Black
Also called: 布莱克 Beta- Sit outside the contested cap's detection ring and drop torpedoes on probable lanes from concealment
- Avoid: Pushing the cap fight yourself
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Across 15,000+ Standard battles from 210+ players, Black averages a 62% win rate, 39,800 damage and 1.0 kills per battle, and survives 44% of them.
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Playstyle
Overview
Black is a Tier VII American long-range torpedo destroyer reaching 13.7 km. The torps drop on probable lanes from outside detection; the guns are for sustained chip damage between waves. Standout traits: torpedo alpha in T7 DDs (23,200, 2nd of 38) and best module-wrecking torpedoes in T7 DDs (10,000, 1st of 38). The trade is HE fire chance in T7 DDs (5, 31st of 35).
Positioning
Sit outside the contested cap's detection ring and drop torpedoes on probable lanes from concealment. The long-range torps make you a map-control tool; the cap fight itself is for your peer DDs while you shape rotations from the flank. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 2.6 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 7 km, so you see it coming with roughly 4.3 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, but your own Radar (7.5 km) reads through it, so you can find targets instead of borrowing them. Enemy sonar (about 4.4 km) and radar (about 9.4 km) read straight in regardless. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 3 s and carving a 560 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.
Potato Avoidance
Pushing the cap fight yourself
The kit is map control via torpedo lanes, not cap brawling; if you contest the cap directly your peer DDs will out-trade you and the long torps stop mattering when you are dead.
Signature Traits
7.5 km range, 19 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. A short scan - long enough to break a smoke camp or call a target for the team, not to hold a cap.
+8% speed (about +2.8 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable gives a small speed nudge - useful for closing a gap or steadying a torpedo run, not for running anything down.
- Heavy torpedoes · 23200 damage
- Long-range torps · 13.7 km
- Module-wrecking torpedoes · 10000 torpedo
- Big torpedo salvo · 10 tubes
124 s smoke cloud linger, best of T7 DDs. Each puff stays up longer after you stop laying it, holding the shield.
- Low fire chance · 5%
- Slow HE shells · 792 m/s
How to get Black
Black is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Campaign, Doubloons, and 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.
- CampaignEarned in the campaign “Lucky Six” (Jun 2022); campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.
- DoubloonsThe campaign let you choose one of two ships; the one you did not pick was sold for 10,000 doubloons.
- ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.
Best listed chance for this ship
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Santa Level 5
0.428571%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 5 · 1 of 35 ships
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Spectral Vault 5.0
0.384615%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Spectral Vault 5.0 · 1 of 39 ships
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Mega Santa '23
0.172414%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Mega Santa '23 · 1 of 29 ships
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Spectral Vault 4.0
0.160256%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Spectral Vault 4.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 4.00.102564%
- Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.057692%
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Santa Level 4
0.157143%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 4 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 35 ships
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- Santa Level 40.114286%
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Santa Level 3
0.102143%
Tier VII Premium ship
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- Santa Level 30.057143%
- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.021429%
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- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.006429%
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Spectral Vault 3.0
0.080449%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Spectral Vault 3.0 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 3.00.051282%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.011538%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.011282%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.006346%
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Mystic Lantern
0.07619%
Tier VII Premium ship
Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 42 ships
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Super Santa '23
0.051724%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Super Santa '23 · 1 of 29 ships
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Santa Level 2
0.026036%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 2 · 7 paths combined · 1 of 35 ships
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- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.008571%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.005714%
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- Santa Level 20.002857%
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- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.002143%
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Champion's Box
0.020429%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Champion's Box · 4 paths combined · 1 of 35 ships
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- Champion's Box → Santa Level 30.011429%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.004286%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.003429%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.001286%
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Spectral Vault 2.0
0.013814%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 7 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.005128%
- Spectral Vault 2.00.002564%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.002051%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001154%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001154%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.001128%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000635%
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Santa Level 1
0.007834%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 1 · 9 paths combined · 1 of 35 ships
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- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 30.002857%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.001286%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.001071%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.000857%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 50.000482%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 20.000429%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.000386%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.000321%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 4 → Santa Level 50.000145%
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Ultimate Crate
0.005172%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Ultimate Crate → Super Santa '23 · 1 of 29 ships
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Spectral Vault 1.0
0.002048%
Tier VII Premium ship
Archived · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 11 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000513%
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- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000185%
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- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000113%
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- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000102%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000063%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000057%
Official WG availability sources
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"Lucky Six" Campaign Breakdown
Campaign
Start: 2022-06-20 · End: 2022-07-24
- Comprising 100 stages over the course of 5 weeks with the catch-up mechanic enabled, the Lucky Six campaign features a choice between two different ships for players with an active Admiralty Backing as its milestone-100 reward—U.S. Tier V aircraft carrier Independence or U.S. Tier VII destroyer Black!
