List of Commander Skills

Revision as of 23:31, 12 February 2021

Battleship skills • Cruiser skills • Destroyer skills • Aircraft Carrier skills

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Point Cost	Description	Effect	Notes
	Situational Awareness	Free.	An alert to the commander that the ship has been spotted by the enemy.	An indicator is displayed when your ship is detected by an enemy ship or aircraft.	All commanders receive this ability at no cost. Works during re-training?

Battleship Skills

Attack Skills			Defense Skills
Gun Feeder	Pyrotechnician	Consumables Specialist	Emergency Repair Specialist	Incoming Fire Alert	Preventive Maintenance
Grease the Gears	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells	Consumables Enhancements	Vigilance	Priority Target	AA Gunner
Super-Heavy AP Shells	Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells	Adrenaline Rush	Basics of Survivability	Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection	Expert AA Marksman
Dead Eye	Improved Secondary Battery Aiming	Close Quarters Combat	Emergency Repair Expert	Concealment Expert	Fire Prevention Expert

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Point Cost	Description	Effect	Notes
Attack Skills
	Gun Feeder	1	Accelerates shell type switching if all main battery guns are loaded.	-50% to reload time when the shell type is switched.	All guns must be fully loaded for this to have effect.
	Pyrotechnician	1	A better chance of causing fires on enemy ships.	+1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire.
	Consumables Specialist	1	Better availability of consumables.	-10% cooldown time of: Catapult Fighter Spotting Aircraft Main Battery Reload Booster Torpedo Reload Booster Defensive AA Fire.
	Grease the Gears	2	Faster turret rotation.	+20% main battery turrets traverse speed.
	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells	2	Increases the armor penetration of high explosive (HE) main and secondary shells, while decreasing their chance of setting the enemy ship on fire.	+25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half.	The mechanics for HE penetration can be found in the Armor Penetration article. Also see Armor thresholds and Fire. This skill is frequently paired with Pyrotechnician.
	Consumables Enhancements	2	Longer lasting consumables.	+10% action time of: Smoke Generator Hydroacoustic Search Engine Boost Surveillance Radar.
	Super-Heavy AP Shells	3	Increase AP shell damage in exchange for vulnerability to fire and flood.	+5% AP shell damage +30% fire and flood duration.	Does not increase shell penetration. Recall that fire and flood damage is 100% repairable.
	Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells	3	Longer range secondaries.	+20% secondary battery firing range.
	Adrenaline Rush	3	Increases reload speed of all armament as the ship's health decreases.	For each 1% HP lost: -0.2% reload time of all armaments +0.2% AA continuous damage.
	Dead Eye	4	Activated if there is no visible enemy ship within the ship's standard detectability range.^[1]	When activated: -10% dispersion of main battery shells.	This skill increases the guns' precision, not their accuracy. Aiming becomes more critical. A well-aimed salvo should cause more hits. The longer the range, the less effective this skill becomes.
