Shut up and work or leave . EASY <| sep |> Write could of <| sep |> You can ' t dislike her just because she doesn ' t have a feature that only 3 DDs get in the game , while at the same time overshadowing the strengths of those same DDs . HE pen works like thisCalibre 6 . In Akizuki ' s case , this comes out to 16 . 3 mm , which isn ' t enough to pen DD plating , CA plating , or high tier BB superstructure . HEAP increases this value by 25 % as its currently described , which brings it to 20 . 8 mm , which exceeds most DD plating and all superstructure plating . HE will still shatter against CA plating . AP will always exceed this value , and with Akizuki ' s arcs , it ' s always going to be better switch when the target shows you something flat . The point of the skill is not to replace AP usage , but to maintain constant DPM regardless of angle and to remove some of those annoying shatter counters off your main battery hits . I don ' t think fires are effective if you ' re spending more time lighting them then doing damage , like in the vid . Firestarting should only be a goal for ships that can reliably set deck fires , and thus get at least 3 fires on target , which DDs can ' t do reliably . DD HE for fires is only viable if you ' re doing damage while you ' re trying to light them , which wasn ' t happening in the vid . My Benson does 1 . 12 k volleys 3 . 5 s on BBs . Sometimes there ' s a fire , but that ' s just to add to the DPM .