SMS Großer Kurfürst

## Großer Kurfürst

The Kurfürst, as seen in game. Note that the table statistics do not reflect any flag bonuses

## Armament

### Primary Batteries

Ten 12 inch (305mm) gunsDamage: 20,895 to 26,641

Reload Time: 14 to 11 seconds

### Secondary Batteries

Fourteen single mountsRange: 800 to 934 meters

Damage: 6,984 to 8,154

Reload Time: 9 to 7 seconds

### Aircraft Catapults (Interceptors)

None

SMS Großer Kurfürst was a German battleship featured in the game.

## Background History

The Kurfurst was laid down during October 1911; was launched during May 5, 1913; and was commissioned during July 30, 1914.

The ship took part in the Battle of Jutland between May 30 and June 1, 1916. The ship was under heavy fire during the naval engagement, but suffered little damage. The ship was often subject to accidents, having collided with other ships and also ran aground several times.

After the end of the war, the ship was scuttled during June 21, 1919 to avoid being captured by the Royal Navy. The Kurfurst was raised and scrapped during 1938.

## Overview

Grosser Kurfust is the first competitive battleship that players will get their hands on that breaks the 25k dmg point and 200k MAX HP. while extremely competitive, it has a slow speed of just 22 knots out of the box which is only matched by HMS Rodney. Though she won't be winning any races, she has really good maneuverability which would help you dodge metal fishes and also incoming fire. As such, any flags that will improve speed will be advised although a damage build can also be used. It is not rare to see some of these ships simply waiting with broadsides, pounding away at other enemies. They are easy to obtain from containers or purchase, and are good introductions to the powerful battleship class.

## Tactics

Just like the Texas and other low tier battleships, the Kurfurst usually trades speed for HP and firepower. By many respects, the Kurfurst is an evolved version of Texas, at the price of speed.

**Playing as a Kurfurst**

The Kurfurst acts as the team's demolisher, capable of dealing deadly strikes while also surviving from high levels of punishment. You can help your team in eliminating the major enemy warships, but try not to take on powerful ships all on your own, though you hit hard and have the HP to tank a lot of beating, you would be an easy kill for likes of Fusos, Dakotas, etc. if you are going solo (not recommended). You should try avoiding destroyers or being unescorted in the open. Due to your slowness, rival warships are likely to target you; so keep an eye out on the minimap and on your ship's surroundings.

**Playing alongside a Kurfurst**

You should pay close attention to an ally Kurfurst and escort it whenever you can. Though constantly underestimated, they usually prove to be very successful allies. If you spot an enemy destroyer sneaking up to it, remove the enemy ship as fast as you can; in that way you can protect it from sneak attacks while it takes down the stronger ships from the distance. Its decent secondaries will prove to be an effective protection against nearby hostiles. However, you must need to be patient with your fellow Kurfurst, they can't catch up with faster vessels.

**Playing against a Kurfurst**

The Kurfurst, being one of the slowest ships in the game, struggles to escape from hostiles or catch up with other ships. This leaves them vulnerable against sneak attacks or baits. If you wish to attack, you must be cautious with its guns, since they fire rapidly and hit like an absolute truck especially when you are controlling a non-battleship warship. Aircraft can be an effective way of dealing with an unescorted Kurfurst but keep in mind that the Großer Kurfürst might be extremely slow but she is quite agile, which makes it harder to land torpedoes or bombs.

## Advantages and Disadvantages

**Advantages**

* High HP.
* High main gun damage for a low tier ship.
* Inexpensive main gun ammunition cost.
* Satisfactory secondaries.
* Good amount of barrels, 10 to point at the foes.

**Disadvantages**

* Low speed.
* Sup-par Anti Aircraft armament.
* Lacks interceptors.
* Suffers from German dispersion.

## Player opinion's

* Despite their Low notoriety and seemingly low threat, most players (myself included) do not realise how many hundreds of thousands of Hp they ripped off, while using pure Hp pool to survive. -unknown player.
* Looking like a Fat Nagato on drugs you think this is easy but not it can rip you apart even if you a South dakota or Kongo - Player Tp12Br5
* These guys can absolutely tear you to shreds the moment you slip up. Even more so at close range. -Player 123ASAPER
* When you buy such ship you are pretty much unsinkable. The fact that this ship have 5 turrets with 2 barrels mean that it will do high damage. Slow is the only problem to the ship. Basically low tier Yamato -ExcitableChimera17

## Editor/Contributor's Opinion

1) **XercesDenial** :- " She might not be the Großer Kurfürst from WoWs, or have 420mm guns.. but still packs a heck of a punch and has more than enough HP to take them all day "

2) **Thathsilu898** :- " When you buy her you get value for money more than any other ship "

## Trivia

* To avoid confusion, the character "ß" is **not** the letter "B". The character is called an Eszett and is pronounced as "ss".
* The ship's name means "Great Elector", which refers to Friedrich Wilhelm (Frederick William) I.
* Unlike the Kurfurst from World of Warships, the Kurfurst in Battle of Warships is a Konig class battleship.
* The Kurfurst is the only ship in-game that was built by the German empire.

**In-game inaccuracies**

* The game displays the Kriegsmarine flag in the flag icon of the Kurfurst, instead of the flag of the Kaiserliche marine.