	Improved Secondary Battery Aiming	4	Greatly increases the accuracy of secondary guns against a designated target (if any). Guns that cannot bear on a designated target will fire with normal accuracy.	-35% dispersion of secondary shells against a designated target. The target must be manually designated.	This is not manual aim; the guns still aim automatically. To activate, the player must manually designate a target by holding down Ctrl and left-clicking on it.^[2]
	Close Quarters Combat	4	More secondary firepower and, when an enemy ship is spotted within the range of the secondary batteries, a main battery bonus is activated.	-10% reload time of secondary batteries. When activated: -10% reload time of main battery.
Defense Skills
	Emergency Repair Specialist	1	More efficient damage control and repair parties.	-3% cooldown time of Damage Control Party and Repair Party.
	Incoming Fire Alert	1	Provides a warning of long-range artillery fire.	Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from a distance of more than 4.5 km.	Think of this as a "turn now!" warning.
	Preventive Maintenance	1	Reduces the risk of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, and engine becoming incapacitated.	-30% to the risk of incapacitation of modules.	This skill does not apply to secondary or AA batteries.
	Vigilance	2	Extends ship's torpedo acquisition range.	+25% detection range of enemy torpedoes.	Provides additional time to react to incoming torpedoes. Stacks with both Torpedo Lookout System and Hydroacoustic Search .
	Priority Target	2	The detection indicator displays the number of opponents that are currently aiming at your ship.	The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery.	Used skillfully, can detect the launch of a torpedo salvo at you (the number will temporarily decrease by one).
	AA Gunner	2	Increased anti-aircraft fire effectiveness.	+10% damage from continuous AA and flak.
	Basics of Survivability	3	Quicker firefighting, flooding control, and module repair teams.	-15% to time of module restoration, firefighting, and recovery from flooding.	Has no effect on consumables.
	Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection	3	Greater resistance to damage from torpedoes.	*+10 percentage points* to the damage reduction of the Torpedo Protection System.**	See Flooding.
	Expert AA Marksman	3	When Sector Reinforcement is activated, more damage in the priority sector.	+1 flak burst per salvo. In the priority AA sector: +25% continuous damage.^[3]	A flak burst is not added to a ship with no long-range AA.
	Emergency Repair Expert	4	Better damage control and repair.	Damage Control Party and Repair Party: +1 charge (each). +10% action time.	Damage Control Party already has unlimited charges on most ships.
	Concealment Expert	4	Reduces detectability range.	-10% detectability range of the ship.	Stacks with other detection range reduction bonuses such as Concealment System Modification 1 and camouflage.
	Fire Prevention Expert	4	Reduces the risk of catching fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three.	-10% to the risk of fire. -1 maximum number of fires burning at one time.	Caps the number of fires in the superstructure of a ship at one (normally there are two fire zones there). See the Fire article.

