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Playstyle

Overview

Valkyrie is a Tier II British stealth-leaning destroyer with strong surface detection (5.6 km). The kit opens detection windows most peer DDs cannot match, so her value is contesting caps from concealment edges where the detection band holds. Standout traits: best smoke duration in T2 DDs (20 s) and best flat AP trajectory in T2 DDs (39.3).

Positioning

Hold concealment edges on the contested cap at 5.6 km detection. The band opens windows for unspotted torpedo drops and clean repositions; lean into the gaps your peer DDs cannot read, and back out before detection closes.

Potato Avoidance

Burning the 5.6 km concealment advantage on guns

Every salvo lights you up and gives back the detection edge that makes the kit work; reserve guns for finishing damage on already-spotted ships, and prioritize torpedo drops you can fire while undetected.

Signature Traits

Long-burning smoke

20.0 s Smoke Generator duration, best of T2 DDs. Holds the smoke shield longer.

Flat AP trajectory

Retains 39.3% of muzzle velocity at max range, best of T2 DDs. Flatter shots, less lead.

High HP pool

9500.0 HP, top decile of T2 DDs.

HE DPM machine

80000 HE DPM, top decile of T2 DDs. Sustained fire pressure.

High fire pressure

3.2 fires/min, top decile of T2 DDs. Keeps DCP on cooldown.

Gun-boat DD

Main battery DPM in the top quartile for the cohort. Out-trades most DDs in open water.

Acquisition

How to get Valkyrie

Valkyrie is available in the Dueling Destroyers branch of the U.K. Tech Tree for 13,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,600 credits.

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U.K. Tech Tree

Valkyrie sits in the Dueling Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.K. tree.

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Ariadne M. Davis, Grotmaz Smart, and Phillip Vian are useful British destroyer commander directions. Inspirations usually start with concealment, then add HP, torpedo reload, gun performance, or speed depending on whether you want safer scouting or harder cap fights.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Ariadne M. Davis Grotmaz Smart Philip Vian

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Cohort position

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Where Valkyrie sits among Tier II DDs (20 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.

Top 10%Hit points9,500 HP (3/20) Top 10%Fires per minute3.2 (3/20) Top 10%HE DPM80,000 (3/20) Top 10%Acceleration9.5 s (3/20) Top 25%Main battery range8.88 km (4/20) Top 25%AP DPM96,000 (4/18) Top 25%Engine power27,000 hp (5/20) Top 25%Torpedo damage10,000 (5/20) Bottom 25%Displacement1,400 t (17/20) WorstMax armor6 mm (1 of 7 tied) WorstCitadel belt6 mm (1 of 7 tied) WorstEnd plates6 mm (1 of 10 tied / 1 of 8 tied) WorstDeck armor6 mm (1 of 8 tied)

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Not standouts for Valkyrie -- 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.

Max speed34 kt(12/20) Concealment5.6 km(10/20) Air detection2.8 km(11/20) Rudder shift3.3 s(13/20) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.99 ×(9/20) Main battery caliber102 mm(9/20) Main battery reload4.5 s(9/20) HE shell damage1,500(8/20) HE fire chance6%(9/20) Main dispersion75.5 m(8/20) AP velocity811 m/s(10/18) HE velocity811 m/s(12/20) AP arming threshold17 mm(9/18) Turn-speed retention54 hp/m(7/20) Power-to-weight19.29 hp/t(13/20) AA DPS10(12/20) AA range2.5 km(7/20) AA threat26(10/16) Torpedo range6 km(13/20) Torpedo speed53 kt(11/20) Torpedo reload41 s(14/20) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(16 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(17 of 18 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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

Smoke

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 8,600 → 9,500

Displacement1,400 t

Armor range6–6 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6 mm

Armor material/layer entries22

Fire resistanceInitial: 0% → 3.3%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

Magazine HP

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The magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.

4,800

Steering gear HP

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Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

2,900

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 102 mm/45 Mk V

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time5 s

Firing range (base)8.1 km

Firing range (top fire control)8.9 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

2

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (8071/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 75.5 m

75.5 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 75.5 × 0.6 = 45.3 m

45.3 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 75.5 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.1 m

24.1 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 45.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 14.5 m

14.5 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

18 s

Base shells/min

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4 broadside guns x 60 / 5 s base reload = 48.

