Black Lion
Tier IX · Battleship · U.K.
Rating B- (Below average within its tier and class · overall score 42) · Long-range battleship
Long-range battleship, suited to fire pressure. Each Repair Kit restores 20% of max HP, up to 60% over a battle (standard 50%). Tanking damage and healing it back is this ship's biggest weapon. Main battery range is 14.4 km (0.3 km longer than average), and a good sigma clusters shells toward the aim point. High HE fire potential (2.6 fires/min before hit rate and resistance). Key skills: Rapid Reload II ×2 (main battery reload +43%, 20 s); Scout Plane II ×2 (main battery range +16%, 30 s).
Key stats
- HP: 52,510
- Top speed: 29.19 kn
- Surface detectability: 10.86 km
- Main battery: 419 mm 3X3 · reload 20.5 s · range 14.4 km
Construction of Lion-class battleships started before World War II, but none was ever completed. The ships would have had a displacement of over 40,000 tons, an excellent propulsion system, and would have carried 419 mm main guns mounted in three triple turrets.