A Blindfire Guide - 80k Subs Special

Holy shit, 80k Subs! Thank you everyone for the amazing support! As a thank you, here's a short guide with some tips and tricks to mastering the art of blindfiring, shooting ships without seeing them!
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[@Flamuu]

Thank you guys for all the support, really appreciate it! Going live in about an hour to check out the latest patch, thanks to the dispersion buff maybe I can finally include some German BBs in these blindfire vids!! Stream: www.twitch.tv/flamuu Insta: instagram.com/flamugram/ Twitter: twitter.com/flamuchz Discord: discord.gg/Flamu

[@roni1176]

This is very educational video but now some dishonest players (which use warpack) can fake that they learned from you how-to do it. I have replay from last Sunday where Brindisi hit 2 times in row no-spotted Z-49 in smoke. From last volley all bullets hit on DD. Destroyer didn't fire and was maneuvering at full speed. In addition this smoke was emitted by opponent Ognievoi.

[@mattmac4087]

Flamu in cyclone: "ahh, a perfect time to improve your blindfire skills" 90% of players in cyclone: taps "W" 100 times WE GOING HAM BOIS!

[@robinekhoodekful]

And then there is me: "ah shit here we go again- another damage limiting factor" :D

[@kickit246]

Me: "This looks like a good time to practice secondary guns!"

[@joshuadaniel8508]

@@kickit246 every captain on a BIsmarck LMAO

[@KGAnims]

It took 9 cits for that Minotaur to realize that even in smoke you need to angle...

[@Flamuu]

People still think smoke makes them invulnerable.

[@TheExecutorr]

true. That's how you can tell that somebody is probably not a DD main. Because in a DD, the first thing you learn after reaching Tier 7 (or maybe even sooner) is that smokes do NOT make you invincible, just a little harder to see.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

@@TheExecutorr I reached t8 dds and i can't remember getting seriously damaged in a smoke expect torps ofc which is why i usually use my smoke for cruisers then try to spot enemy dds, smoke like this is much more efficient but it doesn't give much exp-credits sadly..

[@riddler2127]

If you're firing from smoke, it's always a good mindset to assume someone with Flamu's talent is aiming at you.

[@凃少麒]

@@ggoddkkiller1342 smoke up in DDs may be frustrating when a Kleber snuck up right next to you with that reload booster, or getting radar'd and smolensk'd in a smoke, or stalingrad'd or radartaur'd... you get the idea

[@antoniodigiorgio8647]

Devastating strikes on Smolensks firing at you from a smoke are one of the most satisfying things you could do in this game 😂

[@NikolaPj]

Deleted one Smolensk with my Yamato with blindfire in Ranked, he started whining about cheating. :D Best feeling ever.

[@VuHien2011]

@@NikolaPj another demonstration that the Smolensk is NOT the OP ship that everybody is crying about. I think it is the easiest T10 ship to kill in the whole game. In the meantime, the only thing it can do to you is chip damage that only impacts you over time.

[@antoniodigiorgio8647]

@@VuHien2011 Apart from the fact that requires skill and a little bit of luck to blind fire in the smoke, I would not say that the Smolensk is the most easy ship to kill. On countre I never seen so much defensive tolls on a ship's apart from the Mino. In My Hindenburg it's completely insanely difficult to chase a Smolensk which is not been cornered. While I get a lot of damage by 130 millimiter who should not be able to penetrate my armor!

[@vohuuthien6844]

@@VuHien2011 we used to killed a Smolenk in direct fight, using 2 tier 8 ships (Amalfi and Mass). The fact that he died from full heath and both of us alive give the most sastifiled feeling ever

[@VuHien2011]

@@antoniodigiorgio8647 On the contrary of a Colbert, the Smolensk has a flat arc. It means that in order for it to shoot at anything, the Smolensk has to move away from Islands. So, its only defense is to not eat any shell from any angle. Even a heavy cruiser has no issue penetrating it from extreme angles. And in the future, WG will even reduce its 30 mm armor to even less. It means that not only a heavy cruiser can pen from extreme angle but also from perfect bow angling or rear. There are only 3 smokes and each smoke last for a little more than 1 minute. The Smolensk still need to survive the rest of the 20 minutes without smoke. The damage that a Smolensk can do is a chip damage over time. On the contrary, any BB can blab the Smolensk with one single well placed salvo and in the future, even cruiser salvo

[@RogerRabbitt1337]

Or in my experience this video should also be called “ A how to get reported & make shitty players type raging messages guide” 🤣🤣.

