User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-26482266-20160217050255/@comment-27822411-20160217055959

Oh plz, the two German lightys are just...I had better success in my Emerald and Kuma then those ships. At least they had something that is nice: Emerald was tanky, the Kuma agile and with decent torps.

ANd the Hipper...my god the Hipper is hands down the worst Lv20+ cruiser I've ever played. Slow when fully loaded, thinly armoured, not very tanky and the guns are almost a joke. Top tip, dont bother with the 8inches.

Kawachi at least has some tankyness and firepower that can make her a threat to CAs and CLs. Against other BBs, she is the weakess but for me that wasn't such a big issue, since most BB players I versed couldnt hit squat. Kawachi isnt the strongest, but she's far from unplayable.