WoWs Legends Articles
In-depth pieces on ships, lines, and game mechanics, written from in-game data. For Wargaming patch notes and Ministry of Balance posts, see Official Sources.
Azur Lane Commanders: Trait Values and Ten Builds
What every Azur Lane base trait is worth at max level, which commanders are outclassed by another doing the same job, and ten builds with the stat changes they produce.
22 Ranked Games Under the Microscope
A full 2v2 ranked season analyzed replay-by-replay: the build switch that turned the night, the survival stat that decided every game, and where the deaths actually happened.
Secondary Dispersion in WoWs Legends: How the Formula Actually Works
The ten brackets, the slope formula, the two ships that break the formula, and how to read the chip on a ship page.
AP Penetration Explained: Why Plymouth's 16 Barrels Don't Always Citadel
A practical look at how AP penetration actually works, using Plymouth's 152 mm guns against Tier 6, 7, and 8 ships as a case study.
Radar in WoWs Legends: Every Radar Ship, Range, and Duration
Every ship that carries Surveillance Radar, charted by range and duration. A reference for radar play and counterplay.
Damage Saturation Explained: Why Torpedoes Hurt a Destroyer Less Than a Battleship
Why a torpedo does 20k to a battleship but 13k to a destroyer. It is not a ship stat: a practical look at damage saturation.
Turret Traverse vs. Turning Circle: Why Your Guns Stop Firing
Why your guns refuse to fire when you turn hard at close range, and which mods actually help.
Pan-American Cruisers: Why "Advanced Sonar" Changes How You Hunt
The Pan-American cruiser tech tree line, Tier IV through VIII: strengths, the Advanced Sonar playstyle, and how to fight them.
How AA Actually Works in WoWs Legends: Mounts, Auras, and Dual-Purpose Guns
How the AA card's per-family DPS numbers are computed, why range matters more than total DPS, and how dual-purpose secondaries from the 1930s changed what shows up on the card.
What we know about AA Explosions in WoWs Legends (and what we don't)
The donut-shaped aura model, per-ship burst damage (with the Kremlin diagrammed to scale), the altitude question, and a community call for the values we have not yet pinned down.