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Nagato

Also called: 长门 Beta

Japan · Tier VI · Battleship · Tech Tree: Outranging Battleships

Tank battleshipA health pool that outlasts the line: soak trades peers cannot afford to take.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where the team can rotate behind you
Avoid: Absorbing focus with nobody trading behind you

Key characteristics

410 mm AP overmatch2 sigma accuracy16.5 km gun rangeHeavy HE shellsSlowEasily spotted

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Community Data

Nagato Community Stats

Across 16,000+ Standard battles from 340+ players, Nagato averages a 53% win rate, 53,700 damage and 0.8 kills per battle, and survives 35% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Nagato is a Tier VI Japanese tank battleship (65,000 HP): top-decile hit points mean she is the most expensive thing on the map to remove, and every salvo spent on her is one your cruisers and destroyers do not eat. The kit is line-holder, not striker. The HP is the asset rather than the heal (10/32 once Repair Party is counted): not because the Repair Party is small, but because there are fewer charges of it than peers get. Spend the pool on position you can hold instead of trades you plan to heal back. Standout traits: torpedo belt percent in T6 BBs (25, 9th of 32) and sigma in T6 BBs (2, 5th of 32). The trade is surface detection in T6 BBs (14.8 km, 29th of 32).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where the team can rotate behind you. The HP pool lets you absorb focus that drains peer BBs out, but absorbing focus without trading is just wasted HP; pick salvo targets that exploit the angle others avoid. The helm answers quickly (13 s), so she can break an incoming salvo that slower hulls have to eat.

Potato Avoidance

Absorbing focus with nobody trading behind you

On a hull this size 65,000 HP is the flank's budget rather than your own, and soaking only wins while teammates convert that attention into damage; the number that decides the flank is your side's remaining HP against theirs, not your personal one-for-one. Hold the angle, keep the guns cycling, and if the ships behind you have stopped firing, fall back and re-engage with support rather than feeding the pool one salvo at a time.

Signature Traits

High HP pool ↗

65000 HP, top decile of T6 BBs.

Strong torpedo belt ↗

25% torpedo damage reduction, top quartile of T6 BBs.

Turtleback armor

Deck armor angled downward over the citadel, forming a roof outside it. Deflects shells arriving at a low angle up and away, so flat-trajectory fire from close range struggles to reach the citadel.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Tight grouping
Big-caliber AP overmatch · 28.6 mm
Heavy HE shells · 6500 damage
Long gun range · 16.5 km

Easily spotted ↗

14.8 km surface detect, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Exceptional HP, average Repair Party

65,000 HP (3/32 in the cohort) on an average heal: counting Repair Party she is 10/32 on effective HP, still upper third. The heal itself is not small, there are just fewer charges of it than peers get. Spend the pool on a lane you can hold rather than on damage you are counting on healing back.

Acquisition

How to get Nagato

Nagato is available in the Outranging Battleships branch of the Japan Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,250,000 credits.

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Japan Tech Tree

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Nagato sits among Tier VI BBs (31 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.

BestSecondary dispersion bracket33 (1 of 7 tied) BestSecondary HE alpha2,400 (1 of 4 tied) Top 10%Hit points65,000 HP (3/32) Top 10%Main battery caliber410 mm (3/32) Top 10%Secondary fire chance10% (4/31) Top 25%Rudder shift13 s (7/32) Top 25%Main battery range16.53 km (5/32) Top 25%Main battery reload25 s (5/32) Top 25%Sigma2 (5/32) Top 25%HE DPM124,800 (6/31) Top 25%AP DPM241,920 (5/32) Top 25%Main dispersion203 m (7/32) Top 25%Secondary DPM (per side)262,800 (7/32) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km587 mm (6/32) Bottom 25%Max speed26 kt (27/32) Bottom 25%Stealth profile14.84 km / 11.87 km (29/32 / 29/32) Bottom 25%Time to 90% speed35.4 s (25/32) Bottom 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)15.6 s (27/32) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold68 mm (25/32) Bottom 25%Displacement45,816 t (26/32) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight1.8 hp/t (25/32) Bottom 25%AA threat1,010 (25/32) Bottom 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)630 (25/32) Bottom 10%Smoke fire bloom14.45 km (31/32) WorstNo torpedoes (26 of 32 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Nagato -- 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.

