Yahagi
Also called: 矢矧 Beta- Switch to HE the moment a target angles: your bounce angles are the standard 45°/60°, so AP that fails the angle check does nothing no matter how much penetration it carries. Save AP for a flat broadside
- Work the islands rather than a firing line
- Avoid: Holding torpedoes for a perfect drop
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Yahagi Community Stats
Across 3,700+ Standard battles from 190+ players, Yahagi averages a 58% win rate, 35,100 damage and 1.0 kills per battle, and survives 31% of them.
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Record History
Playstyle
Overview
Yahagi is a Tier IV Japanese light cruiser with a long-range torpedo battery reaching 12 km. The torpedoes are the threat tool; the guns are how she earns damage between drops. Sonar (3.7 km on ships and 2.7 km on torpedoes, 90 s active, 180 s reload, long uptime) lights up DDs and torpedoes inside its bubble, which lets her contest the cap edge without taking the spotting cycle. AA (231 AA DPS at 3.5 km) ranks 2 of 23 in T4 CAs: heavy enough to make a careless strike expensive, though not the umbrella that shuts a carrier out of her grid. Standout traits: best torpedo alpha in T4 CAs (15,933, 1st of 21) and best big torpedo salvo in T4 CAs (8, 2nd of 21). The trade is worst torpedo detection in T4 CAs (1.6 km, 21st of 21).
Positioning
Work the islands rather than a firing line. Sonar (3.7 km on ships, 2.7 km on torpedoes) is the whole kit, and it only pays inside that radius, so hold the cover beside a contested cap and use it to catch destroyers and torpedoes coming around the corner: HE into the destroyer, AP into any cruiser that shows you a broadside while it sits in smoke. Firing from a friendly smoke reveals you at 4.8 km, so pick the salvo rather than holding the trigger. 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. The helm answers quickly (5.1 s), so she can break an incoming salvo that slower hulls have to eat.
Potato Avoidance
Holding torpedoes for a perfect drop
The torps are a threat tool: putting them into a lane forces rotations even when they miss. Drops on probable lanes are worth more than waiting for a guaranteed broadside that never appears.
Signature Traits
AP arms at 60% of the standard armor threshold (vs 0.9 default). Lets your AP pen broadsiding cruisers that would over-pen a normal CA, citadel hunts the cohort can't pull off, shared by 4/23 T4 CAs.
+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. Uncommon in T4 CAs.
- Heavy torpedoes · 15933 damage
- Big torpedo salvo · 8 tubes
- Long-range torps · 12 km
231 AA DPS, top decile of T4 CAs (median 169).
2600 damage per HE shell, top quartile of T4 CAs. Punishes superstructure and modules harder than peers.
- Visible torps · 1.6 km
- Slow torp reload · 120 s
How to get Yahagi
Yahagi is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Campaign, Global XP, and Containers. 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.
- CampaignEarned in the campaign “Big Mamie” (Dec 2020); campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.
- Global XPListed by GamingDiver as a Global XP ship, commonly obtained through the Admiralty/store rotation for Global XP.
- ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
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Best listed chance for this ship
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Super Santa '22
0.25%
Tier IV or V Premium ship
Archived · Super Santa '22 · 1 of 28 ships
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Spectral Vault 2.0
0.178571%
Tier IV Premium ship
Archived · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 1 of 14 ships
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Santa Level 2
0.166667%
Tier IV Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 2 · 1 of 15 ships
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Santa Level 1
0.078333%
Tier IV Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 1 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 15 ships
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- Santa Level 10.053333%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 20.025%
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Spectral Vault 1.0
0.073214%
Tier IV Premium ship
Archived · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 14 ships
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- Spectral Vault 1.00.057143%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.00.016071%
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Secret Santa '22
0.055833%
Premium Ship
Archived · Secret Santa '22 · 1 of 12 ships
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Secret Santa '23
0.053333%
Tier IV Premium ship
Archived · Secret Santa '23 · 1 of 15 ships
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Mystic Box
0.047059%
Tier IV Premium ship
Event · Mystic Box · 1 of 17 ships
Official WG availability sources
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Big Mamie campaign breakdown
Campaign
Start: 2020-12-21 · End: 2021-01-31
- At milestone 40, you can also earn Yahagi, a Japanese Tier IV Premium light cruiser.
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December 2020 Update
Campaign
Start: 2020-12-17
- But, while the Campaign is named after this particular steel beast, there's one more ship along the 120 milestones—Japanese Tier IV cruiser Yahagi.
- Tier IV Japanese Cruiser Yahagi
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- Mystic Box 0.047059% · Tier IV Premium ship
- Santa Level 1 0.053333% · Tier IV Premium ship
- Santa Level 2 0.166667% · Tier IV Premium ship
- Secret Santa '22 0-0.055833% · Premium Ship
- Secret Santa '23 0.053333% · Tier IV Premium ship
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Builds
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Cohort position
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Where Yahagi sits among Tier IV CAs (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.
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Not standouts for Yahagi -- 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.
