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Suzuya Golden

Also called: 金色铃谷 · Suzuya золотой Beta

Japan · Tier VII · CL Cruiser · Premium / golden variant · Suzuya Variant

HE fire-spam cruiserStack fires and HE DPM; Sonar buys safe vision around cover and torpedoes.

Playstyle

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
Avoid: Open-water broadside trading

Key characteristics

Long torps (11 km)High HE DPMSonarPunchy HE secondariesSharp rudderWeak AA

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Playstyle
How to get Suzuya Golden
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Cohort position
Stats and specs
Armor
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Playstyle

Overview

Suzuya is a Tier VII Japanese light cruiser whose 155mm guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM, with Sonar as her vision tool: Hydro lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull. Her sonar reaches 4.4 km, which is the range at which she can commit to a contest without guessing. Standout traits: best punchy HE secondaries in T7 CAs (2,100) and top-decile HE DPM in T7 CAs (270,000). Concealment has been power-crept since launch and is no longer notable at 12.29 km.

Positioning

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (4.4 km on ships, 3.1 km on torpedoes) lights up DDs and incoming torpedoes inside its bubble, so you can push the cap edge from cover without taking the spotting cycle; prefer cover positions over open-water flanks. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on.

Potato Avoidance

Open-water broadside trading

Her 155mm shells citadel cruisers on the wrong frame, and her 38,000-HP hull does not recover from a punished salvo. Pick rotations and angles deliberately; the chip-damage role pays better than the trade-blow role on a cruiser of this profile.

Signature Traits

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Punchy HE · 2100 max
Burny secondaries · 8%

HE DPM machine ↗

270000 HE DPM, top decile of T7 CAs. Sustained fire pressure.

ELITE MOBILITY ↗

Sharp rudder · 5.7 s
Holds speed in turns · 202.7 hp

Weak AA ↗

125 AA DPS, bottom decile of T7 CAs. Aircraft chew through with impunity; lean on positioning over AA.

Visible torps ↗

1.7 km torpedo detect, bottom decile of the 42 T7 CAs with torpedoes. Spotted early, so targets get a long look and room to turn out.

Acquisition

How to get Suzuya Golden

Suzuya Golden is not a regular Tech Tree unlock. Acquisition paths: Containers and Campaign. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
CampaignEarnable in the Limit Breaker campaign; campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.

Best listed chance for this ship

Grand Explorer's Chest 0.033333% One of these ships New · Grand Explorer's Chest · 1 of 3 ships
Explorer's Chest 0.003333% One of these ships New · Explorer's Chest → Grand Explorer's Chest · 1 of 3 ships

Official WG availability sources

Limit Breaker Campaign Breakdown Campaign Start: 2021-04-12 · End: 2021-05-16 Official campaign breakdown naming this ship as a campaign/reward-context ship; explicit source windows are used when present, otherwise the end date is inferred from the next indexed campaign breakdown when available.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Suzuya Golden sits among Tier VII CAs (56 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.

BestRudder shift5.7 s (1 of 3 tied) BestSecondary HE alpha2,100 (1 of 5 tied) Top 10%HE DPM270,000 (3/50) Top 10%Secondary fire chance8% (5/50) Top 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)351,596 (5/50) Top 25%Max speed34.5 kt (9/57) Top 25%AP DPM330,000 (13/57) Top 25%Acceleration25.1 s (14/56) Top 25%Engine power152,000 hp (10/56) Top 25%Turn-speed retention202.7 hp/m (7/56) Top 25%Power-to-weight9.91 hp/t (9/56) Top 25%Torpedo range11.01 km (9/42) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈15,933 (9/42) Bottom 25%Sigma1.85 (51/57) Bottom 25%Secondary DPM (per side)100,800 (41/50) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (49/57) Bottom 25%Flak per wave (expected)792 (51/57) Bottom 25%Torpedo reload109 s (33/42) Bottom 10%Torpedo speed56 kt (39/42) WorstAA DPS125 (1 of 3 tied) WorstAA threat473 (1 of 4 tied)

