Alsace

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Alsace — French Tier IX battleship.

A battleship design developed in France in response to construction of the German "H"-class battleships. The ship was a development of the Richelieu class, but in contrast to her predecessor, she had more powerful artillery that was arranged according to a more reasonable scheme. One of the design versions received twelve 380 mm guns that were placed in three main turrets.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
380 mm/45 Mle 1935 in a turret	1.9	36	264	5,400	36	11,900		0	2,000,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Alsace (A)	69,000	19	430	3	12/3	10/12/12/3				0	2,400,000
Alsace (B)	74,700	19	430	3	12/3	10/12/12/3				64,000	5,500,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
PCA n° 9 Mle 1		0		0	1,000,000
PCA n° 9 Mle 2		0		28,000	2,600,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 180,000 hp	30.4		0	600,000
Propulsion: 192,000 hp	32		25,000	2,000,000

Compatible Upgrades

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Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Continuing the grand tradition of the French battleships from Normandie at Tier VI onwards, Alsace brings 12 15" rifles in three quadruple turrets to the table. Historically designed to counter the German H-class battleship projects, Alsace is the next step up from Richelieu, carrying a third turret to her rear, with her guns laid out in the 2-A-1 style common to her peers of Lion, Iowa, Missouri, and Musashi. She has more guns than any other battleship of her tier, the second highest base top speed, plentiful secondaries, a potent AA suite, and excellent agility. Alsace is well-suited for both mid-range duelling and close-range brawling, utilising her mobility to move into prime positions, and to escape if the situation turns against her. With Speed Boost active and the Sierra Mike signal flags equipped, Alsace can easily chase or outrun enemy battleships, even able to keep pace with cruisers in a straight line.

However, Alsace doesn't have everything going for her. She has the smallest guns at Tier IX at 15", leading to her lower overmatch statistic, meaning she can't overmatch bow armour thicker than 25mm. While her armor is decent, she has the second lowest healthpool of all tier nine battleships; the lowest goes to British Lion, but while Lion has her super-Repair Party, Alsace does not have this. Alsace relies on her high mobility and properly angling her armor (made easier by her excellent turret arcs) to survive against her peers at Tier IX. Alsace comes fully equipped for aggressive and mobile gameplay, where cruisers are easy prey and battleships have no hopes of keeping up with the agile and swift Alsace.

Pros:

Excellent top speed of 32 knots, second to Iowa & Missouri's 33 knots.
Carries the highest number of main guns at her tier, with 12 15" guns in three quadruple turrets.
Good AP and HE shell velocities, both at 830 m/s.
Excellent secondary range of 7.5km base, able to reach 11.3km with the correct build.
Both the 100mm and 152mm secondary guns fire HE, and the 152mm guns have a 12.5% base fire chance and excellent damage.
Excellent AA suite on her B hull.
Decent rudder shift time.
Excellent torpedo protection damage at 44%, third behind only Amagi & Yamato.
Has the ability to use Speed Boost, pushing her top speed to 34.56 knots, with the Sierra Mike signal flag this takes her up to 36.29 knots

Cons:

Poor surface & air concealment.
Lowest main gun range of her tier, tied with Friedrich der Große.
Large turning circle of 910 meters.
Smallest main gun calibre of 380mm at tier nine, meaning Alsace can't overmatch the bow armor of cruisers like Baltimore and Roon.
Most of the secondaries are 100mm guns, and can only reliably damage destroyers or superstructures on larger ships.
Mediocre maximum dispersion and a lower sigma of 1.7, which partly counteracts the advantage of the high gun count.
Second lowest healthpool at 74,700.
Lowest healing potency from her Repair Party consumable.

Research

Reaching the Fire Control System first is the top priority, as Alsace's stock range sits at 18.4km, lower than all her peers. Her (A) hull AA is surprisingly capable, and the only major downside with it is the base 23.2 second rudder shift time, so players have the choice for their first module to be either the (B) hull to greatly reduce her rudder shift and improve her survivability and AA, or her Fire Control System to boost her range. Finally, her Engine upgrade can be saved for last, as her base top speed is 30.4 knots, which immediately makes her the second fastest tier IX battleship.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

As a Tier IX ship, Alsace has access to all six Upgrade Slots. Alsace can build for Secondaries or AA.

