The "saving grace" here, is that all the t9 BBs while they can work (and many people do make them work), feel like kind of sidegrades from t8. Im trying to be very generous here, because you might just say the ship is bad - since other ships dont require that. Angling at close range is much harder (enemies tend to come from more varied directions), torps are more commong. All that makes it a very hard ship to handle at close range. Its also a really long ship with bad turning radius and worse rudder then NC - so torps are an issue too. It has absolutely monstrous citadel, and yes its a lot easier to hit then NC - its higher, its longer, its just awful.
Now the thing is, Iowa has glaring weaknesses in doing so, and ones that are very hard to overcome. So that leaves you with going close and personal to do damage. At higher ranges they get good again, but then the dispersion strikes you hard. Iowa guns seems to have large "ineffectiveness" zone from 12-15 km to 20-22km. NC guns with their very lazy arcs, tend to do a lot better at long range (they simply strike the deck).
However they only really show that capabilities at sub 15, preferably sub 12km ranges. More pentrating power, more velocity, more damage. Problem is, the ship is full of contradicting values, and compensating for your drawbacks can be hard at times. Now opinions may vary, but at least thats certain for me - its a much trickier ship to play. Iowa tier for tier is inferior to NC in my opinion.
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