Fuso

The first of Japan's locally produced super-dreadnoughts, Fuso is a solid-performing Tier 6 battleship, once the time and effort has dedicated to her. Featuring a powerful armament of six turrets with each packing a pair of 14 inch guns, the battleship can theoretically wipe out anything below and a tier higher than her due to her broadside that's practically unrivaled by any fellow Japanese battleship she will face. At her stock hull which is her 1914 build, she might look unimpressive, clunky and her range being very low which does not help matters of her hull being fairly easy to punch through, but once she has her final 1944 hull and the researchable fire control module with it, she can be a force to be reckoned with as she can now reach targets at about 21+km which will make her one of the battleships that you can both love to be in and a ship to prioritize sinking due to her potential. Her armor is a big improvement over Kongo, giving her the durability to fight pitched battles against other dreadnoughts, though it does not match the armor protection her other same Tier nation counterparts receive and her citadel is still fairly vulnerable (particularly from the rear). Fuso also gains a large mobility increase when upgraded, with a speed increase of almost three knots, allowing you to outrun US dreadnoughts and outrange them.

It may be tempting to show the flat broadside of the Fuso to an enemy to bring all guns to bear, but due to the nature of the Fuso's armor, this is ill advised. Instead, the Fuso should be sailed into range at an angle, with a destroyer and cruiser screen. Keeping awareness of the situation is of the utmost importance as only then can it be possible to bring all your turrets to bear onto target, without getting citadeled. If properly angled though, a Fuso can go up against a Nagato on fairly equal terms.

Once in range of target, a player should keep in mind that the 14 inch guns on the Fuso are fairly accurate and rapidly firing, but due to the longer ranges the Fuso will be firing at, they'll need constant adjustment. Firing the first three turrets first before tracking the shot and then firing the aft three often provides the best results in terms of accuracy. At the same time, prioritize targets whose flat sides are turned to you as the 14inch shells will have an easier time hitting and citadelling them. This is particularly true for equivalent and higher tier US and German battleships who are fairly tanky and have heavy enough armor that trying to penetrate their belt with a 14 inch shell is a tricky prospect.