Cruiser Skills

Attack Skills				Defense Skills
Grease the Gears	Swift Fish	Consumables Specialist	Gun Feeder	Incoming Fire Alert	Last Stand
Pyrotechnician	Fill the Tubes	Consumables Enhancements	Eye in the Sky	Priority Target	Expert AA Marksman
Heavy HE and SAP Shells	Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge	Adrenaline Rush	Heavy AP Shells	Superintendent	Survivability Expert
Top Grade Gunner	Outnumbered	Radio Location	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells	Concealment Expert	AA Gunner

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Point Cost	Description	Effect	Notes
Attack Skills
	Grease the Gears	1	Faster turret rotation to help turrets keep up with maneuvers.	+15% main battery turrets traverse speed.
	Swift Fish	1	Faster torpedoes means less reaction time at the target.	+5% torpedo speed.
	Consumables Specialist	1	Better availability of consumables.	-10% cooldown time of: Catapult Fighter Spotting Aircraft Main Battery Reload Booster Torpedo Reload Booster Defensive AA Fire.
	Gun Feeder	1	Accelerates shell type switching if all main battery guns are loaded.	-50% to reload time when the shell type is switched.	All guns must be fully loaded for this to have effect.
	Pyrotechnician	2	A better chance of causing fires on enemy ships.	+1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire.	See Fire.
	Fill the Tubes	2	Faster torpedo rack reloads. Put more metal fish into the water.	-10% torpedo tubes reload time.
	Consumables Enhancements	2	Longer-lasting consumables.	+10% action time of: Smoke Generator Hydroacoustic Search Engine Boost Surveillance Radar.
	Eye in the Sky	2	A quick-response spotter plane.	Spotting Aircraft: +2 charges -50% cooldown time -50% action time.
	Heavy HE and SAP Shells	3	More ship damage from penetrating non-AP shells, potentially with a cost.	+10% main battery HE and SAP shell damage. +15% detectability of ships with a main battery caliber of 149 mm and above.	This skill will be useful to small-gun cruisers, of questionable value to most. Note, that HE and SAP shells cause ship damage only when they penetrate. See here.
	Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge	3	Torpedo warheads do more damage.	+15% torpedo damage.
	Adrenaline Rush	3	Increases reload speed of all armament as the ship's health decreases.	For each 1% HP lost: -0.2% reload time of all armaments +0.2% AA continuous damage.
	Heavy AP Shells	3	More damage for penetrating AP shells of heavy cruisers.	+5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Does not increase penetration. Does not function on light cruisers.
	Top Grade Gunner	4	If an enemy ship is spotted within the ship's standard detectability range,^[1] this skill is activated.	-10% reload time of secondary batteries. When activated: -8% reload time of the main battery.	Thus concealment bonuses would seem to decrease the utility of this skill. [Confirm]
	Outnumbered	4	If there are more visible hostile ships than allies within the ship's standard main battery firing range, this skill is activated.^[1]	When activated: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	YOLO juice? "The skill is useful both when pushing through the flanks and capturing Key Areas." - WG
	Radio Location	4	Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship, detected or not.	In battle, an azimuth range arc appears. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.
	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells	4	Increases the armor penetration of high explosive (HE) main and secondary shells, while decreasing their chance of setting the enemy ship on fire.	+25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half.	The mechanics for HE penetration can be found in the Armor Penetration article. Also see Armor thresholds and Fire. This skill is frequently paired with Pyrotechnician.
Defense Skills
	Incoming Fire Alert	1	Provides a warning of long-range artillery fire.	Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from a distance of more than 4.5 km.	Think of this as a "turn now!" warning.
	Last Stand	1	When the engine or steering gears are incapacitated, they continue to operate (but with a penalty).	The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated.	As of Update 0.10.0, all ships retain 20% propulsion and 0% steering when the modules are incapacitated. Ships with Last Stand retain 50% of each.
	Priority Target	2	The detection indicator displays the number of opponents that are currently aiming at your ship.	The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery.
	Expert AA Marksman	2	When Sector Reinforcement is activated, more damage in the priority sector.	+1 flak burst per salvo. In the priority AA sector: +25% continuous damage.^[3]	A flak burst is not added to a ship with no long-range AA.
	Superintendent	3	Increases capacity of consumables.	+1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship.
	Survivability Expert	3	Increases the size of the ship's Health Pool.	+350 ship HP for each ship tier.	Example: a Tier V ship would gain 1,750 (5x350) additional HP. Has greater value on smaller ships.
	Concealment Expert	4	Reduces detectability range.	-10% detectability range of the ship.	Stacks with other detection range reduction bonuses such as Concealment System Modification 1 and camouflage.
	AA Gunner	4	Increased anti-aircraft fire effectiveness.	+20% damage from continuous AA and flak.

Destroyer Skills

Attack Skills				Defense Skills
Grease the Gears	Liquidator	Consumables Specialist	Gun Feeder	Incoming Fire Alert	Preventive Maintenance
Pyrotechnician	Swift Fish	Consumables Enhancements	Extra-Heavy AP Shells	Priority Target	Last Stand
Main Battery and AA Specialist	Fill the Tubes	Adrenaline Rush	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells	Superintendent	Survivability Expert
Main Battery and AA Expert	Swift in Silence	Radio Location	Fearless Brawler	Concealment Expert	Dazzle

