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Upon reaching account level 7, a player is granted the ability to assign a commander to each ship as well as using Commander XP to level them up. Commanders can learn a variety of useful skills that enhance the performance of the ship. Sometimes these are straight buffs to the vital statistics of a ship — such as faster turret traverse speed or more hit points — while others confer entirely new abilities or tools for the player to use in combat. A highly skilled commander is among the most powerful upgrades a ship can obtain in World of Warships: Legends, working together with installed upgrades, chosen consumables, and equipped boosters to enhance the performance and capabilities of the ship.[1]

About Commanders

A commander is the personification of a ship's crew. Some crews are well-trained and trained in the specific features of the ship, and some are not so well trained. Training a crew is a long process that requires much repetition and a defined curriculum. Commander XP (CXP), earned in battle, is used to level up commanders (see the the related article for more information). Commanders have multiple levels (up to 20), a nation, a name and a portrait. Some special commanders have a special voice.

List of commanders: All Commanders

Unlocking Commanders

When unlocking commanders, it will take some time for a player to get all of them. There are 2 ways of obtaining commanders:

Commander crates will always drop a new commander until all of them have been unlocked. Once obtaining an already owned commander (either through crates or by buying it directly), that same commander will receive a Personal Commendation Legends_Personal_Commendations.png if it is not at max level, and a Universal Commendation Legends_Universal_Commendation.png if it is maxed out (more on that later).

When unlocked, a commander is automatically Level 1.

Assigning a Commander to a Ship

A commander can be both assigned to a ship and used as an inspiration on other commanders. To assign a commander to a ship, select the ship in port and click on it. A new page will appear with the list of all owned commanders from the ship's nation; select the needed commander. A filter tool is available to find a commander more quickly. A commander can be assigned to an unlimited number of ships from its nation. However, it cannot be assigned to other nations' ships.

Once the "Commanders" feature has been unlocked, a ship cannot be taken into battle unless it has a commander assigned to it.

Note that if a ship with a commander assigned to it is sold then bought back, a commander needs to be assigned back.


Free to Play Commanders by Nation
Nation Universal Destroyers Cruisers Battleships Aircraft Carriers
Legends_USA.png George Dewey William Halsey
Arleigh Burke
Albert Gleaves
Norman Scott
Thomas Kinkaid
William Sims
Willis Lee
Ernest King
Legends_Japan.png Tōgō Heihachirō Takeo Kurita
Raizō Tanaka
Isoroku Yamamoto
Gunichi Mikawa
Takeo Takagi
Nobutake Kondō
Tamon Yamaguchi
Legends_UK.png John Jellicoe Philip Vian
Reginald Tyrwhitt
Bruce Fraser
William Tennant
John Fisher
Andrew Cunningham
Charles Madden
Denis Boyd
Legends_Germany.png Reinhard Scheer Erich Bey
Maximillian von Spee
Karl von Müller
Günther Lütjens
Otto Ciliax
Franz von Hipper
Hans Geisler
Legends_France.png Louis du Fournet Philippe Auboyneau
Louis Violette
André Roux
André Lemonnier
Robert Jaujard
Émile Guépratte
N/A
Legends_USSR.png Nikolaï von Essen Vladimir Trubetskoy
Anton Gurin
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Stepan Makarov
Lev Galler
Mikhail Kedrov
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky
Legends_Italy.png Inigo Campioni Luigi Rizzo
Carlo Bergamini
Giuseppe Cigala Fulgosi
Francesco Mimbelli
Luigi Sansonetti
Paolo Di Revel
Angelo Iachino
N/A
Legends_Pan_European_Flag.png Conrad Helfrich Jerzy Świrski
Stig Hansson Ericson
N/A Janko Vukovich N/A
Legends_Pan_Asian_Flag.png Ding Ruchang Deng Shichang
Sa Zhenbing
Chen Shaokuan N/A N/A
Legends_Commonwealth_Flag.png N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Legends_Pan_American_Flag.png N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Legends_Netherlands_Flag.png Henk Pröpper N/A N/A N/A N/A


Special Commanders by Nation
Nation Universal Destroyers Cruisers Battleships Aircraft Carriers
Legends_USA.png N/A Bumblebee
Vincent Mordoff
Victor F. Einstein
Azur Lane Baltimore
Azur Lane Montpelier
Shelly Beapley
Justinian Lyons XIII
Optimus Prime
Kong
Azur Lane New Jersey
Azur Lane Colorado

