Orca Destroyer
Naval gun plus sonar and anti-submarine torpedoes that out-range a sub's own — the submarine hunter.
NavalNaval unitsTier 2Ship
Stats
- Tier
- Tier 2
- Cost
- 700 metal
- Build time
- 34 s
- Hit points
- 1300
- Armor
- Ship
- Speed
- 1.9 tiles/s
- Unit cap
- 3
- Vision
- 10 tiles
- Sonar
- 9 tiles
- DPS
- 88.9
- Range
- 7 tiles
Production and tech
Built at
Counters
Effective against
Weapons
Naval gun
GroundShips
- Damage
- 70
- Reload
- 1.80 s
- Range
- 6.2 tiles
- DPS
- 38.9
Splash 10 pxTurreted
Damage multiplier by armor class
Light
×1
Medium
×1.10
Heavy
×0.80
Structure
×0.80
Ship
×1
Submarine
—
Aircraft
—
Torpedoes
ShipsSubmarines
- Damage
- 160
- Reload
- 3.20 s
- Range
- 7 tiles
- DPS
- 50
Homing
Damage multiplier by armor class
Light
—
Medium
—
Heavy
—
Structure
—
Ship
×1
Submarine
×1.90
Aircraft
—
The Orca Destroyer is the submarine hunter: the only surface ship with sonar, plus torpedoes and a heavy naval gun. Without one, enemy submarines are invisible and untouchable.
How to use
One Orca leading a fleet reveals submarines for everyone; two make the sea safe. Its gun is strong against ships and shoreline buildings, so it also anchors a bombardment group. Against aircraft it is helpless, so bring a Frigate.
Anecdotes
“Destroyer” is short for torpedo boat destroyer: a ship built in the 1890s for the single purpose of killing the small cheap boats that were sinking battleships. It then took the torpedoes for itself, and kept the name.