In addition to these armor changes, Zara trades three knots of maximum speed for a 50m smaller turning circle. Furthermore, 16mm bow/aft plating leaves the ship vulnerable to battleship penetrations and citadels. 25mm deck armor still allows overmatch penetrations from most battleships in her matchmaking spread. If sufficiently angled, the 30mm upper belt can even bounce the 16" shells found on Montana. Her defenses are slightly better, with upper belt armor strengthened enough to improve kiting ability. Due to their 51 knot speed and 7.5 second reaction time, actual hits may prove rare, but a single hit will deal enough damage to cripple unwary destroyers in smoke, and a full set can execute a severely damaged battleship in a drive-by –or guarantee a trade, if cornered.Īs with Trento, Zara's best defense is dodging. As such, although Zara may see hefty initial salvos, finishing off kiting battleships is an excruciating task without fires to hasten the demise.įinally, despite having the exact same torpedoes as Trento, they still are worth noting as an option. Permanent fires generally contribute just under half of a cruiser's sustained damage, so even Indianapolis out-damages Zara with just a single blaze. More important for her damage output is saturated SAP DPM. However, given the anemic damage output of their AP, it rarely sees use, with the exception of broadside cruisers at a range close enough to guarantee citadels. Indeed, the only reason why her AP DPM isn't the worst in tier is because her sister ship Gorizia has a half-second worse reload. This isn't to say that Zara's damage is spectacular for the tier. These differences in firepower are expected, given the increased tier: a slight increase in alpha damage, a 0.5s decrease in reload, and a 7% increase in DPM and shell velocity.
Both use a 203mm main battery in a 4x2 layout, and both share the same torpedoes mounted three to a side. When looking at visible statistics, Zara and her predecessor barely differ. Captains familiar with her immediate predecessor Trento's playstyle will learn Zara's play style quickly.
Like the rest of the Italian heavy cruisers, Zara's defining traits are her SAP ammunition, good maneuverability, and Exhaust Smoke Generator consumable. 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".
0 kommentar(er)
