Dalian

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Cruiser | Pan-Asia | Tier IX

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IX

Special

Dalian — Pan-Asian special premium Tier IX cruiser.

A modernized version of the MK-6 cruiser project with gun mounts from the 1940s replaced with more contemporary ones—the main battery is represented by BL-109 guns instead of MK-18, and AA mounts represented by ZIF-31 and 4M-120 mounts instead of 66-K and 70-K, respectively. The project reflects a potential upgrade of the cruiser, which might have been carried out in the 1950s.

Dalian was first released for sale on 4 February 2022.

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 ()
130 mm/60 on a BL-109A mount	11.5	9	126	1,800	8	2,600		0	0

	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 ()
Dalian	27,400	12	100	5		10/4/5	4			0	0

	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 ()
533 mm 53-38	0.7	90	7.2	15,100	60	10		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
GFCS IX mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 80,000 hp	33.4		0	0

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.
For a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".

The Pan-Asian premium light cruiser Dalian represents a side-grade over her tech tree counterpart Sejong. On paper, she loses one sixth of her potential gun damage output and the devastating combination of sixteen stealthy deep water torpedoes plus Torpedo Reload Booster . However, in exchange, she gains better gun ballistics and standard torpedoes. With these tools, she can comfortably whittle down everything from battleships to destroyers from the comfort of her smoke – or in open water, for particularly daring captains (though not recommended).

Offensive Armament

Defensive Tools

Dalian's 27,400 HP is the lowest of all Tier IX cruisers, and the fourth lowest of all cruisers in her matchmaking spread. And of the three flimsier ships, two come from the her relatives in the Pan-Asian light cruiser line. This leaves her within a single overpen's worth of damage away from "worst in Tier VII", with a pool that sits between Flint and her infinitesimally bulkier sister Atlanta.

What does this mean, in practice? A single turret from most battleships in tier can take her health from "full" to "underwater". An unlucky Shimakaze torpedo hit will leave the ship with less than five thousand health, even with Survivability Expert. This doesn't leave much room for error.

Furthermore, Dalian carries essentially zero useful armor. With a small amount of bad luck, the ship will eat citadel damage from essentially every angle. Dalian's mostly covered in 16mm of armor plating, so any ship with a 229mm or larger main battery will overmatch. This means that French and British "Big Gun" heavy cruisers will deal critical damage with ease. Obviously, Super Cruisers, Battlecruisers, and Battleships likewise can do the same. If this weren't enough encouragement, each torpedo hit will deal just short of its maximum damage, due to a measly torpedo protection value of 4%. Clearly, captains should pay special attention to avoiding hits from shell, airstrike, and torpedo alike.

However, Dalian's armor scheme comes with two consolation prizes. First, the 95mm main armor belt generally resists DD citadels starting at the 5km mark. German, French, and Soviet destroyers with powerful main batteries mark the important exceptions, as they can citadel at medium and long ranges. Needless to say, captains should respect this risk by angling.

The other consolation prize is a narrow 16 meter beam. Like her distant cousin Smolensk, Dalian's thin armor scheme and narrow beam can induce over-penetrations at sufficiently close ranges with some reliability. This isn't a recommended gamble, for obvious reasons. But if a battleship somehow doesn't send a broadside Dalian to port, this is why.

Aside from the above, there's two more defensive tools to consider: Anti-Aircraft weaponry and the Smoke Generator 

consumable. Unfortunately, Dalian doesn't retain the good AA of her tech tree cousin: she outputs between two fifths and three quarters of her cousin's damage, depending on range. The loss of Defensive AA Fire 

just increases this difference. As such, her anti-aircraft suite is merely average for her tier. As a result, captains should consider the possibility of air spotting in Carrier matches. That said, with the Pan-Asian Smoke Generator consumable, Dalian can engage enemies from the relative safety of a high-uptime smokescreen, which partially mitigates this aerial threat.

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Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Engine Room Protection
Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1 or Torpedo Tubes Modification 1
Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Slot 3 presents the biggest choice in defining Dalian's play style. Players that wish to boost her gun performance should select Aiming Systems Modification 1 or the coal Smoke Generator Modification 1 upgrade. Those that wish to play Dalian as a torpedo cruiser should instead select Torpedo Tubes Modification 1 to increase her torpedo speed and reduce the risk of her torpedo tubes getting knocked out or destroyed.

