When you're in a DD, you have a lot less to fear from a FDR because unless you are sailing in a straight line or being too predictable, it will never hit you.
thank you for featuring my favorite dd (and possibly favorite ship). i learn so much from your videos. my win rate and PR have both increased noticeably since you started making YT vids. Cheers!
Halland is so awesome, my current fav DD is AL Yukikaze, such high risk/high reward, and the 84 knt torps that hit like freight train yeah they're only 8 k but when they hit omg. And at Tier 8 having God Tier ship concealment to boot. Seeing the Halland torps coming at you is disconcerting to say the least but the F3's are demoralizing when 1-3 can dev strike almost anything. Great vid as usual keep 'em coming!
Halland looked amazing when I was trying to grind for it and even more amazing when I got it. Mine is more Hybrid torp reload with bft, se, ar, si. faster guns more health. Another bonus no smoke so you are always spotting for your team you can't hide in smoke and blind your team. Cvs never fear, yes radar a problem but you know what to look for in those ships
One of my favorite tricks to do with gunboat DDs is wait for the enemy to smoke, slide up to the smoke, loose torps, and then light them up and watch them either panic into the torps or melt because they’re busy trying to dodge the torps.
I'm playing EU ranked right now (tier 8 - 9) and I can't explain how much I'm loving it. I started off playing the fdg and really had a bad time of it. I've switched to Iowa and I can feel my decision making come into play. In fact I would say that of my past 10 ranked games, I have been the sole deciding factor in the outcome of the game. Sure BBs suffer from RNG, but you can minimise it by out positioning the enemy (easy to do when there are only 6/7 players on either side). I get high calibre, first blood and AA gunner every game (normally shooting down 46 Aircraft with my captain perks). The iowa is quick and stealthy so you can move around map like big cruiser - catching broadsides everywhere. I dont think I'll be going back to random
Wow I hate my Halland, nice to see someone play it so well! Maybe I'll try it again but I doubt it lol. Love my Oland and Ostergotland though. It's the poor maneuverability of Halland that I "hate". I take both rudder shift modules one of which is instead of concealment so I do take captain skill conceal with both my Oland and Oster. I play a-bit nearer to BBs and Cruisers so the shimmy shimmy shake is very much used for how I play my Pan Euro DDs. The maneuverability also helps a-lot for aircraft attacks and I do go after them and often times stir up the bees lol. Great Plays here and no admittedly I can't remember ever getting that high of a score in my Pan Euros. AA expert yes: Many, I protect my team with both torps and AA and also often go it alone on the fringes to torp campers from the sides to pop them out like a cork from a Champaign bottle lol. Being caught alone by a CV is no problem in not having smoke but only with the AA and maneuverability maxed out and of course in being reasonably distanced from ships so my AA maneuvering also effectively provides the shimmy shimmy shake in that my long turns can be flattened in places with my "extra"/more than enough maneuverability for aircraft attacks producing non-predictable U-turns to avoid the inevitable incoming long range ship to ship volleys. Halland just isn't capable enough in this manner which is my play-style. (Note: the now way to powerful Tier 10 CVs with strong captains do beat me up pretty badly and force me to run) lol. Short ranged main guns? yes I love it for not getting perma-spotted. I love your play style and have learned to use it with my longer range main gun smokers. Still Learning: Keep Teaching: I and we are watching and listening in awe!
DDs in general make or break your victories. Your ability to control and contest areas while zoning out hostilities in all stages of the game means you have to stay alive in the long run.
Would u recommend this line for a new player? I like this active kind of role the haaland has, with no smoke and fast reloading torps rather than other dds
I’d say start with the Americans, Germans, or British DDs. Those will get you used to the style, and then start on the specialists like the Japanese, French, or Swedes
I would probably start with the americans as with basically all their classes they're all rounders and they teach you how to play well. After that would probably be the british simply because they're good(starting from t7 jervis)
Halland looks great. But is probably the reward at the end of the road. Meaning the rest of the line might be a struggle to deal with (from what I heard of). I like consistency on lines so is fun to grind the end. Just like the Mino line.
