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Conqueror

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U.K. · Tier ★ · Battleship
Fire-starter battleshipFarm fires and HE from range; punish angled targets your AP can't crack.
Playstyle
  • Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where the team can rotate behind you and where island cover is within one he…
  • Avoid: Treating the super-heal as a license to push
Key characteristics
High HE / fire outputImproved HE penDefensive AAFragile
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Playstyle

Overview

Conqueror is a Legendary British battleship built around the super-heal: her Repair Party returns more HP per charge than any peer in the cohort, so her sustain is what lets her hold trades that other battleships would have to disengage from. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE spam is a real damage option here - pens roughly 1.5x more armor than a same-caliber peer's HE round. Standout traits: best HE DPM in Legendary BBs (192,000) and best fires per minute in Legendary BBs (12.8).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where the team can rotate behind you and where island cover is within one heal cycle. The super-heal lets you hold mid-range trades that a standard BB would lose, but only if you finish each trade before the next focus volley arrives; open-water trades faster than the heal cycles still drain HP net-negative.

Potato Avoidance

Treating the super-heal as a license to push

The Repair Party out-cycles what a standard BB can recover, but it does not out-cycle two flanks of focus fire at once. Spend the heal on absorbed damage from a trade you won, not on damage you took because you led the push alone.

Signature Traits

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; pens roughly 1.5x more armor than a same-caliber peer's HE, shared by 6/17 Legendary BBs.

HE DPM machine

192000 HE DPM, best of Legendary BBs. Sustained fire pressure.

Flat AP trajectory

Retains 72.3% of muzzle velocity at max range, best of Legendary BBs. Flatter shots, less lead.

Super-heal

Repair Party heals 1.6%/s, top decile of Legendary BBs. Restores more HP per active second than peers.

High fire pressure

12.8 fires/min, top decile of Legendary BBs. Keeps DCP on cooldown.

Slow heal cycle

120.0 s Repair Party reload, worst of Legendary BBs. Heals come off cooldown slower than peers.

Acquisition

How to get Conqueror

Conqueror is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

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Cohort position

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Where Conqueror sits among Legendary 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.

BestHE DPM192,000 (1/16) Top 10%Fires per minute12.8 (2/16) Top 10%Repair heal rate1.6 %/s (2/17) Top 25%Stealth profile15.61 km / 12.49 km (4/17 / 4/17) Top 25%AP DPM346,667 (4/17) Top 25%Acceleration8.85 s (5/17) Top 25%AA range5.2 km (5/17) Bottom 25%Hit points74,600 HP (16/17) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio4.32 × (15/17) Bottom 25%AP velocity747 m/s (15/17) Bottom 25%HE velocity792 m/s (14/16) Bottom 25%Engine power135,650 hp (15/17) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention144.3 hp/m (15/17) Bottom 25%Deck armor102 mm (13/16) WorstSecondary DPM (per side)136,732 (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP fuse timer0.01 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 6 tied)
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Not standouts for Conqueror -- 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.

Max speed29.5 kt(12/17) Rudder shift22.6 s(8/17) Main battery caliber419 mm(11/17) Main battery range17.38 km(10/17) Main battery reload27 s(10/17) Sigma1.8(13/17) AP shell damage13,000(12/17) Main dispersion233.8 m(10/17) HE alpha1,900(5/15) Secondary fire chance8%(9/15) Secondary HE pen22 mm(8/15) AP arming threshold70 mm(7/17) Displacement60,679 t(7/17) Power-to-weight2.24 hp/t(11/17) AA DPS693(8/17) AA threat2,524(6/17) Max armor416 mm(11/17) Citadel belt406 mm(9/16) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(12 of 17 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(14 of 17 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(14 of 17 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(10 of 17 tied at this value) NormBow armor32 mm(13 of 16 tied at this value) NormStern armor32 mm(13 of 16 tied at this value)