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Point Cost	Description	Effect	Notes
Attack Skills
	Grease the Gears	1	Faster turret rotation to help turrets keep up with maneuvers.	+15% main battery turrets traverse speed.
	Liquidator	1	Increased chance to cause flooding on a torpedo strike.	+30% chance (multiplicative) of causing flooding.	See Flooding.
	Consumables Specialist	1	Shorter cooldown time of certain consumables.	-10% cooldown time of: Catapult Fighter Spotting Aircraft Main Battery Reload Booster Torpedo Reload Booster Defensive AA Fire.
	Gun Feeder	1	Accelerates shell type switching if all main battery guns are loaded.	-50% to reload time when the shell type is switched.	All guns must be fully loaded for this to have effect.
	Pyrotechnician	2	A better chance of causing fires on ships.	+1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire.
	Swift Fish	2	Faster torpedoes.	+5% torpedo speed.	More speed means less reaction time.
	Consumables Enhancements	2	Longer action time of certain consumables.	+10% action time of: Smoke Generator Hydroacoustic Search Engine Boost Surveillance Radar.
	Extra-Heavy AP Shells	2	More damage from armor-piercing penetrations.	+5% main battery AP shell damage.	Does not increase armor penetration.
	Main Battery and AA Specialist	3	Improved firepower.	-5% main battery reload time. +10% continuous AA damage.
	Fill the Tubes	3	Put more metal fish in the water.	-10% torpedo tubes reload time.
	Adrenaline Rush	3	Increases reload speed of all armament as the ship's health decreases.	For each 1% HP lost: -0.2% reload time of all armaments +0.2% AA continuous damage.
	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells	3	Increases the armor penetration of high explosive (HE) main and secondary shells, while decreasing their chance of setting the enemy ship on fire.	+25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half.	The mechanics for HE penetration can be found in the Armor Penetration article. Also see Armor thresholds and Fire. This skill is frequently paired with Pyrotechnician.
	Main Battery and AA Expert	4	Even more firepower.	+20% main battery range. +15% flak damage.
	Swift in Silence	4	So long as the ship remains undetected, the speed bonus is activated.	+5% main battery reload time. +8% ship speed while activated.	The skill is especially suitable for stealthy torpedo destroyers.
	Radio Location	4	Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship, detected or not.	In battle, an azimuth range arc appears. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.
	Fearless Brawler	4	When the ship is detected, the main battery reload bonus is activated.	+1 flak burst per salvo. +5% detectability range of the ship. When activated: -10% main battery reload time.	A flak burst is not added to ships with no long-range AA. "The skill is especially useful for artillery destroyers — French and Soviet — as well as when fighting for Key Areas." - WG
Defense Skills
	Incoming Fire Alert	1	Provides a warning of long-range artillery fire.	Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from a distance of more than 4.5 km.	Think of this as a "turn now!" warning.
	Preventive Maintenance	1	Reduces the risk of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gears, and engine becoming incapacitated.	-30% to the risk of incapacitation of modules.	This skill does not apply to secondary or AA batteries.
	Priority Target	2	The detection indicator displays the number of opponents that are currently aiming at your ship.	The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery.
	Last Stand	2	When the engine or steering gears are incapacitated, they continue to operate (but with a penalty).	The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated.	As of Update 0.10.0, all ships retain 20% propulsion and 0% steering when the modules are incapacitated. Ships with Last Stand retain 50% of each.
	Superintendent	3	Increases capacity of consumables.	+1 charge to all consumables mounted on a ship.
	Survivability Expert	3	Increases the size of the ship's Health Pool.	+350 ship HP for each ship tier.	Example: a Tier V ship would gain 1,750 (5x350) additional HP. Has greater value on smaller ships.
	Concealment Expert	4	Reduces detectability range.	-10% detectability range of the ship.	Stacks with other detection range reduction bonuses such as Concealment System Modification 1 and camouflage.
	Dazzle	4	When your undetected ship is spotted, reduces the accuracy of hostile fire directed at your ship.	When activated: +20% dispersion of enemy shells fired at your ship for 15 seconds.	Shell dispersion is applied when the guns are fired. [Synergy with the 6 second radar delay?]

