World of Warships: Legends ship guide

Udaloi

Also called: 乌达洛伊 · Удалой Beta
Gunboat destroyerA gun-first destroyer: lean on main-battery DPM and treat the torpedoes as a finisher.
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
Strong AASmokeEngine BoostLong heal windowHolds speed in turnsEasily spotted
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Playstyle

Overview

Udaloi is a Tier VII 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. Standout traits: best AA reach in T7 DDs (5.2 km) and best Repair Party duration in T7 DDs (28 s).

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.

Long-reach AA

5.2 km AA reach, best of T7 DDs.

Long heal window

28.0 s Repair Party duration, best of T7 DDs. Restores HP for longer per activation.

Long DCP window

10.0 s Damage Control duration, best of T7 DDs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

Easily spotted

7.58 km surface detect, worst of T7 DDs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Slow reload

6.8 s reload, bottom decile of T7 DDs. Salvos punish more, but cycle is slower than peers.

Acquisition

How to get Udaloi

Udaloi is available in the Generalist Destroyers branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree for 18,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 4,500,000 credits.

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Udaloi 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 Udaloi sits among Tier VII DDs (34 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.

BestAA range5.2 km (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Engine power84,250 hp (4/34) Top 10%Turn-speed retention138.1 hp/m (3/34) Top 10%AA DPS278 (4/34) Top 10%AA threat1,148 (4/34) Top 25%AP velocity900 m/s (7/32) Top 25%HE velocity900 m/s (7/34) Top 25%Power-to-weight24.91 hp/t (5/34) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.24 (29/34) Bottom 25%HE DPM100,588 (30/34) Bottom 25%AP DPM137,647 (29/32) Bottom 25%Torpedo range8.04 km (26/33) Bottom 10%Rudder shift5.4 s (32/34) Bottom 10%Main battery reload6.8 s (33/34) Bottom 10%Citadel belt19 mm (33/34) WorstStealth profile7.58 km / 3.79 km (34/34 / 34/34) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 2 tied) WorstBow armor13 mm (34/34)
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Not standouts for Udaloi -- 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 points18,800 HP(10/34) Max speed38 kt(11/34) Traverse-to-turn ratio10.89 ×(10/34) Main battery caliber130 mm(13/34) Main battery range11 km(12/34) HE shell damage1,900(14/34) HE fire chance8%(15/34) AP shell damage2,600(12/32) Main dispersion90 m(13/34) Acceleration16.7 s(10/34) AP arming threshold22 mm(21/32) Displacement3,382 t(26/34) Torpedo damage≈14,000(23/33) Torpedo speed65 kt(18/33) Torpedo reload100 s(19/33) Max armor20 mm(19/34) Deck armor16 mm(21/28) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(25 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(26 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(26 of 32 tied at this value) NormStern armor19 mm(31 of 34 tied at this value)
Survivability
Hit PointsInitial: 16,000 → 18,800
Displacement3,382 t
Armor range6–20 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 13, 16, 19, 20 mm
Armor material/layer entries26
Fire resistanceInitial: 33.3% → 36.6%
Fire duration30 s
Torp Reduction0%
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 130 mm/55 B-2-U
Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels
Reload time7.5 s
Firing range (base)10 km
Firing range (top fire control)11 km
Turret traverse20 °/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 =(1000130·80.51000+0.5)·30=90m
90 m
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =90·0.6=54m
54 m
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) =90·0.32(σ=2)=28.8m
28.8 m
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) =54·0.32(σ=2)=17.3m
17.3 m
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 20 deg/s traverse speed = 9 s.
9 s
Base shells/min
ƒ6 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 48.
48
HE shells
HE Damage1,900
HE Velocity900 m/s
Fire Chance8%
HE penetration
ƒ22 mm ≈ 130 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
22 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ1,900 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 11,400.
11,400
Base HE DPM
ƒ11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 91,200.
91,200
Installed HE DPM
ƒ11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 100,588.
100,588
Base fires/min
ƒ48 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 3.84.
3.84
AP shells
AP Damage2,600
AP Velocity900 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 =107·1634·33.50.69·0.131.07·9001.38=195.2mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
195.2 mm
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (13.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 405.7 m/s: P=107·1634·33.50.69·0.131.07·405.71.38=65mm.
65 mm
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ2,600 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 15,600.
15,600
Base AP DPM
ƒ15,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 124,800.
124,800
Installed AP DPM
ƒ15,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 137,647.
137,647
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.
10
Torpedoes
ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Quintuple 2-N
Launchers / tubes3 launchers × 5 tubes = 15 tubes
Reload time100 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 = 15 x 14,000 = 210,000.
210,000
AA Defense
AA mount pointsInitial: 8 → 9
Close-range AA DPS
ƒSum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (15×3.5×1) + (30×3.5×0.95) + (18×3.5×1) + (18×3.5×1) = 278. 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.
278
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
5.2 km
37 mm 46-KInitial: 37 mm 66-K (2×2) → 37 mm 46-K (2×4)
25 mm 2M-3 (upgraded hull only)7×2 25mm
12.7 mm DShKM-2B (stock hull only)6×2 13mm
Far aura
DPS
ƒIncludes 36 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.
36
Range5.2 km
Medium aura
DPSInitial: 11 → 15
Range3.5 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 36 + Medium 15 = 51
51
Near aura
DPS30
Range3.1 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 36 + Medium 15 + Near 30 = 81
81
Maneuverability
Engine moduleEngine: 84,250 hp
Engine power84,250 hp
Maximum speed38 kt
Turning circle radius610 m
Rudder shift time5.4 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 (34.2 kt of 38 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.
16.7 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (37.6 kt of 38 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·38.0·0.5144610=1.84°/s, so ratio=ωturretωhull=201.84=10.9×. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.
10.9× ok
Concealment
Detectability by sea7.58 km
Detectability by air3.79 km
Smoke firing penalty2.88 km
Detect after firing main guns
ƒmax(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.
7.58 km
Detect Fire Sea9.58 km
Detect Fire Air6.79 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active
Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 2,632 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.
· 5,264 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.
· 94 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
ƒ0.5% of max HP (18,800 HP) per second = 94 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 / 89 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 points16,000 → 18,800
  • Rudder shift9.8 → 7 s
  • AA mounts8 → 9
  • Close-range AA DPS36 → 45
Fire controlUpgrade
  • Main battery range10,001 → 11001.1 m
TorpedoesUpgrade
  • Range6.03 → 8.04 km
  • Reload120 → 100 s
  • Alpha damage40,200 → 42,000
  • Display damage13,400 → 14,000
  • Speed60 → 65 kt

