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Victoria

Also called: 维多利亚 Beta

Spain · Tier VIII · Battleship · Premium

Bow-tank battleshipAngle bow-in and absorb; the armor holds a lane peer battleships cannot push through.

Playstyle

Take a flank or second-line angle that lets Victoria punish turns without overextending
The goal is to create broadside threats while preserving enough health to matter late
Avoid: Do not park bow-in and wait for perfect shots

Key characteristics

Heavy AP pen2 sigma accuracyWide always-pen zoneSpotter planeThick deck armorFragile

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How to get Victoria
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Cohort position
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Balance history
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Playstyle

Overview

Accurate battleship crossfire and burst pressure is the core job. Take a flank or second-line angle that lets Victoria punish turns without overextending. The goal is to create broadside threats while preserving enough health to matter late.

Positioning

Take a flank or second-line angle that lets Victoria punish turns without overextending. The goal is to create broadside threats while preserving enough health to matter late.

Potato Avoidance

Park bow-in and wait for perfect shots

Victoria needs angles and timing; if the flank stalls, reposition before the enemy can collapse on you.

Signature Traits

Thick deck armor ↗

85 mm armor deck, top decile of T8 BBs. Eats plunging fire and HE that peers don't.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Tight grouping
Long-range AP brick · 573.71 mm
Flat arc HE shells · 880 m
Fast turret traverse · 6°
Wide always-pen zone · 50°

Slow reload ↗

33.3 s reload, worst of T8 BBs. Salvos punish more, but cycle is slower than peers.

Bow-in or broadside-dead

Angled bow-on, the bow and belt bounce AP that would citadel a flat-side peer -- but show a full broadside even for one salvo and you hand out a citadel. Commit to a lane you can hold angled; you can't afford to swing broadside to dodge torpedoes.

Acquisition

How to get Victoria

Victoria is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Campaign.

CampaignEarnable in the Wind of Victory campaign; campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.

Official WG availability sources

Wind of Victory Campaign Breakdown Campaign Start: 2026-03-30 · End: 2026-05-03 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.
Through the Spy Glass: Victoria Ship feature / release Start: 2026-03-31 · End: open/unknown end Official Through the Spy Glass feature for this ship; useful as a release/availability source, but not a guaranteed current-store listing.

Builds

Emphasize battleship accuracy, reload/tempo, survivability, and fire control. Inspirations that improve grouping or keep heals cycling are safe default choices.

José Ferrándiz y Niño

WG official

InspirationsJohn Arbuthnot Fisher · Paolo di Revel

WG official build from Through the Spy Glass: Victoria.

Source: Through the Spy Glass: Victoria

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Cohort position

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Where Victoria sits among Tier VIII BBs (31 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.

BestHE velocity880 m/s (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%AP ricochet start50° (3/32) Top 10%AP auto-bounce angle65° (3/32) Top 10%Displacement45,752 t (4/32) Top 10%Deck armor85 mm (3/29) Top 25%Rudder shift15.6 s (8/32) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio5.5 × (9/32) Top 25%Sigma2 (5/32) Top 25%HE DPM151,736 (5/32) Top 25%AP velocity850 m/s (5/32) Top 25%AP arming threshold64 mm (7/32) Bottom 25%Stealth profile15.94 km / 12.75 km (25/32 / 25/32) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber381 mm (27/32) Bottom 25%Main battery range16.79 km (28/32) Bottom 25%Secondary DPM (per side)180,000 (25/32) Bottom 25%Secondary fire chance7% (25/30) Bottom 25%Engine power130,000 hp (28/32) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention160.5 hp/m (27/32) Bottom 10%Hit points64,800 HP (30/32) Bottom 10%AP shell damage9,000 (31/32) WorstMain battery reload33.3 s (32/32) WorstHE fire chance24% (1 of 3 tied) WorstAA range4 km (1 of 5 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (25 of 32 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Victoria -- 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 speed30 kt(17/32) Fires per minute7.14(19/32) AP DPM267,769(15/32) Main dispersion227.8 m(15/32) Secondary HE alpha2,100(14/30) Secondary HE pen25 mm(16/30) Acceleration36.7 s(17/32) Power-to-weight2.84 hp/t(19/32) AP pen at 10 km634 mm(10/31) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)210,264(10/32) Secondary range5.5 km(15/32) AA DPS492(20/32) AA threat1,646(22/32) Flak per wave (expected)1,575(15/32) Repair charges3(13/32) Max armor375 mm(19/32) Citadel belt375 mm(9/30) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(25 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(29 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(23 of 32 tied at this value) NormBow armor32 mm(28 of 30 tied at this value) NormStern armor32 mm(28 of 30 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points64,800

Displacement45,752 t

Armor range13–375 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 32, 40, 44, 45, 50, 60, 70, 85, 90, 100, 102, 108, 112, 130, 150, 162, 200, 210, 260, 280, 350, 375 mm

Armor material/layer entries78

Fire resistance40%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction38%

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.

