Same as on the other tiers, IJN bote Hakuryu has the higher skill cap and can outperform Midway. Literally fat Lexington with better bonk. No bueno for beginners or just bad/outperformed, can work - but why would anyone. Stay away from Saipan, Hornet, Sanzang, Parseval, Pobeda, Indomitable and Auquila. Implacable and GZ work, but are just outperformed in damage or reliability. Kaga is a really good premium CV and a good choice, but less consistent in its playstyle with other CVs. Chkalov and Shokaku have a higher performance cap, but are less reliable and/or more difficult to use.

Enterprise is a tad better, but not available anymore. Solid all-rounder and easy playstyle you learn from its predecessors. Ark Royal is a quirky side/upgrade if you manage planes well. Same thing with Béarn throning the leaderboard. Löwenhardt and Ryujo outperform them in effectiveness or damage, but those are more specialized, require more skill to use or are literally not available anymore. They are both good choices, reliable in their damage output and do well in all situations.

Not only good for beginners, since the Hosho nerfs it is actually the strongest T4 CV. Reliable armament and the strongest AA on T4. somewhat okay, you are already outperforming half the CV playerbase and benefit your team greatly. If you do the basics, such as positioning, spotting, target priority, dodging flak, etc.

The most important thing when starting to look into CVs is not always the strongest option, but the most reliable/accessible one, since the strongest ones are usually the hardest to play. There are of course better and worse CVs, but this usually comes down to bare numbers, reliability and game impact. I have recently started to look into carriers and was wondering what currently the strongest/most meta cv is at each tier (supercarriers included) both on the premium and tech tree side

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