gameplay-help

[cobalt rapids]

the strongest db slot in ur fleet that needs it the most

[haughty skiff]

^
I'd say Boss > Mob in terms of general priority but it also depends on who would need it the most

[cobalt rapids]

enty > shinano for example
but give it to any carrier that ure currently using because u shouldnt glue limited powerful gear to ships that are not in use

[late flame]

+equipment will change depending on what enemy you are fighting, who is in your fleet etc

rainbow does not always mean the best

[robust nymph]

between those for a boss fleet what would be my best option?

[haughty skiff]

what content ?

[cobalt rapids]

boss fleet in what content

[robust nymph]

campaign

[haughty skiff]

chapter ?

[robust nymph]

13

[cobalt rapids]

warspite enterprise shinano

[turbid patrol]

Tysm @haughty skiff @cobalt rapids

[robust nymph]

is indepence more for mobbing? or just not good enough

[haughty skiff]

warspite / enty / shinano boss
fdg / unicorn / indep mob

[cobalt rapids]

she can do both

[haughty skiff]

indep is so fucking busted in both tbh

staggered dps go brr

[cobalt rapids]

bois instead of 5* fdg for mobbing in ch13
if its for pushing lethal maps

[robust nymph]

fdg gonna tke a while to dev30 sadly, but ty okay!

[haughty skiff]

oh shit i didnt notice the stars

[robust nymph]

is triple cv ok or do i need a bb? for mobbing

[late flame]

ch13 triple cv is doable

[lethal light]

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT that for the level??

[cobalt rapids]

theres no suicide boats in ch13 and tons of planes so cvs have an edge over equally powered bbs

[muted crescent]

often this you grind yourself

[late flame]

-# air power

[rapid shard]

They get higher. Kearsage is 2.4mil. You stack it way faster than think

[haughty skiff]

triple is doable but

[fast steppe]

everything keeps stopping whenever i'm on exercises and i'm on mumuplayer this time

[robust nymph]

interesting ty

[haughty skiff]

yeah, it isnt difficult if you know what you're doing; like i did this in 24 hours since i was coin farming

[robust nymph]

also after ive done all of these how do you keep getting the currency?

[forest palm]

nah CDP is pretty limited in how you get it

[cobalt rapids]

for mobbing at least
for boss bbs good because taihou is rocking 600 AA

[rapid grail]

exercises?

[forest palm]

Taihou also has 2 mob ships that will eat your torps

[fast steppe]

anyone has a fix? last time it happened was on bluestacks and i got told to go on mumu to fix but now idk what to do

[haughty skiff]

speed-ups are limited in supply but you shouldnt be using them as speed-ups, you should be analysing them to get blue protocores.

you really want to get the UR gear instead from the protocore store

[rapid grail]

interesting; ldplayer ruined pvp for me until i changed to mumu. never had any crashes after that disastrous mandatory update

try restarting emu and attempt to do it again

[robust nymph]

i know i analyze everything but i was wondering, since the only place where that currency comes seems this handbook, how do you get htem later on

[muted crescent]

you don't.

only supply I know of is from cruise missions for series 4 only

[haughty skiff]

battlepass, anaylising catch-ups ; after that it just runs out

[robust nymph]

oh so you need to spend them carefully, damn

[rapid grail]

cruise mission have pr4 or so catchup stuff lol. thats the only guaranteed way to get these outside the one-time missions that give these.

[forest palm]

eh, just eat the CDP if you want, after a point you don't have much need for Protocore

[haughty skiff]

would heavily recommend doing this if you havent done your pr1 / pr2 catchups;
https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/#catch-up_min_max

[robust nymph]

damn i spent some i hope i can get the 109g, already got tenrai and triple 406mm

[lethal light]

but how am I supposed to increase it? Getting 2,000,000 EXP from the shipgirl is extremely slow.

[robust nymph]

but no way you can get 2 rainbows right

[haughty skiff]

it gives you enough to get the Tenrai from the protocore store, which is the only mandatory pickup from the store

[tropic tusk]

Is this good?

[forest palm]

it's trash

[haughty skiff]

useless outside of cargo ships which are also useless

[forest palm]

Kashino gear

[robust nymph]

what would be my 2 vanguards for ch13? im tempted to just wait to dev30 anchorage before going tho

[haughty skiff]

Okay so there's a lot to it.

The stage, the amount of ships you use, the faction and if it is vanguard / main all matter.

[haughty skiff]

No Cheshire ?

[robust nymph]

nop

[cobalt rapids]

portland laffey eldridge
agir helena sandy

[robust nymph]

laffey? first time i get recommended her

[forest palm]

a triple CV mob fleet and 2x CV 1x BB should be enough AA wise

[cobalt rapids]

its a fill slot but u dont have anything better

[haughty skiff]

ig

[robust nymph]

just cause she is 125 or she decent?

[cobalt rapids]

shes decent and shes 125

[forest palm]

it's world 13 the bar isn't exactly that high

[cobalt rapids]

eldridge ofc post retrofit
which should be available in a few days

[robust nymph]

is aya that bad? also portland is better than prinz?

probably battle of mid

[forest palm]

Ayanami is only good if you manual

[cobalt rapids]

portland deals more dmg and u dont need prinz tankiness with eldridge off tank

[lethal light]

How long did it take you to get 2,000,000 exp?I never manage to complete it without the skip

[haughty skiff]

aya is manual torp memes which isnt at all wanted in w13

portland / prinz are both mid but portland does more damage and eldridge is tanky as well

[forest palm]

Portland doing more damage isn't saying much if at all

comparing a dry pool noodle and a wet pool noodle

[weary gust]

You're either not at the point in the game where farming cdc exp is reasonable, you're not using valid ships, or you barely play. Those are the three possible explanations.

