Best brawling battleships in WoWs Legends
Battleships that want controlled aggression: push when the flank is ready, use armor properly, and punish close-range mistakes.
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Bayern
Built to brawl: the sloped belt bounces point-blank shells while secondaries work.
Francesco Caracciolo
A brawler: close the distance and the secondaries work alongside the mains.
Massachusetts
A bow-on anchor: thick plate eats incoming fire while the team trades from behind.
Großer Kurfürst
Built to brawl: the sloped belt bounces point-blank shells while secondaries work.
Rasputin
Close inside secondary range and let the auto-fire battery work with the mains.
Lugdunum
Close inside secondary range and let the auto-fire battery work with the mains.
Bismarck
Turtleback armor shrugs close-range AP; brawl in with secondaries firing.
Kii
Hold the line bow-in; top-decile plate shrugs what peers can't crack while the team trades.
Massachusetts B
No standout trait, so adapt: anchor mid-range, support a brawl, or snipe as the team needs.
Tirpitz
Built to brawl: the sloped belt bounces point-blank shells while secondaries work.
Agincourt
Burn the enemy line with improved-HE salvos, then heal through the return fire.
König Albert
Turtleback armor shrugs close-range AP; brawl in with secondaries firing.
Nassau
Improved-HE guns farm fires and chip angled targets your AP can't crack; heals sustain the trade.
Viribus Unitis
Push into secondary range so the auto-battery adds to your main-gun damage.
Friedrich der Große
Close inside secondary range and let the auto-fire battery work with the mains.
Giuseppe Verdi
A fast-mover: reposition between lanes and strike first where peers cannot reach.
Lepanto
Hold the line bow-in; top-decile plate shrugs what peers can't crack while the team trades.
Rhode Island
Push into secondary range so the auto-battery adds to your main-gun damage.