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AL Yukikaze

Also called: AL 雪风 Beta

Japan · Tier VI · Destroyer · Premium

Torpedo destroyerLives on its torpedoes; deal damage from concealment rather than the gun duel.

Playstyle

Work wide angles and cap edges where you can spot safely and launch torpedoes into predictable battlesh…
Preserve concealment and use guns only when the fight is already favorable
Avoid: Do not trade HP in fair gunfights or reveal yourself for low-value shots

Key characteristics

Long, heavy torpedoes (10 km)Stealthy (6.6 km)SmokeEngine BoostFlat HE shellsVisible torps

Variant of Yukikaze

Al Yukikaze is a variant of Yukikaze with artillery buffs.

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Artillery

main-gun reload6 s-1.5 sBetter
turret traverse8.9 °/s+2 °/sBetter

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Playstyle

Overview

AL Yukikaze is a stealth torpedo destroyer that wins by spotting, controlling lanes, and delivering devastating torpedo strikes from concealment.

Positioning

Work wide angles and cap edges where you can spot safely and launch torpedoes into predictable battleship paths. Preserve concealment and use guns only when the fight is already favorable.

Potato Avoidance

Trade HP in fair gunfights or reveal yourself for low-value…

AL Yukikaze wins by surviving, resetting, and making enemies fear the next torpedo lane.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+8% speed, 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Flat HE shells · 915.0 m
Flat AP shells · 915.0 m
Heavy HE shells · 2150.0 damage
High fire chance · 9.0%

Heavy torpedoes ↗

19867.0 damage per torpedo, top decile of T6 DDs.

Visible torps ↗

2.3 km torpedo detect, worst of T6 DDs. Easy to dodge if targets are looking.

Wide dispersion ↗

Shell pattern widens about 8.93 m per km of range, bottom decile of T6 DDs. Salvos spread more at any given distance than peers', so bracketing matters (this is range-normalized, so out-ranging peers does not count against her).

Acquisition

How to get AL Yukikaze

AL Yukikaze 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

Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate 1% Azur Lane Premium Ship Collaboration · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate · 1 of 6 ships
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate II 0.75% Azur Lane Premium Ship Collaboration · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate II · 1 of 8 ships
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate III 0.545455% Azur Lane Premium Ship Collaboration · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate III · 1 of 11 ships

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Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate IV 0.4% One of these ships New · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate IV · 1 of 15 ships

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate 1% · Azur Lane Premium Ship
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate II 0.75% · Azur Lane Premium Ship
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate III 0.545455% · Azur Lane Premium Ship
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate IV 0.4% · One of these ships

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

Builds Beta

AL Yukikaze, Raizo Tanaka, AL Asashio, and Space Fishy are relevant Japanese destroyer choices. Inspirations usually favor concealment, torpedo speed, torpedo reload, or extra HP for safer contests.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Yukikaze Raizō Tanaka AL Asashio Space Fishy

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Cohort position

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Where AL Yukikaze sits among Tier VI DDs (41 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.

BestRudder shift2.7 s (1 of 6 tied) Top 10%Stealth profile6.6 km / 3.3 km (3/41 / 3/41) Top 10%HE shell damage2,150 (5/41) Top 10%HE velocity915 m/s (5/41) Top 10%Torpedo damage≈19,867 (5/41) Top 25%HE fire chance9% (9/41) Top 25%AP velocity915 m/s (5/37) Top 25%Acceleration16.6 s (9/41) Bottom 25%Max speed35 kt (36/41) Bottom 25%Main battery range10.45 km (33/41) Bottom 25%Main battery reload6 s (32/41) Bottom 25%AA DPS103 (37/41) Bottom 25%AA range3.1 km (33/41) Bottom 25%Torpedo reload104 s (35/41) WorstNo secondaries (37 of 41 in cohort)

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Not standouts for AL Yukikaze -- 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 points15,100 HP(25/41) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.52 ×(23/41) Main battery caliber127 mm(21/41) Fires per minute5.4(17/41) HE DPM129,000(16/41) AP shell damage2,200(21/37) AP DPM132,000(27/37) Main dispersion93.3 m(21/41) AP arming threshold21 mm(20/37) Engine power52,000 hp(21/41) Turn-speed retention81.2 hp/m(29/41) Displacement2,540 t(15/41) Power-to-weight20.47 hp/t(17/41) AP pen at 10 km48 mm(25/35) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)169,382(15/41) AA threat320(31/41) Torpedo range9.99 km(13/41) Torpedo speed65 kt(18/41) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(33 of 37 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(34 of 37 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(34 of 37 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(37 of 41 tied at this value) NormMax armor16 mm(26 of 41 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points15,100