[@wramsey2656]

🤣

[@orsonincharge4879]

just as i suspected , he uses his mouse to aim , the cunning devil .

[@calincretu9560]

Was looking forward to this kind of video for a long time. So glad you are such a good CC and helping the other players with the basics of the game, not only featuring the ships. Cheers Flolo!

[@calincretu9560]

@Mathew Long although, this kind of gameplay should be basic and / or normal, but because there are a lot of braindeads in this game, you are pretty much right

[@MarcoGn97]

Thank you master Flamu, this video really makes me (and many others) way less depressed after seeing the directives...

[@jozseftoth8731]

Damn, they were like punching me in the stomach.. i was so hyped about the seeing the building process, reading the information, doing the missions, etc.. and ofc finally getting this beauty.. shit they fckin trolled me so much that i am starting to see it funny, i mean, you have to be able to laugh out yourself when trolled this hard

[@noob4life1981]

@@jozseftoth8731 you're not the only one mate... I was really looking forward into building the Puerto Rico, but now that we've seen what it would take??? Hell no!!

[@jvhoef5372]

That lock on is great, I figured it would draw shells towards the other ship.

[@thebudgieadmiral5140]

I had a Neptune call me a cheater because I citadelled him four times in a row with four of my blind Musashi salvos. That did feel really good. Or dev-striking a Smolensk in smoke with my Kii. Satisfying. Good vid. Just try stuff.

[@pnest]

You're actually training us to become jedi knights

[@yah5o]

the slightly longer version of this guide should have included some information on where to aim corresponding to the shell tracers (higher, lower...) but in general: thumbs up

[@rickdiesel2k]

He mentions aim lower since the turrets are on the top of the ship

[@thomas.02]

@@rickdiesel2k yea but how much lower in general? would love to know that too

[@daszieher]

@@thomas.02 well that would depend on the target that you're shooting at, wouldn't it? Picture the x-ray of the target ship and superimpose the tracers to get an idea of its attitude towards you and where you want your shots to be landing.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

Flamu in 2015: "Here is a video on how to sit in smoke as a DD and rain HE on BBs." Flamu in 2019 "Here is a video on how to tear apart DDs that sit in smoke and fire HE at BBs"

[@rugby86]

"Just take one more shot, it's a good habit to build; just take one more shot, then one more shot, then take another one, build up that habit" Me: my credits slowly bleeding away after every match until I am not breaking even anymore 😂

[@PlataniumRacer]

You found literally the only thing storms are good for in this game

[@shengyanhu6728]

long range blind fire is even more useful in Atlanta, by choosing targets further than 13.3km that move toward u, u can actually burn down ships without even get spotted in the open sea.

[@ussliberty109]

Works well in Le Terrible, slow down speed up slow down speed up.

[@peterk3286]

Damn @Flamu, within hours of watching this I Dev struck a Smolensk in smoke in Ranked. Great video. Thanks!

[@Napalmratte]

Blindfire guide for when the glue sniffing experience was too intense! I see @Flamu, making vids for an ever expanding player base subculture 🤔 Jokes made in Germany put aside, well done guide,👏😊

[@Trades46]

Activates smoke - "yes, I'm INVINCIBLE!!!" *gets blindfired & citadeled*

[@Warmaker01]

People don't know the difference between Cover and Concealment lol

[@DJRaffa1000]

"i'm at 80k subs on youtube" *looks down* ... literally 80.000 subs

[@putrasukarwan2719]

you're so good 👍👍.. i'm glad you dont play in asia server 😁. thanks for the tips 🙏

[@petrpinc7695]

Except for the ,,lock on" on another ship I was already using all of this. Good tip for next time. Thank you.

[@GlaciaDay]

I have really watched too much of your stream, half of the clips in this video, I saw them live.

[@swiftoooo]

Congratz on 80K flamu! Lol me sitting here with 7 subs... one day...

