BA Binah: Tier VIII Italian Blue Archive Battleship 1913

BA Binah's look is inspired by Binah born from entropy and forgotten purpose. Part of the collaboration with Blue Archive.

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  Key Features and Gameplay Tips

Key Features and Gameplay Tips:

• Exhaust Smoke Generator – Retains Verdi's unique smoke for tactical disengagement.
• Improved Maneuverability – Compensates for lower speed with better handling.
• Enhanced Concealment – Better stealth for repositioning and ambush.
• Balanced Survivability – Lower HP offset by agility and smoke.
• Italian SAP & AP – Heavy-hitting secondary armament with SAP options.
• Strong Secondary Battery – Effective close-range firepower.

Gameplay Tips

• Playstyle: Aggressive brawler, leveraging strong secondaries at close range.
• Key Strength: Deadly secondary armament – push in, but pick fights carefully.
• Weakness: Low HP – avoid prolonged trades or reckless charges.
• Smoke Tactics: Use Exhaust Smoke offensively to close distance or defensively to disengage.
• Engagement Plan: Plan approaches wisely; retreat early if outmatched.

  Ship Info

Ship Info:

Ship Name:   VIII BA Binah (M Colonna)

Level: 8

Rarity Level: Rare Ship. Requires dedicated or focused effort via challenging events or long-term commitment.

Collaboration: Blue Archive: © NEXON Korea NEXON Games

WG Introduction: June, 2025

Estimated Released: 14.6

Base Value:  13,000

Nation:  Italy

Current Development Status: Work in Progress

  Armor

Armor:

Hit points: 54,500

Overall Plating: 25 mm

Side Plating Fore/Mid/Aft: 25-300/32-300/25-150 mm

Deck Fore/Mid/Aft: 32/32/32 mm

Fore Athwartships: 220 mm

Aft Athwartships: 220 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 32 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 16 mm

Turret Plating: 200-381 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Armor Belt: 220-300 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 49 mm

Citadel Deck: 80 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Tonnage: 57,540

Torpedo Protection: 42%

  Main Battery Armament

Main Battery Armament:

4x2 381 mm/50 Model 1934 in a turret:

Max Range: 18.3 km

Reload: 27.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 27.0 s

180° Turn Time: 32.7 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 202 m

Sigma: 1.70σ

 

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 381 mm proiettili HE:

Alpha Damage: 5,100

Maximum Damage per Salvo: 40,800

Maximum Damage Per Minute (DPM): 90,667

Alpha Piercing HE: 64.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.275

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 45.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.03

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 381 mm

Shell Krupp: 1.0

Shell Mass: 824.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 880.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 24%

AP Shells

8x 381 mm proiettili AP:

Alpha Damage: 12,000

Maximum Damage per Salvo: 96,000

Maximum Damage Per Minute (DPM): 213,333

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2954

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 64.0

Shell Diameter: 381 mm

Shell Krupp: 2434.0

Shell Mass: 884.8 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 850.0 m/s

  Depth Charge Airstrike

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Aircraft: CANT Z.506 Airone

Aircraft HP: 2000

Max Range: 10 km

Reload: 30 s

Available Flights: 2

No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: x1

Bombs in Payload: 2x CS 160 kg

Max Bomb Damage: 4200

Burn Probability: 24%

  Secondary Armament

Secondary Armament:

4x3 152 mm proiettili CS 1926:

Reload: 13 s

Range: 7.5 km

Max Shell Damage: 3,850

Ammo Type: Semi Armor Piercing

Alpha Piercing CS: 42.0 mm

Velocity: 950.0 m/s

12x1 90 mm proiettili CS:

Reload: 2.9 s

Range: 7.5 km

Max Shell Damage: 2,000

Ammo Type: Semi Armor Piercing

Alpha Piercing CS: 26.0 mm

Velocity: 860.0 m/s

  Anti Aircraft Defence

Anti Aircraft Defence:

Long Range:

12x1 90 mm/50 Model 1939 in a turret:

Firing Range: 4.6 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1120

Continuous Damage Per Second: 147

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 5

Continuous Damage: soon

Action Zone: 3.5-4.6 km

Medium Range:

8x2 37 mm/54 Model 1938 on a Model 1938 mount:

Firing Range: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 168

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Short Range:

2x2 20 mm/65 Breda Model 1935 on a Model 1935 mount:
8x6 20 mm/70 Scotti Model 1941 on a sextuple mount:

Firing Range: 2.0 km

Hit Probability: 70 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 123

Action Zone: 2.0 km

  Mobility

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 29.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 740 m

Rudder shift time: 14.3 s

Propulsion: 186,000 hp

  Detection

Detection:

Surface Detectability: 14.4 km

Air Detectability: 10.1 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-10.1 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 13.6 km

  Consumables

Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: Infinite

Work Time: 15 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 4

Action time: 28 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Regenerated hp per Second: +272.5 hp/s

Slot 3: Exhaust Smoke Generator:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 60 s

Smoke Screen Life Time: 15 s

Reload Time: 180 s

Smoke Radius: 0.9 km

 

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.

Please be aware that all information in this post is 'Work in Progress', the announced adjustments and features may undergo multiple changes during testing, all changes will be added to this post immediately after they become available, the final details will be officially published and labelled in the ship info as 'Released' on this post.