Zao used to be a strong and feared ship back then, nowadays it has been nerfed a thousand times both direct nerfs such as stealth fire removal, demo expert nerf and buff to other classes such as fire prevention. It still has 40k dp which is ridiculous, stupidly long reload, terrible turret traverse, AA is mediocre at best and no radar. It is time for Zao to be moved back to tier 9 maybe with concealment nerf and reduced HE alpha and have a new tier 10 cruiser that can hold its own in this BB dominated meta.   Discuss.