Myoko

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Cruiser | Japan | Tier VII

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5,800,000

Myōkō — Japanese Tier VII cruiser.

The first Japanese cruiser built after the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 came into force. Unlike foreign Treaty Cruisers, Myoko’s armor was good enough to withstand artillery strikes from ships of the same type. One of the features of the project was well-developed torpedo protection. Following a series of upgrades, cruisers of this class got a substantially reinforced AA and torpedo armament.

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 ()
203 mm/50 3rd Year Type No.2 in a Model D turret	4.3	36	131	3,300	17	4,700		0	500,000

	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 ()
Myōkō (A)	37,400	6	102	5	4	2/6/4/4	4			0	530,000
Myōkō (B)	39,200	6	102	5	4	26/8	4			17,500	1,300,000

	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 ()
Type8 mod. 2	0.9	70	7.2	16,266	59	10		0	400,000
Type90 mod. 1	0.8	76	7.2	17,233	62	10		16,400	1,300,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type7 mod. 1		0		0	400,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 132,000 hp	35		0	400,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

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".

For the most part, Myoko is the first proper heavy cruiser within the Japanese cruiser branch; it brings together all of the lessons captains have learned playing through Furutaka and Aoba. Her impressively low detection range will most certainly aid captains in firefights with other cruisers. Her guns turn and load relatively slowly, and getting into a medium range firefight with a fast firing cruiser — such as Dallas, Shchors, or Fiji — is inadvisable.

Captains should take care to remember that even as a proper heavy cruiser, Myoko is still very much prone to citadel hits, particularly from other cruisers despite having the offensive capability to do the same herself. In this aspect she can be played in two ways: an anti-cruiser and anti-destroyer escort or an aggressive raider forming ad-hoc squadrons with other cruisers or destroyers. She must take special care when engaging battleships, and hold the range open as best as possible.

Pros:

Largest amount of hit points for a Tier VII cruiser.
Torpedo bulges cover 85% of the citadel which makes it really small and hard to hit, something that almost all non-Japanese cruisers can only dream of.
Torpedo bulges which is a rare addition to a heavy cruiser shatter small shells often when they hit it rather than penetrating.
The main battery's high explosive shells have high damage, penetration, and fire chance, making them effective against most targets Myoko may encounter.
The ship carries six torpedo launchers per side. Additionally, her torpedoes have a high top speed and long range, making them effective for area denial or hitting distant targets.
High top speed and quick rudder shift time allows the ship to dodge long range fire easily.
Thick central deck armor (32 mm): only AP shells > 457 mm never ricochet.

Cons:

Very weak armor for a heavy cruiser, often takes a large chunk of damage from anything fired at her.
Shorter main battery range than other heavy cruisers at her tier.
Rather slow reload time and turret traverse speed for a heavy cruiser.
Turrets often gets knocked out or destroyed because of its thin 25mm armor.
Torpedo bulges are largely useless against battleship AP shells.
Torpedo mounts are also rear facing and with very narrow firing arcs, requiring the ship to expose her side to make use of them.
Thin bow/stern armor (16 mm): all battleship and some cruiser AP shells (>228 mm) never ricochet, penetrated even by destroyer HE shells.

Research

Captains must research Myoko’s second hull upgrade. Next, captains can choose to upgrade the ship's anti aircraft armament by researching the ship's final hull upgrade, or upgrade the ship's torpedo armament by researching the torpedo module.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgraded for Myoko are as follows:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 keeps the guns and torpedo tubes active and firing.
Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  makes the ship more resistant to fires and flooding.
Slot 3: Main Battery Modification 2 makes her guns more comfortable and saves a skill point that would otherwise be spent on Grease the Gears to improve her gun handling. Aiming Systems Modification 1 gives her guns more accuracy and is an alternative option.
Slot 4: Steering Gears Modification 1 allows for a faster rudder shift to dodge incoming fire. Propulsion Modification 1 can also be used to aid dodging incoming fire and torpedoes via speed juking, depending on your preferred play style.

