Hotaka: Tier IX Japanese Battleship 1921

Hotaka is a Japanese Battleship for an upcoming event and is part of a new group of experimental ships with special gameplay mechanics. Hotaka is a clone of Japanese Battleship IX Adatara.
The ship is named after one of the famous Japanese mountains, located in the Gunma Prefecture of Honshu Island.

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14.4 Balance Changes

• HP reduced: 94,650 to 71,100
• Heavy Repair Teams parameters changed:
  • Restoration of hit points after receiving damage to parts of the hull increased: 35 to 60%
  • Number of charges reduced: 3 to 2
  • Cooldown increased: 60 to 120s
  • Amount of HP restored per second reduced: 756 to 711

Ship Info:

Ship Name:   IX Hotaka

Tier: 9

Added for testing: 14.1

How to Obtain: Experimental Ship - accessed by playing 10 battles on a Tier IX or higher ship or for Free XP; then earned with 6 components at 1.5m credits and 100 Action Reports each - or can be immediately acquired for 6000 dbl

Nation:   Japan

Current development status: Released

How to Obtain:

The 2nd set of experimental ships will enter the game in Update 14.5! The details below will explain how to obtain them:

• Since these ships are primarily meant for seasoned players, first of all you'll need to gain a special access by either completing a special combat mission for Tier IX ships or spending Free XP.
• After that, you'll be able to work towards unlocking these ships by completing special missions. These missions will bring you a new currency called Action Reports; you'll use these together with Credits to obtain the ships' components.
• Collecting enough components will allow you to unlock the ships themselves. The specific number of components needed will depend on the ship.
• The ships have to be unlocked in order, from Tier VIII - X.
• Once obtained, you'll be able to bring these ships into all battle types.
• They'll be available for a duration of several Updates, and will be removed with the release of Update 14.7.
• There will be a special mission chain that can be completed only with Experimental ships and will reward you with Coal.
• After their removal, commemorative rewards will be given to all players who unlocked all of the ships.
• Lastly, please be advised that balance changes may be applied to these ships in the future.

Armor

Hit Points: 71,100

Overall: 19-508 mm

Side Plating Fore/Mid/Aft: 32-229/32-305/32-255 mm

Deck Fore/Mid/Aft: 32/32-57/32 mm

Fore Athwartships: 32-305 mm

Aft Athwartships: 70-102 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 70-280 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 70 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Armor Belt: 32-305 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 70 mm

Citadel Deck: 48-63 mm

Citadel Armored Deck Slopes: 89-102 mm

Turret Plating: 59-508 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Coning Tower: 280-305 mm

Torpedo protection - Damage reduction: 29%

Tonnage: 50.943

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Fight or Flight

• Secondary battery firing range: +20%
• Secondary battery reload time: -30%
• Minimum effective Ships Hit Point threshold: 26,350

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Main Battery

4x2 410 mm/50 10th Year Type Mod.A in a twin turret:

Firing Range: 21.8 km

Reload Time: 28.0 s

180-Degree Turn Time: 35.0 s

Maximum Dispersion: 278 m

Sigma: 1.90

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 410 mm HE Type 03

HE Shell Damage: 6,500

Ammo Type: High Explosive

HE Shell Penetration: 68 mm

Shell Air Drag: 0.378

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 410 mm

Shell Krupp: 3.0

Shell Mass: 970.0 kg

HE Initial Velocity: 870 m/s

Fire Chance: 30%

AP Shells

8x 410 mm AP/APC Type 04

AP Shell Damage: 10,800

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.273

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 68.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 410 mm

Shell Krupp: 2996.0

Shell Mass: 700.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

AP Initial Velocity: 870 m/s

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Airstrike (Depth Charge)

Reload Time: 30.0 s

Maximum Bomb Damage: 4,200

Available Flights: 2

Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Maximum Range: 10.0 km

Bombs in Payload: 2x Experimental 45 kg

Fire Chance: 24%

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Secondary Armament

12x1 140 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a casemate mount:

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 9.76 s

HE Damage: 2,400

Alpha Piercing HE: 30.0 mm

Fire Chance: 10%

Initial Velocity: 850 m/s

6x2 100 mm/65 Type 98 on a twin mount:

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 3.52 s

HE Damage: 1,700

Alpha Piercing HE: 30.0 mm

Fire Chance: 6%

Initial Velocity: 1,000 m/s

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Anti Aircraft Defense

Long-Range

6x2 100 mm/65 Type 98 on a twin mount:

Damage per second: 151

Hit Probability: 75%

Action Zone: 5.8 km

Continuous Damage: 263

Flak Bursts:

Damage per explosion: 1,470

Explosions per salvo: 6

Action Zone: 3.5-5.8 km

Mid-Range

12x2 40 mm/60 Type 5 on a twin mount:

Damage per second: 231

Hit Probability: 75%

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Short-Range

10x3 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount:
15x1 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a single mount:

Damage per second: 123

Hit Probability: 85%

Action Zone: 2.5 km

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Mobility

Maximum Speed: 30.0 kt

Turning Circle Radius: 880 m

Rudder Shift Time: 16.2 s

Propulsion: 150,000

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Detection

Surface Detectability: 15.0 km

Air Detectability: 11.8 km

Detectability After Firing in Smoke: 15.0 km

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Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Duration: 10 s

Reload: 80 s

Charges: Unlimited

Slot 2: Heavy Repair Teams

Duration: 45 s

HP/s: 711.00

Reload: 120 s

Charges: 2

Slot 3: Fighter

Duration: 60 s

Fighters: 4

Radius: 3.0 km

Reload: 90 s

Charges: 3

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.

Please be aware that all information in this post is 'Work in Progress', the announced adjustments and features may undergo multiple changes during testing, all changes will be added to this post immediately after they become available, the final details will be officially published and labelled in the ship info as 'Released' on this post.