World of Warships: Legends ship guide

Wakatake

Also called: 若竹 Beta
Torpedo destroyerLives on its torpedoes; deal damage from concealment rather than the gun duel.
Playstyle
  • Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use
  • Avoid: Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot
Key characteristics
Heavy HE shellsSmokeEngine BoostHeavy AP shellsFast for the classLow HE DPM
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Across 1,500+ Standard battles from 300+ players, Wakatake averages a 56% win rate, 19,300 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 31% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Wakatake is a Tier II Japanese torpedo destroyer. The kit is torpedo spam rather than gun trades: put fish into lanes the enemy has to cross and let the guns fill the gaps between reloads. Smoke plus 7 km of reach on a 39 s reload lets her launch from a position the target cannot see. Standout traits: best HE alpha in T2 DDs (1,700, 1st of 23) and best AP overmatch threshold in T2 DDs (8.3 mm, 2nd of 23). The trade is low HE DPM in T2 DDs (30,600, 23rd of 23).

Positioning

Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use. The 7 km reach lets you seed those lanes early, but these fish are spotted well out and give a target about 7.8 s of warning, so they earn their damage by denying space and forcing turns rather than by catching anyone unaware. Aim where a ship must go, not where it is, and stay unspotted between waves. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 2 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 5.6 km, so you see it coming with roughly 3.6 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, and nothing in her kit sees through it, so pop the smoke where someone is already lighting the enemy or you will sit in it with nothing to shoot.

Potato Avoidance

Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot

The kit pays out by saturating lanes, not by waiting for guaranteed broadsides; missed waves still force rotations and protect your team's flank. Idle torpedo tubes are the worst output state.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.8 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.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗
  • Heavy HE shells · 1700 damage
  • Big-caliber AP overmatch · 8.3 mm
  • Heavy AP shells · 2000 damage
Fast for the class ↗

35.5 kt, top quartile of T2 DDs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Fast torpedoes ↗

57 kt torpedo speed, top decile of T2 DDs. Shorter run to the target and less lead to hold; how much warning they get depends on torpedo detectability too.

Thick stern plate ↗

9 mm stern, top decile of T2 DDs.

MAIN BATTERY DOWNSIDES ↗
  • Low HE DPM · 30600 HE
  • Low AP DPM · 36000 AP
Acquisition

How to get Wakatake

Wakatake is available in the Torpedo Destroyers branch of the Japan 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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Builds

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL AsashioAL Yukikaze

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Cohort position

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Where Wakatake sits among Tier II DDs (22 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.

