Having map awareness enhances Valkyrie’s potential as having prior knowledge to likely enemy attack routes allows Valkyrie the privilege to set up unexpected defence points. Bringing all guns to bear while harassing with single-fire torpedoes will keep any opponent on edge near her. Ideal engagement distances are sub-5km and at that range her shell and torpedo speeds are mitigated. This does not mean she is timid once properly positioned she has the tools to put the hurt on any ship that gets too close to Valkyrie. Hence, captains need to pick the locations of their engagements and set up ahead of time to ambush oncoming enemies.

Her wider gun angles mean that she is ill equipped to chase down rogue units getting full artillery DPM required her to face broadside to the enemy. Superficially, both will be found on the flanks of the main force or contesting cap circles, and both are primarily gunboats designed to out-trade other destroyers in terms of DPM output.īut the main point to consider is that although Vampire is geared towards being an active destroyer-hunter, Valkyrie is set up to play a more defensive position either supporting allies on a flank offensive or preventing enemy ships from successfully grabbing the cap.

HMS Valkyrie shares many characteristics with her sister-ship, HMAS Vampire, and as such there will be parallels between the gameplay styles of these two ships.

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