Through the Spy Glass: FR25

The newest Italian Tier VI Premium destroyer—FR25—represents a “what if,” imagining a scenario where the Italian Navy salvaged one of the French Guépard-class destroyers scuttled at Toulon in 1942. Historically, Italy attempted to restore two of these ships for service but didn’t manage to achieve this aim before the war ended. Let's take a look at her in-game characteristics!

FR25 is armed with five 5.5-inch (139 mm) main battery guns that can fire both HE and SAP shells, six 550 mm torpedo launchers for defensive use, and a consumable set composed of Exhaust Smoke Generator and Engine Boost.

This destroyer has great gunboat capabilities that make her an intimidating target to fight against in destroyer vs destroyer combat. While she has below-average concealment capabilities for a destroyer of her tier, you’ll be able to utilize her four charges of Exhaust Smoke Generator to traverse the map undetected.

We recommend the following build: Luigi Rizzo with his The Great Escape base trait to improve your ship’s Engine Boost consumable cooldown time by up to 4% and its duration by up to 8%. This will help you close the distance between you and the enemy as quickly as possible.

We’ll set him up with a build that utilizes this destroyer’s unique gunboat potential from the combination of being armed with both HE and SAP main battery shells.

• Observant Rage to improve your main battery reload time and torpedo detectability range by up to 5% and 12%, respectively; comes at the cost of worsening your rudder-shift time by up to 10%.
• Mortar to increase the damage of your destroyer’s HE and SAP shells by up to 13%; comes at the cost of worsening your ship’s concealment by up to 4%.
• Perceptive to always indicate the direction of the closest enemy ship while also reducing incoming damage to your destroyer by up to 3% and improving your torpedo acquisition range by up to 5%.
• Smoke on the Water to improve your smoke dispersion and deployment time by up to 8%.
• Unstoppable to allow for reduced mobility with a disabled engine and rudder while also improving your engine repair time by 15%.

Regarding Inspirations, you should try:

• Ding Ruchang to reduce your main battery reload time by up to 4%.
• William Sims to increase your HP per ship tier by up to +400, improving your ship’s total HP from 19,000 to 21,400.

Go fast with FR25 and turn the tide!