Commander Skills

The key skills for Myoko are similar to her predecessor and several options exist based on player preference and which upgrades were selected. If you have opted for improving her accuracy with Aiming Systems Modification 1 in Upgrade Slot 3, it's highly suggested to pick up Grease the Gears as your Level 1 skill in order to make her sluggish turret traverse more comfortable. If you opted for using Upgrade Slot 3 to improve her turret traverse, it is suggested to either choose Gun Feeder, making it faster to switch to AP when presented with a broadside cruiser, or Incoming Fire Alert, to help with dodging incoming fire, as your Level 1 skill. If Incoming Fire Alert was not taken at Level 1, it's suggested that you take Priority Target at Level 2 to help with situational awareness and dodging incoming fire. Otherwise, captains are encouraged to either take Expert AA Marksman, to give her relatively weak AA suite a bit more bite, or Fill the Tubes, to increase the reload speed of her torpedoes. While Pyrotechnician would increase her fire starting ability, the percent boost is too low and her rate of fire too slow to make it worth the points. The key skill at Level 3 is Adrenaline Rush, boosting her relatively slow rate of fire as the ship takes damage. Captains who find themselves exhausting their consumables in Myoko may wish to also take Superintendent; otherwise, Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge can be taken to buff her torpedo damage. At Level 4, the key skill is Concealment Expert as Myoko relies on dropping off detection when she gets too much unwanted attention. Captains may also want to take Top Grade Gunner to boost her fire rate when the enemy is too close for her to drop off detection.

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

Myōkō can equip the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search  or Defensive AA Fire 
Slot 3: Catapult Fighter

Captains looking to fill an anti-destroyer role on their team should choose Hydroacoustic Search over Defensive AA Fire.

Signals

Myoko captains should mount the standard flags to improve the ship's performance in battle. To improve upon the ship's armaments, India X-Ray (), Victor Lima (), and Juliet Whiskey Unaone () flags are recommended to increase the fire chance and flooding chances respectively. To improve the ship’s survivability, captains should mount November Foxtrot () and India Yankee () flags. Sierra Mike () flags are recommended to increase the ship’s already high top speed.

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

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

Added in Update 0.2.2.5 (alpha) as a researchable Tier VIII cruiser.
Update 0.3.1:
- Moved from Tier VIII to Tier VII.
Update 0.5.0:
- Main battery reload time increased from 12 to 14 s.
- The hull fire reduction coefficient was increased by 6.6%.
- The Experience and Credit earnings were reduced by a value in the range of 5-10%.
Update 0.5.0.1:
- Torpedo tubes Type 90 mod 1 were added. An identical module is used on the destroyer Hatsuharu, so researching the module on one of the ships allows you to unlock it on the other without spending experience. Players who had the module unlocked on Hatsuharu were compensated in ship experience.
Update 0.5.2:
- Experience earnings increased by 2%.
Update 0.5.3.2:
- The firing range was reduced to 15.6 km.
Update 0.5.6:
- Received a new type of permanent camouflage: "Type 17".
Update 0.5.8:
- The armor model of the hull was refined.
Update 0.5.8.1:
- Fixed a bug that led to the absence of voice lines for the captain.
Update 0.6.2:
- The national flag was moved from the stern to the mast.
Update 0.6.8:
- Improved appearance with the use of a special technology for rendering thin elements (mainly rigging).
Update 0.6.12:
- Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 7.6 km.
Update 0.6.13:
- Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
Update 0.6.14:
- Reload time of Type 8 mod. 2 torpedo tubes decreased from 76 to 70 s.
- Reload time of Type 90 mod. 1 torpedo tubes decreased from 82 to 76 s.
- Improved display of thin elements. The changes do not affect the game balance in any way.
Update 0.6.15:
- For the permanent Type 17 camouflage, the discount on ship maintenance was increased from -5% to -10%.
Update 0.7.2:
- Players who have collected the "Uniform Elements" sub-collection of the "Yamomoto Isoroku" collection can use an alternate permanent camouflage color.
Update 0.7.6:
- Fixed a bug where there was no torpedo protection on the base hull. Protection returned to the ship and is now equal to the indicator on the researched hull.
- Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
Update 0.7.10:
- The range of the Hydroacoustic Search consumable was unified: 4 km for detecting ships, 3 km for detecting torpedoes.
Update 0.7.11:
- Turret traverse speed increased from 4 to 5 degrees per second.
- Accuracy of the main battery was improved to be similar to that of Zao.
Update 0.9.2:
- Central armor was reinforced from 16 to 25 mm.
Update 0.10.0:
- The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 5.6 km.
Update 0.10.3:
- Hulls (A) and (B) were removed, Hull (C) was renamed to Hull (B). A new base hull was created on the basis of Hull (C) with a modified air defense composition.
Update 0.10.5:
- Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
Update 0.11.9:
- Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.

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