Their Smokes are ideal when combined with their fire chances mean that battleships can be punished with a few fires and then re-position and smoke up again and continue the fire Their lack of engine boost is counteracted by the sheer horsepower of their engines, they do not loose speed in a turn (whereas other DD's loose 5+kts in a turn). The Royal Navy Destroyers are perhaps the best Destroyers released since the Pan Asian Destroyers in terms of viability up the line and their abilities. Sorry but why have they made brit DDs so awful? Gallant is a great ship at tier 6 with 8km torps and 6km conceal but go to tier 7 on Jervis and its got 63.km conceal and 7km torps? They seem to be just loading them with gimmicks that just don't work in some cases.ĭD's Cons: No engine boost, rainbow arc rifles, awful torpedo ranges at tiers 5 to 7, bad concealment, worse smoke generator than cruisers, low DPM. What are WG doing with the awful ships they seem to churn out for the British lines. My first 2 games with her were a blast (1st was T7 and 2nd T9 MM) - and that was with no upgrades, only a 3pt captain and me at the wheel! Typically, you want to use your smoke/hydro to deal with your DD opposition, then spot for a while, then once enemy are spotted by team mates, smoke up and spam again. And you'll be surprised how quick that (prem)smoke is ready to use again! It does tend to be a bit 'selfish' playstyle though.

and in tight situations, you have great manoeuvrability to dodge fire. You can really make life uncomfortable for anyone. You are the ultimate nuisance - you force DCP's with your HE spam, wreck DD's with Hydro/Alpha HE, and when the situations suits, you have some pretty good torps even if they are short range. You have some very potent guns, good hydro and a unique but actually quite versatile smoke. ^^I'd second this - even a potato player like me can make her dance! Not so keen on Acasta, and I haven't tried Icarus yet although have got her.Īnd that basically is the play style - you dance. If you complain about Jervis you're not doing the right things with her Awesome acceleration and handling to dodge, you can even bully cruisers.

360 degrees on all her turrets, with good smokes.

British destroyers - world of warships