West Virginia is one of the Big Seven, a group of ships where the reason for them being this low ranked may not be immediately clear. Their barrage has high base damage but is let down by a bad proc rate and awful pattern. On low level content they may seem to perform very well, but as the hp of the enemy increases relative to the damage of their barrage they rapidly fall off in performance. These ships can be considered a “noob trap” for this reason and should generally be avoided for higher tier alternatives.