gameplay-help

[atomic abyss]

/guide

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Guides to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking this out!
🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564

Contains a list of guides about key Azur Lane gameplay mechanics, including:

• Newbie Tips
• Common Resource Guide
• Research Guide
  and more!

If you are an older player aiming to push endgame content, you can check these out instead!
🔹 META Chronicles by pilica12
🔹 Suchiguma Azur Lane Guides by suchiguma

Contains a list of endgame oriented guides and deeper dives into gameplay mechanics, including:

• Chapter 14 and 15
• Challenge Mode
  and more!

Here are some other useful commands:
Use /tierlist and /equip for a ship and equipment tier lists
Use /tags for a full list of things I can help you with

[atomic abyss]

check the first link
loads of guides, including a newbie one

[restive mural]

Awesome! Thank you!

Im just currently at chapter 2. Just not very sure how to build my fleet. Is this a good place to share my current units?

[knotty dome]

what is the expected time to mlb everything? i've been playing 3 years and i probably need another 2 or 3 based on my current estimates

[cobalt robin]

How difficult are the opsi strongholds

[atomic abyss]

copy the newbie fleet recommended in the newbie guide as much as possible

[atomic abyss]

a bit rough, but you can leave to heal infinitely

[cobalt robin]

Les goo

It's worth the loot right?

[wary skiff]

are quintuple rainbow torps worth getting or should i stick to gold quads

[atomic abyss]

yes

[atomic abyss]

stick to gold quads
they perform similarly, and are way cheaper to +13

[wary skiff]

ty, i forget about the 13 cost of rainbows.. its expensive

[cobalt robin]

Good cause I got 5 more gold ap boxes from the ports today

[wary skiff]

is there a way to see submarine damage screens like main and vanguard?

[atomic abyss]

yes

there's a second page button

[cobalt robin]

okay yea it's pretty rough for my fleets 😔

[atomic abyss]

no

very very very not worth the f2p gems

you'll run out of books instead

[strange path]

Is tenzan the best poverty torpedo bomber?

If it helps i fat fingered and bought the 3rd slot on accident, it took me a while but im down to my last T3 offensive books i have like 2 left after the last 3 events

Correction i officially have no more i just used them

[atomic abyss]

yes

[ivory pawn]

Best purple. Best poverty converging.
If you luck into any gold Barracudas, they're nice for campaign.

[bleak nymph]

Who should I mlb now between z52 and implacable?

[turbid marsh]

oooo, i see a good spread of bulins

[prisma torrent]

HELP ME SORT MY DOCK

[tropic tusk]

https://x.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1939534360002052455?t=SyFE_jnOhKJNEtWprwBYBw&s=19
Am I tripping or this is the new Ur?

[bleak nymph]

Trafalgar was event pickup only, the 400 pity ones I’ve only used from there as well, only implacable and biszwei got my bulins :p

[turbid marsh]

in my opinion z52, but thats just because i use z52 a lot.

[ivory pawn]

If that's a link to #game-news message then it's the new DR.

[bleak nymph]

Isn’t she going to be part of PR8?

[turbid marsh]

like literally, w15 grind, opsi mob, meta fights, so on and so forth. so depending on your UR lineup, i would vote z52

[tropic tusk]

Oh it's Dr okok 3q

[prisma torrent]

help me in the thread

[bleak nymph]

Ignore uvh I didn’t know better

[turbid marsh]

do you have trouble clearing hard arbitor from opsi

[bleak nymph]

I do yeah

[turbid marsh]

i would say implaca

[bleak nymph]

Impl it was, then

How decent did the new gold bc end up being? I already got her but haven’t tried to use in anything yet, do we have the data or just mediocre like usual?

[turbid marsh]

yeah, lion implaca + rumey, and then can just use bismark + 2 ironblood bbs,, should be doable with subs + mob fleet + crossfleet(4th fleet)

[sweet delta]

There's no data, but you can see evaluations based on data mine in the endgame /tierlist

Zenker
2639/2252/1995 DPS using Lion/Champ gun
3061/2612/2314 if credited 16% damage for buffing 2 similar top gold BBs by 8% each.
New Jersey 3457/3380/2879 DPS.
Not that special for mobbing.
Top level Gold BB in bossing (~Owari/Daisen) assuming she's buffing 2 other competent top level gold BBs.

[cobalt robin]

What has the highest chance of dropping these?

Can make firecrest soon for wyvern

[narrow kiln]

is Kiev good?

[tropic tusk]

When was the last time they add ships here? And the one before that

[narrow kiln]

how this thing far from reality?

[atomic abyss]

extremely dated

[tame jungle]

ulrich in s+ means it's not even worth looking at

[atomic abyss]

this is like, a 3 year old list

[viscid swift]

extremely cope

don't use any random tier list you find on the internet

[turbid marsh]

might as well look at the community one if that's what you are looking at right now

[narrow kiln]

...I'm thinking about translating one Russian word.
,..As close as I can get, I'd say my friend is looking for the most inadequate tier list right now.

[viscid swift]

inadequate?

[wind hazel]

[boreal temple]

so pretty much the worse tier list available?

[viscid swift]

as in useless, not useful, outdated, not fit for purpose

[narrow kiln]

maybe...
I cant translate the word, he used. Its very russian one.

[turbid marsh]

then why not just use the community one and then translate back to russian

[boreal temple]

well ectl isn't inadequate tho

[narrow kiln]

The one you're talking about... Is it adequate?

[wind hazel]

bruh just use any from /tierlist

[turbid marsh]

better than the one you posted, and decent for beginners.

[eager mulch]

ECTL bad?

[turbid marsh]

no, priase me lord ectl

[narrow kiln]

then this thing is not that one, that he want.

[viscid swift]

I don't get it

[turbid marsh]

so he wants a bad tierlist?

[eager mulch]

I don’t know what they want

[narrow kiln]

yes.

[boreal temple]

just go browse reddit it should have some very questionable ones

[sweet delta]

This doesn't seem very gameplay helpy

[narrow kiln]

Sorry, it was originally supposed to be like this.

[white musk]

How long into the campaign should I use saratoga?

[sweet delta]

I think she's fine through chapter 14

[turbid marsh]

i think just 15 she kinda falls off

[white musk]

Solid. Ty guys.

[ivory hearth]

is greenville meta good?

[sweet delta]

Mid

[ivory hearth]

aight bet

[turbid marsh]

there was only 1 purple meta that was good, and that sjust focused on pvp and fell off now XD

[ivory hearth]

it’s better than most of the stuff i have rn right

[turbid marsh]

just ignore purple metas for now, even golds have like limited usage

[ivory hearth]

gotchu

[sweet delta]

You should use Zenker, Unicorn, Ise, Portland, Helena, z23 for now and stop building on event banner

[ivory hearth]

gotcha gotcha, thanks

[sweet delta]

Portland is in the guild shop

Retrofit unicorn and Portland, not Ise

[ivory hearth]

i be a dupe z23, do i use it for limit break?

[sweet delta]

Always

[ivory hearth]

aught bet

also what are gems used for

[sweet delta]

/gems

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Gem Spending 101

Gems in Azur Lane are fairly rare from an F2P perspective. However, the gacha in Azur lane does not require gems and their main usage is expansion of facilities like dorm, academy, docks and depot, as well as buying resources, resource packs, premium items (rings and name change), and skins.

As an F2P, you can get up to 4700 guaranteed gems (3750 for 3* clearing all 15 main campaign worlds, 800 for completing Bands collection and 150 for 8 days login campaign), not counting random gems from commissions or occasional bonuses from events or other sources.

Considering limited availability of gems for F2P players, even if spent exclusively on QoL upgrades, it is impossible to upgrade everything.

This is the recommended way to spend gems as an F2P:

• 3rd Dorm slot (300 gems)
• Dorm 2nd floor (500 gems)
• Dock space (remaining gems)

The main purpose of the dorm is for faster morale regen while grinding. Using ships with 0 morale will receive a 50% exp penalty and lose affinity.

The 2nd floor of the dorm will have the same number of slots as the 1st floor. While it lacks passive exp gain, it has faster morale regen. 3 dorm slots with the 2nd floor gives you a total of 6 slots, which is enough for your whole mob fleet.

Dock space is the biggest constraint for players. While this can help casual players collect all their waifus, there is also practical use in collecting ships - for later levelling to get their fleet tech on reaching lvl 120. These are important for players as they provide crucial additional stats that help players to tackle the hardest content (W14/15, H.Arbiters, CM).

Alternatively, players may consider getting the 3rd Academy slot for faster skill training or more dorm slots instead of just dock space (not recommended).

While players may opt to buy skins/rings with the F2P gems, this will come at the cost of QoL. It is recommended to only buy those with real money 💳.

[full plank]

i did 7-1 hard and i am STILL not getting T3 blueprints for javelin bro
what hard stage GUARANTEES them?