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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.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp90 m
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{10001}{30}\cdot\dfrac{8-0.5}{1000} + 0.5\right)\cdot 30 = 90\,\text{m}$
Shell scatter width @ 10 km90 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.
Max Vert Disp54 m
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 90 \cdot 0.6 = 54\,\text{m}$
Shell scatter height @ 10 km54 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.
Med Horiz Disp28.8 m
50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 90 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 28.8\,\text{m}$
Med Vert Disp17.3 m
50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 54 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 17.3\,\text{m}$
Dispersion familyDD Disp.
Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.
AP Pen Close195.2 mm
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 1634 \cdot 33.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.13^{-1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 195.2\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far65 mm
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 405.7 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 1634 \cdot 33.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.13^{-1.07} \cdot 405.7^{1.38} = 65\,\text{mm}$.
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 Radius10
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 alpha6
All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time9 s
180 degrees / 20 deg/s traverse speed = 9 s.
HE full-salvo alpha11,400
1,900 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 11,400.
AP full-salvo alpha15,600
2,600 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 15,600.
Base HE DPM91,200
11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 91,200.
Base AP DPM124,800
15,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 124,800.
Installed HE DPM100,588
11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 100,588.
Installed AP DPM137,647
15,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 137,647.
Base shells/min48
6 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 48.
Installed shells/min52.9
6 broadside guns x 60 / 6.8 s installed Artillery reload = 52.9.
Base fires/min3.84
48 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 3.84.
Installed fires/min4.24
52.9 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 4.24.

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 count15
3 launchers x 5 tubes.
Per-side salvo15 torpedoes
15 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).
Full-salvo damage210,000
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 15 x 14,000 = 210,000.
Per-side salvo damage210,000
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 15 x 14,000 = 210,000.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS278
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (15×3.5×1) + (30×3.5×0.95) + (18×3.5×1) + (18×3.5×1) = 278. 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 range5.2 km
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
AA threat index1148
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 range3.1 km

Armor Beta

Hull HP 16,00018,800 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 & stern13 mm

Overmatched by 195+ 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 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the ballistics tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow13 mm primary (range 13–20 mm)3,000 (16% of HP)
Overmatched by 203mm+ (Algerie, Asturias)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 mm14,100 (75% of HP)
Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern19 mm primary (range 16–20 mm)1,300 (7% of HP)
Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel19 mm primary (range 13–19 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 6–16 mm)1,400 (7% 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 HP9,400 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 (37 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 HP5,600 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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