Joseph Reeves
Takanashi Hoshino

Picard
Legends_Japan.png N/A Abraham Hellsinger
Azur Lane Yukikaze
Gunzō Chihaya
Nobusada E. Sano
Space Fishy
Sela
Azur Lane Asashio
Azur Lane Atago
Azur Lane Azuma
Arpeggio Takao
Arpeggio Haguro
Arpeggio Nachi
Matsuji Ijūin
Okusora Ayane
Arthas R. The Cold
Godzilla
Arpeggio Haruna
Arpeggio Kirishima
Arpeggio Yamato
Arpeggio Musashi
Azur Lane Fusou
Azur Lane Shoukaku
Arpeggio Iona
Legends_UK.png N/A Grotmaz Smart
Ariadne M. Davis
Sunaookami Shiroko
Azur Lane Belfast
Azur Lane Neptune
Hot Rod
Azur Lane Cheshire
Gowron
Azur Lane Nelson
Azur Lane Hood
Azur Lane Q. Elizabeth
Azur Lane Formidable
Legends_Germany.png N/A Blue Furiora Azur Lane Hipper
Azur Lane Roon
Azur Lane Graf Spee
Augustin Riegerwald
Henry J. Hide
Megatron
John Luke Pickup
Clara N. Teslau
Azur Lane Scharnhorst
Azur Lane Bismarck
Izayaoi Nonomi
Azur Lane Prinz Heinrich
Starscream
Legends_France.png N/A Robin Le Fierce Azur Lane Saint-Louis
Kuromi Serika
Azur Lane Dunkerque
Grimlock
Michel Le Tir
Spock
Azur Lane Richelieu
N/A
Legends_USSR.png N/A Rumble
Sergio Splendento
Azur Lane Chapayev
Azur Lane Avrora
Ivan B. D. Lightful
Andrew the Lip
Azur Lane Sov. Rossiya N/A
Legends_Italy.png N/A N/A Soundwave
Azur Lane Zara
Azur Lane Littorio N/A
Legends_Pan_European_Flag.png N/A N/A Marisa La Loca N/A N/A
Legends_Pan_Asian_Flag.png N/A N/A Azur Lane Harbin N/A N/A
Legends_Commonwealth_Flag.png Leonard W. Murray Hector Waller Harold B. Farncomb N/A N/A
Legends_Pan_American_Flag.png Pedro Lima Santos N/A N/A Henrique Fernandes N/A
Legends_Netherlands_Flag.png N/A N/A Karel Doorman
Johan Furstner
N/A N/A

Commander Progression Items

Promotion Orders

Promotion orders (PO) Legends_Promotion_Orders.png are the most common of all commander progression items. They are obtainable through multiple different means. To name a few:

  • Different types of missions
  • All campaigns
  • The majority of containers

They are used to level up commanders from low to medium ranks. This is a resource that even players with less play time can have in sufficient amounts. Unfortunately for long-term players that may have more than enough of these, there is for now no way of exchanging those for something else.

Insignias

Insignias Legends_Insignia.png work the same way as promotion orders, but are less frequent as rewards. They are used to level up commanders from medium to high ranks. Just like promotion orders, they are obtainable in a few different ways (including containers, campaigns and some missions).

Commendations

Commendations Legends_Personal_Commendations.png are obtained when you get a commander that you already have. When it is the case, one receives a Personal Commendation Legends_Personal_Commendations.png which can only be used on the commander that was just obtained. On the other hand, when an already maxed out commander (Rank 16/Legendary 4) is obtained, the player receives a Universal Commendation Legends_Universal_Commendation.png which is usable on all commanders.

Levels

As mentioned above, a commander can be leveled up to a total level of 20. Multiple different commander progression items are needed to do this.

Normal

Insignia

Each commander has 16 normal levels, which can be reached by using mainly the following resources:

  • Levels 1 to 6 → Commander XP Legends_Commander_XP.png
  • Levels 7 to 13 → Commander XP Legends_Commander_XP.png + Promotion Orders Legends_Promotion_Orders.png
  • Levels 14 to 16 → Commander XP Legends_Commander_XP.png + Insignias Legends_Insignia.png

Every time a commander is leveled up, its base trait is upgraded as well. For the skills in general, they are upgraded every 2 levels.

