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Druid

Also called: 德鲁伊 Beta

U.K. · Tier VIII · Destroyer · Premium

Smoke destroyerBuilt around smoke: hold cap edges and trade gunfire from inside the cloud.

Playstyle

Anchor near a smoke cycle on a contested cap and trade gunfire from inside the cloud
The smoke is your sustain tool; rotating mid-smoke wastes the cycle for the next contest
Avoid: Rotating mid-smoke

Key characteristics

Wide always-pen zoneStrong AASmoke + SonarClose-range AP brickLong-duration sonarSluggish rudder

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Playstyle
How to get Druid
Builds
Cohort position
Stats and specs
Charts
Background
Armor
Balance history
Exteriors

Community Data

Druid Community Stats

Across 5,400+ Standard battles from 70 players, Druid averages a 69% win rate, 65,200 damage and 1.4 kills per battle, and survives 51% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Druid is a Tier VIII British smoke destroyer with 6 smoke charges on a short cooldown: the many smokes are the kit, setting up aggressive and defensive plays that one-smoke DDs cannot. Hold cap edges and trade gunfire from cover, then re-smoke before the next window closes. She also packs the super-heal (1%/s, for 10 s, every 80 s, 2 charges): each Repair Party charge returns dramatically more HP than a standard heal, so her durability comes from sustain alongside the lead trait. AA (408 AA DPS at 5 km) ranks 3 of 28 in T8 DDs: heavy enough to make a careless strike expensive, though not the umbrella that shuts a carrier out of her grid. Standout traits: close-range AP pen in T8 DDs (269.6 mm, 3rd of 26) and high HP pool in T8 DDs (22,000 HP, 5th of 28). The trade is rudder shift in T8 DDs (5.4 s, 26th of 28).

Positioning

Anchor near a smoke cycle on a contested cap and trade gunfire from inside the cloud. The smoke is your sustain tool; rotating mid-smoke wastes the cycle for the next contest. 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 4.4 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, and only your Sonar bubble (3.2 km) sees out; past that you are shooting at what a teammate holds lit. Enemy sonar (about 4.7 km) and radar (about 9 km) read straight in regardless. At 600 m the screen is wider than standard, so it can cover a teammate holding the same line as well as your own hull. With 5.4 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Rotating mid-smoke

The smoke is a static firing position; if you leave it before the cycle ends, you give up the trade you set up and the next contest opens without a smoke to fall back on.

Signature Traits

Top-tier AA ↗

408 AA DPS, top decile of T8 DDs (median 237.5).

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Close-range AP brick · 269.6 mm
Sensitive AP fuse · arms on 12 mm+ plate
Wide always-pen zone · 60°
Late auto-bounce · 75°

Long-duration sonar ↗

180 s Sonar duration, best of T8 DDs.

High HP pool ↗

22000 HP, top quartile of T8 DDs.

Extra smoke charges ↗

6 Smoke Generator charges, best of the 21 T8 DDs with smoke.

Sluggish rudder ↗

5.4 s rudder shift, bottom decile of T8 DDs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Acquisition

How to get Druid

Druid is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Steel.

SteelListed by GamingDiver as a Steel ship, obtained through the Steel/Forge-style economy when available.

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

Official WG availability sources

Developer Q&A Steel Start: 2024-08-29
- To give you a sneak peek at what to expect, we can announce two new ships coming to the game by the end of this year: Druid (for Steel) and Gdańsk (as a Bureau Project)!
Halloween Update: Crimson Tale 25,000 Steel Start: 2024-10-10
- Starting from October 14, new British Tier VIII Premium destroyer Druid will be available in the Store for 25,000 Steel.

Builds

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

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Cohort position

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Where Druid sits among Tier VIII DDs (27 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.

