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USA
c.f "all USN Destroyer builds.docx"
US VIII Sims
- wargaming landing page
- tech tree sister ship is Mahan
- torps
- default
- Mk 15 mod 0
- best for fighting in close quarters & near islands = "aggressive" play style
- upgrade
- Bliss Leavitt Mk 8 mod 2b
- better for stealth
- only 8k damage and very slow 49 knots
- "anemic"
- wikipedia page
- main guns
- very fast turret transverse so always on target
- had to hit anything at long range
- good acceleration & agility (500m turning circle is excellent), second fastest USA destroyer @ 38.5 knots
- non-tech tree ship I got as Daily Advent Calendar in Supercontainer 2025-12-07
US VI Farragut
USSR
Russian VII Leningrad
- has one time 8 second quick torpedo reload, 20 second action time and 85 second dispersion smoke generator & 120 second engine boost
- Wow landing page
- got it 2025-12-01 in a "Santa's Gift" container that I got for either
- day 1 of Advent Calendar
or
- for getting all 10 ornaments for the Christmas Tree in Nordlyshavn port
or
- for getting all ornaments for the Christmas Tree in Nordlyshavn port (which was easy since they give out 1 for every 2 battles played and they don't repeat)
Russian destroyer III Derzki seems like ship I would enjoy with 5 double torp tubes - got smoked by it in a random battle
Germany
UK
France
Italy
c.f. "Italian DDs.docx"
III Nazario Sauro destroyer
- wargaming landing page
- best suited for ambushing and eliminating enemy destroyers and then going undetected. As such, players should focus on improving her main battery potential and her survivability.
Pan-Asia
Pan Asian III Phra Ruang
- originally British ship later sold to Thailand
- Wows landing page
- as of 2025-12-04 slot 2 I have engine room protection, but landing page recommends Propulsion Modification 1 for 1M credits [-50% time to full power] in WoWs
- actually available is Engine Boost Modification 1 for 17k coal [gives 30% longer engine boost consumable]
- "Tier III-X ships with an Engine Boost consumable only."
- deepwater torps only hit cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers
- 102mm guns are adequate, but not exceptional.
- At point-blank range good enough for self defence
- At max 8.7km too long of shell flight times for anything but battleships
- stealth and torpedoes make quick work of enemy battleships; avoid engaging enemy destroyers at all costs
- pro
- lowest detection in tier
- torpedo strikes from beyond detection range
- Torpedo reload is relatively quick
- fastest in tier
- con
- slow torps, only deepwater torps, long artillery tough, fragile
Europe
c.f. EU torpedoboat DDs (Halland line) standard build.docx
EU torpedoboat DDs (Halland line) torpedo build.docx
III Romulus
- Wargaming page
- lack of concealment, thin armor and substandard guns relegates her to supporting at range with her torpedoes
- fast & great turning radius
- slightly better than average concealment, great aerial concealment
- since crap armour, should not be brawling. Instead, captains should stay at a safe distance, using her 8 km torpedo range to overwhelm targets and deny areas.
- poor forward firing angles,need to expose at least 50 degrees of broadside to get all three turrets on target.
- Upgrading to the 120 mm Bofors reduces this angle to 41 degrees, but increases reload and thus reduces DPM while maintaining the same slow 18-second turret traverse. As with Tátra, returning fire is cumbersome if engaged in evasive maneuvers.
- unusual torp arrangement: first launcher has two torpedoes while the second has four
- only Tier III destroyer to feature a quadruple launcher
- narrow firing angles, captains should launch torps while still at range to avoid exposing her weak hull
- torpedoes have a very high detection range so many miss
- no smoke generator
- summary
- does well at range supporting the main lines with her torpedoes. She can engage from there with her main guns, but choose targets wisely to stay concealed.
- stay clear of direct engagements with enemy destroyers
- lacks the health or turret traverse to engage them directly.
- Instead, use her torpedoes more for deterrence and area denial. She will reward a patient playstyle just as much as she will punish an overly aggressive one.
- WoWs#s page
- my results
- 2025-12-07 random battle w 3 actual people per team
- got 1107 base XP
- 18 of 36 torp hits for 57k damage
- sank a cruiser and a battleship, third ship St. Louis I hit with 6 torps for 19k damage but didn't sink it though must have been close
- 31 of 74 HE shell hits for 12k damage - i fogot to switch to AP shells? maybe no AP shells?
- wasn't able to kill human destroyer as turret turn speed is super slow so as it chased me and i dodged i couldn't return fire
Netherlands
Commonwealth
Pan-America
Spain
last updated:
Thu 2025-12-18 6:21 AM