USN Gunboat DDs (Burrows Line)

• The Burrows line are gunboat oriented DDs with good long range ballistics and SAP. She can also turn on/off smoke on demand, allowing for both quick disengages or extended farming depending on situation
• Burrows uses a balanced gunboat DD build
  • Trade BFT and GtG for Fearless Brawler if you are confident in open water gunboating
  • Trade CE for FB for full damage farm, keep in mind you will struggle to force fights against stealthy DDs
  • SI is not recommended as it only extends smoke duration by a mere 15s, same logic for Smoke mod in slot 3. You will get better value out of other skills
  • Ovechkin is a good captain for all USN DDs because of his improved SE skill.
  • If you don’t have the Engine boost mod, use ERP.
• Burrows adopts a versatile smoke gunboat playstyle, switching between smoke farming and open water gunboating depending on the situation. Support your allied DDs in early game fights before transitioning to farming larger ships.
  • SAP is your main shell type, but don’t be afraid to use HE if the enemy angles or you can set perma fires on BBs.
  • Burrows smoke uses a time-based system. You can turn on/off the smoke generator, but there is a fixed amount of time you can use it
    • Be aware the minimum smoke usage time is 20s, and cooldown between uses is 25s
    • Remember to turn off the smoke when you don’t need it. Don’t be that guy who let the enemy burn his ship down because he left the stove running
• Applies to Hughes, Osborne, Christopher, Burrows