Well, the t8 was good, but lacking torpedo power. Like the torps are very weak shit. But can gunboat, has good concealment and heal, so can be played quite confidently. Also from t8 you have the swedish kickass AA. You sometimes meet t6 CVs which is fun, and can hold up against even t10 CVs. T9 DD is the same, gets 2x4 torps, a bit stronger. And then there you have the Halland as the ultimate prize
AA is not that amazing till Halland, T9 is workable, T8 maybe against t6 CVs. But, you get heals and the detectability from air isn't hot garbage. T7 is a fun boat but not new player friendly. The best part is that they teach you not to rely on smoke to save your butt, T8 up has so much radar, smoke is much less useful, which can be bit of a cliff for new players who got used to hiding in it. Plus, you get captains that can play in Friesland, which is hilarious dakka, and for Błyskawica, which is about as historically significant as you can get - if not the most competitive.
Not able to get in game to double check this atm, but I think you can buy him for coal in the armoury, may have to scroll down to the lower half of the list though
how do I get the torp reload to 76 seconds? or is that a halland thing or a legendary captain thing? I have 90 seconds on my Östergotland with a very similar captain build to PQ
@@PotatoQuality I tried and the torpedo camera angle doesn't change. Is it a mod or a setting? Sorry to bother you about this lol, pls let me know if u can as I really wanna try to use that torp camera angle. It would help see how torp spreads are looking at a whole without having to go to each individual torpedo.
It's an AA platform that happens to have pretty much fastest torps in the game that also go 15km. The guns are okay but it gets outgunned by any of the actual gunbote DDs.
Once again I'll say.. Tier 10 matches dd players don't even know that they can't spot from smoke. Me in my daring allied Shima besides me.. I spot harugumo and I smoke up so Shima can spot him and I can kill him easier. And guess what he does...
I think the Halland is a little bit toxic. Well, not as toxic as other things like CVs (especially the premiums ones), or the HE spamming or, last but not least, the dead-eye ability, but among the DD it is certainly the most toxic. Is currently the only ship virtually unapproachable by CVs, is sturdy, decently agile, has excellent guns and fantasy-book torpedoes. One-on-one is superior to all torpedo-destroyers and equally can fight gunboats thanks to great guns and repair party. The torpedoes are absurdly OP. It is true that they do limited damage, but they are insanely fast, reload quickly and have an excellent spread. That's a little too much in the same package.
You know you have a really bad team when you keep spotted a Minotaur for 2 minutes and no1 kills him. I dont know what kind of people are these, i see Minotaur i shoot it
"At least the enemy CV is only an FDR"
FDR can't oneshot a Halland anymore? This is the first time in history that WG has nerfed a CV
@@thepiratemongoose8965First time..? How about the hot-fix a few months after the carrier rework?
@@olafmesschendorp147 That and the AP bomb nerf last year.
When you're in a DD, you have a lot less to fear from a FDR because unless you are sailing in a straight line or being too predictable, it will never hit you.
@@SoldierOfFate "it will never hit you" lol what game are you playing?
Pq is just a dd main now, lol
Another great video on a super important topic, love the work you’ve had recently
I'm currently at the Östergötland and it's the most fun i've had in the game for ages. Such an enjoyable ship. Really, really fun.
thank you for featuring my favorite dd (and possibly favorite ship). i learn so much from your videos. my win rate and PR have both increased noticeably since you started making YT vids. Cheers!
Important topic. Which I see everytime in a match with dds.
Hat's off to PQ, this guy does put out entertaining and USEFUL content for the regular player base. He is a true asset to the community and game.
I'm willing to wager that this whole point about decision-making actually mattering in a DD is why I've been enjoying them a lot more than BBs lately.
Your thoughts on the game helping me a lot ty bro for doing this
Hi PQ, I'm the Vermont in your team, thx for the comps, your vídeos are awesome.
Well played!
Was a well played game PQ. Thanks for all these videos. Have learned a bunch and improved my gameplay tons. Much appreciated and keep em coming!
Halland is so awesome, my current fav DD is AL Yukikaze, such high risk/high reward, and the 84 knt torps that hit like freight train yeah they're only 8 k but when they hit omg. And at Tier 8 having God Tier ship concealment to boot. Seeing the Halland torps coming at you is disconcerting to say the least but the F3's are demoralizing when 1-3 can dev strike almost anything. Great vid as usual keep 'em coming!
Too many players play this ship and dont know how to play it. Thanks for putting this up for them :)
Thanks for the video! Im newish to the game and the EU DD line is the one that I was recommended to start on. Its been a blast.
Not the easiest line for new players, but it will get you out of the bad habit of using hoping smoke will save you all the time...
