Giuseppe Verdi

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Battleship | Italy | Tier IX

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IX

Special

Giuseppe Verdi — Italian special premium Tier IX battleship.

Several battleship projects were developed in Italy collaboratively with the U.S.S.R., including one with nine 406 mm guns in three turrets. If such a ship had been ordered, her construction would have been completed by 1940 or 1941. The battleship would have received Italian armament, developed on the basis of the existing 381 mm guns.

Giuseppe Verdi was first released for sale on 22 December 2021.

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 ()
406 mm/50 Model 1940 in a turret	1.9	36	253	5,700	36	12,600		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 ()
Giuseppe Verdi	69,100	19	410	3	12/4	16/10/12				0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
SDT 9		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 191,000 hp	32		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

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

Player Opinion

Performance

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Premium Tier IX Italian battleship Giuseppe Verdi shares many common traits with her premium sibling IX Marco Polo, including identical hulls and armor, as well as similar main guns. However, they each share different traits of the tech tree line, particularly their consumables and ammunition. While Marco Polo sacrifices the Exhaust Smoke Generator  consumable to get larger caliber SAP, Giuseppe Verdi retains the smoke screen and gains improved secondary effectiveness but loses her main battery SAP.

Armament

Giuseppe Verdi is armed with nine (9) 406mm guns in three (3) triple turrets. She uses the same turrets as found on IX Marco Polo, but her ammunition and main battery performance differ significantly. Compared to Marco Polo and the tech tree Italian battleships, Giuseppe Verdi's most notable difference is her HE main battery shells. While it lacks the damage potential of SAP shells on other battleships, has some significant advantages — in addition to setting fires and breaking modules, she can deal more consistent damage against sharply angled targets. Most importantly, it doesn’t share the 10% damage cap against destroyers that AP and SAP have, allowing her to defend herself against destroyers. Giuseppe Verdi's AP rounds have similar ballistics to those found on Marco Polo, but they have slightly higher penetration at the expense of lower damage. Against thinly armored targets, that higher penetration can often result in overpenetrations for little damage.

Her reload is on the slower side of average for a Tier IX battleship, but still better than her Italian counterparts, and her turret traverse is decently fast for the tier. However, her firing range is one of the shortest, barely exceeding 19km. Additionally, her main battery accuracy leaves much to be desired. She uses the Italian/French battleship dispersion rather than the “standard” dispersion used on most other battleships, and her sigma is below average as well — only 1.7. When her shells hit and penetrate, they’ll hurt; but the relative inaccuracy can often result in shells landing nowhere near the target.

Giuseppe Verdi's secondary suite is identical to Marco Polo’s, mostly consisting of twin 90mm mounts with a pair of triple 152mm turrets on each side. However, unlike the tech tree battleships and Marco Polo, Giuseppe Verdi has SAP secondaries. As with other SAP shells, they are less effective against bow-in targets, but have increased penetration and damage compared to same-caliber HE shells. They also have improved ricochet angles, with the 152s able to penetrate up to an 85° angle. That increased penetration is especially helpful against destroyers, as it allows her to directly damage them rather than shattering most of her shells and relying on fires.

When fully built for them, Giuseppe Verdi's secondaries can reach out to 10.5km with a fast reload on the smaller caliber turrets. Unlike other secondary focused battleships, Giuseppe Verdi does not have any sort of improved dispersion, but the higher rate of fire and increased penetration mean they will still deal a fair amount of damage.

Consumables

Giuseppe Verdi's consumable suite is nearly identical to her tech tree counterparts. In addition to the standard Repair Party  and Damage Control Party  consumables, she has the Italian Exhaust Smoke Generator  and a choice between a Catapult Fighter  and Spotting Aircraft . Her smoke generator features a longer action and dispersion time, as well as a wider radius, compared to the tech tree version.

As with the tech tree battleships and cruisers, the smoke generator can conceal her even at full speed. It can be used offensively, allowing her secondaries to fire while the ship remains undetected, as well as defensively, allowing her to turn and disengage without exposing her vulnerable side. However, her smoke firing penalty is huge, so firing her main battery while in smoke will almost always get her detected.

