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Dante Alighieri B

Also called: 但丁·阿利格伊切里 B Beta

Italy · Tier III · Battleship · Premium · Dante Alighieri Variant

SAP battleshipMain guns fire high-alpha SAP instead of AP: farm reliable chunks into broadsides and superstructures rather than fishing citadels, and angle to survive while picking targets your SAP bites rather than shatters on.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 10-13 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

79 mm SAP penHeavy secondary DPMExtra heal chargesFast HE shellsSlow reload

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Playstyle

Overview

Dante Alighieri B is a Tier III Italian SAP battleship: her 305mm main battery fires semi-armor-piercing shells (79.2mm of fixed penetration) in place of AP. SAP lands a reliable guaranteed chunk on broadsides and superstructures instead of fishing for citadels, and pens without the angle checks AP lives or dies on. The catch is that SAP shatters on the heavy belt armor AP would punch through, so the kit rewards picking targets it bites over trading into an angled battleship. Her secondary battery fires SAP rather than HE, so it punches through angled plating that shatters standard secondaries in a brawl. Standout traits: best heavy secondary DPM in T3 BBs (560,000) and best Repair Party charges in T3 BBs (4).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 10-13 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 23 kn you are among the quicker hulls in the cohort, so a flank that collapses is one you can still leave - commit harder than the speed-limited battleships around you.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 23 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.5 km, so a border run costs most of the mid-game and arrives after the fight it was meant to decide. She wins by holding a lane and trading from it: pick the flank before the first salvo, then let the guns do the travelling.

Signature Traits

Heavy secondary DPM ↗

560000 secondary DPM per side, best of T3 BBs. Per-side barrels × shots/min × alpha across every secondary family; real damage scales with hit rate against the target.

Extra heal charges ↗

4 Repair Party charges, best of T3 BBs. More total HP available across a match.

Fast HE shells ↗

4.95 s HE flight time to 10 km, top quartile of T3 BBs. Reaches targets sooner at a fixed reference range; harder to dodge.

MIXED MAIN BATTERY ↗

Slow reload · 36 s
Pattern widens fast with range

Acquisition

How to get Dante Alighieri B

Dante Alighieri B is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

Premium/EventAvailability usually depends on store rotations, event reruns, collaborations, coupons, or special offers.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Dante Alighieri B sits among Tier III BBs (18 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.

BestSecondary DPM (per side)560,000 (1/18) BestRepair charges4 (1/18) Top 25%Max speed23 kt (5/18) Top 25%Stealth profile11.99 km / 9.59 km (3/18 / 3/18) Top 25%Displacement21,800 t (5/18) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio2.57 × (15/18) WorstHit points36,000 HP (18/18) WorstSmoke fire bloom9.17 km (18/18) WorstMain battery range13.32 km (18/18) WorstMain battery reload36 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstSigma1.4 (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP DPM162,000 (18/18) WorstSecondary range3.5 km (1 of 7 tied)

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Not standouts for Dante Alighieri B -- 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.

Rudder shift11.6 s(8/18) Turning circle580 m(7/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) AP shell damage8,100(13/18) Main dispersion196.5 m(9/18) AP velocity840 m/s(8/18) Acceleration36 s(9/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Engine power32,000 hp(8/17) Turn-speed retention55.2 hp/m(6/17) Power-to-weight1.47 hp/t(7/17) AP pen at 10 km288 mm(9/18) AA DPS118(7/15) AA range3 km(9/15) AA threat304(5/15) Max armor280 mm(13/18) Citadel belt250 mm(11/18) Bow armor19 mm(9/18) Stern armor19 mm(10/18) Deck armor50 mm(7/18) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Survivability

Hit Points36,000

Displacement21,800 t

Armor range13–280 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20, 24, 25, 30, 50, 75, 76, 100, 120, 200, 220, 250, 280 mm

Armor material/layer entries70

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.

10%

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 (6,480 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 (7,200 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.

13%

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.

18,000

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.

10,800

Effective HP

Base 36,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,040 HP per charge, x4 charges = 20,160 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.

56,160

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 305 mm/46 Vickers-Terni 1909

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 32 s → 36 s

Firing range13.3 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor250 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 ±147°, 2x ±150°

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.

33° off bow / 33° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB30181

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB106181

Shell Grouping (σ)1.4

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{13318}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 196.5 m

196.5 m at 13.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 196.5 \cdot 0.6 = 117.9 m

117.9 m at 13.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 196.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 84.2 m

84.2 m at 13.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 117.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 50.5 m

50.5 m at 13.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

60 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 12 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 22.5. All upgrades (top gun): 12 broadside guns x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 20.

Initial: 22.5 → 20

HE shells

HE Damage3,800 (stock hull only)

HE Velocity914 m/s

Fire Chance23%

HE penetration

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

3,800 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 45,600.

45,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 85,500. All upgrades (top gun): 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 76,000.

Initial: 85,500 → 76,000

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 22.5 shells/min x 23% fire chance = 5.17. All upgrades (top gun): 20 shells/min x 23% fire chance = 4.6.

Initial: 5.17 → 4.6

SAP shells

SAP Damage7,850 (top hull)

SAP Velocity850 m/s (top hull)

SAP Pen (mm)79.2 (top hull)

SAP Fragment Radius

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

40 (top hull)

AP shells

AP Damage8,100

AP Velocity840 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold51 mm

AP overmatch

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

21 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 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 498.1 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

498.1 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 500.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {500.8}^{1.38} = 244 mm

244 mm at 13.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,100 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 97,200.

