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Hood
VI Hood
Nation
Tier
VISix
Peer
Tier Six Battleships
Type
Premium

Overview

47Builds Submitted
11Reviews Submitted
16Records Submitted
Aug 2020Added to WoWS Builds

A fast battlecruiser that had long remained the largest and one of the most powerful ships in the Royal Navy. The ship was built based on experience gained in World War I. Unlike later period battleships, she had weak horizontal armor protection. In the beginning of World War II, the ship's outdated...

Hood Stats

Survivability
Hitpoints67,700
Effective HP96,134
Armor13-381 mm
Torpedo Protection18%
Armament
Main Battery
Main Battery381 mm 4x2
Range15.90 km
Reload Time27.0 s
Turret Turn Time36.0 s
Gun Traverse Speed5.0°/s
Sigma1.90
HE Damage5,300
HE Alpha Strike42,400
HE DPM94,222
Fires Per Minute2.14
AP Damage11,400
Overmatch26 mm
AP Alpha Strike91,200
AP DPM202,667
Secondary Battery
Secondary Range5.00 km
Secondary Battery 1102 mm 7x2
Secondary Range 15.00 km
Secondary Reload 13.0 s
Secondary Damage 11,500
Secondary Fire Chance 16.0%
Air Defense
AA Max DPS183
AA Max Range5.00 km
AA Mount 113 mm 4x4
AA DPS 18
AA Range 11.20 km
AA Mount 240 mm 3x8
AA DPS 259
AA Range 22.50 km
AA Mount 3102 mm 7x2
AA DPS 366
AA Range 35.00 km
AA Mount 4178 mm 5x20
AA DPS 450
AA Range 41.50 km
Maneuverability
Maximum Speed32.0 kt
Turning Circle910 m
Rudder Shift Time13.4 s
Detectability
Surface Detectability14.00 km
Air Detectability11.80 km
Firing in Smoke Penalty13.50 km

Hood Records

Damage219 267
RiceMan1997
Oct 2021
Base XP4 282
OmniVendetta
Dec 2022
Damage Records
219 267Oct 2021
RiceMan1997
Top Record
200 652Feb 2025
Lord_of_Pop
Second Place
190 821Oct 2021
Bigzz Daddy
Third Place
188 034Jul 2021
TheeMightyJimmy
188 034Aug 2021
TheeMightyJimmy
160 046Jun 2021
ImperatorIrwin
156 351Jul 2021
iF1TZ
136 146Jul 2021
LegendAzul
110 089Jun 2021
ImperatorIrwin
Base XP Records
4 282Dec 2022
OmniVendetta
Top Record
4 092Jan 2023
Azuma
Second Place
4 092Jan 2023
Azuma
Third Place
4 092Feb 2023
Azuma
4 042Jul 2021
iF1TZ
3 619Jul 2021
iF1TZ
2 795Jun 2021
ImperatorIrwin

Hood Reviews

Power3.73
Fun4.18
Learning Curve3.00
Skill Ceiling4.00
Utility3.55
Ya why
Power4
Fun5
Learning Curve3
Skill Ceiling2
Utility3
WPG_Noah_Cook
Power4
Fun5
Learning Curve2
Skill Ceiling4
Utility4
SBNitro
Power4
Fun4
Learning Curve2
Skill Ceiling4
Utility3
SC1903A3
Power3
Fun4
Learning Curve3
Skill Ceiling4
Utility3
Gantheman73
Power4
Fun5
Learning Curve4
Skill Ceiling4
Utility4

Peer Comparison

Tier VI Battleships
Ships
Hitpoints
Reload
AP Damage
Max Speed
Surface Detectability
Ashitaka
59,40031.0 s12,40030.0 kt14.20 km
Collingwood
58,50026.0 s13,00027.0 kt14.30 km
Colorado
59,30030.0 s12,40021.0 kt14.80 km
Connecticut
71,10028.0 s10,50030.0 kt14.20 km
D'kyr
54,00027.0 s11,00032.0 kt14.60 km
Duke of York
60,50029.5 s10,50028.0 kt13.80 km
Florida
63,80031.0 s9,50027.0 kt13.70 km
Francesco Caracciolo
50,50033.0 s11,00029.0 kt14.30 km
Gneisenau
58,20026.0 s11,60028.8 kt14.60 km
Hood
67,70027.0 s11,40032.0 kt14.00 km
Ignis Purgato
59,50028.0 s11,00027.0 kt14.20 km
King George V
60,50025.0 s10,50028.0 kt14.50 km
Lyon
53,40030.0 s9,50027.0 kt14.70 km
Nagato
65,00029.0 s12,60026.0 kt14.80 km
Nelson
59,40030.0 s12,00024.0 kt13.90 km
Nelson W
59,40030.0 s12,00024.0 kt13.90 km
North Carolina
58,00032.0 s13,10027.0 kt14.40 km
P. Heinrich
56,30033.0 s10,90028.0 kt14.30 km
Poltava
59,10028.0 s11,25029.0 kt13.60 km
Ragnarok
66,50028.0 s12,00027.0 kt14.60 km
Resistance
59,00024.0 s12,00029.9 kt14.10 km
Rooke
59,20031.0 s11,40031.9 kt14.10 km
Scharnhorst
56,30020.0 s7,60030.0 kt14.00 km
Sinop
65,00033.0 s12,00027.0 kt14.60 km
Strasbourg
58,00024.0 s9,70030.0 kt14.80 km

Hood Builds

Community submitted commander builds
Open in Fitting Tool
BuildCreatorDate
13
Anti-Cruiser Battlecruiser
Anonymous
Invalid DateOpen
5
Hood flanking
lgamer17123
Invalid DateOpen
5
Meme Hood
Meako Fx
Invalid DateOpen
5
Hood Speed build
Anonymous
Invalid DateOpen
5
Rule Britannia Mk. 1
Anonymous
Invalid DateOpen
4
Champion of the Empire
BronzePegasus
Invalid DateOpen
4
Speedy Hood
Cpt Jay
Invalid DateOpen
3
-KK- The fast Hood
xPaulKK
Invalid DateOpen
2
reload
darkfate
Invalid DateOpen
2
HMS Hood: Hybrid Edition
DJ_Nighthawk
Invalid DateOpen

Hood Consumables

Slot 1
Damage Control Party
Charges
Cooldown
80 s
Duration
15 s
Slot 2
Repair Party
Charges
3
Cooldown
80 s
Duration
28 s
Health per second
0.50%
Slot 3
Sonar
Charges
2
Cooldown
180 s
Duration
94 s
Ship Detection
4.2 km
Torpedo Detection
3.0 km
Enhanced Secondary Targeting
Charges
3
Cooldown
160 s
Duration
30 s
Secondary Shell Dispersion
-50%
Secondary Shell Grouping
100%