BestMain battery caliber120 mm (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Stern armor9 mm (2/23) Top 25%Max speed35.5 kt (4/23) Top 25%Stealth profile5.37 km / 2.69 km (4/23 / 4/23) Top 25%Torpedo speed57 kt (4/23) Bottom 25%Time to 90% speed16.1 s (19/23) WorstMain battery reload10 s (23/23) WorstFires per minute1.26 (23/23) WorstHE DPM30,600 (23/23) WorstAP DPM36,000 (21/21) WorstAP arming threshold20 mm (1 of 2 tied)
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Not standouts for Wakatake -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Hit points8,200 HP(13/23) Smoke fire bloom2 km(13/23) Rudder shift2.7 s(17/23) Turning circle470 m(11/23) Main battery range8.63 km(16/23) Main dispersion79.8 m(8/23) AP velocity825 m/s(7/21) HE velocity825 m/s(9/23) Acceleration (0-12 kt)5.1 s(15/23) Engine power21,500 hp(15/23) Power / turn radius45.7 hp/m(15/23) Displacement1,100 t(12/23) Power-to-weight19.55 hp/t(11/23) AA DPS18(9/17) AA range2 km(13/17) AA threat29(9/17) Torpedo range6.99 km(13/23) Torpedo damage≈8,933(9/23) Torpedo reaction time7.8 s(13/23) Torpedo reload39 s(13/23) Max armor12 mm(7/23) Citadel belt12 mm(7/23) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(18 of 21 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(20 of 21 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(21 of 23 tied at this value)
Survivability
Hit PointsInitial: 7,300 → 8,200
Displacement1,100 t
Hull dimensions
ƒLength x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.
89.3 x 8.3 m (ship-model figure)
Armor range6–12 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 9, 10, 12 mm
Armor material/layer entries25
Fire resistance
ƒstock hull: 1 − 1 fire coefficient = 0%; top hull: 1 − 0.9667 fire coefficient = 3.3%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.
Initial: 0% → 3.3%
Fire duration30 s
Fire damage
ƒOne unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 8,200 HP = 738 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.
0.3% of HP per second
Flood duration40 s
Flood damage
ƒOne unattended flood: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 8,200 HP = 820 HP on this ship.
0.25% of HP per second
Torp Reduction
ƒ1 − 0.333 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 0%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.
0%
Magazine HP
ƒPer-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.
4,100
Steering gear HP
ƒDurability 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.
2,500
Repairable: penetration50%
Repairable: steering gear50%
Section HP
Bow section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,300 = 2,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.
1,300
Casemate section HP
ƒThis section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).
No saturation cap
Hull section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 6,200 = 12,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.
6,200
Superstructure section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 400 = 800), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.
400
Stern section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 800 = 1,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.
800
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 120 mm/45 Type3
Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 3 barrels
Reload time10 s
Firing range (base)7.8 km
Firing range (top fire control)8.6 km
Turret traverse9 °/s
Turret armor12 mm
Turret traverse arcs
ƒHow 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.
±155°, ±150°
Guns to bear
ƒ180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 155° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 25° 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.
30° off bow / 25° off stern
Shell Grouping (σ)2
Dispersion type
ƒIn practice: the baseline curve for a standard destroyer -- at max range (8.6 km) shells land in an ellipse about 80 m wide and 48 m tall. Also on this curve (225): AL Avrora, AL Yukikaze, AL Z24, Acasta, Achilles, Adriatico, Aigle, Akatsuki, Akizuki, Albany, Allen M. Sumner, Attilio Regolo and 213 more.
Standard destroyer
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(863530·8−0.51000+0.5)·30=79.8m
79.8 m at 8.6 km
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =79.8·0.6=47.9m
47.9 m at 8.6 km
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =79.8·0.62=23.9m
23.9 m at 8.6 km
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =47.9·0.62=14.4m
14.4 m at 8.6 km
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 9 deg/s traverse speed = 20 s.
20 s
Shells/min
ƒ3 broadside guns x 60 / 10 s base reload = 18.
18
HE shells
HE alpha1,700
HE Velocity825 m/s
Fire Chance7%
HE penetration
ƒ20 mm ≈ 120 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
20 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ1,700 HE damage x 3 broadside guns = 5,100.
5,100
HE DPM
ƒ5,100 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 30,600.
30,600
Fires/min
ƒ18 shells/min × 0.07 (7% fire chance) = 1.26.
1.26
AP shells
AP alpha2,000
AP Velocity825 m/s
Min Ricochet45 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg
Fuse Timer0.01 s
Fuse Threshold20 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(120 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
8 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒAP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v01.38 =10−7·1750·20.30.69·0.12−1.07·8251.38=143mm.
143 mm point-blank
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (8.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 323.5 m/s: P=10−7·1750·20.30.69·0.12−1.07·323.51.38=39.3mm.
39.3 mm at 8.6 km
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ2,000 AP damage x 3 broadside guns = 6,000.
6,000
AP DPM
ƒ6,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 36,000.
36,000
AP AOE Radius
ƒAP 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.
7
Torpedoes
ModuleTorpedoes: Type44 mod. 3
Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 2 tubes = 4 tubes
Reload time39 s
Projectile speed57.0 kt
Range6.99 km
Maximum simulated damage
ƒInitial: 24,800 × 0.333 = 8,267 → 26,800 × 0.333 = 8,933 (warhead alpha × saturation coefficient, stock → upgraded torpedo). 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: Dsim=α·c=26,800·0.333=8,933. 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.
Initial: ≈ 8,267 → ≈ 8,933
Maximum damage (ammunition)
ƒ26,800 warhead alpha / 3 + 800 blast = 9,733. 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.
9,733
Torpedo module damage
ƒPer-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.
800
Torpedo detectability1.2 km
Reaction time
ƒHow long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): treact=1.2 km57 kt×2.6855=7.8 s. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.
7.8 s
Flooding chance
ƒThis torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.45 per hit, shown as 1.45×100=145%. 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.
145%
Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s
Launch arcscentreline 270°
Torp Turn
ƒTime to rotate the launchers 180 deg: tturn=180°25°/s=7.2s.
7.2 s
Torp Arming183 m
Per-side salvo damage
ƒOne side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 8,933 = 35,732. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.
35,732
AA Defense
AA mount pointsInitial: 2 → 3
Maximum AA range
ƒInitial: 1 km → 2 km (stock → upgraded). Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
Initial: 1 km → 2 km
40 mm Type91 (upgraded hull only)1×1 40mm
7.7 mm Type92 (upgraded hull only)2×1 8mm
6.5 mm 3rd Year Type (stock hull only)2×1 7mm
Medium aura
Guns40 mm Type91
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective DPS: 3 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 10 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.
10
Range2 km
Near aura
Guns7.7 mm Type92
Continuous DPS
ƒInitial: 3 × 3.5 × 0.95 = 10 → 2 × 3.5 × 0.95 = 7. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.
Initial: 10 → 7
Range1 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒMedium 10 + Near 7 = 17
17
Maneuverability
Engine power21,500 hp
Maximum speed35.5 kt
Turning circle radius470 m
Rudder shift timeInitial: 4 s → 2.7 s
Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt
Engine spool-up time7.7 s
Reverse spool-up time3.8 s
Reverse speed
ƒtop speed / 4 + 4.9 = 35.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.8 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.
13.8 kt
Crash stop
ƒSeconds 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.
15 s
Engine boost threshold (reverse)
ƒSpeed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.
9.7 kt
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (31.9 kt of 35.5 kt).
16.1 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (35.1 kt of 35.5 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.
26.8 s
Guns in a full turn
ƒWith the rudder hard over the hull turns 9.6°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 9 − 9.6 = -0.6°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.
fall behind by 0.6°/s
Concealment
Detectability by sea
ƒBase value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 5.35 km x 0.955 = 5.11 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.
5.37 km
With Grade IV camouflage (sea)
ƒDetectability by sea 5.35 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 5.11 km.
5.11 km
Detectability by air2.69 km
Smoke firing penalty2 km
Detect when firing (sea)
ƒmax(main battery range, sea detectability 5.35 km) = 8.64 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.
8.64 km
Detect when firing (air)
ƒAir detectability 2.68 km + gun-firing bloom 2.4 km = 5.08 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 120 mm × 0.020 = 2.4 km.
5.08 km
Detect when on fire (sea)
ƒSea detectability 5.35 km + 2.0 km while burning = 7.35 km.
7.35 km
Detect when on fire (air)
ƒAir detectability 2.68 km + 3.0 km while burning = 5.68 km.
5.68 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
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Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active
Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 69 s cloud active · 450 m radius
Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus
Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade
  • Hit points7,300 → 8,200
  • Rudder shift4 → 2.7 s
  • AA mounts2 → 3
  • Close-range AA DPS3 → 5
  • Maximum AA range1 → 2 km
Fire controlUpgrade
  • Main battery range7,850 → 8,635 m
TorpedoesUpgrade
  • Alpha damage24,800 → 26,800
  • Display damage8,267 → 8,933

