Destroyer

They are smallest ship class in World of Warships Blitz. They are also known as **DD** in short. Speed and Maneuverability are their main characteristics, but their weaknesses are their light armor and short quantity of main guns.

Destroyers are best used in a hit and run or ambush strategy, where they excel with their high damage torpedoes and excellent maneuverability. Their speed also allows them to intercept other warships.Try to target battleships and aircraft carriers as much as possible as their slow speed makes it difficult to dodge your torpedoes,increasing your chance of a hit,but avoid cruisers,as their fast firing guns will destroy you quicky and any torpedoes lauched by you will likely be dodged due to their high manuvarability.

A good destroyer commander has to know that destroyers are easily outgunned by cruisers and outarmored, and they have to make up with concealment, speed, maneuverability and with their powerful torpedoes.

## United States Navy U.S.N

US destroyers are the jack of all trades-- decently strong guns, and torpedoes with slightly underwhelming damage and range, along with great manuverability and workable concealment. Most low-tier ships are best used in hit-and-run raids. While the speed is average, their above average AA and set of consumables will provide great utility on the battlefield.

## Imperial Japanese Navy I.J.N

Usually regarded as one of the best torpedo destroyer lines, Japanese destroyers have great torpedo damage, speed, and range. Thus, stealth torping is their main gimmick from Tier 6 onward. They are divided into 2 lines: Torpedo boats, with numerous, powerful and slow reloading torpedoes, and horrible guns, as well as gunboats with fast firing, low damage guns and lower quality torpedoes, and being large destroyers with bad concealment and speed.

## UK Royal Navy (RN)

Royal Navy destroyers receive a smoke skill at Tier III, the earliest in the game. They are equipped with Fuel Smoke which allows a boat to remain screened while travelling at full speed. RN DDs start out as predominantly torpedo boats with underperforming guns which gradually get better starting at tier 7 through the rest of the line until reaching tier 10, which is a balanced hybrid torpedo/gunboat. The main specialty of this line is the ability to single-fire torps, much like the cruiser lines do, which gives you the ability to get all of your torpedoes on target, at the risk of possibly missing entirely. Starting with tier 8, you get 360 degree rotating gun turrets, giving you the ability to gunboat effectively while using your excellent maneuverability. The downsides are that its torpedo and gun damage is relatively poor at higher tiers, despite having the Defensive AA skill, your base anti-aircraft damage is quite low.

## Soviet Navy U.S.S.R (Военно-морской флот)

Soviet DDs have good gun damage and ballistics coupled with high speeds, in exchange for bad maneuverability and concealment, large size, as well as short range torpedoes. Brawling is not recommended until later game, lest getting shredded by sheer number of enemies and not being able to contribute to the game. Their primary role is to hunt DDs, using their guns and above average survivability to outlast other nation's DDs, and gunning down larger capital ships at range. At tier VIII, the line splits, where Ognevoy, Udaloi, and Grozovoi are slightly more torpedo-focused, versus Tashkent, Kiev, and Khabarovsk continues the gun-focused line.

## Kreigsmarine (KM)

KMS DDs are known for their powerful destroyer killing guns. Having very powerful AP in exchange for weak HE, they are suited to hunt enemy DDs at the start of a match, but lackluster HE may hinder novices from doing damage to armored targets. The torpedoes, though dealing less damage than foreign counterparts, have fast reloads, decent ranges, and among the stealtiest at 1.68km. Weaknesses include large size, bad maneuverability and concealment.

## Pan-Asia (PA)

PA DDs are typically brought from first-world nations. They are commonly known to equip deep water torpedoes that has better damage, speed, and concealment than any common torpedoes. However, they can not target destroyers due to small depths. At tier 8, they come equip with radar, which can be use against other ships behind islands or smoke. They share similar characteristic from class ships they purchased but has slower maneuverability and longer main gun range.

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## French Navy (MN)

French Destroyers are the fastest ships in the game. Typically equipped with Engine Accelerator, they are the first to reach into battle with long range main caliber guns and decent torpedo armament. At higher tiers, they will have rapid reload, allowing them to shoot faster than most destroyers. On the other hand, french destroyers are hard to traverse and doesn't have great concealment. In addition, the rounds are typically slow, making penetrations difficult to achieve.

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## Pan European (PE)

Pan European Destroyers are known with their very fast and rapid firing torpedoes. Capable to cause flood much easier than deep-water torpedoes, they are the masters of dealing damage overtime with rapid firing guns (at higher tiers). In addition, they are the best supportive destroyer with impressive AA and come equipped with radar and anti-aircraft skill. Yet, most european destroyers have low HP. This can be negated with an additional repair kit, allowing to get back up in battle. Other than that, her torpedoes deals a small amount of damage.