Ministry of Balance: Viva la Marina!

Captains, get ready: fresh balance changes are sailing your way on May 4! You can expect a big rework of Italian destroyers and their Commanders, as well as buffs to high-tier Spanish cruisers, buffs and nerfs to some Commander skills, and more. This article has all the details.

Italian Destroyers Rework

Leone

• Added an optional upgrade that swaps AP shells for SAP shells
  • Main battery reload time with SAP upgrade increased from 8 to 9 s
  • Main battery SAP shells deal 2,350 damage and can penetrate up to 34 mm
• Ship HP increased from 13,700 to 15,000 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)
• Added Main Battery Reload Booster consumable as an option to the same slot as Engine Boost
  • Number of charges: 2
  • Cooldown time: 120 s
  • Duration: 15 s
  • Improves main battery reload time by 50%

FR25

• Main battery reload time reduced from 6.6 to 5.5 s
• Main battery SAP shell damage increased from 2,700 to 3,250
• Main battery HE shell damage increased from 2,000 to 2,200
• Added a standard Smoke Generator consumable as an option to the same slot as Exhaust Smoke Generator
  • Number of charges: 2
  • Cooldown time: 240 s
  • Duration: 20 s
  • Dispersion time: 85 s

Paolo Emilio

• Added an optional upgrade that swaps AP shells for SAP shells
  • Main battery reload time with SAP upgrade increased from 10.7 to 12 s
  • Main battery SAP shells deal 3,000 damage and can penetrate up to 38 mm
• Removed long-range AA battery: Paolo Emilio's 135 mm main battery guns are not dual-purpose and therefore should not contribute to AA defenses
• 20 mm AA gun average damage per second increased from 76 to 100
• 13.2 mm AA gun average damage per second increased from 27 to 37
• Added Defensive AA Fire consumable to slot 4:
  • Number of charges: 3
  • Cooldown time: 140 s
  • Duration: 20 s
  • Damage: +400%

Turbine

• Main battery firing range increased from 8.51 to 8.81 km
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 6.18 to 5.88 km
• Upgraded torpedo damage increased from 7,333 to 8,600
• Upgraded torpedo speed increased from 51 to 56 kts
• Upgraded torpedo flooding chance increased from 115 to 136%

Maestrale

• Stock torpedo damage increased from 7,333 to 8,600
• Stock torpedo speed increased from 51 to 56 kts
• Stock torpedo flooding chance increased from 115 to 136%
• Upgraded torpedo damage increased from 8,600 to 10,000
• Upgraded torpedo flooding chance increased from 136% to 160%

Aviere

• Main battery firing range increased from 9.33 km to 9.53 km
• Main battery reload time reduced from 6.8 to 6.5 s
• Main battery HE shell damage increased from 1,700 to 1,750
• Main battery HE shell fire-setting chance increased from 7 to 8%
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 7.09 to 6.84 km
• Stock hull HP increased from 11,900 to 12,900 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)
• Upgraded hull HP increased from 14,300 to 15,300 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)
• Stock torpedo damage increased from 8,600 to 10,000
• Stock torpedo flooding chance increased from 136 to 160%

Luca Tarigo

• Main battery firing range increased from 9.56 to 9.76 km
• Main battery HE shell damage increased from 1,700 to 1,750
• Main battery HE shell fire-setting chance increased from 7 to 8%
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 7.58 to 7.2 km
• Stock hull HP increased from 12,600 to 14,600 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)
• Upgraded hull HP increased from 15,100 to 17,100 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)

Vittorio Cuniberti

• Main battery reload time reduced from 5.5 to 5 s
• Main battery HE shell damage increased from 1,700 to 1,750
• Main battery HE shell fire-setting chance increased from 7 to 8%
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 7.69 to 7.29 km
• Stock hull HP increased from 14,300 to 16,300 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)
• Upgraded hull HP increased from 16,700 to 18,700 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)
• Upgraded torpedo damage increased from 10,000 to 12,667
• Upgraded torpedo range increased from 9.99 to 12 km
• Upgraded torpedo flooding chance increased from 160 to 207%
• Upgraded torpedo detectability range reduced from 1.1 to 1 km

Adriatico

• Main battery firing range increased from 9.81 to 10.01 km
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 7.75 to 7.3 km
• Stock torpedo damage increased from 10,000 to 12,667
• Stock torpedo range increased from 10 to 12 km
• Stock torpedo flooding chance increased from 160 to 207%
• Stock torpedo detectability range reduced from 1.1 to 1.0 km
• Upgraded torpedo range increased from 12 to 13.5 km
• Upgraded torpedo damage increased from 12,667 to 13,900
• Upgraded torpedo flooding chance increased from 207 to 230%

Changes to Italian Commanders

Luigi Rizzo

• Added the Go All Out skill to the fourth row (reduces detectability by up to 10% while Engine Boost is active but increases its cooldown time by up to 35%)

Giuseppe Fulgosi

• Added the Go All Out skill to the second row (reduces detectability by up to 10% while Engine Boost is active but increases its cooldown time by up to 35%)
• Added the Fully Packed skill to Legendary skills (reduces your consumable cooldown time by up to 5% and provides an additional charge for all consumables)