32,400

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.

19,400

Effective HP

Base 64,800 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 9,072 HP per charge, x3 charges = 27,216 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.

92,016

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 381 mm/50 Model 1934

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time37 s

Firing range16.8 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Turret armor380 mm

Shells in Rack2

Ready Rack Reload3 s

AP pen max range516 mm

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB28712

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB103145

Shell Grouping (σ)2

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{16785}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 227.8 m

227.8 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 227.8 \cdot 0.6 = 136.7 m

136.7 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 227.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 68.4 m

68.4 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 136.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 41 m

41 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

30 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 9 broadside guns x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 37 s base reload) cycle = 27. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9 broadside guns x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 33.3 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 29.8.

Initial: 27 → 29.8

Ready-rack burst alpha

2 rack salvos x 9 broadside guns x 9,000 AP damage. Total damage the ship can deliver in the burst before reverting to base reload.

162,000

Burst window

(2-1) gaps x 3 s rack reload. Wall-clock from the first to the last rack salvo; the next salvo after that uses the base reload.

3 s

HE shells

HE Damage5,100

HE Velocity880 m/s

Fire Chance24%

HE penetration

64 mm ≈ 381 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

64 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,100 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 45,900.

45,900

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 45,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 37 s base reload) cycle = 137,700. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 45,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 33.3 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 151,736.

Initial: 137,700 → 151,736

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 27 shells/min x 24% fire chance = 6.48. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 29.8 shells/min x 24% fire chance = 7.14.

Initial: 6.48 → 7.14

AP shells

AP Damage9,000

AP Velocity850 m/s

Min Ricochet50 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet65 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold64 mm

AP overmatch

floor(381 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

26 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 2634 \cdot {884.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot 850^{1.38} = 880.9 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

880.9 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21 km), where the shell has slowed to 585.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2634 \cdot {884.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot {585.4}^{1.38} = 526.5 mm

526.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

9,000 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 81,000.

81,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 81,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 37 s base reload) cycle = 243,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 81,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 33.3 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 267,769.

Initial: 243,000 → 267,769

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.

240

AA Defense

AA mount points28

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 4 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4 km

55 mm/77 Gerät 582×2 55mm

55 mm/77 Gerät 584×1 55mm

37 mm/69 Flak LM/422×1 37mm

20 mm/65 C/384×2 20mm

20 mm/65 L/3816×4 20mm

152 mm/55 Model 1936 (DP)

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

2×3 152mm

152 mm/55 Model 1936 (DP)

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

2×3 152mm

90 mm/50 Model 1939 (DP)

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

12×1 90mm

Guns152 mm/55 Model 1936 (DP) + 37 mm/69 Flak LM/42 + 55 mm/77 Gerät 58 + 90 mm/50 Model 1939 (DP)

Far 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 136 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

136

Medium continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 74 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 194 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

194

Range4 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 136 + Medium 194 = 330

330

Guns20 mm/65 C/38 + 20 mm/65 L/38

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 66 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 162 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

162

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 136 + Medium 194 + Near 162 = 492

492

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 2 stray clouds farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 10 clouds per wave × 210 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 × 4 clouds + 2 outer

Cloud damage

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

210

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.

75%

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 4 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop.

2.5-4 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts16

Firing range5.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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 @ 5.5 km

5.5 km × 57 + 30 = 343.5 m.

343.5 m

Caliber152 mm

Reload time12 s

HE Damage2,100

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance7%

Armor Pen25 mm

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Caliber152 mm

Reload time12 s

HE Damage2,100

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance7%

Armor Pen25 mm

Caliber90 mm

Reload time4 s

HE Damage1,300

Muzzle Velocity860 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen15 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power130,000 hp

Maximum speed30 kt

Turning circle radius810 m

Rudder shift time15.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (27.0 kt of 30 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

36.7 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (29.7 kt of 30 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.

