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Incomparable

Also called: 无比 Beta

U.K. · Tier ★ · Battleship · Premium

Fast battleshipSpeed lets it rotate flanks like no other battleship and open fights on its terms.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 33 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has
Avoid: Using the 33-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

Key characteristics

Long torps (10 km)508 mm AP overmatchHeavy HE shellsStealthy (13.9 km)Lobs over islandsFragile

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Community Data

Incomparable Community Stats

Across 8,100+ Standard battles from 260+ players, Incomparable averages a 61% win rate, 107,000 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 40% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Incomparable is a Legendary British fast battleship at 33 kn with Engine Boost on the consumable slot. Mobility lets her rotate flanks battleship-fast and pick fights where her guns get the first salvo. She also packs the super-heal (2%/s, for 20 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. Standout traits: best heavy AP shells in Legendary BBs (19,500, 1st of 23) and best AP overmatch threshold in Legendary BBs (35.5 mm, 1st of 23). The trade is hit points in Legendary BBs (70,000 HP, 23rd of 23).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 33 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has. Mobility means you can pick which fight you are in; do not waste it by holding center the whole match. A 1,160 m turning circle is wide for her cohort, so a committed turn gives up a lot of water; plan course changes a salvo ahead.

Potato Avoidance

Using the 33-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

The mobility advantage is about picking which cap fight you arrive at, not about leading the brawl line; a fast BB that overextends loses HP that the kit cannot trade back.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.6 kt), 180 s duration. Engine Boost takes her to 35.6 kt, faster than 22 of 24 Legendary cruisers - enough to run down most cruisers or pull away from them, though the faster destroyers still outpace her. Uncommon in Legendary BBs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Heavy AP shells · 19500 damage
Big-caliber AP overmatch · 35.5 mm
Heavy HE shells · 7400 damage
Close-range AP brick · 860.2 mm

Fast for the class ↗

33 kt, top decile of Legendary BBs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Best-in-class stealth ↗

13.9 km surface detect, top decile of Legendary BBs. Stays dark longer.

Fragile HP pool ↗

70000 HP, bottom decile of Legendary BBs. Trade hits sparingly.

Stiff AP fuse ↗

85 mm AP arming threshold, worst of Legendary BBs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Acquisition

How to get Incomparable

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

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

Mystic Chest 4.966667% Tier VIII Premium ship or Legendary Tier ship Event · Mystic Chest · 1 of 3 ships
Mystic Lantern 0.745% Tier VIII Premium ship or Legendary Tier ship Event · Mystic Lantern → Mystic Chest · 1 of 3 ships
Mystic Box 0.099333% Tier VIII Premium ship or Legendary Tier ship Event · Mystic Box → Mystic Chest · 1 of 3 ships

Official WG availability sources

Christmas in Legends: Unwrap Gifts & Join the Festivities! Crates Start: 2025-11-28
- Mystic Chest: A new ship—Incomparable, Aki, or Marceau—or their exclusive Special Editions (see the New Ships section below), or a stash of doubloons are among the possible drops.

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Mystic Chest 4.966667% · Tier VIII Premium ship or Legendary Tier ship

Want the full picture? Each container page charts the odds as you open more crates - including ~~pity~~ guaranteed-reward timers and, for GD Supporters, pack math personalized to your port.

Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Hood AL Nelson AL Queen Elizabeth

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Cohort position

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Where Incomparable sits among Legendary BBs (22 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.

BestStealth profile13.9 km / 11.12 km (1 of 2 tied / 1 of 2 tied) BestMain battery caliber508 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestTime to 90% speed21.2 s (1 of 2 tied) BestAcceleration (0-12 kt)4.3 s (1 of 3 tied) BestDisplacement49,936 t (1 of 2 tied) BestTorpedo range9.99 km (1 of 3 tied) BestRepair heal rate2 %/s (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%HE fire chance55% (3/22) Top 10%Secondary DPM (per side)330,000 (3/23) Top 25%Max speed33 kt (4/23) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom13.8 km (5/23) Top 25%Main dispersion191.6 m (5/23) Bottom 25%AP DPM234,000 (19/23) Bottom 25%Secondary fire chance6% (17/21) Bottom 25%AP velocity751 m/s (19/23) Bottom 25%Power / turn radius137.9 hp/m (21/23) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)142,902 (19/22) Bottom 10%HE DPM88,800 (21/22) WorstHit points70,000 HP (1 of 2 tied) WorstTurning circle1,160 m (1 of 2 tied) WorstSecondary HE alpha1,500 (1 of 4 tied) WorstSecondary HE pen17 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstHE velocity751 m/s (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP arming threshold85 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 8 tied) WorstMax armor305 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstEnd plates25 mm (1 of 3 tied / 1 of 3 tied)

