Talk:KanColle Kai/@comment-129.8.207.130-20160208142517/@comment-26874340-20160210022315

Iowa firepower and armor should be similar to Yamato. Her HP should be lower, but still have Bismarck levels of HP.

One place where Iowa excels at is AA.

Her AA strength is similar to 2x~4x Akizukis, so Iowa might get this weird setup with 2x main, radar and AA gun, where she can do both DA and AACI.

Of course, you miss out on the AP shell or sanshiki if you do that, so there is room for balancing a ship that has similar firepower to Yamato, while retaining AACI power of Akizuki.