Stats & specs

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

Repair 2Def-AA
Survivability
Hit Points74,600
Displacement60,679 t
Armor range19–416 mm
Plate armor thicknesses19, 28, 32, 38, 45, 50, 51, 57, 63, 76, 89, 102, 127, 152, 178, 228, 229, 242, 267, 279, 403, 406, 416 mm
Armor material/layer entries85
Fire resistance40%
Fire duration60 s
Torp Reduction28%
Magazine HP
ƒThe magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.
41,500
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.
22,400
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 419 mm/45 Mk II
Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels
Reload time30 s
Firing range17.4 km
Turret traverse4 °/s
Shell Grouping (σ)
ƒShell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.
1.8
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (17377/30·(12−2)/1000 + 2)·30 = 233.8 m
233.8 m
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 233.8 × 0.6 = 140.3 m
140.3 m
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 233.8 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 80.4 m
80.4 m
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 140.3 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 48.2 m
48.2 m
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.
45 s
Base shells/min
ƒ12 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 24.
24
HE shells
HE Damage7,200
HE Velocity792 m/s
Fire Chance48%
HE penetration
ƒ105 mm ≈ 419 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).
105 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ7,200 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 86,400.
86,400
Base HE DPM
ƒ86,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 172,800.
172,800
Installed HE DPM
ƒ86,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 192,000.
192,000
Base fires/min
ƒ12 HE shells x 60 / 30 s reload x 48% fire chance = 11.52.
11.52
AP shells
AP Damage13,000
AP Velocity747 m/s
Min Ricochet45 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg
Fuse Timer0.015 s
Fuse Threshold70 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(419 mm caliber / 14.3) = 29 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
29 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒCanonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2548 × 1157^0.69 × 0.419^-1.07 × 747^1.38 = 775 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
775 mm
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 539.8 m/s: 1e-7 × 2548 × 1157^0.69 × 0.419^-1.07 × 539.8^1.38 = 495 mm.
495 mm
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ13,000 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 156,000.
156,000
Base AP DPM
ƒ156,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 312,000.
312,000
Installed AP DPM
ƒ156,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 346,667.
346,667
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.
300
AA Defense
AA mount points27
Close-range AA DPS
ƒSum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (242×3.5×0.75) + (22×3.5×0.75) = 693. 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.
693
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
5.2 km
40 mm Bofors Mk VI11×6 40mm
40 mm STAAG4×2 40mm
40 mm Bofors Mk VII12×1 40mm
134 mm/50 Mk I (DP)8×2 134mm
Far aura
DPS
ƒIncludes 22 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.
22
Range5.2 km
Medium aura
DPS242
Range3.5 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 22 + Medium 242 = 264
264
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Secondary Battery
Mounts8
Firing range5.0 km
Shell Grouping (σ)1
Caliber134 mm
Reload time6.67 s
HE Damage1,900
Muzzle Velocity792 m/s
Fire Chance8%
Armor Pen22 mm
Min Ricochet91°
Max Ricochet60°
Secondary dispersion type
ƒMax dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.
Standard
Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km
ƒ5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.
315 m
Maneuverability
Engine moduleEngine: 135,650 hp
Engine power135,650 hp
Maximum speed29.5 kt
Turning circle radius940 m
Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt
Traverse-to-turn ratio4.3× drags
Concealment
Detectability by sea15.61 km
Detectability by air12.49 km
Smoke firing penalty15.51 km
Detect after firing main guns15.61 km
Detect Fire Sea17.61 km
Detect Fire Air15.49 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
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Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active
Repair Party2 charges · 120 s reload · 20 s active · 1.6% heal per second · 32% of max HP total heal
Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · +100% flak burst boost
Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% damage boost · +50% reload boost
Module options (1)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade
  • Turret traverse4 → 10 °/s

