You are safer going fast than armouring your ship.

mn pcl has 5 sup slots
the bad thing is with 10 belt 20 bulk 3" shell go right though it 8" does hurt 12" a jk
but 3"/4"/5" gun go right thow the armor like it hot butter

My opinion:

Reynault: Great for AA or ASW, good for lvl. your crew or gain some experts throu AAing.

PCL: Funny thing, but no "must have"

PCA: Mandel is a killer! with the lvl 69 Paris guns you can count it as an 11. BB in GB2.
Not to mention the various other configs wich are possible.

PBB: I like the Dunk, the RN and the MN one. I think the MN Dunk is a bit better then the
UK Dunk. But would i buy it again? No, because Courbet, Lyon, Paris and Stras (Yes, i love
it) are very good ships and all much more fun for me then the PBB.

Ignore the PCL, get a Reynaud instead.

The Mandel is an awesome ship, and allows several different setups, all fun.

The PBB is worthless, so use standard BBs.

PCV is good, as all other PCVs.

the MN PCL has 4 support slots both gunners and BO slots
the MN PCA has 5 support slots 2 main guuners 2 AA/torp slots and BO slots

I normally wouldn't use a PCL, I'd stick with the ECL Reynaud and have a AA setup until
you can use the Tourville/Suffren. As for the PCA Mandel, get it when you can, probably
the best BB2 in game...

The Mandel can be used like a BB with BB guns without taking a BB slot in GBs. It is a
great AA platform and is capable of taking on most BB123s. I personally wished I had it
several months ago when my crew was at level...

Just dont get it.

Mandel is a good ship, only has 5 support slots but has Paris guns on it, so that makes it
a wild card during a game.

I assume you are talking about the MN Dunk? What about the PCL and PCA though? I am current working on a set of
MN BB crew (lvl 30-40 currently), and I just want to know if it is worthwhile to get them to level.

If you want use a MN premiun ship for grinding , it will be a painful experience .

Well , she have 1 more sailor slot from any MN BB3(Paris , Lorraine , Stras Bourg) ,
but it have large hitbox and , most importent part , bugged spread . Even you use
same FCS and same gun , she still have far more horrible spread .

You can get more damege and win in other MN BB3 , even BB2 , this means more
EXP , use them . One more better choice , EBB2 Le havre , if you have one .