Talk:Yuugumo/@comment-4981281-20170103201123/@comment-3213090-20170104103649

Neither World of Warships nor Kantai Collection should be taken as historical representations of how the ships function. KanColle in particular tends to lend more weight on the ship's contributions to history and battles than their technical capabilities. See: Yuudachi's firepower matching a heavy cruiser (Because she defeated a heavy cruiser at Guadalcanal)

Amatsukaze gets special treatment because she was the testbed for all the stuff that went into Shimakaze, who is a statistically superior destroyer. Yukikaze, an ordinary Kagerou class, is in the same stat bracket as Yukikaze due to her history as the Miracle Destroyer.

Amatsukaze is in a tier below these two because she's effectively Shimakaze's prototype, and that elevates her a bit above the typical Kagerou class girl.

That's how I see it, anyway.