Carlo Bergamini

• Added the Go All Out skill to the second row (reduces detectability by up to 10% while Engine Boost is active but increases its cooldown time by up to 35%)

Changes to Other Ships

Roma

• Detectability range after firing in smoke reduced from 13.95 to 10.46 km

Sevastopol

• Detectability range after firing in smoke reduced from 13.35 to 13.07 km
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 14.61 to 14.3 km
• Detectability range by air reduced from 8.77 to 8.58 km
• Repair Party duration reduced from 60 to 40 s
• Repair Party HP recovery per second increased from 0.5 to 0.75%

Napoli and Napoli B

• Added Enhanced Secondary Targeting to the third slot as an alternative to Catapult Fighter

Francesco Caracciolo

• Secondary battery firing range increased from 5 to 5.5 km

Cristoforo Colombo

• Secondary battery firing range increased from 6.5 to 7 km
• Improved the Enhanced Secondary Targeting consumable:
  • Number of charges increased from 3 to 4
  • Cooldown time reduced from 160 to 120 s
  • Secondary battery shell grouping increased by 25% (from 2 to 2.5 sigma)
  • Secondary battery dispersion reduced by 20%

Cataluña

• Detectability range after firing in smoke reduced from 7.75 to 7.53 km
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 13.33 to 13.05 km
• Detectability range by air reduced from 8 to 7.83 km
• Stock hull HP increased from 36,800 to 39,500 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)
• Upgraded hull HP increased from 40,800 to 43,500 (with saturation adjusted proportionally)

Andalucía

• Stock main battery reload time reduced from 28 to 26 s
• Upgraded main battery reload time reduced from 26 to 24 s

Castilla

• Main battery reload time reduced from 24 to 23 s

Mutsu and Mutsu B

• Improved dispersion with a new variant of Japanese dispersion inspired by Amagi
• Turret rotation speed increased by approximately 18%
• Rudder-shift time reduced by approximately 6% to match that of her sister ship Nagato
• Added Engine Boost to slot 4
  • Consumable duration: 80 s
  • Cooldown time: 70 s
  • Number of consumables: 4
  • Maximum Speed: +12%

Fuso

• Improved dispersion with a new variant of Japanese dispersion inspired by Amagi

AL Fusou

• Improved dispersion with a new variant of Japanese dispersion inspired by Amagi

Heat Ray

• Improved dispersion with a new variant of Japanese dispersion inspired by Amagi

Francesco Ferruccio

• Main battery reload time reduced from 11 to 10 s
• Added Sonar to slot 3 as an alternative to Fighter
• Added Main Battery Reload Booster to slot 4

ARP Nachi

• Main battery firing range increased from 13.8 to 14.5 km
• Main battery reload time reduced from 12 to 10.5 s
• Main battery AP shell ricochet angles increased from 45/60 to 55/70 degrees
• Improved Repair Party:
  • Number of charges increased from 2 to 3
  • HP regeneration speed increased from 0.7 to 1% per second

Ignacio Allende

• Stock 76 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 104 to 98
• Stock 20 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 155 to 146
• Upgraded 76 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 101 to 95
• Upgraded 20 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 256 to 244

Santander

• Stock 76 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 198 to 189
• Stock 20 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 104 to 98
• Upgraded 76 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 195 to 189
• Upgraded 20 mm AA gun average damage per second reduced from 173 to 167
• Added Stock Artillery 152 mm AA guns

Manfred von Richthofen

• Adjusted AA gun specs for 55 mm and 105 mm guns to align with those of other ships

Changes to Various Commander Skills

Brawler

• Battleship main battery range is now reduced by 2/4/6/8% instead of 3/6/8/10%
• Battleship main battery reload time is now reduced by 3/6/9/12% instead of 3/6/8/10%

Properly Meticulous

• Secondary battery survivability is now improved by 15/20/25/30% instead of 5/10/15/20%
• Secondary battery dispersion is now reduced by 6/9/12/15% instead of 3/6/9/12%
• Secondary battery reload time is now reduced by 6/9/12/15% instead of 5/8/10/15%

Firefighter

• Damage Control Party duration is now reduced by 20% instead of 40%

Running With Scissors

• Main battery dispersion drawback removed

Artisan's Touch

• Citadel strikes damage is now increased by 6/9/12/15% instead of 4/6/8/10%

Scrap Iron Flotilla

• Incoming damage from shells, torpedoes, and bombs to your destroyer per 1% HP lost is now decreased by 0.1/0.15/0.2/0.25% instead of 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4%

Air Support

• The distance to activate the special effect reduced from 7.5/8/8.5/9 km to 7/7.4/7.7/8 km

Hidden Hand

• Damage of torpedoes launched by Airstrike aircraft is now reduced by 25/22/18/15% instead of 20/17/13/10%

The Trident Gambit

• Torpedo reload time after your first and every following third torpedo launched in each battle, counted separately for each launcher, is now reduced by 15/20/25/30% instead of 25/30/35/40%