World of Warships - Learn to Play: Tier IX American Destroyer USS Fletcher

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I've been threatening for a while, so here we are at last: how to play the American destroyers. Let's continue down the line with Tier IX's USS Fletcher.
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Meet Fletcher
01:55 - Survivability
03:26 - Maneuverability & Concealment
06:15 - Main Battery
08:56 - Torpedoes
13:56 - Depth Charges
15:01 - AA Defenses
17:38 - Upgrades
22:20 - Commander Skills
24:33 - Sample Gameplay
Fletcher is unquestionably the best ship in the American destroyer line. She is nearly a perfect balance of gun power, torpedo damage, anti-submarine warfare capability, and anti-aircraft defenses, all packed into a tiny hull and about 20,000 HP. That balance is what defines the ship, but it's also what makes her challenging to play. She can't accept gunfights with just any old destroyer she comes across. She's capable, but remains a bit on the fragile side, and in the modern game there are some pretty big DD bullies in her matchmaking bracket. In this video I'll talk about how I build my Fletcher, why I fit her out that way, how I recommend playing her, and follow all of that up with a game demonstrating the ship in action.
Enjoy!
My Fletcher build: share.wowssb.com/9abR
UPGRADES EQUIPPED:
Upgrade Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 3: Torpedo Tubes Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 5: Concealment Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 6: Torpedo Tubes Modification 2
SIGNALS EQUIPPED:
Juliet Charlie, Victor Lima, India X-Ray, Juliet Whiskey Unaone, November Echo Setteseven, November Foxtrot, Sierra Bravo, Sierra Mike
COMMANDER SKILLS:
Preventative Maintenance, Last Stand, Survivability Expert, Concealment Expert, Adrenaline Rush, Fill the Tubes, Main Battery and AA Specialist, Swift Fish
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Пікірлер: 39

@SirJohnE 4 ай бұрын

Just picked up the Fletcher...thanks to your video, I LOVE HER!

@SeaRaptor 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad it helped!

@daisywalker119 Жыл бұрын

Just watched this and re-specced my fletcher for torps. What an amazing difference. THANKS!!!

@iansmith3492 Жыл бұрын

I am a new player going through the US CA and DD lines and was crossing my fingers that you'd pick up the series when you left off, so happy that you did! Your Nicholas and Farragut vids helped me out so much.

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm sorry they've been so slow to finish; I think I can guarantee that Gearing will come along much quicker than the last.

@gamkem1405 Жыл бұрын

Great advice! I’m learning not to rush to cap. Let the other team start to cap and get spotted first. Using islands to your advantage. I love the guns on it. Good fire starter. Thanks for the video Sea Raptor! o7

@user-hs9ny9vn2r Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I'm very new to the game and Fletcher is my most played ship. I really like playing it.... I'm just not very good yet but it's still a blast to play Subscribed

@christianpankratz Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this series of interesting videos about american dd line. I just continuing with Mahan and planning to go up the line further. I think the videos will help me a lot with the right mind set to play this dds.

@pauloakwood9208 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. Great lessons on how to play American DDs in general and the Fletcher in particular.

@SeaRaptor 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@AllAhabNoMoby Жыл бұрын

Great video Raptor, thx for this.

@clausosbck5754 Жыл бұрын

An other great video, keep them comming. you improve my skills..

@wildlifeman6365 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent USN dd video, Raptor. Thank you very much. Been playing this ship for 4+ years. My one suggestion is that in competitive play, consider RPF (Radio Location for you newer players) as a 4-pt Captain's skill. It helps you to avoid the T9 dds that can wreck you early and provides even more info for your Team beyond your spotting.

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

There's nothing wrong with investing in RPF if you are getting value out of those points. For me - and this is going to sound elitist and snobby, but I can't think of a better way to say it - I view RPF as a bit of a crutch. 80+% of the time, figuring out where opposing DDs are isn't terribly difficult, especially in Domination or Arms Race games. So while I understand the value of the skill, I would rather fit my boat out to be more capable when I finally do run into other destroyers because I tend to have a pretty good idea to find them much of the time already.

@wildlifeman6365 Жыл бұрын

@@SeaRaptor Destroyer KuroshioKai agrees with you. The thing with both of you is that you've both played enough dds games that you can anticipate when and where the dds will come on most maps. While I am definitely getting better at that skill, I still get surprised sometimes. So, while I agree it is a crutch, I'm not quite ready to give it up in competitive play. Randoms is different. And yea, Arms Race is easy to anticipate as well.

