Slava

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Battleship | U.S.S.R. | Tier X

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Slava — Soviet special premium Tier X battleship.

Preliminary design XIII of Project 24 was the most interesting option for the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry of the U.S.S.R. and the Shipbuilding and Armament Bureau. The battleship's main armament consisted of three triple-gun turrets housing 406 mm guns. The weak point of all major projects of the late Stalin era was their anti-aircraft defenses. If the Project 24 ships had been completed, their anti-aircraft guns would have been replaced by the modern ZIF-75 and 2M-3 guns in the late 1950s.

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/55 B-52 in a turret	1.8	45	228	5,800	40	12,100		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 ()
Slava	91,800	19	550	3	8	18/12/8				0	0

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

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 280,000 hp	29.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

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

Player Opinion

Performance

Slava is the epitome of the sniper BB archetype. While she can dish out damage very effectively at any range, her durability and dynamics leave much to be desired, which is why she performs best as a 3rd line fire support ship.

The main battery is the main selling point of the ship. Her AP shells which have outstanding flight time and penetration parameters at any engagement range, which in practice translates to her being able to threaten unwary or careless enemy ships, even battleships, with citadel hits all the way out to her very long maximum base range. Her HE is nothing to scoff at, but it's also not really impressive in any way. Her rather peculiar dispersion pronounces her ability to punish broadsides at any range even more - while it may hardly win any prizes at close and medium ranges, Slava's horizontal dispersion at long range outperforms that of all other BBs, even very accurate ones such as Thunderer or Georgia. Her vertical dispersion is even more peculiar as it appears to be much tighter compared to guns with similar ballistics, so much so that Slava's captain will rarely find his shots overshooting or undershooting, provided he/she aimed correctly. All of this combined make Slava exceptionally strong at punishing mistakes. However, considering her exceptionally long reload (which makes swapping to HE unattractive), her peculiar dispersion and her rather slow turret traverse, Slava will have a lot of trouble dealing with players who mind their broadside exposure.

Her survivability is easily the worst among her peers, with the 32 mm midsection deck making her highly vulnerable to cruiser HE fire and overmatch by AP of 460 mm or larger, and the 25 mm plating on her bow and stern making her vulnerable to overmatch by all BBs in her matchmaking spread. To add insult to injury, she only gets 3 base charges of Repair Party  which makes for a pretty low combined potential HP pool. On the plus side, she has relatively good concealment (13.2 km with all bonuses applied), which makes disengaging relatively easy when needed.

Her secondary battery is barely worth mentioning, considering it has relatively low base range and volume of fire, making building for it highly unadvisable. Her AA suite is relatively strong compared to her peers, considering the large number of 57 mm guns which provide very good AA DPS, and the long range of her numerous 130mm dual purpose guns.

Her maneuverability is rather underwhelming - her massive turning circle and mediocre rudder shift time may make maneuvering through tight channels quite challenging, as well as making it hard to dodge incoming torpedoes.

The bottom line is, Slava's weaknesses more than compensate for her strengths which makes her a surprisingly underhwlming battleship compared to most of her peers. Her passive playstyle may not appeal to many players, but the difficulty of playing her is not very high at all.

Pros:

Long main battery firing range
Superb ballistics which make hitting shells at long range quite easy
Unique vertical dispersion parameters leading to an exceptionally flat spread
Unique horizontal dispersion formula that leads to great accuracy at long range (yet, at close range, the dispersion is worse compared to her peers).
Amazing armor penetration at all ranges
Good firing angles
Relatively good concealment
Strong anti-air
Low profile whichmakes hitting the citadel reliably difficult

Cons:

Relatively few 406 mm guns (lacking the ability to overmatch 30 mm cruiser plating that many of her peers can pull off)
Exceptionally long reload time
Slow turret traverse
Low HP pool and total potential HP (only 4 charges of Repair Party )
Weak armor, with 32 mm deck armor plating and 25 mm bow and stern plating
Large target (she uses the same base model as Kremlin)
Large turning radius

