Småland

Småland

• Close range radar gunboat DD. Can bully around other DDs with radar while speed boost and heal lets her survive multiple engagements. Quite overpowered and only obtainable in santa containers and supercontainers. Consider yourself lucky if RNGesus blesses you with this powerhouse.
• This gunboat build balances survivability with increased firepower
  • RPF is fine for dedicated DD hunting builds, though generally unnecessary outside of Clan Battles and other competitive formats. Trade FB
  • For a damage farming build, you can drop CE for AFT and still keep your stealth radar (6.8 km conceal vs 7.5 km radar). Keep in mind DD hunting is harder due to farther engagement ranges and DDs are less likely to stay within radar range
  • Engine boost mod is preferred for improved survivability. Radar mod is fine for improved teamplay, or if you really hate enemy DDs
  • Swirski is a good captain because of the improved AR, though don’t expect to activate his torpedo talent
  • If you don’t have the Radar mod, use ERP. But tbh, if you bought/whaled for Smaland, you can afford to spend 17k coal for radar mod
• Smaland is a potent DD hunter, using her high gun DPM and radar to ensure enemy DDs can’t escape. Eliminating DDs early on gives her team a huge spotting and objective control advantage, which can easily snowball into a victory when exploited properly. Smaland can then transition to an open water gunboat, farming BBs and cruisers down as payment for carrying the match.
  • Smaland still loses gunfights to long range gunboats like Marceau and Khabarovsk. Instead, use your spotting advantage to pressure them away
  • Save radar for when the DD smokes up. If he slows down, catching him with radar lets you shoot his sluggish hull before he can get back up to speed
  • Prioritize speed boost for dodging enemy salvoes