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Through the Spy Glass: USS Black, Independence, South Carolina
Campaign
Start: 2022-06-21
- One of the co-stars of the Lucky Six current campaign, USS Black was a Fletcher-class destroyer commissioned in 1943.
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Independence Day: Fireworks & BB(Q)s
Campaign
Start: 2022-06-21
- This update's campaign—Lucky Six—focuses on Tier VII Premium destroyer Black and Tier V Premium aircraft carrier Independence.
- You can get one of those American ships if you have an active Admiralty Backing and complete the campaign. If you want to add the ship you don't pick to your collection, you can also do that for 10,000 doubloons.
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Summer Update: The High Roll
10,000 Doubloons
2022-06-16
- Additional rewards you can get with the Admiralty Backing (2,500 doubloons):
- American Tier VII Premium destroyer Black or American Tier V Premium aircraft carrier Independence; the ship you don't choose as the reward will be obtainable for 10,000 doubloons
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- Mega Santa '23 0.172414% · Tier VII Premium ship
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- Santa Level 2 0.002857% · Tier VII Premium ship
- Santa Level 3 0.057143% · Tier VII Premium ship
- Santa Level 4 0.114286% · Tier VII Premium ship
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Builds
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Arleigh Burke
WG officialWG official build from Through the Spy Glass: USS Black, Independence, South Carolina.
Source: Through the Spy Glass: USS Black, Independence, South Carolina
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Cohort position
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Where Black sits among Tier VII 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.
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Not standouts for Black -- 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.
Peers in this cohort
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Stats & specs
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How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. 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.ƒ
180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 142° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 38° off stern. 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.ƒ
In practice: the baseline curve for a standard destroyer -- at max range (11.0 km) shells land in an ellipse about 98 m wide and 59 m tall. Also on this curve (225): AL Avrora, AL Yukikaze, AL Z24, Acasta, Achilles, Adriatico, Aigle, Akatsuki, Akizuki, Albany, Allen M. Sumner, Attilio Regolo and 213 more.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 34 deg/s traverse speed = 5.3 s.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 5 broadside guns x 60 / 3.714 s (3.6 s = 26 ticks) base reload = 80.8. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 5 broadside guns x 60 / 3.286 s (3.2 s = 23 ticks) all-upgrades reload (3.6 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 3.2 s) = 91.3.HE shells
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21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).ƒ
1,800 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 9,000.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 9,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.714 s (3.6 s = 26 ticks) base reload = 145,385. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.286 s (3.2 s = 23 ticks) all-upgrades reload (3.6 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 3.2 s) = 164,348.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 80.8 shells/min × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 4.04. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 91.3 shells/min × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 4.57.AP shells
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floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: .ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11 km), where the shell has slowed to 271.9 m/s: .ƒ
2,100 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 10,500.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 10,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.714 s (3.6 s = 26 ticks) base reload = 169,615. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 10,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.286 s (3.2 s = 23 ticks) all-upgrades reload (3.6 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 3.2 s) = 191,739.ƒ
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.ƒ
Most targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship: . In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit. This warhead's blast reaches a second section, so a hit lands as either a one-section hit (34,800 / 3 = 11,600) or a two-section hit (11,600 + 10,000 blast = 21,600, the ammunition figure), both before the belt reduction; the two-section hit is the more common outcome.ƒ
34,800 warhead alpha / 3 + 10,000 blast = 21,600. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead. A two-section hit deals this before the belt reduction (see the row above).ƒ
Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure. The blast also widens the hit: these torpedoes land as either a one-section hit (alpha / 3) or a two-section hit (alpha / 3 + blast), the two-section hit more often; the Torpedoes card above gives this ship's two numbers.ƒ
How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): . 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.ƒ
This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.06 per hit, shown as . 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.ƒ
Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg: .ƒ
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 10 x 23,200 = 232,000. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %. A one-section hit deals 11,600 instead (see Torpedo module damage).ƒ
