Fenyang

13.9

Fenyang

Destroyer | Pan-Asia | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points19,700

Main Battery

100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount4 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire13.64 shots/min.

Reload Time4.4 sec.

Rotation Speed16 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time11.25 sec.

Firing Range12.46 km.

Maximum Dispersion108 m.

HE Shell100 mm HE Type98

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,500

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity1000 m./s.

HE Shell Weight15 kg.

AP Shell100 mm AP Type98

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,050

Initial AP Shell Velocity1000 m./s.

AP Shell Weight19 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

Type90 mod. 11 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.49 shots/min.

Reload Time122 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoIDS_PZPT028_610MM_FEN_YANG

Maximum Damage20,967

Torpedo Speed67 knot

Torpedo Range12 km.

AA Defense

100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount4 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second83.2

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

40 mm Bofors on a Mk.2 mount5 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second55

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

40 mm Bofors on a Mk.3 mount2 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second15.2

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed33 knot

Turning Circle Radius730 m.

Rudder Shift Time4.5 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range7.53 km.

Air Detectability Range3.56 km.

Battle Levels

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13.9

Fenyang

Destroyer | Pan-Asia | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points19,700

Main Battery

100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount4 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire13.64 shots/min.

Reload Time4.4 sec.

Rotation Speed16 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time11.25 sec.

Firing Range12.46 km.

Maximum Dispersion108 m.

HE Shell100 mm HE Type98

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,500

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity1000 m./s.

HE Shell Weight15 kg.

AP Shell100 mm AP Type98

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,050

Initial AP Shell Velocity1000 m./s.

AP Shell Weight19 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

Type90 mod. 11 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.49 shots/min.

Reload Time122 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoIDS_PZPT028_610MM_FEN_YANG

Maximum Damage20,967

Torpedo Speed67 knot

Torpedo Range12 km.

AA Defense

100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount4 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second83.2

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

40 mm Bofors on a Mk.2 mount5 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second55

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

40 mm Bofors on a Mk.3 mount2 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second15.2

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed33 knot

Turning Circle Radius730 m.

Rudder Shift Time4.5 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range7.53 km.

Air Detectability Range3.56 km.

Battle Levels

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VIII

Special

Fenyang — Pan-Asian special premium Tier VIII destroyer.

Yoizuki, an Akizuki-class destroyer, was built at the Uraga Docks. She participated in the war in the Pacific Ocean. In June 1945, she hit a mine and spent the remainder of the war under repairs. After the war, the ship was used to transport Japanese soldiers back home. In August 1947, she was transferred to China as part of war reparations. While part of the Chinese fleet, the ship was named Fenyang and was sent to the Republic of China Navy in 1949.

Fenyang was first released for the Lunar New Year event in January 2021.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount	13.6	11.3	108	1,500	8	2,050		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Fenyang	19,700	13	20	4		2/5/4	1			0	0

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type90 mod. 1	0.5	122	7.2					0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk8 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 52,000 hp	33		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Player Opinion

Performance

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Fenyang is based on the Japanese destroyer Akizuki, with several tweaks which change the way she plays. Most notably, she exchanges her torpedoes for deep water versions. Despite the changes, at her core she remains a gun-focused destroyer.

The Ship

As Fenyang shares a hull with Akizuki, both ships have very similar handling. With a top speed of 33 knots, Fenyang is slow for a destroyer, and she can be outpaced by most destroyers as well as many cruisers that she is likely to meet. Her rudder shift time of 4.5 seconds is an improvement on Akizuki, taking it from “worst in tier” to merely “terrible.” Compounding the slow rudder shift, she has a large turning circle of 730 meters. Her speed, rudder shift, and turning circle combine to make her an unwieldy ship that can struggle in the short-range knife fights common to destroyer engagements. Her concealment is fairly poor, only 6.1 km even with the Concealment Expert skill and Concealment System Modification 1 , which leaves her vulnerable to being outspotted by many other destroyers.

Fenyang carries a decent assortment of consumables. The Engine Boost  and Torpedo Reload Booster  will be familiar to players who have experienced Akizuki. The Engine Boost provides an 8% increase to her top speed, bringing it to a somewhat more respectable 35.6 knots for 2 minutes. This has a cooldown of 2 minutes between uses and three uses as standard. Her Torpedo Reload Booster can be used to reduce the torpedo reload time to 5 seconds, enabling players to rapidly launch two salvos. This has three uses as standard and a 160 second cooldown between uses. Fenyang also carries the same Smoke Generator  consumable as other Pan-Asian destroyers. This creates a series of smoke clouds which each take 70 seconds to disperse and five uses as standard. Although the dispersion time is rather short, she also has a shorter 100 second cooldown between uses. In total, Fenyang can have almost 6 minutes of concealed firing. Finally, she has a Defensive AA Fire  consumable which boosts her AA DPS for 40 seconds. This has four charges as standard with 80 seconds between uses.