48

HE shells

HE Damage1,500

HE Velocity811 m/s

Fire Chance6%

HE penetration

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17 mm ≈ 102 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

17 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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1,500 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 6,000.

6,000

Base HE DPM

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6,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 72,000.

72,000

Base fires/min

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4 HE shells x 60 / 5 s reload x 6% fire chance = 2.88.

2.88

AP shells

AP Damage1,800

AP Velocity811 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold17 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(102 mm caliber / 14.3) = 7 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

7 mm

AP Pen Close

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Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 1374 × 17.35^0.69 × 0.102^-1.07 × 811^1.38 = 117 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

117 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 318.4 m/s: 1e-7 × 1374 × 17.35^0.69 × 0.102^-1.07 × 318.4^1.38 = 32.2 mm.

32.2 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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1,800 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 7,200.

7,200

Base AP DPM

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7,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 86,400.

86,400

AP AOE Radius

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AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

3

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Mk II*

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 2 tubes = 4 tubes

Reload time41 s

Projectile speed53 kt

Range6 km

Maximum simulated damage9,100 (est.)

Alpha damage27,300

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming164 m

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

36,400

AA Defense

AA mount points1

Close-range AA DPS

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Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (3×3.5×1) = 10. 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.

10

Maximum AA range

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

2.5 km

40 mm/39 QF Mark II (upgraded hull only)1×1 40mm

76.2 mm/45 HA Mk IV (stock hull only)1×1 76mm

DPS3

Range2.5 km

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 27,000 hp

Engine power27,000 hp

Maximum speed34 kt

Turning circle radius500 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold31.6 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio5.0× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea5.6 km

Detectability by air2.8 km

Smoke firing penalty2 km

Detect after firing main guns5.6 km

Detect Fire Sea7.6 km

Detect Fire Air5.8 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active

Smoke Generator6 charges · 60 s reload · 20 s emit / 40 s cloud active

Module options (3)

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

HullTrade-off

Hit points8,600 → 9,500
Rudder shift4.7 → 3.3 s
Close-range AA DPS1 → 3
Maximum AA range3 → 2.5 km
Turret traverse10 → 8 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range8,071 → 8878.1 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Speed51 → 53 kt

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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)2

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

Max Horiz Disp75.5 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (8071/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 75.5 m

Max Vert Disp45.3 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 75.5 × 0.6 = 45.3 m

Med Horiz Disp24.1 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 75.5 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.1 m

Med Vert Disp14.5 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 45.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 14.5 m

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close117 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 1374 × 17.35^0.69 × 0.102^-1.07 × 811^1.38 = 117 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far32.2 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 318.4 m/s: 1e-7 × 1374 × 17.35^0.69 × 0.102^-1.07 × 318.4^1.38 = 32.2 mm.

HE penetration17 mm

17 mm ≈ 102 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch7 mm

floor(102 mm caliber / 14.3) = 7 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius3

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 alpha4

All 4 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

HE full-salvo alpha6,000

1,500 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 6,000.

AP full-salvo alpha7,200

1,800 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 7,200.

Base HE DPM72,000

6,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 72,000.

Base AP DPM86,400

7,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 86,400.

Base shells/min48

4 broadside guns x 60 / 5 s base reload = 48.

Base fires/min2.88

4 HE shells x 60 / 5 s reload x 6% fire chance = 2.88.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8 s

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

Torpedo speed53 kt

Travel time to max range43.5 s

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

Tube count4

2 launchers x 2 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

4 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage36,400

tube count x per-torpedo simulated damage (all torpedoes hitting).

Per-side salvo damage36,400

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS10

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (3×3.5×1) = 10. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range2.5 km

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

AA threat index26

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.

Armor

Hull HP 8,600 → 9,500 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	6 mm	1,400 (15% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ (Farragut, Shenyang)6 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.
Stern	6 mm	1,100 (12% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	6 mm	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.50 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 (×0.50 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	6 mm	400 (4% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	4,800 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.
AA mount (40 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	2,900 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.

Shell ballistics chart

AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Valkyrie can equip, from in-game data.

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