Turrets have poor traverse speed, 60 seconds for a full 180 degree turn, but can be upgraded with captain skills.Smallest guns of all tier 5 battleships, although she gets a faster reload in exchange.While the top speed is decent, acceleration from a stand still is slow and frustrating even for a battleship.Sluggish manoeuvrability, difficult to dodge torpedoes from planes and destroyers.The maneuverability of König is rather poor as the acceleration and rudder shift are very slow. This does give her a bit of flexibility when re-positioning. The concealment is, for a battleship, rather good with a 14.6km detection range, the stealthiest of any of the Tier V battleships. With the C hull, torpedo or dive bomber squadrons may lose some planes, but the AA suite is not able to fend off an entire carrier attack. The anti-aircraft suite is serviceable as well. The secondary armament is comprehensive and will discourage most destroyers from getting close to König as well as coming in handy in close quarters fights with another battleship. The high shell speed of the guns and the good accuracy for a German battleship mean that König is also good at longer ranges, a contrast to Kaiser before her. The lower caliber prevent over-penetrations in some cases, which makes König an effective cruiser killer. The guns are still perfectly serviceable against cruisers, however. The guns are decent, but do, in some aspects, leave a bit to be desired, especially against battleships, as the guns have a low caliber. However, even with the good armor, König will succumb to sustained concentrated fire.

Bow on, König can take a significant amount of armor piercing fire, but doing this means that only four of the ten guns can fire at the enemy. König is a decent Tier V battleship with the sloping 'turtleback' armor protecting the citadel of the ship.

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