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 to improve her main battery survival, or Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1 to improve her secondaries and AA.
Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  To improve her overall survivability in game; this also further increases the already stellar level of Torpedo Protection she has.
Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1 to improve her main battery accuracy, AA Guns Modification 2 () for an AA build, or Secondary Battery Modification 1 () for a secondary build.
Slot 4: Damage Control System Modification 2 to further improve her overall survival. Steering Gears Modification 2 is also an option to improve her maneuverability.
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1  to reduce her detection range. Target Acquisition System Modification 1 () is also a viable choice if torpedoes are a recurring threat.
Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3 is the best option for this slot. The -20% loading time for secondary armament offered by Secondary Battery Modification 3 () is of little overall benefit, and Template:AA Guns Modification 3 is only recommended if you are divisioning with a carrier to guarantee an enemy CV.

Commander Skills

As an agile but fragile Tier IX battleship, Alsace benefits from almost any improvement to her survival department, but her secondaries and AA batteries are perfect for improving. General-purpose skills that benefit any Alsace captain include Preventive Maintenance, Expert Marksman, Adrenaline Rush, Superintendent, Concealment Expert, and Fire Prevention.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Endurance		Attack		Support		Versatility
1	Priority Target Situational Awareness indicator will show the number of opponents currently aiming at you with main battery guns. ★★	Preventative Maintenance -30% to the risk of incapacitation of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, engines. ★★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. ★	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time.	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time.	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. ★	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes.
2	High Alert -10% to reload time of Damage Control Party consumable. ★	Jack of All Trades -5% to reload time of all consumables. ★	Expert Marksman +2.5 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber up to 139mm. +0.7 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber above 139mm. ★★	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range.	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen.	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament for each 1% of total health lost. +0.2% squadron speed for each 1% of total health lost. ★★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated.
3	Basics of Survivability -15% to time of repair, fire extinguishing, and recovery from flooding. ★★	Survivability Expert +350 ship HP for each ship tier. +15 aircraft HP for each ship tier.	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes.	Aircraft Armor Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones. -10% continuous damage.	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +10% to continuous damage from AA guns. ★★	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship. ★★★	Demolition Expert +2% chance of HE shells causing a fire on target. +1% chance of rockets causing a fire on target. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire on target. ★	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes. ★★
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament Tightens dispersion of shells from secondary batteries. -15% for Tier I-VI ships. -60% for Tier VII-X ships. Manually selected target only. ★★	Fire Prevention -10% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three. ★★	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +30% to the armor penetration capacity of HE shells. -1% chance of fire on target caused by shells <=139mm. -3% chance of fire on target caused by shells >139mm. ★	Sight Stabilization Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's aircraft. +5% attack aircraft aiming speed. +5% torpedo bomber aiming speed. +10% dive bomber aiming speed.	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +15% damage/sec. within the explosion radius of shells fired from long-range AA defenses. ★★★	Massive AA Fire Instantaneous Damage +100%. Priority AA sector cooldown +50%.	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of all ships and aircraft. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended

Consumables

Alsace can equip the following consumables and their premium variants: Damage Control Party , Repair Party , Catapult Fighter , and Engine Boost , the latter being unique to French battleships. Alsace hugely benefits from the premium variants of Damage Control Party, Repair Party, and Engine Boost.

Camouflage

Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage can be equipped for credits; Types 2 or 5 are recommended at a minimum to reduce the accuracy of incoming shells. Players who wish to spend doubloons can equip Alsace with Type 19 camouflage that lowers her detection radius, reduces the accuracy of incoming shells, reduces her repair costs, increases her credit earnings, and increases the amount of experience she earns.

Signals

As a tier IX Battleship, Alsace benefits greatly from signals that improve her survivability, such as November Foxtrot, India Delta, and India Yankee. Signals that increase XP and credit earnings can also be useful, as well as those that boost her secondary battery and anti-aircraft armament.

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy. ★	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding.	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating.
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating.	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time. ★★	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

Gallery

Alsace launches a catapult fighter to help screen for torpedoes.

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Commonwealth	VII Yukon
Pan-America	V Rio de Janeiro • VIII Atlântico

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 * Excellent AA suite on her B hull.
 * Decent rudder shift time.
-* Excellent torpedo protection damage at 44%, second only to ''[[Musashi]]'''s 55%.
+* Excellent torpedo protection damage at 44%, third behind only ''[[Amagi]]'' & ''[[Yamato]]''.
 * Has the ability to use Speed Boost, pushing her top speed to 34.56 knots, with the Sierra Mike signal flag this takes her up to 36.29 knots
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