Schlieffen

13.10

Battleship | Germany | Tier X

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13.10

Battleship | Germany | Tier X

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X

21,000,000

Schlieffen — German Tier X battleship.

A project of a high-speed battleship with four main battery turrets and a displacement of 50,000 t. She was 30 m longer than her predecessor, making her the largest among the draft designs conceived by the Construction Office of the German Navy Headquarters in 1918. This project represents the largest and most heavily armed of all German battleships, extending up until the elaborations of the early 1940s relating to the H-class battleship.

Schlieffen was first introduced in Early Access in Update 0.10.9.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
420 mm/50 SK L/50 on a Drh LC/1918 mount	2.2	30	214	4,600	27	12,950		0	2,000,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Schlieffen	76,100	19	380	4	12/8	12/3/12	4			0	3,000,000

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
G7a T1	0.4	160	7.2	16,533	50	13.5		0	2,000,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
FKS Typ 10 Mod. 1		0		0	2,000,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 200,000 hp	34.1		0	2,000,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Background

Schlieffen represents a small variation with a better armament of a modernized version of the design study GK 4542. She was designed to be armed with 4 twin 420mm turrets, 8 150mm guns in casemates with a single underwater torpedo tube on the bow. The design was drawn up using lessons learned from the war, such as raising the fire control and rangefinder up onto the mast. The design was intended to have a maximum speed of 30.5 knots and feature a strong 300mm main belt.

The Ship

A further development of Prinz Rupprecht, the Tier X Schlieffen is the best the German battlecruisers have to offer. She is armed to the teeth with a heavy main battery, long range torpedoes, and one of the best secondary batteries in the game. As the second fastest (without taking Engine Boost consumable usage into account) Tier X battleship, with low detection, she can ambush enemies quickly. Schlieffen is well protected, with an underwater citadel, thick ice breaker, and access to Hydroacoustic Search  to detect torpedoes.

Armor

Schlieffen has one of the lightest battleship side armor schemes at Tier X, including a relatively thin 350mm citadel belt. Despite this, her 150mm upper main armor belt, which covers most of the ship’s side, resists penetration from smaller caliber shells and forces such ships to aim for her small superstructure to deal damage. Like Grosser Kurfurst and Kremlin, Schlieffen features a large 60mm ice breaker, which leaves little chance for shells to penetrate directly through the nose and bounces even the largest AP shells. However, Schlieffen’s biggest issue with its armor are the 150mm mounts. While players may be angled to incoming fire, the angles of the secondary mounts can cause small sections of armor to become broadside and easily penetrated by large cruisers and battleships.

Armament

Schlieffen is armed with 8 420mm guns in 4 twin turrets, the same caliber that is found on Grosser Kurfurst’s upgraded guns. While they are the same caliber as Grosser Kurfurst’s, the shells do less damage and have less penetration. The caliber increase from Prinz Rupprecht’s 406mm guns does not correspond to an improvement in overmatchable armor plating, which causes Schlieffen to have difficulty penetrating heavily armored cruisers and battleships that are positioned bow in. The accuracy on Schlieffen is decent, owing to the battlecruiser dispersion formula, allowing players to focus on improving the secondaries over the main battery.

Schlieffen’s main reliance on damage does not come from her main battery. Her main gimmick is the impressive secondary battery that rivals all other secondary focused battleships at Tier X. Compared to Grosser Kurfurst, she is better in almost every way. Schlieffen features four 150mm twin turrets per side, twice as many as her cousin. Schlieffen also equips 12 lighter 105mm twin turrets, which require Inertia fuse for HE shells to penetrate 32mm, enough to defeat most plating in her matchmaking tier spread. The range on Schlieffen’s secondaries maxes out at 12.55km, .05km less than her lowest possible detection, giving her the ability to almost immediately attack anything that is spotted inside her secondary range. This makes Schlieffen strong at prolonged ship-to-ship brawls inside her secondary range.

To support Schlieffen’s close quarter effectiveness, Schlieffen is armed with four quadruple racks of 13.5km torpedoes, identical to those found on Elbing. They feature one of the best firing angles for torpedoes on battleships, with the first rack being able to launch at 21 degrees, and the second at 32 degrees, giving Schlieffen the ability to launch both racks of torpedoes without showing a dangerous amount of broadside. However, the torpedo racks can be easily incapacitated with their open mounts, limiting their reliability.

Anti-Aircraft

Schlieffen has a short ranged AA suite. The range of the AA is 5.2km, one of the shortest ranges out of the Tier X battleships. The long range battery deals 238hp of continuous damage, higher than most battleships at the tier. The medium range AA reaches out to 4km, and has a continuous damage of 89, the lowest of the Tier X battleships with medium range AA auras. The short range AA has a range of 3km with a continuous damage of 238, average for the tier. Schlieffen has 9 flak puffs per salvo, the second most flak explosions behind Shikishima.

