Ship:Kii

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Kii

Battleship | Japan | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase price11,000

Hit Points68,200

Main Battery

410 mm/45 3rd Year Type in a twin-gun turret5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2 shots/min

Reload Time30 sec

Rotation Speed4 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time45 sec

Firing Range19.4 km

Maximum Dispersion223 m

HE Shell410 mm HE Type0

Maximum HE Damage6,500

Chance of Fire30 %

Initial HE Velocity805 m/s

HE Shell Weight938.5 kg

AP Shell410 mm AP/APC Type91

Maximum AP Shell Damage12,600

Initial AP Shell Velocity806 m/s

AP Shell Weight1020 kg

Secondary Armament #1

140 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a casemate mount8 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range6.6 km

Rate of Fire7.5 shots/min

Reload Time8 sec

HE Shell140 mm HE Type0

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,400

Initial HE Shell Velocity850 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell10 %

Secondary Armament #2

100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount8 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range6.6 km

Rate of Fire20 shots/min

Reload Time3 sec

HE Shell100 mm HE Type 98

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,700

Initial HE Shell Velocity1000 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

Torpedo Tubes

610 mm Triple2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.7 shots/min

Reload Time90 sec

Rotation Speed  deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec

TorpedoType 93 mod. 1

Maximum Damage17,233

Torpedo Speed62 knot

Torpedo Range10 km

AA Defense

25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount17 х 3 pcs.

40 mm/60 Type 5 on a twin mount16 х 2 pcs.

100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount8 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed29.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius880 m

Rudder Shift Time15.9 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range17.3 km

Air Detectability Range10 km

Battle Levels

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VIII

11,000

Kii — Japanese premium Tier VIII battleship.

This high-speed battleship was designed under the 1920 shipbuilding program. The ship was a further development of the Amagi-class battleship design. Compared with her predecessor, she had heavier armor protection. The Kii-class battleships were canceled as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922.

Kii was first released for sale worldwide on 22 September 2017.

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 ()
410 mm/45 3rd Year Type in a twin-gun turret	2	45	223	6,500	30	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 ()
Kii	68,200	19	457	5	8/8	17/16/8	2			0	0

	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 ()
Type 93 mod. 1	0.7	90	7.2	17,233	62	10		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type8 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 131,200 hp	29.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

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.

Historically, Tier VIII premium Japanese battleship Kii was designed as a follow-on to the Amagi-class battlecruisers with thicker belt armor with slightly lower speed. She mounts the same main battery armament as her tech tree cousin — though they are a touch less accurate and have shorter range — in the same turret layout. She sports the same turning circle and detection statistics as Amagi and sports a thicker main belt and torpedoes over Amagi's TDS and turtleback armor.

Kii has some fairly noteworthy differences from Amagi, though. She is more vulnerable when broadside thanks to her thinner turtleback armor section and worse torpedo protection system (TPS), which provides roughly half the protection of Amagi’s TPS; subsequently, Kii is significantly more vulnerable to ship-launched torpedoes. She's far less vulnerable than Amagi to aerial torpedoes, however. Kii features a significantly improved AA suite, comprised of 100mm dual-purpose mounts for her long-range bubble — instead of the slower-firing 127mm batteries generally found on Japanese capital ships of the era — and large numbers of the Japanese variant of the 40mm Bofors that make US and Royal Navy mid-range AA so punishing. Her inner AA ring is flooded with copious quantities of standard Japanese triple-mount 25mm guns. All of this combines to give Kii an anti-aircraft suite nearly equivalent to American Tier VIII battleship North Carolina, much to the dismay of enemy carrier captains looking for an easy target.

Further differentiating Kii from Amagi are her two triple-tube torpedo launchers, one each mounted port and starboard near her stern. Kii’s fish are similar to those found on Tirpitz, with 14,400 alpha damage but a 10 km range. The firing arcs of each launcher are generous and reminiscent of Admiral Graf Spee, enabling torpedo salvos from 40 degrees off the bow all the way back to nearly the stern of the ship.

