788 [CCF] Grand_Admiral_Murrel Wiki Editor 1,016 posts 5,481 battles Report post #1 Posted April 13, 2022 Hey captains, Just curious if there's anyone out there that runs and would recommend a gunboat build on the Halland? I've been playing the new Italian DDs, and have discovered that I enjoy gunboat DDs. I like being able to dictate the terms of engagement with enemy DDs, kill them, and then dictate the tempo of the game through cap domination. Is this playstyle possible with the Halland? I realize it's probably not as efficient as a torpedo build, but... would a gunboat build work? Thanks in advance, Murrel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,758 [-THG-] Karstodes Members 2,628 posts 8,022 battles Report post #2 Posted April 13, 2022 Halland lack the smoke, the dpm and the agility to make it relevant in my opinion. You can try it (anyway, her torpedo reload time is already quite short) but I suspect it will not be that great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,214 [HE] DolphinPrincess Members 1,182 posts 9,364 battles Report post #3 Posted April 13, 2022 Gunboat is the recommended build However, even with gun build, Halland is not a ship that is designed to take on other DDs of the same tier. Play Smaland for that. Kills and map pressure are magnitudes more effective at controlling a game's tempo than caps 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
21 [ARPGT] FirmlyThatGuy [ARPGT] Members 25 posts 3,275 battles Report post #4 Posted April 13, 2022 You can, but why sand down your square peg for the round hole when many round pegs exist? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
483 [-NACL] SkywhaleExpress Alpha Tester, In AlfaTesters, Beta Testers 1,697 posts 28,327 battles Report post #5 Posted April 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Grand_Admiral_Murrel said: Hey captains, Just curious if there's anyone out there that runs and would recommend a gunboat build on the Halland? I've been playing the new Italian DDs, and have discovered that I enjoy gunboat DDs. I like being able to dictate the terms of engagement with enemy DDs, kill them, and then dictate the tempo of the game through cap domination. Is this playstyle possible with the Halland? I realize it's probably not as efficient as a torpedo build, but... would a gunboat build work? Thanks in advance, Murrel As Dolphin stated, it is the recommended build, but intentionally going in to gunfights is not the best way to play the line. It’s fairly squishy, and although one of the fastest firing (1.50s with max gun build) ships, it’s raw damage isn’t all that high. While it does have a heal, it’s probably best used to recover from an engagement that you didn’t initiate… i.e. being caught out by another DD and having to fight until you got dark again. If you build for torp reload, you can still have 2.00s reload (still fast as heck) while getting your torp reload down to Z-46 levels. Adrenaline Rush helps with both of those as well, the more damaged you end up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
788 [CCF] Grand_Admiral_Murrel Wiki Editor 1,016 posts 5,481 battles Report post #6 Posted April 13, 2022 40 minutes ago, DolphinPrincess said: Gunboat is the recommended build However, even with gun build, Halland is not a ship that is designed to take on other DDs of the same tier. Play Smaland for that. Kills and map pressure are magnitudes more effective at controlling a game's tempo than caps Thanks for the advice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
