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Flamme's Honest Ship Reviews: Ise-class Battleship

"Ise, Ise, baby!"

-Me, 2015

Overview

When I first got the Ise, quite frankly, I expected her to suck. And at first, she did, since I overloaded secondaries, overloaded magazines, and made a uniform belt, making her have very little armor. Immediately, she got slaughtered by everything ever (damn you Conte di Cavour!), and I was seriously thinking about upgrading to the Fuso-class. However, I decided to give her one more chance to redeem herself, by following the advice of Kevin and others. I reduced her secondary armament by 75%, reduced the amount of ammo in the magazines of my main guns, and thickened the midden armor at the cost of forward and rear armor. The next battle, I bagged three kills, all with barely taking damage.

Pros

There are many positive things about the Ise-class.


 * Need for speed!


 * Even an maximum displacement, the Ise-class can achieve 23.5 knots, faster than most other BBs of the same tier.


 * Bounce dat shell!


 * Currently, I have a 19"/20"/19" deck, and a 20"/25"/20" belt, Meaning I can bounce most shells, including an entire fapping broadside from an H-class. I'm planning on increasing her armor even more.

Cons

There are a few negative points on the Ise-class.


 * These guns don't do squat!


 * Unfortunately, for all Japanese battleships, save Yamato, their guns don't do crap damage wise (I think the 14" do like, 1700 damage).


 * Much weight to the secondary guns!


 * The 6" secondaries you mount on the Ise weigh a lot, so you can't put too many on.

Stats

Displacement: 40,000

Speed at Maximum Tonnage: 23.5 knots

Speed at Minimum Tonnage: ~40 knots I think?

Biggest Guns Mountable: 14" 41st year type

ASW: None

Torpedoes: None