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Playstyle

Overview

Repulse is a Tier V British fast battleship at 31.7 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. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE spam is a real damage option here - pens roughly 1.5x more armor than a same-caliber peer's HE round. Standout traits: best sigma in T5 BBs (2) and best engine power in T5 BBs (119,025 HP).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 31.7 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.

Potato Avoidance

Using the 31.7-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

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter; pens roughly 1.5x more armor than a same-caliber peer's HE, shared by 6/24 T5 BBs.

Tight grouping

Sigma 2.0, best of T5 BBs. More shells land near aim.

Fast turret traverse

6.0°/s turret traverse, best of T5 BBs. Tracks fast-rotating targets peers can't keep up with.

Fast for the class

31.7 kt, best of T5 BBs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Long Engine Boost

180.0 s Engine Boost duration, best of T5 BBs.

Slow acceleration

~9.51 s to max forward speed, worst of T5 BBs. Sluggish rebuild after a turn or stop. (Acceleration decode is validated in-game but not yet confirmed across every ship.)

Acquisition

How to get Repulse

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

Doubloons5,000 Doubloons in the Legends Store (Aug 2025).

Official WG availability sources

Through the Spy Glass: Repulse Ship feature / release Start: 2023-08-17 · End: open/unknown end Official Through the Spy Glass feature for this ship; useful as a release/availability source, but not a guaranteed current-store listing.
Through the Spy Glass: Resistance Ship feature / release Start: 2023-10-12 · End: open/unknown end Official Through the Spy Glass feature for this ship; useful as a release/availability source, but not a guaranteed current-store listing.
Legendary Birthday in Piñata Style 5,000 Doubloons 2025-08-01 Tier V default; exact price not in source

Builds Beta

Favor main-battery reload and shell grouping. The official guidance calls out Paolo di Revel for reload and Angelo Iachino for improved grouping against battleships, cruisers, and destroyers.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Angelo Iachino Paolo di Revel

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Cohort position

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Where Repulse sits among Tier V BBs (24 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.

BestMax speed31.7 kt (1/24) BestMain battery reload23.4 s (1/24) BestSigma2 (1 of 5 tied) Top 10%Traverse-to-turn ratio5.52 × (2/24) Top 10%Main dispersion183 m (3/24) Top 10%Engine power119,025 hp (2/24) Top 10%Power-to-weight3.11 hp/t (3/24) Top 25%Main battery caliber381 mm (5/24) Top 25%Main battery range16.07 km (7/24) Top 25%Turn-speed retention138.4 hp/m (5/24) Bottom 25%Fires per minute5.23 (22/24) Bottom 25%HE DPM81,538 (20/24) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (21/24) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold64 mm (20/24) Bottom 25%AA range3.5 km (21/24) Bottom 25%AA threat451 (19/24) Bottom 10%AP DPM175,385 (23/24) Bottom 10%Secondary fire chance6% (22/23) Bottom 10%Max armor254 mm (23/24) WorstSecondary DPM (per side)135,000 (24/24) WorstHE alpha1,500 (23/23) WorstSecondary HE pen17 mm (23/23) WorstAP velocity731.5 m/s (1 of 3 tied) WorstHE velocity731.5 m/s (1 of 4 tied) WorstAcceleration9.51 s (24/24) WorstCitadel belt146 mm (24/24) WorstEnd plates16 mm (24/24 / 24/24) WorstDeck armor76 mm (1 of 9 tied)

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Not standouts for Repulse -- 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.

Hit points56,100 HP(8/24) Concealment14.23 km(9/24) Air detection11.38 km(9/24) Rudder shift18.8 s(17/24) HE shell damage5,300(11/24) HE fire chance34%(9/24) Displacement38,300 t(16/24) AA DPS190(12/24) Repair charges3(12/24) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(20 of 24 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(23 of 24 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(23 of 24 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4 km(16 of 24 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(22 of 24 tied at this value)

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.

Repair 3Engine BoostFighter

Survivability

Hit Points56,100

Displacement38,300 t

Armor range16–254 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 25, 26, 38, 40, 51, 63, 76, 89, 102, 108, 127, 146, 152, 178, 229, 254 mm

Armor material/layer entries74

Fire resistance23.3%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction16%

Magazine HP

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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.

28,100

Steering gear HP

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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.

16,800

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 381 mm/42 Mk I

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time26 s

Firing range16.1 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

2

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (16070/30·(10−1.6)/1000 + 1.6)·30 = 183 m

183 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 183 × 0.6 = 109.8 m

109.8 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 183 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 58.5 m

58.5 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 109.8 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 35.1 m

35.1 m

Turret turn time

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

30 s

Base shells/min

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6 broadside guns x 60 / 26 s base reload = 13.8.

13.8

HE shells

HE Damage5,300

HE Velocity731.5 m/s

Fire Chance34%

HE penetration

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95 mm ≈ 381 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

95 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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5,300 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 31,800.

