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König Albert

Also called: 阿尔伯特国王 Beta
Germany · Tier III · Battleship · Premium
Turtleback brawlerSloped armor bounces close-range shells; brawl with secondaries inside the citadel-safe band.
Playstyle
  • Push to within secondary range (~5.5 km) so the auto-fire battery starts contributing
  • Avoid: Torpedo Boat Brawling; with no torpedoes you cannot trade back a fight fought inside enemy torpedo range
Key characteristics
Strong secondaries (6 km)Improved HE penTurtleback armorStrong torpedo beltQuick accelerationThin stern plate
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Playstyle

Overview

König Albert is a Tier III German turtleback brawler: her angled deck armor roofs the citadel and deflects low-angle fire up and away, so the citadel is safer inside secondary range than at long-line trades. The kit is brawl-positive with secondaries out to 5.5 km that punish anyone who closes. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE spam is a real damage option here. Standout traits: best punch-through secondaries in T3 BBs (38 mm) and top-decile torpedo belt percent in T3 BBs (19).

Positioning

Push to within secondary range (~5.5 km) so the auto-fire battery starts contributing. The turtleback bounces plunging shells, so close range protects the citadel better than long-line trades do; let peers think you are overextending while the kit's brawl angle eats their AP. Bow on between salvos still matters; the bow plate handles overmatch where the turtleback handles plunge.

Potato Avoidance

Torpedo Boat Brawling

With no torpedoes you cannot trade back a fight fought inside enemy torpedo range. Hold the band where your guns and secondaries punish them while their fish still fall short, and lean on armor and volume of fire instead of closing the last few kilometers into a spread you have no answer for.

Signature Traits

Turtleback armor

Deck armor angled downward over the citadel, forming a roof outside it. Deflects shells arriving at a low angle up and away, so flat-trajectory fire from close range struggles to reach the citadel.

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 7/18 T3 BBs.

Punch-through secondaries ↗

38 mm best HE pen across secondary families, best of T3 BBs. Pens hull plates peers' secondaries shatter on.

ELITE ARMOR ↗
  • Strong torpedo belt · 19%
  • Thickest plate · 350 mm
ELITE MOBILITY ↗
  • Quick acceleration
  • Nimble for the tonnage · 2.23 hp
Thin stern plate ↗

16 mm stern, bottom quartile of T3 BBs.

Acquisition

How to get König Albert

König Albert 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.

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Cohort position

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Where König Albert 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.

BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1 of 4 tied) BestAcceleration30.7 s (1/17) BestSecondary range5.5 km (1/18) Top 10%Power-to-weight2.23 hp/t (2/17) Top 25%Secondary dispersion bracket43.5 (3/18) Top 25%Secondary DPM (per side)178,215 (4/18) Top 25%Secondary fire chance10% (5/17) Top 25%AP velocity855 m/s (5/18) Top 25%Engine power55,180 hp (4/17) Top 25%Turn-speed retention92 hp/m (3/17) Top 25%Max armor350 mm (3/18) Top 25%Citadel belt300 mm (4/18) Bottom 25%HE DPM72,857 (15/18) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)103,759 (15/18) Bottom 25%AA threat24 (13/15) WorstAA DPS8 (1 of 3 tied) WorstEnd plates16 mm (1 of 5 tied / 1 of 3 tied)
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Not standouts for König Albert -- 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 points37,200 HP(14/18) Max speed21 kt(12/18) Concealment12.15 km(7/18) Smoke fire bloom9.29 km(7/18) Air detection9.72 km(7/18) Rudder shift12.2 s(9/18) Turning circle600 m(12/18) Traverse-to-turn ratio2.91 ×(10/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) Main battery range13.64 km(10/18) Main battery reload28 s(7/18) Sigma1.8(6/18) HE fire chance22%(14/18) Fires per minute4.71(13/18) AP shell damage8,300(7/18) AP DPM177,857(7/18) Main dispersion199.7 m(13/18) Secondary HE alpha1,800(9/17) HE velocity850 m/s(11/18) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Displacement24,740 t(9/18) AP pen at 10 km309 mm(7/18) AA range3 km(9/15) Flak per wave (expected)165(5/10) Repair charges3(9/18) Deck armor50 mm(7/18) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

