Road to New Year
Jean Bart, Lenin or Ohio: spending 25,000 giftlets
For 25,000 giftlets you can claim one of three battleships in December: Ohio, Lenin or Jean Bart. Jean Bart is the standout: among the GamingDiver community it earns the 2nd-highest damage and Base XP of 55 tier VII battleships. Lenin is close behind at tier VII, and Ohio is the most powerful ship of the three but only mid-pack at the top tier. All three are hard to get any other way, so the giftlet exchange is a rare guaranteed chance.
Whose numbers these are. Every player statistic here comes from players who upload their stats to GamingDiver, not from the whole Legends player base. They are more active and win more than the average player, so read the numbers as comparisons between ships, not as what an average player will get.
Jean Bart
Lenin
OhioHow rare they are
All three are less common in the GamingDiver community than the typical battleship at their tier, partly because that typical ship includes tech-tree battleships most players own. Lenin is the scarcest of the three, Ohio the most common.
| Ship | Tier | GamingDiver players who have played it | Share of GamingDiver players | Typical battleship at its tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenin | VII | 94 | 25% | 42% |
| Jean Bart | VII | 108 | 29% | 42% |
| Ohio | ★ | 163 | 43% | 51% |
By owners, Jean Bart and Lenin rank 36th and 42nd of 55 tier VII battleships, and Ohio 14th of 22 top-tier battleships. Our data cannot see a ship someone owns but has never taken into battle, so true ownership is a little higher for all three.
How much owners play them
GamingDiver players who own these ships keep playing them: roughly three in four owners have taken each one into 50 or more battles, against about half for the typical battleship at the same tier. Jean Bart is by far the stickiest.
| Ship | Median battles per owner | Owners with 50+ battles | Typical battleship at its tier (median battles / 50+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Bart | 178 | 77% | 56 / 54% |
| Ohio | 127 | 80% | 59 / 57% |
| Lenin | 98 | 72% | 56 / 54% |
A ship people keep coming back to after the novelty wears off is a strong sign it is fun to own. All three pass that test easily; Jean Bart's owners play it about 40% more than Ohio's and 80% more than Lenin's.
How they compare at their tier
Ohio is a top-tier (★) battleship; Jean Bart and Lenin are tier VII, so Ohio plays in a different bracket. Within its tier, each has a clear identity: Jean Bart is a fast-firing secondary brawler, Lenin a slow-reloading heavy hitter, Ohio a tough long-range sniper with the biggest shells of the three.
Rank among battleships at the same tier (1 = best; tier VII has 49, ★ has 23):
| Stat | Jean Bart (VII) | Lenin (VII) | Ohio (★) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main guns | 8 × 380 mm | 9 × 406 mm | 8 × 457 mm |
| Health | 69,000 (13th) | 63,200 (33rd) | 96,300 (7th) |
| Main battery reload | 26.0 s (12th) | 33.0 s (47th) | 27.5 s (7th) |
| Main battery range | 17.5 km (10th) | 17.0 km (31st) | 17.0 km (19th) |
| AP shell damage | 11,900 (31st) | 13,100 (11th) | 15,750 (3rd) |
| AP damage per minute | 219,692 (26th) | 214,364 (31st) | 274,909 (12th) |
| Accuracy (sigma, higher is tighter) | 1.8 (29th) | 1.7 (41st) | 2.0 (7th) |
| Secondary damage per minute | 385,500 (7th) | 233,400 (23rd) | 291,892 (6th) |
| Secondary range | 4.5 km (49th) | 5.0 km (35th) | 7.0 km (4th) |
| Top speed | 30.0 kt (29th) | 28.5 kt (41st) | 28.0 kt (19th) |
| Concealment | 15.4 km (34th) | 15.4 km (27th) | 16.1 km (19th) |
| Anti-air damage per second | 591 (13th) | 334 (40th) | 764 (7th) |
GamingDiver community results, standard battles (rank among battleships at the same tier: 55 at tier VII, 22 at ★):
| Ship | Avg Base XP | Avg damage | Win rate | Tier battleship median (Base XP / damage / win rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Bart (VII) | 1,912 (2nd) | 94,606 (2nd) | 67.3% (4th) | 1,652 / 78,820 / 60.0% |
| Lenin (VII) | 1,831 (7th) | 89,053 (6th) | 66.8% (5th) | 1,652 / 78,820 / 60.0% |
| Ohio (★) | 1,801 (15th) | 109,666 (13th) | 63.3% (9th) | 1,854 / 109,863 / 62.6% |
Base XP is the measure the best players trust, because the game builds it from everything that wins battles: damage scaled to the target's health, kills, captures and whether your team won. Damage alone rewards a ship that farms big numbers from far away. Here the two agree: Jean Bart is 2nd of 55 tier VII battleships on both, and Lenin is in the top 7 on both. Against the typical tier VII battleship, Jean Bart earns 16% more Base XP and 20% more damage; Lenin earns 11% and 13% more.
