World of Warships - Learn to Play: Tier V American Destroyer USS Nicholas

Рет қаралды 8,051

Күн бұрын

I've been threatening for a while, so here we are at last: how to play the American destroyers. Let's start down at Tier V with USS Nicholas.
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Meet Nicholas
02:19 - Survivability & Armor Scheme
03:34 - Maneuverability & Concealment
04:58 - Main Battery
07:25 - Torpedoes
09:14 - Depth Charges
09:56 - AA Defenses
11:15 - Consumables
13:22 - Upgrades
14:41 - Commander Skills
17:32 - Sample Gameplay
Nicholas has come a long way since the early days of Warships; these days, I'd rank her easily in the top 3 of all Tier V destroyers. Her combination of brutally punishing HE DPM combined with her health pool - which is big even by Tier VI standards - makes her a supreme DD bully and cap contester. Her torpedoes aren't anything to get overly excited about, but you can get work out of them with a little bit of good positioning. In this video I'll talk about how I build my Nicholas, 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!
UPGRADES EQUIPPED:
Upgrade Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 2: Engine Room Protection
Upgrade Slot 3: Torpedo Tubes Modification 1
SIGNALS EQUIPPED:
Juliet Charlie, Victor Lima, India X-Ray, Juliet Whiskey Unaone, November Echo Setteseven, Sierra Bravo
COMMANDER SKILLS:
Preventative Maintenance, Last Stand, Survivability Expert, Concealment Expert, Adrenaline Rush
FIND ME ON:
Facebook - / searaptorna
Twitter - / searaptor
Twitch Channel - / searaptor
KZfaq - / searaptor
#WorldOfWarships

Пікірлер: 27

@dahogi7118 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for continuing the series! Wonderful support for the community. All the best!

@friedpickle9828 Жыл бұрын

thanks for this! great tips, I appreciate it. Well put together video!

@gregcavender7798 2 ай бұрын

Great information and very well presented. I'll have to go thru this series thanks for taking the time to put these together.

@SeaRaptor 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad they are helpful!

@gregcavender7798 Ай бұрын

@@SeaRaptor Had to watch this one again. Personally when you take the time to pause and help explain your thought process and strategy going forward are extremely helpful. And the way you were citadelling that Ranger your torps wouldn't have had time to get there before he sank anyways. Plus it feels so good racking up Citadels.

@Chucky925 Жыл бұрын

Wow 17 sits with a T5 DD not bad. Walking with the big boys.....

@Rakee007SL Жыл бұрын

Thank you SEARAPTOR, always been a fan of your work, watched couple of your German cruiser line up series, only down side was video quality since it’s was not a direct video from you specifically playing the match. Love this. Keep it coming

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@windmill_2802 Жыл бұрын

Very nice damage for tier 5 gunboat.

@rideandrelax8 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this kind of tutorial. It is worth for me. Waiting for more tutorials, many thanks, keep going.

@marcosrios264 6 ай бұрын

wow been playing the Nic for a year and wish i would have seen your vids back then. great job on the vid

@SeaRaptor 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@rjcolombe Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Nicholas. That one ship it seems everyone learns to run without training wheels on. When "how to destroyer" starts to become a challenge.

@upsidedownwithkris6754 Жыл бұрын

very good video man

@nlb137 Жыл бұрын

The guns do a really good job of covering for the deficiencies in the torps, and the torps are quite good once their weaknesses are covered. As a really good gunboat, you can use the guns and spammy torps to win the DD knifefight (range isn't as big a deal there), and once you've won that, the enemy cruisers and BBs have to push into you to do anything (if they just run away you can win by caps)... which once again makes your low torp range less of an issue, as you can ghetto stealth torp people coming towards you.

@wildlifeman6365 Жыл бұрын

"tactical Notser"? 😀 Sure, we've all learned that advanced play technique. The USN dd line was my first, and while I enjoy playing them as is, you have given me some new and interesting things to think about in regards to upgrades and Captain's skills. Still not sure about the AA, but what the heck, let's give it a try. Once you get up to the Benson, be sure to talk about how to smoke for your team. Keep up the good work. o7

@KPen3750 Жыл бұрын

Huh, didn't realize they removed the 5"/51 armament on Nicolas. I mean, no one used them practically but didn't expect that. Also, dear viewer, the US Destroyer DFAA is the best DFAA in the game as it has a 100% buff to continuous damage compared to the normal 50% of almost all others (Stalingrad has the worst at a 25% buff), so it definitely works wonders against CV's

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they did this a while back. While I miss those guns, it homogenizes the line a bit and helps smooth over moving from one ship to the other. Those 5"/51s were sexy, but they were utterly unique to one mid-tier ship in the line and always felt a tad out of place.

@dewannee Жыл бұрын

Splash another flat top... noice!!!

@dylanwight5764 Жыл бұрын

At one point being strapped for cash I sold my Nicholas (and Omaha come to think of it...) to make up the difference I needed to get Alex Nevsky. And what a mistake that was! Nevsky was strong enough I suppose but it only reminded me of why tier-X play bores me. At this point I'm collecting tier-X ships only to cash in on seasonal rewards! (Although I make exception for Minotaur, she's always been fun and exciting and well balanced regardless of the meta.) Finally remembered about Nicholas a couple of days ago and I was shocked at how I'd forgotten just how much I love early-mid tier gameplay. I've had Hill for a long time (my first ever ship supercontainer drop) and she's perfectly representative of the shenanigans of the IV-V-VI-VII spread but Nicholas doesn't just say "hold my beer" she slams another three back and pays her tab in full before going nine for nine at the billiards table. She's a real hustler, that one! Oh, and she's probably the best and most underestimated AA platform in her spread. I'm not saying that Tier IV or VI carriers are very good by any stretch, but normally neither are the AA that they run across. Nicholas is a stark reminder to CV captains that it's not all sunshine and roses for them. Ironically I think this is what makes a good Lexington player actually dangerous -- they learn how to pick their targets because Nicholas puts up such a strong wall of "don't touch me!" when they're still on Langley.

@LasertechStudios3142 Жыл бұрын

What about Langley makes her take special notice of Nicholas?

@jameshobbs1460 Жыл бұрын

always a little nasty ship.. a solid dependable puncher.. especially with a good capt.. Thanks for the review.

@kevinwilkins7031 Жыл бұрын

How do you go about lowering the detection on destroyers on PC? I am coming to the PC version from console and it is a lot different but so far I am loving it.

@SeaRaptor Жыл бұрын

Two main ways. The first is a 4-point commander skill called "Concealment Expert". You'll need a 10-point commander in order to have access to this skill, but it lowers a destroyer's detection by 10%. The other is an upgrade. Starting at Tier VIII, you can install the "Concealment System Modification 1" upgrade to further reduce the surface detection by 10%.