Tier V WoWs Legends Ship Guides

France · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Aigle

Wins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

Japan · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

AL Fusou

Punish every broadside with main-battery throughput; keep the guns reloading on targets.

U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

AL Queen Elizabeth

Improved HE means fires and chip damage on anything angled; heal back the trade.

Pan-America · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Almirante Cochrane

Competent at AP citadels, HE pressure, and cap support; adapt to the matchup.

Italy · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Andrea Doria

Outlast the line on heals, not armor; commit to fights peers cannot sustain.

Pan-Asia · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Anshan

Wins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

Japan · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Aoba

Built around an AP fuse that punishes cruiser sides; skip HE and fish citadels.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Arizona

A bow-on anchor: thick plate eats incoming fire while the team trades from behind.

U.K. · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Premium

Ark Royal

Saturate decks with mass HE drops; trade volume for precision.

Italy · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Aviere

Fires SAP instead of AP; farm chunks from agile, smoke-screened spots and pick bite-able targets.

Spain · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Baleares

Guns earn citadels on broadsides; Sonar contests islands and smoke without exposing the hull.

Germany · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Bayern

Built to brawl: the sloped belt bounces point-blank shells while secondaries work.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Boevoi

Damage from sustained main-battery pressure, not torpedo dumps.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Budyonny

Guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM; Surveillance Radar sets cap fights on top.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

California

Built to absorb; the HP bar holds a lane long after peer battleships fold.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Dallas

Stack fires and HE DPM; Sonar buys safe vision around cover and torpedoes.

France · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

De Grasse

Stack fires and HE DPM; Sonar buys safe vision around cover and torpedoes.

U.K. · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Devonshire

Lean on Sonar to win vision around cover, then farm where the team needs it.

U.K. · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Dido

Guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM; Sonar contests islands and smoke without exposing the hull.

Italy · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Duca d'Aosta

High-alpha SAP cruiser: chunk broadsides and superstructures, angle hard, avoid armor your SAP shatters on.

Italy · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Duca d'Aosta B

High-alpha SAP cruiser: chunk broadsides and superstructures, angle hard, avoid armor your SAP shatters on.

France · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Duchaffault

Stealth is the kit; hold cap edges unseen and disengage before the trade turns.

France · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Dunkerque

Mobility rotates flanks battleship-fast and picks fights with the first salvo.

France · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Dunkerque B

Mobility rotates flanks battleship-fast and picks fights with the first salvo.

France · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Dupleix

An AP citadel threat with Sonar for safe vision around cover and torpedoes.

U.K. · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Exeter

Lean on Sonar to win vision around cover, then farm where the team needs it.

U.K. · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Exeter B

Lean on Sonar to win vision around cover, then farm where the team needs it.

Japan · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Fubuki

Built around the torpedo battery: flood lanes with fish and avoid stand-up gun fights.

U.K. · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree

Furious

Saturate decks with mass HE drops; trade volume for precision.

Pan-Asia · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Fushun

Wins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

Japan · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Fusō

High gun throughput: keep the mains firing and bleed every broadside that shows.

Germany · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Gaede

Fast, hard-hitting torpedoes; a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trader.

U.K. · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Gallant

Lives on its torpedoes; deal damage from concealment rather than the gun duel.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Gnevny

Wins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

Japan · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Gokase

Long torpedoes are the real threat; the guns just chip while the tubes reload.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Gorky

Sonar-first support: contest islands and smoke without spending detection.

Germany · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Graf Spee

Battleship-caliber guns on a cruiser hull; overmatch broadside cruisers with AP, don't brawl battleships.

Germany · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Graf Spee B

Outguns cruisers with battleship-grade AP; respect real battleships and keep distance.

France · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Guépard

Wins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

France · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Guépard W

Damage from sustained main-battery pressure, not torpedo dumps.

Japan · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Hatsuharu

Fast, hard-hitting torpedoes; a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trader.

Japan · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Heat Ray

Wins on AP volume; prioritise uptime and punish the line shot after shot.

Pan-Asia · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Huanghe

Sonar contests islands and smoke without exposing the hull to vision cycles.

Japan · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Hyūga

Built to absorb; the HP bar holds a lane long after peer battleships fold.

Japan · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Hyūga W

A health pool that outlasts the line: soak trades peers cannot afford to take.

