Sov. Soyuz Build & Guide | WoWs Legends

Playstyle

Overview

Sov. Soyuz is a Tier VIII Soviet tank battleship (88,100 HP): top-decile hit points let her hold trades that drain peer BBs out faster than the shells they fire back. The kit is line-holder, not striker.

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.

Potato Avoidance

Absorbing focus without trading back

The HP pool is a tool for holding the angle while you reload, not a license to sit broadside; every salvo you skip is a salvo your team had to land instead.

Signature Traits

High HP pool

88100.0 HP, best of T8 BBs.

Fast turret traverse

6.0°/s turret traverse, best of T8 BBs. Tracks fast-rotating targets peers can't keep up with.

Heavy citadel belt

420.0 mm citadel belt, best of T8 BBs. Citadels through angle are rare.

Heavy powerplant

231000.0 hp engine, top decile of T8 BBs. More headroom for accelerating out of stops and maintaining speed in turns.

Holds speed in turns

243.2 hp per metre of turn radius, top decile of T8 BBs. Engine power overpowers lateral drag, so speed loss in sustained turns is mild.

Thin deck

83.0 mm armor deck, bottom decile of T8 BBs. Plunging fire and HE eat through.

Acquisition

How to get Sov. Soyuz

Sov. Soyuz is a Tech Tree ship. The normal acquisition path is researching and purchasing it in its nation/class line.

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AL Sov. Rossiya, Kosaka Wakamo, and Lev Galler are useful Soviet battleship commander directions. Inspirations usually favor accuracy, reload, AP performance, HP, survivability, or secondary/brawling bonuses depending on how aggressively you want to play.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Sov. Rossiya Kosaka Wakamo Lev Galler

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Cohort position

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Where Sov. Soyuz sits among Tier VIII BBs (25 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.

BestHit points88,100 HP (1/25) BestTraverse-to-turn ratio6.91 × (1/25) BestCitadel belt420 mm (1/25) Top 10%Rudder shift19.4 s (2/25) Top 10%Secondary fire chance12% (3/23) Top 10%Engine power231,000 hp (2/25) Top 10%Turn-speed retention243.2 hp/m (2/25) Top 25%Main battery range17.39 km (6/25) Top 25%HE fire chance40% (6/25) Top 25%AP shell damage13,250 (5/25) Top 25%Acceleration8.4 s (5/25) Top 25%Power-to-weight3.55 hp/t (7/25) Top 25%Max armor425 mm (5/25) Bottom 25%Max speed28 kt (21/25) Bottom 25%Displacement65,150 t (23/25) Bottom 25%AA DPS367 (23/25) Bottom 25%AA threat1,306 (23/25) Bottom 10%Deck armor83 mm (24/25) WorstSecondary range5 km (1 of 12 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (18 of 25 in cohort) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 7 tied)

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Not standouts for Sov. Soyuz -- 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.

Concealment15.81 km(15/25) Air detection12.65 km(15/25) Main battery caliber406 mm(14/25) Main battery reload29.7 s(17/25) Sigma1.7(17/25) HE shell damage5,800(12/25) Fires per minute7.27(13/25) HE DPM105,455(19/25) AP DPM240,909(17/25) Main dispersion221.1 m(13/25) Secondary DPM (per side)188,600(18/25) HE alpha2,200(9/23) Secondary HE pen25 mm(12/23) AP velocity830 m/s(13/25) HE velocity830 m/s(11/25) AP arming threshold68 mm(15/25) AA range5 km(13/25) Bow armor32 mm(13/25) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(21 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(22 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(23 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(23 of 25 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(18 of 25 tied at this value) NormStern armor32 mm(23 of 25 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 2Fighter

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 80,900 → 88,100

Displacement65,150 t

Armor range19–425 mm

Plate armor thicknesses19, 20, 25, 32, 38, 50, 58, 60, 65, 70, 75, 83, 100, 155, 180, 220, 230, 250, 285, 365, 375, 390, 406, 420, 425 mm

Armor material/layer entries58

Fire resistance40%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction37%

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.

44,100

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.

26,400

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 406 mm/50 B-37/MK-1

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time33 s

Firing range (base)15.8 km

Firing range (top fire control)17.4 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

1.7

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (15810/30·(13−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 221.1 m

221.1 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 221.1 × 0.75 = 165.9 m

165.9 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 221.1 × 0.356 (σ=1.7) = 78.8 m

78.8 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 165.9 × 0.356 (σ=1.7) = 59.1 m

59.1 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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9 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 16.4.

16.4

HE shells

HE Damage5,800

HE Velocity830 m/s

Fire Chance40%

HE penetration

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68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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5,800 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 52,200.

52,200

Base HE DPM

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52,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 94,909.

94,909

Installed HE DPM

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52,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 29.7 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 105,455.

105,455

Base fires/min

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9 HE shells x 60 / 33 s reload x 40% fire chance = 6.55.

