Quick take: Commonwealth · Tier VII · Cruiser · Premium
Black/B ships are tracked separately from their base hulls. Primary source cards prefer Black Friday or Black-specific official posts instead of generic base-ship mentions.
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Brisbane B is not a regular Tech Tree unlock. Known acquisition methods indexed by GamingDiver: Campaign, 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.
Black Friday '25 crate
0.1%
⭐ Brisbane B
Event containers · Black Friday '25 crate · 1 of 3 ships
Brisbane B is best played as a Commonwealth cruiser that creates crossfires, supports the flank, and trades only when the angle is favorable. Balance note: Official updates changed Brisbane B directly: October 2025: Main battery reload time reduced 4.5→4 seconds; September 2024: Main battery reload time reduced 5→4.5 seconds; Torpedo reload time reduced 131→110 seconds; Radar duration increased 22→25 seconds; plus 2 more listed in Balance History below. Radar Brisbane is a vision-control cap bully; Smoke Brisbane is a safer farming cruiser that depends on allied spotting.
Choose the plan around team needs: Radar wants covered cap angles and immediate exit routes, while Smoke wants lanes where friendly spotting keeps targets lit. Sonar is usually the safer slot-3 choice unless Defensive AA Fire is needed for a carrier match.
Do not waste the utility choice by playing every game identically. Radar from the back line and smoke without spotters both turn Brisbane’s most interesting tool into dead weight.
Build for concealment, reload, and utility uptime. Official inspiration guidance calls out Gunichi Mikawa for detectability and Francesco Mimbelli for cruiser reload, matching Brisbane’s need to stay hidden until its utility or damage window matters.
Use these as direction, not a fixed build sheet: tune the final commander, inspirations, and skills around your roster, matchmaking, and comfort.
Official ship-specific balance, stat, consumable, or tier-placement changes for Brisbane B. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.