Tiger
Also called: 虎 Beta- Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 29 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has
- Avoid: Using the 29-kn speed to push rather than to rotate
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Tiger Community Stats
Across 2,500+ Standard battles from 280+ players, Tiger averages a 59% win rate, 51,900 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 34% of them.
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Record History
Playstyle
Overview
Tiger is a Tier IV British fast battleship at 29 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. Standout traits: best burny secondaries in T4 BBs (12, 2nd of 23) and best big torpedo salvo in T4 BBs (2, 1st of 3). The trade is AP DPM in T4 BBs (151,200, 22nd of 24).
Positioning
Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 29 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. The helm answers quickly (11.5 s), so she can break an incoming salvo that slower hulls have to eat.
Potato Avoidance
Using the 29-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
+8% speed (about +2.3 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable gives a small speed nudge - useful for closing a gap or steadying a torpedo run, not for running anything down. Uncommon in T4 BBs.
- Burny secondaries · 12%
- Tighter secondary dispersion
- Big torpedo salvo · 2 tubes
- Many torpedo launchers · 4 launchers
- Fast turret traverse · 6°/s
- Tight pattern at max range · 169.8 m
- Low AP DPM · 151200 AP
- Loose grouping
How to get Tiger
Tiger is available in the Pursuit Battlecruisers branch of the U.K. Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. 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.
History: Early Access Oct 2023 – Nov 2023 (temporary crate drops, now ended).
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Tiger sits in the Pursuit Battlecruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.K. tree.
Best listed chance for this ship
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Anniversary '24 British crate
10%
IV Tiger
Event · Anniversary '24 British crate
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British Battleships Big Crate
10%
Tiger
Archived · British Battleships Big Crate
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British Battleships crate
5%
Tiger
Archived · British Battleships crate
Official WG availability sources
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Honoring the Battle of Jutland
Sale
Start: 2025-05-19
- Until June 2, enjoy discounts on select Tech Tree ships:
- 25% off British Tech Tree ships: Queen Elizabeth, Tiger, Caledon, Orion
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- Anniversary '24 British crate 10% · IV Tiger
- British Battleships Big Crate 10% · Tiger
- British Battleships crate 5% · Tiger
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Builds
Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.
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Cohort position
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Where Tiger sits among Tier IV BBs (23 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.
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Not standouts for Tiger -- 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.
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Customize in the Build Tool →ƒ
How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.ƒ
180° − 148° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 32° off bow; 180° − 150° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 30° 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.ƒ
In practice: 17% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 17% less vertical spread at max range (14.5 km) than a standard battleship: about 170 m wide × 102 m tall, against 205 m × 123 m. Also on this curve (56): Al Ägir, Alaska, Alaska B, Anhalt, BA Utnapishtim's Ship, Borodino, Brest, Carnot, Champagne, Cherbourg, Congress, Ägir and 44 more.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 5.5 deg/s traverse speed = 32.7 s.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 14.5. All upgrades (top gun): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s all-upgrades reload = 16.HE shells
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57 mm ≈ 343 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).ƒ
5,050 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 40,400.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 40,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 73,455. All upgrades (top gun): 40,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s all-upgrades reload = 80,800.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 14.5 shells/min × 0.39 (39% fire chance) = 5.67. All upgrades (top gun): 16 shells/min × 0.39 (39% fire chance) = 6.24.AP shells
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floor(343 mm caliber / 14.3) = 23 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: .ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 445.6 m/s: .ƒ
9,450 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 75,600.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 75,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 137,455. All upgrades (top gun): 75,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s all-upgrades reload = 151,200.ƒ
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.ƒ
Most targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship: . In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit.ƒ
27,300 warhead alpha / 3 + 900 blast = 10,000. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead.ƒ
Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure.ƒ
How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): . 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.ƒ
This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.6 per hit, shown as . 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.ƒ
Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg: .ƒ
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 2 x 9,100 = 18,200. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.ƒ
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.ƒ
Initial: 13 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 34 → 9 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 24. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Effective DPS: 40 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 105 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Outer Medium 24 + Inner Medium 105 = 129ƒ
Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 12×1 152 mm (6/side) × 60/5 s × 2200 = 158,400. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).ƒ
Fires/min (per side) 8.6 × (1 − 0.166 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 48,200 HP = 62,517. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Secondary DPM (per side) 158,400 + secondary fire DPM 62,517 = 220,917: shell damage plus fire damage against one T4 battleship, every shell hitting.ƒ