Halland looked amazing when I was trying to grind for it and even more amazing when I got it. Mine is more Hybrid torp reload with bft, se, ar, si. faster guns more health. Another bonus no smoke so you are always spotting for your team you can't hide in smoke and blind your team. Cvs never fear, yes radar a problem but you know what to look for in those ships
One of my favorite tricks to do with gunboat DDs is wait for the enemy to smoke, slide up to the smoke, loose torps, and then light them up and watch them either panic into the torps or melt because they’re busy trying to dodge the torps.
I'm playing EU ranked right now (tier 8 - 9) and I can't explain how much I'm loving it.
I started off playing the fdg and really had a bad time of it. I've switched to Iowa and I can feel my decision making come into play. In fact I would say that of my past 10 ranked games, I have been the sole deciding factor in the outcome of the game. Sure BBs suffer from RNG, but you can minimise it by out positioning the enemy (easy to do when there are only 6/7 players on either side).
I get high calibre, first blood and AA gunner every game (normally shooting down 46 Aircraft with my captain perks). The iowa is quick and stealthy so you can move around map like big cruiser - catching broadsides everywhere. I dont think I'll be going back to random
Wow I hate my Halland, nice to see someone play it so well! Maybe I'll try it again but I doubt it lol. Love my Oland and Ostergotland though. It's the poor maneuverability of Halland that I "hate". I take both rudder shift modules one of which is instead of concealment so I do take captain skill conceal with both my Oland and Oster. I play a-bit nearer to BBs and Cruisers so the shimmy shimmy shake is very much used for how I play my Pan Euro DDs. The maneuverability also helps a-lot for aircraft attacks and I do go after them and often times stir up the bees lol. Great Plays here and no admittedly I can't remember ever getting that high of a score in my Pan Euros. AA expert yes: Many, I protect my team with both torps and AA and also often go it alone on the fringes to torp campers from the sides to pop them out like a cork from a Champaign bottle lol. Being caught alone by a CV is no problem in not having smoke but only with the AA and maneuverability maxed out and of course in being reasonably distanced from ships so my AA maneuvering also effectively provides the shimmy shimmy shake in that my long turns can be flattened in places with my "extra"/more than enough maneuverability for aircraft attacks producing non-predictable U-turns to avoid the inevitable incoming long range ship to ship volleys. Halland just isn't capable enough in this manner which is my play-style. (Note: the now way to powerful Tier 10 CVs with strong captains do beat me up pretty badly and force me to run) lol.
Short ranged main guns? yes I love it for not getting perma-spotted. I love your play style and have learned to use it with my longer range main gun smokers.
Still Learning: Keep Teaching: I and we are watching and listening in awe!
Torps faster than some planes lol
Halland with special captain is so much fun.
I love playing Halland the best so far in these days.
One of the best techline ships!
Just realised that the enemy Austin was boggzytime.
I just love this DD, by the way PQ good streams and good content keep it up.
The sound isn't working for me. Anybody else having that issue?
Edit: it's working now. Not sure what happened.
DDs in general make or break your victories. Your ability to control and contest areas while zoning out hostilities in all stages of the game means you have to stay alive in the long run.
Hello, like the upload schedule.
Would be so nice to have good ships and captains in this game
Would u recommend this line for a new player? I like this active kind of role the haaland has, with no smoke and fast reloading torps rather than other dds
I’d say start with the Americans, Germans, or British DDs. Those will get you used to the style, and then start on the specialists like the Japanese, French, or Swedes
Short answer is no.
I would probably start with the americans as with basically all their classes they're all rounders and they teach you how to play well. After that would probably be the british simply because they're good(starting from t7 jervis)
Jerzy Swirski?? Lol great captain name :D
Is liquidator or PR better for halland?
Halland looks great. But is probably the reward at the end of the road. Meaning the rest of the line might be a struggle to deal with (from what I heard of). I like consistency on lines so is fun to grind the end. Just like the Mino line.
Well, the t8 was good, but lacking torpedo power. Like the torps are very weak shit. But can gunboat, has good concealment and heal, so can be played quite confidently. Also from t8 you have the swedish kickass AA. You sometimes meet t6 CVs which is fun, and can hold up against even t10 CVs. T9 DD is the same, gets 2x4 torps, a bit stronger. And then there you have the Halland as the ultimate prize
From t8 and onwards it's all good.