BestAP arming threshold12 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestAP ricochet start60° (1 of 7 tied) BestAP auto-bounce angle75° (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Main battery reload2.1 s (3/28) Top 10%AP velocity975 m/s (3/26) Top 10%Turn speed retained92.9% (3/28) Top 10%AA DPS408 (3/28) Top 10%AA threat1,410 (3/28) Top 10%Flak damage per salvo (expected)1,960 (2/23) Top 25%Hit points22,000 HP (5/28) Top 25%Main battery range11.13 km (7/28) Top 25%AP DPM246,400 (7/26) Top 25%Main dispersion76.2 m (4/28) Top 25%Time to 90% speed7.6 s (4/28) Top 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)2.5 s (4/28) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km112 mm (4/26) Bottom 25%Max speed35 kt (23/28) Bottom 25%Rudder shift5.4 s (26/28) Bottom 25%Power / turn radius87 hp/m (23/28) Bottom 10%Displacement5,039 t (27/28) ShortestAP fuse timer0.005 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstPower-to-weight11.91 hp/t (28/28) WorstNo torpedoes (1 of 28 in cohort)

See 11 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Druid -- 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.

Concealment7.06 km(17/28) Smoke fire bloom2.63 km(14/28) Air detection3.53 km(17/28) Turning circle690 m(14/28) Main battery caliber127 mm(19/28) AP shell damage2,200(19/26) Engine power60,000 hp(20/28) AA range5 km(17/28) Repair heal rate1 %/s(7/12) NormMax armor20 mm(24 of 28 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt20 mm(24 of 28 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points22,000

Displacement5,039 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

130.5 x 14.63 m

Armor range13–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries21

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6004 fire coefficient = 40%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

40%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 22,000 HP = 1,980 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 22,000 HP = 2,200 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.333 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 0%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

11,000

Steering gear HP

Durability 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.

6,600

Effective HP

Base 22,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.01 of max HP per second (1%) × 10 s × 22,000 HP = 2,200 HP per charge, × 2 charges = 4,400 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. In practice ships realize about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent; a charge that is used returns about 97% of the per-charge figure above.

26,400

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 3,800 = 7,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

3,800

Casemate section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 16,500 = 33,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

16,500

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,300 = 2,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,300

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,500 = 3,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,500

Main Battery

These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.

ModuleArtillery: 127 mm/56 QF Mk.N2

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time2.1 s

Firing range11.1 km

Turret traverse25 °/s

Turret armor15 mm

Turret traverse arcs

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.

2x ±150°

Guns to bear

Counted from each mount's firing arc: no mount leaves a blind wedge, so every gun bears straight ahead. 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.

all guns bear at the bow

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: 23% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 23% less vertical spread at max range (11.1 km) than a standard destroyer: about 76 m wide × 46 m tall, against 98 m × 59 m. No other ship uses this curve.

Unique to this ship

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{11130}{30} \cdot \frac{6 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 76.2 m

76.2 m at 11.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 76.2 \cdot 0.6 = 45.7 m

45.7 m at 11.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 76.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 22.9 m

22.9 m at 11.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 45.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 13.7 m

13.7 m at 11.1 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 25 deg/s traverse speed = 7.2 s.

7.2 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 4 broadside guns x 60 / 2.143 s (2.1 s = 15 ticks) base reload = 112. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 4 broadside guns x 60 / 2 s (1.9 s = 14 ticks) all-upgrades reload (2.1 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 1.9 s) = 120.

Initial: 112 → 120

AP shells

AP alpha2,200

AP Velocity975 m/s

Min Ricochet60 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet75 deg

Fuse Timer0.005 s

Fuse Threshold12 mm

AP overmatch

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

8 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula 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 3000 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 975^{1.38} = 316.6 mm

316.6 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 423.7 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 3000 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {423.7}^{1.38} = 100.2 mm

100.2 mm at 11.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,200 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,800.

8,800

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 8,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.143 s (2.1 s = 15 ticks) base reload = 246,400. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2 s (1.9 s = 14 ticks) all-upgrades reload (2.1 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 1.9 s) = 264,000.

Initial: 246,400 → 264,000

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.

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk VI4×6 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk V8×2 20mm

Gunsmain battery (DP)

Continuous DPS

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 91 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk VI

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 61 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 214 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

214

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 91 + Medium 214 = 305

305

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk V

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

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 91 + Medium 214 + Near 103 = 408

408

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 3 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 7 clouds per salvo × 280 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.

2 per salvo, 3 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

280

Cloud spawn chance

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.

100%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one main battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Main battery

Flak zone

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.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power60,000 hp

Maximum speed35.0 kt

Turning circle radius690 m

Rudder shift time5.4 s

Engine power-boost threshold32.5 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 35 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.7 kt

Crash stop

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.

18 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.

10.5 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.5 kt of 35.0 kt).

