Ship:Conqueror



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Conqueror

Battleship | U.K. | Tier X

Tech Tree Position

General

Research price255000 exp

Purchase price20,600,000

Hit Points82,900

Main Battery

419 mm/45 Mk.I on a Type C/D mount2 х 3 / 2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire2 shots/min

Reload Time30 sec

Rotation Speed4 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time45 sec

Firing Range24.3 km

Maximum Dispersion302 m

HE Shell419 mm HE Mk I

Maximum HE Damage7,200

Chance of Fire48 %

Initial HE Velocity792 m/s

HE Shell Weight995 kg

AP Shell419 mm AP Mk II

Maximum AP Shell Damage13,000

Initial AP Shell Velocity747 m/s

AP Shell Weight1157 kg

Secondary Armament #1

133 mm/50 QF Mk.I on an RP10 Mk.I mount8 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.3 km

Rate of Fire9 shots/min

Reload Time6.7 sec

HE Shell133 mm HE Mk IC

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,900

Initial HE Shell Velocity792 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

AA Defense

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.III on a Mk.VII mount12 х 1 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.X on a STAAG Mk.2 mount4 х 2 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.IX on a Mk.VI mount11 х 6 pcs.

133 mm/50 QF Mk.I on an RP10 Mk.I mount8 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed29.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius940 m

Rudder Shift Time17.3 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range15.2 km

Air Detectability Range10 km

Battle Levels

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X

20,600,000

Conqueror — British Tier X battleship.

This ship was designed as a battleship with increased firepower on the basis of the British experience in ship construction gained during World War II. The project featured twelve 419 mm main guns, the strongest broadside of any Royal Navy vessel.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chances of HE shells causing a fire on target (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
419 mm/45 Mk.I on a Type C/D mount	2	45	302	7,200	48	13,000		0	2,000,000

	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 ()
Conqueror	82,900	19	406	2/2	8	12/4/11/8				0	3,500,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk X mod. 1		0		0	2,000,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 135,650 hp	29.5		0	1,500,000

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.

Perched atop the British battleship tech tree at Tier X, Conqueror is a worthy successor to Lion.

Like Lion, Conqueror can sneak around the map by taking advantage of her low detectability range, which is among the lowest of all Tier X battleships, even beating that of a Hindenburg fully kitted out for concealment. Her size means that she will take quite a few hits in a gunfight. As such, it is important to position properly and use concealment when faced with overwhelming odds. When this isn’t possible, Conqueror is capable of holding her own. Her high-explosive (HE) shells are extremely powerful and sport a high fire chance. This is useful when engaging multiple ships because she can burn her enemies at range and switch to armor-piercing (AP) for more devastating hits at close range. However, her HE shells are powerful enough that some captains may choose to use it exclusively.

After slugging it out with the other heavy-hitting ships at Tier X, Conqueror can use a special repair party consumable that is capable of restoring tens of thousands of hit points (HP). This allows her to stay in the fight, continuing to punish her enemies, but she is still relatively fragile if she is unable to disengage and heal. Conqueror’s anti-aircraft armament, while powerful for self-defense — especially the mid-range ring — is concentrated into a relatively small number of mounts, meaning it can be disabled fairly quickly. By combining her strengths and finding support from friendly ships, Conqueror becomes one of the most powerful ships in the game.

Pros:

• Heavy broadside, regardless of ammunition type
• Excellent main battery range
• Extremely powerful HE shells with very high damage, penetration and fire chance - effective against all targets, regardless of said targets' positioning
• AP shells have short fuse timers, leading to fewer overpenetrations
• The X and Y (rear) turrets have very good firing angles
• Access to the Specialized Repair Teams  consumable found on high tier British cruisers, Conqueror can recover massive amounts of health per charge
• Very powerful mid-range AA defenses, DPS is very high
• Reasonable handling for a Tier 10 battleship, which can be significantly boosted with the Enhanced Engineering Systems () upgrade
• Joint best concealment among Tier 10 battleships, tied with Thunderer

Cons:

• Third lowest hitpoint pool among Tier 10 battleships
• Extensively covered in 32mm armor, very vulnerable to HE penetrations and AP overmatch
• Main battery dispersion can be frustratingly poor
• Vulnerable citadel rises high above the waterline
• Due to their short fuse timers, Conqueror's AP shells might struggle to penetrate heavily armored targets
• Ineffective secondary armaments, combined with the exposed citadel and weak armor, make Conqueror a very poor brawler
• Lacks access to either Spotting Aircraft  or Catapult Fighter 

Research

As a Tier X ship, Conqueror doesn't have any upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Conqueror are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1 
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Damage Control System Modification 2
• Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1  *
• Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3

Upgrade Slot 5 If available, the Enhanced Engineering Systems () upgrade provides a significant rudder shift boost at the expense of some concealment.