See 22 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Incomparable -- 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.

Rudder shift16.1 s(7/23) Main battery range17.1 km(17/23) Main battery reload30 s(15/23) Sigma2(7/23) Fires per minute6.6(17/22) Engine power160,000 hp(16/23) Power-to-weight3.2 hp/t(7/23) AP pen at 10 km657 mm(8/23) AA DPS747(9/23) AA range5 km(17/23) AA threat2,359(13/23) Flak damage per salvo (expected)2,048(15/23) Torpedo damage≈15,667(3/6) Torpedo speed62 kt(5/6) Torpedo reaction time7.8 s(3/6) Torpedo reload96 s(5/6) Citadel belt305 mm(17/23) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(16 of 23 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(20 of 23 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(20 of 23 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(20 of 23 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(13 of 23 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points70,000

Displacement49,936 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.

301.9 x 31.85 m

Armor range19–305 mm

Plate armor thicknesses19, 25, 32, 37, 48, 50, 51, 76, 102, 127, 152, 254, 279, 305 mm

Armor material/layer entries64

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 duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 60 s = 0.18 of the pool; 0.18 × 70,000 HP = 12,600 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: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 40 s = 0.2 of the pool; 0.2 × 70,000 HP = 14,000 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.287 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 14%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

14%

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.

35,000

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.

21,000

Effective HP

Base 70,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.02 of max HP per second (2%) × 20 s × 70,000 HP = 28,000 HP per charge, × 2 charges = 56,000 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.

77,778–126,000

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

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 × 2,600 = 5,200), 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.

2,600

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 11,400 = 22,800), 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.

11,400

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 × 52,500 = 105,000), 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.

52,500

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 × 5,400 = 10,800), 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.

5,400

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 × 1,600 = 3,200), 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.

1,600

Citadel 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

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 508 mm/45 Mk.I

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range17.1 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Turret armor381 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.

3x ±150°

Guns to bear

180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 150° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 30° 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.

30° off bow / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: 17% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 17% less vertical spread at max range (17.1 km) than a standard battleship: about 192 m wide × 115 m tall, against 231 m × 139 m. Also on this curve (56): Al Ägir, Alaska, Alaska B, Anhalt, BA Utnapishtim's Ship, Borodino, Brest, Carnot, Champagne, Cherbourg, Congress, Ägir and 44 more.

Improved battleship & large cruiser

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{17100}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 191.6 m

191.6 m at 17.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 191.6 \cdot 0.6 = 115 m

115 m at 17.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 191.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 57.5 m

57.5 m at 17.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 115 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 34.5 m

34.5 m at 17.1 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

30 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 6 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 12. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 6 broadside guns x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload (30 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 27 s) = 13.3.

Initial: 12 → 13.3

HE shells

HE alpha7,400

HE Velocity751 m/s

Fire Chance55%

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB54102

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB142902

HE penetration

85 mm ≈ 508 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

85 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

7,400 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 44,400.

44,400

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 44,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 88,800. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 44,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload (30 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 27 s) = 98,667.

Initial: 88,800 → 98,667

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 12 shells/min × 0.55 (55% fire chance) = 6.6. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 13.3 shells/min × 0.55 (55% fire chance) = 7.33.

