
She also gets one less charge of her Repair Party consumable than many other battleships. She has a small HP pool of 60,900 and a 28% torpedo damage reduction. Her concealment is good, reaching as low as 12.9 km. Like many high tier French battleships, Champagne has a 32 mm midsection and armor belt. Almost all high tier battleships will be able to overmatch it, and many cruisers can be able to penetrate it with HE shells. Her bow and stern are very weak, with 25 mm armor plating. It is not recommended to build for secondaries as Champagne is not a brawler.Ĭhampagne’s hull is visually similar to that of Gascogne, but has a worse armor scheme. However, they lack improved accuracy and have poor penetration - just 17 mm on the smaller 100 mm mounts, which is not enough to penetrate destroyers. Poor firing angles encourage players to play at longer distances, taking advantage of her impressive range and accuracy.Ĭhampagne has an impressive theoretical damage per minute on her twenty-four 100 mm and nine 152 mm secondary mounts. However, with only two turrets, careful positioning and map awareness are necessary to ensure all guns remain in the fight. Her turrets have a fast 180-degree turn time of 30 seconds. However, with only six guns, she can be frustratingly inaccurate at times, and her 28.6-second reload means she cannot make up for it with volume of fire. Her HE shells have a 49% fire chance and 68 mm of penetration.Ĭhampagne’s guns are very accurate, with best-in-tier horizontal and vertical dispersion, and 2.0 sigma. Her AP shells feature decent alpha damage, high velocity, very high penetration (more than any other 406 mm battleship at Tier VIII), and can overmatch 27 mm armor. They have an impressive range of 25 km, which can be further increased with the Spotter Plane consumable. Her guns are larger than those carried by most French battleships at Tier VIII and IX. Her strength in long range fire support and mobility is offset by poor survivability characteristics.Ĭhampagne carries six 406 mm guns in two triple turrets. Premium Tier VIII French battleship Champagne carries six 406 mm guns that feature high penetration and velocity. 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".