In slot 6, players can opt for Gun Fire Control System Modification 2 to increase Dalian's firing range. However, her floaty shells and long flight times will limit the usefulness of that extra range to farming battleships and stationary cruisers.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed. ★★	Consumables Specialist -10% cooldown time of Main Battery Reload Booster, Torpedo Reload Booster, Spotting Aircraft, Catapult Fighter, and Defensive AA Fire.	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines. ★★★	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time. ★★	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost.	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★	Focus Fire Training In the priority AA sector: +25% continuous damage. +1 flak burst per salvo –10% reload time of Air strike armament.
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up. ★★★	Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge +15% torpedo damage. ★★	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery. ★	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half. ★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	AA Defense and ASW Expert +20% continuous AA damage. +20% flak damage. +15% damage from depth charges.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Dalian equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Repair Party 
Slot 3: Smoke Generator

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Dalian comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

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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References

Ships of Pan-Asia

Destroyers	II Longjiang • III Phra Ruang • IV Shenyang • V Jianwei • VI Fushun • VI Anshan • VII Gadjah Mada • VIII Hsienyang • VIII Siliwangi • VIII Loyang • VIII Fenyang • VIII Loyang B • VIII Ship Smasha • IX Chung Mu • X Yueyang • X Lüshun • ★ Kunming
Cruisers	I Chengan • III Ning Hai • V Chungking • VI Rahmat • VI Huanghe • VII Chumphon • VIII Harbin • VIII Irian • VIII Wukong • IX Sejong • IX Dalian • IX Mengchong • X Jinan
Battleships	IX Bajie • IX Wujing • IX Sun Yat-Sen • IX Louchuan
Aircraft Carriers	VIII Sanzang

Cruisers

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U.K.	I Black Swan • II Weymouth • III Caledon • IV Danae • V Emerald • V Hawkins • V Exeter • VI Leander • VI Devonshire • VI London • VI Dido • VII Fiji • VII Surrey • VII Belfast • VIII Edinburgh • VIII Albemarle • VIII Cheshire • VIII Tiger '59 • VIII Belfast '43 • VIII Hampshire • VIII Nottingham • VIII AL Cheshire • VIII STAR Edinburgh • IX Neptune • IX Drake • X Minotaur • X Goliath • X Plymouth • X Gibraltar • X Monmouth • X Defence • ★ Edgar
France	I Bougainville • II Jurien de la Gravière • III Friant • IV Duguay-Trouin • V Émile Bertin • VI La Galissonnière • VI De Grasse • VI Dupleix • VII Algérie • VII Toulon • VIII Charles Martel • VIII Cherbourg • VIII Bayard • IX Saint-Louis • IX Brest • IX Carnot • X Henri IV • X Marseille • X Colbert • ★ Condé
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Germany	I Hermelin • II Dresden • II Emden • III Kolberg • IV Karlsruhe • V Königsberg • VI Nürnberg • VI Admiral Graf Spee • VI Leipzig • VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee • VII Yorck • VII München • VII Weimar • VIII Admiral Hipper • VIII Prinz Eugen • VIII Mainz • VIII Schill • VIII Mainz B • VIII Cross of Dorn • IX Roon • IX Siegfried • IX Ägir • IX Admiral Schröder • IX Roon CLR • X Hindenburg • ★ Clausewitz
Pan-Asia	I Chengan • III Ning Hai • V Chungking • VI Rahmat • VI Huanghe • VII Chumphon • VIII Harbin • VIII Irian • VIII Wukong • IX Sejong • IX Dalian • IX Mengchong • X Jinan
Europe	I Gryf • VI Elli
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Netherlands	I Van Kinsbergen • II Gelderland • III Java • IV De Ruyter • V Celebes • VI Kijkduin • VII Eendracht • VIII Haarlem • VIII De Zeven Provinciën • IX Johan de Witt • IX Van Speijk • X Gouden Leeuw
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Pan-America	I Hércules • II Almirante Barroso • II Almirante Abreu • III Vicente Guerrero • IV Córdoba • V La Argentina • VI Almirante Cochrane • VII Coronel Bolognesi • VII Nueve de Julio • VIII Ignacio Allende • VIII Almirante Grau • IX Santander • X San Martín

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