Stats & specs

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Survivability
Hit Points37,200
Displacement24,740 t
Hull dimensions
ƒLength 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.
172.4 x 29 m (published figure)
Armor range10–350 mm
Plate armor thicknesses10, 16, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 150, 165, 170, 180, 200, 250, 265, 300, 350 mm
Armor material/layer entries74
Fire resistance
ƒDoes 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
ƒEach fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (6,696 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
ƒA flood ticks 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (7,440 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.
0.5% of HP per second
Torp Reduction
ƒReduces 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.
19%
Magazine HP
ƒPer-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.
20,700
Steering gear HP
ƒDurability 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.
12,400
Effective HP
ƒBase 37,200 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,208 HP per charge, x3 charges = 15,624 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.
52,824
Repairable: penetration50%
Repairable: citadel10%
Repairable: steering gear50%
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 305 mm L/50 Drh LC/1909
Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 10 barrels
Reload time28 s
Firing range13.6 km
Turret traverse3 °/s
Turret armor300 mm
Turret traverse arcs
ƒHow 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.
±145°, 2x ±147°, 283° arc, 277° arc
Guns to bear
ƒHow 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.
35° off bow / 33° off stern
HE fire DPM vs T3 BB30930
Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB103788
Shell Grouping (σ)1.8
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(1364230·12−2.21000+2.2)·30=199.7m
199.7 m at 13.6 km
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =199.7·0.6=119.8m
119.8 m at 13.6 km
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =199.7·0.61.8=66.6m
66.6 m at 13.6 km
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =119.8·0.61.8=39.9m
39.9 m at 13.6 km
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.
60 s
Shells/min
ƒ10 broadside guns x 60 / 28 s base reload = 21.4.
21.4
HE shells
HE Damage3,400
HE Velocity850 m/s
Fire Chance22%
HE penetration
ƒ76 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).
76 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ3,400 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 34,000.
34,000
HE DPM
ƒ34,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28 s base reload = 72,857.
72,857
Fires/min
ƒ21.4 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 4.71.
4.71
AP shells
AP Damage8,300
AP Velocity855 m/s
Min Ricochet45 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg
Fuse Timer0.01 s
Fuse Threshold51 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
21 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒCanonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v01.38 =10−7·2311·4050.69·0.305−1.07·8551.38=576.6mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
576.6 mm point-blank
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 469.7 m/s: P=10−7·2311·4050.69·0.305−1.07·469.71.38=252.3mm.
252.3 mm at 13.6 km
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ8,300 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 83,000.
83,000
AP DPM
ƒ83,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28 s base reload = 177,857.
177,857
AP AOE Radius
ƒAP 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.
40
AA Defense
AA mount points0
88 mm L/45 MPL C/13 (DP)
ƒDual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.
4×1 88mm
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 0 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
3 km
Far aura
Guns88 mm L/45 MPL C/13 (DP)
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective 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 8 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.
8
Range3 km
Flak bursts
Bursts
ƒEach ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 110 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 × 1 clouds
Cloud damage
ƒDamage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.
110
Cloud spawn chance
ƒEach 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
ƒA flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.
every ~2 s
Fired by
ƒFlak 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
ƒThe activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 3 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.
2.5-3 km
See the AA layers diagram ↓
S
Secondary Battery
Mounts26
Firing range5.5 km
Shell Grouping (σ)1
Secondary dispersion type
ƒMax dispersion = range (km) × 43.5 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.
Improved (22.5%)
Max secondary dispersion @ 5.5 km
ƒ5.5 km × 43.5 + 30 = 269.2 m.
269.2 m
150 mm L/45 MPL C/06 (×14)
Caliber150 mm
Reload time8.57 s
HE Damage1,800
Muzzle Velocity835 m/s
Fire Chance10%
Armor Pen38 mm
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88 mm L/45 MPL C/13 (×4) (DP)
ƒDual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.
Caliber88 mm
Reload time4 s
HE Damage1,000
Muzzle Velocity890 m/s
Fire Chance4%
Armor Pen15 mm
88 mm L/45 MPL C/06 (×2)
Caliber88 mm
Reload time4 s
HE Damage1,000
Muzzle Velocity890 m/s
Fire Chance4%
Armor Pen15 mm
88 mm L/45 SK L/45 (×6)
Caliber88 mm
Reload time4 s
HE Damage1,000
Muzzle Velocity890 m/s
Fire Chance4%
Armor Pen15 mm
Maneuverability
Engine power55,180 hp
Maximum speed21 kt
Turning circle radius600 m
Rudder shift time12.2 s
Engine power-boost threshold7 kt
Engine spool-up time23 s
Reverse spool-up time11.5 s
Reverse speed
ƒtop speed / 4 + 4.9 = 21 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.2 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.
10.2 kt
Crash stop
ƒSeconds 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.
34.9 s
Engine boost threshold (reverse)
ƒSpeed 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).
6.3 kt
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (18.9 kt of 21 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.
30.7 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (20.8 kt of 21 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.
48.2 s
Traverse-to-turn ratio
ƒHow many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate ωhull=180π·Vmax(m/s)Rturn=180π·21.0·0.5144600=1.03°/s, so ratio=ωturretωhull=31.03=2.9×. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.
2.9× drags
See the full acceleration curve ↓
Concealment
Detectability by sea12.15 km
Detectability by air9.72 km
Smoke firing penalty9.29 km
Detect when firing (sea)
ƒEqual 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.
13.64 km
Detect when firing (air)
ƒAir 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.
15.82 km
Detect when on fire (sea)
ƒBase sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.
14.15 km
Detect when on fire (air)
ƒBase air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.
12.72 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
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Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active
Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,208 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
ƒHeal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 15,624 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
ƒ14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 186 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
ƒ0.5% of max HP (37,200 HP) per second = 186 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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Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8
Max Horiz Disp199.7 m at 13.6 km
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(1364230·12−2.21000+2.2)·30=199.7m
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 Disp119.8 m at 13.6 km
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =199.7·0.6=119.8m
Shell scatter height @ 10 km89.6 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·Rmax=0.5·13642=6821 m, and radiusOnMax=0.6 at 13642 m. Above the kink: k=0.5+(0.6−0.5)·10000−682113642−6821=0.5466, so σV=σH·k=164·0.5466=89.6m.
Med Horiz Disp66.6 m at 13.6 km
50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =199.7·0.61.8=66.6m
Med Vert Disp39.9 m at 13.6 km
50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =119.8·0.61.8=39.9m
AP Pen Close576.6 mm point-blank
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v01.38 =10−7·2311·4050.69·0.305−1.07·8551.38=576.6mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far252.3 mm at 13.6 km
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 469.7 m/s: P=10−7·2311·4050.69·0.305−1.07·469.71.38=252.3mm.
AP pen 5 km419 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·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v1.38. Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP pen 10 km309 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·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v1.38. Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP flight time @ 10 km5.37 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, adrag=kρv2, where ρ is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and k bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: k=πCdd28m=π·0.4195·0.30528·405=3.78×10−5. That runs from a 855 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 flight time @ 10 km5.38 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, adrag=kρv2, where ρ is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and k bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: k=πCdd28m=π·0.414·0.30528·406=3.73×10−5. That runs from a 850 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 penetration76 mm
76 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).
Improved HE PenYes
This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~76mm armor instead of ~50mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.
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 time60 s
180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.
HE full-salvo alpha34,000
3,400 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 34,000.
AP full-salvo alpha83,000
8,300 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 83,000.
HE DPM72,857
34,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28 s base reload = 72,857.
AP DPM177,857
83,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28 s base reload = 177,857.
Shells/min21.4
10 broadside guns x 60 / 28 s base reload = 21.4.
Fires/min4.71
21.4 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 4.71.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range8
Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 88mm45 SK L45 4x1 -> 8 DPS @ 3 km.
Maximum AA range3 km
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 0 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
AA DPS layered by range8 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-blank8
Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).
AA threat index24
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 typeImproved (22.5%)
Max dispersion = range (km) × 43.5 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.
Max secondary dispersion @ 5.5 km269.2 m
5.5 km × 43.5 + 30 = 269.2 m.
Secondary dispersion @ 5 km247.5 m
Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 43.5 + 30 = 247.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)178,215
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: 14×1 150 mm (7/side) × 60/8.57 × 1800 = 88,215 + 4×1 88 mm (2/side) × 60/4 × 1000 = 30,000 + 2×1 88 mm (1/side) × 60/4 × 1000 = 15,000 + 6×1 88 mm (3/side) × 60/4 × 1000 = 45,000. 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 150 mm family.
Max HE fire chance10%
Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 10% from the 150 mm family.
Max HE pen38 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: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 37,200, 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 & stern16 mm