Battle Performance

Schlieffen features low concealment and long range secondaries like the rest of the German battlecruiser line. Players should use Schlieffen’s concealment to carefully push into secondary battery range. Islands should be used to shield from enemy fire due to the lack of heavy armor and limited uses of Damage Control Party. When pushing enemy positions, Hydroacoustic Search 

should be used to help dodge incoming torpedoes and spot enemy ships behind islands or in smoke. Players should aim to keep most engagements within her secondary battery range of 12.5km due to the mediocre alpha damage, overmatch ability, and penetration of the main battery guns. The secondaries will quickly make up for the weak main battery with their quick reload and ability to penetrate 32mm of armor with Inertia Fuse for HE Shells. The torpedoes should be used for area denial between islands, smoke, or caps where enemy destroyers or cruisers may be and to secure an advantage when engaging at short ranges. Schlieffen is a fierce close quarters fighter, and has every tool needed to combat enemy ships in her tier spread.

Pros:

Strongest secondary battery in the game, both with or without IFHE.
Detection is nearly the same as the secondary battery range.
Fastest battleship at Tier X (Except for Bourgogne when using engine boost).
As a battleship, it has access to a total number of 16 long range torpedos with decent damage and exceptional torpedo angles.
50mm deck armor and a high-rising 60mm ice-breaker bow
While she does not share the turtle back armor of her larger sisters, her citadel is still not as exposed as it is with ships that feature an above-waterline citadel like Yamato, Thunderer or Kremlin.
Access to the Fast Damage Control Team  found on Russian battleships, making Schlieffen highly resistant to fires and floods.

Cons:

Low hit points.
Light armor.
Can have inconsistent main battery dispersion.
It's 150mm secondary mounts are shell-catchers, providing an additional weak spot in its mediocre armor scheme.
Long torpedo reload time.
Secondaries and torpedoes are rather fragile
Only four heals and a limited amount of damage control parties means that Schlieffen players need to be mindful about managing their health to ensure that they do not get sunk quickly in the match.

Research

As a Tier X ship, Schlieffen has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Schlieffen is one of the most powerful secondary ships in the game. The most effective build is a specialized secondary build with IFHE and Concealment Expert over Fire Prevention.

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Schlieffen are:

Slot 1: Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1
Slot 3: Secondary Battery Modification 1
Slot 4: Damage Control System Modification 2
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Auxiliary Armaments Modification 2 for players looking to maximize the effectiveness of the secondary battery. Main Battery Modification 3 can be taken for players looking to decrease the main battery reload.

Commander Skills

Regarding the IFHE skill, the main battery gain little to nothing and lose half their fire chance. However, the 105mm secondary batteries go from being able to penetrate 27mm to 32mm - a significant improvement at Tier X, and the 150mm secondary batteries go from 38mm to 47mm, allowing them to overmatch the 38mm decks found on ships such as the Montana. Overall, it is recommended and not taking it leaves damage up to fire chance.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense
1	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance when firing at submarines. ★★★	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except: Damage Control Party , Repair Party .	Emergency Repair Specialist -3% cooldown time of Damage Control Party  and Repair Party . ★	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★
2	Grease the Gears +20% main turret traverse speed.	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half. ★★★	Brisk So long as the ship remains undetected: +10% ship speed.	Vigilance +25% detection range of enemy torpedoes +7% damage reduction of Torpedo Protection System. . ★★	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★	AAA & ASW Expert +15% continuous AAA and flak damage . +10% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −40% ship consumables reload time..
3	Super-Heavy AP Shells +7.5% AP shell damage −10% fire and flood damage received +25% fire and flood duration.	Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells +20% secondary battery firing range. ★★★	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Basics of Survivability -15% repair, fire, and flooding duration. ★★	Improved Repair Party Readiness −0.8% reload time of Repair Party each time your ship receives potential damage equal to 100% of the ship's base HP. After receiving 2M HP potential damage: +1 charge of Repair Party ..	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: • +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. • +25% continuous damage. • +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament..
4	Furious 1st fire / flood −10% Main battery reload time 2nd etc. (up to 5), each −5% Main battery reload time	Manual Secondary Battery Aiming −10% secondary battery reload time. −10% secondary battery dispersion. When firing at a manually selected target: dispersion gradually improves from -25% to -50%. ★★★	Close Quarters Combat -10% reload time of main battery if an enemy ship is spotted within secondary range.	Emergency Repair Expert Damage Control Party  and Repair Party : +1 charge (each). +10% action time . ★★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★	Fire Prevention Expert -10% risk of fire. Three fires maximum. ★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Schlieffen equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Fast Damage Control Team 
Slot 2: Repair Party 
Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search

Signals

Signals the focus on survivability should be the focus for this ships. Afterwards you can boost her combat effectiveness depending on your build with the various other flags.

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy. ★	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time. ★★★	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire . ★

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

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