Edgar

13.11

Cruiser | U.K. | Tier ★

Tech Tree Position

Battle Levels

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47,500,000

Edgar — British Tier ★ cruiser.

While working on the Minotaur-class project, British engineers were inspired by the U.S. Worcester-class cruisers laid down in 1945. After the lead ship entered service in 1948, a proposal was made to increase the number of turrets to six; however, this idea was abandoned due to the respective increase in development time that such a change would have entailed.

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 ()
152 mm/50 QF Mk.V on a Mk.XXVI mount	18.8	4.7	147			3,200		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 ()
Edgar	49,900	13	102	6		8/6	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 Mk IXM	0.6	96	7.2	16,766	62	12		0	0

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

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 130,000 hp	34		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.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Combat Capability - Alternative Firing Mode

Edgar can alternate between a regular firing mode and a Burst Fire firing mode. Firing the guns with the alternative firing mode enabled will fire 3 salvos in quick succession, with increased armor penetration and shell damage. This firing mode takes much longer to reload.

Requirements:

Burst fire can be toggled on and off at will.

Effects:

+50% Main battery AP shell damage
+100% Armor-penetration capability of AP shells
Reload time: 35 seconds
Interval between individual shots: 1.5 seconds
Number of bursts in a series: 3

Intro

Edgar marks the pinnacle of the British light cruiser line, taking Minotaur’s strengths while removing some of her weaknesses. She has a large amount of different weapons at her disposal, making her a universal threat against all classes. However, she is the only British tech-tree light cruiser that doesn´t receive enhanced energy retention whilst turning.

Most noticeably, Edgar gains an extra back turret, increasing the already amazing firepower of the Minotaur. While you are still limited to only AP-shells, the Edgar parks an extra punch when using the alternative fire mode. For three quick salvoes, you get twice as much penetration, and 50% higher damage, at the cost of a long, 35 second reload. While the short fuze still makes it hard to go through spaced armour, pressing the F-key can almost make you feel like a heavy cruiser for a moment, and punish unsuspecting cruisers.

Another welcomed upgrade is some 700 meters extra range on the main guns, and more notably, a whole 2 km extra torpedo range. With the torpedoes already being excellent, the added range makes then a fierce weapon, and well worth investing some commander skills into. To round of the upgrades, you gain a little more speed, some extra hitpoints, longer smoke duration and a slightly better protected citadel. However, you will still get obliterated if you are not careful, but if you employ similar tactics to the Minotaur, you will have great success, and may surprise someone with you long range torpedoes and burst fire mode.

Armament

Edgar carries twelve fast-firing 152mm guns in six twin turrets, the same turrets and guns as found on Minotaur. Like the rest of the line, she only has AP shells with improved penetration angles and floaty ballistics. However, she lacks Minotaur’s reduced arming threshold, requiring 25mm of armor to fuse, making her less effective against destroyers.She also retains the short AP fuse time of her predecessors, so she will struggle to citadel cruisers with spaced armor. Edgar has the second highest AP DPM of any ship of the game, just slightly behind ColbertOn top of that already high DPM, her burst fire mode doubles her AP penetration and increases the individual shell damage from 3100 to 4800. This allows her to rapidly fire 36 essentially heavy cruiser AP shells in just 4.5 seconds. It allows her to deal fatal blows to most cruisers below 12km with proper aim, and can devastate destroyers or take a big chunk out of battleships. Edgar features 8 torpedo tubes per side in a 4x4 layout. They are identical to Minotaur’s in every aspect, but gain an additional 2 kilometers of range, making them more efficient at area denial. Edgar’s AA is an upgrade over Minotaur. Despite this the AA merely remains a nuisance against planes. Although it won’t stop a Tier X carrier completely, it’s still strong enough to make her a less appealing target

Surviveability

Edgar gets rid of one of Minotaur´s biggest weaknesses, which is the infamous stepped citadel. Additionally she gains spaced armor under her turrets, making her machinery space the only part which counts as an exposed citadel. Her bow and stern are 16mm thick. In some scenarios, medium and large caliber AP will just overpenetrate and deal minimal damage, but it leaves her vulnerable to AP overmatch from 234mm+ guns and offers little protection against low caliber AP To compensate for this, Edgar comes equipped with the specialized repair teams consumable, allowing her to restore 40% of her HP in 20 seconds, without any modifiers applied. It can also restore 50% of citadel damage taken, as opposed to the regular 33% on most cruisers. Her armor layout and super heal aren't the only things helping her survive in battle. As a British light cruiser, Edgar possesses enhanced acceleration, allowing her to dodge shells and torpedoes. Despite this, she is the only British tech tree light cruiser that doesn't have enhanced energy retention in a turn. This means she isn't able to “drift” like Minotaur. Edgar drops down to 27.2 knots in a full turn, while Minotaur can retain 32.7 knots doing the same. This is a severe downgrade to her dodging ability and makes it harder to outmaneuver the enemy in close quarter combat. Her concealment is excellent. If the player chooses to run all necessary upgrades and captain skills, Edgars concealment can drop down to 9.5 kilometers, leaving her room to stealth radar.

Playstyle

As a high tier British light cruiser, Edgar gets to choose between running either the smoke generator, or surveillance Radar consumable.Therefore players have to choose whether to optimize Edgar for farming damage for smoke, or for DD hunting duties with the help of radar and her insane DPM. While smoke farming is a relatively easy playstyle, she should still move back and forth within her smokescreen to avoid possible torpedo threats or incoming AP salvoes.

Because of her increased AP arming threshold, players shouldn’t expect the same consistent full pens against destroyers. If they are lucky, they can even survive her full burst fire. Still, Edgar remains a menace against destroyers. Radar Edgar players must be cautious about carrier spotting and crossfires from medium and large caliber AP.

Pros:

Insane AP dpm with enhanced AP shells that is only increased by combat instructions.
Citadel is somewhat more protected than Minotaur; less likely to be destroyed by a single battleship salvo
Combat instructions give Edgar the much needed alpha damage lacking in the British light cruiser line
Reliable torpedoes with 12 km range and the option to single launch
Option between the smoke screen generator or surveillance radar consumables
Good survivability for a light cruiser due to improved armor scheme and access to the specialized repair teams consumable
Stealth radar capabilities

Cons:

Edgar is noticeably larger and more sluggish than Minotaur, making her more reliant on smoke, and harder to maneuver in open water
16mm plating gets overmatched by many same tier cruisers
No HE shells
25mm arming threshhold on the AP shells leads to more frequent overpens on destroyers

Research

As a top tier ship, Edgar has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Engine Room Protection or Surveillance Radar Modification 1
Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1 or Smoke Generator Modification 1
Slot 4: Steering Gears Modification 2
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3 or Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Note that the coal upgrades in Slot 2 or 3 should only be selected with the corresponding consumable (Surveillance Radar or Smoke Generator}.

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 −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except: Damage Control Party  Repair Party .	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 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..
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up.	Pack a Punch +15% torpedo damage. +20% secondary battery range..	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. ★★★	AAA & ASW Expert +25% continuous AA and flak damage. +15% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −50% ship consumables reload time..
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Edgar equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Specialized Repair Teams  – 3 charges
Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search  – 3 charges
Slot 4: Smoke Generator  – 3 charges or Surveillance Radar  – 3 charges

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP.	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.
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. ★	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 . ★★

Gallery

References

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