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

vs standard DDStandard
The standard destroyer dispersion curve.
Shell scatter width @ 5 km52.5 m
(166.7 × (8 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 52.5 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.
AP pen 5 km66 mm
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 P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v1.38 =10−7·1750·20.30.69·0.12−1.07·470.41.38=66mm, where 470.4 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 825 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)3
3 mounts × 1 barrels = 3; all 3 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)1,750
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.
AP shell mass20.3 kg
Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.
AP drag coefficient0.331
Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.
AP muzzle velocity825 m/s
Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.
HE muzzle velocity825 m/s
Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.
idealRadius8
Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.
minRadius0.5
Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.
idealDistance1,000 m
Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.
taperDist4,000 m
Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.
radiusOnZero0.2
Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.
radiusOnDelim0.5
Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.
radiusOnMax0.6
Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.
delim0.5
Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.8 s
1200 m / (57.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.8 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).
Torpedo speed57.0 kt
Travel time to max range45.7 s
6990 m / (57.0 kt × 2.6855) = 45.7 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).
Tube count4
2 launchers × 2 tubes.
Per-side salvo4 torpedoes
2 launchers × 2 tubes = 4, all to either side (centreline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).
Full-salvo damage35,732
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 8,933 = 35,732. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range11
Only families that reach 2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Vickers 1x1 -> 11 DPS @ 2 km; 7 7mmLewis 2x1 -> 7 DPS @ 1 km.
AA DPS layered by range11 DPS @ 2 km, 18 DPS @ 1 km
@ 2 km: 11 from one family; @ 1 km: 11 + 7 = 18. 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-blank18
11 + 7 = 18 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1 km).
AA threat index29
11 × 2 + 7 × 1 = 29. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.
Near aura range1 km
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Ship Charts

Background

A small yet well-armed and very fast destroyer. She carried 533 mm torpedoes with a better range than similar munitions used by potential rivals. The unconventional placement of her torpedo launchers allowed her to fire from the bow sectors.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 7,300 → 8,200 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern6 mm

Overmatched by 105+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 3%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow6 mm primary (range 6–12 mm)1,300 (16% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (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.
Stern9 mm primary (range 6–12 mm)800 (10% of HP)
Overmatched by 150mm+ AP (Celebes, Königsberg)Angle bounces 127mm9 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel12 mm primary (range 6–12 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.
Superstructure6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm)400 (5% 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 HP4,100 magazine HPTurret knocked outPer-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.
AA mount (40 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP200 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-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 HP2,500 module HPIncapacitated at 0 HPWhen 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Wakatake can equip.

Primary official WG sources

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