X Grozovoi - 4K EXP - World of Warships

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Grozovoi — Soviet Tier X destroyer.

A product of Project 40N, this ship was designed as a "large destroyer" based on experience gained in World War II. Unlike her predecessors, she had greater dimensions and carried dual-purpose artillery and enhanced AA guns.

Performance
Compared to the 3,400 tons of Soviet "pride" that is the Khabarovsk, Grozovoi provides a more balanced performance of a typical destroyer, while still retaining some of the attractive qualities of Soviet destroyers.

There are plenty of trade-offs between Khabarovsk and Grozovoi. For starters, Grozovoi is slower than Khabarovsk - though she is still fast at 39.5 knots - and lacks her cousin's 50 mm chest plate. This means that Grozovoi has to rely more on hiding in smoke screens and remaining undetected to stay alive. Thankfully, Grozovoi has a much better detection range than Khabarovsk (7.6 km vs 10 km) which makes this easier. Additionally, Grozovoi has a far superior rudder shift time, but this is somewhat hampered by a disappointingly large turning circle, which makes dodging fire and evading torpedoes just a little bit harder.

In terms of firepower, Grozovoi is nothing to scoff at, even alongside its counterpart. Uniquely, she uses HE-42 shells instead of the standard HE-46 shells common to high tier Soviet destroyers. These shells deals less damage, in exchange for a slightly faster shell velocity. These are small differences, but they are noticeable, especially with two less gun barrels compared to Khabarovsk. On the flipside, her torpedoes, both stock and upgraded, are faster and travel much farther, allowing Grozovoi to deal massive amounts of damage and flooding to enemy ships from beyond her detection range, something Khabarovsk captains can only dream of doing.

Finally, Grozovoi has an expansive toolkit of consumables: in addition to the standard destroyer loadout of Damage Control Party (When activated, instantly repairs fires, floods, and incapacitations, and prevents more for the duration.), Smoke Generator (While active, generates a smoke screen that blocks line-of-sight for both enemies and teammates.), and Engine Boost (While active, increases a ship's speed by a fixed percentage.), she also gets Defensive AA Fire (While active, the damage per second of large caliber anti-aircraft guns is increased.) and Repair Party (While active, restores a percentage of the ship's health points each second.) in dedicated slots for a total of five consumables. However, these have a small number of charges each, with only two charges per consumable (four for Defensive AA Fire (While active, the damage per second of large caliber anti-aircraft guns is increased.)), making Superintendent more valuable than usual.

Like Udaloi, Grozovoi is a worthy alternative to the "flotilla leader" line where Khabarovsk sits. With a proper build and a careful hand, she can be a prominent threat to any unprepared opponent.

Pros:
Good concealment for a Soviet destroyer.
Torpedoes have fairly good range and have decent speed.
Excellent shell ballistics; long-range gunnery is easy and effective.
Main batteries have decent rapid rate of fire.
Decent anti-aircraft when combined with her Defensive Fire consumable
Large "effective" health pool, thanks to her Repair Party (While active, restores a percentage of the ship's health points each second.).
Does not take full battleship AP penetrations like her brother Khabarovsk
Fire starting ability is quite effective with the correct skills and flags

Cons:
Is quite slow in comparison to other Soviet destroyers (still fast in comparison to other nations' destroyers).
Besides speed, it has the poor maneuverability characteristic of the Soviet destroyer line.
Slow torpedo reload and low damage per torpedo; despite having better torpedoes in comparison to other Soviet destroyers, she is certainly not a "torpedo boat".
Ship is quite large, making her eat many shells that other destroyers wouldn't
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