[-AP-] thiextar Players 746 posts 2,918 battles Report post #1 Posted April 25, 2018 Question is in the topic really, if i want speed and gun based firepower from my dd:s, what line is the best, and also, is there a good premium dd or light cruiser that fits this description? cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boris_MNE Moderator 1,471 posts 10,088 battles Report post #2 Posted April 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, thiextar said: Question is in the topic really, if i want speed and gun based firepower from my dd:s, what line is the best, and also, is there a good premium dd or light cruiser that fits this description? cheers Khabarovsk 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[CATS] ColonelPete Players 15,926 posts 11,172 battles Report post #3 Posted April 25, 2018 Is that really that hard to find? There is only one line that fits the desciption: RU DD For premium: Leningrad or Blyska, if you do not mind taking a polish ship that has no tech tree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[OE] PaxMaggie Players 132 posts 5,986 battles Report post #4 Posted April 25, 2018 Khaba if u want a dd, Minotaur for light cruisers.....Kidd should be a good prem gunboat too...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[IRQ] AnotherDuck [IRQ] Players 2,753 posts 6,638 battles Report post #5 Posted April 25, 2018 Tachibana. If you want speed and gunpower, you want the Russian line, and their premiums. If you also want some stealth, the US DD line has okay stealth and good gunpower, but they're not good at long range. After those you have the Pan Asians, I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[3STG] Paimentaja Players 328 posts 10,495 battles Report post #6 Posted April 25, 2018 20 minutes ago, thiextar said: Question is in the topic really, if i want speed and gun based firepower from my dd:s, what line is the best, and also, is there a good premium dd or light cruiser that fits this description? cheers RU DDs are the gunboats. There are exceptions like Akizuki. And for the prems, as mentioned already, Leningrad is excellent but so is HSF Harekaze too, with Akizuki's guns. It gets 1 turret less than Akizuki, but better torps, concealment and manouverability. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[WGP2D] Rick_Hunter Players 183 posts 10,499 battles Report post #7 Posted April 25, 2018 34 minutes ago, thiextar said: Question is in the topic really, if i want speed and gun based firepower from my dd:s, what line is the best, and also, is there a good premium dd or light cruiser that fits this description? cheers Just play the russian DDs and for the premium ship get the Leningrad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SICK] walter3kurtz Players 952 posts 5,610 battles Report post #8 Posted April 25, 2018 Agree that Leningrad and Soviet line is what you are looking for. Just consider that Leningrad needs a somewhat specialized captain. It can be made to work without EM and CE, but they are considered a (big) plus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[T-N-T] Sigimundus [T-N-T] Weekend Tester, Players, In AlfaTesters 4,083 posts 9,467 battles Report post #9 Posted April 25, 2018 1 hour ago, thiextar said: Question is in the topic really, if i want speed and gun based firepower from my dd:s, what line is the best, and also, is there a good premium dd or light cruiser that fits this description? cheers Akizuki (great gun but low speed) and this line it will soon get also t9 and t10 jap gunboat DD which will be faster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[UNICS] xXx_Blogis_xXx Alpha Tester, Players 5,287 posts Report post #10 Posted April 25, 2018 Go for Rus DD line , and for premium get Leningrad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panocek Players 4,349 posts 7,746 battles Report post #11 Posted April 25, 2018 For bonus points I'd add French hightier cruisers, with Sierra Mike and their Engine Boost active they can get around rather fast and have plenty of range to pretend they are 3XL russian destroyers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TEA] FishDogFoodShack Players 588 posts 4,771 battles Report post #12 Posted April 25, 2018 Leningrad and Kidd. Soviets for a whole line. Japanese starting at Akizuki and upcoming T9 and T10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] T0byJug Quality Poster 4,502 posts 15,364 battles Report post #13 Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, thiextar said: Question is in the topic really, if i want speed and gun based firepower from my dd:s, what line is the best, and also, is there a good premium dd or light cruiser that fits this description? cheers OK I would start with the German DD. Good gun boats and reasonable stealth with good Torps The RU DDs are indeed the best Gunboats But they are really not NOOB Friendly.. I don't mean that in anyway as an insult. Its just RU DD are the hardest DD tech line to play. Get some experience in other DDs first. Other wise you risk being disillusioned with DD