Initial: 6.6 → 7.33

AP shells

AP alpha19,500

AP Velocity751 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold85 mm

AP pen max range543 mm

AP overmatch

floor(508 mm caliber / 14.3) = 35 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

35 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 2438 \cdot 2053^{0.69} \cdot {0.508}^{- 1.07} \cdot 751^{1.38} = 903 mm

903 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 519 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2438 \cdot 2053^{0.69} \cdot {0.508}^{- 1.07} \cdot 519^{1.38} = 542.3 mm

542.3 mm at 17.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

19,500 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 117,000.

117,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 117,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 234,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 117,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload (30 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 27 s) = 260,000.

Initial: 234,000 → 260,000

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.

550

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm QR Mk II

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time96 s

Projectile speed62.0 kt

Range9.99 km

Maximum simulated damage

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:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 47, 000 \cdot 0.333 = 15, 667

. 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.

≈ 15,667

Maximum damage (ammunition)

47,000 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,100 blast = 16,767. 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.

16,767

Torpedo module damage

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.

1,100

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.3 km}{62 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.8 s

. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.

7.8 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.82 per hit, shown as

2.82 \times 100 = 282 %

. 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.

282%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcswing 150° (one launcher per beam)

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming197 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 15,667 = 62,668. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

62,668

AA Defense

AA mount points54

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 Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII4×8 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk IV12×2 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk VII4×1 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV26×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk V8×2 20mm

102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

11×2 102mm

Guns102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX (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 87 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk IV + 40 mm Bofors Mk VII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 141 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 370 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

370

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 87 + Outer Medium 370 = 457

457

Guns40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 36 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 94 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 87 + Outer Medium 370 + Inner Medium 94 = 551

551

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 79 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 194 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

194

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 87 + Outer Medium 370 + Inner Medium 94 + Near 194 = 745

745

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 3 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 13 clouds per salvo × 210 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.

3 per salvo, 4 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

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

210

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so salvos average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

75%

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 secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary 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 ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts11

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary DPM (per side)

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 11×2 102 mm (11/side) × 60/3 s × 1500 = 330,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

330,000

Secondary fire DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 13.2 × (1 − 0.4 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 75,900 HP = 108,203. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

108,203

Total secondary DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 330,000 + secondary fire DPM 108,203 = 438,203: shell damage plus fire damage against one T8 battleship, every shell hitting.

438,203

102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

11×2 102mm

Caliber102 mm

Reload time3 s

HE alpha1,500

Muzzle Velocity811 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

11×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 3 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 13.2. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

13.2

HE Pen17 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max 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

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power160,000 hp

Maximum speed33.0 kt

Turning circle radius1160 m

Rudder shift time16.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold24.8 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 33 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.2 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.2 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.

48 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

11.0 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.7 kt of 33.0 kt).

21.2 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.7 kt of 33.0 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.

42.4 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 3.6°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 6 − 3.6 = +2.4°/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 (+2.4°/s spare)

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Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 13.9 km x 0.955 = 13.27 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

13.9 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 13.9 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.27 km.

13.27 km

Detectability by air11.12 km

Smoke firing penalty13.8 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 13.9 km) = 17.1 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

17.1 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.12 km + gun-firing bloom 10.16 km = 21.28 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 508 mm × 0.020 = 10.16 km.

21.28 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 13.9 km + 2.0 km while burning = 15.9 km.

15.9 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.12 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.12 km.

14.12 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active · 28,000 HP (40% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.02 of max HP per second (2%) × 20 s effective active time = 0.4 of max HP × 70,000 HP = 28,000 HP: up to 40% of max HP restored per charge.
· 56,000 HP (80% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.4 of max HP per charge × 2 charges = 0.8 × 70,000 HP = 56,000 HP: up to 80% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 1,400 HP/s (2% of max HP) heal per second
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0.02 (2% of max HP) × 70,000 HP = 1,400 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Engine Boost2 charges · 120 s reload · 180 s active · +8% speed bonus

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Sonar3 charges · 120 s reload · 180 s active · 3.5 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{117 \times 30}{1000} = 3.5 km$
· 2.5 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{83 \times 30}{1000} = 2.5 km$

Catapult Fighter4 charges · 80 s reload · 60 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane4 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

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 BB17% tighter H · 17% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (17.1 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 192 / 231 m − 1 = -17%, vertical 115 / 139 m − 1 = -17%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 m

