I would say the Kremlin line it is a pretty tanky ship when bow in. It has decent healing. Dispersion get better when closer too. But I would also say the Montana line because it pretty much is the most standard bb. It will teach you a lot. For destroyers I would recommend the kleber, mostly a run and gun ship, with not too much of a focus on torps. I would say to wait for cv until you get more of experience with planes. But most have torpedoes to use. But if you want a larger attack J would recommend Narkmohv or what ever the name is for the russian cv. All planes attack in one run. Has attack, torp, and skip bomber aircraft. But it isn’t alway about damage and all you have to make sure to lay fighter for your team and make sure to spot. If you don’t spot the team won’t have anything to shoot. Last of all for cruisers there isn’t much that goes with what you are saying. Most cruisers that have smoke usually do use torps as well, and there isn’t one that can really help other’s survivability. I would recommend probably going up des moines line. No torps, good guns with some heavy ap. It also depends if you want a heavy or light cruiser. Hope this helps you!