[@fockewulf9518]

Flamu please cud ye do a video on how to blind fire dual purpose torps?

[@Warmaker01]

Rapid Fire gunfire from within smoke, against a competent player that knows how to Blind Fire, is really only telling them where to aim at. The faster the ROF, the player can't help but keep the LMB pressed down, and that only confirms to the competent opponent where you're at. Even some BB players are good at this despite the slow ROF. If they put up a Spotter Plane, you better hope they don't know what they're doing.

[@P99AT]

These clips were DISGUSTING. I would be so salty if I were on the receiving end of these.

[@kevinreed-jones3179]

The Greater Flamu is finally back with this kind of vids. Thank you Flamu!

[@alessandrobevini823]

Thank you very much for this guide! I've been following you and your channel for a few month and i've already learned a lot. You are a very good player but also a very good teacher! congratulations for the 80K on KZbin, well deserved

[@WyvernApalis]

WG: and we will now test our playerbase's patience and tolerance to our BS, we will try everything

[@nonamenameless5495]

Is there any chance to get a review of the Somers...the version u tested in the past was heavily changed and the discount coupon runs out soon. Thx in advance

[@MilVetGaming]

Yepp, WG is going to nerf this now.... Probably by making last known location markers more vague or to remove them altogether! Just wait! I do not think WG ever intended for the mini-map to be used as a tool for smoke sniping or blind firing. This video, I hate to say, might introduce a mini-map patch especially once everyone starts doing this and complaining about it.

[@Wildboy0001]

All you need is RU Server Bad enemy players Special RNG Account A Lot skill And tons of pure luck 💕😇

[@JohnBraman413]

makes it look so easy lol time to practice :p

[@Gr3yGhost]

Even after this video,there will still be people who will report the guy who blind-shoots them because "ofc nobody is better than me,he must be cheating to blind-kill me"😂😂

[@MajesticDemonLord]

Step 1: Replace Mouse with Potato. Step 2: Replace Keyboard with Potato Step 3: Replace Monitor with Potato Step 4: Replace PC with Potato Step 5: Open a fresh bag of Potato-based Snacks Congratulations - you are now ready for Maximum Potato and can now blind fire!

[@nomado-sensei]

2:32 - it's a good thing there is only a fraction of non-RU players who understand Russian. Oh, good mannered Russian community.

[@ighicedeamon]

The biggest important things to learn is the informOMGHACK> OMG HACK I WAS UNDETECTED> REPORTED!!11!Q- sincerely, every potato ever.

[@idimidodjimi6760]

in other words , Flamu ask you to keep shooting so you are still detected if he is one smoked up to keep your self spotted so he can shoot you back. I'm all for it Flamu , just keep trolling pls.

[@100krakens2]

This is a must-see guide for every WoWS player if they want to improve their shooting skills. Kudos to Flamu for sharing his knowledge! BTW if you are not sure about where your shells will land (I mean their approximate points of impact) when blind firing, just fire a single turret and observe the projectile trajectory for additional guidance. Of course this will decrease the weight of your salvo but you can't have it all :)

[@MattiaSetteSeven]

Thank to your advice on blind fire i one shotted a full HP Mino with my NC xD

[@ricebox1178]

I can’t remember which map it was, but I blind fired a Leander (showing full broadside) twice from behind an island in a New Mexico, citadel him both time and took him out. Feels great destroying someone trying to have a good time lol.

[@danielmillaire6412]

Smokes will be filled with lead now! Lol.. every frustrated BB potato and Flamu wannabe players will shoot at the white stuff, likely a third will miss the dam smoke...;))

[@Pliskkenn]

I always try to smoke fire, but I picked up a few tips thanks. The lock on to something else for improved dispersion seems a no brainer, but somehow I just never made that connection!

[@_dexcon_7008]

Hahaha I still remember the video where PhlyDaily gave you a shoud out and you're like "holy **** how did thid happen??" I think you were doing a review on the Kiev.... Well deserved Flamu! Thanks for your great guides and time to make everyone who watches a better player!