[atomic abyss]

nonedo

iirc the rate for 7-1 hard is like

7%?

[ivory hearth]

tysm, and i got portland, what else should i get from the guild shop

[full plank]

...

yeah i had enough

[full plank]

unicorn,javelin

unicorn will be helpful in backline javelin is a good destroyer even without retrofit, she got me to chapter 9 no issue

[wind hazel]

you cant get javelin from guild shop sir

[full plank]

MAYBE cause i also have lion

[cobalt robin]

His starter is z23 so prolly not jav

[atomic abyss]

helena

[full plank]

oh
mb me a lil dumdum

[cobalt robin]

Lol

[full plank]

but i mean generally javelin is aight, especially retrofitted which im very close to

btw what stat makes my chances higher of dodging a attack

[cobalt robin]

No point in going for jav when already limit breaking z23

[full plank]

i wanna ultra instinct everything

[cobalt robin]

Sg radar

[ivory hearth]

should i be getting dupes

[cobalt robin]

Or you mean in battles

[boreal temple]

dupes are unnecessary

[full plank]

battles
i wanna dodge enemy attacks

[ivory hearth]

kk

[full plank]

nah you got bulins for that

[ivory hearth]

i got everything then, what do i do with the spare

[full plank]

trust me you will get a lot of purple and yellow ones

[ivory hearth]

aight bet

[full plank]

retire fr-

[cobalt robin]

You need evasion stat for that but dodging all attacks is not possible

[boreal temple]

I'd use it as lb fodder before retiring

[full plank]

believe me i have so many yellow and purple bulins that i have no idea what to do with them

[ivory hearth]

kk

[boreal temple]

unless ofc it's mlb already then retire is the way to go

[ivory hearth]

thanks lol

[full plank]

any way to farm yellow destroyer blueprints? except hard cause 7-1 chance is 7% bro

[ivory hearth]

lmao

[full plank]

i need 5 of them bad boys to rf my javelin

[cobalt robin]

Get it from the missions

[full plank]

the world if you could just combine T2 blueprints into T3:

[white musk]

But you can quite easily mlb all three just from regular grinding maps?

[full plank]

comissions?

[white musk]

Am I missing something

[cobalt robin]

Yea but why should he invest in javelin as a beginner when he's already leveling z23

[turbid marsh]

well, you can try to 3 star hard mode

[white musk]

True
Retro bp are a bitch to grind

[boreal temple]

well then he shouldn't simple as that

[cobalt robin]

You get 2 gold dd prints by clearing every x-1 hard stage

[full plank]

aight so i js 3 star all x-1 hards gotcha

[white musk]

This is the best way- you can retro one elite ship per caste just from 3 starring hard stages up to ch5

[cobalt robin]

First time clear is 2 guaranteed from missions

[full plank]

oh wait portland only needs 1 gold do i retrofit her first then?

[white musk]

Portland is a great ship

Solid vanguard tank if you got nothin else
Dew it

[full plank]

ok so uh i need retrofits asap my options are uni port helena and jav

[white musk]

Uni uni uni

[full plank]

who first second third etc

[white musk]

Best ship in the game for mobbing
No joke
Unicorn first always

[boreal temple]

unicorn is a top prio

[cobalt robin]

Is your uni retro

If yes you can do port next and then starter

[boreal temple]

why are you rushing a different retro when you don't have unikai yet

[white musk]

Its alright, he didnt know

[full plank]

nah none of them retro yet

[white musk]

Thats why hes here lol

[cobalt robin]

unicorn retro asap

[white musk]

[boreal temple]

portland helena he must've browsed through a guide which should've mentioned unikai

[white musk]

Now he knows.

[boreal temple]

[narrow kiln]

I heard that one chapter of the story requires a lot of AA... For the mobbing fleet too?

[full plank]

oki

[white musk]

13
Sandy is obtainable by then, she can AA carry one of your fleets

You can also run aa radar on your backline to increase their survivability

[cobalt robin]

Aa hell starts in 13

[full plank]

so do levels and stats and upgrades and lb carry over to retrofit?

same with equipment

yayyy

[white musk]

Well, "obtainable"
Gotta save for the exchange and roll her for the shop

[turbid marsh]

a lot of aa then its w15. w13 is doable without hard aa carries XD

[warped trench]

You get this layout (replace Laff with ur pref. Destroyer)

[white musk]

Ive heard cheshire is also a solid choice to tank and aa carry
But I dont have her yet so I cannot confirm lolz

[cobalt robin]

If you don't have sandy by the time you get to 13 that's just... Yikes

[full plank]

aight i did the same lineup lol
ill do it as soon as i retrofit

[boreal temple]

dated, serviceable w13

[warped trench]

Too little Portland glaze she’s best tank

[cobalt robin]

aight let's not go too ahead ourselves

[white musk]

All pr ships get an augment eventually right? Chesh is an A tier waifu, so maybe she'll be better with a lil boost

[narrow kiln]

Hell... good word
...looking for NP planes, the ones I want the most.

[novel solstice]

Ships get an augment when the devs decide to give them an augment.

[white musk]

Im kinda suprised she doesnt have one yet

Shes like- THE most popular ship in CN, no?

[boreal temple]

if we bet on that then all ships will get an augment at some point, and not all of them got to be better after getting one

[viscid swift]

I don't know where you quite got that impression

[white musk]

There were a bunch of memes that came from CN About her when I started in 2020

Ish
Idk exactly when that came about

"Cheshire stole it"

[cobalt robin]

Doesn't mean THE most popular ship tho...

[white musk]

Fair enough

[viscid swift]

well here are the results of the 2023 Popularity poll From CN
and yeah

[warped trench]

Of course people would vote the tentacles

[white musk]

Lil chesh hmm?

[cobalt robin]

Eh

[white musk]

Well, whatever. Sorry for sending you all on a nonsequitur rabbithole lmao

[full plank]

who should i buy first in core shop?(monthly)

[viscid swift]

get gear first

[white musk]

Theres a lot of juicy equipment in there

[boreal temple]

shells imo

[full plank]

which

[vale spindle]

/coredata

[odd root]

https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/images/equip_misc/Core_Data_Priority.jpeg

[white musk]

Gold shells for your BBs fo sho

[warped trench]

Shells for battleships

[boreal temple]

hi sam

[full plank]

ty

got the missile
SY-1

[boreal temple]

pencil is for hms only

[full plank]

i got lion port jav uni taihou helena
who do i give the SY-1 to

[white musk]

Oh...
Ddgs are... expensive for early game

[boreal temple]

you give them to ddgs

which you don't have

[full plank]

ddg...whats that again my brain a lil dumdum

[warped trench]

Guided missile destroyer

[full plank]

ANYWAY JAVELIN RETROFITTED LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO4

[white musk]

You can exchange tai yuan and chang chun in guild shop

And he already made the investment for the missile...

Idk if he should tho
That retrofit item is expensive

And hes gonna want the seal as well for the aug slot

[boreal temple]

retrofit item over burins? oof

[full plank]

and as for unicorn...yeah she go ntake a while

[boreal temple]

early game it doesn't matter

[restive mural]

/guide

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Guides to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking this out!
🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564

Contains a list of guides about key Azur Lane gameplay mechanics, including:

• Newbie Tips
• Common Resource Guide
• Research Guide
  and more!

If you are an older player aiming to push endgame content, you can check these out instead!
🔹 META Chronicles by pilica12
🔹 Suchiguma Azur Lane Guides by suchiguma

Contains a list of endgame oriented guides and deeper dives into gameplay mechanics, including:

• Chapter 14 and 15
• Challenge Mode
  and more!

Here are some other useful commands:
Use /tierlist and /equip for a ship and equipment tier lists
Use /tags for a full list of things I can help you with

[boreal temple]

suboptimal decisions only delay progress anyway so not like you're losing much

[white musk]

I would say that they're solid choices for a lot of content

Chang chun is nice, and tai yuan is a great light armor nuker

Lil squish tho

[boreal temple]

well they are solid choices, when you get them

[narrow kiln]

Is there any logical reason why NP aircraft don't have AA in principle?
(Excluding the La-9, which can't intercept)

[soft raft]

Torpedo bombers and dive bombers don't intercept by design (besides Wyvern and that SR French one)

[narrow kiln]

La-9 is Fighter.
Other even dont have AA guns at all

[white musk]

Which makes sense, right? Aircraft carrier bombers weren't expected to make long bomb runs, so they're smaller and dont have the crazy turrets and guns that larger bombers might have.

Go out, drop the payload, come back

[soft raft]

Rocket fighters like LA-9 also don't intercept

[viscid swift]

they still have guns and in the case of TBs like the Avenger they do have a rear seat gunner

[narrow kiln]

M...
I should clarify.
All the Parliament's planes have no logic in relation to real life.

