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Kongou is the lead ship of the four Kongou-class fast battleships. Her sister ships are Hiei, Haruna and Kirishima.
Classified as a Fast Battleship in-game. The Kongou-class boasts good all-around stats for daytime surface combat and a slightly higher evasion than other battleships. Due to her Fast speed she can take part in fleets that require a fleet consisting entirely of fast ships, opening up opportunities for alternate routes in select maps that have branching rules related to fleet speed.
Kongou is generally a good battleship for most situations due to her lower resource consumption compared to other battleship-classes and decent combat statistics. She should often be used in a fleet composition that requires a battleship, unless resources allow it and there is a need for a heavier battleship like Nagato, an aviation battleship such as Ise Kai or even a capital battleship like Yamato.
Acquisition
Available. Buildable from Basic Construction and Large Ship Construction or as a drop from selected worlds.
| 1-1 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
1-2 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
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| 1-3 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
1-4 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
| 1-5 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
1-6 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
| 2-1 | Nodes: Boss Node |
2-2 | Nodes: All Nodes |
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| 2-3 | Nodes: All Nodes |
2-4 | Nodes: All Nodes |
| 2-5 | Nodes: Boss Node |
| 3-1 | Nodes: All Nodes |
3-2 | Nodes: All Nodes |
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| 3-3 | Nodes: All Nodes |
3-4 | Nodes: All Nodes |
| 3-5 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
| 4-1 | Nodes: All Nodes |
4-2 | Nodes: All Nodes |
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| 4-3 | Nodes: All Nodes |
4-4 | Nodes: All Nodes |
| 4-5 | Nodes: All Nodes |
| 5-1 | Nodes: All Nodes |
5-2 | Nodes: All Nodes |
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| 5-3 | Nodes: Boss Node |
5-4 | Nodes: Boss Node |
| 5-5 | Nodes: Does Not Drop |
| 6-1 | Nodes: H, J, Boss Node |
6-2 | Nodes: Boss Node |
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| 6-3 | Nodes: E, F, Boss Node |
6-4 | Nodes: Boss Node |
| 6-5 | Nodes: Boss Node |
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Gallery
Standard
Damaged
Kai Ni
Kai Ni damaged
Trivia
- All parts used in her construction were manufactured in the U.K.
- She shares a similar design from the Revenge-class and Queen Elizabeth-class Battleships of the Royal Navy (her cousin battleships).
- Coincidentally, her cousin battleships, the Revenge-class HMS Royal Oak and the Queen Elizabeth-class HMS Barham were sunk by submarine in the same fashion. In total, there were three British built battleship sinkings in World War II caused by a submarine attack along with Kongou.
- The radar wings that she and her sisters wear share a similar coloration and design to the alternative name for "金剛" which also means "vajra", but may be more accurately "ghanta" (bells). See this page (scroll to 12th Century) and compare to the CG artwork.
- Her affinity for tea is based on her British heritage.
- She probably if not most definitely has feelings for her admiral, as seen in her lines.
- She received her Kai Ni on November 1, 2013.
- She is still an existing JDS name as of present, along with Kirishima.
- She is required by quest A16 and quest A40 as Kai Ni.
Appearance in derivative works
- Kongou appears in the anime adaptation of Kantai Collection, and was also featured in the adaptation's first trailer, where she played a big role in it, appearing to be the only member of the Fifth Mobile Fleet Fubuki can get along with.
- Kongou appears as one of the main characters in side:Kongou.
- Kongou - along with other ships voiced by Nao Touyama - was featured in the first KanColle Drama CD, titled "Hiei's Curry" (比叡、カレーを作る). Due to one seiyuu doing all the voices, the CD's short story is also referred to as "One Nao Show". A translated version of the short story can be found here.