Ministry of Balance: New Horizons, Greater Heights
- Extended the barbette armor plates to the casemate, making these areas more resistant to accidental hits.
World of Warships: Legends ship guide
La Foudre
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Mid-range battleship anchorHold a mid-range lane and trade with the enemy line.
Playstyle
- Use speed and rudder to approach from flanks, then enter secondary range when enemy focus is split
- Maintain enough angle to let armor changes help rather than exposing broadside
- Avoid: Do not rush straight into crossfires chasing secondary damage
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Playstyle
Overview
La Foudre is a French premium battleship with official improvements to secondary range, accuracy, shell damage, rudder shift, and armor geometry. Play her as a fast pressure battleship that can threaten close fights after setting the terms.
Positioning
Use speed and rudder to approach from flanks, then enter secondary range when enemy focus is split. Maintain enough angle to let armor changes help rather than exposing broadside.
Potato Avoidance
Rush straight into crossfires chasing secondary damage
La Foudre’s buffs reward controlled pressure, not reckless brawling.
Acquisition
How to get La Foudre
La Foudre is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers and Collaboration. 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.
- ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
- CollaborationIntroduced via the official Pirates on the Horizon! collaboration. Collab/promo ships sometimes return through later limited offers.
Best listed chance for this ship
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Treasure Chest '24
0.75%
Pirate Ship
Event containers · Treasure Chest '24 · 1 of 4 ships
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Pirate Chest '26
0.4%
One of the pirate ships
Event containers · Pirate Chest '26 · 1 of 5 ships
Official WG availability sources
- Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
- Pirates on the Horizon! Event/store source Start: 2022-11-24 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.
- Pirates Are Back on the Legendary Seas! Event/store source Start: 2024-11-29 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.
Show direct source rows
- Pirate Chest '26 0.4% · One of the pirate ships
- Treasure Chest '24 0.75% · Pirate Ship
Builds Beta
Build for survivability, secondaries, main-battery consistency, speed, and rudder. The best version pushes deliberately.
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Stats and specs
La Foudre stats
Detailed specs are not available for this ship.
This ship is not in our current spec dataset. It may be a limited or legacy variant, a recent release we have not added yet, or a special edition that runs separately from the standard roster. In the meantime, you can look up La Foudre on the Wargaming wiki. If you own this ship and would like us to add full specs, let us know.
Balance History
Balance updates affecting La Foudre. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
Exteriors
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior La Foudre can equip, from in-game data.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Primary official WG sources
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