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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)1.8
Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.
Max Horiz Disp233.8 m
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (17377/30·(12−2)/1000 + 2)·30 = 233.8 m
Max Vert Disp140.3 m
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 233.8 × 0.6 = 140.3 m
Med Horiz Disp80.4 m
50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 233.8 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 80.4 m
Med Vert Disp48.2 m
50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 140.3 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 48.2 m
Dispersion familyUS/UK BB Disp.
2.5% overall improvement compared to EU BB Disp.
AP Pen Close775 mm
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2548 × 1157^0.69 × 0.419^-1.07 × 747^1.38 = 775 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far495 mm
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 539.8 m/s: 1e-7 × 2548 × 1157^0.69 × 0.419^-1.07 × 539.8^1.38 = 495 mm.
HE penetration105 mm
105 mm ≈ 419 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) - 0.251 in this case. Lets HE pen ~104mm armor instead of ~69mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.
AP overmatch29 mm
floor(419 mm caliber / 14.3) = 29 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
AP AOE Radius300
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 alpha12
All 12 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time45 s
180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.
HE full-salvo alpha86,400
7,200 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 86,400.
AP full-salvo alpha156,000
13,000 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 156,000.
Base HE DPM172,800
86,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 172,800.
Base AP DPM312,000
156,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 312,000.
Installed HE DPM192,000
86,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 192,000.
Installed AP DPM346,667
156,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 346,667.
Base shells/min24
12 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 24.
Installed shells/min26.7
12 broadside guns x 60 / 27 s installed Artillery reload = 26.7.
Base fires/min11.52
12 HE shells x 60 / 30 s reload x 48% fire chance = 11.52.
Installed fires/min12.8
12 HE shells x 60 / 27 s installed reload x 48% fire chance = 12.8.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS693
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (242×3.5×0.75) + (22×3.5×0.75) = 693. 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.
Maximum AA range5.2 km
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
AA threat index2524
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 typeStandard
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.
Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m
5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)136,732
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: 8×2 134 mm (8/side) × 60/6.67 × 1900 = 136,732. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).
Max HE alpha1900
Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1900 from the 134 mm family.
Max HE fire chance8%
Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 134 mm family.
Max HE pen22 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: 22 mm from the 134 mm family.

Armor

Hull HP 74,600, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow32 mm primary (range 32–267 mm)5,600 (8% of HP)
Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+
Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)19 mm primary (range 19–416 mm)56,000 (75% of HP)
Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern32 mm primary (range 32–242 mm)5,400 (7% of HP)
Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel406 mm primary (range 19–406 mm)≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)
Citadel pen ×0.10 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage
Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure51 mm primary (range 51–228 mm)5,400 (7% of HP)
Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damageDamage multiplier ×0.6
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 HP41,500 magazine HPMagazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HPPer-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
Secondary mount (134 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP800 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (40 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP200 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-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 HP22,400 module HPIncapacitated at 0 HPWhen 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.

Shell ballistics chart

AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Conqueror. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×7Consumable ×1
2024-10-10

Ministry of Balance: Trick and Treat

  • Engine HP reduced from 82,900 to 74,600.
  • Bow HP reduced from 15,750 to 5,600.
  • Casemate HP reduced from 16,500 to 5,900.
  • Stern HP reduced from 15,000 to 5,400.
  • Hull HP reduced from 62,200 to 56,000.
  • Steering gear HP reduced from 24,900 to 22,400.
  • Superstructure HP reduced from 15,000 to 5,400.
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2022-07-21

Anniversary Update: New Horizons

  • Conqueror receives 2 charges of Defensive AA Fire consumable in an extra slot.
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Primary official WG sources

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2021-05-13 · Patch notes May Update: Things Are Heating Up! Patch notes 2021-12-16 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Chilling With the Beasts Patch notes 2022-07-21 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: New Horizons Patch notes 2023-05-11 · Patch notes May Update: Sea Giants Patch notes 2024-10-10 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Crimson Tale Patch notes 2026-05-28 · Patch notes June Update: The Ages Betwixt Patch notes