Turning circle770 m(17/32) HE fire chance30%(23/31) Fires per minute5.76(20/31) Secondary HE pen23 mm(13/31) AP velocity806 m/s(14/32) HE velocity805 m/s(18/31) Engine power82,300 hp(24/32) Power / turn radius106.9 hp/m(23/32) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)167,874(9/31) Secondary range5 km(16/32) AA DPS302(24/32) AA range5 km(14/32) Repair charges3(15/32) Max armor356 mm(15/32) Citadel belt305 mm(17/32) Stern armor26 mm(12/32) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(22 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(18 of 32 tied at this value) NormBow armor26 mm(21 of 32 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 49,000 → 65,000

Displacement45,816 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.

225 x 34.6 m, draft 10 m

Armor range6–356 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 16, 19, 25, 26, 38, 40, 44, 50, 70, 76, 120, 152, 197, 203, 207, 229, 276, 289, 305, 356 mm

Armor material/layer entries60

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.7336 fire coefficient = 26.6%; top hull: 1 − 0.7003 fire coefficient = 30%. 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.

Initial: 26.6% → 30%

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 × 65,000 HP = 11,700 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 × 65,000 HP = 13,000 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.25 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 25%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

25%

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.

32,500

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.

19,500

Effective HP

Base 65,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 65,000 HP = 9,100 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 27,300 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.

72,222–92,300

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 × 3,300 = 6,600), 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.

3,300

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 × 11,700 = 23,400), 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.

11,700

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 × 48,800 = 97,600), 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.

48,800

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 × 2,100 = 4,200), 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 ×. 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.

2,100

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 × 2,400 = 4,800), 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.

2,400

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: 410 mm/45 Type3

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time25 s

Firing range (base)15 km

Firing range (top fire control)16.5 km

Turret traverse3.8 °/s

Turret armor457 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.

4x ±145°

Guns to bear

180° − 145° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 35° off bow; 180° − 145° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 35° 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.

35° off bow / 35° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: 10% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 20% more vertical spread at max range (16.5 km) than a standard battleship: about 203 m wide × 162 m tall, against 225 m × 135 m. Also on this curve (19): ARP Haruna, ARP Kirishima, ARP Musashi, Ashitaka, Daisen, Hizen, Hyūga, Hyūga W, Inamura, Ise, Ishizuchi, Iwami and 7 more.

Japanese battleship

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{16531.9}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 2.8}{1000} + 2.8) \cdot 30 = 203 m

203 m at 16.5 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 203 \cdot 0.8 = 162.4 m

162.4 m at 16.5 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 203 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 60.9 m

60.9 m at 16.5 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 162.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 48.7 m

48.7 m at 16.5 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3.8 deg/s traverse speed = 47.4 s.

47.4 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 25 s base reload = 19.2.

19.2

HE shells

HE alpha6,500

HE Velocity805 m/s

Fire Chance30%

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB43074

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB167874

HE penetration

68 mm ≈ 410 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

6,500 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 52,000.

52,000

HE DPM

52,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 124,800.

124,800

Fires/min

19.2 shells/min × 0.3 (30% fire chance) = 5.76.

5.76

AP shells

AP alpha12,600

AP Velocity806 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP pen max range474 mm

AP overmatch

floor(410 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 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 2711 \cdot 1020^{0.69} \cdot {0.41}^{- 1.07} \cdot 806^{1.38} = 859.3 mm

859.3 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 523.1 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2711 \cdot 1020^{0.69} \cdot {0.41}^{- 1.07} \cdot {523.1}^{1.38} = 473.2 mm

473.2 mm at 16.5 km

AP full-salvo alpha

12,600 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 100,800.

100,800

AP DPM

100,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 241,920.

241,920

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.

