Tirpitz B
Beta- Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where flanking ships have to cross your torpedo arcs to push
- Avoid: Drifting broadside to set up a torpedo launch
Variant of Tirpitz
Cosmetic-only variant of Tirpitz. Identical to Tirpitz on every audited stat (main and secondary battery, survivability, maneuverability, concealment, AA, modules, consumables, and secondary dispersion type); differs in appearance and acquisition only.
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Playstyle
Overview
Tirpitz B is a Tier VII German torpedo-equipped battleship: she carries deck torpedoes reaching 6 km on a hull most BBs lack. The torps are a brawl-range threat that forces approaching ships to peel off or eat a wave; the main battery is the primary damage source, the torps are the trap. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE spam is a real damage option here - pens roughly 1.5x more armor than a same-caliber peer's HE round.
Positioning
Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where flanking ships have to cross your torpedo arcs to push. The torpedoes are a deterrent that closes off whole lanes (under 6 km threat); use that pressure to force enemies into your main battery, then dump torps as a finisher when they commit. Bow on between salvos to keep the citadel angled.
Potato Avoidance
Drifting broadside to set up a torpedo launch
The torpedoes are a trap that closes a lane, not a primary weapon; turn out of a launch if the angle exposes the citadel, and use the threat alone to force lane choices. A dead torpedo BB never drops a torp.
Signature Traits
HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter; pens roughly 1.5x more armor than a same-caliber peer's HE, shared by 14/47 T7 BBs.
150.0 mm magazine protection, best of T7 BBs. Detonation-resistant.
38.0 mm best HE pen across secondary families, top decile of T7 BBs. Pens hull plates peers' secondaries shatter on.
HP in the top bracket. Eats salvos that would delete peer BBs and stays in the trade.
Bow plate thicker than the cohort overmatch threshold. Angle straight on and shrug off same-tier guns.
236.4 m max horizontal dispersion, bottom decile of T7 BBs. Long-range salvos are noticeably wider than peers'.
How to get Tirpitz B
Tirpitz B is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers and Collaboration. 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.
- CollaborationIntroduced via the official Blue Archive: New Collaboration! collaboration. Collab/promo ships sometimes return through later limited offers.
Best listed chance for this ship
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Black Friday '23 crate
2.75%
VII Tirpitz B
Event containers · Black Friday '23 crate
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Champion's Box
0.55%
VII Tirpitz B
Event containers · Champion's Box → Black Friday '23 crate
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Black Friday Ultimate Crate
0.45815%
VII Tirpitz B
Event containers · Black Friday Ultimate Crate → Black Friday '23 crate
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Piñata Chest
0.125%
Tier V, VI, or VII Premium ship
Event containers · Piñata Chest · 1 of 24 ships
Official WG availability sources
- Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
- Darkness & Light: a tale of two Halloween events Event/store source Start: 2021-10-01 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.
- Blue Archive: New Collaboration! Event/store source Start: 2024-08-02 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.
Show direct source rows
- Black Friday '23 crate 2.75% · VII Tirpitz B
- Piñata Chest 0.125% · Tier V, VI, or VII Premium ship
Builds Beta
AL Bismarck, AL Prinz Heinrich, and AL Scharnhorst are useful German 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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Cohort position
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Where Tirpitz B sits among Tier VII BBs (47 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 Tirpitz B -- 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.