AA is not that amazing till Halland, T9 is workable, T8 maybe against t6 CVs. But, you get heals and the detectability from air isn't hot garbage. T7 is a fun boat but not new player friendly. The best part is that they teach you not to rely on smoke to save your butt, T8 up has so much radar, smoke is much less useful, which can be bit of a cliff for new players who got used to hiding in it. Plus, you get captains that can play in Friesland, which is hilarious dakka, and for Błyskawica, which is about as historically significant as you can get - if not the most competitive.
How do you get the Captain? (sorry, kinda new at wows)
Midway's HEDBs are also very strong against DDs
Can u get that Swirski captain somehow anymore? Was away few years and cant find how u can get it now.
I don't think you can now. He was awarded for the completion of a temporary campaign, "Strong Willed" I think it was called.
@@echopapacharlie Damn. That is rly good captain.
Not able to get in game to double check this atm, but I think you can buy him for coal in the armoury, may have to scroll down to the lower half of the list though
@@killfill9 they said they were going to put him in the armory 6 months after the campaign ended but 2 years later they still haven’t
@@Aforce005 Yea my bad, after looking hes not listed. Some others are but none for paneuro
MY-NO-TOR !
Potato how you move the Navigator Big ( the angle measure )?
Hold Ctrl then you can click-drag most of the add-on objects.
how do I get the torp reload to 76 seconds? or is that a halland thing or a legendary captain thing? I have 90 seconds on my Östergotland with a very similar captain build to PQ
Captain skills and modules will get it down to 76 sec base.
Jerzy Swirski (sp?) has a skill where every 8 torp hits reduces reload time as well, so it starts to stack up as a torp boat.
At 4:10, how did you get that camera angle? free cam? and if so, what is the keybind? At 7:30 as well, id love to use it so let me know pls
Default it should be right click on your mouse.
@@PotatoQuality I tried and the torpedo camera angle doesn't change. Is it a mod or a setting? Sorry to bother you about this lol, pls let me know if u can as I really wanna try to use that torp camera angle. It would help see how torp spreads are looking at a whole without having to go to each individual torpedo.
I may be Out Of Touch but I think this ship is a Maneater. Maybe I should never play it, but I Can't Go for That (No Can Do). Oates!
Is there any way for me to get the special European commander right now in game?
Um maybe use coal for the event containers???
What mods are you using?
I have both the smalland and halland. however, I dont have the commander. I think they removed the commander mission so im SoL.....
Can you use coal to buy containers? Maybe worth a shot plus you get other items flags camos
The halland is a torpedo boat or a gun boat?
It's an AA platform that happens to have pretty much fastest torps in the game that also go 15km. The guns are okay but it gets outgunned by any of the actual gunbote DDs.
@@tsuyoi2042 thank you!
@@davipoli6262 It's mainly a torp boat but he have great guns, if you want to play a gunboat chose smaland if you have it ;)
It can do both but it's definitely more of a torpboat due to the huge range of its torps, the speed, and how fast they reload.
I think PQ could get kraken in a tug boat
Once again I'll say.. Tier 10 matches dd players don't even know that they can't spot from smoke. Me in my daring allied Shima besides me.. I spot harugumo and I smoke up so Shima can spot him and I can kill him easier. And guess what he does...
He got into your smoke so he can shoot him as well. Lmao
Its not destroyer, its AA cruiser and half in DD disguise. Just look at it, no smoke, Heal and AA consumable. what make you think its a DD?
How did you get this Captain
It was a mission and loot boxes in the middle of last year.
PQ love your vids so much. Bible . Thank you
No RPF? Why?
I'm. Switching from Halla Madrid to
Halla
N D
And madrid may sign halland in the summer window too..!lol
I think the Halland is a little bit toxic. Well, not as toxic as other things like CVs (especially the premiums ones), or the HE spamming or, last but not least, the dead-eye ability, but among the DD it is certainly the most toxic. Is currently the only ship virtually unapproachable by CVs, is sturdy, decently agile, has excellent guns and fantasy-book torpedoes. One-on-one is superior to all torpedo-destroyers and equally can fight gunboats thanks to great guns and repair party.
The torpedoes are absurdly OP. It is true that they do limited damage, but they are insanely fast, reload quickly and have an excellent spread.
That's a little too much in the same package.
While I mostly agree, fk CV's ayy lmao
My friesland loves cv's halland isn't the only dd that vaporizes planes.
You know you have a really bad team when you keep spotted a Minotaur for 2 minutes and no1 kills him. I dont know what kind of people are these, i see Minotaur i shoot it
Undodgable op torps need a BIG nerf
They do like 4 dmg tho