Maneuverability

For a battleship of her size, Giuseppe Verdi is surprisingly agile. She is one of the fastest battleships for her tier, with a below average turning circle and fast rudder shift. While she can’t outrun most of the cruisers she’ll face, she has the speed to choose some of her battleship-on-battleship engagements and respond quickly to changes in the battle over time.

Although her main battery firing angles are average, her smaller turning circle and fast rudder shift allow her to play a little like VIII Vanguard, turning out to get her rear turret on target and then angling back before the return fire arrives.

Survivability

Giuseppe Verdi shares the same armor protection as Marco Polo, with respectable belt and deck armor and a slightly sloped turtleback protecting her citadel. However, the lower section of the turtleback is only 25mm thick and can be overmatched by almost all battleships in her matchmaking range. As long as they have enough penetration to get through her main belt, she will easily take citadel damage. She also has a small section of 130mm plating extending just in front of her main belt, but the remainder of her bow and all of her stern are only 32mm thick. Although it offers protection against most battleships she can face, it’s vulnerable to almost all cruiser HE as well as overmatch from 460mm+ battleship AP.

Despite having decent armor, Giuseppe Verdi has one of the lowest HP pools among Tier IX battleships. Along with other low health battleships, Giuseppe Verdi prefers to avoid taking fire, either through positioning and intelligent use of cover or by using her smoke screen to remain undetected. When not concealing herself within a smoke screen, Giuseppe Verdi’s concealment is average at best among her peers.

While her torpedo protection is technically average for the tier, it doesn’t offer much in the way of damage reduction. Giuseppe Verdi relies on her agility to dodge incoming torpedoes and conserve her limited health pool.

Anti-aircraft

Giuseppe Verdi's anti-aircraft defenses are poor at best. Her long-range guns have the shortest reach of all Tier IX battleships, although their continuous damage is among the best, and her mid- and short-range defenses are rather weak. Her mid range continuous damage is actually worst in tier, tied with Marco Polo. Her long range mounts produce a lot of flak clouds, but each deals substantially less damage than other battleship flak. If planes get caught in her flak, she will likely kill at least a few, but she can do little to deter strikes from experienced carrier players.

Like Marco Polo and Lepanto, she has access to a Catapult Fighter  to boost her defenses, but it still won’t be enough to completely protect herself against strikes.

Battle performance

Like Marco Polo, Giuseppe Verdi offers a different take on the Italian battleship play style. But unlike many other Italian ships that tend to favor either longer or shorter ranges, Giuseppe Verdi is split between the two. Her secondaries, poor main battery accuracy, and exhaust smoke suit closer engagements, but her low health pool is a better fit for longer ranges.

Giuseppe Verdi's strongest defining feature is her secondary suite, and it offers a unique gameplay option when combined with her smoke screen. But she needs to pick her fights with care and avoid taking too much focus fire.

Pros:

Well-armoured main deck and belt
Reasonably quick main battery traverse speed
Secondaries fire SAP shells with improved penetration (for their caliber) and ricochet angles
Good mobility - high top speed and decent rudder shift time and turn radius
Has access to an improved Exhaust Smoke Generator

Cons:

Main batteries use standard HE shells, not SAP shells
Low health pool
Poorly armoured citadel, very vulnerable when showing broadside
Poor main battery accuracy, and secondaries have standard accuracy
Fairly short secondary range, much lower than the ship's maximum concealment
Secondary SAP shells cannot start fires, nor can they break modules
Short-ranged AA defenses will struggle to prevent air attacks

Research

As a premium ship, Giuseppe Verdi has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 or Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1 
Slot 3: Secondary Battery Modification 1
Slot 4: Damage Control System Modification 2
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3 or Auxiliary Armaments Modification 2

For most players, Damage Control System Modification 2 is recommended in slot 4 to reduce the amount of fire and flood damage she takes. For more experienced players, the faster rudder shift from Steering Gears Modification 1 may be more beneficial

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

Giuseppe Verdi equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Repair Party  – 4 charges
Slot 3: Exhaust Smoke Generator  – 3 charges
Slot 4: Spotting Aircraft  – 4 charges or Catapult Fighter  – 3 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Giuseppe Verdi 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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