[soft raft]

That's simply just how this game was designed, not much you can do about that besides cope

[narrow kiln]

and both the VIT-2 and the Su-2 had a gunner.

[viscid swift]

not like it particularly matters

[narrow kiln]

Just...
I love Russians (and earlier periods) in games.
But here the planes are completely incapable of AA.
Okay, I've already admitted that this game sets the bar for being illogical.

[sweet delta]

[viscid swift]

even if they had AA guns, the only time they'd be used is when your CVs launch an airstrike and if there's enemy planes to shoot at as they travel

not that planes should be your main source of AA to begin with

[wary skiff]

til ty

[narrow kiln]

no, I just have my own "problems" and I absolutely don't understand Scepter and similar items.

[wary skiff]

ive had 4 slots since i started playing in december and never really ran out of books except for here and there. what really killed my books was the instant class finish spams a month ago

[boreal temple]

which gun replaced izumo gun for sashi regearing shit is such a pain

[cobalt rapids]

daisen gun but if u alr +13 ur izumo just keep ur izumo gun

[reef flume]

Daisen

[boreal temple]

uhh which one is daisen

[cobalt rapids]

the one from pr7

[reef flume]

Prototype Twin 410mm

[boreal temple]

ah gotcha thanks

[cobalt rapids]

i dont think ppl use sashi in showdowns anymore so its not a worthwhile investment

[boreal temple]

I was regearing my opsi boss fleets since it got shuffled from w15 clear

[cobalt rapids]

sushi can go to the xfleet fleet and carry any gold and rainbow gun then

[wary skiff]

does u552 need snorkel or pressure resistant hull?

[wary skiff]

ty

[cobalt robin]

Do these stars also reset tomorrow?

[wary skiff]

u96 u101 and u81 are that close that it really doesnt matter?

[sleek flower]

no, those dont reset

[cobalt robin]

alright thanks

[clear harbor]

So I guess I hit my monthly limit? I should just claim this tomorrow?

[cobalt robin]

yep

[novel solstice]

Yes, though realistically you're going to hit the limit next month anyway, so it doesn't matter much.

[surreal belfry]

Can someone help me I’m using a level 90 San Francisco, which is only missing the last limit break which means that San Francisco can’t get more XP and when I use her in battles it also says that she gets zero amount of XP but does priority ships still get XP from her sortieing (going to battle) ???

[cobalt rapids]

/prgrind yes but shouldnt use non mlb ships for farming especially if they cannot get the xp

[odd root]

Does __ count for Shipyard Combat Data Collection EXP?

Yes

• Combat in Main Campaign, Events, Operation Siren
• Ships that are level capped for any reason, if the EXP otherwise would count. Even if you see +0.
• Muse (µ) ships and loli ships, if the faction matches.
• Use faction filters in Dock to double check.

No

• EXP from Exercise, Dorm, EXP Data Packs, Commissions.
• META ships. They are META faction, not the faction of their normal counterparts.

[surreal belfry]

So the XP still goes to the priority ship, even though it says +0

[cobalt rapids]

Ships that are level capped for any reason, if the EXP otherwise would count. Even if you see +0.

[surreal belfry]

Yes, I see it but I don’t quite get it so, is it a yes or no?

[cobalt rapids]

yes

[surreal belfry]

Thx my G BIG W!!!

[boreal temple]

[sweet delta]

That's correct

[queen summit]

To unlock Golden Leewu do you need the new faction? Cuz now I'm regretting that I skipped them....

[stark quiver]

Wait to see
But new faction also has 3 boats or something so idk if they’ll really put that as a unlock req

[queen summit]

I have every PR/DR unlocked

So that would be so ass.....

[vale spindle]

in past pr seasons you could grind the EXP using ships from other factions, like for example saint louis is eagle union exp cause when she was released there were barely any french ships out

not sure how they will do it now

[queen summit]

Oh right ya Italian and French were merged basically

[cobalt rapids]

past PRs like pr7

[robust nymph]

any reason why i should keep my submarines off? when i enable auto mode on default sub is off

[cobalt rapids]

calling subs costs oil

[robust nymph]

mm but it says 69 oil no matter what, im confused

it decreases during battle?

[cobalt rapids]

sub cost isnt calculated on the repeat sortie screen because its variable ( techincally the surface cost also varies but its way more consistent )

the cost on the repeat screen is just basically the minimum escorts to fight the boss times oilcost per escot + the oilcost of the boss node + the 10 oil entry cost

[harsh gust]

also in current event subs are called in no matter what, so their cost is always included if that's what you doing

[frail hamlet]

Is there any benefit to beating all enemy nodes in opsi stronghold?
Like on auto-search

[cobalt rapids]

the benefit is not requiring manual input since autosearch does that

u can techincally skip to the boss nodes + recapture + cats if u wanna do it manually

[novel solstice]

There is also a small benefit of xp to the ships you are using to clear the stronghold.

Which is small both because it's not much XP per fight, but also you are likely clearing strongholds with max level ships anyway for speed reasons.

[onyx chasm]

Who do i wanna build first?

[cobalt rapids]

fdg

[white agate]

fdg or ancho probably

[onyx chasm]

She's not one of the options....

[stark quiver]

yea as umi said fdg
kear is kinda useless if you dont have her at mlb, shes not coinable, and you shouldnt do pr6 research focus
halford is just horrible
avp is good, but if you have implacable then you wouldnt use her

well that was fast

[strange path]

Wait should i prioritize avp over agir if i dont have implac

[stark quiver]

just get agir first

[gloomy epoch]

whats a link to the latest azurlane fleet tool? The one I'm using seems outdated (missing newer ships)

[stark quiver]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/calculator/

[midnight blaze]

Hello. New to the game, and couldn't find any basic tips or guides for new players. Going over a video from last year on YT that's an hour long. Has anything changed since last July? Right now there's a SR CA and SR BB exchange. Anything I should grab from there. The only SRs I have now are Zenker and the submarine from the event banner.

[cobalt rapids]

/guide read new player guide from the compendium but use zenker as ur bb instead of penny

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Guides to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking this out!
🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564

Contains a list of guides about key Azur Lane gameplay mechanics, including:

• Newbie Tips
• Common Resource Guide
• Research Guide
  and more!

If you are an older player aiming to push endgame content, you can check these out instead!
🔹 META Chronicles by pilica12
🔹 Suchiguma Azur Lane Guides by suchiguma

Contains a list of endgame oriented guides and deeper dives into gameplay mechanics, including:

• Chapter 14 and 15
• Challenge Mode
  and more!

Here are some other useful commands:
Use /tierlist and /equip for a ship and equipment tier lists
Use /tags for a full list of things I can help you with

[onyx chasm]

I need to get more main units for that to be efficient since I've only got zwei as the only decent main iron blood that I've yet to MLB

[gloomy epoch]

Another 15-4 help

[onyx chasm]

Also speaking of atp should I just MLB zwei first? Cuz i've also got the choice of shinano or NJ so yh

And seeing as I need this exp wouldn't it be better to MLB her?

[stark quiver]

zwei sounds good

[sweet delta]

/fleettool

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Tool for the compact sharing of fleets and their gear by renhex

[little tree]

Is the ship in announcements a DR research ship

[harsh gust]

yes

[frail hamlet]

Is it worth exchanging oil for ap? I used up all my ap and just rolled an abyssal from a cat node

[sweet delta]

1000 oil for 6, 10, or 15 gold plates depending on the level. And a small chance of a UR design

[stark quiver]

Personally I’d take it

[sweet delta]

It's much cheaper than going from 30k to 45k points in the event. The difference is ship exp and coins

[short matrix]

how good is U-552?

[dreamy blade]

Best of the wolfpack subs

[robust nymph]

how many tech points is achieving lvl120?

[viscid swift]

depends on the ship

[short matrix]

is there a ranking of all the wolfpack subs? My sub fleet is mainly Flasher, U-556, and insert third here

[robust nymph]

sr ship

[fair lance]

still depends on ship. Check the wiki to know.

[harsh gust]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Fleet_Technology#Tech_Points_Per_Ship

[robust nymph]

i wonder why enterprise 8 and akagi triple that

[stark quiver]

it also depends on the factions

[dreamy blade]

Are you looking at the right enterprise

[soft raft]

I think you're looking at the British Elite DD Enterprise not the much more famous/relevant American SR CV Enterprise

[tulip thorn]

Can i replace someone with Lion?

[sweet delta]

Enterprise does not give 8 points

Replace Musashi or vanguard, but keep in mind that Lion cannot be blocked. So you may want her to reload about as fast as Bisz, or just make her afct and slowest

[jovial jackal]

what corrosion level should I farm with the remaining AP until reset? 5/6?

[dreamy blade]

5

[strange path]

When i use the high efficiency logistic plan 2x rewards means 2x for everything right, even ship drops?

