Additionally, she gains access to Artillery Plotting Room Modification 2, which provides a significant reduction to her dispersion.Įxposing her flat broadside to enemies is as inadvisable in Iowa as it is in most battleships. Her AP shells get on target faster, and new Iowa captains should allow a few games to learn how to adjust leading their shots accordingly. Iowa’s barrels are 50 caliber (as opposed to North Carolina’s 45 caliber barrels) and the improvement in the velocity of her armor-piercing shells is notable. The key differences are found in Iowa’s handling - she is faster, with a larger turning circle and slower rudder shift speed - slightly improved AA suite, and longer main battery rifles. Veterans of North Carolina will be well-familiar with how Iowa plays, as both ships are laid out in an identical AB-X turret arrangement. The historical counterpart of the famed battleship Yamato, Tier IX's Iowa is the pinnacle of the various fast battleship designs the United States commissioned into service before and during World War II. 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". And good Main Battery performance applies at any range.Warning. Because the priority is the performance of the Main Battery. If you have AFT+BFT, AFT+BFT+Manual AA, AFT+BFT+CE combo, they all fit perfectly. Stuffing a higher pt captain will still work out with the AA+Main Battery Build. Every shell counts.īy basing the build more towards Main Battery, you don't need some big, fancy 15pt+ Captain to make Iowa work with her Main Battery firing tighter groups. With APRM2, it cuts down the 16"/50 dispersion by a good degree which is important considering you typically are firing only 6 shells, 9 at the very most compared to 6-12 guns of GK & Montana. The AA will reach out a tad bit further for air defense. AA or Secondary Battery Builds require too much high end traits to make it worthwhile, so I elected for a hybrid AA+Main Battery Build.
When I did a few again recently, it was with a brand new 3pt Captain since I moved the original into Montana. Originally, I ran Iowa with full on AA Build, then haven't played her in ages.