This prevents it from being overmatched and further increases her survivability against enemy battleships. Eugen’s armor scheme is also slightly different than her sister's, the most notable difference being the angled section of her turtleback being 40mm thick versus Hipper’s 30mm. The torpedoes are the standard 6.0 km range, 13,700 damage G7a T1 torpedoes familiar to veterans of the German cruiser branch - mounted in two triple launchers per side just like Hipper - with fairly generous firing angles.ĭefensively, Prinz Eugen has a very strong anti-aircraft suite for her tier, similar to Hipper’s Hull (C), though her rudder responds more slowly.

They have excellent range and relatively flat trajectories, but with only eight of them and a low fire chance they can sometimes seem inadequate against tougher enemies.

Other than reload speed, the main battery rifles are the same between each ship. Hipper boasts a faster main battery reload and improved maneuverability, while Prinz Eugen gains access to the Repair Party consumable, allowing her to gain a significant edge in survivability.

Prinz Eugen very similar to her sister ship in the tech tree - Admiral Hipper. 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'. Mainz is more for when you play a specific operation in a division and know the conditions are ideal beforehand.Warning. TBH I also see the Prinz Eugen and Atago as very viable choices, since not all ops feature repair zones and both got comparable torpedo power and good penetration. You will still do direct damage where other T8 cruiser shells shatter. On top you get the german 1/4 HE penetration, which helps a lot in the reworked operations, cause they see +2 BBs. The total of 16 torps and the ice-breeaker gives the Mainz great flexibility for when your team gets overrun by bots. The possibility of healing in some ops multiplies its effectiveness. If you block a cruiser spot, you want a damage dealer in that spot. Cruisers in operations are damage dealers. Some objectives require spotting, but that is a CV job. Tone trades dpm for spotting, but bots don't hide. An operation can get entirely ruined by one lucky citadel hit. Just received some dublons from SCs from WG (thx) and I want to get one of them: Mainz, Tone or Bayard.Ītago and PE are present in my virtual port since a few yearsīayard is too squishy.

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