In addition, the 27mm plating leaves her vulnerable to HE spam from enemy cruisers. In high tier matches where battleships often have larger gun calibers, captains should look to play more conservatively, using islands or smoke screens to fire upon targets while staying undetected. However, battleships with a gun caliber of 406mm and above will have no trouble punching through her armor for massive amounts of damage. As with Baltimore, this makes her essentially invulnerable when angled to ships with a gun caliber of 381mm and below. Rochester features a 27mm bow, stern, midsection, and deck plating. Most notably, Rochester mounts the Smoke Generator consumable instead of the Surveillance Radar found on Baltimore. She shares her sister’s hull and main battery, but differs in concealment, utility, damage per minute, and Anti Aircraft firepower.

Tier VIII American premium cruiser Rochester is nearly identical to her sister ship Baltimore. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's 'Actual AA DPS'.

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