Ohio is average for its tier. Its damage matches the top-tier battleship median almost exactly, its Base XP is 3% below it, and its win rate is slightly above it. Ohio is still the strongest ship of the three in absolute terms; it is simply meeting stronger opponents.
Base XP here is the export's per-battle base XP, the closest measure available: for about one player in ten it includes some in-battle bonuses, which lifts all ships alike.
How hard each is to get
None of the three can be bought or unlocked outright today; outside this event they come only from crates, at very low odds. The giftlet exchange is the first guaranteed route to any of them in a long time.
| Ship | First appeared | Ways it has been offered | Crate routes listed | Best current crate odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Bart | One of the earliest Admiralty Backing campaign ships | Campaign, Santa crates (2022 onward), Spectral Vaults, event crates | 17 | 0.2% (Chest of Rarities) |
| Lenin | 2020 | Santa crates, Spectral Vaults, event crates | 14 | 0.2% (Chest of Rarities) |
| Ohio | A New Year event about three years ago | Spectral Vaults, event crates | 8 | 0.2% (Chest of Rarities) |
Ohio, the newest of the three, has appeared in fewer crates: 8 listed routes against 14 for Lenin and 17 for Jean Bart, and it has never been in a Santa crate. But that has not made it scarcer. Ohio has the most owners of the three (43% of GamingDiver players, against 25–29%), most likely because its New Year debut put it in many hands at once. Jean Bart is the one Wargaming itself calls "long out of reach for many Captains": it was a campaign reward, and campaigns do not return.
Today all three share the same 0.2% chance in the Chest of Rarities, and Ohio is also in the Mystic Lantern at 0.02%. At those odds, a guaranteed pick for 25,000 giftlets is far better value than chasing any of them in crates.
The exchange opens in early December with the Winter Holidays update. Reaching 25,000 giftlets takes every giftlet activity across three updates (up to 5,000 from the Halloween mode alone), so start now. Two mystery ships, one also at 25,000 giftlets, will be revealed closer to December; owners of all three should wait for that reveal.
Which one should you pick?
Pick by where you play and how you like to fight; all three are proven ships that owners keep coming back to.
| If you… | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Play mostly at the top tier, or want the strongest ship of the three | Ohio | Top-tier battleship with 96,300 health, 457 mm AP shells (3rd-highest alpha of 23) and 7 km secondaries |
| Play tier VII and like to close in and brawl | Jean Bart | Fast 26 s reload, 7th-best secondary damage at tier VII, and 2nd in both Base XP and damage of 55 tier VII battleships in the GamingDiver community |
| Play tier VII and prefer big single volleys at mid range | Lenin | Nine 406 mm guns hitting 13,100 per AP shell and 7th in Base XP at tier VII; accepts the slowest reload at its tier (33 s) |
| Collect rare ships | Jean Bart | A retired campaign reward Wargaming calls long out of reach (Lenin is held by slightly fewer GamingDiver players: 25% vs 29%) |
| Already own one or two | The one you lack, or wait | Two mystery ships, one also priced at 25,000 giftlets, are revealed before December |
The main trade-off is tier, not quality. Ohio drops you into the toughest lobbies and is the most capable ship; Jean Bart and Lenin both out-damage the typical tier VII battleship and face easier matchups. Between the two tier VIIs, Jean Bart is the more forgiving and more popular pick: its owners play it about 80% more than Lenin's do.
Method and sources
- Whose numbers these are: every player statistic comes from the GamingDiver community: the players who upload their Legends stats export to GamingDiver, using each player's latest upload. It is not the whole Legends player base, and these players win more often than average, so compare ships with each other rather than with your own numbers.
- Ownership and play: "owner" means the player has at least one battle in the ship, in any mode, so owners who never sailed it are not counted.
- Base XP, damage and win rate: standard battles only. Base XP is the export's per-battle base XP, the closest available measure; for about one player in ten it includes some in-battle bonuses.
- Tier comparisons: every battleship at the same tier (55 at tier VII, 22 at ★) with at least 10 GamingDiver owners; "typical" means the median.
- Specs and ranks: the Ship Specs comparison on GamingDiver, top configuration, ranked among all battleships at the tier.
- Crate routes and odds: official container odds, current and archived, as listed on each ship's GamingDiver page.
- Event details and ship histories: Road to New Year Begins: Lenin, Jean Bart, Ohio, and More Rewards! (Wargaming, 28 September 2026).