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Ryūjō

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Japan · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree: Offensive Strike Carriers
Strike carrierRepeated squadron strikes; manage planes and positioning.
Playstyle
  • Use aircraft to reveal destroyer lanes, then strike isolated or committed ships where approach angles a…
  • Avoid: Do not rely on old aircraft speed or durability assumptions
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Playstyle

Overview

Ryūjō is a Tier V Japanese carrier whose aircraft speed, HP, bomb count, restoration, and detectability have been adjusted across carrier balance passes. Play her as a precise mid-tier carrier that spots well and chooses efficient torpedo or dive-bomber attacks.

Positioning

Use aircraft to reveal destroyer lanes, then strike isolated or committed ships where approach angles are clean. Ryūjō should avoid heavy AA clusters because aircraft losses quickly reduce her influence.

Potato Avoidance

Rely on old aircraft speed or durability assumptions

Ryūjō’s post-balance profile rewards careful strike selection; reckless attacks waste the carrier’s limited tempo.

Acquisition

How to get Ryūjō

Ryūjō is available in the Offensive Strike Carriers branch of the Japan Tech Tree for 6,400,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 1,610,000 credits.

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Japan Tech Tree

Ryūjō sits in the Offensive Strike Carriers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Japan tree.

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Builds Beta

Build for aircraft restoration, survivability, speed, and strike consistency. Current advice should account for changed bomber HP, squadron size, aircraft speed, and detectability.

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Stats and specs

Ryūjō stats

Detailed specs are not available for this ship. This ship is not in our current spec dataset. It may be a limited or legacy variant, a recent release we have not added yet, or a special edition that runs separately from the standard roster. In the meantime, you can look up Ryūjō on the Wargaming wiki. If you own this ship and would like us to add full specs, let us know.

Balance History

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

Nerf ×12Buff ×9Rework ×3Airstrike ×3Torpedo ×7
2024-06-27

Ministry of Balance: Aerial Adjustments

  • Torpedo.
  • Stock torpedo bomber restoration time increased from 57 to 80 s.
  • Stock torpedo bomber base speed reduced from 132 to 120 kts.
  • Upgraded torpedo bomber restoration time increased from 57 to 80 s.
  • Upgraded torpedo bomber base speed reduced from 140 to 127 kts.
  • Stock dive bomber restoration time increased from 57 to 80 s.
  • Stock dive bomber base speed reduced from 146 to 132 kts.
  • Upgraded dive bomber restoration time increased from 57 to 80 s.
  • Upgraded dive bomber base speed reduced from 151 to 137 kts.
Read the full official post
2024-05-24

Ministry of Balance: Carriers 2.0 – First Wave

  • Now match accuracy parameters of the upgraded dive bombers.
  • Bombs per aircraft increased from 1 to 2.
  • Number of aircraft in squadron increased from 6 to 8.
  • Maximum HP per aircraft reduced from 2,100 to 1,450 (squadron HP reduced from 12,600 to 11,600).
  • Base speed increased from 120 to 146 knots.
  • Maximum flight range set to 30 kilometers.
  • Bomb damage reduced from 9,100 to 5,500.
  • HE bomb penetration reduced from 53.4 to 43.6 mm.
  • Bomb fire-setting chances reduced from 55 to 30%.
  • Bomb splash radius reduced.
  • +4 more official change lines in the source post.
Read the full official post
2022-09-29

Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes

  • Surface detectability range changed from 11.4 to 12.4 km; air detectability range changed from 8 to 8.7 km.
  • Stock dive bomber HP changed from 2,050 to 2,100; stock torpedo bomber HP changed from 2,100 to 2,200.
  • Upgraded dive bomber HP changed from 2,150 to 2,200; upgraded torpedo bomber HP changed from 2,200 to 2,300.
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2021-09-30

Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble

  • Detectability range by sea increased from 9.5 to 11.4 km.
  • Detectability range by air increased from 7.6 to 8 km.
Read the full official post
Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

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

  • Ryūjō default exterior
    DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

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.

2021-01-28 · Patch notes Update: February 2021 Patch notes 2021-09-30 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble Patch notes 2022-09-29 · Patch notes Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Patch notes