Unfortunately, when compared to her tech tree cousin, Kii gives up a lot for access to torpedoes and an AA suite similar to American battleships. While she has Amagi’s broadside, her accuracy is worse. She and Amagi have similar dispersion values, but Kii has the lowest sigma value at Tier VIII, clocking in at 1.7 (compared to 1.8 for Amagi, Monarch, Richelieu, Tirpitz, and Bismarck). Kii shares the citadel cheek of her techtree IJN battleships found in ships like Nagato, Amagi and Yamato. Most damning however, is the reduced overall thickness of her turtleback. Unlike Amagi who's turtleback is capable of preventing citadels under 9km, Kii's turtleback is effectively nonexistent. As a result, Kii captains must be very careful with her positioning as superheavy cruisers such as Alaska and Stalingrad can easily punch through her nose and deal extreme damage at any range.

Interestingly, due to updates 0.9.2 changes to Japanese 100mm mounts, Kii's 100mm deck mounted secondaries sport an impressive 30mm of base penetration, that can reach 37mm with the IFHE captain skill as well as boosted damage on said mounts (1,700 vs the 1200 HE alpha of the the IJN gunboats). They however cap at a mediocre range of 9.9km and lack the improved accuracy of the German, French and premium US battleship lines. Thus, they are best used when kiting away or as a self-defense tool and should be thought as an additional complement to her main guns.

Lastly Kii shares the extended main belt as Amagi that almost completely protects her stern and rudder providing effective armor when placed in a kiting measure. At 200mm thick, this belt is able to ricochet even the largest of battleship calibres at close to medium ranges. This combined with her turret configuration and torpedoes allows Kii, much like Amagi to kite opponents effectively. If built for her secondaries, Kii also sports better coverage towards her rear than bow forwards. This makes Kii a good kiter regardless of captain build.

While at first glance Kii may appear to be merely an Amagi with torpedoes, she has some key differences which encourage a very different style of play. Captains comfortable conning Amagi will enjoy Kii once they learn to adapt to those differences.

Pros:

• Incredible broadside firepower, with ten 410mm guns on 5 turrets that can do up to 12,600 damage per shell.
• Unlike Amagi, Kii can launch 3 torpedoes per side for close range engagements.
• An anti-aircraft suite comparable of American counterparts.
• Has both the strong AP and HE shells that Amagi has.
• Due to changes in update 0.9.2 and 0.10.0 Kii sports a strong secondary suite, which greatly improves her point defense and kiting abilities.

Cons:

• Highest surface detectability range of all Tier VIII battleships.
• Lacks the torpedo defense system of sister ship Amagi.
• Shorter main battery range than most of her Tier VIII counterparts.
• Sigma value of 1.7 is worse than Amagi.
• Thin citadel plating and largely ineffective turtleback means that she will be citadelled with ease, brawl only with extreme caution.
• Less torpedo protection than Amagi.
• While her 100mm secondary mounts have high DPM and penetration, they suffer from short range and poor accuracy.

Research

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

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Kii 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 

Upgrade Slot 1 provides two viable options. The first is Main Armaments Modification 1 , which increases the survivability and reduces repair time of the main armament. Players wishing to specialize in anti-aircraft (AA) duties should take the second option, Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1 . This upgrade increases the survivability of AA and secondary battery mounts.

Upgrade Slot 3 provides options for specialization in certain roles. Aiming Systems Modification 1 is typically recommended for ship to ship combat. However, Kii possesses a formidable AA armament. Players wishing to specialize in AA should mount AA Guns Modification 1 . This upgrade is most effective when the ship's commander is specialized with commander skills, including Basic Firing Training, Advanced Firing Training, and Manual Fire Control for AA Armament.

Upgrade Slot 5 provides two options. Concealment System Modification 1  reduces ship detectability and increases dispersion of enemy shells fired at the player's ship. This upgrade is useful because it provides Kii with more ability to disengage to repair sustained damage, especially when paired with the Concealment Expert commander skill. The second option is Torpedo Lookout System .

