Question for those who have played RU DDs

[suleiman71]

How are them? Low tier ones especially? 

 

EDIT: And how2play. lol

[bad_arcade_kitty]

derzki is suffering

worse than being meguka

[klymar8]

I just got to the Derzki ; T3  On Thursday night and have played only 3 battles all wins so it is now elite .  I have had the islands for all of them . I love the torp spamming you can do .  5 x 2  launchers  center line  and you can get a 20 second reload time easy enough ( though I have just left it for now at 22 ) . The guns rof is nice and I have not paid enough attention to dmg yet as I am trouble aiming today it seems .  Keep in mind that I usually free xp  all the modules ( at these tiers ; higher I may wait to grind one max ) not stock .

 

   Just went and looked at stats ; Main battery hit % 41  / Torp hit % 14  / 4 kills in one battle / 6 kills total .

[MrDeaf]

Storo and Derzki are pretty similar. Not amazing, but due to low skill level at those tiers, is workable.

Izya is the sweet spot. Slow, but extremely heavily armed. Just don't expect to sink a full health Myogi with 9 torp hits, because it won't.

Gnevny and Ogenvoi are pretty similar. Your guns now citadel Omaha, and its clones, out to 9km, but not enough guns and torps...

 

I played T2~4 like my Farragut.

Gnevy and Ogenvoi seem to need a different playstyle. I haven't quite figured them out yet.

 

Storo & Derkzy replays: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kz3qymrrxd4bpkn/AADAFXdHlIntvZFt8LEa0Vtoa?dl=0

Izya replays: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n7hd5iivwyage27/AAB5d1MSQr3G-rOo0fOHnsKna?dl=0

[ConquerorSEA_2014]

There are only 2 ways to play it.
1-Use your guns from a safe distance.

2-Charge in to launch torp and shout banzai in Russians!

[pmgaudio]

Gnevy and OG are really good... fast  and nimble a good guns...

Well at least I KNOW the OG is,, tested it when I won it...FAST torps... and if you are really good at stealth and using Island... man oh MAN the torp hate flows with this one (Yeah you have to get REALLY close,,, but there is only a 2% chance you will miss.... they are SO effing fast)
 will get that Ognyvoi again, and .... maybe 7... not going up to 8... less fun and more costs... but I have my Murmansk for $$$ lol

[klymar8]

Well have the Izyaslav now and fitted out ( including all modules researched and mounted ) and will let you know later how it is  . I hope MrDeath is right about her  !

[Nuk_]

I really like them all so far, except for the Izyaslav. I free XP'd past it, and after that they're all pretty decent.

[pmgaudio]

Iz has 1KM more range that upgraded Gnev... so I would prolly free XP THAT one  to the Ognyvoi... 4KM but fast...

[MrDeaf]

Izy was a blast, IDK why people are hating on it.

Sure, it's a bit slow, but 3x triple torps and 5 guns! The ship is armed to the teeth for a T4 DD

 

[Cobraclutch]

I really enjoy the Ognevoi . It is really strong and I absolutely love the guns on her. Very fast ship just need to make sure and mitigate the deficiencies via skills / upgrades (AFT / concealment expert, upgrade for crit chance on turrets and rudder shift time -20%)

 

I know one of the main complaints of this ship is that the turrets are paper. 

In my limited experience with her I haven't lost a turret yet. Only disabled not destroyed.

[klymar8]

First Izy battle report  :   a win and did not survive .   74 hits out of 205 rounds fired / 27 torps fired with no hits / 5  enemy vessels hit  ; one killed ( DD Watatake )  / one fire started ; 5 incapacitations  /  29,617 points of dmg done  from guns ; 700 done from fire  / Hit by enemy guns with 15 HE for 9,6774 & death  / base xp 1,036 & free xp 52 ; with first victory ;  2,072 xp and 104 fee xp  .

[MagisterAurelius]

Stern-voy and Derpski are really decent if you are a non-new player, hide behind islands, wait for the big dumb SuckoLinas and Kawaii-chis to rumble past and torp-spam for trollage.  This tactic has worked for me on german cruisers as well.  Avoid St Louis and avoid Dresdens in open water.  Remember you are a mugger.

 

So far I've only gotten to tier 4 but I really really like the iSlav.  Limited experience with her so far but the guns are awesomeballs arsonist quality.   You can slug it out with US DDs  and with the upgrade your torps are almost as good as theirs for range.  Don't play iSlav as a solo hunter early on, play escort about 4km from your cruiser and bb friends and focus fire with them at their targets and protect them from other DDs.  Once the battle hits mid point then you can range more freely and go cap or cv hunting if there is one.  iSlav's favorite map is Solomons... so many low lying land masses for cover yet you can still fire from concealment.  Get your new iSlav today!

[VTAdmiral]

Ivan's DDs are very min-maxed for maximum damage output, and attempted balance by making the torpedoes short-ranged. If you ask me, they're still too strong for their tiers and play more like light cruisers than destroyers. Light cruisers without citadels.

[Marcanbus_NA]

Ivan's DDs are very min-maxed for maximum damage output, and attempted balance by making the torpedoes short-ranged. If you ask me, they're still too strong for their tiers and play more like light cruisers than destroyers. Light cruisers without citadels.

 

shhh.. don't tell them

[suleiman71]

Ivan's DDs are very min-maxed for maximum damage output, and attempted balance by making the torpedoes short-ranged. If you ask me, they're still too strong for their tiers and play more like light cruisers than destroyers. Light cruisers without citadels.

 

 

shhh.. don't tell them

 

Bolded: too late.

 

Above: sigh... complainers gonna complain