When one does not have enough CXP to level up a commander to a certain rank, GXP is also usable to replace the missing CXP (at a rate of 1:1). A window pops up when it is the case; to make sure GXP is not spent by mistake.

Legendary

Personal Commendation

Each commander has 4 legendary ranks, which can be reached by using Personal Legends_Personal_Commendations.png and/or Universal Legends_Universal_Commendation.png Commendations:

  • Legendary 1 → 1 Commendation
  • Legendary 2 → 3 Commendations
  • Legendary 3 → 7 Commendations
  • Legendary 4 → 15 Commendations
  • Total → 26

CXP is not used when leveling up a commander to a Legendary rank. Commendations are the only resources needed for this.

Legendary ranks allow the use of special Legendary skills which provide significant bonuses in battle. Most of these skills grant an additional bonus when activating (more on that below).

Legendary Skills

A commander's legendary skills are unlocked and usable when leveling it up to the Legendary status. These skills are, most of the time, extremely useful and even provide a certain advantage in battle once they activate. Legendary skills are just like normal skills, but rather special with better bonuses. Not all Legendary Skills have special effects. Some are closer to normal skills, although they indeed are more efficient.

Examples

Skills with Special Effects



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Unstoppable:

Available on all universal and destroyer commanders, Unstoppable allows a reduced mobility even while the engine and/or rudder are disabled. It can be considered as the most useful Legendary Skill a destroyer captain can have.


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Fully Packed:

A very popular skill available on most universal and cruiser commanders, not only does Fully Packed reduce the consumables' reload time, but it has an extremely useful special effect that can make all the difference: it drastically reduces all consumables' reload time by 30% when close to an allied ship.


Skills without Special Effects



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Fight Fire with Fire:

Available on the vast majority of battleship commanders, this skill is one of the few that doesn't get a special effect. Despite this change, it is a very useful skill as it prevents a ship from taking too much damage from fires; it reduces the damage taken by fires and automatically extinguishes all fires and floods when 3 fires are simultaneously burning on the ship.

Inspirations

Inspiration slots, on the left in the commander's page

Inspirations are another tool a player can have. It allows other commanders' base traits to be applied to the current commander skillset. Each commander has a limit of 2 inspirations that can be assigned to them. A commander leveled up to Rank 6 does not get access to inspirations slots:

  • First inspiration slot
  • Unlocked at rank 7
  • Second inspiration slot
  • Unlocked at rank 11

All owned commanders (from any nation, type and rank) can be used as inspirations on an unlimited number of other commanders. One needs to know that an inspiration will not be taken into account for the first 7 battles played with that inspiration on the commander. However, it is possible to bypass these 7 games by using 21 000 Commander XP Legends_Commander_XP.png which will immediatly take the inspiration into account.

For a commander to have a noticeable impact on a ship's performance, it is recommended to level it up to Rank 12/Legendary 2 or more.
Below this level, depending on commanders, they do have an impact, but it is not a very important one.

A commander's skillset and inspirations cannot be locked on ships individually. When assigning a commander to a ship, make sure to have the correct skillset before entering battle.

Guises

Commander guises can be applied directly to your Commanders to customize them. Applying a Commander guise changes both the name and artwork of your Commander while also introducing some cool in-battle effects such as color-tinted shell tracers, signal flares, legendary skill visual effects, and unique voiceovers. These effects can vary from guise to guise, so be sure to check their descriptions!

Economic Bonuses

Some Commander guises introduce resource bonuses with activation conditions that require you to achieve a specific battle objective like starting fires on enemy ships three times in a single battle. The activation condition can differ from guise to guise, and you can view the condition for each Commander guise in their descriptions.

Where to Get

Commander guises commonly come to the game as part of the events and can be obtainable as rewards for special missions, via in-game events like daily calendars, or purchased from the Store.

How to Apply

To apply a Commander guise, navigate to the desired Commander's Skill Selection menu. From there, go to the Guise section. You will see a list of available Commander guises along with the details of their effect/resource bonuses if applicable.

Limitations

There are two main types of Commander guise.

  • General: Can be applied to Comanders of all nations.
  • National: Can only be applied to Commanders from specific nations.

