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Nino Bixio

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Italy · Tier I · Cruiser · Tech Tree: Nino Bixio

Open-water kiting cruiserKite at range, bleed fires, and never get pinned.

Playstyle

Stay near your team; do not push ahead alone
Avoid: Sailing in a straight line

Key characteristics

2 sigma accuracyStealthy (7.4 km)

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Playstyle

Overview

Nino Bixio is a Tier I Italian cruiser - a tutorial-tier ship. The kit is for learning basic mechanics: movement, aiming, shell travel time, gun rotation, and reading the minimap. Match impact comes from making fewer mistakes than the other Tier I players, not from gear advantages. Notable: top-decile high HP pool in T1 CAs (16,600 HP) and top-decile top speed in T1 CAs (26.8 kt).

Positioning

Stay near your team; do not push ahead alone. At Tier I the goal is practicing the basics, so pick a teammate to follow and learn how to lead your shots while their ship is in your field of vision.

Potato Avoidance

Sailing in a straight line

Even Tier I players will lead a predictable target; learn to make small course changes between salvos to break enemy aim. This is the single highest-impact habit to build at this tier.

Signature Traits

High HP pool

16600.0 HP, top decile of T1 CAs.

Fast for the class

26.8 kt, top decile of T1 CAs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Heavy powerplant

23000.0 hp engine, top decile of T1 CAs. More headroom for accelerating out of stops and maintaining speed in turns.

Holds speed in turns

47.9 hp per metre of turn radius, top decile of T1 CAs. Engine power overpowers lateral drag, so speed loss in sustained turns is mild.

Thick deck armor

100.0 mm armor deck, top decile of T1 CAs. Eats plunging fire and HE that peers don't.

Best-in-class stealth

7.36 km surface detect, top decile of T1 CAs. Stays dark longer.

Acquisition

How to get Nino Bixio

Nino Bixio is available in the Nino Bixio branch of the Italy Tech Tree as an early line ship.

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Italy Tech Tree

Nino Bixio sits in the Nino Bixio branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Italy tree.

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Cohort position

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Where Nino Bixio sits among Tier I CAs (13 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 profile7.36 km / 4.42 km (1/13 / 1/13) Top 10%Max speed26.8 kt (2/13) Top 10%Engine power23,000 hp (2/13) Top 10%Turn-speed retention47.9 hp/m (2/13) Top 10%Deck armor100 mm (2/13) Top 25%Hit points16,600 HP (3/13) Top 25%Power-to-weight5.64 hp/t (3/13) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio4.86 × (11/13) Bottom 25%Main battery reload8.1 s (11/13) Bottom 25%Fires per minute2.22 (11/12) WorstStern armor10 mm (1 of 5 tied)

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Not standouts for Nino Bixio -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort.

Rudder shift6.2 s(7/13) Main battery caliber120 mm(9/13) Main battery range10.01 km(9/13) HE shell damage1,900(6/12) HE fire chance6%(9/12) HE DPM70,370(8/12) Main dispersion83.2 m(5/13) HE velocity840 m/s(5/12) Acceleration8.04 s(9/13) Displacement4,076 t(7/13) AA threat44(6/13) Max armor100 mm(5/13) Citadel belt38 mm(7/13) Bow armor25 mm(5/13)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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

Survivability

Hit Points16,600

Displacement4,076 t

Armor range6–100 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 25, 38, 50, 100 mm

Armor material/layer entries37

Fire resistance0%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

Magazine HP

The magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.

8,300

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.

5,000

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 120 mm/50 Ansaldo 1909

Mounts / barrels8 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time9 s

Firing range (base)9.1 km

Firing range (top fire control)10 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (9099/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 83.2 m

83.2 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 83.2 × 0.6 = 49.9 m

49.9 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 83.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 26.6 m

26.6 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 49.9 × 0.321 (σ=2) = 16 m

16 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

22.5 s

Base shells/min

5 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s base reload = 33.3.

33.3

HE shells

HE Damage1,900

HE Velocity840 m/s

Fire Chance6%

HE penetration

20 mm ≈ 120 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

20 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,900 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 9,500.

9,500

Base HE DPM

9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s base reload = 63,333.

63,333

Base fires/min

5 HE shells x 60 / 9 s reload x 6% fire chance = 2.

AP shells

Min Ricochet91 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

AP overmatch

floor(120 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 mm

AA Defense

AA mount points2

Close-range AA DPS

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (7×3.5×0.9) = 22. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

2 km

40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni2×1 40mm

DPS7

Range2 km

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 23,000 hp

Engine power23,000 hp

Maximum speed26.8 kt

Turning circle radius480 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio4.9× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea7.36 km

Detectability by air4.42 km

Smoke firing penalty2.63 km

Detect after firing main guns7.36 km

Detect Fire Sea9.36 km

Detect Fire Air7.42 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Module options (1)

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

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range9,099 → 10008.9 m

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

Max Horiz Disp83.2 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (9099/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 83.2 m

Max Vert Disp49.9 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 83.2 × 0.6 = 49.9 m

Med Horiz Disp26.6 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 83.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 26.6 m

Med Vert Disp16 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 49.9 × 0.321 (σ=2) = 16 m

Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.

Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.

HE penetration20 mm

20 mm ≈ 120 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch8 mm

floor(120 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

Broadside guns used for alpha5

Barrels that can bear on one beam (5 of 8); casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Turret turn time22.5 s

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

HE full-salvo alpha9,500

1,900 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 9,500.

Base HE DPM63,333

9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s base reload = 63,333.

Base shells/min33.3

5 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s base reload = 33.3.

Base fires/min2

5 HE shells x 60 / 9 s reload x 6% fire chance = 2.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS22

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (7×3.5×0.9) = 22. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range2 km

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

AA threat index44

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.

Armor

Hull HP 16,600, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 6–50 mm)	700 (4% of HP)	Overmatch not possible at T IIAngle 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)	6 mm	12,500 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ (Farragut)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	10 mm primary (range 6–38 mm)	400 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 150mm+ (Celebes, Königsberg)Angle bounces 127mm10 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	38 mm primary (range 6–38 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.10 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	6 mm primary (range 6–100 mm)	700 (4% 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	8,300 magazine HP	Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP	Per-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
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	5,000 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.

Shell ballistics chart

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

Balance History

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

Buff ×2Main Battery ×2

2025-06-26

Ministry of Balance: Declaration of Changes

Main battery reload time reduced from 12 to 9 seconds.
Main battery maximum HE shell damage increased from 1,700 to 1,900.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

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

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

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2025-06-26 · Patch notes July Update: Of Stars and Freedom Patch notes