

She also gains a significant amount of health in comparison to that of her immediate predecessors: a whopping 25,600 base health. The most notable differences when moving up to Harugumo are the addition of a fifth main battery turret and major performance losses in the areas of handling and concealment.

Armed with ten 100 mm rifles and a single sextuplet torpedo launcher, she is a ship of absolutes she has third place of the highest base hit points of all Tier X destroyers, has an incredible rate of fire, and has the worst maneuverability (turning radius) plus base detection range (tied with Khabarovsk). Harugumo sits atop the IJN "gunboat" branch of destroyers, encapsulating and building upon the design elements and game play of the ships preceding her namely the Tier VIII and IX ships, Akizuki and Kitakaze.
