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Soobrazitelny

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Gunboat destroyerWins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.
Playstyle
  • Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match you…
  • Avoid: Trading guns in open water against peer DDs
Key characteristics
Long, heavy torpedoes (8 km)Heavy AP pen10 km gun rangeStrong AASmokeStiff AP fuse
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Playstyle

Overview

Soobrazitelny is a Tier IV Soviet gunboat destroyer: her damage comes from sustained main battery pressure on caps and open-water trades. Torpedoes are a secondary threat for closing lanes, not her main damage. AA (185 AA DPS at 3.2 km) is heavy enough to make her the team's air-defense anchor on top of the lead role; CV strikes route around her, not through. Standout traits: best HE fire chance in T4 DDs (9) and best torpedo range in T4 DDs (8 km).

Positioning

Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute. Avoid open-water duels with ships running smoke or radar; your damage is mostly gunfire, and gunfire from cover wins more than from blue water. 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.

Potato Avoidance

Trading guns in open water against peer DDs

Your damage is sustained main-battery pressure from cover (the torpedoes are a secondary threat), so open-water duels just stack incoming HE on you while you fire back.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+8% speed, 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY
  • Big-caliber overmatch · 9.0 mm
  • High fire chance · 9.0%
Long-range torps

8.04 km torpedo range, best of T4 DDs.

Top-tier AA

185.0 AA DPS, best of T4 DDs (median 79.0).

Stiff AP fuse

22.0 mm AP arming threshold, worst of T4 DDs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Sluggish rudder

5.5 s rudder shift, worst of T4 DDs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Acquisition

How to get Soobrazitelny

Soobrazitelny is available in the Generalist Destroyers branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. 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.

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U.S.S.R. Tech Tree

Soobrazitelny sits in the Generalist Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S.S.R. tree.

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Cohort position

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Where Soobrazitelny sits among Tier IV DDs (21 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 caliber130 mm (1 of 8 tied) BestHE fire chance9% (1 of 7 tied) BestAP shell damage2,500 (1 of 4 tied) BestAA DPS185 (1/21) BestAA threat452 (1/21) BestTorpedo range8.04 km (1/21) Top 10%HE velocity870 m/s (3/21) Top 10%Engine power54,000 hp (3/21) Top 10%Torpedo damage≈14,000 (3/21) Top 25%Main battery range10.16 km (4/21) Top 25%AP velocity870 m/s (3/19) Top 25%Turn-speed retention88.5 hp/m (4/21) Top 25%Power-to-weight22.46 hp/t (6/21) Top 25%Torpedo reload60 s (6/21) Top 25%Citadel belt16 mm (6/21) Bottom 25%Stealth profile6.42 km / 3.21 km (19/21 / 19/21) Bottom 10%Traverse-to-turn ratio3.4 × (20/21) Bottom 10%Displacement2,404 t (20/21) WorstRudder shift5.5 s (21/21) WorstAP arming threshold22 mm (1 of 8 tied)
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Not standouts for Soobrazitelny -- 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 points11,300 HP(15/21) Max speed36.5 kt(13/21) Main battery reload7 s(13/21) HE shell damage1,900(8/21) Fires per minute3.09(11/21) HE DPM65,143(13/21) AP DPM85,714(11/19) Main dispersion84.3 m(11/21) Acceleration16.7 s(7/21) AA range3.2 km(7/21) Torpedo speed65 kt(7/21) Max armor16 mm(9/21) Deck armor13 mm(9/20) NormSigma2(20 of 21 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(15 of 19 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(2 of 3 tied at this value)
Survivability
Hit PointsInitial: 10,400 → 11,300
Displacement2,404 t
Armor range10–16 mm
Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 16 mm
Armor material/layer entries21
Fire resistanceInitial: 13.3% → 16.6%
Fire duration30 s
Torp Reduction0%
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 130 mm/50 B-13-IIs
Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 4 barrels
Reload time7 s
Firing range (base)9.2 km
Firing range (top fire control)10.2 km
Turret traverse6 °/s
Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadiusminRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(923830·80.51000+0.5)·30=84.3m
84.3 m
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =84.3·0.6=50.6m
50.6 m
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) =84.3·0.319(σ=2)=26.9m
26.9 m
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) =50.6·0.32(σ=2)=16.2m
16.2 m
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.
30 s
Base shells/min
ƒ4 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 34.3.
34.3
HE shells
HE Damage1,900
HE Velocity870 m/s
Fire Chance9%
HE penetration
ƒ22 mm ≈ 130 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
22 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ1,900 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 7,600.
7,600
Base HE DPM
ƒ7,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 65,143.
65,143
Base fires/min
ƒ34.3 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 3.09.
3.09
AP shells
AP Damage2,500
AP Velocity870 m/s
Min Ricochet45 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg
Fuse Timer0.01 s
Fuse Threshold22 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(130 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
9 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒCanonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=107·K·m0.69·d1.07·v01.38 =107·1615·33.50.69·0.131.07·8701.38=184.1mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
184.1 mm
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (12.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 380.9 m/s: P=107·1615·33.50.69·0.131.07·380.91.38=58.9mm.
58.9 mm
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ2,500 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 10,000.
10,000
Base AP DPM
ƒ10,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 85,714.
85,714
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.
9
Torpedoes
ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Triple 1-N
Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes
Reload time60 s
Projectile speed65 kt
Range8.04 km
Maximum simulated damage
ƒEstimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~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=42,000·0.333=14,000.
≈ 14,000
Torpedo detectability1.4 km
Flooding chance250%
Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s
Torp Turn
ƒTime to rotate the launchers 180 deg: tturn=180°25°/s=7.2s.
7.2 s
Torp Arming201 m
Per-side salvo damage
ƒOne side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 14,000 = 84,000.
84,000
AA Defense
AA mount pointsInitial: 9 → 15
Close-range AA DPS
ƒSum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (2×3.5×1) + (31×3.5×1) + (21×3.5×0.95) = 185. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.
185
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
3.2 km
76 mm 34-K2×1 76mm
37 mm 70-K (upgraded hull only)7×1 37mm
12.7 mm DShKInitial: 2×1 → 4×1 13mm
12.7 mm Browning M2 mod. 12×1 13mm
45 mm 21-K (stock hull only)3×1 45mm
Medium aura
DPS31
Range3.2 km
Far aura
DPSInitial: 3 → 2
Range3 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒMedium 31 + Far 2 = 33
33
Near aura
DPSInitial: 20 → 21
Range1.2 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒMedium 31 + Far 2 + Near 21 = 54
54
Maneuverability
Engine moduleEngine: 54,000 hp
Engine power54,000 hp
Maximum speed36.5 kt
Turning circle radius610 m
Rudder shift time5.5 s
Engine power-boost threshold7 kt
Engine spool-up time7.7 s
Reverse spool-up time3.8 s
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (32.9 kt of 36.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.
16.7 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (36.1 kt of 36.5 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.
28.3 s
Traverse-to-turn ratio
ƒHow many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate ωhull=180π·Vmax(m/s)Rturn=180π·36.5·0.5144610=1.76°/s, so ratio=ωturretωhull=61.76=3.4×. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.
3.4× drags
Concealment
Detectability by sea6.42 km
Detectability by air3.21 km
Smoke firing penalty2.46 km
Detect after firing main guns
ƒmax(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.
6.42 km
Detect Fire Sea8.42 km
Detect Fire Air6.21 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active
Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 1,582 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
ƒHeal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 3,164 HP (28% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
ƒ14% per charge x 2 charges = up to 28% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 56 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
ƒ0.5% of max HP (11,300 HP) per second = 56 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.
Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus
Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 77 s cloud active
Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade
  • Hit points10,400 → 11,300
  • AA mounts9 → 15
  • Close-range AA DPS30 → 54
  • Maximum AA range3 → 3.2 km
Fire controlUpgrade
  • Main battery range9,238 → 10161.8 m
TorpedoesUpgrade
  • Range6.03 → 8.04 km
  • Reload70 → 60 s
  • Alpha damage40,200 → 42,000
  • Display damage13,400 → 14,000
  • Speed60 → 65 kt