Aircraft Carrier Skills

Attack			Defense		Support
Last Gasp	Improved Engine Boost	Engine Techie	Air Supremacy	Direction Center for Fighters	Search and Destroy
Torpedo Bomber	Swift Fish	Improved Engines	Repair Specialist	Secondary Armament Expert	Patrol Group Leader
Sight Stabilization	Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition	Demolition Expert	Aircraft Armor	Survivability Expert	Interceptor
Bomber Flight Control	Proximity Fuze	Close Quarters Expert	Enhanced Aircraft Armor	Hidden Menace	Enhanced Reactions

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Point Cost	Description	Effect	Notes
Attack Skills
	Last Gasp	1	Completely restores engine boost for the last attack flight of a carrier's planes.	Restores engine boost.
	Improved Engine Boost	1	Increases the engine boost time for a carrier's squadrons.	+5% aircraft engine boost duration.	Stacks with Aircraft Engines Modification 1
	Engine Techie	1	Faster Engine Cooling consumable reload time.	-20% Engine Cooling cooldown time.
	Torpedo Bomber	2	Enables torpedo bombers to drop closer to the target for better accuracy.	-10% torpedo arming distance.
	Swift Fish	2	Faster aerial torpedoes == less reaction time at the target.	+5% to torpedo speed.
	Improved Engines	2	Increases the cruising speed of a carrier's squadrons.	+2.5% Squadron speed.	Stacks with Flight Control Modification 2
	Sight Stabilization	3	Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's attack squadrons.	+7.5% Aiming speed for all type attack squadrons.
	Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition	3	Increased damage from airborne armor-piercing munitions.	+3% damage from AP bombs and rockets.	Does not increase penetration.
	Demolition Expert	3	Increases the chance of causing a fire on the target.	+1% for HE rockets. +5% for HE bombs.	See Fire to explore explore how effective this is.
	Bomber Flight Control	4	Faster bombers.	+5% cruising speed of bombers.	[All bombers including torpedo?]
	Proximity Fuze	4	Partially negates the effect of a ship's Torpedo Protection System (TPS), increasing damage and the chance of flooding.	*-10 percentage points* to the target's torpedo protection.**	Has no effect on ships with no TPS (destroyers). See Flooding.
	Close Quarters Expert	4	Much more dangerous anti-surface batteries.	Secondary batteries: +20% range -30% dispersion.
Defense Skills
	Air Supremacy	1	Decreases aircraft servicing time to get your planes back in the air.	-5% aircraft restoration time.
	Direction Center for Fighters	1	When the carrier's CAP Fighter  consumable is activated, an additional fighter is launched.	+1 Fighter.	Does not apply to Patrol Fighter .
	Repair Specialist	2	Improves the In-flight Repair consumable	+1 charge. +10% the action time of the consumable.
	Secondary Armament Expert	2	Improves both anti-surface and anti-air firepower.	-10% secondary battery reload time. +10% flak and continuous AA damage.	Interesting combination.
	Aircraft Armor	3	Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones.	-10% to continuous AA damage	See the Anti-Aircraft Fire article.
	Survivability Expert	3	A more survivable aircraft is a more effective aircraft. Has no effect on the carrier's health pool.	+25 aircraft HP per ship tier.	Carrier-based aircraft HP ranges roughly 1500-2400.
	Enhanced Aircraft Armor	4	Flak vest.	-25% damage from flak.
	Hidden Menace	4	Improve ship concealment at the cost of making the ship harder for returning planes to find.	-15% ship detectability range. -20% Damage Control Party cooldown. -50% speed of returning squadrons.	Aircraft do not receive concealment benefits. Currently affects squadron climb-out speed as well as return cruise. This effect can be partially offset by Air Groups Modification 1.
Support Skills
	Search and Destroy	1	Extends the patrol radius of Patrol Fighter or Interceptor squadrons.	+10% patrol radius.
	Patrol Group Leader	2	More fighter squadrons on call.	+1 charge to Patrol Fighter or Interceptor consumable.
	Interceptor	3	The Patrol Fighters consumable is replaced by Interceptor.	+10% patrol radius. Invulnerable to fighters. Cannot attack fighters. Cannot spot ships.	Interceptors are called to defend friendlies against incoming enemy attack squadrons. (?)
	Enhanced Reactions	4	With the Patrol Fighters or Interceptor consumables activated, the time it takes to start attacking enemy aircraft is reduced.	-80% time before attack. +50% arrival time. -25% action time of the consumable.	Effectiveness TBD.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The standard main battery firing range or standard detectability range are those values shown in port. They are not changed by in-battle effects such as gun bloom, spotting aircraft, smoke, or weather.
↑ Secondary target designation can be tricky at first. To make it more sure, with the Alternate Interface Mode set to Full (highly recommended on the Settings.Controls panel) <ctrl-left click> on the red damage bar just above the range number. A target icon will appear above the ship.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 When activated, the continuous AA damage in the priority sector instantly gains 25% and rises to it's maximum plus 25%. The weak side loses 25%. weak side effect unconfirmed

