so HMS lion and H39 are both gonna be 8.7 when added why isnt USS south Dakota she is still 8.3?
Uss south dakota has 9 16inch guns with 30 second reload 761 mm of pen
HMS lion has 9 16 inch guns with 30 second reload 726mm off pen
H39 has 8 16inch guns with reload of 30 second reload as far as i can tell since its slower than bismarck and it has 771mm of pen
now im pretty sure the H39 has weaker armor than the USS southdakota not sure about the lion but its besides the point why is south dakota still so low its blantantly undertiered
why? what reason it doesn’t make sense to me
just thought id bring this up since no one is mentioning it seems like a bit favoritism but im open to being proved wrong
Christ, where do I begin?
HMS Lion is by every metric [bad]. Everything she sees can go straight through her. 7.7s to 8.7s. Her armor is worthless. You would think a 38.1cm armor belt could be good. No. It isn’t. No amount of angling helps and losing both frontal shell rooms is common, meaning two thirds of your firepower is often gone in one salvo if you’re hit.
She also loses sections way too fast. You thought the A140s were bad? Hoo boy…
She struggles to do any damage to Iowas and Pr23s can actively ignore her. A140s are odd as at 10km bow on you can instantly mag det them but you otherwise don’t seem to do much (more testing needed).
Her being fast isn’t a big advantage either since Iowa’s faster and I’m almost certain also turns better too.
Lion’s only advantage is she never gets magazine detonated. An advantage that means nothing given no amount of angling will prevent her losing shellrooms in a single salvo, as I repeated a second time in this post.
i definitely think the dakota should be raised if the lion and H39 are gonna stay at that br cause dakotas really good