Survivability

Fenyang is a large ship, which results in a large health pool for a destroyer. As would be expected, her armor will only protect her against destroyer and cruiser AP shells when heavily angled and serves only to fuse every HE shell thrown her way. With her slow speed and mediocre concealment, she can struggle to disengage from an unwanted fight without her smokescreen or some hard cover she can duck behind.

Armament

Fenyang mounts a similar main battery to Akizuki, with eight 100 mm guns in four twin turrets and a quad torpedo launcher. Although the guns are similar, they have different ballistics, which makes gunnery somewhat easier. As her shells lose less velocity, it is easier to hit targets at longer ranges. A 4.4 second reload means that Fenyang has one of the highest potential DPM totals at her tier. In practice, however, there are limitations to her armament that throttle her damage output.

Fenyang has weak HE shells with low damage and, more importantly, the worst penetration in her tier. With only 17 mm of penetration, players will need to aim for the superstructure of most ships; even enemy destroyer hull plating can shatter her shells, and she will be entirely unable to directly damage higher tier battleships. This is partially offset by her excellent fire starting potential, allowing her to start up to 8.7 fires per minute and seriously stretch the Damage Control Parties of enemy ships. If players opt to increase their armor penetration with the Inertial Fuse for High Explosive skill, then they will be able to punch through 21 mm plating at the expense of halving her fire starting capabilities. This will enable her HE rounds to punch through battleship superstructures and destroyer hull plating, but she will still find herself unable to directly damage the hulls of most high tier targets. Without the IFHE skill, her high explosive rounds are little more than a throw of the RNG dice.

Players will often find themselves relying on Fenyang’s AP rounds, as much due to the weakness of the HE rounds as the strength of the AP rounds. Her AP rounds also have some of the lowest damage at her tier, with her potential DPM relying on her reload and number of guns. Fenyang’s AP has improved ricochet angles compared to other destroyers, identical to those of US heavy cruisers. Her rounds need 17 mm of armor to fuse, which means that players can expect more over penetrations when facing lower tier destroyers and cruisers, which further reduces her actual DPM output.

Fenyang carries powerful deep water torpedoes although they are unable to damage destroyers. These weapons have a high flooding chance and deal high damage, and pose a serious threat to any large ships players can attack. As they are deepwater weapons, they are much harder to detect. If they aren’t spotted early by Hydroacoustic Search or other allies, they will not be detected until they are 800 meters away from the target. Targets will have slightly more than 4 seconds to react, which makes it unlikely that a large ship will be able to successfully avoid them.

Anti-Submarine

Fenyang drops a pattern of ten depth charges from her stern. This potentially allows her to cover a sizable area when attacking a submarine. However, Fenyang has some of the weakest depth charges at her tier, with low damage and a poor chance of starting a fire or flood. She relies on hitting a submarine with a large number of depth charges in order to sink it. Additionally, locating a submarine can be a challenge without Hydroacoustic Search, and her maneuverability can make it difficult to reach a good attack position. Overall, she is a poor ASW platform, particularly when compared to British destroyers.

Anti-Aircraft

Fenyang has good anti-air defenses for a destroyer, reflecting her historical role as an AA escort. Although it will reveal her position, her long range AA reaches out to 5.8 km with some of the highest DPS at her tier. She will also put up five flak bursts, which can cause serious damage to a squadron that does not avoid them. The rest of Fenyang’s AA defenses are concentrated in medium-range 40 mm weapons, that reach out to 3.5 km and also have some of the highest DPS at her tier. Her Defensive AA Fire can further boost her AA output. Overall, Fenyang’s AA can make her an unpleasant target, particularly for Tier VI carriers. But she is by no means immune to air attack, and players should not expect to be so.

Battle Performance

Fenyang is a ship that is potentially capable of large damage scores, although reaching these scores is sometimes difficult. Players will need to be aware of their targets and the limitations of their ammunition options. Her AP rounds, while improved, are still only destroyer caliber. Her HE rounds lack penetration, and her torpedoes cannot damage destroyers.

Although she may look (and feel) a lot like Akizuki, she is a very different beast. Fenyang is capable of chewing through enemy destroyers with little difficulty if she is able to catch them. Her smoke screens offer her plenty of opportunity to rain shells on larger targets from relative safety.

Pros:

• Very good health pool
• Outstanding AP/HE shell velocity
• Improved AP penetration angles
• Good HE fire chance
• Good torpedo range, detectability, damage and flood chance
• Good AA suite for a destroyer
• Access to five different consumables, each in its own slot.