Commander Skills

Given that Kii has a distinctly un-Japanese AA battery for a battleship, it might well be worth investing in captain skills designed to take advantage of this. Otherwise, captains are encourage to pursue a cookie-cutter survivability based battleship, choosing skills to help Kii stay afloat longer. Both options are viable, and the decision between the two is mostly down to personal preference.

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

As a sister to Amagi and of the same tier, Kii can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Repair Party  - 4 charges
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  - 4 charges or Catapult Fighter  - 3 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Kii comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Kii can mount 21 signal flags simultaneously. India Yankee () and India Delta () flags are recommended to improve the ship’s survivability. November Foxtrot () is also recommended to decrease the cool down on the Repair Party  and Damage Control Party  consumables. Captains looking to further improve the ship’s anti-aircraft battery should mount November Echo Setteseven () flags.

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

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  Kii delivers a full broadside.
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  For those about to die, Bad Advice Captain salutes you!
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  This friendly New Orleans must be avenged!
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  This Fletcher needed backup; Kii brings her guns to bear.
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  Good usage of Spotting Aircraft  is key to long range shots.
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  Timing this landing is Kii.
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  Flag of Kii. Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Kii.

Historical Info

Kii, 1921

Construction

Builder: Kure Naval Arsenal; Kure,
   Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Ordered: 12 October 1921

Cancelled: 14 April 1924

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Specifications

displacement: 42,600 tons, standard

261.8m length

30.8m beam

11.7m draft

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Machinery

19 Kampon boilers (both coal- and fuel-fired),
  4 shaft-geared Gihon turbines

2,500 tons of coal, 3,900 tons of fuel

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Performance

29.75 knots at 131,200 shaft horsepower

8,000nm at 14 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 292mm

Transverse Bulkheads: 73mm

Main Deck: 120mm

Conning tower: 356mm side, 254mm roof

Turrets and Barbettes: 280mm turrets, 254mm barbettes

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Armament

Main

Ten (5x2) 410mm/45 3rd Year Type guns

Secondary

Sixteen (16x1) 140mm/50 3rd Year Type guns

Anti-Aircraft

Four (4x1) 12cm/45 10th Year Type guns

Torpedoes

Eight (4x2) 610mm Type 8 No. 2 Torpedoes

Design and Construction

Upon the eve of the First World War, the Imperial Japanese government had approved the latest 1918 Naval Construction program; dubbed the “six-eight” fleet, calling for six new battleships and eight new battlecruisers. Despite the fact that this was already taxing the national budget by a third, the Navy proposed to extend the plan to “eight-eight” in order to maintain closer parity with the United States, whom declared in 1919 they would resume their 1916 Naval construction plan of 10 battleships and 6 battlecruisers. The task fell to Captain Yuzuru Hiraga, to design what would be the 4 ships of the Kii-class.

To speed up the design process, the work on the Amagi-class battlecruisers was re-purposed into this design. Conceptually, Kii-class battleships were Amagi-class battlecruisers that traded speed for more protection. This philosophy was borne out of the lessons that Japan learned from observing the Battle of Jutland. Although speed has always been a decisive factor in combat, the eponymous battle made it clear that sacrificing protection is not an intelligent decision. As such, the Kii-class was a step in amalgamating speed and armor; the conception of the fast battleship.

Therefore, the most significant aspect of Kii’s design was the choice to mount a main belt with a thickness of 293mm belt. Furthermore, it was angled out 15˚ from vertical. Not only did this allow an increase in effective thickness for lateral hits, but it also created an “immunity zone” between 12,000-20,000 meters against 16” shells. The Japanese understood 16” were quickly becoming the standard, and thought best to mitigate damage from hits received at standard engagement distances.

Regardless of the increase in protection, the designers sought not to make the new class of ships sluggish, and as such ensured that the Kii-class could attain speeds close to 30 knots. To do so, they would install no less than 19 oil-fired boilers that fed to 4-geared turbines. In total, this generated over 130,000 shaft horsepower.

