Head to head

KV-1 vs Excelsior

Two vehicles side by side — expected values from the XVM reference, measured values from the stored profiles.

First tank
KV-1
KV-1
Tier V Heavy Tank Soviet Union
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Second tank
Excelsior
Excelsior
Tier V Heavy Tank Great Britain

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Overall picture

Excelsior leads in 7 of 7 comparable metrics.

Only mutually independent values are counted: win rate, average WN8 and the five expected values. Battle count measures popularity rather than strength, and the MoE thresholds are arithmetically the same figure as average damage — both stay out.

Strength profile

Five axes side by side

Each axis is scaled to the range of the tiers involved: the outer edge is the best value of the tier, the centre the weakest. The shape therefore shows where a vehicle stands among its peers — not merely which of the two numbers is larger.

Damage Kills Spotting Defence Win rate
KV-1 Excelsior

Measured stats

Measured, not estimated

52.17 %

Win rate

6.1 % difference

55.56 %
1,276

Avg. WN8

23.2 % difference

1,661
110,073

Battles

94.4 % difference

6,206

Expected values per battle

XVM reference

631

Avg. damage

1.2 % difference

639
1.16

Avg. kills

7.1 % difference

1.25
0.86

Avg. spotted

46.2 % difference

1.60
1.10

Avg. defence

5.3 % difference

1.16
54.97 %

Exp. win rate

2.9 % difference

56.59 %

Marks of Excellence

Lower is better

The bar shows the combined damage required for each mark of excellence. All six bars share one scale — the shorter one marks the vehicle on which the mark is easier to earn.

1 Mark
KV-1 1,042
Excelsior 1,055
2 Marks
KV-1 1,515
Excelsior 1,534
3 Marks
KV-1 1,957
Excelsior 1,982

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

Standing within the tier

Percentile among all vehicles of the same tier

Both vehicles are measured against their own tier, not against each other. That keeps a cross-tier comparison readable: the percentage states which share of the vehicle’s own tier scores worse.

KV-1 Tier V
Win rate Rank 70 of 87

Better than 20 % of the tier

Avg. WN8 Rank 67 of 81

Better than 18 % of the tier

Excelsior Tier V
Win rate Rank 29 of 87

Better than 67 % of the tier

Avg. WN8 Rank 47 of 81

Better than 43 % of the tier

Best players in this duel

The three best stored profiles per vehicle

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

KV-1
Excelsior

The advantage is highlighted in the colour of its side — for the MoE thresholds that is the lower value. Expected values are reference figures for the WN8 calculation, not vehicle statistics: they state what an average player achieves in this tank.

KV-1 data sheet Excelsior data sheet