Skilled

AI Firing Method: Hunt & target (checkerboard, direction lock)

A standard challenge similar to a real human opponent.

Skilled difficulty hunts ships with a checkerboard pattern, then tracks the surrounding area once it scores a hit. Once two cells line up, it locks in the direction and targets both ends of the line.

It plays most like a human opponent, making it well-suited for practicing the fundamentals of both placement and offense.

  • Spread your ships apart so a single track can't catch more than one ship.
  • Mix edges and center, horizontal and vertical, so your placement can't be read.

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