Algérie W
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Record History
Playstyle
Overview
Algérie is a Tier VI French cruiser with Main Battery Reload Booster access, balanced by a longer reload. Play her as a mobile cruiser that creates burst windows.
Positioning
Use speed and range to flank, then activate Reload Booster when broadsides or finishing opportunities appear.
Potato Avoidance
Waste Reload Booster into angled targets or sit still in…
Do not waste Reload Booster into angled targets or sit still in open water.
Signature Traits
+15% speed, 180 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact, uncommon in T6 CAs.
AP alpha and sigma both top-bracket. Punishes broadside cruisers and BB superstructures.
Caliber-driven overmatch reaches armor thicknesses most cohort peers can't crack. Punish bow-tankers.
6.16 hp per ton, bottom decile of T6 CAs. Engine struggles to overcome the hull's mass, so the ship bleeds speed harder than peers in sustained turns.
How to get Algérie W
Algérie W is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.
Best listed chance for this ship
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Santa Level 5
0.486111%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 5 · 1 of 36 ships
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Santa Level 4
0.1875%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 4 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 36 ships
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- Santa Level 40.138889%
- Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.048611%
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Piñata Chest
0.16%
Tier V or VI Premium ship
Event containers · Piñata Chest · 1 of 25 ships
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Santa Level 3
0.135764%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 3 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 36 ships
Show 4 paths
- Santa Level 30.083333%
- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.024306%
- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.020833%
- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.007292%
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Mega Santa '23
0.121212%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Mega Santa '23 · 1 of 33 ships
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Super Santa '23
0.106061%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Super Santa '23 · 1 of 33 ships
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Santa Level 2
0.057517%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 2 · 7 paths combined · 1 of 36 ships
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- Santa Level 20.027778%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.0125%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.006944%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.003646%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.003125%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.002431%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.001094%
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Champion's Box
0.027153%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Champion's Box · 4 paths combined · 1 of 36 ships
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- Champion's Box → Santa Level 30.016667%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.004861%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.004167%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.001458%
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Santa Level 1
0.014065%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 1 · 10 paths combined · 1 of 36 ships
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- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 30.004167%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 20.004167%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.001875%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.001215%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.001042%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.000547%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.000469%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.000365%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.000164%
- Santa Level 10.000056%
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Ultimate Crate
0.010606%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Ultimate Crate → Super Santa '23 · 1 of 33 ships
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Secret Santa '23
0.000061%
Tier VI Premium ship
Event containers · Secret Santa '23 · 1 of 33 ships
Official WG availability sources
- Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Show direct source rows
- Mega Santa '23 0.121212% · Tier VI Premium ship
- Piñata Chest 0.16% · Tier V or VI Premium ship
- Santa Level 1 0.000056% · Tier VI Premium ship
- Santa Level 2 0.027778% · Tier VI Premium ship
- Santa Level 3 0.083333% · Tier VI Premium ship
Builds Beta
Build for reload, range, speed, rudder, concealment, and survivability.
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Cohort position
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Where Algérie W sits among Tier VI CAs (41 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.
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Not standouts for Algérie W -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.
Stats & specs
Customize in the Build Tool →Shell ballistics chartƒ
Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.ƒ
8 broadside guns x 60 / 13 s base reload = 36.9.HE shells
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34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).ƒ
2,950 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 23,600.ƒ
23,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 13 s base reload = 108,923.ƒ
8 HE shells x 60 / 13 s reload x 15% fire chance = 5.54.AP shells
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floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: . Matches the in-game spec card.ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 385.7 m/s: .ƒ
5,050 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 40,400.ƒ
40,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 13 s base reload = 186,462.ƒ
AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.ƒ
Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship: .ƒ
Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg: .ƒ
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 13,733 = 41,199.ƒ
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (28×3.5×0.9) + (23×3.5×0.85) + (17×3.5×0.9) = 210. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.ƒ
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.ƒ
Includes 17 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.ƒ
Far 17 + Medium 28 = 45ƒ
Far 17 + Medium 28 + Near 23 = 68ƒ
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.ƒ
5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.ƒ
Time to accelerate from 0 kt to 90% of top speed (29.2 kt of 32.5). Numerical integration of the WoWS engine model with the inputs decoded for this ship: ; ; piecewise acceleration ; the engine ramps over . Euler step until . The 0.42 exponent, quadratic drag and the TimeScale 2.61 are the calibrated game constants (New York's 60/2.61 = 23.0 s spool-up matches in-game); no closed form.ƒ
Time to accelerate from 0 kt to 99% of top speed (32.2 kt of 32.5). Same integration as the 0-90% row, read where . 99% (not 100%) because exact top speed is asymptotic - thrust equals drag at , so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.ƒ
How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate , so . Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.ƒ
max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 94 s active · 4.67 km ship detect · 3.3 km torpedo detect
Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · +100% flak burst boost
Catapult Fighter3 charges · 70 s reload · 55 s active · 5.56 km patrol radius · 1 squadron size
Engine Boost2 charges · 120 s reload · 180 s active · +15% speed bonus
Main Battery Reload Booster2 charges · 180 s reload · 15 s active · +50% reload boost
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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.
Main battery formulas
Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{14250}{30}\cdot\dfrac{8-1.1}{1000} + 1.1\right)\cdot 30 = 131.3\,\text{m}$Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 131.3 \cdot 0.6 = 78.8\,\text{m}$50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 131.3 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 42\,\text{m}$50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 78.8 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 25.2\,\text{m}$Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 2434 \cdot 134^{0.69} \cdot 0.203^{-1.07} \cdot 820^{1.38} = 413.1\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 385.7 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 2434 \cdot 134^{0.69} \cdot 0.203^{-1.07} \cdot 385.7^{1.38} = 145.9\,\text{mm}$.34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.2,950 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 23,600.5,050 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 40,400.23,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 13 s base reload = 108,923.40,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 13 s base reload = 186,462.8 broadside guns x 60 / 13 s base reload = 36.9.8 HE shells x 60 / 13 s reload x 15% fire chance = 5.54.Torpedoes
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).2 launchers x 3 tubes.tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 13,733 = 82,398.One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 13,733 = 41,199.AA defense
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (28×3.5×0.9) + (23×3.5×0.85) + (17×3.5×0.9) = 210. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.Secondary battery dispersion
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.Secondary battery firepower
Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 6×2 100 mm (6/side) × 60/4 × 1400 = 126,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1400 from the 100 mm family.Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 100 mm family.Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 17 mm from the 100 mm family.Acceleration and Ballistics Chart
Balance History
Balance updates affecting Algérie W. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
Ministry of Balance: Season of Change
- Main battery AP shell damage increased from 4,800 to 5,050.
- Main battery HE shell damage increased from 2,800 to 2,950.
- Main battery maximum range increased from 13.9 to 14.25 km.
- Stock hull rudder-shift time reduced from 13.4 to 12 seconds.
- Upgraded hull rudder-shift time reduced from 9.5 to 8.5 seconds.
- Ship maximum speed increased from 31 to 32.5 knots.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Algérie W can equip, from in-game data.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Primary official WG sources
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