Talk:Heavy Demolition Ship/@comment-33695347-20180731003439

The most effective use of demolition ships is during a naval engagement rather than alone or before an engagement because they need cover to reach the target safely. Furthermore, even a small group of demolition ship could either cause panic (retreat or collapse of formation) or to a lesser (although not good for the attacker) the enemy will focus fire on Demolition ships and this could result in overkills and give a slight advantage to the friendly navy.

However, an even more effective and a subtle way of using them is on shallows (also works on the coastline to a lesser extent) against mass enemy land units. Their attack is high (Since they are supposed to kill higher hit point naval units) and is damn too fast to dodge effectively. This could also result in a mass panic in shallows and hesitation on crossing from then on, even if you have a few demos (since they already made a demo) nearby.