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Void Samukai (Short) Review: Mexi-ese Cruiser Maya (1944)
Hi again for another review. This time, I will be talking about my first and currently only premium ship: the cruiser Maya (1944). She is a Lv22 cruiser and will cost you 500 gold. I've named my Maya " ARM Lōkai".

Why did I choose a name like that?

Well, Maya reminds me of the Mayan people of Mexico and a well known person here, Phantom, is Mexican and he was the only other person here that I knew had a Maya. One of Maya's sisters IRL was Chokai, and Lōkai is very similar to Chokai and Lōkai in Japanese means "phantom". I know, it is very confusing.

So, what do you exactly get for your money with this Mexi-nese cruiser? Well, I will explain the Pros and Cons of this cruiser.

Cons
There are a few things about the Maya that are not so good.

Price: This cruiser will cost you 500 gold. That is a lot of gold for someone that doesn't wallet warrior their way through gaming. Then again, I didn't expect things from Mexico to be cheap.

Sonar: Or more specifically, the lack of sonar which I blame the Mexicans that built this ship. This means that subs can still sneak up on you, so be careful about it.

Number of guns: Compare to the Mogami (CA), this ship can only carry 8 guns, because the Mexican navy ran out of 8inch guns. So they couldn't fit her with the 10 seen on comparable Japanese CAs. Also worth mentioning that the 3rd turret glitches sometimes, due to a drunk Mexican crew, meaning that this gun might not fire towards the rear.

Slow torpedoes: Taco sauce isn't the best fuel for torpedoes and due to this the torpedoes will be slow compare to other torpedoes. This means hitting ships 320+ away will be more to luck than anything else.

Battleship: High level BBs will eat you for breakfast, so be careful when around them. Then again, most other cruisers suffer this so you can't blame Mexico for this.

Pros
Everything else about her though is quite solid

Guns: Her 8inch guns are your typical Japanese 8inch guns powered by Mexican machinery. AKA good range, solid damage from them firing harden tacos, great RoF but because they are shot by chilli sauce they are lacking in accuracy. The firepower is not bad and once in range can land some good hits on enemy cruisers.

Torpedoes: She can carry 4 quintuple torpedoes mounts, allowing for some heavy torpedoing. Her torpedoes are powered by Taco sauce and filled with explosive meatballs. This means that the torpedoes have very good range and deal massive amounts of damage. I'm just glad they didn't add any chilli sauce to the warhead. Might've made the torpedoes nukes XD

ASW: Now, it doesn't just carry DCs with it around. If you want to, you can switch some of the secondary gun slots for a total of 6 ASW rockets. These might not be the most ideal weapon, but with some range and damage you don't have to close to suicide range just to kill a sub.

Speed and Armour: Simply put, this ship is powered by OP tacos and the turbines are produced to be the best in all of Mexico. This means this baby will go at 33 knots fully loaded and can turn quite well, thanks to years of practicing tango. Her armour is made from lightweight Taco chicken skin, meaning it can take quite a few his before going down. My current set up is 6/8/6 deck and 10/11.1/10 belt armour. This means tanking a few cruiser shells an't a big deal

REXP: Like all premium Mexicans, this ship has a 98% REXP Rate. Great for grinding.

Overall, this is a versatile cruiser that can do a number of roles. See my Mogami (CA) review as how she could play and what she is good/bad against.

Is she worth 500 gold?

Well, I like this ship and if you are a Japanese cruiser fan, you will love this little Mayan toy. If you are not a Japanese cruiser fan...why are you even reading this then XD

Final Score: 9/10

Final sentence: Mexican Power OP. Plz buff XD

Until next time, this is Void Samukai signing out.