Amagi

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Battleship | Japan | Tier VIII

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VIII

10,900,000

Amagi — Japanese Tier VIII battleship.

An upgraded battlecruiser design with very powerful artillery. Though outclassed by other battleships of her time in terms of armor, Amagi was superior to them in terms of speed.

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 ()
410 mm/45 3rd Year Type in a twin turret	2	41.9	227	6,500	30	12,600		0	1,300,000

	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 ()
Amagi (A)	59,300	19	458	5	8/16	12/42/8				0	1,100,000
Amagi (B)	66,300	19	458	5	8/16	18/24/12/8				39,000	2,300,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type8 mod. 1		0		0	640,000
Type8 mod. 2		0		22,500	1,300,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 132,000 hp	28.1		0	440,000
Propulsion: 150,000 hp	30		12,500	900,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Player Opinion

Performance

Amagi has an impressive reputation among battleships at her tier. Sporting five dual turrets each packing a pair of 410mm guns — 10x 16.1" rifles — Amagi is unmatched in terms of raw broadside weight. In her current fit, the ship is a reformatted battlecruiser with changes much like those applied to her colleague Kongo resulting in excellent speed and a powerful main battery with a turtleback covered by a thin plating of armor. (see the Design section below)

Despite the solid appearance and heavy broadside weight, Amagi can take only so much punishment before she breaks. It is inadvisable to depend heavily on your armor, as at 32mm everywhere, she is very vulnerable to cruiser high-explosive as well as overmatch from Yamato and Musashi. The AA suite is not terrible, but not very good either. Only the 16x 127mm rifles can throw shells beyond short range. There are no medium-range AA defenses at all.

Taking into account her strengths and weaknesses, the best way to play Amagi is to stay at medium ranges and use her heavy and accurate broadside to get rid of the enemy cruisers and destroyers. Because of her 16-inch guns, she can overmatch all cruiser plating up to Tier X. Once they are cleared, then it's time for the fun to begin and you can start moving into brawling range. With her powerful broadside, she is more than capable of brawling with any battleship, even if they are Tier X.

Pros:

Good top speed of 30 knots..
Heaviest broadside weight at tier with ten 410mm rifles.
Fairly accurate guns with excellent AP, hard hitting HE and decent shell velocity for both.
An AP salvo against an enemy broadside can potentially destroy anything including Tier X.
Powerful secondary battery that can send out 110 shells per minute per side.
Good health pool.
Angling can bring about surprising bounces and/or mitigate heavy damage.
While she is a battlecruiser, she has a turtleback armor scheme that makes her very resistant to citadels, especially at closer ranges, making her an amazing brawler against other battleships especially combined with her broadside
Final hull has an immense TDS bulge, Providing extra protection both from shells and torpedoes.

Cons:

Rather underwhelming firing range of 18/20 km compared to her Tier VIII adversaries, North Carolina and Bismarck, though not very uncomfortable compared to the likes of Monarch and Roma.
Armor plating is vulnerable to battleship shells that catch her side.
32mm Bow can get overmatched by 460mm guns on Yamato, with a high chance of smashing through to the citadel.
Slow rudder shift combined with a large turning radius makes it difficult to dodge torpedoes, although this is partly compensated for by her impressive torpedo protection of 43%.
Main turrets often get knocked out.
Rather high detection radius.
Weak AA flak bubble. Expect the planes to get close enough.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Amagi are as follows:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1 
Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
Slot 4: Damage Control System Modification 2
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1

Upgrade Slot 1 provides two viable options. The first is Main Armaments Modification 1 , which increases the survivability and reduces repair time of the main armament. If AA defense is more desirable, take Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1 to increase the survivability of AA and secondary battery mounts.

Upgrade Slot 3 provides options for specialization in certain roles. Aiming Systems Modification 1 is typically recommended for ship to ship combat. For AA defense, AA Guns Modification 1 can be mounted instead to reinforce the long-range flak guns. A secondary build is not advised.

Upgrade Slot 4 is usually filled with Damage Control System Modification 2 . A valid alternative is Steering Gears Modification 1 to perk up the lazy rudder.

Upgrade Slot 5 should be filled with Concealment System Modification 1 , which reduces ship detectability and increases dispersion of enemy shells fired at the ship.

Commander Skills

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

Amagi can equip the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Repair Party 
Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  or Catapult Fighter

Signals

Amagi comes with 21 signal flag slots. The three most important flags are India Delta

, Juliet Yankee Bissotwo

, and India Yankee

; all of which improve surviveability. Another good signal to mount would be November Echo Setteseven

, to give Amagi`s AA a slight further increase for self-protection. If the captain insists on a Secondary Build, the addition of Mike Yankee Soxisix

will further improve the performance of the secondaries.

Gallery

References

Amagi-class battlecruiser - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

Added to the game in Update 0.1.5 (alpha version).
Update 0.2.2.5:
- High-explosive secondary battery shells were replaced with armor-piercing shells.
Update 0.3.1:
- Reduced the accuracy of the 152 mm secondary battery guns.
Update 0.3.1.1:
- The stock rudder shift was returned to the values of Update 0.3.0 after reworking the ship movement mechanics in Update 0.3.1.
Update 0.4.0:
- Added a new stock hull.
Update 0.5.0:
- A new intermediate hull was added for researching.
Update 0.5.2:
- Increased rudder shift times:
- On the stock hull by +1.62 s.
- On researchable hulls by +2.2s.
- Experience earnings reduced by -6%.
Update 0.5.3.2:
- Type 8 camouflage was renamed to Type 10.
Update 0.5.6:

AA defenses were reinforced for the top hull. The ship's secondary guns were also improved.
Hull (C): 25mm/60 Type96 Twin mod. 1 AA mounts were replaced with 25mm/60 Type96 Triple mod. 1 mounts. As a result, the average AA damage within the 3.1km AA engagement area radius increased by 26 points (from 189 to 215 points).
Firing range of her secondary guns was increased by 0.5km (from 4.5km to 5km).

Update 0.5.11:
- The armored model of the hull was refined.
Update 0.6.0:
- Updated models of main battery turrets.
- Hull (A) was removed from the game. Instead, a new hull was created, similar to Hull (B) in everything except for HP and rudder shift speed. These parameters remained at the levels of the first Hull (A).
Update 0.6.2:
- The national flag was moved from the stern to the mast.
Update 0.6.6:
- Improved appearance of the ship using a special technology for high-quality rendering of thin elements (mainly rigging).
- The conning tower armor was fixed. This change will not affect gameplay in any way.
Update 0.6.12:
- Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 16.9 km.
- Detection range of the Aichi E13A1B aircraft was increased from 4 km to 7 km in air, and to 8 km by sea.
Update 0.6.14:
- Minor fixes to the textures and geometry of the ship. The changes do not affect the game balance in any way.
Update 0.7.2:
- Players who have collected the "Rewards" sub-collection of the "Yamomoto Isoroku" collection can use an alternate permanent camouflage color.
Update 0.7.6:
- Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
Update 0.7.11:
- Armor-piercing shells of 140-mm secondary battery guns were replaced with high-explosive shells.
Update 0.9.5:
- Small changes to geometry and textures.
- Fixed a bug with incorrect conning tower armor. Now the thickness of the armor of the cabin is 356 mm.
Update 0.9.7:
- Minor fixes to geometry and textures.
Update 0.9.11:
- Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
Update 0.10.0:
- The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 6.6 km.
Update 0.11.7:
- Fixed the geometry and textures of the Avenger permanent camouflage.

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