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Knyaz Suvorov

Also called: 苏沃洛夫公爵 · Князь Суворов · Knjas Suworow Beta

U.S.S.R. · Tier III · Battleship · Premium

All-rounder battleshipNo standout trait, so adapt: anchor mid-range, support a brawl, or snipe as the team needs.

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

High fire chanceClose-range AP brickFast DCP cycleThin armor

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Playstyle

Overview

Knyaz Suvorov is a Tier III Soviet all-rounder battleship with 305mm guns at 13.5 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. Standout traits: top-decile HE fire chance in T3 BBs (33) and top-decile close-range AP pen in T3 BBs (566.9 mm).

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. 37,900 HP is what a rotation started too late costs, and it is spent before the guns that punished it come off cooldown. The helm answers fast (9.7 s) but the circle is wide (650 m): weave to spoil aim rather than committing to turns, because a committed turn gives up more water than the quick rudder saves you.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 22 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.4 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

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

High fire chance · 33%
Close-range AP brick · 566.9 mm

Fast DCP cycle ↗

40 s Damage Control reload, top quartile of T3 BBs. Fire / flood stacks come off cooldown sooner.

Thin armor ↗

203 mm max plate, bottom decile of T3 BBs. Citadel windows open against peer-tier guns.

Light secondaries ↗

83314 secondary DPM (theoretical), bottom decile of T3 BBs. Less per-minute secondary throughput than peers; brawl trade depends more on the mains.

Acquisition

How to get Knyaz Suvorov

Knyaz Suvorov 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 Knyaz Suvorov sits among Tier III BBs (17 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.

BestAP pen at 10 km346 mm (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Rudder shift9.7 s (2/18) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio4.01 × (3/18) Top 25%Fires per minute6 (5/18) Top 25%AP shell damage8,600 (3/18) Bottom 25%Turning circle650 m (15/18) Bottom 25%Main battery reload33 s (15/18) Bottom 25%Citadel belt203 mm (15/18) Bottom 25%Deck armor25 mm (15/18) WorstSecondary DPM (per side)83,314 (18/18) WorstAP velocity762 m/s (1 of 2 tied) WorstHE velocity762 m/s (1 of 2 tied) WorstSecondary range3.5 km (1 of 7 tied) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 2 tied) WorstMax armor203 mm (18/18) WorstEnd plates16 mm (1 of 5 tied / 1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Knyaz Suvorov -- 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 points37,900 HP(13/18) Max speed22 kt(9/18) Concealment12.17 km(8/18) Smoke fire bloom9.3 km(8/18) Air detection9.74 km(8/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) Main battery range13.51 km(12/18) Sigma1.5(14/18) HE shell damage4,500(6/18) HE DPM81,818(12/18) AP DPM156,364(12/18) Main dispersion193.7 m(6/18) Secondary HE alpha1,700(13/17) Secondary fire chance8%(10/17) Secondary HE pen20 mm(13/17) Acceleration34.7 s(6/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Engine power33,200 hp(7/17) Turn-speed retention51.1 hp/m(9/17) Displacement22,350 t(6/18) Power-to-weight1.49 hp/t(6/17) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)121,184(8/18) AA DPS34(11/15) AA range3 km(9/15) AA threat102(11/15) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points37,900

Displacement22,350 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.

180.4 x 26.6 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range10–203 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 16, 19, 25, 38, 51, 76, 102, 127, 152, 203 mm

Armor material/layer entries76

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 (6,822 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 (7,580 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.

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.

19,000

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.

11,400

Effective HP

Base 37,900 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,306 HP per charge, x2 charges = 10,612 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.

48,512

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 305 mm/52 Model 1907

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time33 s

Firing range13.5 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Turret armor203 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 ±150°, 310° starboard-only, 285° arc, ±132°

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.

48° off bow / 30° off stern

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB39366

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB121184

Shell Grouping (σ)1.5

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{13508}{30} \cdot \frac{13 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 193.7 m

193.7 m at 13.5 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 193.7 \cdot 0.75 = 145.3 m

145.3 m at 13.5 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 193.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 77.5 m

77.5 m at 13.5 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 145.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 58.1 m

58.1 m at 13.5 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 18.2.

