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Sovremenny

Also called: 现代 · Современный · Sowremenny Beta

U.S.S.R. · Tier VII · Destroyer · Premium

Missile destroyerGuns for the close fight, missiles for anything you cannot reach.

Playstyle

Pick a flank and push it as your team's damage-dealing tank, with Repair Party and 75,000 HP to pay for the ground you take
Work targets inside 9.5 km with SAP
Avoid: Getting caught in a crossfire

Key characteristics

Engine BoostHigh HP poolDeep effective HPThickest plateFast heal cycleSlow

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Archived

Sovremenny was playable in the Modern Era game mode, which has ended. It left the game on 5 October 2026. This page is kept as a historical record: the stats show the ship as it last was in World of Warships: Legends.

Playstyle

Overview

Sovremenny is the Modern Era heavyweight: the best armour and the highest HP of the six, and the only one with manually aimed main battery guns. The 2x4 130 mm SAP battery on a 4 s reload is her reliable damage. SAP cannot be shot down the way a missile can, it flies flat and fast so it needs very little lead, and it keeps working while everything else is on cooldown. The homing missiles are the spike on top: 40,000 damage, but a 90 s reload and the slowest missiles in the mode at 250 kts.

Positioning

Pick a flank and push it as your team's damage-dealing tank, with Repair Party and 75,000 HP to pay for the ground you take. Work targets inside 9.5 km with SAP. Use Radar to find ships sitting behind islands, then answer them with homing missiles, which is the one thing the guns cannot reach. Take fights one at a time and you should win almost any single engagement in this group.

Potato Avoidance

Getting caught in a crossfire

Her missile defence tracks three missiles at once, the most in the mode, but the sector is 90 degrees, not 360 like Ticonderoga's and not even the widest here (Oliver Hazard Perry covers 120). Missiles arriving from two directions at once cannot all be intercepted, and focus fire is what actually kills this ship. Enter a fight from one side, with an island covering the other.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+30% speed (about +9.6 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.

ELITE HP ↗

High HP pool · 70000 HP
Deep effective · 99400 effective

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thickest plate · 90 mm
Thick end plates · 30 mm
Heavy citadel belt · 90 mm

Fast heal cycle ↗

7350 HP restored per minute of cycling, best of T7 DDs. Gets you back into the fight sooner rather than healing more overall.

Easily spotted ↗

8 km surface detect, bottom decile of T7 DDs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Short gun range ↗

9 km main battery reach, bottom decile of T7 DDs. Outranged by peers; close distance or lean on terrain.

Playstyle notes informed by Popcorn's in-game write-up; stats and figures from in-game data.

Acquisition

How to get Sovremenny

Sovremenny is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

Premium/EventAvailability usually depends on store rotations, event reruns, collaborations, coupons, or special offers.

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

Builds

Survivability first, then main-battery reload, since the SAP guns are the damage and the hull is what buys time to use them. Missile reload matters less than it looks on a 90 s cycle.

Elena Rojas

Long-range control

SkillsLong-Range Compliance No Loose Ends Gun Automation Return Fire Protocol

LegendarySphere of Influence

Reach and rate of fire: Long-Range Compliance stretches the engagement, Gun Automation and Return Fire Protocol keep the guns working while Sphere of Influence anchors the area.