12×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 5 s × 0.12 (12% fire chance) = 8.6. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.ƒ
4.5 km × 33 + 30 = 178.5 m.ƒ
top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 29 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.2 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.ƒ
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, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.ƒ
Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.ƒ
Time to reach 90% of top speed (26.1 kt of 29.0 kt).ƒ
Time to reach 99% of top speed (28.7 kt of 29.0 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.ƒ
With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.5°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 5.5 − 4.5 = +1.0°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.ƒ
Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.95 km x 0.955 = 12.37 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.ƒ
Detectability by sea 12.95 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 12.37 km.ƒ
max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.95 km) = 14.5 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.ƒ
Air detectability 10.36 km + gun-firing bloom 6.86 km = 17.22 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 343 mm × 0.020 = 6.86 km.ƒ
Sea detectability 12.95 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.95 km.ƒ
Air detectability 10.36 km + 3.0 km while burning = 13.36 km.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active
Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 6,944 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge) ƒ
0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 49,600 HP = 6,944 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.ƒ
0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 49,600 HP = 20,832 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.ƒ
0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 49,600 HP = 248 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.
Engine Boost2 charges · 120 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus
Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion
Under the hood
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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.
Main battery formulas
H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (14.5 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 170 / 205 m − 1 = -17%, vertical 102 / 123 m − 1 = -17%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.(166.7 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 90 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.(333.3 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 132 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.How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 14498 m. Below the kink: , so .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: at 0 m, at m, and at 14498 m. Above the kink: , so .AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 637.4 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 787 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 521.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 787 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 787 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 787 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.4 mounts × 2 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.Model inputs
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.Torpedoes
1100 m / (53.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.7 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).6000 m / (53.0 kt × 2.6855) = 42.2 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).4 launchers × 1 tubes.4 wing tubes / 2 = 2: the launchers sit one per beam, so only half of them reach any one side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one beam, turn, and fire the other without waiting.All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 9,100 = 36,400. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.AA defense
Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm 2pdr QF MKII PomPom 10x1 -> 105 DPS @ 2.5 km; 3in HA 12PDR 6x1 -> 24 DPS @ 3 km.@ 3 km: 24 from one family; @ 2.5 km: 105 + 24 = 129. 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.105 + 24 = 129 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2.5 km).105 × 2.5 + 24 × 3 = 334. 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.Secondary battery firepower
The only family (152 mm): 2200. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2200 from the 152 mm family.The only family (152 mm): 12%. 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.The only family (152 mm): 25 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.Ship Charts
Background
In January 1911, Japan ordered the development and construction of a battlecruiser in Great Britain that received the name "Kongō." It turned out to be better than the current British ships, and because of that, a similar project was selected to build a new battlecruiser within the 1911 program. HMS Tiger was laid down in 1912 and commissioned in 1914 as a part of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron. She participated in the Battle of Dogger Bank and Battle of Jutland, taking 21 hits in total without suffering crippling damage.
Armor Beta
Hull HP 43,600 → 49,600 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.
Overmatched by 77+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
AP can citadel a flat broadside even at range. Stay angled and avoid showing the full side.
Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 17%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
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| Bow | 16 mm primary (range 16–140 mm) | 2,300 (5% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)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) | 152 mm primary (range 19–229 mm) | 37,200 (75% of HP) | No common AP caliber overmatches152 mm: no common HE pens | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 16 mm primary (range 16–102 mm) | 1,500 (3% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 229 mm primary (range 19–152 mm) | ≈ 165,500 (effectively 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 | 13 mm primary (range 13–254 mm) | 1,800 (4% 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 | 24,800 magazine HP | Turret knocked out | Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there 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 (76 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 | 14,900 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.
Balance History
Balance updates affecting Tiger. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
MINISTRY OF BALANCE: ALL HALLOWS' OVERHAUL
- Stock hull rudder-shift time reduced from 24.78 to 22.15 seconds.
- Upgraded hull rudder-shift time reduced from 17.7 to 15.0 seconds.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Tiger can equip.
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.
