Hi arquata, my advice for your laying gearing is:
Prefer a gun-side armament build.
my suggest are to keep for 1captain-skill point “liquidator” wich increased chance of setting flood (because you have to choose the 16.5 km range torps, wich has low-flooding chance) than incoming fire alert and preventive maintenance. For two points choose last stand (wich is very helpful in gunfight). For 3 skill- point choose “main battery & AA expert” (-5% main battery reloading time) than “survivability expert” (3500 more hp wich are very helpful in gunfight) than adrenaline rush and superintendent (you will need more consumable (I will e plane why below)) for 4 skill-point chose only concealment expert.
make sure to don’t choose fearless brawler because you have great detection range and you need to lower it.
also the 1 point skill “incoming fire alert” and “preventive maintenance” aren’t a priority set, so make sure to choose first the other upgrade.
For upgrades I suggest you to choose:
Main armament mod. 1
Engine room protection
Torpedo tubes mod. 1
Propulsion mod. 1
Concealment sistem mod. 1 (don’t choose “improved hull concealment” because you will have a 15% main battery reload time nerf)
Main battery mod. 3
Now you will have a permanent 2.5 sec reloading time for main battery without counting the adrenaline rush. When you will arrive to 50 of yours hp you will have 2.2 sec reloading time guns.
NOW LET’S GO TO GAMEPLAY
said the upgrade let’s talk about gameplay:
smoke screen is very important because if you stay hide in this fantastic US smoke you have 2 minutes to fire. Let’s aim to battleships’ superstructure and cause great damage.
min a DD vs DD fight I suggest you to don’t stay broadside but to stay with your bow pointed to the enemy ship. You will have 4 guns and enemy ship as usually an average of 3 guns on the bow that’s why they will have to stay broadside. But you instead of them, will have a less hit-box size and some of their shot will miss
While playing DD vs DD is very important to accelerate fast to avoid enemy torps, that’s why you will need propulsion mod. 1 and engine boost.
I don’t suggest to choose AA boost because there are less game in wich you will need AA boost than game in wich you will need engine boost.
Remember to turn off your AA.
I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED MY TIPS AND HAVE GREAT GAMES.
