better torpedos will help against other ship types, Demolition Expert - burn battleships, Survivability Expert - starting from tier 7 ships or Superintendent + 1 smoke is always good.
4. Concealment Expert

Soviet Destroyers 

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert (at your discretion)
2. Last Stand - no criticals
3. Basic Firing Training - boost our powerful main guns even more. Demolition Expert - Burn them all! Advanced Firing Training - "A must have" skill for a russian dd
4. Concealment Expert - Dominate enemy destroyers on cap points. 

There are 2 skill points left which you can spend for Expert Marksman or Superintendent + 1 smoke.

German Destroyers

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert 
2. Last Stand
3. Basic Firing Training - improving our great main guns even more, Torpedo Armament Expertise - boosting our torpedos reload time, Demolition Expert - high rate of fire guns will set enemy ships on fire more often, Survivability Expert (starting from tier 7 ships) or Superintendent for +1 smoke
4. Concealment Expert - we are dd, right?

Cruisers
Order any Cruiser ship tier X with a skilled Commander here

IJN Cruisers

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert japanese
2. Expert Marksman - japanese ships turning turret so slowly. Last Stand - will help against critical shots.
3. Superintendent - very useful on tier 9-10 ships. Demolition Expert - Set enemy battleships on fire! Basic Firing Training - will help against enemy carriers
4. Concealment Expert - mandatory skill for surprise attacks, retreating and kiting enemies.

Variants may very depending on your play style. You can try setups with more Anti-Air skills or builds with more detection perks. 

US Cruisers
AA build

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert (at your discretion)
2. Last Stand - will help against critical shots, Expert Marksman - at your discretion, on higher tier american cruisers turret turning speed is good enough.
3. Basic Firing Training, Superintendent
4. Manual Fire Control for AA Armament, Advanced Firing Training

All-in-One build

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert (at your discretion)
2. Last Stand - will help against critical shots, Expert Marksman - at your discretion
3. Demolition Expert, Superintendent - Burn Enemy Battleships and + 1 Repair Party consumable 
4. Manual Fire Control for AA Armament - our AA option and Concealment Expert - for more tactic and strategy variety.

Soviet Cruisers

1. Incoming Fire Alert - Russian cruisers fighting on long ranges and have enough time to make a turn after shots fired. This skill will help you to catch a moment when enemy did a shot from unexpected direction.
2. Last Stand - against Criticals, Expert Marksman we need only on Moskva.
3. Superintendent for Party Repair, Demolition Expert/Basic Firing Training - will help against battleships and carriers.
4. Manual Fire Control for AA Armament, Concealment Expert useful on 6-8 tiers but it lose its efficiency on higher tiers, so we can take one more additional 3 skill points perk. 

German Cruisers

1. Preventative Maintenance, Incoming Fire Alert (at your discretion)
2. Last Stand - against criticals shots, Expert Marksman - helpful at high tiers
3. Superintendent for additional party repair, Demolition Expert/Basic Firing Training - will help against battleships and carriers
4. Manual Fire Control for AA Armament - self defence against CV, Concealment Expert - useful for more strategic variety or Advanced Firing Training - if you want more Anti-Air 

British Cruisers
AA setup

1. Choose whatever you like.
2. Last Stand - will help against criticals
3. Superintendent - a must have for british cruisers, Basic Firing Training
4. Advanced Firing Training, Manual Fire Control for AA Armament, Concealment Expert 

Universal soldier

1. (at your discretion)
2. Last Stand - against crits, Smoke Screen Expert - more space for maneuvering
3. Superintendent - a must have skill Survivability Expert - can help against "oneshot" Torpedo Armament Expertise - why not?
4. Concealment Expert 

French cruisers

1. Priority Target
2. Adrenaline Rush
3. Superintendent, Basic Firing Training
4. Concealment Expert, Advanced Firing Training

Battleships
Order any Battleship tier X with a skilled Commander here
 
IJN Battleships

1. Direction Center for Catapult Aircraft - will help against CV attacks
2. Expert Marksman - IJN turrets too slow
3. Superintendent - a must have skill. Basic Firing Training - boost our AA armament
4. Manual Fire Control for AA Armament - more AA firepower, Fire Prevention or Advanced Firing Training 

US Battleships

1. Direction Center for Catapult Aircraft - will help against CV attacks
2. Expert Marksman - "a must have" skill
3. Superintendent, Basic Firing Training
4. Manual Fire Control for AA Armament, Fire Prevention/Advanced Firing Training

German battleships

1. Direction Center for Catapult Aircraft - will help against CV attacks
2. Expert Marksman 
3. Superintendent - mandatory skill, Demolition Expert - to boost secondaries firepower
4. Manual Fire Control for AA Armament, Advanced Firing Training   

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