Also if i get a ship do i get 2 of the same one or does it run rng twice?

[fair lance]

2x everything but war archive 60 runs

[viscid swift]

it rolls the dice twice

[white agate]

what boss is freeze/slow more useful vs between medium and light?

[sweet delta]

Depends on the boss

And your fleet

Why not freeze both

[strange path]

Perfect and will it use 2x morale as well?

[white agate]

just thinking where to park bis2 for my opsi

[sweet delta]

In the pure BB fleet

[white agate]

yeah...; about that my med and light are pure bb

kinda lacking a certain soyuz and kesarge

[sweet delta]

Aren't you going to use both BB fleets for both armor types?

Quite simply, put Bisz in the better fleet

Good fleet and less good fleet, not medium fleet and light fleet

[desert onyx]

So, uh, what's best for commission farming? 2-1? 2-4? 3+ stages?

[verbal plinth]

Dont

[novel solstice]

Best for commission farming is "do the stuff you want to do for other reasons, pray for commissions".
Spam the event if you still need event points, or spam opsi stages because it's the last day of the month and you still have a stack of AP.

If neither of those is relevant to you, spam something in w12 to get XP for ships, or spam w15 to cope for cog chips and pray that the commission gods smile on you.

[desert onyx]

I am perpetually out of oil and ap, and I don't mind it running in background for getting oil comms(and also I'm 20 gems short from +10 dock)

I just wonder which stage is better cause there's conflicting info on that

[viscid swift]

should be 2-4 these days but

[desert onyx]

w12 better than w13 on exp? Why?

I do 13-4 for that and coins too

[viscid swift]

W12 is a lot easier so you can level a lot more ships and worse ships at once

whereas with 13-4 even on safe there's still be a pretty significant minimum requirement

[novel solstice]

Most of the ships I want to level are junk ships for the +1 stat bonuses when they hit 120; I've found that I can run two fleets of any six junk ships in w12 so they're all getting XP. For w13 I find I usually need to stick in a couple of good ships to keep them alive, so it's less overall xp because all of my good ships are max level already.

[viscid swift]

have you got some shells yet?

[desert onyx]

Yeah it is a problem sometimes but for now I still have options to level that can clear without Uni help. I mix worse ones between better ones(just got zwei for example she will def help carry a lot of trash ships in the future runs)

[desert onyx]

Thanks will do that

[viscid swift]

I mean 12-1 and 12-4 are still quite good for coins

[desert onyx]

Not when you reroll cats

[viscid swift]

I'd honestley rather cut down on that rather than resorting to 13-4

especially seeing as there's only so long you can make that last

at some point you'll just be down to garbage

[desert onyx]

It's not that bad.. Spam best equip and best crossfleet and its cool for the most part. When I can't do without Uni she will carry losing out on a bit of exp for me is preferable to coins

[viscid swift]

meh, I just can't be bothered to plan around the worst case scenario of dealing with 2 3 star CV fleets without ammo

among others

[desert onyx]

3star BB can snipe flagship too

Had to learn that..

[sweet delta]

I ran out of cats to reroll and now I overcap coins in chapter 12 while spending 16.8k every day on boxes. You won't need the coins from chapter 13

[desert onyx]

How long ago did you start rolling cats? Because I did just a week ago and I have more than a dozen to go through..

I don't think I'm maxing out cats in any foreseeable future

Maybe in a year

[fickle parcel]

Does U552 change the UBoat lineup?

[viscid swift]

yes

[fickle parcel]

Who's she replacing?

[jovial jackal]

U-37

Or 101?

[fickle parcel]

I dunno. Thats what I'm wondering.

[ivory pawn]

From /tierlist

[fickle parcel]

tyty!

[icy sphinx]

They max at level 30, I max my fisrt cat at like 3 or 4 months after I started with cats

I already have like 5 or 6 cats at level 30, I need to max their abilities they get in being command or staff cat

[inland shoal]

I don't think that is what they meant by maxing their cats

[icy sphinx]

ª

[desert onyx]

yep

[inland shoal]

Imho a good cat is good enough anyway and a perfect cat is just too exhausting

[icy sphinx]

You mean their abilities from command cat or their max level?

[stark quiver]

do you know what talents to go for tho

[desert onyx]

I don't know how long it actually takes to roll ideal talents. But I heard it's in the tens of millions of coins..

[stark quiver]

between maybe a few months to never

[desert onyx]

I do know ye

[icy sphinx]

My cats work for me, I don't know if they are the ideal talent but they work

[inland shoal]

Those are a given, they mean getting the right talents

Which is very specific if you go for perfection

[icy sphinx]

Ahhhh, thx

[icy sphinx]

I just go for what works for my fleet, I honestly don't know if they are ideal or not

[desert onyx]

Honestly with Tempesta cats you can touch not cats at all and be fine

They are good enough for general use

[stark quiver]

drek and every are like 8 pointer cats theyre good
unless you want CV cats

[polar lion]

How's 552?

[fair lance]

#gameplay-help message

Really good but not for campaign.

[polar lion]

Why is that?

[fair lance]

Becaue she starts above water before going under shortly after with a 60% DR

So she takes damage over many fights and may sink before you finish a campaign run.

[polar lion]

Ah okay

Thanks

[fair lance]

np

[grizzled sundial]

Is U-556 meta good ? Gonna use this event to train my neglected fleet of submarine . Or train Pizza sub like Leo ?

[dire kestrel]

I can get 2 more purple units from the guild shop who should I get? I have Unicorn and Helena.

[soft raft]

Good in mixed faction sub fleets

[soft raft]

You can either get dupes or just get whoever you need for tech points

[viscid swift]

because she's a battlecruiser not a battleship

[soft raft]

shouldnt BCs still show up tho

[sinful escarp]

BC not BB

[viscid swift]

not if this is hard mode

[soft raft]

Oh right

[viscid swift]

you could just use 2 main fleets and leave out the 2nd battleship

in hard mode, you only need to fill one main fleet and one vanguard hull type for the fleet to qualify

so just use one battleship and another ship in the flex slot

you don't need to use another BB

[fair lance]

For example if there's a requirement to use a CVL and a CV for one the fleets you only need to fill the slot for CVL or CV not both to run the map

[fair lance]

Helena and Unicorn are basically the only really good ships from the purple list in the guild shop for a new player I wouldn't really worry about getting another unless you need another BB you could go Maryland until you have better.

So if you haven't mlb them or retrofit you can pick up another copy of Helena or Unicorn.

[dire kestrel]

Why do I need another BB?

[fair lance]

It's incase you don't have 2 decent BBs

[ivory pawn]

Cheeky might be saying use two main fleet ships total. Leave the 2nd BB slot empty.

[fair lance]

You usually want to run BBs as flagships in campaign because they're beefer than CVs and you need them for suicide boats

[viscid swift]

that

[eager mulch]

that is a cat?

[viscid swift]

meow

[dire kestrel]

So the second BB would be for my 2nd fleet?

Ok thanks

[viscid swift]

that's W8 hard mode isn't it?
honestley considering you have a level 123 retro warspite, I'd rather just push the main campaign further to W12 rather than spend oil clearing W8 hard mode

[robust nymph]

yes just got to w8 because i was used skipping hard mode, shouldnt i grind hard mode since w8 seems still really easy?

i’m also catching up with main campaign yeah i’m at 11-3 i believe

[viscid swift]

I mean if your last cleared Hard Mode stage is like W1 sure, but use less ships to save oil

[robust nymph]

i tend to waste it cause i have 40k in the bank but yeah its a bit dumb

[dire kestrel]

@fair lance who is an Iron Blood in the purple pick?

[fair lance]

Like any iron blood?

[dire kestrel]

Yea I need 1 more to unlock Roon

[viscid swift]

you should treat your storage as a strategic reserve

[fair lance]

admiral hipper is a IB

[viscid swift]

pretend it doesn't exist for the most part

[dire kestrel]

Ok thanks

[abstract hollow]

1 day left until the monthly reset - should I wait to accept my weekly core rewards until tomorrow?

[ivory pawn]

Might as well.

[fair lance]

It doesn't matter if you play everyday you'll reach cap anyways, but if you're waiting for UR builins for a UR ship you can get it a little faster.

[abstract hollow]

Yeah, fair enough. I need another UR Bulin to max Shinano

I missed Lion, so poor Trafalgar is gonna be waiting... a while.

[fair lance]

If you have another UR that's not perma I'd use it on that instead and wait for perma pity to mlb Shinano

[abstract hollow]

Oh, interesting

Bissy Z is MLB, so the only other one I have is Trafalgar at the moment. But you're not wrong about eventually picking up my last Shinano dupe from pity

[fair lance]

Yeah I'd personally get Trafalgar up and then Shinano because you can slowly work towards getting Shinano dupes and you can't with Trafalgar.