You can apply Commander guises to collaboration Commanders to give them any related resource bonuses. However, it will not change the art, displayed name, or unique voiceover, and will not make the in-game special effects visible.

List of Commander Guises
Guise Name Color Nation(s) Voiceover Collaboration
Miss Santa Red Legends_USA.png Legends_UK.png N/A
Snow Maiden Blue Legends_USSR.png Legends_Pan_European_Flag.png N/A
Brady McMordoff Green Legends_USA.png Legends_UK.png N/A
Racer Fishy Yellow Legends_Japan.png Legends_Germany.png Legends_France.png Legends_Pan_Asian_Flag.png N/A
Bad Advice Cap Yellow Legends_USA.png Legends_UK.png Legends_USSR.png Legends_Italy.png Legends_Pan_European_Flag.png N/A
Greg the Garlic Farmer Blue All Viva La Dirt League
High Sorcerer Baradun Blue All Viva La Dirt League
Alice Thompson Golden All N/A
Bodger the Blacksmith Blue All Viva La Dirt League
Daniel F. Brassfender Maroon All N/A
Joanna W. Dew Maroon All N/A
Tony P. Westriver Maroon All N/A
Scrooge Red All N/A
Santa Claus Red All N/A
Celestial Guardian Blue Legends_Japan.png Legends_Pan_Asian_Flag.png N/A
Cara McMordoff Green Legends_USA.png Legends_UK.png N/A
Ominous Rider Red All N/A
Anthony Darby Red All N/A
Ella Rossi Red All N/A
Ashikaga Teru Golden Legends_Japan.png N/A
Popeye The Sailor Man Green Legends_USA.png Popeye
Bluto The Terrible Green Legends_USA.png Popeye
Lady Liberty Yellow Legends_USA.png Legends_France.png N/A
Dave Mustaine Purple Legends_USA.png Megadeth
Vic Rattlehead Green Legends_USA.png Megadeth
Monna Hoshnova Blue Legends_Pan_Asian_Flag.png hololive
Takanashi Kiara Blue Legends_Germany.png hololive
Shishiro Botan Blue Legends_Japan.png hololive
Watson Amelia Blue Legends_USA.png hololive
Queen of the Deep Green All N/A
Lady of the Cold Blue All N/A
King of Winter Turquoise All N/A
Nadeshot Yellow All Creatorverse
CouRage Blue All Creatorverse
StoneBeard Pink All Creatorverse
Sapnap Red All Creatorverse
MoistCr1TiKaL Blue All Creatorverse
Basil Pinepickle Gold Legends_USA.png Legends_UK.png N/A
Elke Stahl Red All N/A
Hiss Laessar Yellow All N/A
Vohlda O Violet All N/A
High Admiral Malachar Yellow All N/A
Cassia Marcella Hasta Red Legends_Italy.png N/A
Masaru Tadamatsu Blue Legends_Japan.png N/A
Athena Promachos Yellow All N/A
Poseidon Earthshaker Mint All N/A
Zeus Olympian Mint All N/A
Vasilisa Rasputina Green Legends_USA.png Legends_USSR.png Legends_Italy.png N/A
Amon Sitri Red Legends_Japan.png Legends_Pan_Asian_Flag.png N/A
Bjorn Stormbreaker Blue Legends_USA.png Legends_UK.png Legends_Pan_American_Flag.png N/A
Nierdanel Nadar Yellow Legends_Germany.png Legends_France.png Legends_Pan_European_Flag.png Legends_Commonwealth_Flag.png N/A
Angela Lutti Red All N/A
Alexander R.-G. Yellow All N/A
Ultima Starlight Blue All N/A
Shamrock Shana Gold Legends_USA.png Legends_UK.png Legends_Commonwealth_Flag.png N/A
Sun Wukong Red All N/A
Ida Singler Green All N/A
Alma BLix Mint All N/A
A.R.I.S.T.O.L.E. V.1 Red All N/A
Miyu the River Guardian Mint Legends_Japan.png N/A
Leonardo Blue All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Raphael Red All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Michaelangelo Golden-Yellow All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Donatello Violet All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Shredder Silver-Gray All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Krang Pink All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles



References

  1. Based on World of Warships PC's Wiki Page: Commanders