The armament for the Kii-class was never fully standardized in the designs, but the most common proposal was to mount ten 410 mm/45 Type 3 guns in 5 turrets: two forward, two aft, and one amidships. Such an arrangement allowed for a broadside weight of about 10,000 kg flying at sub-800m/s. Standardized on the Nagato-class battleships, the Japanese found no error in carrying the same armament over for their latest projects. On the other hand, in a nod to the era of dreadnoughts, the Kii-class still carried its sixteen 140mm/30 Type 3 secondary armaments in casemates, which had limited traverse and manual operation. A unique addition to round out the offensive complement of the new battleships, designers opted to install eight torpedo-tube launchers on traverseable above-water mounts.

By 1921, all four ships were ordered to be constructed in pairs. The projected completion date would be late 1923, but the year 1922 would change all that. All major naval powers convened in Washington and in a few days ratified the eponymous naval treaty that would curb this foreseeable resurgence in naval competition. It stated all battleships above the displacement of 35,000 tonnes would be scrapped forthwith, and as the Kii-class was above 42,000 tonnes, the treaty spelled their termination. Progress on 'Kii and her sisters was halted prior to their keels ever being laid down, and they were officially cancelled in 1924.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Light and dark green camouflage was only applied to aircraft carriers in 1944. Even though Kii is fictionally modernized, Japanese battleships during World War II were painted in overall dark gray.
• Actual planned anti-aircraft complement was four single 120 mm guns.
• Kii’s anti-aircraft configuration is fictitious; Kii is sporting World War II era AA guns even though she was a 1920s design that was ultimately cancelled and never constructed.
• Japan only acquired 40mm Bofors guns from captured stocks in December 1941, during the Malayan Campaign.
• The Japanese version of the 40mm Bofors had a defective fuse design which limited its effective range to ~3.0 km.
• The triple mount version of the 25mm gun did not enter service until 1941.

Historical Gallery

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  Yuzuru Hiraga, famed Japanese naval architect and lead designer of Kii.

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References

1. Amagi-class battlecruiser - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

Testing Changes

• September 5, 2017:
  • Range increased from 18.68km to 19.38km.
  • Main battery reload reduced from 35 seconds to 31 seconds.
  • Main battery rotation speed increased by 0.7 degrees per second.

• Available to supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.10.
• First appeared on sale in October 2017.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 17.5 km.
  • Detection range of the Aichi E13A1B aircraft was increased from 4 km to 7 km in air, and to 8 km by sea.
• Update 0.6.14:
  • Minor fixes to the textures and geometry of the ship. The changes do not affect the game balance in any way.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 10" permanent camouflage - a -10% discount to the cost of post-battle service.
  • Became available for purchase for doubloons in the game client.
• Update 0.7.2:
  • Players who have collected the "Rewards" sub-collection of the "Yamomoto Isoroku" collection can use an alternate permanent camouflage color.
• Update 0.7.6:
  • Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
• Update 0.7.7:
  • For the Japanese 100 mm high-explosive projectile (secondary battery), armor penetration was increased from 17 to 25 mm.
• Update 0.7.8:
  • Changed the name of the torpedoes from Type.93 mod. 2 to Type.93 mod. 1 to avoid confusion with other torpedoes of the same name.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • Armor-piercing shells of 140-mm secondary battery guns were replaced with high-explosive shells.
  • Became unavailable for purchase for doubloons in the game client.
• Update 0.8.0:
  • Main battery reload time decreased from 31 to 30 s.
  • Torpedo characteristics changed:
    • Range increased from 6 to 10 km.
    • Speed decreased from 63 to 62 knots.
    • Damage increased from 14,600 to 17,233.
• Update 0.8.6:
  • Citadel deck armor increased from 22 to 32 mm.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • The position of the air defense mounts with the Makoto Kobayashi camouflage, created according to the sketches of Makoto Kobayashi, was fixed.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • The penetration of 100mm secondary high-explosive shells increased from 24mm to 30mm.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Minor fixes to textures and geometry of the ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 6.6 km.

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