Peers in this cohort
Compare Tier IV CruisersStats & specs
Customize in the Build Tool →ƒ
How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.ƒ
180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 150° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 30° off stern. How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc.ƒ
In practice: the baseline curve for a standard cruiser -- at max range (13.5 km) shells land in an ellipse about 126 m wide and 76 m tall. Also on this curve (215): AL Baltimore, AL Chapayev, AL Cheshire, AL Harbin, AL Montpelier, AL Tallinn, AL Zara, Aberdeen, Accord, Agano, Albemarle, Algérie and 203 more.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.ƒ
6 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s base reload = 40.HE shells
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25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).ƒ
2,600 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 15,600.ƒ
15,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s base reload = 104,000.ƒ
40 shells/min × 0.13 (13% fire chance) = 5.2.AP shells
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floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: .ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 299.7 m/s: .ƒ
2,900 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 17,400.ƒ
17,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s base reload = 116,000.ƒ
AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.ƒ
Most targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship: . In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit.ƒ
47,800 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,300 blast = 17,233. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead.ƒ
Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure.ƒ
How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): . 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.ƒ
This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.87 per hit, shown as . Values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection.ƒ
Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg: .ƒ
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,933 = 127,464. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.ƒ
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.ƒ
Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
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 38 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.ƒ
Effective DPS: 65 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 193 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Medium 38 + Near 193 = 231ƒ
Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 2×2 76.2 mm (2/side) × 60/2.429 s (2.4 s = 17 ticks) × 1300 = 64,235. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).ƒ
Fires/min (per side) 2 × (1 − 0.166 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 48,200 HP = 14,301. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Secondary DPM (per side) 64,235 + secondary fire DPM 14,301 = 78,537: shell damage plus fire damage against one T4 battleship, every shell hitting.ƒ
Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
2×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 2.429 s (2.4 s = 17 ticks) × 0.04 (4% fire chance) = 2. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.ƒ
4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.ƒ
top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 35 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.ƒ
Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.ƒ
Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.ƒ
Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.5 kt of 35.0 kt).ƒ
Time to reach 99% of top speed (34.6 kt of 35.0 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.ƒ
With the rudder hard over the hull turns 6.2°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 6 − 6.2 = -0.2°/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.ƒ
Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 10.62 km x 0.955 = 10.14 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.ƒ
Detectability by sea 10.62 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 10.14 km.ƒ
max(main battery range, sea detectability 10.62 km) = 13.51 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.ƒ
Air detectability 6.37 km + gun-firing bloom 3.04 km = 9.41 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 152 mm × 0.020 = 3.04 km.ƒ
Sea detectability 10.62 km + 2.0 km while burning = 12.62 km.ƒ
Air detectability 6.37 km + 3.0 km while burning = 9.37 km.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 90 s active · 3.72 km ship detect ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):
Catapult Fighter2 charges · 80 s reload · 60 s active · 5 km patrol radius ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):
Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus
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
The standard cruiser dispersion curve.(166.7 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 67.5 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.(333.3 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 102 m. How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 13507 m. Below the kink: , so .How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 13507 m. Above the kink: , so .AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 550.3 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 850 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 368.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 850 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 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 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 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 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.3 mounts × 2 barrels = 6; all 6 bear on the broadside.Model inputs
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.Torpedoes
1600 m / (60.0 kt × 2.6855) = 9.9 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).12000 m / (60.0 kt × 2.6855) = 74.5 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).2 launchers × 4 tubes.2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8, all to either side (centreline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,933 = 127,464. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.AA defense
Only families that reach 3.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 25mm Type96 10x3 -> 69 DPS @ 3.1 km; 25mm Type96 single 18x1 -> 124 DPS @ 3.1 km; 76 2mm 60 Type89 2x2 -> 38 DPS @ 3.5 km.@ 3.5 km: 38 from one family; @ 3.1 km: 69 + 124 + 38 = 231. 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.69 + 124 + 38 = 231 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.1 km).69 × 3.1 + 124 × 3.1 + 38 × 3.5 = 731. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.Secondary battery firepower
The only family (76.2 mm): 1300. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1300 from the 76.2 mm family.The only family (76.2 mm): 4%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 4% from the 76.2 mm family.The only family (76.2 mm): 13 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: 13 mm from the 76.2 mm family.Ship Charts
Background
One of the Agano-class light cruisers - a new generation of ships designed to replace the cruisers built in the 1920s. She was relatively small, quick, and sported powerful torpedo armament.
Armor Beta
Hull HP 25,700, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.
Overmatched by 90+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.
Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 17%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
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| Bow | 13 mm primary (range 6–55 mm) | 2,400 (9% of HP) | Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP. |
| Hull (midship) | 16 mm primary (range 16–25 mm) | 19,300 (75% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 13 mm primary (range 6–30 mm) | 1,400 (5% of HP) | Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 60 mm primary (range 16–60 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 | 10 mm primary (range 10–40 mm) | 1,200 (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 HP | 12,900 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 (76.2 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 (25 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 | 7,700 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.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Yahagi can equip.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Primary official WG sources
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