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VIII Drake

Nation: U.K.
Class: Cruiser
Tier: VIIIEight
Peer: Tier Eight Cruisers
Type: Tech Tree

Tech Tree

British Alternate Cruisers

Overview

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7Builds Submitted

2Reviews Submitted

9Records Submitted

Mar 2023Added to WoWS Builds

The project of a warship designed in the late 1930s which was to be able to effectively counter the latest German heavy cruisers. Superiority in firepower was achieved through the use of 234 mm main guns.

Drake Stats

Survivability

Hitpoints	49,800
Effective HP	89,640
Armor	16-229 mm
Torpedo Protection	22%

Armament

Main Battery
Main Battery	234 mm 3x3
Range	15.60 km
Reload Time	11.0 s
Turret Turn Time	11.0 s
Gun Traverse Speed	16.4°/s
Sigma	2.05
HE Damage	3,850
HE Alpha Strike	34,650
HE DPM	189,000
Fires Per Minute	4.99
AP Damage	5,750
Overmatch	16 mm
AP Alpha Strike	51,750
AP DPM	282,273
torpedo
Torpedo Layout	2x4
Torpedo Damage	16,767
Torpedo Detectability	1.30 km
Torpedo Range	10.00 km
Torpedo Speed	62.0 kt
Secondary Battery
Secondary Range	5.00 km
Secondary Battery 1	113 mm 6x2
Secondary Range 1	5.00 km
Secondary Reload 1	5.0 s
Secondary Damage 1	1,600
Secondary Fire Chance 1	7.0%

Air Defense

AA Max DPS	263
AA Max Range	5.00 km
AA Mount 1	12x1 20 mm
AA DPS 1	43
AA Range 1	2.00 km
AA Mount 2	4x4 40 mm
AA DPS 2	52
AA Range 2	2.50 km
AA Mount 3	4x8 40 mm
AA DPS 3	79
AA Range 3	2.50 km
AA Mount 4	6x2 113 mm
AA DPS 4	89
AA Range 4	5.00 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed	33.3 kt
Turning Circle	760 m
Rudder Shift Time	11.0 s

Detectability

Surface Detectability	12.20 km
Air Detectability	7.30 km
Firing in Smoke Penalty	7.60 km

Drake Records

Damage243 933

TryHardBill

Jul 2023

Base XP4 019

TryHardBill

Aug 2024

Damage Records

243 933Jul 2023

TryHardBill

Top Record

237 256Jul 2023

WPG_Noah_Cook

Second Place

232 394Jun 2023

WPG_Noah_Cook

Third Place

226 945Mar 2023

BDK EU

176 758Mar 2023

Hoshi

Base XP Records

4 019Aug 2024

TryHardBill

Top Record

3 710Aug 2023

reiyukihyo

Second Place

3 623Jun 2023

WPG_Noah_Cook

Third Place

2 980Jul 2023

WPG_Noah_Cook

Drake Reviews

Power3.50

Fun3.00

Learning Curve3.50

Skill Ceiling3.50

Utility3.50

Nine_Tail_Kaga

Power4

Fun3

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling3

Utility3

nonoch

Power3

Fun3

Learning Curve4

Skill Ceiling4

Utility4

Peer Comparison

Tier VIII Cruisers

Ships	Hitpoints	Reload	AP Damage	Max Speed	Surface Detectability
Ägir	62,850	30.0 s	9,100	33.5 kt	13.90 km
Brest	55,300	26.0 s	9,700	31.5 kt	11.70 km
Brindisi	47,400	16.0 s	5,100	36.7 kt	11.60 km
Buffalo	47,800	10.0 s	5,000	33.0 kt	13.00 km
Carnot	66,450	24.0 s	8,700	34.5 kt	13.90 km
Dm. Donskoi	47,400	11.0 s	4,400	36.0 kt	14.70 km
Drake	49,800	11.0 s	5,750	33.3 kt	12.20 km
Ibuki	39,000	13.0 s	5,150	35.0 kt	12.60 km
Ibuki B	39,000	13.0 s	5,150	35.0 kt	12.60 km
Kronshtadt	71,050	18.5 s	9,000	33.5 kt	14.70 km
Michelangelo	66,100	21.5 s	9,700	33.5 kt	12.30 km
Neptune	44,900	4.5 s	3,200	33.5 kt	12.10 km
Petropavlovsk	45,500	14.5 s	5,750	32.5 kt	14.40 km
Roon	49,500	10.5 s	6,000	32.5 kt	13.80 km
Saint-Louis	44,000	7.5 s	5,050	33.0 kt	13.80 km
Salem	44,700	5.5 s	4,000	33.0 kt	13.00 km
Schröder	59,300	18.0 s	7,700	32.5 kt	13.10 km
Seattle	43,600	6.5 s	3,500	33.0 kt	12.80 km
Takahashi	49,500	15.0 s	3,100	34.5 kt	12.40 km
Tulsa	42,700	5.2 s	5,300	33.0 kt	12.35 km
Vallejo	44,000	6.0 s	3,500	32.5 kt	12.50 km

Drake Builds

Community submitted commander builds

18.2 km 8.9s reload 29%fire chance and 6.43/min and sims for 50k hp

	Build	Creator	Date
2	Fire-Breathing Drake	BaronByrne	Jul 2023	Open
1	Dpm	NosyRogue	Jul 2023	Open
1	Standard Drake	reiyukihyo	Aug 2023	Open
1	18.2 km 8.9s reload 29%fire chance and 6.43/min and sims for 50k hp	icysmoke	Dec 2023	Open
1	Balance	Nine_Tail_Kaga	Jul 2023	Open
1	Sponge	Anonymous	Mar 2023	Open
1	Love The Drake	Lord Vader	Mar 2023	Open

Drake Consumables

Slot 1

Damage Control Party

Charges: ∞
Cooldown: 60 s
Duration: 5 s

Slot 2

Repair Party

Charges: 2
Cooldown: 60 s
Duration: 20 s
Health per second: 2.00%

Slot 3

Sonar

Charges: 2
Cooldown: 180 s
Duration: 96 s
Ship Detection: 4.4 km
Torpedo Detection: 3.1 km

Defensive AA Fire

Charges: 2
Cooldown: 150 s
Duration: 40 s
AA Damage Boost: 200%

Slot 4

Catapult Fighter

Charges: 3
Cooldown: 80 s
Duration: 100 s

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