The Secret to Winning Ranked

[aAkula]

Listen up folks, i have the secret to winning ranked, you won't believe how simple it is, but I'm willing to share.

 

It all starts with the Destroyer, you see as a Destroyer you have the ability to use the consumable "Smoke Generator", this magical consumable has the ability to win a game or lose a game.

But aAkula, what do you mean, isn't the Smoke for myself? No this smoke is for your battleships & cruisers, it is used to keep them undetected, allowing them to damage/kill the enemy all the while conserving their HP pool.

 

But if they are in smoke, what should the Destroyer player be doing? Well this is simple, you should be spotting enemy ships and torpedos.

Wrap your heads around it folks, it's that simple.

 

Smoke wins ranked, that's it.

[JCC45]

That's just crazy talk. Crazy talk I tells yah.

[Wulfgarn]

Tell that to WG and BB mains that are all about nerfing DDs.

 

Sounds like a bit of poetic justice to me.

[aAkula]

1 minute ago, Wulfgarn said:

Tell that to WG and BB mains that are all about nerfing DDs.

 

Sounds like a bit of poetic justice to me.

 

Can you explain how that is relevant to my post whatsoever? Did smoke get nerfed? Did the ability to spot enemy ships get nerfed? No.

[Kevbro9]

To add on to that, try to keep your dds from dieing early, while targeting theirs. Even if your in a BB a DD should be your priority target.

[Wulfgarn]

5 minutes ago, aAkula said:

 

Can you explain how that is relevant to my post whatsoever? Did smoke get nerfed? Did the ability to spot enemy ships get nerfed? No.

Posts since patch for gun bloom nerf? 

 

DDs using smoke for themselves so they can fire?

 

Where ya been?

[aAkula]

Just now, Wulfgarn said:

Posts since patch for gun bloom nerf? 

 

DDs using smoke for themselves so they can fire?

 

Where ya been?

 

How is this relevant to ranked?

Read my post, it's so simple. Don't go solo capping the enemy cap, don't go flanking looking for an easy snipe of a battleship, don't sit in your own smoke and get torped.

Keep your team smoked and spot and you will win games, it's so simple.

[Wulfgarn]

Just now, aAkula said:

 

How is this relevant to ranked?

Read my post, it's so simple. Don't go solo capping the enemy cap, don't go flanking looking for an easy snipe of a battleship, don't sit in your own smoke and get torped.

Keep your team smoked and spot and you will win games, it's so simple.

Good luck. 

[MrKilmister]

Rank 16 to 10 since last night.  Averaging 32K damage and 41% gun accuracy.  80% WR today.  90% of it all played with a Fubuki.  Capping, spotting, torping, defending/resetting, and hunting/damaging/killing mainly enemy DDs and some BBs.  Not too hard so far. 

 

BTW, I stick to DDing with stock gun range. 

[MrKilmister]

P.S.  An occasional hard cider can be a good ranked attitude adjuster/enhancer.  Espressos help being/staying alert.  Hydrate in between.  Take frequent breaks to the head; don't hold your pee for multiple battles.  Take a walk outside maybe once every 24 hours...  

[Terkoz]

I'm currently running my Fuso to start off my ranked play but also intend to run the Fubuki. I want to get as far as I can in my limited play time so I shall indeed be attempting to play as suggested and smoke and spot. I'd much rather win than get higher damage numbers.

[MajorHavoc]

Although I agree with aAkula on this particular point, (god help me), its amazing how many games in a row you can lose while doing absolutely everything right too.  

[Bill_Halsey]

23 minutes ago, aAkula said:

Read my post, it's so simple. Don't go solo capping the enemy cap, don't go flanking looking for an easy snipe of a battleship, don't sit in your own smoke and get torped.

Unfortunately, I'd say 80 percent of the dd drivers I've noted would rather do all of that.

[MrKilmister]

7 minutes ago, Terkoz said:

I'm currently running my Fuso to start off my ranked play but also intend to run the Fubuki. I want to get as far as I can in my limited play time so I shall indeed be attempting to play as suggested and smoke and spot. I'd much rather win than get higher damage numbers.

