I used HHE through the CL's and it worked well enough. Life expectancy in blitz is
low...so you want damage. AP only gives decent damage against armored targets.
And armor takes cash...so most may not have it. Though with the right setup, you can
armor a DDX to 7.2 inches of belt. 3" guns and heavy belt are just fun.

More then that, master your torpedo's. Those things can kill a heavier target. ALWAYS
fire them off tube by tube and not all at once. As a DD you can maneuver, gauge your
attack, and fire another tube as the target tries to dodge. Getting slower ships in a
crossfire is indeed fun.

Hey man the best thing i have found is that if you want to inflict maximum damage is
that 1st go to blitz and battle there and 2nd is that use you HHE and bum rush
because when i was in my fletcher thats what i did and in a good game i could take
out 4-5 enemys

Best solution:
Level up 2 new sailors. Buy premium HH's.

Use premium HH's to one shot CL's at point blank range.


I go through games in a DD01 with 40-60k dmg in large rooms simply because I can 1 shot
almost everything aside from AW's. Lol.

@Selethe
That is a natural thinking, but,
DDX with 5"Mk16...4 binds
Brook with triple L...5 binds
And I used to do(I don`t use now) 20-30k in DDX, 30-40k in Brook in Blitz in
avarage, what is the enemy when attacking so much? Run out of ammo. And I
didn`t see the life expectancy difference between LHE and HHE, so I just chose HHE.

In GB, I did 93k in DDX, 99k in Brook, and both HHEammo ran out (no AP loaded).
Now I use Brook with N gun + HHE which I have no ammo problem by now.

About AP(C), you can (and should) test the AW ship with 1-2 shot. It`s not too late
changing the ammo after that, and AP won`t work in middle range anyway. I think
you are wasting some (or a lot of) attacks by unnecessary AP shots.

For guns 5" and under, I suggest APC - APC deals slightly less than LHE damage
against unarmoured targets, but has the same range as LHE while being perfectly
usable against armoured targets as well. Thus, it is capable of use against all target
types.

Correction:

AP isnt advised has a primary ammo in the lower tier DD.

I suggest for DD1-2 to use HHE with a back bind of AP for your occassionnal beltwhore.

As soon as you hit the 5/28 mk 28 tough (gearing/sommers) HAW and APC are your shells of
choice, and you keep the technique till brook or NH. You can keep a backbind of HHE for
the occassionnal DD rusher.

APC has LHE range, and in HAW hits harder than HHE.

As soon as you hit Brook/NH your main ammo becomes LHE tough.

@hachioji you mean to keep from not having enough ammo to kill a target so u sacrifice
range for damage? I don't understand clearly since you get the same amount of ammo per
bind using HHE as you would using L/NHE...

I use NHE on DD and CL but from CA and BB1 LHE is the way to go. After BB2 i use AP
since at that stage UK BB's become a problem (PoW and Nelson)...

But if you are in a GB/GB2 room LHE and AP are the standard layout for any ship with guns.

But compass, I regret to say I use HHE in DD/CL(sometimes in CA, rarely in BB
though) =.=#

Reason is, just for avoiding ammo shortage.

AP/HHE is not advised ANY TIME. LHE/HHE is advised simply because I smack people with it.
But AP/HHE? No wei.

"if ur rushing i recomend ap sheels as ur first shells and heavy as ur second "

Shooting AP primary? No way =.="