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

Belt / citadel350 mm

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

Farming10 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
Bow16 mm primary (range 16–180 mm)≈ 1,860 (~5% 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)170 mm primary (range 20–350 mm)≈ 27,900 (~75% of HP)
No common AP caliber overmatches170 mm: no common HE pens
Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern16 mm primary (range 16–180 mm)≈ 1,860 (~5% of HP)
Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel350 mm primary (range 25–300 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.
Superstructure10 mm primary (range 10–350 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 König Albert. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×1Buff ×5Main Battery ×2
2025-05-15

Ministry of Balance: New Horizons, Greater Heights

  • Removed small gaps between main guns and their barbettes. This doesn't affect the ship's performance.
  • This ship falls behind her peers in several areas, so to improve her gameplay and add a unique quality, we're significantly buffing her secondary battery guns and improving her main artillery.
  • Secondary battery maximum range increased from 3.5 to 5.5 km.
  • Secondary battery dispersion improved by 22.5%.
  • Main battery maximum range increased from 12.99 to 13.64 km.
  • Main battery reload time reduced from 30 to 28 s.
  • Added the Secondary Reach ship trait and replaced the Tough ship trait with "Superior HE Pen.
  • Removed small gaps between main guns and their barbettes. This doesn't affect the ship's performance.
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2022-12-08 · Patch notes December Update: The Most Wonderful Tide of the Year Patch notes 2025-05-15 · Patch notes May Update: The Cat and the Eagle Patch notes