6.55

AP shells

AP Damage13,250

AP Velocity830 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 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 × 2300 × 1108^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 830^1.38 = 812.2 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

812.2 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 587.5 m/s: 1e-7 × 2300 × 1108^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 587.5^1.38 = 504.2 mm.

504.2 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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13,250 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 119,250.

119,250

Base AP DPM

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119,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 216,818.

216,818

Installed AP DPM

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119,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 29.7 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 240,909.

240,909

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.

250

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 16 → 24

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: (61×3.5×0.75) + (37×3.5×0.75) + (20×3.5×0.7) + (23×3.5×0.75) = 367. 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.

367

Maximum AA range

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

5 km

37 mm V-11 (upgraded hull only)8×2 37mm

37 mm 46-KInitial: 8×4 → 12×4 37mm

25 mm 4M-120 (upgraded hull only)4×4 25mm

37 mm 70-K (stock hull only)8×1 37mm

100 mm/56 MZ-14 (DP)4×2 100mm

DPS

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Includes 23 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

23

Range5 km

DPS37

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 23 + Outer Medium 37 = 60

60

DPSInitial: 70 → 61

Range3.2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 23 + Outer Medium 37 + Inner Medium 61 = 121

121

DPS20

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 23 + Outer Medium 37 + Inner Medium 61 + Near 20 = 141

141

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Secondary Battery

Mounts10 → 6

Firing range5.0 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 @ 5 km

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5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Caliber100 mm

Reload time3.75 s

HE Damage1,400

Muzzle Velocity895 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

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Caliber152 mm

Reload time8 s

HE Damage2,200

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance12%

Armor Pen25 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 231,000 hp

Engine power231,000 hp

Maximum speed28 kt

Turning circle radius950 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio6.9× slow

Concealment

Detectability by sea15.81 km

Detectability by air12.65 km

Smoke firing penalty15.25 km

Detect after firing main guns15.81 km

Detect Fire Sea17.81 km

Detect Fire Air15.65 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 0.5% heal per second · 14% of max HP total heal

Choose one

Catapult Fighter4 charges · 60 s reload · 55 s active · 5.56 km patrol radius · 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane4 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

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points80,900 → 88,100
Rudder shift27.2 → 19.4 s
AA mounts16 → 24
Close-range AA DPS70 → 118
Maximum AA range3.2 → 3.5 km
Turret traverse6 → 10 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range15,810 → 17,391 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)1.7

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

Max Horiz Disp221.1 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (15810/30·(13−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 221.1 m

Max Vert Disp165.9 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 221.1 × 0.75 = 165.9 m

Med Horiz Disp78.8 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 221.1 × 0.356 (σ=1.7) = 78.8 m

Med Vert Disp59.1 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 165.9 × 0.356 (σ=1.7) = 59.1 m

AP Pen Close812.2 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 × 2300 × 1108^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 830^1.38 = 812.2 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far504.2 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 587.5 m/s: 1e-7 × 2300 × 1108^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 587.5^1.38 = 504.2 mm.

HE penetration68 mm

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch28 mm

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius250

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 alpha9

All 9 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time30 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha52,200

5,800 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 52,200.

AP full-salvo alpha119,250

13,250 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 119,250.

Base HE DPM94,909

52,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 94,909.

Base AP DPM216,818

119,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 216,818.

Installed HE DPM105,455

52,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 29.7 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 105,455.

Installed AP DPM240,909

119,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 29.7 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 240,909.

Base shells/min16.4

9 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 16.4.

Installed shells/min18.2

9 broadside guns x 60 / 29.7 s installed Artillery reload = 18.2.

Base fires/min6.55

9 HE shells x 60 / 33 s reload x 40% fire chance = 6.55.

Installed fires/min7.27

9 HE shells x 60 / 29.7 s installed reload x 40% fire chance = 7.27.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS367

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (61×3.5×0.75) + (37×3.5×0.75) + (20×3.5×0.7) + (23×3.5×0.75) = 367. 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 range5 km

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

AA threat index1306

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 range3.1 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 @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)188,600

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: 4×2 100 mm (4/side) × 60/3.75 × 1400 = 89,600 + 6×2 152 mm (6/side) × 60/8 × 2200 = 99,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha2200

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2200 from the 152 mm family.

Max HE fire chance12%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 12% from the 152 mm family.

Max HE pen25 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: 25 mm from the 152 mm family.

Armor

Hull HP 80,900 → 88,100 with hull upgrade, 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	32 mm primary (range 32–285 mm)	6,000 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 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)	19 mm primary (range 19–420 mm)	66,100 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	32 mm primary (range 32–375 mm)	5,700 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	420 mm primary (range 20–420 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	83 mm primary (range 83–425 mm)	4,100 (5% 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	44,100 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 (152 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 (37 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)	-0.128 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship HP field in the binary. 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 decoded deceleration fields; exact meaning unconfirmed in the current decoder.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	26,400 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

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Playstyle

Overview

Positioning

Potato Avoidance

Signature Traits

How to get Sov. Soyuz

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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

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