play, and that would be a sham as DDs are SOOOOO much fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TOXIC] eliastion [TOXIC] Players 4,357 posts 11,267 battles Report post #14 Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, thiextar said: Question is in the topic really, if i want speed and gun based firepower from my dd:s, what line is the best, and also, is there a good premium dd or light cruiser that fits this description? cheers Well, your description sounds like "I want a Khabarovsk" but be warned - that line doesn't really qualify as DDs. They are treated by the game as DDs but they - especially at high tiers - absolutely suck in most things that are expected of DDs. Their speed is great and their firepower very good - but their concealment sucks, preventing them from being effective in cap contesting and DD hunting. The sole exception would be Grozovoi (the top of the alternate USSR DD line). If you want firepower but still want to be a destroyer, there's the option to look at USN or PA line, probably (if you can handle the moon-scraping shell arcs) or maybe the German one... Never played that last one though, so I can't say anything about it. There's also the Akizuki line that is supposed to get completed in some unclear point in the future - judging by Akizuki herself, it's a great choice for firepower. But as far as speed is concerned... nope. And until t8 they are hardly gunboats anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[CPA] Procrastes Beta Tester 2,145 posts 2,329 battles Report post #15 Posted April 25, 2018 The best premium gunboat destroyers are the Blyskawica and the Leningrad. And if you enjoy the close range knife fighting style, the Lo Yang - with her hydro to back up cap contests and smoke engagements - is also a great ship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NWP] __Helmut_Kohl__ Beta Tester 2,428 posts 9,422 battles Report post #16 Posted April 25, 2018 Harekaze. While the other mentioned premium DDs (especially KIDD) are good picks too, Harekaze B-Hull (100mm guns) provides fantastic AP performance, superb firestarting capabilities, top concealment and nice torpedoes. Plus we will get T9+10 successors for the Akizuki soon, same captain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SM0KE] Verblonde Players 2,611 posts 6,459 battles Report post #17 Posted April 25, 2018 For the premium, I find Anshan quite worthwhile too (it is lower tier though) - decent guns, and has superior range on its torps, compared to its Russian siblings... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-AP-] thiextar Players 746 posts 2,918 battles Report post #18 Posted April 25, 2018 Ok, so per peoples recommendations, ill go for the russian dd line with the leningrad. What would be the best build for my captain for the leningrad/also the other dds? Do i want ifhe? Do i want bft/aft? What would be the best skill build? Answers would be appriciated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[CATS] ColonelPete Players 15,926 posts 11,172 battles Report post #19 Posted April 25, 2018 --> Game Guides --> Ships Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[ZEN] Titicha_2015 [ZEN] Players 1 post 772 battles Report post #20 Posted January 16 As of january 2019 DD stats So at T10 the best gunboat wuld be Harugumo even though Khabarovsk is the only one without a minimum. Basically if you hit your shots Harugumo is the best. As said above though, IJN dds start to be good gunboats at T7. These are just stats and I guess the best way to know is still experience playing the different ships. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TTT] Tyrendian89 [TTT] Players 4,108 posts 7,842 battles Report post #21 Posted January 16 ...inb4 some sort of necro meme pic... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[VS-UK] Pte_Maylam Players 34 posts 4,388 battles Report post #22 Posted January 16 I think Cossack is quite decent. I do have a soft spot for blyska though.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-AP-] thiextar Players 746 posts 2,918 battles Report post #23 Posted January 16 holy necro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NWP] Ubertron_X [NWP] Beta Tester 1,321 posts 12,370 battles Report post #24 Posted January 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[PMI] Juanx Players 2,564 posts 6,009 battles Report post #25 Posted January 16 3 hours ago, Titicha_2015 said: As of january 2019 DD stats So at T10 the best gunboat wuld be Harugumo even though Khabarovsk is the only one without a minimum. Basically if you hit your shots Harugumo is the best. As said above though, IJN dds start to be good gunboats at T7. These are just stats and I guess the best way to know is still experience playing the different ships. And how is this related to the OP? The nigromancy notwhistanding? OP was asking for prem DDs, and perhaps the best line, how is a table with TX DDs relevant? I mean, at least learn to read if you are going to necro an 8 month old thread... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