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Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp84.3 m
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{9238}{30}\cdot\dfrac{8-0.5}{1000} + 0.5\right)\cdot 30 = 84.3\,\text{m}$
Max Vert Disp50.6 m
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 84.3 \cdot 0.6 = 50.6\,\text{m}$
Med Horiz Disp26.9 m
50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 84.3 \cdot 0.319\;(\sigma = 2) = 26.9\,\text{m}$
Med Vert Disp16.2 m
50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 50.6 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 16.2\,\text{m}$
Dispersion familyDD Disp.
Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.
AP Pen Close184.1 mm
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 1615 \cdot 33.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.13^{-1.07} \cdot 870^{1.38} = 184.1\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far58.9 mm
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (12.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 380.9 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 1615 \cdot 33.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.13^{-1.07} \cdot 380.9^{1.38} = 58.9\,\text{mm}$.
HE penetration22 mm
22 mm ≈ 130 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
AP overmatch9 mm
floor(130 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
AP AOE Radius9
AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.
Broadside guns used for alpha4
All 4 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time30 s
180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.
HE full-salvo alpha7,600
1,900 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 7,600.
AP full-salvo alpha10,000
2,500 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 10,000.
Base HE DPM65,143
7,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 65,143.
Base AP DPM85,714
10,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 85,714.
Base shells/min34.3
4 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 34.3.
Base fires/min3.09
34.3 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 3.09.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.4 km
Estimated torpedo reaction time8.3 s
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).
Torpedo speed65 kt
Travel time to max range47.6 s
range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).
Tube count6
2 launchers x 3 tubes.
Per-side salvo6 torpedoes
6 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).
Full-salvo damage84,000
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 14,000 = 84,000.
Per-side salvo damage84,000
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 14,000 = 84,000.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS185
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (2×3.5×1) + (31×3.5×1) + (21×3.5×0.95) = 185. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.
Maximum AA range3.2 km
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
AA threat index452
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 range1.2 km

Armor Beta

Hull HP 10,40011,300 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern10 mm

Overmatched by 134+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming10 mm

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 ballistics tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow10 mm primary (range 10–16 mm)1,400 (12% of HP)
Overmatched by 150mm+ (De Ruyter, Karlsruhe)Angle bounces 127mm10 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 mm8,500 (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.
Stern10 mm primary (range 10–16 mm)1,000 (9% of HP)
Overmatched by 150mm+ (De Ruyter, Karlsruhe)Angle bounces 127mm10 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel16 mm primary (range 10–16 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.
Superstructure13 mm1,400 (12% 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 HP5,700 magazine HPMagazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HPPer-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
AA mount (76 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 HP3,400 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.

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Balance History

Balance updates affecting Soobrazitelny. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×3Rework ×1Torpedo ×2Consumable ×3
2025-10-30

Ministry of Balance: Preparing for Winter

  • Stock torpedo range increased from 5 to 6 km.
  • Upgraded torpedo range increased from 7 to 8 km.
  • Added Repair Party consumable.
  • Changed the order of consumables to be consistent throughout the Soviet destroyer Tech Tree branch:
  • Damage Control Party.
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