
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".