18.2

HE shells

HE Damage4,500

HE Velocity762 m/s

Fire Chance33%

HE penetration

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

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,500 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 45,000.

45,000

HE DPM

45,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 81,818.

81,818

Fires/min

18.2 shells/min x 33% fire chance = 6.

AP shells

AP Damage8,600

AP Velocity762 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 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 620.4 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

620.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 439.1 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {439.1}^{1.38} = 289.9 mm

289.9 mm at 13.5 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,600 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 86,000.

86,000

AP DPM

86,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 156,364.

156,364

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 points8

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

75 mm Canet naval gun8×1 75mm

Guns75 mm Canet naval gun

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 13 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 34 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts14

Firing range3.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

120 mm/50 Model 190514×1 120mm

Caliber120 mm

Reload time8.57 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity823 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen20 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 @ 3.5 km

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

229.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power33,200 hp

Maximum speed22 kt

Turning circle radius650 m

Rudder shift time9.7 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 22 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.4 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.

10.4 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.

42.8 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).

6.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (19.8 kt of 22 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

34.7 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (21.8 kt of 22 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.

56.6 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{22.0 \cdot 0.5144}{650} = 1.00 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4}{1.00} = 4.0 \times

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

4.0× drags

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Concealment

Detectability by sea12.17 km

Detectability by air9.74 km

Smoke firing penalty9.3 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.

13.51 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.

15.84 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.

14.17 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.

12.74 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,306 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.
· 10,612 HP (28% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 2 charges = up to 28% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 190 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (37,900 HP) per second = 190 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

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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)1.5

Max Horiz Disp193.7 m at 13.5 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13508}{30} \cdot \frac{13 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 193.7 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km92.5 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 km152 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 Disp145.3 m at 13.5 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 193.7 \cdot 0.75 = 145.3 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km79.5 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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.25$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.4$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.6 \cdot 13508 = 8105$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.75$  at 13508 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.4 + (0.75 - 0.4) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8105}{13508 - 8105} = 0.5228$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 152 \cdot 0.5228 = 79.5 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp77.5 m at 13.5 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 193.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 77.5 m$

Med Vert Disp58.1 m at 13.5 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 145.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 58.1 m$

AP Pen Close620.4 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 620.4 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far289.9 mm at 13.5 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 439.1 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {439.1}^{1.38} = 289.9 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km459 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 km346 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 km5.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4595 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 470.9} = 3.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 762 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 km5.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4595 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 470.9} = 3.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 762 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.

Broadside guns used for alpha10

All 10 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time45 s

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

HE full-salvo alpha45,000

4,500 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 45,000.

AP full-salvo alpha86,000

8,600 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 86,000.

HE DPM81,818

45,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 81,818.

AP DPM156,364

86,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 156,364.

Shells/min18.2

10 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 18.2.

Fires/min6

18.2 shells/min x 33% fire chance = 6.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range34

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 75mm Cane 8x1 -> 34 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 range34 DPS @ 3 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-blank34

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).

AA threat index102

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)83,314

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: 14×1 120 mm (7/side) × 60/8.57 × 1700 = 83,314. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1700

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 120 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 120 mm family.

Max HE pen20 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: 20 mm from the 120 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 37,900, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern16 mm

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

Belt / citadel203 mm

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

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	16 mm primary (range 16–127 mm)	1,400 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 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)	102 mm primary (range 16–203 mm)	28,400 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches102 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 410mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 13–127 mm)	1,300 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	203 mm primary (range 10–203 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively 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	900 (2% of HP)	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).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	19,000 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (120 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (75 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	11,400 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

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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2025-07-31

Ministry of Balance: Back to the Naval Academy

Main battery reload time reduced from 36 to 33 seconds.
Main battery turret traverse speed increased from 3.2 to 4.0°/s.
Replaced the Sure Shot and Guns Aplenty ship traits with the Superior AP Damage and Ironclad traits.

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