Research

As a premium ship, Slava doesn't have any upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Endurance		Attack		Support		Versatility
1	Priority Target Situational Awareness indicator will show the number of opponents currently aiming at you with main battery guns. ★★★	Preventative Maintenance -30% to the risk of incapacitation of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, engines. ★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. ★	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. Χ	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters. Χ	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. Χ	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire.	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes. Χ
2	High Alert -10% to reload time of Damage Control Party consumable. ★	Jack of All Trades -5% to reload time of all consumables. ★★	Expert Marksman +2.5 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber up to 139mm. +0.7 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber above 139mm. ★★★	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range. Χ	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen. Χ	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed. Χ	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament for each 1% of total health lost. +0.2% squadron speed for each 1% of total health lost. ★★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. Χ
3	Basics of Survivability -15% to time of repair, fire extinguishing, and recovery from flooding. ★★	Survivability Expert +350 ship HP for each ship tier. +15 aircraft HP for each ship tier. Χ	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes. Χ	Aircraft Armor Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones. -10% continuous damage. Χ	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +10% to continuous damage from AA guns.	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship. ★★★	Demolition Expert +2% chance of HE shells causing a fire on target. +1% chance of rockets causing a fire on target. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire on target.	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes.
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament Tightens dispersion of secondary batteries. -15% for Tier I-VI ships. -60% for Tier VII-X ships. Manually selected target only. Χ	Fire Prevention -10% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three. ★★	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +25% to the armor penetration of HE shells. -50% to base chance of fire caused by HE shells. Χ	Sight Stabilization Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's aircraft. +7.5% attack aircraft and torpedo bomber aiming speed. +15% dive bomber aiming speed. Χ	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +15% AA flak burst damage.	Massive AA Fire +100% instantaneous damage. No boost to continuous damage in a reinforced sector. Shorter effective cooldown.	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of all ships and aircraft. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended

Consumables

Slava can equip the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Repair Party  (3 charges)
Gallery

