Duca d'Aosta
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Her torpedoes have a 12.0 km range, allowing for some interesting uses that most other cruisers — with their shorter-ranged fish — are not capable of. However, ''Duca d'Aosta'' has a very vulnerable citadel (similar to Russian cruisers at her tier) meaning that one must play carefully to avoid being punished hard. She also has relatively bad turning and poor acceleration, making her vulnerable if caught in a bad situation. | Her torpedoes have a 12.0 km range, allowing for some interesting uses that most other cruisers — with their shorter-ranged fish — are not capable of. However, ''Duca d'Aosta'' has a very vulnerable citadel (similar to Russian cruisers at her tier) meaning that one must play carefully to avoid being punished hard. She also has relatively bad turning and poor acceleration, making her vulnerable if caught in a bad situation. | |||
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[[Ship:|]] — N/A special premium Tier N/A.
A light cruiser, Duca d'Aosta was a good ship for her time. Among her competitive advantages were high speed and generally well-balanced parameters.
Modules
Compatible Upgrades
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Player Opinion
Performance
Duca d'Aosta, named after Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Aosta, is a Tier VI Italian Cruiser which features a play style unique to any other ship in game. She features eight 6-inch guns in four turrets in an AB-XY configuration, complimented by one triple-tube torpedo launcher both her port and starboard sides. Her guns feature high velocity and flat arcs — making leading enemy ships at range easy — but are hampered by sub-par performance from her armor piercing shells; most Duca d'Aosta captains will find themselves firing almost exclusively high explosive rounds.
Her torpedoes have a 12.0 km range, allowing for some interesting uses that most other cruisers — with their shorter-ranged fish — are not capable of. However, Duca d'Aosta has a very vulnerable citadel (similar to Russian cruisers at her tier) meaning that one must play carefully to avoid being punished hard. She also has relatively bad turning and poor acceleration, making her vulnerable if caught in a bad situation.
LittleWhiteMouse's Premium Ship Preview: Duca d'Aosta from the NA Forums
Pros:
- Duca d'Aosta has a top speed of 36.5 knots making her one of the fastest cruisers.
- The ship can mount the Hydroacoustic Search, Defensive AA Fire, and Spotting Aircraft consumables simultaneously.
- The torpedoes have an impressive 12.0 km range and reload speed of only 71 seconds.
- The main battery guns fire at a very high velocity.
Cons:
- Similar to other light cruisers, Duca d'Aosta’s armor will not withstand many hits from large caliber shells.
- The traverse speed of the main turrets is somewhat slow and will sometimes lose their aim during hard turns.
- The fire chance on the HE shells is low at 7%.
- Despite their range, the torpedoes are slow at only 51 knots.
- Her AP is not as effective as her contemporaries due to low armor penetration values on the shells themselves.
Research
Optimal Configuration
Upgrades
As a Tier VI ship with access to four of the upgrade slots, the following upgrades are recommended:
Slot 1
- Main Armaments Modification 1 (as your main batteries are your main weapons in a cruiser)
Slot 2
- Aiming Systems Modification 1 (as your anti-aircraft weapons are unreliable and your turret traverse is already good enough)
Slot 4
- Damage Control System Modification 1 (as the rudder and propulsion systems are well protected)
Slot 5
- Steering Gears Modification 2 (as your rudder shift is somewhat poor for a Tier VI cruiser)
Commander Skills
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2 |
★★ |
★★ |
★★★ |
★★ |
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★★★ |
★★ |
3 |
★★ |
★ |
★ |
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★ |
★★ |
★★★ |
★★ |
4 |
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★★★ |
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★ |
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★★ |
★★★ |
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended |
Camouflage
As a premium ship, Duca d'Aosta comes included with Type 10 camouflage that lowers her detection radius, reduces the accuracy of incoming shells, and increases the amount of experience she earns.
Signals
As with all cruisers, Duca d'Aosta has 8 slots for signal flags. Victor Lima and India X-Ray are highly recommended to boost fire chance, increasing the damage potential of the ship. Zulu Hotel is also highly recommended as it increases commander xp gains, which is already high due to the Duca d'Aosta being a premium ship, and the signal flag being relatively easy to obtain. XP gains can be multiplied even further with the Equal Speed Charlie London, Papa Papa, and Dragon Flag signal flags, which boost regular xp gains, free xp gains, and commander xp gains, respectively. The Zulu signal flag may also be mounted to increase the credit income of the ship, which premium ships are good for. Sierra Mike is recommended in order to make the already fast Duca d'Aosta even faster. Finally, you may choose to add the Juliet Charlie signal flag in order to prevent detonations to the ship .
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Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.
Gallery
Duca d'Aosta passes near a dead Cleveland
Duca d'Aosta engages an enemy Sims.
JUSTICE! Duca d'Aosta takes an enemy Warspite with her.
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