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VI Nelson

Nation: U.K.
Class: Battleship
Tier: VISix
Peer: Tier Six Battleships
Type: Premium

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43Builds Submitted

10Reviews Submitted

20Records Submitted

Aug 2020Added to WoWS Builds

This battleship featured an innovative arrangement designed under the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The ship was armed with 406 mm main guns that were concentrated in three turrets in the ship's bow. She was the first battleship in the Royal Navy to be armored according to the...

Nelson Stats

Survivability

Hitpoints	59,400
Effective HP	106,920
Armor	9-406 mm
Torpedo Protection	19%

Armament

Main Battery
Main Battery	406 mm 3x3
Range	16.00 km
Reload Time	30.0 s
Turret Turn Time	45.0 s
Gun Traverse Speed	4.0°/s
Sigma	1.90
HE Damage	6,900
HE Alpha Strike	62,100
HE DPM	124,200
Fires Per Minute	1.99
AP Damage	12,000
Overmatch	28 mm
AP Alpha Strike	108,000
AP DPM	216,000
Secondary Battery
Secondary Range	5.00 km
Secondary Battery 1	120 mm 6x1
Secondary Range 1	5.00 km
Secondary Reload 1	5.0 s
Secondary Damage 1	1,700
Secondary Fire Chance 1	8.0%
Secondary Battery 2	152 mm 6x2
Secondary Range 2	5.00 km
Secondary Reload 2	12.0 s
Secondary Damage 2	3,100

Air Defense

AA Max DPS	295
AA Max Range	4.50 km
AA Mount 1	20 mm 39x1
AA DPS 1	140
AA Range 1	2.00 km
AA Mount 2	40 mm 6x8
AA DPS 2	119
AA Range 2	2.50 km
AA Mount 3	120 mm 6x1
AA DPS 3	36
AA Range 3	4.50 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed	24.0 kt
Turning Circle	750 m
Rudder Shift Time	14.9 s

Detectability

Surface Detectability	13.90 km
Air Detectability	11.70 km
Firing in Smoke Penalty	14.10 km

Nelson Records

Damage284 796

ImperatorIrwin

Jul 2021

Base XP7 980

ShawnGodin

Aug 2022

Damage Records

284 796Jul 2021

ImperatorIrwin

Top Record

277 313Jun 2022

IIOwlIISVK

Second Place

253 540Mar 2022

Happy2916

Third Place

240 035Jan 2022

King Slappy

233 327Sep 2021

Karim zine

226 197Oct 2021

Hellcat787

221 115Jul 2021

BitWUprising

194 271Jul 2021

Odin1316

179 626Aug 2024

XGrimDragonX

174 968Jul 2021

SpeedEGonzalez

Base XP Records

7 980Aug 2022

ShawnGodin

Top Record

5 220Jun 2022

IIOwlIISVK

Second Place

4 319Aug 2022

Incognito

Third Place

4 246Oct 2021

Haran

4 064Jul 2021

XboxLangor

3 793Aug 2021

Hainzy79

3 681Jul 2021

Ronin-OPTIONS

2 925Jul 2021

SpeedEGonzalez

2 843Dec 2023

Raptor9434

2 753Jul 2021

Father Mundy

Nelson Reviews

Power4.10

Fun4.70

Learning Curve3.40

Skill Ceiling3.50

Utility3.60

Red Sploshon

Power4

Fun5

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling4

Utility4

gec_kalma

Power4

Fun5

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling2

Utility3

WilksterSpace19

Power4

Fun5

Learning Curve4

Skill Ceiling4

Utility5

Anonymous

Power4

Fun5

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling4

Utility4

Incognito

Power4

Fun5

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling4

Utility4

Peer Comparison

Tier VI Battleships

Ships	Hitpoints	Reload	AP Damage	Max Speed	Surface Detectability
Ashitaka	59,400	31.0 s	12,400	30.0 kt	14.20 km
Collingwood	58,500	26.0 s	13,000	27.0 kt	14.30 km
Colorado	59,300	30.0 s	12,400	21.0 kt	14.80 km
Connecticut	71,100	28.0 s	10,500	30.0 kt	14.20 km
D'kyr	54,000	27.0 s	11,000	32.0 kt	14.60 km
Duke of York	60,500	29.5 s	10,500	28.0 kt	13.80 km
Florida	63,800	31.0 s	9,500	27.0 kt	13.70 km
Francesco Caracciolo	50,500	33.0 s	11,000	29.0 kt	14.30 km
Gneisenau	58,200	26.0 s	11,600	28.8 kt	14.60 km
Hood	67,700	27.0 s	11,400	32.0 kt	14.00 km
Ignis Purgato	59,500	28.0 s	11,000	27.0 kt	14.20 km
King George V	60,500	25.0 s	10,500	28.0 kt	14.50 km
Lyon	53,400	30.0 s	9,500	27.0 kt	14.70 km
Nagato	65,000	29.0 s	12,600	26.0 kt	14.80 km
Nelson	59,400	30.0 s	12,000	24.0 kt	13.90 km
Nelson W	59,400	30.0 s	12,000	24.0 kt	13.90 km
North Carolina	58,000	32.0 s	13,100	27.0 kt	14.40 km
P. Heinrich	56,300	33.0 s	10,900	28.0 kt	14.30 km
Poltava	59,100	28.0 s	11,250	29.0 kt	13.60 km
Ragnarok	66,500	28.0 s	12,000	27.0 kt	14.60 km
Resistance	59,000	24.0 s	12,000	29.9 kt	14.10 km
Rooke	59,200	31.0 s	11,400	31.9 kt	14.10 km
Scharnhorst	56,300	20.0 s	7,600	30.0 kt	14.00 km
Sinop	65,000	33.0 s	12,000	27.0 kt	14.60 km
Strasbourg	58,000	24.0 s	9,700	30.0 kt	14.80 km

Nelson Builds

Community submitted commander builds

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406mm HE Spaming Machine

Anonymous

Sep 2020

-KK- Nelson Toughest Brawler

xPaulKK

Dec 2020

Xarkun's Nelson Build

5x Heal+Dispersion Nelson

Billnye203

Nov 2020

Nasty for the red team

Abhay5100= Ps username

	Build	Creator	Date
16	406mm HE Spaming Machine	Anonymous	Sep 2020	Open
9	-KK- Nelson Toughest Brawler	xPaulKK	Dec 2020	Open
7	Xarkun's Nelson Build	Xarkun	Jun 2021	Open
6	The 406mm Tsundere	sharkeater313	May 2021	Open
5	Stupid Heal Nelson	ItsDrillz	Aug 2021	Open
4	5x Heal+Dispersion Nelson	Billnye203	Nov 2020	Open
4	Nasty for the red team	Abhay5100= Ps username	Feb 2021	Open
3	nelson on nelson	federaltitan147	May 2021	Open
3	All round AL Nelson	razlolito	Oct 2021	Open
3	AP only	[ANKER] Adsionzy	Dec 2021	Open

Nelson Consumables

Slot 1

Damage Control Party

Charges: ∞
Cooldown: 40 s
Duration: 5 s

Slot 2

Repair Party

Charges: 2
Cooldown: 80 s
Duration: 20 s
Health per second: 2.00%

Slot 3

Enhanced Secondary Targeting

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

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