World of Warships Blitz - Destroyer Tactics 

Wow, thanks! Much appreciated, and welcome aboard :)

Me too. 👍

Thanks, and welcome aboard! I've created this channel because I wish there had been one when I started playing, and I didn't have to figure things out the hard way :) I actually do watch a fair amount of PC version channels as well, even though things are different, you still learn quite a bit.

@@FunandGameswithTerry yes the PC is good for learning the roles for certain ship types from each nation such as the Japanese destroyers are torp boats and the Americans are gunboats

I love watching Flambass, I admire his rather reckless style

Same!!👍

Hahaha, thanks!

Thanks, much appreciated! I find mid-tier games often a bit more brawly, but I it helps to observe what your team is up to, and act accordingly - situational awareness can win your team the game. Higher tier games can often be much more tactical - I've had games where only one or two ships died at the end of the game. But I figure not everyone plays at tier 8-10 regularly (can also be quite stressful), so I try and throw some mid-tier gameplay in as well.

USN DDs (especially in the lower tiers) have much weaker torps, less stealth, but are more manoeuvrable and have better guns. IJN DDs can stealth torp or do massive damage, but then they're relatively defenceless until their torps reload. That's why USN DDs get smokescreens, so you can get close, unload your torps, smoke up and either disengage or stay in smoke and try to set fires. Imagine you managed to flood a BB with torps, they damage con, and then you're sitting in your smoke for a minute, raining down HE and setting two or three perma-fires. Works the other way around as well - try to set them on fire from mid-range, get them to damage con, and then rush, torp, smoke & disengage. One of my favourite murder machines in the game is the tier 7 Sims. I'll do a video about her at some point, she's incredibly fun to play.

Sniper1234 Boy I’m opposite I’m better with American ships and bad with Japanese

It is not you. It is the game programming. Some ships you choose are programmed to make you lose 60% of the time. The match up is always uneven. You should sell those ships and buy those that seems to favor you. By favoring you, means your team has more hp in total and humans control the critical ships. In some low tiered battle. Often you see a game with 3 human destroyers vs 1 human destroyer with the 2 other human piloting old cruisers. AI destroyers are basically useless. The more they give to your team, mean they want you to lose. 90% of the time, I already know the outcome of the battle just before the start. The match up is totally fcuked up.

US destroyers are meant to play as killers of enemy destroyers, this is why they have better guns. Japanese guns suck, so they had to rely on torpedoes all the time.

Mine is oppisite I always lose Random battle with my IJN DDS but Co-op i win everytime

Wow, I'm honoured, thanks! I'm going to have to make a video about me potatoing, just to keep it real :)

@@FunandGameswithTerry thanks 😊 I’ve captured a lot of bases because of this vid

Thanks, that's what counts - not the number of subs, but that I get to make stuff you enjoy watching :)

Thanks mate! I'm trying to throw some more DD gameplay in when I can, as things have a tendency to get very BB and CA heavy around here :) If there's anything you'd like me to talk about in more detail, please do feel free to ask (I'm maintaining a backlog, but I usually get around to it eventually)

@@FunandGameswithTerry Thanks for the offer. I'd be on the lookout if something pops up

Yeah, that used to work in the early days, when BBs were just sailing in straight lines. But now, everyone has a captain with increased torp detection, and players are much better at dodging. So while you've got a very long range, you'd have to be lucky to hit with two or three torps. That doesn't do enough damage (not like in the PC version), and you're basically useless while waiting for reload. You need to get detection down as much as possible, get as close as possible and then drop - I find that you can still play IJN DDs stealthily, just not "never be seen and spam everyone with torps from 9km" kind of gameplay :)

I appretiate the reply. I really enjoy your videos mate, have a nice weekend. @@FunandGameswithTerry

@@lmig238 Thanks, you too

Thanks! Hopefully my videos got a little better over time as well :)

Thanks! I used to fly one of the ranks, but when they reset the nicks recently, I kind of stopped doing it. I know that a lot of the top players sail as "beginner", it certainly helps a bit with not getting focused.

