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Constellation W

Also called: 星座冬季 · Зимний Constellation · Constellation hivernal · Constellation Winter Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VII · Battleship · Premium · Constellation Variant

Fast battleshipA fast-mover: reposition between lanes and strike first where peers cannot reach.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 33.2 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has
Avoid: Using the 33.2-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

Key characteristics

Long torps (9 km)406 mm AP overmatchStrong AALobs over islandsRadar (9.9 km)Thin armor

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Playstyle
How to get Constellation W
Builds
Cohort position
Stats and specs
Armor
Charts
Balance history
Exteriors

Community Data

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Playstyle

Overview

Constellation W is a Tier VII American fast battleship at 33.2 kn. Mobility lets her rotate flanks battleship-fast and pick fights where her guns get the first salvo. AA (645 AA DPS at 5 km) ranks 5 of 49 in T7 BBs: heavy enough to make a careless strike expensive, though not the umbrella that shuts a carrier out of her grid. Standout traits: best DCP duration in T7 BBs (20 s) and top-decile deck armor in T7 BBs (127 mm).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 33.2 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has. Mobility means you can pick which fight you are in; do not waste it by holding center the whole match.

Potato Avoidance

Using the 33.2-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

The mobility advantage is about picking which cap fight you arrive at, not about leading the brawl line; a fast BB that overextends loses HP that the kit cannot trade back.

Signature Traits

Surveillance Radar

9.9 km range, 30 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Controls caps and punishes smoke-firing DDs.

Long DCP window ↗

20 s Damage Control duration, best of T7 BBs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

Thick deck armor ↗

127 mm armor deck, top decile of T7 BBs. Eats plunging fire and HE that peers don't.

Fast for the class ↗

33.2 kt, top decile of T7 BBs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Thin armor ↗

305 mm max plate, bottom decile of T7 BBs. Citadel windows open against peer-tier guns.

Low fire chance secondaries ↗

5% best HE fire chance per secondary shell, bottom quartile of T7 BBs. Lights fewer fires in a brawl than peers.

Acquisition

How to get Constellation W

Constellation W is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.

Best listed chance for this ship

Spectral Vault 5.0 0.394737% Tier VII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 5.0 · 1 of 38 ships
Piñata Chest 0.166667% Tier V, VI, or VII Premium ship Event · Piñata Chest · 1 of 18 ships
Spectral Vault 4.0 0.164474% Tier VII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 4.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 38 ships
Show 2 paths
- Spectral Vault 4.00.105263%
- Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.059211%

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Explorer's Chest 0.115385% One of these ships New · Explorer's Chest · 1 of 26 ships
Spectral Vault 3.0 0.082566% Tier VII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 3.0 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 38 ships
Show 4 paths
- Spectral Vault 3.00.052632%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.011842%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.011579%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.006513%
Mystic Lantern 0.078049% Tier VII Premium ship Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 41 ships
Spectral Vault 2.0 0.014178% Tier VII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 7 paths combined · 1 of 38 ships
Show 7 paths
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.005263%
- Spectral Vault 2.00.002632%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.002105%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001184%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001184%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.001158%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000651%
Spectral Vault 1.0 0.002102% Tier VII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 11 paths combined · 1 of 38 ships
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- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000526%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000474%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.00.000237%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000189%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000118%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000116%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000107%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000107%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000104%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000065%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000059%

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Through the Spy Glass: Constellation Ship feature / release Start: 2023-05-22 · End: open/unknown end Official Through the Spy Glass feature for this ship; useful as a release/availability source, but not a guaranteed current-store listing.

Show direct source rows

Explorer's Chest 0.115385% · One of these ships
Mystic Lantern 0.078049% · Tier VII Premium ship
Piñata Chest 0.166667% · Tier V, VI, or VII Premium ship
Spectral Vault 2.0 0.002632% · Tier VII Premium ship
Spectral Vault 3.0 0.052632% · Tier VII Premium ship

Want the full picture? Each container page charts the odds as you open more crates - including ~~pity~~ guaranteed-reward timers and, for GD Supporters, pack math personalized to your port.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Constellation W sits among Tier VII BBs (48 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestFlak per wave (expected)2,310 (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Max speed33.2 kt (5/49) Top 10%Main dispersion188.5 m (5/49) Top 10%AA DPS645 (5/49) Top 10%Deck armor127 mm (3/46) Top 25%Main battery reload22.5 s (8/49) Top 25%Fires per minute7.68 (13/48) Top 25%HE DPM121,600 (13/48) Top 25%Turn-speed retention216.9 hp/m (11/49) Top 25%Power-to-weight4.04 hp/t (13/49) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)178,569 (13/48) Top 25%AA threat2,028 (11/49) Top 25%Torpedo range9.15 km (3/16) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈15,533 (5/16) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time7.4 s (5/16) Bottom 25%Main battery range16.73 km (41/49) Bottom 25%AP velocity768 m/s (38/49) Bottom 25%HE velocity803 m/s (37/48) Bottom 25%Torpedo speed55 kt (15/16) Bottom 25%Torpedo reload98 s (13/16) Bottom 25%End plates27 mm (41/48 / 39/48) Bottom 10%Citadel belt229 mm (45/48) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 11 tied) WorstSecondary HE pen21 mm (1 of 11 tied) WorstMax armor305 mm (1 of 4 tied)

