Because of the amount of broadside Grosser Kurfürst has to show, she takes 10-30k salvos far more often than her contemporaries the side benefit to this is that regular penetration damage heals back more than citadel damage when using Repair Party. This is especially evident when considering Grosser Kurfürst's biggest flaw: her poor firing angles. While she will almost never take citadel damage because of her turtleback armor, her massive size, and armor belt mean she will take higher-than-average normal regular penetration damage, making Adrenaline Rush almost compulsory for commanders. Also the armor belt is actually among the thinnest at Tier X, topping out at 380mm. Additionally, her armor is not unbreakable as it may seem. Her 420mm guns are not large enough to overmatch the 32mm bow armor most battleships or cruisers have at Tier X, and while she can match Montana damage per shell with the 420s, they have a longer reload time than the 406s (32 seconds versus 29 seconds, respectively). Her 406mm guns have a better reload rate than those found on Montana, but lack Montana’s super-heavy AP shells which hampers her penetration at range while also reducing her damage per shell. Both of her guns are rather inaccurate at long range, becoming deadly only once they pass the mid range for battleships of ~12km. However, despite her impressive offensive and defensive assets, much of it is a double-edged sword, helping or harming depending on the situation. As per standard for German battleships starting from Bismarck, Grosser Kurfürst is equipped with the Hydroacoustic Search to help detect incoming threats such as torpedoes and destroyers attempting to get close or vessels hiding in smoke screens. With her large health pool - the second largest in the game - she will be able to weather a large amount of armor piercing rounds and keep on fighting. Her deck armor is also quite substantial at 50mm along the center few cruiser HE shells can penetrate it. Her armor is also typical of German battleship design, with a turtle-back armor scheme that will make citadeling her at close range near impossible. Planes that make it past the long range armament will have no trouble hitting her due to her large size and abysmal turning circle. Her AA is fairly typical of other German battleships, with an adequate long range punch that sadly does not follow through as planes come closer to the ship itself. This results in enemy battleships with better performance at long range such as Conqueror and Yamato being more effective against Kurfürst than ships with poorer main battery dispersion such as Kremlin. As soon as enemy ships get into the range of Kurfürst’s secondaries, they will need an umbrella because of the rain of shells that can pump out thousands of damage within seconds. With upgrades and commander skills, Grosser Kurfürst’s secondaries can have a maximum range of a whopping 12.5km, and with the Improved Secondary Battery Aiming commander skill, a dispersion that can rack up secondary hit ribbons within seconds. The large number of secondaries can easily blow destroyers out of the water. Grosser Kurfürst's bustling secondary batteries are one of the most powerful in the game. Even more, she can surpass the American battleship through barrel diameter, with her last gun upgrade being 420mm barrels still mounted in four triple turrets while still retaining the excellent traverse speed. Even Montana, which shares the same triple mount turret style and layout, will respect her for her heavy broadside. However, due to her size she possesses an effective array of secondaries along with two pairs of guns - the same caliber as her predecessor Friedrich der Große - but with triple mounts with the same AB-XY configuration. Subtlety is not Grosser Kurfürst’s forte because she is detected from 18.1km. She lived up to her name when released as a tech tree ship, breaking the then long-standing stalemate of Yamato and Montana, by simply entering into the fray. Sharing the name with one of König's sister ships, Grosser Kurfürst (translation: "Great Elector", from the title of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg) sat atop the German battleship line at Tier X. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".
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