Deon Du Toit never believe ranks season status is a better indicator especially first couple of weeks

Ah, the "top tier" comment is related to the tier spread in the matchmaker. Playing in a tier 7 ship, I can land either in a tier 6/7, fully tier 7 or tier 7/8 battle. So when I say I'm "top tier", I mean I'm in the highest tier ship in the battle (in this case, we had tier 6 and 7). I've got a long backlog of things to talk about, but Mogami has been frequently requested lately, so I'll do a review on her soon.

60k is pretty good, well done! I don't have the Sirius yet, but I'll put it on my list, for when I get my hands on her.

I love Soviet DDs, but it took me a long time to get good at them. You need situational awareness above all else, since you've got to play them "at knifepoint" to be successful. As for the AP, I've learned a lot since I made that video :)

Fun and games with Terry Thank you for your input!

Thanks! I'm honestly amazed about the size of the crowd here - I've got a lot of ideas of things I want to do. I'm planning to do some pure history videos, but need to study how to do animation first. Maybe to come later this year.

I as a destroyer have done that quite a few times and got jumped

Thanks

It took me a very long time to figure her out, tbh. I've been playing her exclusively on stealth, but she's actually a decent gunboat, once you've gotten used to her shortcomings. Speed is poor, so is turret traverse, but her guns aren't terrible, and I often find other ships to be completely confused by being rushed by a Kagero. I've been a lot more successful with her since I started playing more aggressively.

Thanks! And we weren't even on voice comms :) I'm playing on NA.

@@FunandGameswithTerry oh! I play on NA too, RacistZebra [FND] in game, I was referring to when you were scouting those dds for your random bb, very unselfish and rare these days

When you're in a DD, and park behind a rock, you often get proximity spotted - use the torp guidance cone to see which way a ship on the other side is going, be patient, and surprise them with a spread when they come out :)

I'm German, been living in Australia for over 10 years now. Well spotted :)

Sure, I can do a review, I'll put it on my list

I've got a video on the Ernst Gaede here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gud9gTRL6SY.html Generally, given that she has cruiser guns, and German HE mostly sucks, you've got to switch her over to AP (not something you usually do with DDs). German destroyers aren't sneaky, but their torps aren't half bad, and reload quickly. The 150mm AP is murderous against other DDs, and they can't hide in smoke as long as they're in hydro range. I play them a lot more aggressively than IJN DDs. In a Japanese one, you'd go towards the cap, and if you encounter another DD, you'd likely drop torps and disengage. In a German DD, same situation, switch on the hydro, and start gunning them down (don't even bother with torps, unless you have a clear shot).

@@FunandGameswithTerry yes, I agree, also for how you play with the Japanese. I believe you will use Japanese or German based on your playing style. I don't know if it is necessary to have different skills for the commanders or if they are the same between the two lines of research.

"If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat." - Sun Tsu

Its dumb how there is no chat

especially if she has HE loaded, she can one-shot a full health Nicholas.

bot players have a colon (":") in front of their name. So if you see a player called ":DaveSmith", that's a bot.

Nice, finally someone who plays in my timezone! Sydney here :)

They both have their merits - the slow speeds and lack of smoke screens can hurt IJN DDs in higher tiers, but there's also the IJN gunboat line, which feels kind of in the middle between the two, and is probably my favourite so far.

Hey tirth Indian here I too play wow blitz regularly but having a hard time getting any freindly players wanna play together that would be awespme!!!

was that you?

No I just placed a time there as a bookmark

I’m grinding for Shimakaze, Yamato and Bismarck

I've gotten up to the Kagero on the IJN DD line, but have kind of stopped there - she's too slow for how I play. Yama is on my list to get to eventually (IJN BB was the first line I've ever played), and Bismarck is insanely fun when played aggressively. Good luck with the grind!

Fun and games with Terry I Have Mutsuki, Izumo and Bayern. I’m halfway