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Novik

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U.S.S.R. · Tier I · Cruiser · Tech Tree: Novik

HE fire-spam cruiserSustained HE and fires from range or island cover.

Playstyle

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

Key characteristics

2 sigma accuracyEasily spotted

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Playstyle

Overview

Novik is a Tier I Soviet 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 nimble for the tonnage in T1 CAs (5.8 HP) and top-decile bow armor in T1 CAs (30 mm).

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

Nimble for the tonnage

5.75 hp per ton, top decile of T1 CAs. Engine punch outclasses the hull's mass, so the ship retains speed through sustained turns better than peers.

Thick bow plate

30.0 mm bow, top decile of T1 CAs. Harder for same-tier guns to overmatch.

High-arc HE shells

55.0° HE impact angle at max range, top decile of T1 CAs. Lobs over cover.

Easily spotted

9.33 km surface detect, bottom decile of T1 CAs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Thin magazine armor

10.0 mm magazine protection, bottom quartile of T1 CAs. More vulnerable to detonation than peers.

Acquisition

How to get Novik

Novik is available in the Novik branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree as an early line ship.

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U.S.S.R. Tech Tree

Novik sits in the Novik branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S.S.R. tree.

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Builds Beta

AL Avrora, AL Chapayev, and AL Tallinn are useful Soviet cruiser commander directions. Inspirations usually support accuracy, reload, concealment, agility, or survivability so the ship can keep influencing fights without giving up easy citadels.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Avrora AL Chapayev AL Tallinn

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Cohort position

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Where Novik 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.

Top 10%Power-to-weight5.75 hp/t (2/13) Top 25%Hit points14,500 HP (4/13) Top 25%HE fire chance8% (4/12) Top 25%HE DPM90,667 (4/12) Top 25%Displacement3,080 t (4/13) Top 25%Citadel belt50 mm (4/13) Top 25%Bow armor30 mm (3/13) Top 25%Deck armor30 mm (4/13) Bottom 25%Stealth profile9.33 km / 5.6 km (12/13 / 12/13) WorstAA threat9 (1 of 3 tied)

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

Max speed25 kt(5/13) Rudder shift5.3 s(5/13) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.43 ×(10/13) Main battery caliber120 mm(9/13) Main battery range10.32 km(5/13) Main battery reload4.5 s(5/13) HE shell damage1,700(7/12) Fires per minute4.27(5/12) Main dispersion85.4 m(9/13) HE velocity823 m/s(7/12) Acceleration7.9 s(7/13) Engine power17,700 hp(6/13) Turn-speed retention35.4 hp/m(5/13) Max armor50 mm(8/13) Stern armor13 mm(7/13)

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 Points14,500

Displacement3,080 t

Armor range6–50 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 24, 30, 50 mm

Armor material/layer entries39

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.

7,300

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.

4,400

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 120 mm/45 Model 1892

Mounts / barrels8 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time5 s

Firing range (base)9.4 km

Firing range (top fire control)10.3 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 = (9380/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 85.4 m

85.4 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 85.4 × 0.6 = 51.2 m

51.2 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 85.4 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 27.3 m

27.3 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 51.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 16.4 m

16.4 m

Turret turn time

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

22.5 s

Base shells/min

4 broadside guns x 60 / 5 s base reload = 48.

HE shells

HE Damage1,700

HE Velocity823 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

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

20 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,700 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 6,800.

6,800

Base HE DPM

6,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 81,600.

81,600

Base fires/min

4 HE shells x 60 / 5 s reload x 8% fire chance = 3.84.

3.84

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: (3×3.5×0.85) = 9. 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.

1 km

7.62 mm Maxim machine gun2×1 8mm

DPS3

Range1 km

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 17,700 hp

Engine power17,700 hp

Maximum speed25 kt

Turning circle radius500 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio5.4× slow

Concealment

Detectability by sea9.33 km

Detectability by air5.6 km

Smoke firing penalty3.53 km

Detect after firing main guns9.33 km

Detect Fire Sea11.33 km

Detect Fire Air8.6 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 range9,380 → 10,318 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 Disp85.4 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (9380/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 85.4 m

Max Vert Disp51.2 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 85.4 × 0.6 = 51.2 m

Med Horiz Disp27.3 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 85.4 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 27.3 m

Med Vert Disp16.4 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 51.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 16.4 m

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 alpha4

Barrels that can bear on one beam (4 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 alpha6,800

1,700 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 6,800.

Base HE DPM81,600

6,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 81,600.

Base shells/min48

4 broadside guns x 60 / 5 s base reload = 48.

Base fires/min3.84

4 HE shells x 60 / 5 s reload x 8% fire chance = 3.84.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS9

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (3×3.5×0.85) = 9. 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 range1 km

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

AA threat index9

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 range1 km

Armor

Hull HP 14,500, 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	30 mm primary (range 6–30 mm)	900 (6% of HP)	Overmatch not possible at T IIAngle bounces 410mm30 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.
Stern	13 mm primary (range 6–13 mm)	900 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ (Furutaka)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	50 mm primary (range 6–50 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 6–30 mm)	200 (1% 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	7,300 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 (8 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	4,400 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

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

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

GamingDiver has not indexed a focused official WG source card for this ship yet. The guide still uses the spreadsheet, in-game data, balance history, and community-data pipeline where available.

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