[abstract hollow]

Thanks, I like that idea

Still pretty much in the beginner stage, but I finally devved Neptune and am working on Roon + making my way through Ch11 as oil allows. Not really hurting for MLB Shinano yet

[dire kestrel]

How would I go about farming money? When I unloaded Research I didn't look at the cost of the mission so now I'm broke lol

[fair lance]

Push campaign as much as possible and get to 12-4 it's where the majority of players farm coins.

[dire kestrel]

Ok ty

[robust nymph]

why does my kaga always deal significantly less damage?

[fair lance]

4 levels less and less enhancement levels

[robust nymph]

that alone makes that big of a difference?

[fair lance]

Enhancement levels are huge it might not be all the difference but it's a big part of it

[viscid swift]

I would wager Akagi's airstrike just kills everything leaving pennies for Zenker and Kaga

this is why you don't just take end screen damage numbers at face value

[turbid dawn]

I just realised I haven't done the harbiter for this month, what are the add effects? For some reason it's perma bugged for me and I can't see it

[bronze folio]

Hi everyone, I hope you are well. I just started the game. I managed to drop a character on the current banner in rate up but I can't use it, why? (I think it's a submarine)

[lucid narwhal]

how did i get such an imbalance here? does the autosearch just select Offense as the default?

[viscid swift]

submarines go in their own fleet

[forest palm]

just the way RNG landed, even then that's all excess

[fair lance]

I forget where but they unlock at a certain campaign map too.

[bronze folio]

Okayyy ty

[fair lance]

I think you need to get to chapter 3? to start using them

[lucid narwhal]

I just wanted to complete the full map just once.

[viscid swift]

not that difficult to clear everything in OpSi

[forest palm]

that's a lot for just completing the map

[turbid dawn]

You know what, sometimes I forget how good Shimi actually is, pity she's just outpreformed by Unzen, didn't think Brest would be so low though

[slender inlet]

Is z52, hindenburg and agir a good vanguard fleet

[sweet delta]

It is good for most content. But it's not the best

[wind anvil]

What CV's item worth buying in core shop excluding the AUX?

[viscid swift]

Breguet if you lack Wyverns, whatever the Wyvern intermediate in the core data shop is called to save gear lab mats in crafting Wyverns

[fair lance]

Breguet if you're excluding all aux or blackburn firebrand if you're using it to make wyverns

[dreamy blade]

So la9 is bis fighter against M/H enemies? And only worse than hvar vs light

[fair lance]

For strictly fighters yes.

[dreamy blade]

Is it better than tenrai in a fighter/DB flex slot (against heavy)

[fair lance]

no

[viscid swift]

yes

well actually scratch that slightly

[wind anvil]

you mean this gold equip?why in the gear lab, it doesn't need breguet to cr8 wyvern?

[wind hazel]

different plane

[fair lance]

Black burn firebrand is the one you use to craft wyverns

[dreamy blade]

That is essentially a gold wyvern, aka a budget substitute

[viscid swift]

it's behind but not by much

[dreamy blade]

A parallel torp bomber with interception

[wind anvil]

i see, thank you.

[wind hazel]

use a tank

and preferably someone stronger than those CVs

[viscid swift]

evidently not, don't worry too much about clearing SP

[muted crescent]

isn't Helena also squishy asf? what's she doing in tanking

yikes

[fair lance]

I'd also ignore SP if you have to use full fleets it just isn't worth it you'll get more points just running railcar instead

[sweet delta]

What about large hitbox

[fair lance]

Looking at the wiki I don't think there's a mission to do SP so yeah I'd just skip it

[muted crescent]

if my maths checks out, railcar nets you about the same amount (just 4% less per oil used) so you can just do railcar

[muted crescent]

just sticker

[fair lance]

Oh true

[frail hamlet]

Should I still get indep from the core data shop? I'm at w12

[viscid swift]

have you got some shells yet

[fair lance]

Independence is a very strong ship and can be used in w15

[frail hamlet]

I got 2 white shells, 1 black shell, and a hsfcr

[muted crescent]

first thing you get

very good retrofit, and not too expensive either

[viscid swift]

sure then if you can retrofit her

it does not

[muted crescent]

learned that the hard way myself when I found out Portland > half the CAs according to ectl

[fair lance]

It's because there just isn't a UR healer on scale with Unicorn but yes not always is rarity = strength

[golden moth]

Is this upcoming pr8 will be on this mainte or next week?

[viscid swift]

dunno, probably next week though

[frail hamlet]

How does indep compare to glorious meta and saratoga in mobbing/bossing?

[fair lance]

I haven't used glorious meta but better than Saratoga

[dreamy blade]

GlorM is one of the best gold CVs

[sweet delta]

Given that

1. Proc'd Glorious meta out-damages average Enterprise/Franklin against medium meta
2. Enty is to light/medium as glorious is to medium/heavy
3. BUT glorious requires high-damage hits from the boss
4. Enterprise and Franklin are A tier in meta

Would you say glorious meta's meta tier should be B, A, or A*?

[viscid swift]

I would say A*

she can perform but she needs specific circumstances to get that out of her

[sweet delta]

ong B to A* in harb and meta

[crystal jewel]

Where is D3?

[sweet delta]

Hard

[crystal jewel]

Damn, I'm blind, I haven't seen it before you said, thanks:)

[midnight bluff]

Since Lion is super op, who should i replace in the chapter 14 clearing guide with?

[gusty olive]

what aux gear for z52?

[fair lance]

Depends on who you have.

If you have Musashi I'd put her on mob and Lion on boss.

[honest sequoia]

Is there any info or datamine on PR8 gears

[viscid swift]

No

[soft raft]

We literally just got the first ship reveal yesturday, so no
and we wont know until datamine night when the actual update is gonna drop

[viscid swift]

We only know of ONE ship right now

[whole crypt]

is PR this week or next week

[fair lance]

I don’t think anyone knows but I could be wrong.

[vale spindle]

next week
my guess is they will tease a new PR ship at anime expo this week then officially release all of them next week

[whole crypt]

good I don't have time for AL this week... actually not next week either

[spice phoenix]

should i buy/use this on lion or is white shell good enough?

[whole crypt]

do you already have working white shells and do you have enough spare cores

yellow is only minutely situationally better

[spice phoenix]

i have a ton of white shells and am sitting at around 7k+ cores

[whole crypt]

then go ahead

[spice phoenix]

i’m assuming the extra 5% crit dmg isnt worth the 800

[whole crypt]

the problem is it also has lower FP, so it only gets back on crits

and is better on shit with higher eva because it's higher hit

[fair lance]

Generally no because it’s limited to one faction that’s why it’s advised against getting unless you have a ton of core data gear already.

[whole crypt]

he has enough to spare it's an optimization you could push for bosses

[spice phoenix]

thanks for the input!

[fleet berry]

Adding to others, Monitors (BM) can only equip the Yellow Pencil and not the White Shell, if you somehow want to min-max them

[analog phoenix]

Who i shall do mlb between zwei , impalcable ?

[short matrix]

is there a ranking of all submarines in game (not counting Tempesta)

[hollow gust]

Depends on what you have

[short matrix]

I have all subs and the ability for gear. I just want to know who would work well with Flasher and U-556

[wind hazel]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13YbPw3dM2eN6hr3YfVABIK9LVuCWnVZF0Zp2BGOZXc0/edit?gid=245003994#gid=245003994

[short matrix]

thanks

[sweet delta]

the best third would be Homura if not campaign else Leo or Alba

[sinful escarp]

wolfpack with 552 or the fishpack, which is "better"?

still fish huh. thanks

[ivory hearth]

anything worth buying here?

[sweet delta]

you can ignore the coin shop unless there's like a discounted cube for coins or 90% discounted T4 tech packs for coins

[ivory hearth]

bet thx

is she good? got it from the single daily till

also i have a shit ton of stamina, what do i use them on?

[wind hazel]

grind event until have enough points, then push campaign

[ivory hearth]

bet

also is z13 good

[sinful escarp]

nah, tech fodder only

[soft raft]

Stamina?

[left cedar]

probally oil ... look pic above

[opaque galleon]

Is U101 with augment one of the best wolfpacks?

[left cedar]

~~ 12k hahaha i can burn this faster than my old muscle do~~

[ivory hearth]

yeah lol

[opaque galleon]

I assume over u81?

[left cedar]

seens like 37, but w8 4 confirmations

[wind hazel]

depends on what wolf you using

[fallow cape]

whats this monster's amor type?

sory bad english

[dusk maple]

Heavy

[vale spindle]

disable fleet lock, then move into it, it tells u on the screen before the fleet screen

[restive mural]

I read through most of the guide. Read a part that said to use 1 fleet since I'm a new player. Is it possible to run through campaign with just 1 fleet?

