I just got the Bayard a few days ago and I have to say I'm loving this ship much more over my heavier cruisers like the Atago, Prinz Eugen and Charles Martel. If you have an IFHE FR Captain for Premium De Grasse and / or La Gal in Tier VI, they should work perfectly with Bayard just as well. If you have Henri IV, a bunch of the guys by default use IFHE on Henri, so you can freely swap in your Henri captain on Bayard with no hassle! Here's my Bayard's gun values with my Henri IV captain. She will also be able to HE Pen the 37mm or 38mm deck armor of High Tier USN BBs, which people often forget exist as a weird in-between deck armor value between the super soft FR / RN BB 32mm decks, and the thick German ones (50mm).īut here's a convenient truth for Bayard users. of even the thinnest 32mm armor sections of RN & FR BBs.

However, Battleships in high tiers ramp up their armor and without IFHE, Bayard can't HE Pen their deck, bow armor, etc. Her default HE Pen is more than enough to Pen the armor of CLs, a number of CAs, and Tier VII and lower Battleships. Not having it means relying too much on Fires (which can be healed back very efficiently) as you suffer a lot of Non-Pens without IFHE against the tougher armor you see in High Tiers. She's a Tier VIII ship and she should be ready to face high tier competition.

Is it worth it for Bayard to take IFHE? I think it is.

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