150

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 14 → 50

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

25 mm Type96 mod. 114×3 25mm

25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 1 (upgraded hull only)24×1 25mm

25 mm Type96 mod. 1Initial: 14×2 → 12×2 25mm

127 mm Type89 A1 (DP)

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

4×2 127mm

Guns127 mm Type89 A1 (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 39 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns25 mm Type96 mod. 1 + 25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 1

Continuous DPS

Initial: 43 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 113 → 100 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 262. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 113 → 262

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 39 + Medium 262 = 301

301

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 4 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.

2 per salvo, 2 clouds each

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

Mounts22

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side): 3.8 + 6.8 = 10.6. 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.

10.6

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: 4×2 127 mm (4/side) × 60/5 s × 2100 = 100,800 + 18×1 140 mm (9/side) × 60/8 s × 2400 = 162,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

262,800

Secondary fire DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 10.6 × (1 − 0.3 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 59,350 HP = 79,193. 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.

79,193

Total secondary DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 262,800 + secondary fire DPM 79,193 = 341,993: shell damage plus fire damage against one T6 battleship, every shell hitting.

341,993

Secondary dispersion type

This ship's secondary families don't share one dispersion bracket. Each family is listed below with its own slope; max dispersion = secondary range (km) × that family's slope + 30 m.

Improved (40%) + Standard

Caliber127 mm

Reload time5 s

HE alpha2,100

Muzzle Velocity725 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 5 s × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 3.8. 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.

3.8

HE Pen21 mm

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Caliber140 mm

Reload time8 s

HE alpha2,400

Muzzle Velocity850 m/s

Fire Chance10%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

18×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 8 s × 0.1 (10% fire chance) = 6.8. 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.

6.8

HE Pen23 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power82,300 hp

Maximum speed26.0 kt

Turning circle radius770 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 14.5 s → 13 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 26 / 4 + 4.9 = 11.4 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

11.4 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.

48.8 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.9 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (23.4 kt of 26.0 kt).

35.4 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (25.7 kt of 26.0 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.

56.7 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 3.5°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3.8 − 3.5 = +0.3°/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 (+0.3°/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): 14.84 km x 0.955 = 14.17 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.84 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.84 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 14.17 km.

14.17 km

Detectability by air11.87 km

Smoke firing penalty14.45 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.84 km) = 16.53 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

16.53 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.87 km + gun-firing bloom 8.2 km = 20.07 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 410 mm × 0.020 = 8.2 km.

20.07 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.84 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.84 km.

16.84 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.87 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.87 km.

14.87 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 9,100 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 65,000 HP = 9,100 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 27,300 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 65,000 HP = 27,300 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 325 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 65,000 HP = 325 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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Catapult Fighter Hull B only3 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 Seaplane Hull B only3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Enhanced Secondary Targeting Hull B only3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points49,000 → 65,000
Rudder shift14.5 → 13 s
AA mounts14 → 50
Close-range AA DPS43 → 100

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range15,029 → 16531.9 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt18 → 15.6 s

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 BB10% tighter H · 20% taller V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (16.5 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 203 / 225 m − 1 = -10%, vertical 162 / 135 m − 1 = +20%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km120 m

(166.7 × (10 − 2.8) / 1000 + 2.8) × 30 = 120 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 km156 m

(333.3 × (10 − 2.8) / 1000 + 2.8) × 30 = 156 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 km192 m

(500 × (10 − 2.8) / 1000 + 2.8) × 30 = 192 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 km53 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,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.6$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16531.9 = 8266$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.8$  at 16531.9 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.6 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8266} = 0.442$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 120 \cdot 0.442 = 53 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km100.1 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,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.6$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16531.9 = 8266$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.8$  at 16531.9 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.6 + (0.8 - 0.6) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8266}{16531.9 - 8266} = 0.642$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 156 \cdot 0.642 = 100.1 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km146.5 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,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.6$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16531.9 = 8266$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.8$  at 16531.9 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.6 + (0.8 - 0.6) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8266}{16531.9 - 8266} = 0.7629$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 192 \cdot 0.7629 = 146.5 m$ .