[@红丝绒精]

I wouldn't be surprised if your accounts got banned because players reporting you "cheating"

[@griffinfaulkner3514]

Besides the obvious damage you can rack up like this, the psychological effect can be just as devastating to the enemy's overall chances of winning. Even if you don't kill them outright, it lets them know that their smokes are not some magical safe haven, and that can seriously rattle people and make them second-guess themselves. In my experience, that kind of anxiousness immediately cripples a player's willingness to take any sort of risk, and that forces them further and further back and into irrelevance.

[@kaya7412]

Hell-ooo hello @Flamu Amazing skill to know, almost feel a bit sorry for that first minotaur. Maybe you said it already but i missed it, why are you locking a ship behind it? and do it have to be behind it or is it enough that it is in the same area?

[@Justfalor]

Thank you flamu. Now WG needs to buff Smolensk because it’s win rate is dropping.

[@neorvo5599]

This is really useful.

[@davidchalon5466]

Hi, thx for the video. I didn't understand the lock thing you spoke in aiming, with zoom out ....

[@wild_lee_coyote]

The one part of blind firing I hate is firing over islands if my curser can’t get open water. I can target the island or the one behind it but not the open water between, until they are spotted and then magically I can aim there. It’s the one part of the target lock I hate, especially when the lock flicks in and out with the spotting. It’s like the gunners can’t hold the guns for a sec or two after a target disappears.

[@markroberts7093]

The circle on the minimap is the biggest legal cheat in the game in my opinion. I remember a time when it was an X in Aslains mod pack and you used to frown upon the use of it. But now it is just another part of the gameplay.

[@Dawn_Hika]

X mark the spot doesn't provide abusable information btw PepeLaugh

[@arcanetoast]

Real pog hours. Congrats on the 80k and good luck for 2020

[@_Jokii_]

Can you make a little "Guide" on how to Aim / Fire correctly.. i always feel like i do something wrong.

[@thirstytom]

wish you would talk a little slower, I missed some things you said because you talked so quickly! very good video though thanks

[@EinApoStein]

So, zänk u 4 zatt, but what is the ship with the fastest gun velocity and fastest reload with thikest AP shells?

[@jl2225]

Can you feature either the Yamato or the Atago in future please? It's been a while since they've been seen.

[@jamesallen8838]

Someone on the NA server has figured this out. I know because I was the one in the smoke, 3 times last week I thought they were using secret radar

[@danforz]

Flamu, thank you for this video. Per usual, excellent. However, I have one question. I noticed that you suggested locking on to another target in order to get a better dispersion. I'm not sure how this could possibly work - when I am locked onto the wrong target and fire, my shells land closer to wrong target. In other words, locking onto the wrong target doesn't just make my dispersion more tight, it also causes the shells to land in a completely different area. Can you explain how this all works together with smoke fire?

[@Jez3134]

Use the mini map circle and last known position on the map. If they're spamming shells from the same position, you have an easy hit. If you miss, adjust forward or backward from their map marker. You have to compensate you mouse movement for the lock on auto tracking the wrong ship though.

[@callumWAW]

Hi Flamu, thanks for a great video. One question, though. You said that Smolensk was an exception because you have aim lower below where the tracer starts, compared to other ships. Are there any other such exceptions, or is Smolensk the only one?

[@ryanli5803]

Apparently all he tracers render a bit late compared to ap tracers iirc

[@sumnergrace4385]

Flamu, what if you dont have any spotter? Sometimes I fire way past the smoke.

[@chamikk90]

90K followers....how to cause flooding damage with ap shells

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Congrats on 80k. Now only 541k more then you past Jingles

[@aristo999999999]

Expect this video get more view once the planned change to cv spotting is actually released.

[@murderouskitten2577]

Hey flamu - what do you thing about new puerto riko shitstorm? :D

[@hmpf26]

flamu join the shitstorm against the brain dead purto-bentley grind

[@mikej5404]

Nice cheats Flamu Wargaming needs to nerf you like a German BB

[@just_johannes]

As Morpheus already said "dont think you are, know you are"

[@drnastybf79]

I tried this blind fire today. They kicked me out of the shooting range.

[@idimidodjimi6760]

oh common , give it one more try :P

[@jimmiarreltherford8464]

Just because you're in a smoke doesn't mean you're safe. It just means I can't "see" you.