See 29 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Constellation W -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Hit points63,300 HP(30/49) Concealment15.21 km(15/49) Smoke fire bloom14.67 km(29/49) Air detection12.17 km(14/49) Rudder shift15.4 s(21/49) Turning circle830 m(20/49) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.24 ×(33/49) Main battery caliber406 mm(17/49) Sigma1.9(17/49) HE shell damage5,700(24/48) HE fire chance36%(23/48) AP shell damage12,400(23/49) AP DPM264,533(15/49) Secondary DPM (per side)180,000(35/49) Secondary HE alpha1,800(31/46) Acceleration36 s(26/49) AP arming threshold68 mm(35/49) Engine power180,000 hp(15/49) Displacement44,517 t(15/49) AP pen at 10 km553 mm(35/49) Secondary range5 km(35/49) AA range5 km(19/49) Repair charges3(23/49) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(34 of 49 tied at this value) NormSecondary sigma1(48 of 49 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(40 of 49 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(47 of 49 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(46 of 49 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(35 of 49 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points63,300

Displacement44,517 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

266.2 x 36.34 m

Armor range19–305 mm

Plate armor thicknesses19, 25, 27, 32, 38, 50, 51, 57, 76, 102, 114, 127, 152, 178, 229, 305 mm

Armor material/layer entries64

Fire resistance

Does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.

36.6%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (11,394 HP on this ship). 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

A flood ticks 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (12,660 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

Reduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.

20%

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

31,700

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

19,000

Effective HP

Base 63,300 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 8,862 HP per charge, x3 charges = 26,586 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

89,886

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 406 mm Mk5

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time25 s

Firing range16.7 km

Turret traverse5 °/s

Turret armor457 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing, read from in-game data. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.

2x ±148°, 2x ±152°

Guns to bear

How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.

28° off bow / 32° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range451 mm

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB51272

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB160712

Shell Grouping (σ)1.9

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{16728}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 188.5 m

188.5 m at 16.7 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 188.5 \cdot 0.6 = 113.1 m

113.1 m at 16.7 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 188.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 59.5 m

59.5 m at 16.7 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 113.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 35.7 m

35.7 m at 16.7 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

36 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 25 s base reload = 19.2. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 22.5 s all-upgrades reload = 21.3.

Initial: 19.2 → 21.3

HE shells

HE Damage5,700

HE Velocity803 m/s

Fire Chance36%

HE penetration

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 45,600.

45,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 109,440. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22.5 s all-upgrades reload = 121,600.

Initial: 109,440 → 121,600

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 19.2 shells/min x 36% fire chance = 6.91. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 21.3 shells/min x 36% fire chance = 7.68.

Initial: 6.91 → 7.68

AP shells

AP Damage12,400

AP Velocity768 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP overmatch

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 768^{1.38} = 787.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

787.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 512.9 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {512.9}^{1.38} = 451.3 mm

451.3 mm at 16.7 km

AP full-salvo alpha

12,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 99,200.

99,200

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 99,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 238,080. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 99,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22.5 s all-upgrades reload = 264,533.

Initial: 238,080 → 264,533

AP AOE Radius

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

150

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm triple

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time98 s

Projectile speed55 kt

Range9.15 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 46, 600 \cdot 0.333 = 15, 533

≈ 15,533

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

16,633

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.1 km}{55 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.4 s

. The 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor is calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

7.4 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.79 per hit, shown as

2.79 \times 100 = 279 %

. Torpedo flood values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection. Not shown on the in-game port screen.

279%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs170° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming178 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 15,533 = 46,599.

46,599

AA Defense

AA mount points58

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk212×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk48×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk2016×2 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.422×1 20mm

127 mm Mk32 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

10×2 127mm

Guns127 mm Mk32 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 129 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

129

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk2

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 89 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 234 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

234

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 129 + Medium 234 = 363

363

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk.4 + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk20 + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk4

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 115 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 282 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

282

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 129 + Medium 234 + Near 282 = 645

645

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 6 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 2 stray clouds farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 14 clouds per wave × 220 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 6 clouds + 2 outer

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

220

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

75%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 3.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 3.5 km inner edge does not move.