(166.7 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6 × 166.7 / 166.7) × 30 = 90 m (inside the 5 km taper). 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 km132 m

(333.3 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 132 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 width @ 15 km174 m

(500 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 174 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km33.8 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17100 = 8550$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17100 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8550} = 0.3754$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.3754 = 33.8 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km68.2 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17100 = 8550$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17100 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8550}{17100 - 8550} = 0.517$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.517 = 68.2 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km100.1 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same model. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km. 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17100 = 8550$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17100 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8550}{17100 - 8550} = 0.5754$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 174 \cdot 0.5754 = 100.1 m$ .

AP pen 5 km768 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2438 \cdot 2053^{0.69} \cdot {0.508}^{- 1.07} \cdot {667.7}^{1.38} = 768 mm$ , where 667.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 751 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 km657 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2438 \cdot 2053^{0.69} \cdot {0.508}^{- 1.07} \cdot {596.5}^{1.38} = 657 mm$ , where 596.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 751 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 15 km571 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2438 \cdot 2053^{0.69} \cdot {0.508}^{- 1.07} \cdot {539.1}^{1.38} = 571 mm$ , where 539.1 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 751 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 km5.44 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.39 \cdot {0.508}^{2}}{8 \cdot 2053} = 1.93 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 751 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.44 s

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,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.39 \cdot {0.508}^{2}}{8 \cdot 2053} = 1.93 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 751 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)6

3 mounts × 2 barrels = 6; all 6 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,438

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 mass2,053 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 coefficient0.39

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

AP muzzle velocity751 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity751 m/s

Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.

idealRadius10

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

minRadius1.6

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.

taperDist5,000 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.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.8 s

1300 m / (62.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.8 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed62.0 kt

Travel time to max range60 s

9990 m / (62.0 kt × 2.6855) = 60 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count8

2 launchers × 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

8 wing tubes / 2 = 4: the launchers sit one per beam, so only half of them reach any one side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one beam, turn, and fire the other without waiting.

Full-salvo damage125,336

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,667 = 125,336. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range87

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVIII 8barrel 4x8 -> 95 DPS @ 2.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mark IV Hazemeyer 12x2 -> 278 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mark VII single 4x1 -> 93 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 26x1 -> 148 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK V 8x2 -> 46 DPS @ 2 km; 4in45 QF Mk XIX 11x2 -> 87 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range87 DPS @ 5 km, 458 DPS @ 3.5 km, 553 DPS @ 2.5 km, 747 DPS @ 2 km

@ 5 km: 87 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 278 + 93 + 87 = 458; @ 2.5 km: 95 + 278 + 93 + 87 = 553; @ 2 km: 95 + 278 + 93 + 148 + 46 + 87 = 747. 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-blank747

95 + 278 + 93 + 148 + 46 + 87 = 747 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index2359

95 × 2.5 + 278 × 3.5 + 93 × 3.5 + 148 × 2 + 46 × 2 + 87 × 5 = 2359. 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

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1500

The only family (102 mm): 1500. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1500 from the 102 mm family.

Max HE fire chance6%

The only family (102 mm): 6%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 102 mm family.

Max HE pen17 mm

The only family (102 mm): 17 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: 17 mm from the 102 mm family.

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Background

When Admiral Fisher returned to the post of First Sea Lord in 1915, the leadership of the British Navy was faced with the issue of landing troops on the German Baltic coast. It was planned that Russian troops would cover the operation, and this required ships with the largest guns possible. Light battlecruisers Courageous, Furious, and Glorious were built within this concept, while Incomparable, armed with the world's largest 20-inch (508 mm) guns, was to represent its further development.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 70,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 54+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel279 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–127 mm)	2,600 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Alsace, Bourgogne)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	127 mm primary (range 51–305 mm)	52,500 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches127 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–127 mm)	1,600 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Alsace, Bourgogne)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	279 mm primary (range 19–305 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	5,400 (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	35,000 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.
Secondary mount (102 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-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 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	21,000 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Incomparable can equip.

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2023-01-26 · Patch notes February Update: The Dragon Strikes Back Patch notes

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