[vale spindle]

first 8 or so chapters yes, maybe even until 9 or 10

[fallow cape]

ty cap

heavy mean AP deal more dmg and HE deal less dmg right?

[restive mural]

Oh! Another question would be, what kind of formation should I use while sortieing? ( single line assault, double line advance, circular defense) And when do I switch out different formation?

[fallow cape]

no more triple 406mm 😦

[vale spindle]

double line unless planes start killing you then switch to circular

[dreamy blade]

Double line 95% of the time

[restive mural]

Noted! Im hoping to get Langley to fill up my last slot. Thank you so much for your replies everyone!

[sinful escarp]

get pensylvania

[restive mural]

I made a mistake of getting portland twice after refreshing the guild shop

[dreamy blade]

nah zenker is better

[sinful escarp]

he still has 1 more slot with zenker and uni

[fallow cape]

sadly i only have 2 AP gun, will triple 406mm mk7 still work? or should i use SSR gun instead?

[restive mural]

I got shouhou as a story drop just, maybe I can use shouhou zenker and unicorn until I get lamgley to prep for retrofit. Does this sound alright?

[sinful escarp]

keep shouhou

[vale spindle]

move over this AP gun for now

[restive mural]

Alrighty! Is there like a guide list of which ships to retire?

[vale spindle]

you can gear swap freely in opsi so just change the gear, fight, then change back

[sinful escarp]

retire duplicates if the ship is already mlb

its not worth it to raise multiple copies of ships

[vale spindle]

the ships you don't want

at least to me this game is a waifu collector game so i try and keep 1 copy of every ship possible, then all duplicates (after limit breaking the original copy) can get retired (blue or higher) or used for character enhancement (commons)

[late flame]

you can also check wiki to see what ships are easily reobtained

[craggy sorrel]

what can i do with this token after OpSi reset?

[restive mural]

Oh alright! Will take a while before i could mlb any blue ships since they're still lvl 1

[vale spindle]

theres an operation siren supply shop u spend this there

[late flame]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Operation_Siren#Currency

[vale spindle]

yea its fine to come back to the limit break random ships part later if you are constrained
especially if its an easily obtainable ship
even if they are not easily obtainable, bulins are easily obtainable, so once you progress and get more and more bulins you can afford to use them on the random waifu ships

[gusty olive]

damage wise, Neptune or Drake?

[vale spindle]

drake

[dreamy blade]

Neptune is a tank

[vale spindle]

neptune does have non negligable damage but its not as good as drake

[modest latch]

i have a question about fleet building, I know guides have said to make sure barrage BB are in the middle, Vanguards there is a tank in the front, damage dealer in the middle, and off tank in the back.
But how do i decide whos a better tank or DPS when comparing ships? do i just compare the HP and FP?

[stark quiver]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13YbPw3dM2eN6hr3YfVABIK9LVuCWnVZF0Zp2BGOZXc0/edit?gid=245003994#gid=245003994
you can check out this tier list of ships

[modest latch]

cool, didnt know about this

[stark quiver]

you usually decide whos best based off of what you are doing
campaign, boss fights etc

[modest latch]

currently i just want to make a better OPSI fleets

[verbal plinth]

does gear on cross fleet ships matter?

[vale spindle]

yes, any crossfleet barrage scaling stat is based on that ship with the barrage

also, in terms of stuff like airspace control that value is also based on everyones gear

[elfin hollow]

In a submarine fleet of U-101, U-81 and U-37, who prefers the flagship position? I know that U-101 can be top or bottom spot but I don't know who wants the flag

[frail hamlet]

Should I get 2 copies of enterprise or enterprise + other?
I also have enough data core for independence

[cobalt rapids]

i would get enterprise + other ( that will help your tech ) unless ure strained for gold bulins and ure looking for an immediate replacement with enty
but you have sara and glorious meta so idt u do

[nocturne horizon]

Is admiral Zenker worth pulling?

[cobalt rapids]

not for new players or for players short on cubes

[nocturne horizon]

But for those who can afford it? Is she worth it late game?

[cobalt rapids]

shes a top gold BB but we live in the UR bb era

[nocturne horizon]

True

[abstract hollow]

Was just about to ask this exact question lol

[frail hamlet]

I can't decide what to get for the 2nd 😆

[abstract hollow]

I’m probably gonna go the faction tech point route, even though I’m a little light on good CVs

Unicorn, Saratoga, Glorious Meta, and Shinano are what I’m running with… and Shinano isn’t even MLB haha

[fair lance]

illustrious is a good w15 support but you can put that off till you get close to that.

Zuikaku and Shoukaku give 2 AVI each at 120 so that's good tech if you want to go that route.

[abstract hollow]

Ty!

[fast steppe]

is there a opsi reset shop prio somewhere

[muted swift]

I have a question, if I make a vow with Bismarck Zwei, will I get normal Bismarck's oath skin?

[fair lance]

Yes, it will show up in the alt tab when you look at skins for Zwei

[fast steppe]

don't remember whether the quality tuning is worth

[abstract hollow]

I think the EN guide compendium has a blurb about it

[stark quiver]

port or exchange?

[fast steppe]

exchange

[muted swift]

Thank you!

[stark quiver]

#gameplay-help message

the classified mission loggers (blue loggers) stay forever, you can decide to do them now or whatever month you like

[abstract hollow]

Our CV docks are so similar, we must have started pretty close together lol

[blissful hamlet]

New research ship this week or next week?

[fair lance]

Most likely next week but no one really knows

[late flame]

definitely not this week though

[abstract hollow]

I thought they just teased it yesterday? I assumed they were going to drip feed us the S8 ships for a bit

[fair lance]

1 ship of 5

[sinful escarp]

they usually do 1 tease per day, but with more ships coming i guess its next week

[abstract hollow]

Ah, I see

[fair lance]

Seeing as if it would be this week that would maybe 3-4 of them if they did it daily

[abstract hollow]

Makes sense

[normal cedar]

what's kazagumo used for?

[sinful escarp]

CV buffer

[late flame]

cv fleet buffer. usually shinano + amagi cv (or hakuryuu*) + implacable

[normal cedar]

is she worth using if I only hv eu sr cv's (enty,franklin,indep,etc)

[sinful escarp]

i think so

[fair lance]

If you have fleet full of CVs with AvP yeah

[sinful escarp]

her skills buffs all dmg dealth by CV so yeah

[normal cedar]

got it, thanks

[left cedar]

till now only 1 Dutch ship, right, also, wut hull ?

[fair lance]

CA

[left cedar]

dahell, seven provinces hull ? unexpected
thx

[gloomy epoch]

cracks me up

[fair lance]

De zeven is a CL

[left cedar]

ok, i did remeber dutchs have like 1 old BB, 1-3 CAs and few CLs and DDs at WW2, and iirc one project of BB or BC and CAs ... but never started ... and i mixed names seens like

[normal cedar]

is zenker worth using for this dmg increase?

[cobalt rapids]

worth using over what

[fair lance]

Not over UR BBs if you have them

[normal cedar]

over maryland/colorado in triple bb with biszwei and lion

[fair lance]

Probably better than Maryland or Colorado.

[left cedar]

probally one of the best BCs around, but worse than best gold BBs, and in practice, worse than BBs cuz survival .. so in practice, u will never use her, even cuz her buffs are worse than DoY and alot worse than Vang ...

[cobalt rapids]

shes one of the top gold bb/bc, owari tier esp when buffing UR bbs

[normal cedar]

ok, thanks a lot!

[left cedar]

paper calcs or practice ones ?
also, she cant match Vang or Lion as buffer ...

[cobalt rapids]

i mean ofc shes not matching any UR

[left cedar]

aside, she need flag, so ply will buff her, not something like Musa or Soy or anyother big dmg UR BB

just need to w8 her augment to get a better buff and lose flag req

[sinful spruce]

When I run this fleet in 10-4, I keep getting my caps sniped by nagato in the 3 triangle nodes, is there a way to fix this?

[cobalt robin]

What should I buy

[cobalt rapids]

i mean she buffs the other 2 bbs by around 8% and her pers dmg is better than most alr so i would take her even if she eats ply debuff over mary and colorado

[cobalt rapids]

siren loggers > hidden loggers

[cobalt robin]

Alright

[full plank]

so just to clarify i need 2 boss kills for hard stage 100% right?
does it matter if i leave it at 50%?

[honest stirrup]

Depends on what you want to do in hard stage

[full plank]

OpSi sells the double cost double reward tickets?

[balmy skiff]

for 3rd slot
which type of plane haku needs?

