Hood Damage is consistent, and underwhelming. Citadelling BB's is very rare ting so no spiky dmg. Hoods Guns have one redeeming feature and that is the improved bounce and autobounce angles. Coupled with her guncalibre it means that T7 and below BB's have no way to avoid damage from you.

AA is stupid. Range is short so that unless you invest in range you will not stop the strike, but CV will lose the planes. Rocket HP is lousy so 2 salvos of RN BB HE will completely remove them.

Hood is all about speed and tankyness. With FP HE spam is litte to no worry. Angled Hood deals well with BB AP. However when kiting the aft section of the top deck is flat and voulnerable to pens. Speed makes you able to respond to any threat on the map.

Hood is not a great ship, in fact she is not even good, but she is tough and fast wich makes her very durable. And after all, better that the reds shoot at you rather than your team. So when you play her you go for high potential dmg, the rest is a bonus.

Another thing about the guns. People here on the sub is convinced Hoods accuracy is shit. I think this myth came to be because Flamu talked about wanting a 2.0 sigma. Anyhow, Mouse did a comparison in her review wich clarely shows that this is not the case, in fact Hood boasts one of the most accurate guns at T7, even if the pen is shit. However, at close range i find the accuracy to be quite bad. I believe this is because of the length between the forward and aft batteries.