31,800

Base HE DPM

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31,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 73,385.

73,385

Base fires/min

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6 HE shells x 60 / 26 s reload x 34% fire chance = 4.71.

4.71

AP shells

AP Damage11,400

AP Velocity731.5 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.015 s

Fuse Threshold64 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(381 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

26 mm

AP Pen Close

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Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2190 × 879^0.69 × 0.381^-1.07 × 731.5^1.38 = 592.7 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

592.7 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (20.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 461.1 m/s: 1e-7 × 2190 × 879^0.69 × 0.381^-1.07 × 461.1^1.38 = 313.5 mm.

313.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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11,400 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 68,400.

68,400

Base AP DPM

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68,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 157,846.

157,846

AP AOE Radius

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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.

90

AA Defense

AA mount points15

Close-range AA DPS

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Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (41×3.5×0.75) + (7×3.5×0.7) + (18×3.5×0.7) + (8×3.5×0.75) = 190. 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.

190

Maximum AA range

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

3.5 km

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII2×8 40mm

40 mm/39 QF Mark VIII1×8 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV8×1 20mm

12.7 mm Mk III2×4 13mm

102 mm/45 Mk V (DP)6×1 102mm

DPS

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Includes 8 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

8

Range3.5 km

DPS41

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 8 + Medium 41 = 49

49

DPS18

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 8 + Medium 41 + Outer Near 18 = 67

67

DPS7

Range1.2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 8 + Medium 41 + Outer Near 18 + Inner Near 7 = 74

74

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Secondary Battery

Mounts9

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary dispersion type

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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 @ 4 km

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4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

258 m

Caliber102 mm

Reload time4 s

HE Damage1,500

Muzzle Velocity811 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

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Caliber102 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,500

Muzzle Velocity800 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 119,025 hp

Engine power119,025 hp

Maximum speed31.7 kt

Turning circle radius860 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio5.5× slow

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.23 km

Detectability by air11.38 km

Smoke firing penalty13.04 km

Detect after firing main guns14.23 km

Detect Fire Sea16.23 km

Detect Fire Air14.38 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 0.5% heal per second · 14% of max HP total heal

Choose one

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 60 s reload · 55 s active · 5.56 km patrol radius · 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · +10% main-battery range bonus

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% damage boost · +50% reload boost

Engine Boost3 charges · 90 s reload · 180 s active · +8% speed bonus

Module options (1)

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

HullUpgrade

Turret traverse6 → 5 °/s

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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 Disp183 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (16070/30·(10−1.6)/1000 + 1.6)·30 = 183 m

Max Vert Disp109.8 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 183 × 0.6 = 109.8 m

Med Horiz Disp58.5 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 183 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 58.5 m

Med Vert Disp35.1 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 109.8 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 35.1 m

AP Pen Close592.7 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2190 × 879^0.69 × 0.381^-1.07 × 731.5^1.38 = 592.7 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far313.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (20.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 461.1 m/s: 1e-7 × 2190 × 879^0.69 × 0.381^-1.07 × 461.1^1.38 = 313.5 mm.

HE penetration95 mm

95 mm ≈ 381 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~95mm armor instead of ~63mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch26 mm

floor(381 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius90

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.

Broadside guns used for alpha6

All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time30 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha31,800

5,300 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 31,800.

AP full-salvo alpha68,400

11,400 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 68,400.

Base HE DPM73,385

31,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 73,385.

Base AP DPM157,846

68,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 157,846.

Base shells/min13.8

6 broadside guns x 60 / 26 s base reload = 13.8.

Base fires/min4.71

6 HE shells x 60 / 26 s reload x 34% fire chance = 4.71.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS190

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (41×3.5×0.75) + (7×3.5×0.7) + (18×3.5×0.7) + (8×3.5×0.75) = 190. 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 range3.5 km

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

AA threat index451

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 dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 4 km258 m

4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)135,000

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 6×1 102 mm (3/side) × 60/4 × 1500 = 67,500 + 3×3 102 mm (4.5/side) × 60/6 × 1500 = 67,500. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1500

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

Max HE fire chance6%

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

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.

Armor

Hull HP 56,100, 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	16 mm primary (range 16–152 mm)	2,900 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	38 mm primary (range 16–229 mm)	42,100 (75% of HP)	No common caliber overmatches38 mm: most HE shatters, standard pen from 283mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 16–108 mm)	1,100 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	146 mm primary (range 16–146 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.33 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 (×0.33 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	76 mm primary (range 76–254 mm)	3,800 (7% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damageDamage multiplier ×0.6	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	28,100 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.
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	16,800 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 Repulse can equip, from in-game data.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

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Playstyle

Overview

Positioning

Potato Avoidance

Signature Traits

How to get Repulse

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Cohort position

Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

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Main battery formulas

AA defense

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary battery firepower

Armor

Shell ballistics chart

Skins & permanent camouflages

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