AP pen 5 km708 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2711 \cdot 1020^{0.69} \cdot {0.41}^{- 1.07} \cdot {700.5}^{1.38} = 708 mm$ , where 700.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 806 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 km587 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2711 \cdot 1020^{0.69} \cdot {0.41}^{- 1.07} \cdot {611.9}^{1.38} = 587 mm$ , where 611.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 806 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 km496 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2711 \cdot 1020^{0.69} \cdot {0.41}^{- 1.07} \cdot {540.9}^{1.38} = 496 mm$ , where 540.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 806 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 km5.18 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.355 \cdot {0.41}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1020} = 2.3 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 806 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 km5.63 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.505 \cdot {0.41}^{2}}{8 \cdot 938.5} = 3.55 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 805 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)8

4 mounts × 2 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,711

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 mass1,020 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 coefficient0.355

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

AP muzzle velocity806 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity805 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.

minRadius2.8

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.

radiusOnDelim0.6

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

radiusOnMax0.8

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 range39

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 25mm Type96 14x3 -> 74 DPS @ 3.1 km; 25mm Type96 single 24x1 -> 126 DPS @ 3.1 km; 25mm Type96 double 12x2 -> 63 DPS @ 3.1 km; 127mm40 Type 89 4x2 -> 39 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range39 DPS @ 5 km, 302 DPS @ 3.1 km

@ 5 km: 39 from one family; @ 3.1 km: 74 + 126 + 63 + 39 = 302. 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-blank302

74 + 126 + 63 + 39 = 302 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.1 km).

AA threat index1010

74 × 3.1 + 126 × 3.1 + 63 × 3.1 + 39 × 5 = 1010. 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

127 mm × 4 dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30 for this family. Slope is set per gun model.

127 mm × 4 max disp @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

140 mm × 18 dispersion typeImproved (40%, German battlecruiser type)

Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30 for this family. Slope is set per gun model.

140 mm × 18 max disp @ 5 km195 m

5 km × 33 + 30 = 195 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha2400

max(2100 (127 mm), 2400 (140 mm)) = 2400. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2400 from the 140 mm family.

Max HE fire chance10%

max(8% (127 mm), 10% (140 mm)) = 10%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 10% from the 140 mm family.

Max HE pen23 mm

max(21 mm (127 mm), 23 mm (140 mm)) = 23 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: 23 mm from the 140 mm family.

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Background

Nagato had long remained the most powerful warship in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She had good armor and carried 410 mm main battery guns. In the 1930s, the ship was modernized to receive more powerful torpedo protection.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 49,000 → 65,000 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern26 mm

Overmatched by 81+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel305 mm

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

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 30%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	26 mm primary (range 26–76 mm)	3,300 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 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)	26 mm primary (range 16–305 mm)	48,800 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	26 mm primary (range 6–120 mm)	2,400 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	305 mm primary (range 26–305 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	16 mm	2,100 (3% 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	32,500 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 (140 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 (25 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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.110 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	19,500 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 Nagato. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×5Main Battery ×5

2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

Stock main battery reload time reduced from 32 to 25 seconds.
Upgraded main battery reload time reduced from 29 to 25 seconds.

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2022-06-16

Summer Update: The High Roll

Upgraded main battery reload time decreased from 32 to 29 s.
Maximum AP shell damage increased from 12,100 to 12,600.

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2021-08-26

September update: the Redinforcements

Maximum speed increased to 26 knots, rudder shift time decreased for both hulls from 15.2 and 13.7 to 14.4 and 12.9 respectively. Shell grouping increased by 2.5%.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Nagato can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Shiro (Nagato)Decorative

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.

2023-04-24 · Official ship feature / stats Golden Week '23 Official source 2020-06-18 · Patch notes Update: June 2020 Patch notes 2021-08-26 · Patch notes September update: the Redinforcements Patch notes 2021-12-16 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Chilling With the Beasts Patch notes 2022-06-16 · Patch notes Summer Update: The High Roll Patch notes 2022-12-08 · Patch notes December Update: The Most Wonderful Tide of the Year Patch notes

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Under the hood

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Secondary battery firepower

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Armor Beta

Balance History

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

Summer Update: The High Roll

September update: the Redinforcements

Skins & permanent camouflages

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