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

@@wildlifeman6365 I think in CBs the skill is amazing, and in ranked and such you get a ton of value. Ibam mostly talking about randoms.

@joecarlson6428 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Many items to think about. What cruiser line and BB line do you play. Do either of those.

@windmill_2802 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for what you doing Searaptor. These opinions and informations have great value. What would be your personal DD pick for clan battles this season btw?

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

Hard to say, I haven't touched CB in years. I'd have to do some research.

@RomuloCavalcanti-bt8yv Жыл бұрын

My next DD line🤩🤩🤩

@gonzo5648 6 ай бұрын

Being outdetected by a panasian DD isn't the worst thing since they only juuuuust sneak by, and lack any meaningful torpedo threat to a DD anyway. I play a good amount of panasian DD, and while i enjoy great concealment, i find it can be double edged since if i run into a nearly as well concealed ship with better guns, i can be forced to smoke and run and have hardly any recourse besides that. IMO, that puts Fletcher on par even if the numbers are different. A good player could use that to bait and setup an opportunity to outplay the asian boat once the smoke is down.

@j3steven Жыл бұрын

Searaptor, love your content, and this is a great tutorial as are your other ones. The USS Fletcher is one of my favorite WW2 ships, and I'm grinding the US destroyer line just so I can sail it in game. Had a 3' long scale model of it that was radio-controlled. Edit: Also, your UI/reticle/shell paths look different than mine - how do you set that up?

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

I use Static Crosshair #10 out of the base game. In the "controls" tab of the settings, hit the "select crosshair" button and you can pick from a list.

@CapnBlackJackHonour Жыл бұрын

Aside from battleship Leningrad, and the Omaha, best ship in the game. Seriously, Fletcher is THEE ship that has survived the power creep with flying colors.

@Fackeldackel 4 ай бұрын

8 years in and Fletcher still dances like ballerina and her torps hit like a truck. Nevertheless, a heal would be nice. 2 small heals for example.

@fortinero3361 9 ай бұрын

I like the passion you put in this review, as a lover of the Fletcher class destroyers I have all of them, kinda waiting for an Argentinian version of it like an ARA Rosales or ARA Espora the into the game, my fav right now is of course the USS Kidd, I just love that ship. Kind regards.

@Chad-hp2qh Жыл бұрын

Do the American heavy cruiser line and the light cruiser line

@Gladius-XC Жыл бұрын

My vote is for British Heavy Cruisers next. They are somewhat unique and challenging to play. I am constantly surprised by them.

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

I think I'm just going to work through all the heavy cruiser lines in general: IJN, USN, RN, etc.

@timothymorgan8254 Жыл бұрын

IJN light cruisers please!

@Chucky925 Жыл бұрын

Hey SeaRaptor do you think you didn't get a dev strike on that GK because of the buffs? Maybe he took damage earlier and heald a lot back so it didn't count towards his original HP??

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

Hmm, I hadn't considered that. Maybe they have tweaks or stuff implemented for achievements in Arms Race?

@watchthe1369 Жыл бұрын

Destroyers were called "Tincans" for a reason. Speed, Maneuverability, Armor, pick 2 of the 3.

@CJ_Welch 8 ай бұрын

Just purchased her not even 15 minutes ago

@ndinnc 6 ай бұрын

Hi, I know this is an older video, but how do you have so many flags?

@SeaRaptor 6 ай бұрын

Hilariously, I get this question a lot on stream. =D Back "in the day" you could earn flags for certain achievements, and for probably my first 2-3 years of playing the game I only ever spent flags in ranked. So I had a whole, whole lot of them built up before I ever started using them. When they added the daily container system, I also used to routinely get flag containers - before coal containers came along - and I would accrue them faster than I could spend them even by playing randoms.

@vivekpatel3752 Жыл бұрын

I found Fletcher more fun than gearing. The current meta is so bad that playing t10 destroyers against CV, super CV and subs is too much of a work. In fletcher you tend to get t7 mm so in between bad games there are some good moments too

@charleyjohnson7286 Жыл бұрын

An upgraded benson is 10x better than a bone stock fletcher

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

I haven't played stock Fletcher in more than 7 years, so I'll have to take your word on this one. My gut wants to disagree, but I'd want to try it to find out.