U.K. · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Icarus

Use the smoke cycle to fight on your terms; shoot from cover, reset when spotted.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Premium

Independence

Repeated HE dive-bombs chip everything; pick soft targets and keep squadrons alive.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Izmail

A heavy Repair Party lets it stay in trades peers have to break off.

Pan-America · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Juruá

Lives on its torpedoes; deal damage from concealment rather than the gun duel.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Kane

A radar gunboat: scan the cap yourself and out-trade what you light.

Netherlands · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Kijkduin

Pairs main-battery fire with a bomber alt-strike to pressure distant objectives.

France · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

La Galissonnière

Stack fires and HE DPM; Sonar buys safe vision around cover and torpedoes.

France · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Le Glorieux

Damage from sustained main-battery pressure, not torpedo dumps.

U.K. · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Leander

No HE shells: every salvo is AP into broadsides, dodge in open water.

Italy · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Leone

A SAP gunboat: high-alpha SAP into broadsides and superstructures, leaning on smoke and speed.

U.K. · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

London

A heavy Repair Party means it outlasts trades thin-skinned cruisers cannot.

Germany · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Mackensen

Close inside secondary range and let the auto-fire battery work with the mains.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Mahan

Wins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Makarov

Stack fires and HE DPM; Sonar buys safe vision around cover and torpedoes.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Molotov

Stack fires and HE DPM; Sonar buys safe vision around cover and torpedoes.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Monaghan

Built around the torpedo battery: flood lanes with fish and avoid stand-up gun fights.

Japan · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Mutsu

Push into secondary range so the auto-battery adds to your main-gun damage.

Japan · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Mutsu B

Close inside secondary range and let the auto-fire battery work with the mains.

Commonwealth · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Mysore

AP-only: there is no HE, so hunt broadsides and stay mobile in the open.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

New Mexico

Hold the line bow-in; top-decile plate shrugs what peers can't crack while the team trades.

France · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Normandie

Speed lets it rotate flanks like no other battleship and open fights on its terms.

Germany · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Nürnberg

Guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM; Sonar contests islands and smoke without exposing the hull.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Pensacola

Sonar-first support: contest islands and smoke without spending detection.

Commonwealth · Tier V · Cruiser · Premium

Perth

Sonar-first support: contest islands and smoke without spending detection.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Primal

Hold the line bow-in; top-decile plate shrugs what peers can't crack while the team trades.

Germany · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Prinz Eitel Friedrich

Improved-HE guns farm fires and chip angled targets your AP can't crack; heals sustain the trade.

U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Queen Elizabeth

Burn the enemy line with improved-HE salvos, then heal through the return fire.

Pan-Asia · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Rahmat

HE fires and sustained DPM rather than picking AP citadels.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree

Ranger

Repeated HE dive-bombs chip everything; pick soft targets and keep squadrons alive.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Rasputin

Close inside secondary range and let the auto-fire battery work with the mains.

U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Renown

Mobility rotates flanks battleship-fast and picks fights with the first salvo.

U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Repulse

Improved-HE guns farm fires and chip angled targets your AP can't crack; heals sustain the trade.

Japan · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree

Ryūjō

Repeated squadron strikes; manage planes and positioning.

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree

Serov

Skip HE bombs into hulls; hunt distracted targets, avoid AA.

Japan · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

Shinonome

Fast, hard-hitting torpedoes; a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trader.

Germany · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

ST-61

Damage from sustained main-battery pressure, not torpedo dumps.

Pan-Europe · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Stord

Damage from sustained main-battery pressure, not torpedo dumps.

Germany · Tier V · Destroyer · Premium

T-61

A gun-first destroyer: lean on main-battery DPM and treat the torpedoes as a finisher.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree

Tennessee

A bow-on anchor: thick plate eats incoming fire while the team trades from behind.

Italy · Tier V · Cruiser · Tech Tree

Trento

Competent at AP citadels, HE pressure, and cap support; adapt to the matchup.

Pan-Europe · Tier V · Destroyer · Tech Tree

Västerås

Fast, hard-hitting torpedoes; a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trader.

U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Warspite

An outsized Repair Party holds trades peers have to disengage from.

U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Warspite B

A heavy Repair Party lets it stay in trades peers have to break off.

Germany · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree

Weser

Citadel broadside heavies with AP bombs; torpedoes handle the rest.

U.S.A. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

West Virginia

Hold the line bow-in; top-decile plate shrugs what peers can't crack while the team trades.

Japan · Tier V · Aircraft Carrier · Premium

Zuihō

Repeated squadron strikes; manage planes and positioning.