7.6 s

Acceleration 0-99%

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.

18.9 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 7.2°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 25 − 7.2 = +17.8°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+17.8°/s spare)

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 7.06 km x 0.955 = 6.74 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

7.06 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 7.06 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 6.74 km.

6.74 km

Detectability by air3.53 km

Smoke firing penalty2.63 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 7.06 km) = 11.13 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

11.13 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 3.53 km + gun-firing bloom 2.54 km = 6.07 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 127 mm × 0.020 = 2.54 km.

6.07 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 7.06 km + 2.0 km while burning = 9.06 km.

9.06 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 3.53 km + 3.0 km while burning = 6.53 km.

6.53 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Smoke Generator6 charges · 60 s reload · 10 s emit / 40 s cloud active · 600 m radius

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 180 s active · 3.21 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{107 \times 30}{1000} = 3.21 km$
· 2.79 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{93 \times 30}{1000} = 2.79 km$

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 10 s active · 2,200 HP (10% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.01 of max HP per second (1%) × 10 s effective active time = 0.1 of max HP × 22,000 HP = 2,200 HP: up to 10% of max HP restored per charge.
· 4,400 HP (20% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.1 of max HP per charge × 2 charges = 0.2 × 22,000 HP = 4,400 HP: up to 20% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 220 HP/s (1% of max HP) heal per second
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0.01 (1% of max HP) × 22,000 HP = 220 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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

vs standard DD23% tighter H · 23% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard destroyer curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (11.1 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 76 / 98 m − 1 = -23%, vertical 46 / 59 m − 1 = -23%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km42.5 m

(166.7 × (6 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 42.5 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.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km70 m

(333.3 × (6 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 70 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.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km20 m

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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 11130 = 5565$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 11130 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{5565} = 0.4695$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 42.5 \cdot 0.4695 = 20 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km40.6 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. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 11130 = 5565$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 11130 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5565}{11130 - 5565} = 0.5797$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 70 \cdot 0.5797 = 40.6 m$ .

AP pen 5 km186 mm

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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 3000 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 662^{1.38} = 186 mm$ , where 662 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 975 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km112 mm

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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 3000 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {457.8}^{1.38} = 112 mm$ , where 457.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 975 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.58 s

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,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.23 \cdot {0.127}^{2}}{8 \cdot 23} = 6.33 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 975 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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)4

2 mounts × 2 barrels = 4; all 4 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)3,000

Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.

AP shell mass23 kg

Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.

AP drag coefficient0.23

Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.

AP muzzle velocity975 m/s

Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.

idealRadius6

Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.

minRadius0.5

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,000 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range91

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors MK VI 4x6 -> 214 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK V 8x2 -> 103 DPS @ 2 km; Far AA (?) -> 91 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range91 DPS @ 5 km, 305 DPS @ 3.5 km, 408 DPS @ 2 km

@ 5 km: 91 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 214 + 91 = 305; @ 2 km: 214 + 103 + 91 = 408. 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.

AA DPS at point-blank408

214 + 103 + 91 = 408 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index1410

214 × 3.5 + 103 × 2 + 91 × 5 = 1410. 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 range2 km

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Background

After giving the green light to the construction of the Daring-class ships, the Admiralty soon realized that their combat characteristics would not allow them to counter the new American and Soviet destroyers as equals. During the first half of the 1950s, design work commenced on ships that would be capable of opposing Project 68-bis cruisers owing to their new rapid-firing guns. These ships were also meant to serve as escorts for aircraft carrier groups and convoys and hunt down enemy submarines. While the project never reached the design drawing stage, the drafts were used as a basis for the County-class guided missile destroyers.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 22,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 134+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	3,800 (17% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)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 primary (range 16–19 mm)	16,500 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (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.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 16–20 mm)	1,500 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)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	19 mm	1,300 (6% 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	11,000 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	6,600 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.

Balance History

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

Nerf ×1Buff ×1Main Battery ×3

2024-12-12

Ministry of Balance: Breaking the Ice

Druid could use some improvements, so we've combined the most popular suggestions by reducing her main battery AP shell fuse thresholds and increasing her turret durability by 50%, giving her a better edge in gunnery duels against other destroyers.
Main battery AP shell fuse threshold decreased from 21 to 12 mm.
Main battery gun HP increased from 4,000 to 6,000.

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Druid

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