3.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts10

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

127 mm Mk32 (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

10×2 127mm

Caliber127 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen21 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power180,000 hp

Maximum speed33.2 kt

Turning circle radius830 m

Rudder shift time15.4 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 33.2 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.2 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.

13.2 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio from in-game data. The full curve is on the acceleration chart.

35.5 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).

11 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.9 kt of 33.25 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

36 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.9 kt of 33.25 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

57.7 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{33.2 \cdot 0.5144}{830} = 1.18 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{5}{1.18} = 4.2 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

4.2× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea15.21 km

Detectability by air12.17 km

Smoke firing penalty14.67 km

Detect when firing (sea)

Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.

16.73 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (8.12 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

20.29 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Base sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

17.21 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Base air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

15.17 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 8,862 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 26,586 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 316 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (63,300 HP) per second = 316 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Surveillance Radar2 charges · 150 s reload · 30 s active · 9.9 km radar range
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{330 \times 30}{1000} = 9.9 km$

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Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

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Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.9

Max Horiz Disp188.5 m at 16.7 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{16728}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 188.5 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km132 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km174 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp113.1 m at 16.7 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 188.5 \cdot 0.6 = 113.1 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km68.6 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16728 = 8364$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16728 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8364}{16728 - 8364} = 0.5196$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5196 = 68.6 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp59.5 m at 16.7 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 188.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 59.5 m$

Med Vert Disp35.7 m at 16.7 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 113.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 35.7 m$

AP Pen Close787.7 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 768^{1.38} = 787.7 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far451.3 mm at 16.7 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 512.9 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {512.9}^{1.38} = 451.3 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km658 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km553 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km473 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.3 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.346 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 861.8} = 2.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 803 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.39 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.336 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1016} = 2.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 768 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration68 mm

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch28 mm

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius150

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Broadside guns used for alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time36 s

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

HE full-salvo alpha45,600

5,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 45,600.

AP full-salvo alpha99,200

12,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 99,200.

HE DPMInitial: 109,440 → 121,600

Zero upgrades: 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 109,440. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22.5 s all-upgrades reload = 121,600.

AP DPMInitial: 238,080 → 264,533

Zero upgrades: 99,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 238,080. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 99,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22.5 s all-upgrades reload = 264,533.

Shells/minInitial: 19.2 → 21.3

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 25 s base reload = 19.2. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 22.5 s all-upgrades reload = 21.3.

Fires/minInitial: 6.91 → 7.68

Zero upgrades: 19.2 shells/min x 36% fire chance = 6.91. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 21.3 shells/min x 36% fire chance = 7.68.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.4 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).

Torpedo speed55 kt

Travel time to max range61.9 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).

Torpedo module damage1,100

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter from in-game data. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.

Tube count6

2 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo3 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage93,198

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 15,533 = 93,198.

Per-side salvo damage46,599

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 15,533 = 46,599.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range129

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors 12x4 -> 234 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 8x1 -> 49 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK20 Twin12 16x2 -> 98 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 22x1 -> 135 DPS @ 2 km; 5in38 Mk32 Mod12 10x2 -> 129 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range129 DPS @ 5 km, 363 DPS @ 3.5 km, 645 DPS @ 2 km

Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.

AA DPS at point-blank645

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index2028

SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)180,000

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 10×2 127 mm (10/side) × 60/6 × 1800 = 180,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1800

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance5%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 mm

Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 63,300, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.

Bow & stern27 mm

Overmatched by 68+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel178 mm

AP can citadel a flat broadside even at range. Stay angled and avoid showing the full side.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	27 mm primary (range 27–50 mm)	≈ 3,165 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ AP (Colorado, Sinop)Angle bounces 380mm27 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	127 mm primary (range 19–229 mm)	≈ 47,475 (~75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches127 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	27 mm primary (range 27–114 mm)	≈ 3,165 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ AP (Colorado, Sinop)Angle bounces 380mm27 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	178 mm primary (range 32–229 mm)	no cap	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	19 mm	no cap	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

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Balance History

Balance updates affecting Constellation W. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×1Main Battery ×1

2024-12-12

Ministry of Balance: Breaking the Ice

Constellation is a solid ship in competitive environments, but in regular battles, she can suffer in unexpected situations. We aren't changing her vulnerable nature, but we're giving her the means to dish out some additional damage thanks to a better reload.
Main battery gun reload time reduced from 27 to 25 s.

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