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Hōshō

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Japan · Tier III · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree: Offensive Strike Carriers
Strike carrierRepeated squadron strikes; manage planes and positioning.
Playstyle
  • Use planes to keep destroyer lanes visible and strike ships separated from support
  • Hōshō should value clean torpedo/bomb approaches and preserve aircraft for the late game
  • Avoid: Do not assume old high bomb damage or fire chance will carry bad drops
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Playstyle

Overview

Hōshō is a Tier III Japanese carrier whose bomb count, bomb damage, fire chance, hangar size, aircraft restoration, HP, and detectability have been repeatedly adjusted. Play her as a careful low-tier strike carrier that wins through spotting and efficient attacks.

Positioning

Use planes to keep destroyer lanes visible and strike ships separated from support. Hōshō should value clean torpedo/bomb approaches and preserve aircraft for the late game.

Potato Avoidance

Assume old high bomb damage or fire chance will carry…

Hōshō’s balance changes make efficiency and aircraft preservation more important than volume.

Acquisition

How to get Hōshō

Hōshō is available in the Offensive Strike Carriers branch of the Japan Tech Tree for 270,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 54,000 credits.

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Japan Tech Tree

Hōshō sits in the Offensive Strike Carriers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Japan tree.

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Builds Beta

Build for aircraft restoration, survivability, speed, and torpedo/bomb consistency. Current advice should account for changed bomb damage/fire chance, hangar size, and aircraft HP.

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Stats and specs

Hōshō stats

Detailed specs are not available for this ship. This ship is not in our current spec dataset. It may be a limited or legacy variant, a recent release we have not added yet, or a special edition that runs separately from the standard roster. In the meantime, you can look up Hōshō on the Wargaming wiki. If you own this ship and would like us to add full specs, let us know.

Balance History

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

Nerf ×6Buff ×8Rework ×2Airstrike ×1Torpedo ×4
2024-06-27

Ministry of Balance: Aerial Adjustments

  • Torpedo.
  • Torpedo bomber restoration time increased from 76 to 107 s.
  • Dive bomber restoration time increased from 76 to 107 s.
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2024-05-24

Ministry of Balance: Carriers 2.0 – First Wave

  • Bombs per aircraft increased from 1 to 2.
  • Bomb damage reduced from 8,500 to 5,000.
  • Bomb fire-setting chances reduced from 43 to 25%.
  • Bomb splash radius reduced.
  • Maximum & starting hangar aircraft increased from 10 to 12.
  • Aircraft restoration time increased from 59 to 76 seconds.
  • Aircraft restored increased from 1 to 2.
  • Maximum HP per aircraft reduced from 1,600 to 1,350 (squadron HP reduced from 9,600 to 8,100).
  • Base speed increased from 99 to 109 knots.
  • Aircraft maximum flight range set to 28 kilometers.
  • +3 more official change lines in the source post.
Read the full official post
2022-09-29

Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes

  • Surface detectability range changed from 10.5 to 10.6 km; air detectability range changed from 7.3 to 7.4 km.
  • Dive bomber HP changed from 1,500 to 1,600; torpedo bomber HP changed from 1,520 to 1,600.
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2021-09-30

Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble

  • Detectability range by sea increased from 8.2 to 10.5 km.
  • Detectability range by air increased from 6.6 to 7.3 km.
Read the full official post
Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

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

  • Hōshō default exterior
    DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.

2021-01-28 · Patch notes Update: February 2021 Patch notes 2021-09-30 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble Patch notes 2022-09-29 · Patch notes Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Patch notes