[full plank]

just 3 star them for T3 bp

[fair lance]

Depends on what you're doing

[full plank]

oh damn say less im wiping OpSi this instant

[cobalt robin]

Yea but not worth buying cause you get a shit ton just by playing

[full plank]

my fleet is strong enough for the most part thanks to Lion

[uneven badger]

who to max lb

[cobalt rapids]

different stages different kill requirements
do ur first clear then divide 100% by the % u see there and u get the number of clears needed

[honest stirrup]

then yeah you could simply 3 star with only 1 sortie and move on. I still advise identifying a good hard mode that you can use to farm daily since clearing hard mode in only 1 boss fight is quite efficient

[fair lance]

Show the rest of your URs

[full plank]

ok so quick question rq
IF the devs add a bride skin for Lion but i already married her
do i get the skin later

[uneven badger]

it's okay they're already mlb

[cobalt rapids]

yes its retroactive

[balmy skiff]

for OpSi?

[honest stirrup]

yes, of course

[fair lance]

It helps to know who to recommend

[cobalt robin]

What does the 5000 oil siren data logger do, I'm not really understanding it fully

[full plank]

aight
any way to get rings without gems? i got 1 free before used on taihou
any events maybe?

[boreal temple]

it pretty much allows auto play for the map even if uncleared yet

[cobalt rapids]

you get 1 free ring every anni

[boreal temple]

not worth the 5k oil imo unless you're really lazy

[cobalt robin]

Worth it ?

[cobalt rapids]

im super lazy

[boreal temple]

same

[full plank]

aight so i gotta wait how long?

[boreal temple]

I mean we can afford it in our level so it doesn't matter much for us

[cobalt rapids]

our anni is on August

[honest stirrup]

Some people will tell you no, but imo if you're not playing daily and/or don't spend too much time on AL you probably have more than enough oil

[boreal temple]

for them little enty babies 5k oil is alot

[honest stirrup]

I kept hitting hard cap until I started going for tech though

[cobalt robin]

Nah I play regularly so I dont have the most oil really

[honest stirrup]

then prob don't

[full plank]

imma do OpSi and buy the 2x cost tickets for the next event in advance
imma treat my oil like im saudi arabia

[cobalt robin]

Yea

[boreal temple]

anyway umi, w13 hard fleet pretty pls 👉 👈

[full plank]

or whatever country it was im a lil dumdum

im gonna keep my streak of getting new ships as soon as they release

[fair lance]

If you only have 4 I'd say Fritz

[full plank]

if nikke and HI3 taught me one thing

it is that hoarding is the best practice

hoard EVERYTHING like Smaug

[uneven badger]

hmmm okay

[boreal temple]

goodluck keeping up with the cube demand, make sure to not prioritize new sr ships instead of URs

[fleet berry]

For me, it let me consistently clear OpSi every single month because I don't need to pay attention to it all the time. I can let OpSi run while playing another game or doing something else

Worth for my sanity since I've been doing it for ~2yrs now :)))). 5k oil can be saved by not farming for 1-2 days.

[full plank]

doesnt the game give us more than enough pulls anyway?

[late flame]

depends if rng likes you

[full plank]

dont we get like free 40 already?

[boreal temple]

the down time gives you roughly enough to pity

[cobalt rapids]

mix match ur w15 fleet to fill the hm req
and put aql musashi on boss + another dmg cv and remove asw gear

[full plank]

and dude 1.2% per roll is better than genshin's sub 1

[boreal temple]

that's for reruns only new URS dont

hence why we say get 400 cubes before new UR or bricked

[full plank]

ight im saving rn for whatever UR comes out or reruns

losing sparkle on release in HI3 taught me i should hoard everything i have

be like mr krabs

[cobalt robin]

You can access all port shops from 1 port now, what a goated change

[full plank]

the most important rule of gacha:dont pull unless you can guarantee

[boreal temple]

ngl every gacha game teaches resource management is key

[full plank]

?

ohhh niiice

[cobalt robin]

Nothing I was just letting people know

[full plank]

lets gooo z13

[cobalt rapids]

its an old change, its just locked behind ur first opsi reset ( so beating ch4 and waiting end of month )

[cobalt robin]

Why is it locked for a whole month 😔😔

[boreal temple]

It's been so long since I last full cleared opsi and I just realized it already reset ffs

[cobalt robin]

I used 4000 ap over the weekend and yesterday lol

[zenith heron]

The Gold Quad Mag torps and the UR Quintuple Mag Torps are equal in performance? despite one is stronger but slightly slower? if so which ships are at least best to use the UR Mag torp if I had one...

[fair lance]

I'd just use quad mag over the UR quint mag on all ships but I could be wrong

[full plank]

so im relatively new to OpSii try to order but says i cant do in this zone
how do i unlock it then

[cobalt robin]

The ur is slightly better but gold are way cheaper to +13

[full plank]

also there is a yellow line blocking me from a chest

[cobalt rapids]

they are about equal yes unless one timing favors one or the other
the same ships take the ur mag torp as the ones that take quad mags ( all )
the one that is better than both and true UR is the IQM ( Improved quad mag )

[boreal temple]

you have to be in port

[cobalt rapids]

the ur is not better

[full plank]

ok got it

[cobalt robin]

That's what I was told, it's slightly better so not worth going for unless you're Elon musk

[zenith heron]

so its just personal preference at this point then...

[boreal temple]

someone baited you then

[cobalt robin]

Damn

[cobalt rapids]

its not, quad mags also tend to sync better wit all ur backlines strikes and indirectly with their timed debuffs
the ur quint mags are nice to have for staggering torp launches in campaign
specific timing for some 3 strike comps or some mogador pull shenenigans and thats about it
otherwise treat them as sidegrades
the part about the cost true tho

[cobalt robin]

Alright 😔

Also what should I do with the remaining opsi vouchers?

[boreal temple]

let it collect dust

[fair lance]

If you have 1k left you can buy the 1k hidden zone logger so you don't have to scan every hidden zone

[cobalt robin]

Like my Kronstadt

[cobalt rapids]

buy the hidden console so u can strat search hidden coords
and then buy classified loggers and rainbowbooks

[cobalt robin]

Alright

[cobalt rapids]

but u can buy the classified loggers at anytime, so just buy 1 by 1 and when ure done with 1 buy the next

[cobalt robin]

need to clear the zones again 😔💔

[cobalt rapids]

yes but each month u get stronger and clear faster

[cobalt robin]

I wish I had enough tech points for anchorage so the exp wouldn't go to waste

[boreal temple]

xp? on opsi? well it doesn't give much anyway so doesn't matter

[cobalt robin]

It's still a decent amount with all zones cleared

[boreal temple]

ngl it's not

[cobalt robin]

My mob fleet got like 600k

[humble iris]

Hakuryuu or agir?

[wind hazel]

it's quite a lot

but also not something to lose sleep over

[cobalt rapids]

agir unless u have good tanks

[boreal temple]

cdc on opsi? since when

[wind hazel]

since forever

[cobalt rapids]

ull wake up the c1 farmers

[humble iris]

I have both anchor and guam

[nocturne horizon]

When is anni?

[fair lance]

For EN August

[cobalt rapids]

what about ur rainbow cvs

[humble iris]

I only have bizmark and a 5* shinano.. 💔💔

[cobalt rapids]

then do haku (assuming guam is mlb)

[humble iris]

it's kinda dumb but I already invested sm into agir... 💔💔💔

[cobalt rapids]

actually u should be doing fdg

[humble iris]

I already finished fdg

[cobalt rapids]

what did u invest in agir

[humble iris]

Like the do 8 projects exp

And 8 of my gold ship things

[cobalt rapids]

ah t hats nothing dw about it
ull do agir after haku anyway

[boreal temple]

it'll save your progress anyway

[ornate shore]

Hello guys is felix shulz any good?

[humble iris]

but the thing is I used all my ur blueprints into agir and I have 90

[cobalt rapids]

shes good but not meta

[boreal temple]

coinable iirc

[gleaming storm]

Is Plymouth worth getting?

[ornate shore]

Thinking of using her on opsi

[humble iris]

Not that but if I'm not gonna use her I js wasted all my blueprints

[cobalt rapids]

blanks or catchup ?
u shouldnt use ur blanks on any of them because they are coinable

[boreal temple]

it's not a waste since you'll be using her later on anyway

[fair lance]

Yes, but wait till we see how pr8 is doing if you haven't started her at all yet

[gleaming storm]

Whats her role?

[hushed sorrel]

did agir got her limit increased? over lv 30? in the research

[fair lance]

Semi tank and buffs your flagship BB

[boreal temple]

and 90 bp isn't even enough to get her to useable state

[humble iris]

I mean I already have good tanks not sure if I'll be using her sob

[cobalt rapids]

support, tank, dps

[boreal temple]

you will dw

[gleaming storm]

So do I research her or do I wait????

[humble iris]

Any specifjc reason

[fair lance]

You can start her now but you may want to switch to pr8 if it's really good

[gleaming storm]

When is pr8 dropping?