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-<!--
+''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is the epitome of the sniper BB archetype. While she can dish out damage very effectively at any range, her durability and dynamics leave much to be desired, which is why she performs best as a 3rd line fire support ship.
-PERFORMANCE SECTION GUIDELINES
-.  Write a brief intro paragraph of 1-3 sentences.
+The main battery is the main selling point of the ship. Her AP shells which have outstanding flight time and penetration parameters at any engagement range, which in practice translates to her being able to threaten unwary or careless enemy ships, even battleships, with citadel hits all the way out to her very long maximum base range. Her HE is nothing to scoff at, but it's also not really impressive in any way. Her rather peculiar dispersion pronounces her ability to punish broadsides at any range even more - while it may hardly win any prizes at close and medium ranges, ''Slava's'' horizontal dispersion at long range outperforms that of all other BBs, even very accurate ones such as ''[[Thunderer]]'' or ''[[Georgia]]''. Her vertical dispersion is even more peculiar as it appears to be much tighter compared to guns with similar ballistics, so much so that ''Slava's'' captain will rarely find his shots overshooting or undershooting, provided he/she aimed correctly. All of this combined make ''Slava'' exceptionally strong at punishing mistakes. However, considering her exceptionally long reload (which makes swapping to HE unattractive), her peculiar dispersion and her rather slow turret traverse, ''Slava'' will have a lot of trouble dealing with players who mind their broadside exposure.
-.  Write 1-3 paragraphs of "meat".  Talk about what the ship does well, what it doesn't, how it compares to same tier ships of the same type, how it compares to the previous ship in the tech tree, whatever.  Try to avoid quoting vital statistics to players unless it is really relevant (i.e. concealment); they can see those in the sidebar on the right and don't need them read back.
-.  Write a brief summary paragraph of 1-3 sentences highlighting the key takeaways from the paragraphs above.
+Her survivability is easily the worst among her peers, with the 32 mm midsection deck making her highly vulnerable to cruiser HE fire and overmatch by AP of 460 mm or larger, and the 25 mm plating on her bow and stern making her vulnerable to overmatch by all BBs in her matchmaking spread. To add insult to injury, she only gets 3 base charges of {{Repair Party}} which makes for a pretty low combined potential HP pool. On the plus side, she has relatively good concealment (13.2 km with all bonuses applied), which makes disengaging relatively easy when needed.
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+Her secondary battery is barely worth mentioning, considering it has relatively low base range and volume of fire, making building for it highly unadvisable. Her AA suite is relatively strong compared to her peers, considering the large number of 57 mm guns which provide very good AA DPS, and the long range of her numerous 130mm dual purpose guns.
+Her maneuverability is rather underwhelming - her massive turning circle and mediocre rudder shift time may make maneuvering through tight channels quite challenging, as well as making it hard to dodge incoming torpedoes.
+The bottom line is, ''Slava's'' weaknesses more than compensate for her strengths which makes her a surprisingly underhwlming battleship compared to most of her peers. Her passive playstyle may not appeal to many players, but the difficulty of playing her is not very high at all.
 |Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
 * Long main battery firing range
-* Great ballistics making it very easy to hit shells at long range
+* Superb ballistics which make hitting shells at long range quite easy
-* Unique vertical dispersion parameters leading to a very flat spread
+* Unique vertical dispersion parameters leading to an exceptionally flat spread
-* Unique horizontal dispersion formula that leads to great accuracy at long range BUT at the same time, at close range, the dispersion will be higher than those of other battleships.
+* Unique horizontal dispersion formula that leads to great accuracy at long range (yet, at close range, the dispersion is worse compared to her peers).
-* Amazing armor penetration
+* Amazing armor penetration at all ranges
 * Good firing angles
-* Good concealment
+* Relatively good concealment
 * Strong anti-air
-* Low profile that makes it hard to hit reliably the citadel
+* Low profile whichmakes hitting the citadel reliably difficult
 |Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
-* Only 9 406 mm guns (that lack 30 mm overmatch) with a long reload
+* Relatively few 406 mm guns (lacking the ability to overmatch 30 mm cruiser plating that many of her peers can pull off)
+* Exceptionally long reload time
 * Slow turret traverse
-* Low HP pool
+* Low HP pool and total potential HP (only 4 charges of {{Repair Party}})
-* Large target since she uses the same base model as Kremlin
+* Weak armor, with 32 mm deck armor plating and 25 mm bow and stern plating
-* Weak armor, bow and stern is 25 mm, while the deck is 32
+* Large target (she uses the same base model as Kremlin)
 * Large turning radius
 |Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
-<!--Availability of researchable upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is as follows:
+As a premium ship, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' doesn't have any upgrades to research.
-* '''Main Battery:'''
-* '''Hull:'''  Upgrade to Hull (B) for XXX.  Research of this module unlocks progression to YYY.
-* '''Torpedoes:'''
-* '''Gun Fire Control System:'''  Upgrade to XXX for an extra 10% range on the main battery.
-* '''Propulsion:'''
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-<!-- FOR PREMIUM SHIPS:
-As a premium ship, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' doesn't have any upgrades to research.-->
 |OptimalConfiguration=<!-- write some general text about selection of optimal configuration below (optional)-->
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 <!--The recommended upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' are as follows:
-* '''Slot 1''':
+* '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}
-* '''Slot 2''':
+* '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}}
-* '''Slot 3''':
+* '''Slot 3''': {{Aiming Systems Modification 1}} ''or'' {{Main Battery Modification 2}}
-* '''Slot 4''':
+* '''Slot 4''': {{Damage Control System Modification 2}} ''or'' {{Steering Gears Modification 1}}
-* '''Slot 5''':
+* '''Slot 5''': {{Concealment System Modification 1}}
-* '''Slot 6''':
+* '''Slot 6''': {{Main Battery Modification 3}}
 -->
 |CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->
+{{Commander Skills 2
+<!-- This version enables a '0' rating. Use it for skills that have no effect (e.g. Improved Engines on a non-CV) or are detrimental to the ship.  They should mirror what appears in the game client. -->
+| rating11 = 3 <!-- Priority Target -->
+| rating12 = 1 <!-- Preventive Maint -->
+| rating13 = 1 <!-- Expert Loader -->
+| rating14 = 0 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
+| rating15 = 0 <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
+| rating16 = 0 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
+| rating17 =  <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
+| rating18 = 0 <!-- Last Gasp -->
+| rating21 = 1 <!-- High Alert -->
+| rating22 = 2 <!-- Jack of All Trades -->
+| rating23 = 3 <!-- Expert Marksman -->
+| rating24 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Acceleration -->
+| rating25 = 0 <!-- Smoke Screen Expert -->
+| rating26 = 0 <!-- Improved Engines -->
+| rating27 = 3 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
+| rating28 = 0 <!-- Last Stand -->
+| rating31 = 2 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
+| rating32 = 0 <!-- Survivability Expert-->
+| rating33 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise-->
+| rating34 = 0 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
+| rating35 =  <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
+| rating36 = 3 <!-- Superintendent -->
+| rating37 =  <!-- Demolition Expert -->
+| rating38 =  <!-- Vigilance -->
+| rating41 = 0 <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
+| rating42 = 2 <!-- Fire Prevention -->
+| rating43 = 0 <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
+| rating44 = 0 <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
+| rating45 =  <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
+| rating46 =  <!-- Massive AA Fire -->
+| rating47 =  <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
+| rating48 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
+}}
 |Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
-<!--''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can equip the following consumables:
+''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can equip the following consumables:
 * '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}}
-* {{Repair Party}}
+* '''Slot 2:''' {{Repair Party}} (3 charges)
-* {{Smoke Generator}}
-* {{Defensive AA Fire}} '''or''' {{Hydroacoustic Search}}
-* {{Surveillance Radar}}
-* {{Torpedo Reload Booster}}
-* {{Main Battery Reload Booster}}
-* {{Engine Boost}}
-* {{Spotting Aircraft}} '''or''' {{Catapult Fighter}}
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 |Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below -->

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