Her upgraded torpedoes offer another opportunity to use her stealth: with a 12 km range, she can launch these from beyond her detection radius, and even from beyond the range of radar.
This stealth combines well with her high-alpha, low-rate-of-fire main battery: she can fire a punishing salvo, then go dark before the enemy can effectively return fire.
This makes it especially important that Zaō is doing the ambushing rather than the reverse.įortunately this is not difficult to ensure: Zaō can reach a detectability radius of 9.90 km with a (highly recommended) stealth build, which is the best among all Tier X heavy cruisers and nearly as good as the light cruisers. The one downside is that the turret traverse-already a drawback of the line-suffers a further setback. To further sweeten the deal, Zaō also gains two barrels for a total of twelve, and they are mounted in a friendlier setup of four triple turrets. And what an upgrade it is! The HE and especially AP shells gain considerable potency, and Zaō delivers them with an accuracy and velocity unprecedented in the line. Japanese cruiser captains will be delighted to know that Zao finally gets an entire new model of gun, replacing the venerable 3rd Year Type that has been the trademark of the line since the Furutaka all the way back in Tier V. The ninja among Tier X cruisers, Zao specializes in striking with a single massive salvo, then slipping away before the enemy can retaliate. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".
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