Recommended by Popcorn

Cohort position

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Where Sovremenny sits among Tier VII DDs (41 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 points70,000 HP (1/42) BestTraverse-to-turn ratio22.56 × (1/37) BestMain dispersion46.5 m (1/37) BestRepair charges3 (1 of 2 tied) BestMax armor90 mm (1/42) BestCitadel belt90 mm (1/42) BestEnd plates30 mm (1/42 / 1/42) Top 25%Turning circle560 m (7/42) Bottom 25%Max speed32 kt (38/42) Bottom 25%AA DPS32 (37/42) Bottom 25%AA threat64 (38/42) Bottom 10%Concealment8 km (41/42) Bottom 10%Time to 90% speed30 s (41/42) Bottom 10%Acceleration (0-12 kt)7.8 s (40/42) Bottom 10%Displacement8,000 t (40/42) Bottom 10%Power-to-weight2.88 hp/t (40/42) WorstSmoke fire bloom3.65 km (1 of 4 tied) WorstAir detection4.55 km (1 of 4 tied) WorstMain battery range9 km (37/37) WorstNo secondaries (35 of 42 in cohort) WorstEngine power23,000 hp (1 of 6 tied) WorstTurn-speed retention41.1 hp/m (1 of 2 tied) WorstAA range2 km (1 of 7 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (4 of 42 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Sovremenny -- 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.

Rudder shift3.8 s(17/42) Main battery caliber130 mm(14/37) Main battery reload4 s(14/37) Repair heal rate0.7 %/s(6/10) NormTurn speed retained81%(40 of 42 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points70,000

Displacement8,000 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

157.9 x 17.2 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range20–90 mm

Plate armor thicknesses20, 30, 60, 70, 90 mm

Armor material/layer entries25

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6337 fire coefficient = 36.6%. Does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.

36.6%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.3% of max HP per second × 30 s = 9% of the pool = 9% × 70,000 HP = 6,300 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.25% of max HP per second × 40 s = 10% of the pool = 10% × 70,000 HP = 7,000 HP on this ship. Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.333 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 0%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.

Steering gear HP

Read from the game data (the hull's module durability). 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.

70,000

Effective HP

Base 70,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.7%/s x 20 s = 9,800 HP per charge, x3 charges = 29,400 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent, and when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

99,400

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Read from the game data (the hull's bow hit location). Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it are heavily reduced. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

35,000

Casemate section HP

Read from the game data (the hull's casemate hit location). This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Hull section HP

Read from the game data (the hull's hull hit location). Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it are heavily reduced. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

70,000

Superstructure section HP

Read from the game data (the hull's superstructure hit location). Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it are heavily reduced. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

21,000

Stern section HP

Read from the game data (the hull's stern hit location). Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it are heavily reduced. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

35,000

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 130 mm/70 AK-218

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time4 s

Firing range9 km

Turret traverse38 °/s

Turret armor360 mm

Guns to bear

180° − 155° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 25° off bow; 180° − 145° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 35° off stern. How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.

25° off bow / 35° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: 44% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 44% less vertical spread at max range (9.0 km) than a standard destroyer: about 46 m wide × 28 m tall, against 82 m × 50 m. Also on this curve (5): Elbing, Felix Schultz, Gustav Julius Maerker, Tiger '59, Z-31.

Pinpoint destroyer

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{9000}{30} \cdot \frac{4 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 46.5 m

46.5 m at 9 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 46.5 \cdot 0.6 = 27.9 m

27.9 m at 9 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 46.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 13.9 m

13.9 m at 9 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 27.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 8.4 m

8.4 m at 9 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 38 deg/s traverse speed = 4.7 s.

4.7 s

Shells/min

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

SAP shells

SAP alpha3,000

SAP Velocity950 m/s

SAP Pen (mm)76

SAP Min Ricochet80 deg

SAP Guaranteed Ricochet80 deg

SAP Fuse Timer0.03 s

SAP Fuse Threshold25 mm

SAP full-salvo alpha

3,000 SAP damage x 4 broadside guns = 12,000.

12,000

SAP DPM

12,000 SAP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 180,000.

180,000

AA Defense

AA mount points4

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

2 km

30 mm/54 AK-630M4×1 30mm

Guns30 mm/54 AK-630M

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 9 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 32 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power23,000 hp

Maximum speed32 kt

Turning circle radius560 m

Rudder shift time3.8 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 32 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.9 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.

12.9 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio from in-game data. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. A real replay test (one ship, not this one) measured full reverse stopping about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed, and about a tenth faster from full reverse speed; this simulation only covers the full-reverse case.

