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IV Kongō

Nation: Japan
Class: Battleship
Tier: IVFour
Peer: Tier Four Battleships
Type: Tech Tree

Tech Tree

Japanese Battleships

Overview

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10Builds Submitted

11Reviews Submitted

13Records Submitted

Aug 2020Added to WoWS Builds

When she was commissioned, Kongo was the most advanced battlecruiser in the world. She was the first among battlecruisers and battleships to be equipped with 356 mm main battery guns. Unlike previous Japanese dreadnoughts, Kongo received a thinner armor belt while her deck armor and torpedo protecti...

Kongō Stats

Survivability

Hitpoints	54,100
Effective HP	76,822
Armor	6-254 mm
Torpedo Protection	25%

Armament

Main Battery
Main Battery	356 mm 4x2
Range	15.40 km
Reload Time	31.0 s
Turret Turn Time	53.5 s
Gun Traverse Speed	3.4°/s
Sigma	1.80
HE Damage	5,700
HE Alpha Strike	45,600
HE DPM	88,258
Fires Per Minute	1.74
AP Damage	10,200
Overmatch	24 mm
AP Alpha Strike	81,600
AP DPM	157,935
Secondary Battery
Secondary Range	4.00 km
Secondary Battery 1	127 mm 4x2
Secondary Range 1	4.00 km
Secondary Reload 1	5.0 s
Secondary Damage 1	2,100
Secondary Fire Chance 1	8.0%
Secondary Battery 2	152 mm 14x1
Secondary Range 2	4.00 km
Secondary Reload 2	10.0 s
Secondary Damage 2	2,900

Air Defense

AA Max DPS	82
AA Max Range	5.00 km
AA Mount 1	13 mm 12x2
AA DPS 1	42
AA Range 1	1.20 km
AA Mount 2	127 mm 4x2
AA DPS 2	40
AA Range 2	5.00 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed	30.0 kt
Turning Circle	770 m
Rudder Shift Time	14.9 s

Detectability

Surface Detectability	13.60 km
Air Detectability	10.90 km
Firing in Smoke Penalty	11.80 km

Kongō Records

Damage205 155

Airsoftbushwookie

Jul 2022

Base XP3 858

Bassickfunk76

Apr 2022

Damage Records

205 155Jul 2022

Airsoftbushwookie

Top Record

186 063Apr 2022

Bassickfunk76

Second Place

158 657Aug 2021

FloridaMan

Third Place

148 382Apr 2024

DARE if you ARE

109 095Aug 2021

AnInfernalDevice

102 826Jun 2021

ImperatorIrwin

Base XP Records

3 858Apr 2022

Bassickfunk76

Top Record

3 404May 2022

TigerT7942

Second Place

3 262Apr 2024

DARE if you ARE

Third Place

2 792Apr 2022

Darius1299

2 787Oct 2021

ImperatorIrwin

2 705Aug 2021

FloridaMan

2 681Aug 2021

AnInfernalDevice

Kongō Reviews

Power3.64

Fun3.00

Learning Curve2.64

Skill Ceiling4.55

Utility3.09

LofotrViking

Power4

Fun2

Learning Curve2

Skill Ceiling4

Utility4

ApolloDutchie

Power5

Fun5

Learning Curve1

Skill Ceiling5

Utility4

BasementLair123

Power5

Fun5

Learning Curve5

Skill Ceiling5

Utility5

LiveWarrior8975

Power4

Fun5

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling4

Utility3

Vic2911

Power2

Fun1

Learning Curve2

Skill Ceiling4

Utility2

Peer Comparison

Tier IV Battleships

Ships	Hitpoints	Reload	AP Damage	Max Speed	Surface Detectability
ARP Haruna	54,100	30.0 s	10,000	30.0 kt	13.00 km
ARP Kirishima	54,100	30.0 s	10,000	30.0 kt	13.60 km
Bretange	41,700	30.0 s	9,500	21.0 kt	14.50 km
Cavour	36,300	28.5 s	7,900	22.0 kt	13.00 km
Derfflinger	47,600	26.0 s	8,100	26.5 kt	12.90 km
Giulio Cesare	45,500	30.0 s	9,700	27.0 kt	13.20 km
Iron Duke	47,100	30.0 s	9,900	22.5 kt	13.40 km
Kongō	54,100	31.0 s	10,200	30.0 kt	13.60 km
König	47,100	26.0 s	8,100	24.0 kt	13.40 km
Myogi	45,700	30.0 s	10,000	30.0 kt	13.70 km
Nevada	48,200	34.0 s	10,300	20.0 kt	12.90 km
New York	49,100	34.3 s	10,000	21.0 kt	13.60 km
Nikolai I	44,800	30.0 s	8,600	25.0 kt	12.50 km
Oklahoma	48,200	34.0 s	10,000	20.0 kt	12.40 km
Okt. Revolutsiya	42,500	32.0 s	8,600	23.0 kt	13.20 km
Pyotr Velikiy	51,100	33.0 s	10,500	23.9 kt	13.20 km
Rio de Janeiro	48,400	31.0 s	8,100	22.0 kt	13.00 km
Texas	49,100	34.3 s	10,300	20.6 kt	13.00 km
Tiger	49,600	30.0 s	9,450	29.0 kt	12.90 km
Viribus Unitis	35,700	30.0 s	8,500	21.5 kt	12.50 km

Kongō Builds

Community submitted commander builds

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Kongo

J's Kongō Usual Build

	Build	Creator	Date
6	Kongo (Invader)	RedWineLover17	Feb 2021	Open
4	nico	Anonymous	May 2022	Open
3	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Kongo	PilotAce200	Feb 2022	Open
2	My Usual Kongo Build	OrayzeVampire	Dec 2021	Open
2	T4 BB DPM	OrayzeVampire	Feb 2022	Open
1	Ranked Kongo	Troy_360	Apr 2022	Open
1	Dpm	Hammerhead	Jun 2023	Open
1	J's Kongō Usual Build	Anonymous	Aug 2023	Open
1	Stealth Kongō	itz hazyy	Jan 2023	Open
1	Speed Build Kongo	Stygian_Darkstar	Jan 2022	Open

Kongō Consumables

Slot 1

Damage Control Party

Charges: ∞
Cooldown: 80 s
Duration: 10 s

Slot 2

Repair Party

Charges: 3
Cooldown: 80 s
Duration: 28 s
Health per second: 0.50%

Slot 3

Enhanced Secondary Targeting

Charges: 3
Cooldown: 160 s
Duration: 30 s
Secondary Shell Dispersion: -50%
Secondary Shell Grouping: 100%

Spotter Plane

Shell Grouping: 10%
Charges: 3
Cooldown: 200 s
Duration: 30 s

Catapult Fighter

Charges: 3
Cooldown: 80 s
Duration: 90 s

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