In general, german cruisers have very bad HE shells with extremly good penetration (they can penetrate thicker armor plates, but deal less damage and start less fires than other cruisers), and very good AP shells with extremly poor penetration (bounces easily, but the damage you can pump out is almost on battleship levels if you catch a broadside). Their first decent ship after t3 sits at t9.
KM cruisers have a lot of bad ships in their line, from t4 to t8. Their torpedos are also very good, arguably the best torpedos amongst cruisers, although you have to show a lot of broadside to throw them, which can be punished by AP (AP deals severe damage on broadsides, so people often call good AP salvos "punishment for showing too much side").
But their reload speed is very low, so you have to rely on hitting well. Very punishing AP (since most of them have 203mm guns, paired with a good shell arc), very good HE (the highest HE damage per salvo amongst cruisers). Pretty much all cruisers are "playable", there is no ship where you feel that you have to skip it, althoug the Aoba is kinda bad. IJN cruisers are pretty solid overall, but battleships can punish you hard.
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