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Not standouts for Suzuya Golden -- 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 points38,000 HP(32/57) Concealment12.29 km(23/57) Air detection7.37 km(21/57) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.16 ×(43/57) Main battery caliber155 mm(32/57) Main battery range15.31 km(42/57) Main battery reload9 s(29/57) HE shell damage2,700(25/50) HE fire chance11%(38/50) Fires per minute11(14/50) AP shell damage3,300(39/57) Main dispersion138.7 m(18/57) Secondary HE pen21 mm(15/50) AP velocity925 m/s(17/57) HE velocity925 m/s(15/50) AP arming threshold26 mm(28/57) Displacement15,332 t(27/57) AP pen at 10 km134 mm(41/57) AA range5 km(29/57) Repair heal rate0.6 %/s(23/56) Max armor140 mm(31/57) Citadel belt140 mm(24/54) Bow armor25 mm(33/54) Stern armor25 mm(33/54) Deck armor50 mm(27/52) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(47 of 50 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(40 of 57 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(40 of 57 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(53 of 57 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(46 of 50 tied at this value) NormRepair charges2(50 of 56 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

Survivability

Hit Points38,000

Displacement15,332 t

Armor range6–140 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 12, 16, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 65, 100, 140 mm

Armor material/layer entries66

Fire resistance36.6%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction10%

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

19,000

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.

11,500

Effective HP

Base 38,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.6%/s x 28 s = 6,384 HP per charge, x2 charges = 12,768 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 — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

50,768

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 155 mm 3rd Year Type

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 15 barrels

Reload time10 s

Firing range15.3 km

Turret traverse7 °/s

Turret armor25 mm

AP pen max range89 mm

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB73436

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB316436

Shell Grouping (σ)1.85

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{15314}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 138.7 m

138.7 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 138.7 \cdot 0.6 = 83.2 m

83.2 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 138.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.85} = 45 m

45 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 83.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.85} = 27 m

27 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

25.7 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 15 broadside guns x 60 / 10 s base reload = 90. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 15 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 100.

Initial: 90 → 100

HE shells

HE Damage2,700

HE Velocity925 m/s

Fire Chance11%

HE penetration

26 mm ≈ 155 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

26 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,700 HE damage x 15 broadside guns = 40,500.

40,500

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 40,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 243,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 40,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 270,000.

Initial: 243,000 → 270,000

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 90 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 9.9. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 100 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 11.

Initial: 9.9 → 11

AP shells

AP Damage3,300

AP Velocity925 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold26 mm

AP overmatch

floor(155 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2429 \cdot {55.87}^{0.69} \cdot {0.155}^{- 1.07} \cdot 925^{1.38} = 355.3 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

355.3 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 319.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2429 \cdot {55.87}^{0.69} \cdot {0.155}^{- 1.07} \cdot {319.8}^{1.38} = 82 mm

82 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

3,300 AP damage x 15 broadside guns = 49,500.

49,500

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 49,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 297,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 49,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 330,000.

Initial: 297,000 → 330,000

AP AOE Radius

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.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 610 mm quadruple

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 4 tubes = 16 tubes

Reload time109 s

Projectile speed56 kt

Range11.01 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 47, 800 \cdot 0.333 = 15, 933

≈ 15,933

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

17,233

Torpedo detectability1.7 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.7 km}{56 kt \times 2.6} = 11.7 s

, equivalently

5000 \times detectability / (13 \times speed)

. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

11.7 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.87 per hit, shown as

2.87 \times 100 = 287 %

. Torpedo flood values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection. Not shown on the in-game port screen.

287%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming173 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,933 = 127,464.

127,464

AA Defense

AA mount points6

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

25 mm Type96 mod. 14×2 25mm

13 mm Type932×2 13mm

127mm40 Type 89 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

4×2 127mm

Guns127mm40 Type 89 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 63 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns25 mm Type96 mod. 1

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 14 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 44 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Medium 44 = 107

107

Guns13 mm Type93

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 6 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 18 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range1.2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Medium 44 + Near 18 = 125

125

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 4 clouds per wave × 220 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 2 clouds

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

220

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

90%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts4

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

127mm40 Type 89 (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

4×2 127mm

Caliber127 mm

Reload time5 s

HE Damage2,100

Muzzle Velocity725 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen21 mm

Secondary dispersion type

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

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power152,000 hp

Maximum speed34.5 kt

Turning circle radius750 m

Rudder shift time5.7 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.1 kt of 34.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

25.1 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (34.2 kt of 34.5 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.

40.5 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{34.5 \cdot 0.5144}{750} = 1.36 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{7}{1.36} = 5.2 \times

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

5.2× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea12.29 km

Detectability by air7.37 km

Smoke firing penalty5.99 km

Detect after firing main guns

max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.

