I've been in a lull with my Iowa, not being able to sink anything, not being able to hit anything and when I do its minimal damage. Now I've just started a random battle, scored a couple of decent its on an Amagi sailing broadside doing good damage, a minute later I'm hitting an ARP Takao whos also showing me his broadside and at close range. I score 2 citadel hits on him and I sink him earning the devastating strike and first blood award. I'm thinking my luck is picking up but then I see a load of torps heading my way, coming in from a different angle than the Takao so I know these have been dropped by a hidden DD. These torps are unavoidable so I'm thinking damn I'm dead or near dead cos there are a lot of torps and the first hits me and BOOM I'm dead, full HP to nothing, 79K damage by 1 torp and I get the detonation award. Wargaming.net and RNG really hates me in my Iowa.