Cons:

• Large ship, with low top speed and large turn radius for a destroyer.
• Shells quickly lose speed at long range.
• HE shells have only 17mm penetration and require IFHE to deal with same-tier destroyers.
• Torpedoes are deepwater and cannot hit destroyers.
• Only one torpedo rack with a slow reload speed.

Research

As a premium ship, Fenyang has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Fenyang are:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection -or- Engine Boost Modification 1 (for coal)
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1 -or- Steering Gears Modification 1
• Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 

Commander Skills

Generally speaking, Fenyang is not an ideal option for training Pan-Asian captains, as her gameplay differs somewhat from the tech tree options and torpedo skills are less useful on Fenyang.

Non-IFHE build

Pyrotechnician and Extra Heavy AP shells are both potentially viable options if players are looking to fill a skill slot.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed. ★★	Liquidator +30% chance (multiplicative) of causing flooding.	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party ,  Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the damage-inflicting area of HE shells fired at submarines. ★	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of: Hydroacoustic Search , Surveillance Radar , Smoke Generator , & Engine Boost .	Extra-Heavy Ammunition +7.5% main battery AP shell damage. +10% damage from depth charges. ★	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies aiming at you with main battery. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
3	Main Battery & AA Specialist -5% main battery reload time. +10% continuous AA damage. ★★	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables.	Survivability Expert +350 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Main Battery & AA Expert +20% main battery range. +15% flak damage.	Swift in Silence So long as the ship remains undetected: +8% ship speed +5% main battery reload time.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★★	Fearless Brawler +1 flak burst per salvo. -10% main battery reload when ship is spotted.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Dazzle For 15 seconds after you are detected: * +20% dispersion of enemy shells fired at you. * +8% ship speed.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

IFHE Build

Using the IFHE skill will boost Fenyang’s HE penetration to a somewhat usable level, although she will still struggle to penetrate many targets. If players want to use the skill, it will require sacrificing other options.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Liquidator +30% chance (multiplicative) of causing flooding.	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party ,  Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the damage-inflicting area of HE shells fired at submarines. ★	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of: Hydroacoustic Search , Surveillance Radar , Smoke Generator , & Engine Boost .	Extra-Heavy Ammunition +7.5% main battery AP shell damage. +10% damage from depth charges.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies aiming at you with main battery.	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
3	Main Battery & AA Specialist -5% main battery reload time. +10% continuous AA damage. ★★	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost.	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half. ★★★	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables.	Survivability Expert +350 HP per ship tier. ★★
4	Main Battery & AA Expert +20% main battery range. +15% flak damage. ★★	Swift in Silence So long as the ship remains undetected: +8% ship speed +5% main battery reload time.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken..	Fearless Brawler +1 flak burst per salvo. -10% main battery reload when ship is spotted.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Dazzle For 15 seconds after you are detected: * +20% dispersion of enemy shells fired at you. * +8% ship speed.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Fenyang comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy. ★	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator . ★★	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire . ★

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

Gallery

Historical Gallery

Video

References

Wargaming

• Armada: Fenyang. 22 Jan 2021.

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.9.11.

Testing Changes

• DevBlog 90:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• DevBlog 99:
  • HE shell parameters changed:
    • Armor penetration decreased from 30 to 17 mm.
    • Damage increased from 1,200 to 1,500.
    • Chance of setting fire increased from 5% to 8%.
  • Main battery reload time increased from 3.0 to 4.5 s.
• DevBlog 106:
  • Main battery reload time increased from 4.5 to 5.2 s.
  • AP shell parameters changed:
    • Damage increased from 1,700 to 1,900.
    • Ricochet check angle increased from 45 to 60 degrees.
    • Guaranteed ricochet angle increased from 60 to 67.5 degrees.

• First became available in January 2021 during the Lunar New Year event.
• Update 0.10.1:
  • The bug due to which it was impossible to install the special upgrade "Defensive AA Fire Modification 1" was fixed.
  • Fixed geometry and textures.
• Update 0.10.4:
  • Main battery reload time decreased from 5.2 to 4.9 s.
• Update 0.10.6:
  • Main battery reload time decreased from 4.9 to 4.7 s.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • AP shell damage increased from 1,900 to 2,050.
  • AP and HE shell weight increased.
• Update 0.11.6:
  • Was made temporarily unavailable for purchase in the Armory due to technical issues.
• Update 12.2:
  • Main battery reload time reduced from 4.7 to 4.4 s.
• Update 13.3:
  • The number of bombs per Depth Charge drop increased from 10 to 16.
• Update 13.4:
  • Torpedoes can now also damage cruisers in addition to battleships and aircraft carriers.
• Update 13.6:
  • Fixed description of the ship's deepwater torpedoes in the Armory.

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