Stats & specs
Customize in the Build Tool →Shell ballistics chartƒ
Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.ƒ
8 broadside guns x 60 / 24 s base reload = 20.HE shells
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95 mm ≈ 380 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).ƒ
4,400 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 35,200.ƒ
35,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 24 s base reload = 88,000.ƒ
35,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 97,778.ƒ
8 HE shells x 60 / 24 s reload x 34% fire chance = 6.8.AP shells
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floor(380 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: . Matches the in-game spec card.ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 518.9 m/s: .ƒ
11,600 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 92,800.ƒ
92,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 24 s base reload = 232,000.ƒ
92,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 257,778.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
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: .ƒ
Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg: .ƒ
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 12,700 = 50,800.ƒ
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (11×3.5×0.75) + (54×3.5×0.7) + (50×3.5×0.75) = 292. 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.ƒ
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.ƒ
Includes 50 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.ƒ
Far 50 + Medium 11 = 61ƒ
Far 50 + Medium 11 + Near 54 = 115ƒ
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.ƒ
6 km × 57 + 30 = 372 m.Show 2 more gun families
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Time to accelerate from 0 kt to 90% of top speed (27.9 kt of 31). Numerical integration of the WoWS engine model with the inputs decoded for this ship: ; ; piecewise acceleration ; the engine ramps over . Euler step until . The 0.42 exponent, quadratic drag and the TimeScale 2.61 are the calibrated game constants (New York's 60/2.61 = 23.0 s spool-up matches in-game); no closed form.ƒ
Time to accelerate from 0 kt to 99% of top speed (30.7 kt of 31). Same integration as the 0-90% row, read where . 99% (not 100%) because exact top speed is asymptotic - thrust equals drag at , so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.ƒ
How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate , so . Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.ƒ
max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active
Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 0.6% heal per second · 16.8% of max HP total heal
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
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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 (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{17385}{30}\cdot\dfrac{12-2.2}{1000} + 2.2\right)\cdot 30 = 236.4\,\text{m}$Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 236.4 \cdot 0.6 = 141.8\,\text{m}$50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 236.4 \cdot 0.325\;(\sigma = 1.9) = 76.9\,\text{m}$50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 141.8 \cdot 0.326\;(\sigma = 1.9) = 46.2\,\text{m}$Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot 0.38^{-1.07} \cdot 820^{1.38} = 729.4\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 518.9 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot 0.38^{-1.07} \cdot 518.9^{1.38} = 387.9\,\text{mm}$.95 mm ≈ 380 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~95mm armor instead of ~63mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.floor(380 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).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.All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.4,400 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 35,200.11,600 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 92,800.35,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 24 s base reload = 88,000.92,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 24 s base reload = 232,000.35,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 97,778.92,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 257,778.8 broadside guns x 60 / 24 s base reload = 20.8 broadside guns x 60 / 21.6 s installed Artillery reload = 22.2.8 HE shells x 60 / 24 s reload x 34% fire chance = 6.8.8 HE shells x 60 / 21.6 s installed reload x 34% fire chance = 7.56.Torpedoes
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).2 launchers x 4 tubes.tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 12,700 = 101,600.One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 12,700 = 50,800.AA defense
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (11×3.5×0.75) + (54×3.5×0.7) + (50×3.5×0.75) = 292. 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.Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.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 dispersion
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.6 km × 57 + 30 = 372 m.Secondary battery firepower
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: 8×2 105 mm (8/side) × 60/3.35 × 1200 = 171,940 + 4×2 150 mm (4/side) × 60/7.5 × 1700 = 54,400 + 2×2 150 mm (2/side) × 60/7.5 × 1700 = 27,200. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 150 mm family.Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 150 mm family.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: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.Armor Beta
Hull HP 72,500, 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.
Overmatched by 4 guns here: MusashiGeorgia WGeorgia and 1 more. Angling still helps against the rest.
Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.
Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the ballistics tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
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| Bow | 32 mm primary (range 20–60 mm) | 2,200 (3% 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 19–340 mm) | 54,400 (75% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)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 32–110 mm) | 1,500 (2% of HP) | Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 315 mm primary (range 25–340 mm) | ≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap) | Citadel pen ×0.15 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 (×0.15 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen). |
| Superstructure | 50 mm primary (range 50–350 mm) | 5,000 (7% 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 | 34,700 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 (150 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. |
| Rudder (module) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 21,800 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.
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Balance History
Balance updates affecting Tirpitz B. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
Ministry of Balance: Aerial Adjustments
- The original campaign battleship, Tirpitz, is getting improved along with her black fleet variant. She's getting improvements to various parameters including main battery accuracy and secondary battery range.
- Main battery shell grouping increased by 2.5% (from 1.9 to 1.95 sigma).
- Main battery reload time reduced from 25 to 24 seconds.
- Secondary battery base firing range increased from 5.5 to 6.0 km.
- Ship speed increased from 30.5 to 31 kts.
- Ship HP pool increased from 69,300 to 72,500.
- Hit location HP increased proportionally.
- Enhanced Secondary Targeting cooldown time reduction decreased from a maximum of 35% to a maximum of 30%.
- Special effect improvements to secondary battery dispersion, reload time, and main battery reload time while the Enhanced Secondary Targeting consumable is active reduced from 10 to 8%.
September update: the Redinforcements
- Shell grouping increased by 6%, torpedo tubes armor against HE shells increased.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Tirpitz B can equip, from in-game data.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Primary official WG sources
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