Through the Spy Glass: Wisconsin

USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship and one of the last battleships ever commissioned in the world. She saw action late in World War II, serving in the Pacific where she escorted aircraft carriers and conducted shore bombardments. After the war, Wisconsin continued her military service during the Korean War and later in the Persian Gulf conflict. Following a collision with the destroyer Eaton in 1956, she was repaired using the bow of her unfinished sister ship, USS Kentucky. Today, she stands proudly as a museum ship in Norfolk, open to the public since 2001. 

In Legends, Wisconsin is a U.S. Tier VIII Premium battleship. She excels with a main battery that offers excellent accuracy and a long firing range, making her a true sniper ship. These strengths are further enhanced by the Main Battery Reload Booster consumable, which has an infinite number of charges and can allow up to two additional shots per use with certain builds. However, as a sniper ship, Wisconsin has mediocre HP, armor, and concealment, so you should be cautious and avoid drawing heavy fire during battle. 

Here are the recommended upgrades for Wisconsin: 

• Main Battery Mod. 2 
• Propulsion Mod. 2 
• Concealment System Mod. 1 
• Main Battery Mod. 3 

William Sims is a strong Commander choice for Wisconsin. His Built to Last base trait will improve the ship’s survivability by boosting her HP by up to +400. 

And here is the optimal skillset: 

• Flammable Cannonier, increasing main battery range by up to 8% and tightening shell grouping by up to 5% at the cost of increased chances of catching fire by up to 13%. 
• Gyrating Drillbits, improving your battleship’s main battery gun traverse speed and increasing the AP shell damage by up to 10%; however, this skill has a negative trade-off that worsens your battleship’s maximum speed by up to 10%. 
• Marksmanship, tightening main battery shell grouping by up to 10% at the cost of increasing rudder-shift time by up to 5%. 
• Reaching Out XXL, improving your battleship’s main battery range by up to 4%. 
• Fight Fire With Fire, reducing the fire damage your ship takes over time for each active fire by up to 15%. It also removes all damage-over-time effects (including flooding) from your ship when three concurrent fires are burning while your Damage Control Party consumable is on cooldown or fully depleted. 

Inspirations: 

• Otto Ciliax, increasing battleship AP shell damage by up to 5%. 
• Paolo di Revel, improving your battleship's main battery reload time by up to 5.5%. 

Turn the tide with Wisconsin!