59.4 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{30.0 \cdot 0.5144}{810} = 1.09 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{6}{1.09} = 5.5 \times

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

5.5× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea15.94 km

Detectability by air12.75 km

Smoke firing penalty14.63 km

Detect after firing main guns

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

15.94 km

Detect Fire Sea17.94 km

Detect Fire Air15.75 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 9,072 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 27,216 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 324 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (64,800 HP) per second = 324 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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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

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Main Battery Reload Booster2 charges · 300 s reload · 25 s active · +33% reload boost

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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

Max Horiz Disp227.8 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{16785}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 227.8 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km110 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 km160 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 km210 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 Disp136.7 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 227.8 \cdot 0.6 = 136.7 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km83.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16785 = 8392$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16785 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8392}{16785 - 8392} = 0.5192$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 160 \cdot 0.5192 = 83.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp68.4 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 227.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 68.4 m$

Med Vert Disp41 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 136.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 41 m$

AP Pen Close880.9 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2634 \cdot {884.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot 850^{1.38} = 880.9 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far526.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21 km), where the shell has slowed to 585.4 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2634 \cdot {884.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot {585.4}^{1.38} = 526.5 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km749 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 km634 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 km543 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 km4.63 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.275 \cdot {0.381}^{2}}{8 \cdot 824.3} = 1.9 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 880 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 km4.7 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.248 \cdot {0.381}^{2}}{8 \cdot 884.8} = 1.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 850 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 penetration64 mm

64 mm ≈ 381 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch26 mm

floor(381 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius240

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 alpha9

All 9 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time30 s

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

HE full-salvo alpha45,900

5,100 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 45,900.

AP full-salvo alpha81,000

9,000 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 81,000.

HE DPMInitial: 137,700 → 151,736

Zero upgrades: 45,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 37 s base reload) cycle = 137,700. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 45,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 33.3 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 151,736.

AP DPMInitial: 243,000 → 267,769

Zero upgrades: 81,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 37 s base reload) cycle = 243,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 81,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 33.3 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 267,769.

Shells/minInitial: 27 → 29.8

Zero upgrades: 9 broadside guns x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 37 s base reload) cycle = 27. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9 broadside guns x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x3 s rack + 33.3 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 29.8.

Fires/minInitial: 6.48 → 7.14

Zero upgrades: 27 shells/min x 24% fire chance = 6.48. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 29.8 shells/min x 24% fire chance = 7.14.

Ready-rack burst alpha162,000

2 rack salvos x 9 broadside guns x 9,000 AP damage. Total damage the ship can deliver in the burst before reverting to base reload.

Burst window3 s

(2-1) gaps x 3 s rack reload. Wall-clock from the first to the last rack salvo; the next salvo after that uses the base reload.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range331

Only families that reach 4 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 55mm Gerat 58 twin 2x2 -> 49 DPS @ 4 km; 55mm 77 Gerat 58 4x1 -> 97 DPS @ 4 km; 37mm Flak M42 2x1 -> 49 DPS @ 4 km; 20mm Flak 38 M43 4x2 -> 32 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 16x4 -> 129 DPS @ 2 km; 152mm55 barrels 3 M1936 L 2x3 -> 17 DPS @ 4 km; 152mm55 barrels 3 M1936 R 2x3 -> 17 DPS @ 4 km; 90mm50 barrels 1 M1939 12x1 -> 102 DPS @ 4 km.

Maximum AA range4 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 4 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range331 DPS @ 4 km, 492 DPS @ 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-blank492

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

AA threat index1646

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 range2 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 @ 5.5 km343.5 m

5.5 km × 57 + 30 = 343.5 m.

Secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)180,000

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: 2×3 152 mm (3/side) × 60/12 × 2100 = 31,500 + 2×3 152 mm (3/side) × 60/12 × 2100 = 31,500 + 12×1 90 mm (6/side) × 60/4 × 1300 = 117,000. 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 152 mm family.

Max HE fire chance7%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 7% from the 152 mm family.

Max HE pen25 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.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 64,800, 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.

Bow & stern32 mm

Overmatched by 7 guns here: Incomparable SE 25IncomparableYamato and 4 more. Angling still helps against the rest.

Belt / citadel375 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	32 mm primary (range 32–130 mm)	4,900 (8% 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 13–350 mm)	48,600 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)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 32–210 mm)	5,200 (8% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	375 mm primary (range 32–375 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 13–280 mm)	2,600 (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	32,400 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 (55 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	19,400 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 Victoria. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×1Buff ×2Main Battery ×3

2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

AP shell air drag reduced, improving AP shell penetration by ~4–7% depending on the distance; the bigger the distance is, the bigger the buff is.
AP shell minimum ricochet angle increased from 45° to 50°.
AP shell guaranteed ricochet angle increased from 60° to 65°.

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2026-03-31 · Through the Spy Glass Through the Spy Glass: Victoria Ship feature 2026-03-26 · Patch notes April Update: Victorious in Metal Patch notes 2026-05-28 · Patch notes June Update: The Ages Betwixt Patch notes 2026-07-30 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: Tides of Adventure Patch notes

Victoria

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José Ferrándiz y Niño

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