[stdRange-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The standard main battery firing range or standard detectability range are those values shown in port. They are not changed by in-battle effects such as gun bloom, spotting aircraft, smoke, or weather.

[2] Secondary target designation can be tricky at first. To make it more sure, with the Alternate Interface Mode set to Full (highly recommended on the Settings.Controls panel) <ctrl-left click> on the red damage bar just above the range number. A target icon will appear above the ship.

[EAAM-3] 3.0 ^3.1 When activated, the continuous AA damage in the priority sector instantly gains 25% and rises to it's maximum plus 25%. The weak side loses 25%. weak side effect unconfirmed

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-| style="padding: 5px; vertical-align:middle;" | '''+10% HE and SAP shell damage.<br /><br /><span style="color:#A52A2A;">+15% detectability of ships with a main battery caliber of 149 mm and above.</span>'''
+| style="padding: 5px; vertical-align:middle;" | '''+10% main battery HE and SAP shell damage.<br /><br /><span style="color:#A52A2A;">+15% detectability of ships with a main battery caliber of 149 mm and above.</span>'''
 | style="padding: 5px; vertical-align:middle;" | This skill will be useful to small-gun cruisers, of questionable value to most. Note, that HE and SAP shells cause ship damage only when they penetrate.<br />See [[Ship:Ammo|here]].

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Revision as of 23:31, 12 February 2021

Contents

Base Skills

Situational Awareness

Battleship Skills

Gun Feeder

Pyrotechnician

Consumables Specialist

Grease the Gears

Inertia Fuse for HE Shells

Consumables Enhancements

Super-Heavy AP Shells

Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells

Adrenaline Rush

Dead Eye

Improved Secondary Battery Aiming

Close Quarters Combat

Emergency Repair Specialist

Incoming Fire Alert

Preventive Maintenance

Vigilance

Priority Target

AA Gunner

Basics of Survivability

Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection

Expert AA Marksman

Emergency Repair Expert

Concealment Expert

Fire Prevention Expert

Cruiser Skills

Grease the Gears

Swift Fish

Consumables Specialist

Gun Feeder

Pyrotechnician

Fill the Tubes

Consumables Enhancements

Eye in the Sky

Heavy HE and SAP Shells

Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge

Adrenaline Rush

Heavy AP Shells

Top Grade Gunner

Outnumbered

Radio Location

Inertia Fuse for HE Shells

Incoming Fire Alert

Last Stand

Priority Target

Expert AA Marksman

Superintendent

Survivability Expert

Concealment Expert

AA Gunner

Destroyer Skills

Grease the Gears

Liquidator

Consumables Specialist

Gun Feeder

Pyrotechnician

Swift Fish

Consumables Enhancements

Extra-Heavy AP Shells

Main Battery and AA Specialist

Fill the Tubes

Adrenaline Rush

Inertia Fuse for HE Shells

Main Battery and AA Expert

Swift in Silence

Radio Location

Fearless Brawler

Incoming Fire Alert

Preventive Maintenance

Priority Target

Last Stand

Superintendent