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.ƒ
Effective 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 80 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.ƒ
Effective DPS: 20 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 70 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 80 + Medium 70 = 150ƒ
Effective DPS: 27 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 90 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 80 + Medium 70 + Near 90 = 240ƒ
Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 5 clouds per salvo × 220 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.ƒ
Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.ƒ
Every potential cloud spawns - the full pattern, every salvo. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.ƒ
A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.ƒ
Flak keeps firing while at least one main battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.ƒ
The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.ƒ
top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 35 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.ƒ
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, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.ƒ
Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.ƒ
Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.5 kt of 35.0 kt).ƒ
Time to reach 99% of top speed (34.6 kt of 35.0 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.ƒ
With the rudder hard over the hull turns 7.5°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 34 − 7.5 = +26.5°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.ƒ
Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 7.09 km x 0.955 = 6.77 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.ƒ
Detectability by sea 7.09 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 6.77 km.ƒ
max(main battery range, sea detectability 7.09 km) = 11.01 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.ƒ
Air detectability 3.55 km + gun-firing bloom 2.54 km = 6.09 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 127 mm × 0.020 = 2.54 km.ƒ
Sea detectability 7.09 km + 2.0 km while burning = 9.09 km.ƒ
Air detectability 3.55 km + 3.0 km while burning = 6.55 km.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active
Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 28 s emit / 124 s cloud active · 450 m radius
Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus
Surveillance Radar3 charges · 150 s reload · 19 s active · 7.5 km radar range ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):
Under the hood
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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.
Main battery formulas
The standard destroyer dispersion curve.(166.7 × (8 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 52.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.(333.3 × (8 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 90 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.How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 11013 m. Below the kink: , so .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: at 0 m, at m, and at 11013 m. Above the kink: , so .AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 463.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 792 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 290.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 792 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 792 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 792 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.5 mounts × 1 barrels = 5; all 5 bear on the broadside.Model inputs
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.Torpedoes
900 m / (43.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.8 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).13710 m / (43.0 kt × 2.6855) = 118.7 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).2 launchers × 5 tubes.2 launchers × 5 tubes = 10, all to either side (centreline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 10 x 23,200 = 232,000. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %. A one-section hit deals 11,600 instead (see Torpedo module damage).AA defense
Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk1 3x2 -> 70 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 7x1 -> 70 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK20 Twin12 2x2 -> 20 DPS @ 2 km; Far AA (?) -> 81 DPS @ 5 km.@ 5 km: 81 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 70 + 81 = 151; @ 2 km: 70 + 70 + 20 + 81 = 241. 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.70 + 70 + 20 + 81 = 241 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).70 × 3.5 + 70 × 2 + 20 × 2 + 81 × 5 = 830. 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.Ship Charts
Background
One of the numerous and very successful Fletcher-class destroyers, which boasted sufficiently high speed, powerful dual-purpose artillery, efficient AA defenses, and decent torpedo armament.
Armor Beta
Hull HP 16,700, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.
Overmatched by 137+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
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| Bow | 19 mm primary (range 6–20 mm) | 2,200 (13% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)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) | 19 mm | 12,500 (75% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 19 mm primary (range 13–20 mm) | 1,600 (10% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 20 mm primary (range 13–20 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 primary (range 13–19 mm) | 1,300 (8% 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 | 8,400 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. |
| AA mount (40 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 | 5,000 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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