 

I like her with TAE.  I tried RL skill but found the combo of EM, AR and BFT on Fubuki is more effective overall.  Sufficient gun-boat/hybrid capability when it's needed is too essential to succeed. 

[aethervox]

I agree with aAKula, in general, on this topic.

[Abo89]

But aAkula. I lay smoke all the way into the cap. BB and CL rather go play in the corner of the map. 

 

On a serious note. Yes DD play makes or breaks these matches which is why I'm happy I play DD.

[HellaCopterRescue]

spot on, have an upvote from me sir.

 

[pmgaudio]

[VGLance]

So think what the OP is trying to say is when you see the enemy team throw up smoke, send any and all torps into it. :P

[Helipro]

Aakula also forgot to mention that you should be drinking rum too.

[TheKrimzonDemon]

I play a mean DD in ranked, and usually win those rounds. DD play is the be all and end all of Ranked matches. Bad DD play is almost always a loss. Sometimes the team is good enough to overcome it, but generally speaking, they aren't. DD's are that effing important.

 

DD play in ranked is scout, cap, smoke, torp when possible, use guns if you absolutely have to, because you not being spotted wins games. The teams with the YOLO warrior DD driver, they are toast, soggy, iggy, burnt toast.

 

 I don't want to be super unicum, I just want to win. I play the objectives, and give my team the ability to do so, as well. That's the DD's job, and I'm stunned how many fail to understand this.

[TheKrimzonDemon]

49 minutes ago, lemekillmister said:

 

I like her with TAE.  I tried RL skill but found the combo of EM, AR and BFT on Fubuki is more effective overall.  Sufficient gun-boat/hybrid capability when it's needed is too essential to succeed. 

Like, wut?

 

I run PT, LS, the torp reload, and CE. Fubuki isn't a gunboat, no matter what fantasy world WG lives in. It's a torp boat. Build and use accordingly. That said, if it works for you, it works for you. It doesn't work for me. Sneaky is how I roll.

[MrKilmister]

11 minutes ago, TheKrimzonDemon said:

Like, wut?

 

I run PT, LS, the torp reload, and CE. Fubuki isn't a gunboat, no matter what fantasy world WG lives in. It's a torp boat. Build and use accordingly. That said, if it works for you, it works for you. It doesn't work for me. Sneaky is how I roll.

 

You've misconstrued.  PT, LS and CE are bread and butter standards for DDs... goes without needing to be said - obviously!  Fubuki isn't a gun boat - again, obviously - but you best be as prepare as you can be to effectively shoot back judiciously when it's the best or only option.  That's been fairly often when teams in ranked have had three of four DDs.   

 

BTW, I find Fubuki's guns are pretty damned good.   

 

I prefer sneaky too; that's how I play my Fletcher in everyday random but it's not be as much of an option in ranked such as how it's been.   

 

 

[TheKrimzonDemon]

Just now, lemekillmister said:

 

You've misconstrued.  PT, LS and CE are bread and butter standards for DDs... goes without needing to be said - obviously!  Fubuki isn't a gun boat - again, obviously - but you best be as prepare as you can be to effectively shoot back judiciously when it's the best or only option.  That's been fairly often when teams in ranked have had three of four DDs.  

I never stop and remember that a lot of people have 19 point captains. I don't, but I do have 10 pointers on 73 ships. So, I don't think past the initial build, because I simply haven't needed to. I think I have around 12 captains that have 11-13 points, and I still don't have a 14 pointer. Getting close, though.

[MrKilmister]

1 minute ago, TheKrimzonDemon said:

I never stop and remember that a lot of people have 19 point captains. I don't, but I do have 10 pointers on 73 ships. So, I don't think past the initial build, because I simply haven't needed to. I think I have around 12 captains that have 11-13 points, and I still don't have a 14 pointer. Getting close, though.

 

I've got a 17 on mine.