
Excellent AP performance with an alpha strike of 5,900 per shell. Fast turret rotation speed of 7.2' per second. Rather good range for a cruiser at 17.5km. Shell muzzle velocity of 925m/s makes for easy gunnery at range and small lead times. Has anti-torpedo bulges, reducing torpedo damage by 10%. This is more hit points than even the Zao, the tier 10 IJN heavy cruiser and the tier 9 cruisers of the Soviets and American ship lines. Very large hit point pool for a tier 8 cruiser at 45,000hp. Their stats are almost identical to one another except for some very ( very) minor differences. The Prinz Eugen is the Admiral Hipper's fat younger sister. Condensed Reading: Mouse's Quick Summary of Premium Ships. Non Premiums: Gneisenau, Bismarck, Iowa. Arpeggio of Blue Steel Ships: Kongo, Kirishima, Haruna, Myoko. Gift & Reward Ships: Albany, Arkansas, Flint, Iwaki, Mikasa ,. Limited Release Ships: Fujin, Kamikaze, Katori, Yubari, Gremyashchy, Krasny Krym, Imperator Nikolai I, Anshan, Lo Yang, Smith, Sims, Marblehead, Indianapolis, Arizona, Saipan, Prinz Eugen, König Albert, Scharnhorst, Dunkerque. Ships for Doubloons: Atlanta, Texas, Tachibana, Atago, Ishizuchi, Diana, Aurora, Murmansk, Molotov, Mikhail Kutuzov, Emden, Tirpitz, Campbeltown, Warspite, Blyskawica. The usual disclaimers apply: everyone knows the Matchmaker clearly loves me because I spend money so that's why I occasionally get really good games, not because I have any particular skills of note. The idea here is to elabourate on information not commonly available through reading statistics and provide some (heavily) biased anecdotal evidence to encourage or dissuade you from making your purchase. The goal is to allow players to make an educated decision before parting with their time and money and to find premium vessels that suit their chosen style of play, whether that is competitive, cooperative, or simply for fun.
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