[@ugk1106]

That a very helpful vid. Time to practice it now. Thanks

[@cccooooooolllllllll7344]

that's interesting, I didn't knew about locking on another ship behind to improve dispersion. There are other things I use : if a ship disappear because he doesn't want you to shoot at him, and he has an island on is way to escape and you are really close to spot him passively, shoot where he will most likely go to escape you, if he tried to escape that way, good you may have struck him, if he run a ground well, your shoots misses but your are gonna spot him and next salvo will be a hits (if RNJesus want it so). There is also an alternative situation where when he goes undetected but is so close to you that his only way to escape you is to go right away from you , shoot behind is last position. What I have also found, is for ship that try to escape your fire by swinging the rudder, once they go undetected, they will often swing the rudder the other way he was when they got undetected , so no for you not to use the technic of the circle on the mini-map.

[@schleprok6333]

Sandbox mode? How do access it?? I can't find anything on it...

[@waiadrian7552]

Wondering how to turn into that aerial view while shooting ? Thanks in advance !

[@fillmore8752]

@flamu sorry didnt understand that how do i get the map bigger?

[@sirmoke9646]

If you target another ship for better dispersion you need to take into account that the game will adjust the vertical aim. You can completely miss the smoked up target sometimes. Just like when you shoot at two ships going paralel right next to each other. If you have the wrong one targeted the vertical adjustment will fuck up your shot, the shells land nowhere near where you aimed.

[@callumWAW]

Interesting point. Locking on does impact the vertical axis of the aim, indeed. But this didn't seem to interfere with Flamu's aim. Is it his skill, or is this impact very small?

[@TolegenX]

Damn, flamu, now all noobs can punish me in smokes. Damn you. :)

[@MaximilianMuster]

gz to 80k

[@Eissen_meteor]

How to get report for being position and wall hax 101.

[@Schaneification]

What you can do when your team all runs from all the caps , I need help with that !

[@mrgreen9513]

Oh great Video More Cheater will Support u Flamu

[@infeedel7706]

What a great video to celebrate your milestone with!

[@nicoloweiss6529]

there is little that gives more pleasure than dev strik a smolensk in the smoke

[@bb3xhrhj]

upvote for devastating that Smolensk

[@tommeakin1732]

Lol you must get so many people accusing you of hacking

[@garyharris8082]

Flamu thanks for the vid but my problem is I cant get that little circle on the mini map stable it moves too quickly the slightest movement of my mouse and it move too far!

[@callumWAW]

Have you tried to modify your mouse settings? Most of the mice with programmable buttons allow you to set one of the buttons as a mouse resolution switch. What it means is that by pressing it, you switch into a mode where the mouse moves much slower. You cannot do that in Windows mouse settings, it requires your mouse driver software. For example, I have a Logitech mouse and in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, where the clock, wifi connection and others are, there's a Logitech icon. By clicking on it, I get access to myriads of mouse settings. Hope this helps.

[@jacawandersmok9043]

the best citadel on clan battle is citadel on smoleńsk in smoke ;]

[@Lancista]

Interesting idea for Special... 😂 I'm still struggle to hit this rock huggers!

[@jozef8020321]

congrats

[@johnrossman6679]

This is one of the most useful guides ever. Thank you Flamu.

[@manrinkato6697]

Thanks god Flamu decide to make this video to help fight those fire starter cancers.....THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

[@almitov]

I remember every game vs OM/OMNI/CR33D/WGP2W and other clans of the same caliber exactly due to the opportunistic blind-shots... I play mainly DM in CB and due to the more stationary positioning for this ship I constantly need to avoid shells, even when I have not been spotted. Great video, thanks.

[@benkesallai]

gz!

[@ΜΙΧΑΗΛΚΑΤΤΗΣ]

do blind people play this game? i knew it!!!!

[@unbekannternr.1353]

What an evil art of heretic sorcery! I like it, thx for sharing.

[@petiertje]

Congratulations Flamu. And thanks for the guide, some quite useful information, I'm going to try it. Well, I did fire in to smoke, but wasn't really hitting stuff much. The lock on trick and aiming slightly lower then the shell tracers were new for me, so thank you. Much appreciated :)

[@StaryPess]

Really big THANK YOU for content, what U making for comunity .... and also congratzz to 80k ;-)

[@Pienimusta]

Must be hacking /r/salty