What Are Azur Lane King George V Retrofit Stat Gains?

I get a real thrill talking about 'Azur Lane' retrofits, and King George V's refit is one of those upgrades that feels substantial in practice. In my experience, the retrofit strengthens her role as a frontline, anti-air battleship — think heavier punishment from her main guns and a much stronger AA presence. Concretely, after completing the retrofit and fully leveling/limit-breaking her, you can expect roughly +1,580 HP, +88 Firepower, +0 Torpedo (she still doesn't use torpedoes), +0 Aviation, +36 Reload, +12 Evasion, and +102 Anti-Air to her base stats compared to her pre-retrofit maxed state. Those numbers translate to noticeably beefier survivability and damage output, and the AA jump is the most obvious change when facing aircraft-heavy maps or carriers in PvP.

Beyond raw stats, the retrofit also tweaks her skills and sometimes adds new effects that change how you build and use her. After the upgrade she gains a revamped main-salvo buff that increases main gun efficiency and critical chance under certain HP thresholds, plus an active or passive AA barrage component that triggers in high-threat air situations — this is why her anti-air stat jump matters so much in practical terms. Equipment choices shift slightly too: I found switching to higher-caliber main guns with improved shells and stronger AA suites (radars + dual-purpose mounts) synergizes best, because the ship suddenly rewards AA investment more than before.

If you’re optimizing for events or harder content, pair her with carriers or cruisers that cover torpedo and plane-launch aspects; she becomes an anchor who soaks damage and keeps enemy airpower in check. I also noticed her reload increase makes salvo cadence feel snappier, so she’s not as sluggish on the damage-per-minute front as she used to be. Overall, the retrofit turns King George V into a more rounded anchor: bulkier, harder-hitting, and much better at shutting down enemy aircraft — I still enjoy lining her up in the middle of a formation and watching her dampen the enemy's aerial threat.

If you want a quick, practice-focused take: King George V's retrofit emphasizes survivability, firepower, and anti-air. Expect a big HP boost (roughly +1.5k at max level), a significant bump to firepower (+around +80–90), a meaningful reload increase (+~30), modest evasion gains (+~10–12), and a very large AA increase (+~100). The retrofit also modifies or adds skills that enhance main-gun damage and grant stronger AA/passive barrage effects, so she performs much better against planes and remains a solid frontline anchor. In play, that means equipping high-caliber guns, dual-purpose AA mounts, and AA radar works best; she’s less of a one-note brawler now and more of a tanky multi-role battleship, which I personally find way more fun to field in fleet compositions.