97,200

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 97,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 182,250. All upgrades (top gun): 97,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 162,000.

Initial: 182,250 → 162,000

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.

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3 km

76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 19174×1 76mm

40 mm/39 QF MKII8×1 40mm

Guns76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 1917

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 7 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 18 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

Guns40 mm/39 QF MKII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 38 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 100 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

100

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Medium 18 + Inner Medium 100 = 118

118

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts16

Firing range3.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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 @ 3.5 km

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

229.5 m

Caliber120 mm

Reload time3 s

SAP Damage2,800

Muzzle Velocity870 m/s

Armor Pen34.2 mm

Min Ricochet70°

Max Ricochet90°

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Caliber120 mm

Reload time3 s

SAP Damage2,800

Muzzle Velocity870 m/s

Armor Pen34.2 mm

Min Ricochet70°

Max Ricochet90°

Maneuverability

Engine power32,000 hp

Maximum speed23 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Rudder shift time11.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 23 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.7 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.

10.7 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.

37.4 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).

7.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (20.7 kt of 23 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

36 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (22.8 kt of 23 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.

58.9 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{23.0 \cdot 0.5144}{580} = 1.17 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{3}{1.17} = 2.6 \times

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

2.6× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea11.99 km

Detectability by air9.59 km

Smoke firing penalty9.17 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.

13.32 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (6.1 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

15.69 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.

13.99 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.

12.59 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party4 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,040 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.
· 20,160 HP (56% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 4 charges = up to 56% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 180 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (36,000 HP) per second = 180 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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

Module options (1)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload32 → 36 s

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.4

Max Horiz Disp196.5 m at 13.3 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13318}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 196.5 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km115 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 km164 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.

Max Vert Disp117.9 m at 13.3 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 196.5 \cdot 0.6 = 117.9 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km90.2 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13318 = 6659$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13318 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6659}{13318 - 6659} = 0.5502$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5502 = 90.2 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp84.2 m at 13.3 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 196.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 84.2 m$

Med Vert Disp50.5 m at 13.3 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 117.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 50.5 m$

AP Pen Close498.1 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 498.1 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far244 mm at 13.3 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 500.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {500.8}^{1.38} = 244 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km376 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 km288 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km4.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.328 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 335.7} = 3.57 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 914 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 km5.31 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.355 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 390} = 3.33 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 840 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 penetration51 mm

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch21 mm

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius40

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.

SAP Fragment Radius40 (top hull)

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

Broadside guns used for alpha12

All 12 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time60 s

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

HE full-salvo alpha45,600

3,800 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 45,600.

AP full-salvo alpha97,200

8,100 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 97,200.

HE DPMInitial: 85,500 → 76,000

Zero upgrades: 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 85,500. All upgrades (top gun): 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 76,000.

AP DPMInitial: 182,250 → 162,000

Zero upgrades: 97,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 182,250. All upgrades (top gun): 97,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 162,000.

Shells/minInitial: 22.5 → 20

Zero upgrades: 12 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 22.5. All upgrades (top gun): 12 broadside guns x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 20.

Fires/minInitial: 5.17 → 4.6

Zero upgrades: 22.5 shells/min x 23% fire chance = 5.17. All upgrades (top gun): 20 shells/min x 23% fire chance = 4.6.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range18

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2pdr QF MKII PomPom 8x1 -> 100 DPS @ 2.5 km; 76mm 40 4x1 -> 18 DPS @ 3 km.

Maximum AA range3 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range18 DPS @ 3 km, 118 DPS @ 2.5 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-blank118

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2.5 km).

AA threat index304

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.

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 @ 3.5 km229.5 m

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)560,000

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: 12×1 120 mm (6/side) × 60/3 × 2800 = 336,000 + 4×2 120 mm (4/side) × 60/3 × 2800 = 224,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max SAP alpha2800

Maximum SAP damage per shell across secondary SAP families. Best on this ship: 2800 from the 120 mm family.

Max SAP pen34.2 mm

Maximum SAP armor penetration across secondary SAP families. SAP auto-bounces past its ricochet angles but never shatters on plate it can pen, and it starts no fires. Best on this ship: 34.2 mm from the 120 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 36,000, 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 & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 47+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel250 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 10%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–100 mm)	≈ 1,800 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	100 mm primary (range 24–220 mm)	≈ 27,000 (~75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches100 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 406mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–120 mm)	≈ 1,800 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	250 mm primary (range 25–250 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	13 mm primary (range 13–280 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 Dante Alighieri B. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×13Buff ×1Main Battery ×3

2023-06-15

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

Secondary Battery firing range increased from 3.5 to 4.0 km.
Main Battery AP shell damage reduced from 8,100 to 7,900.
Main Battery reload time increased from 32 to 33 s.
Stock hull HP reduced from 32,400 to 30,000.
Bow HP reduced from 1,530 to 1,400.
Casemate HP reduced from 6,390 to 5,900.
Stern HP reduced from 1,080 to 1,000.
Hull HP reduced from 24,300 to 22,500.
Magazine HP reduced from 16,200 to 15,000.
Steering Gear HP reduced from 9,720 to 9,000.
+4 more official change lines in the source post.

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2022-11-07 · Official ship feature / stats Black Friday: Ships & Deals Variant source 2024-11-18 · Official ship feature / stats Navigating Black Friday: Black Ships and More Variant source 2022-11-03 · Patch notes November Update: Under the Black Flag Patch notes 2022-12-08 · Patch notes December Update: The Most Wonderful Tide of the Year Patch notes 2023-03-02 · Patch notes March Update: Seeing Green Patch notes

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