Commander Skills

As with most battleships, commander skill points for Conqueror are best invested into skills that will keep her alive.

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. ★★	Consumable 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

Conqueror equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Specialized Repair Teams  - 3 charges

Signals

Critically important signal flags for Conqueror include: India Delta (), India Yankee (), and Juliet Yankee Bissotwo (). Players are also encouraged to equip November Echo Setteseven () to maximize Conqueror’s AA bubble.

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

• 
  Conqueror sails the open ocean while sporting the stock gun configuration.
• 
  Conqueror aims at a new target with her upgraded guns.
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  View from the bridge overlooking the bow and forward turrets.
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  View overlooking the stern and rear turrets.
• 
  Conqueror's formidable anti-aircraft armament repels Aichi B7A2 torpedo bombers.
• 
  Conqueror fires a salvo at an enemy Friedrich der Große.
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  Conqueror burns Friedrich der Große with fires set by her HE shells.
• 
  Conqueror sails in formation with a friendly Neptune.
• 
  Conqueror sizes up with Großer Kurfürst.

Historical Info

• Conqueror in game is a hypothetical design created by Wargaming, based around the concept of building a large battleship around eight 457mm (18 inch) guns that were suggested for Royal Navy battleships in the early 1920's, before the Washington Navy Treaty stepped in. Therefore, the ship bears a few similarities to the historical HMS Vanguard, which was built using spare 15-inch barrels from WWI era ships. The 419mm guns were also proposed for 1920's designs, though these were a later addition to the ship during its development by Wargaming.
• The given date of the design or it's completion is 1949, making the lattice masts viable, unlike with Monarch. This also means that the AA suite of Conqueror is filled with late 1940's 40mm mounts like the sextuple barrelled Mk. VI 40mm Bofors and STAAG mounts for the 40mm Bofors.
• The name Conqueror is taken from the third of the cancelled Lion class battleships that preceded Vanguard.

References

Ship Change Log

• Available to supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.7.

Testing Changes

• August 15, 2017:
  • The AP shell fuse delay was reduced from 0.033 to 0.015 s.
• Aug 17, 2017:
  • Sigma parameter of the 419mm main battery guns decreased from 2.0 to 1.8.

• Introduced in Update 0.6.10.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 16.69 km.
  • The cooldown of the Repair Party I consumable was changed from 120 to 180 s and Repair Party II consumable from 80 to 120 s.
  • Base detectability was changed from 14.76 to 15.66 km.
• Update 0.7.4:
  • Fine textures of the ship have been improved.
• Update 0.7.6:
  • The turning circle radius displayed in port was changed from 940 m to 820 m.
• Update 0.8.5:
  • Credit profitability decreased by 5%.
  • XP profitability decreased by 5%.
• Update 0.8.6:
  • The citadel was raised to occupy some of the casemate area.
  • The Repair Party consumable was changed:
    • Casemate (non-citadel) damage restoration was increased from 60% to 75%.
    • Cooldown reduced from 180 to 120 s.
• Update 0.8.8:
  • The 457 mm/45 Mk II gun module was removed. Players who had researched the module were compensated 35,000 Free Experience. Those who had also purchased the module were compensated an additional 2,500,000 credits.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • Fixed incorrect description in the port.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • Updated model and textures.
  • Updated hull geometry.
• Update 0.9.3 :
  • Fixed a bug due to which the detectability was calculated incorrectly when firing the main battery guns.
• Update 0.9.5:
  • Minor changes to geometry and textures.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • The turning circle radius displayed in port was changed to 940 m to correct prior discrepancy (was 820 m). This change did not affect game balance in any way.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 7.3 km.
• Update 0.10.7:
  • Added "Depth Charge Airstrike" armament.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.11:
  • Fixed the geometry and textures of the Celebration permanent camouflage.
• Update 12.5:
  • Fixed bugs in the description of the ship.

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