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[[Ship:|]] — N/A special premium Tier N/A.
A small and reasonably fast aircraft carrier originally built as a submarine tender then subsequently converted into a carrier. Despite her small size, that did not allow her to carry a large air group, Zuiho was equipped with good torpedo protection and a sufficiently powerful artillery for her type.
Modules
Compatible Upgrades
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Slot 2 |
Damage Control System Modification 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slot 3 |
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Slot 4 |
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Slot 5 |
Torpedo Tubes Modification 3 |
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Slot 6 |
Player Opinion
Performance
Pros:
- Reasonable AA and secondary battery capabilities.
- Good concealment, speed and maneuverability.
- Upgraded flight control loadout gives enemy ships a real pain once played correctly.
- Decent armor, allowing for HE shells to be negated somewhat.
- Ship speed almost twice as fast as its counterpart Bogue.
- Aircraft speed is superior to that of any plane Bogue gets access to.
- Plane reserve holds 2 more planes than Bogue’s.
- 4 squadrons compared to Bogue’s maximum of 3 squadrons , allowing for better projection of airpower across more of the map at once.
- A fighter squadron comes with every loadout.
Cons:
- Aircraft are easily outclassed and shot down by American fighters, have low HP and easily get knocked out by surface AA.
- Can only deploy one squadron of fighters.
- Planes are still very fragile, and the increasing AA is a threat to be wary of.
- Small reserve, can only replace the entire air group once, making it very hard to play.
- Depends heavily on allied AA.
Research
Optimal Configuration
Upgrades
As a carrier at Tier V with only the first three upgrade slots (slots 1, 2 and 4), it's best to mount Air Groups Modification 1, Flight Control Modification 1 (for faster aircraft servicing time / rearming time) or Air Groups Modification 2 (for better fighter capability in fighting enemy fighters and taking down enemy bombers) and Damage Control System Modification 1 on Zuiho.
Commander Skills
As Zuiho is a Tier V carrier with only one 4-man squadron of fighters and many bombers, it's best to choose the following recommended skills. Additionally, because carrier dive bombers already have a high fire setting chance, it's not highly recommended to take Demolition Expert skill. Emergency Takeoff is a more likely choice in case the player is ambushed by a destroyer, shot at by a battleship or cruiser from afar when detected, or attacked by the enemy carrier with dive bombers. Priority Target and Incoming Fire Alert are not really necessary because when a carrier is detected, the ship often becomes a priority target for many players.
ATTENTION
- As of Update 0.6.3, this carrier can no longer use manual / Alt function attack.
- Due to dive bombers having over 100% chance of causing fires, Demolition Expert is not a recommended skill.
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2 |
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★★★ |
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3 |
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★★★ |
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★★ |
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4 |
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★★ |
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★★ |
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended |
Consumables
As a carrier at Tier V, Zuiho has access to only Damage Control Party.
Camouflage
Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage can be equipped for credits; Types 1 or 5 are recommended at a minimum to reduce chances of being detected by the enemy.
Signals
As a carrier, Zuiho can only mount at most four signals at a time and has no risk of detonating. Players should mount Equal Speed Charlie London (for faster XP grinding / increased XP gain per battle), Zulu Hotel (when coupled with Equal Speed Charlie London greatly helps increase commander (re)training), and, for the last two / pair, November Echo Setteseven (for better bomber self-defense against fighters) and Juliet Whiskey Unaone (to have a better chance at causing flooding and dealing damage via flooding) or Victor Lima and India X-Ray (for increased fire setting chance). However, the last four recommended signal flags are not highly recommended if the player wishes to conserve the signal for later tiers.Gallery
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