Displacement2,540 t

Armor range6–16 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 15, 16 mm

Armor material/layer entries23

Fire resistance30%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 127 mm 3rd Year Type

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time6 s

Firing range10.4 km

Turret traverse8.9 °/s

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB40382

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB169382

Shell Grouping (σ)2

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{10445}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 93.3 m

93.3 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 93.3 \cdot 0.6 = 56 m

56 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot GetHalfHitsRatio (σ)

= 93.3 \cdot 0.319 (σ = 2) = 29.8 m

29.8 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot GetHalfHitsRatio (σ)

= 56 \cdot 0.32 (σ = 2) = 17.9 m

17.9 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 8.9 deg/s traverse speed = 20.2 s.

20.2 s

Shells/min

6 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s base reload = 60.

HE shells

HE Damage2,150

HE Velocity915 m/s

Fire Chance9%

HE penetration

21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

21 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,150 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 12,900.

12,900

HE DPM

12,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 129,000.

129,000

Fires/min

60 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 5.4.

5.4

AP shells

AP Damage2,200

AP Velocity915 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold21 mm

AP overmatch

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 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 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 915^{1.38} = 219 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

219 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 257.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {257.8}^{1.38} = 38.1 mm

38.1 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

2,200 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 13,200.

13,200

AP DPM

13,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 132,000.

132,000

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.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 610 mm quadruple

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time104 s

Projectile speed65 kt

Range9.99 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 = 59, 600 \cdot 0.333 = 19, 867

≈ 19,867

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.

21,367

Torpedo detectability2.3 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{2.3 km}{65 kt \times 2.6} = 13.6 s

, equivalently

5000 \times detectability / (13 \times speed)

. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

13.6 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 3.61 per hit, shown as

3.61 \times 100 = 361 %

. 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.

361%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming502 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 19,867 = 158,936.

158,936

AA Defense

AA mount points13

Close-range AA DPS

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (31×3.5×0.95) = 103. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships. Flak is NOT included: flak stops triggering once planes are inside 2.5 km, and its avoidable burst damage is shown separately in the Flak bursts section.

103

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

3.1 km

25 mm Type96 mod. 13×3 25mm

25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 110×1 25mm

Guns25 mm Type96 mod. 1 + 25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 1

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 31 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 103 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

103

Range3.1 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power52,000 hp

Maximum speed35 kt

Turning circle radius640 m

Rudder shift time2.7 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.5 kt of 35 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

16.6 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (34.6 kt of 35 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.

28.2 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{35.0 \cdot 0.5144}{640} = 1.61 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{8.9}{1.61} = 5.5 \times

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

5.5× slow

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Concealment

Detectability by sea6.6 km

Detectability by air3.3 km

Smoke firing penalty2.47 km

Detect after firing main guns

max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.

6.6 km

Detect Fire Sea8.6 km

Detect Fire Air6.3 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active

Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 89 s cloud active · 450 m radius

Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus

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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)2

Max Horiz Disp93.3 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{10445}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 93.3 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km52.5 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 km90 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 Disp56 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 93.3 \cdot 0.6 = 56 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km53.2 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.

Med Horiz Disp29.8 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot GetHalfHitsRatio (σ)$ $= 93.3 \cdot 0.319 (σ = 2) = 29.8 m$

Med Vert Disp17.9 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot GetHalfHitsRatio (σ)$ $= 56 \cdot 0.32 (σ = 2) = 17.9 m$

AP Pen Close219 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 915^{1.38} = 219 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far38.1 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 257.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {257.8}^{1.38} = 38.1 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km102 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 km48 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 penetration21 mm

21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch8 mm

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius10

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 alpha6

All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time20.2 s

180 degrees / 8.9 deg/s traverse speed = 20.2 s.

HE full-salvo alpha12,900

2,150 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 12,900.

AP full-salvo alpha13,200

2,200 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 13,200.

HE DPM129,000

12,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 129,000.

AP DPM132,000

13,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 132,000.

Shells/min60

6 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s base reload = 60.

Fires/min5.4

60 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 5.4.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability2.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time13.6 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Torpedo speed65 kt

Travel time to max range59.1 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Tube count8

2 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo8 torpedoes

8 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage158,936

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 19,867 = 158,936.

Per-side salvo damage158,936

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 19,867 = 158,936.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS103

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (31×3.5×0.95) = 103. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships. Flak is NOT included: flak stops triggering once planes are inside 2.5 km, and its avoidable burst damage is shown separately in the Flak bursts section.

Maximum AA range3.1 km

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

AA threat index320

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 range3.1 km

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior AL Yukikaze can equip, from in-game data.

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AL Yukikaze

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Playstyle

Overview

Positioning

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