12.29 km

Detect Fire Sea14.29 km

Detect Fire Air10.37 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

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Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 96 s active · 4.44 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{148 \times 30}{1000} = 4.44 km$
· 3.12 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{104 \times 30}{1000} = 3.12 km$

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
ƒ
Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Repair Party2 charges · 60 s reload · 28 s active · 6,384 HP (16.8% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
ƒ
Heal per second (0.6%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 16.8% of max HP restored per charge.
· 12,768 HP (33.6% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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16.8% per charge x 2 charges = up to 33.6% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 228 HP/s (0.6% of max HP) heal per second
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0.6% of max HP (38,000 HP) per second = 228 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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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)1.85

Max Horiz Disp138.7 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15314}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 138.7 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 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.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km136.5 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp83.2 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 138.7 \cdot 0.6 = 83.2 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.1 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15314 = 7657$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15314 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7657}{15314 - 7657} = 0.5306$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5306 = 54.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp45 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 138.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.85} = 45 m$

Med Vert Disp27 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 83.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.85} = 27 m$

AP Pen Close355.3 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2429 \cdot {55.87}^{0.69} \cdot {0.155}^{- 1.07} \cdot 925^{1.38} = 355.3 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far82 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 319.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2429 \cdot {55.87}^{0.69} \cdot {0.155}^{- 1.07} \cdot {319.8}^{1.38} = 82 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km219 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km134 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km90 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.62 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.335 \cdot {0.155}^{2}}{8 \cdot 55.87} = 5.66 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 925 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.62 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.335 \cdot {0.155}^{2}}{8 \cdot 55.87} = 5.66 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 925 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration26 mm

26 mm ≈ 155 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch10 mm

floor(155 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius16

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 alpha15

All 15 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time25.7 s

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

HE full-salvo alpha40,500

2,700 HE damage x 15 broadside guns = 40,500.

AP full-salvo alpha49,500

3,300 AP damage x 15 broadside guns = 49,500.

HE DPMInitial: 243,000 → 270,000

Zero upgrades: 40,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 243,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 40,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 270,000.

AP DPMInitial: 297,000 → 330,000

Zero upgrades: 49,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 297,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 49,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 330,000.

Shells/minInitial: 90 → 100

Zero upgrades: 15 broadside guns x 60 / 10 s base reload = 90. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 15 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 100.

Fires/minInitial: 9.9 → 11

Zero upgrades: 90 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 9.9. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 100 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 11.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.7 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time11.7 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Torpedo speed56 kt

Travel time to max range75.6 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Tube count16

4 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo8 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage254,928

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 16 x 15,933 = 254,928.

Per-side salvo damage127,464

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,933 = 127,464.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range63

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 25mm Type96 double 4x2 -> 44 DPS @ 3.1 km; 13mm76 Type93 double 2x2 -> 18 DPS @ 1.2 km; 127mm40 Type 89 4x2 -> 63 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range63 DPS @ 5 km, 107 DPS @ 3.1 km, 125 DPS @ 1.2 km

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-blank125

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1.2 km).

AA threat index473

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 range1.2 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)100,800

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: 4×2 127 mm (4/side) × 60/5 × 2100 = 100,800. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha2100

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2100 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 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: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 38,000, 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 & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 102+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel140 mm

AP can citadel a flat broadside even at range. Stay angled and avoid showing the full side.

Farming6 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	25 mm primary (range 25–40 mm)	≈ 1,900 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	16 mm primary (range 16–100 mm)	≈ 28,500 (~75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–100 mm)	≈ 1,900 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	140 mm primary (range 12–140 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	6 mm primary (range 6–100 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.

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Balance History

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

Rework ×1Main Battery ×1Concealment ×1

2026-07-31

Grand Explorer's Chest (official container catalog)

Secondaries are the same gun with a different model: 4 x 2 127 mm firing every 5 s, same PJPA004 HE shell (2,100 damage, 8% fire chance), rendered as PJGS184_127mm40_Type_89 instead of PJGS009.
Ships with the golden permanent exterior (PJES746_SUZUYA_GOLDEN).
Catapult model swaps from JC001_Catapult_Shiki2 to JC004_Catapult_Type2_N1_model12; the launched aircraft are unchanged.
No mechanical differences from Suzuya. Main battery, torpedoes, AA, maneuverability, and concealment all match the base ship.

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