Cosmetic-only variant of Mikasa. Identical to Mikasa on every audited stat (main and secondary battery, survivability, maneuverability, concealment, AA, modules, consumables, and secondary dispersion type); differs in appearance and acquisition only.
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Mikasa '23 is a Tier II Japanese super-cruiser: a battleship-sized hull with a 305mm main battery on a cruiser frame. She is built to overmatch broadside cruisers with AP, not to brawl with battleships. She also packs the super-heal (0.5%/s, for 28 s, every 80 s, 1 charges): each Repair Party charge returns dramatically more HP than a standard heal, so her durability comes from sustain alongside the lead trait. Standout traits: best AP overmatch threshold in T2 CAs (21.3 mm) and best long-range AP brick in T2 CAs (85.3 mm).
Hold under 10 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to shadow back into, and bow toward the closest BB. The heavy bow plate lets you hold the angle against same-tier guns, which is the protection the citadel needs; the hull does not tank battleship volleys broadside even if it can absorb them bow-on. The big guns reach for full AP citadels at that distance. 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 kit rewards finishing the trade behind cover so the heal recovers what the salvo took; sustained open-water exposure burns through all 1 charges before the cooldown completes.
31200.0 HP, best of T2 CAs.
10.0% torpedo damage reduction, best of T2 CAs.
356.0 mm max plate, best of T2 CAs.
Mikasa '23 is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.
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Where Mikasa '23 sits among Tier II CAs (25 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.
Not standouts for Mikasa '23 -- 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.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 10 s active
Repair Party1 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 4,368 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge) All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{10937}{30}\cdot\dfrac{10-2.3}{1000} + 2.3\right)\cdot 30 = 153.2\,\text{m}$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.Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 153.2 \cdot 0.8 = 122.6\,\text{m}$How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above.50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 153.2 \cdot 0.344\;(\sigma = 1.8) = 52.7\,\text{m}$50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 122.6 \cdot 0.343\;(\sigma = 1.8) = 42.1\,\text{m}$Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 1373 \cdot 386^{0.69} \cdot 0.305^{-1.07} \cdot 732^{1.38} = 267.4\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 319.9 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 1373 \cdot 386^{0.69} \cdot 0.305^{-1.07} \cdot 319.9^{1.38} = 85.3\,\text{mm}$.51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.All 4 barrels bear on the broadside.180 degrees / 4.5 deg/s traverse speed = 40 s.5,100 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 20,400.7,700 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 30,800.20,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22 s base reload = 55,636.30,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22 s base reload = 84,000.4 broadside guns x 60 / 22 s base reload = 10.9.10.9 shells/min x 29% fire chance = 3.16.Continuous AA damage summed across AirDefense module auras (no usable per-aura data available, so the formula prediction couldn't be applied on this ship).Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.3 km × 57 + 30 = 201 m.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: 4×1 152 mm (2/side) × 60/13 × 2700 = 24,923 + 10×1 152 mm (5/side) × 60/13 × 2700 = 62,308 + 8×1 76.2 mm (4/side) × 60/5.5 × 1300 = 56,727 + 6×1 76.2 mm (3/side) × 60/5.5 × 1300 = 42,545 + 4×1 76.2 mm (2/side) × 60/5.5 × 1300 = 28,364. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2700 from the 152 mm family.Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 152 mm family.Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 25 mm from the 152 mm family.Hull HP 31,200, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.
Overmatched by 23+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.
Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 3%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the ballistics tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow | 16 mm primary (range 16–127 mm) | ≈ 1,560 (~5% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 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 16–178 mm) | ≈ 23,400 (~75% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (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 | 16 mm primary (range 16–127 mm) | ≈ 1,560 (~5% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 356 mm primary (range 16–356 mm) | 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 10–76 mm) | no cap | 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). |
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.
Every custom exterior Mikasa '23 can equip, from in-game data.
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