[fair lance]

This month, likely in a week or 2

[boreal temple]

other than because you can then no

[wind hazel]

if you start developing plymouth today you can finish it before PR8 will drop, just get her

getting blueprint is another story

[cobalt rapids]

even if pr8 drops theres no need to rush building those ships because u wont have the bps to max any of them for like 3 months +

how many plymouth bps do u even have ?

[boreal temple]

who's the tankiest tank now? agir got dethroned ages ago right

[gleaming storm]

On Lion what gear should I have like i have the type 1 ap shell but else should I have

[cobalt rapids]

naboli

[humble iris]

Wait no what I meant is rumey and shinano

[boreal temple]

ah yes the only one I don't have d30 yet

[cobalt rapids]

white shell + rainbow table ( gold radar ) is the typical setup

[boreal temple]

fire control radar not sg aight

[cobalt rapids]

can u post a pic of ur dock filtered by URs

[cobalt robin]

What's the max tier kawa

[cobalt rapids]

she didnt get to shine anywhere yet anyway

[cobalt rapids]

15 like all showdowns

[cobalt robin]

This is my first so didn't know

[boreal temple]

I have time

[cobalt rapids]

yea it was just fyi not a jab

[boreal temple]

what do you do when you overcap oil you can't claim anymore? buy dorm food?

[wind hazel]

use them in campaign

[hushed sorrel]

buying food is kind of wasteful with oil

[cobalt rapids]

i just dont
but if i were id rather do cube comms or turn oil to opsi ap rather than buying dorm food

[cobalt robin]

Give it to me

[sinful escarp]

better to use that oil to grind levels for some other ships

[wind oxide]

Contact the US?

[boreal temple]

opsi ap smart I forgot that

I can't even do comms cuz oil capped

[hushed sorrel]

grinding needs lots of oil. if you do that you can easily spend any amount of oil

[cobalt rapids]

u can do the 1.2k oil cost comm

[cobalt robin]

1000 oil for 100ap doesn't feel like a lot tbf

[boreal temple]

better than 2500 oil for 50 dorm food

[cobalt robin]

Oh hell naw

[wind hazel]

less wasteful than turning into dorm food

[cobalt robin]

That true

[wind oxide]

Yes yes opsi ap

[gleaming storm]

What happen when u run out of ammo on mission?

[wind hazel]

just go to 12-4, sortie x3, turn on HELP, that's the better way

[cobalt rapids]

i mean yes but if the canteen oil goes to waste anyway then might aswell
oil spent is better than oilwasted

[wind oxide]

you get 50% less damage

[gleaming storm]

I see thx

[boreal temple]

canteen been stuck since last night so I've been contemplating on buying dorm food or what

[cobalt robin]

Just get ap then

[boreal temple]

I guess help or opsi it is then

[cobalt rapids]

and then let that ap go to waste

[cobalt robin]

Lmao

[wind oxide]

Morale's a bitch tho

[boreal temple]

not like I'll full clear this month's opsi, I did my yearly clear see you next year

[cobalt robin]

Do 1 per semester lol

[fast steppe]

is the current event good for farming coins? I seem to be getting a lot

[cobalt rapids]

no only if u dont have access to oilcap

[cobalt robin]

What's best for gold in w12

[cobalt rapids]

12-4

[cobalt robin]

Time to finally clear W12 then 😔

[boreal temple]

ngl easier than it should've been

[narrow kiln]

is this thing is good as faction fleet?

[boreal temple]

ehhhh

I think there's better subs for uvh and fdg

[cobalt rapids]

depends where u take it

[boreal temple]

insert obligatory faction fleet bad statement here

[narrow kiln]

If I didn't want to help a friend, I wouldn't touch the Iron Blood fleet.

[gusty olive]

Should I use low cd torp on Kazagumo?

for the CV heal?

[vale spindle]

No

[wind hazel]

you can ignore the heal

[vale spindle]

Her torp damage is pretty high no need to cuck it

[cobalt rapids]

kazagumos torps are her main source of damage

[humble iris]

Can someone give me an accurate tierlist

[fair lance]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13YbPw3dM2eN6hr3YfVABIK9LVuCWnVZF0Zp2BGOZXc0/edit?gid=803392514#gid=803392514

[humble iris]

Tysm

[cobalt robin]

Which fleet should I give my first staag

[fair lance]

Probably boss BB

[cobalt robin]

lion it is then

She eating good

[uneven badger]

damn I barely understand anything here ;-;

[fair lance]

Look at landing and detailed scales for more info on what the meanings are

[robust nymph]

any recommendations?

would probably prefer main fleet ship rn than vanguard

[fair lance]

CVs can only be main ships but none of them are great.

That you don't already have

[tame jungle]

to be clear, enterprise is pretty great
the rest aren't

[robust nymph]

whats with the "u" at the end ships? is it different variations than the originals?

[fair lance]

It's for muse ships they don't give tech points or fleet tech

[boreal temple]

ryuuhou good tech

[robust nymph]

i can also get one here, 80 medals is a steal i have so many

[boreal temple]

get kazagumo

[fair lance]

kazagumo

[robust nymph]

okay! why?

[fair lance]

She buffs CVs

[boreal temple]

get ryuuhou cv hit tech

[sinful spruce]

How should I sort my ships for one bossing and one clearing fleet for campaign?

[boreal temple]

what you're running rn is fine imo

swap indep and enty

[sinful spruce]

Got these ships for main

[boreal temple]

non mlb = don't use

[sinful spruce]

should I swap one out for monarch?

[boreal temple]

no

drop wakatsuki for laffey

don't remember if it was 3uss or 4uss for yk2 skill but yea you want uss

[sinful spruce]

3

[boreal temple]

well yea other than swapping indep and enty and dropping wakatsuki for laffey I think you're good

decent gear and you're set for a while

[gloomy epoch]

is the azurlane community tier list not updated anymore? Used to rely on that to figure out which equips to run

[robust nymph]

my game has no audio either on phone or on pc but in the settings its enabled, im so confused

[sinful spruce]

ty

[wind oxide]

Volume is off

[fair lance]

If you're talking about the ectcl then no that hasn't been updated since the end of last year and ender was told it will not be updated anymore

[boreal temple]

afaik it still is being managed and updated

damn ectl abandoned?

[fair lance]

to my knowledge

[wind oxide]

ECTL is rusted

[boreal temple]

rip

[normal cedar]

who's a higher priority b/w fdg, agir and avp assuming I have biszwei, lion, ark royal retro and plymouth(dev27), brest(dev26), anchorage(fs5)?

[boreal temple]

everyone listed is what you only have? or is there more?

[normal cedar]

https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1388771430266835055
you can see here

[sharp echo]

who to get

[boreal temple]

you're pretty set on tanks imo so agir isn't much of a priority, so is fdg with you having zwei and lion, you'd probably want avp or haku

[fair lance]

Shinano mlb > vanguard mlb > rest

[normal cedar]

ok, got it, thanks

[boreal temple]

really depends on how much bp you got stocked up on the two

if you can get avp fs5 relatively fast after getting her compared to haku then I'd go avp first

[sharp echo]

my ship situation

[boreal temple]

but tbh it doesn't matter which one you go first since d30 before useable for both

[boreal temple]

should've sorted UR but anyway advice doesn't change

get nano dupes for that free lb

[sharp echo]

i think im fine with bulin stock, so i get vanguard then?

[fair lance]

Don't use bulins to mlb perma ships

[boreal temple]

why would you want to spend precious burins on perma ships you'll mlb after days of daily pulls

[sharp echo]

oooh
actually yeah make sense, coz always available

[boreal temple]

and why tf are you not mlb-ing your good limited ships and just stocking them up like that

lb0 implac blasphemy

[fair lance]

and 2lb z52

[boreal temple]

lb2 lion

[fair lance]

zwei too

[boreal temple]

you do know that using a non mlb ship is pretty much using them without 30% of the actual ship right

[sharp echo]

coz i feel they still strong for now, so i hold "just in case"
i dont do siren yet

[tame jungle]

very stupid

[boreal temple]

you do not use a ship that's not mlb, never in this game unless leveling ofc

[tame jungle]

spread out bulins = i find you and steal your bike/car

[boreal temple]

mlb gold ship> non mlb ur

pretty much using a ship with half their shit locked

[tame jungle]

keep in mind that having stronger ships also reduces the overhead required for stuff like frontline tankiness since you'll generally end fights much earlier

i don't get why you'd not make it easier for yourself

[fair lance]

And now with being able to get 2 bulins per month you should be able to slowly catch up and eventually have more bulins then you can use.

[boreal temple]

I'll pretend I don't see this so I can have a reason to keep my kron lb0 forever

[fair lance]

lol

[sharp echo]

[robust nymph]

can i derank in some way in the exercises? i got to a point everyone is too strong and i cant really farm the currency