28.4 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Read from the game data (the engine's reverse power threshold). Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).

9.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (28.8 kt of 32 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

30 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (31.7 kt of 32 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

54.1 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{32.0 \cdot 0.5144}{560} = 1.68 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{38}{1.68} = 22.6 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

22.6× snappy

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea8 km

Detectability by air4.55 km

Smoke firing penalty3.65 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 8 km) = 9 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.

9 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 4.55 km + gun-firing bloom 3.54 km = 8.09 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

8.09 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 8 km + 2.0 km while burning = 10 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

10 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 4.55 km + 3.0 km while burning = 7.55 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

7.55 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 90 s reload · 20 s active · 9,800 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.7% of max HP per second × 20 s effective active time = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 29,400 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 490 HP/s (0.7% of max HP) heal per second
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0.7% of max HP (70,000 HP) per second = 490 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Engine Boost3 charges · 90 s reload · 120 s active · +30% speed bonus

Missile Defense Targeting∞ charges · 7 s reload · 3 s active

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

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

Dispersion typePinpoint destroyer

In practice: 44% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 44% less vertical spread at max range (9.0 km) than a standard destroyer: about 46 m wide × 28 m tall, against 82 m × 50 m. Also on this curve (5): Elbing, Felix Schultz, Gustav Julius Maerker, Tiger '59, Z-31.

vs standard DD44% tighter H · 44% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard destroyer curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (9.0 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 46 / 82 m − 1 = -44%, vertical 28 / 50 m − 1 = -44%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Max Horiz Disp46.5 m at 9 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{9000}{30} \cdot \frac{4 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 46.5 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km32.5 m

(166.7 × (4 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 32.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Max Vert Disp27.9 m at 9 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 46.5 \cdot 0.6 = 27.9 m$

Med Horiz Disp13.9 m at 9 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 46.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 13.9 m$

Med Vert Disp8.4 m at 9 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 27.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 8.4 m$

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)4

2 mounts × 2 barrels = 4; all 4 bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time4.7 s

180 degrees / 38 deg/s traverse speed = 4.7 s.

SAP full-salvo alpha12,000

3,000 SAP damage x 4 broadside guns = 12,000.

SAP DPM180,000

12,000 SAP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 180,000.

Shells/min60

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

AA defense

AA DPS at max range32

Only families that reach 2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 30mm AK 630M f 4x1 -> 32 DPS @ 2 km.

Maximum AA range2 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range32 DPS @ 2 km

@ 2 km: 32 from one family. Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.

AA DPS at point-blank32

32 = 32 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index64

32 × 2 = 64. 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.

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Background

The Sovremenny-class destroyers (Project 956) were developed by the Soviet Union in response to the United States' new multi-role Spruance-class ships. These destroyers formed a core component of the Soviet Navy during the later Cold War.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 70,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.

Bow & stern30 mm

Overmatched by 6 AP guns here: MusashiARP MusashiTsurugi and 3 more. Angling still helps against the rest.

Belt / citadel90 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming30 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	30 mm	≈ 3,500 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ AP (Aki, Musashi)Angle 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.
Hull (midship)	90 mm primary (range 60–90 mm)	≈ 52,500 (~75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches90 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 380mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	30 mm primary (range 30–60 mm)	≈ 3,500 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ AP (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm30 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	90 mm primary (range 20–90 mm)	no cap	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	30 mm primary (range 30–70 mm)	no cap	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).

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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Sovremenny can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

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2026-09-03 · Patch notes September Update: Full Progress Ahead Patch notes

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Playstyle

Overview

Positioning

Potato Avoidance

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How to get Sovremenny

Builds

Elena Rojas

Cohort position

Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

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Main battery formulas

AA defense

Ship Charts

Background

Armor Beta

Skins & permanent camouflages

Primary official WG sources

Signature Traits