[robust nymph]

if anchorage available same thing but anchorage instead of portland?

[haughty skiff]

I use ;
3x Iron Bloods Vanguards in 12-4 (or 2 if i'm grinding coins in 14-4)
Have them in the dorm for increased morale
Have their Main Fleet be mid so they might pickup MVP
Play until i no longer get additional EXP from bonus morale

This combined gets me like 2 - 4% per sortie

[robust nymph]

is this decent on auto?

[forest palm]

ya it's just a more expensive SSR Quad Mag

[cobalt rapids]

its 2nd/3rd best on auto yes

[forest palm]

just look at it as a side grade to the Quad Mag commonly used

[lethal light]

I play every day, but I don't understand much of the game content.I play on the surface without really understanding

[robust nymph]

and is this better than kit on laffey?

[haughty skiff]

What chapter are you on right now ?

[late flame]

-# lurk more

[haughty skiff]

No

[lethal light]

here

[robust nymph]

wait laffey has her own augment, didnt know

[cobalt rapids]

i wouldnt craft it

[haughty skiff]

im gonna make a thread since you should learn the game at this point

[cobalt rapids]

unless u rly like laffey

[haughty skiff]

Azur Lane 101

[robust nymph]

i dont no

is main gun ok? or some purple ones are better

[lethal light]

You can add me as a friend, it's no problem.

[haughty skiff]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[lethal light]

I don't say no to an Azur Lan coach

[haughty skiff]

I already made a thread so others can jump in - i pinged you in it

[cobalt rapids]

if u dont have these then its fine

[robust nymph]

i do have these

[lethal light]

I don't have many people in Iron Blood,

[haughty skiff]

please use the thread

[cobalt rapids]

just keep the twin 100 its fine
between the last 2 and twin 100 theres no big diff and laffey benefits from extra firerate

[haughty skiff]

also holy fuck what am i looking at give me a minute

[silk helm]

for meta bosses taht get readded, are they weaker?

[rapid grail]

all the same; its you that keeps getting better and better
uh mostly its with the new URs (lol) and better gear since then

[late flame]

-# ideally you should have stronger fleet and gear by the time the bosses re-run

[silk helm]

😂 thanks

finally made a fleet able to ohko ark royal

[vocal niche]

are those 1200 oil comissions worth doing?

[knotty jolt]

no

[muted crescent]

hell no

[soft raft]

Nope
you'd get better value out of that oil by farming oil capped maps than that comm

[vocal niche]

got it

[weary gust]

The only one worth doing is the one that gives cubes, but that commission never refreshes until you run it, so you run the cube one once if you have it and then never touch it again.

[swift path]

is it worth grinding for the SR ships chance on ..-4 stages?

[noble pawn]

with 6 vanguard Eagle Union it's only 2-3 days to be honest. Can be faster than that too

[wind hazel]

generally no unless you wanna chase collection %

choukai is the only exception to that i guess

[vast ore]

What war archives are worth doing? I'm level 53 rn

[forest palm]

I see a lot of ships that aren't MLB

[vast ore]

I gotta make sure they're good inv3stments first

Second fleet vanguard is newly leveled since I saw they're all high on the tier lists

[weary gust]

Only Sirius is useful of those in the 2nd fleet's vanguard and not until end game specific fleet comps.

Eugen is just a sponge and Adalbart is replaced by dozens of others, tanks are plentiful.

Never split bulins between characters. MLB them one at a time.

[wind hazel]

are tanks actually plentiful

[weary gust]

There's like half a dozen from PR/DR available at all times, then another half dozen high end ones from builds.

[wind hazel]

which is not readily accessible

that eugen can last for a very long time until you have anchorage running

[vast ore]

Oh I meant first image yeah I know eugen and adalbart aren't amazing

[forest palm]

people are too quick to throw out a MLB Eugen

[weary gust]

Only Sandy in that first pic has any use.

[gilded carbon]

maybe put Hood in Flag-position

[wind hazel]

what you should do is keep eugen, unicorn, hood, drop the rest

unless you have a lot of gold bulins, then you can keep a few more

[vast ore]

I heard san diego chak and the cool eyepatch one are good though

[wind hazel]

yes they are good, at max limit break

using too many gold ship will lead to gold bulin wall, you can't max limit break them all

and non max limit break ships are useless, dead weight

[weary gust]

Especially non PR/DR ones that level cap and waste exp once there too.

[wind hazel]

do you have more gold bulins with you?

🪰

[forest palm]

[silk helm]

[swift path]

i've come to ask, switching it back and forth, fleet 1 is for the boss, fleet 2 is for the mob fleet, should i switch out anything?

[wind hazel]

yes, switch out perseus

[weary gust]

Your Guam, Percy, and BizZ are useless.

[wind hazel]

a lot of things need to be changed too other than ^

[haughty skiff]

Make a thread and post your dock; seperate it by Main and Vanguard

You have a lot of issues with both compositions

[swift path]

honestly im still broke and don't have much ships, just only MLB'd shinano with a dupe and my only bulins, so i'm just asking for composition

[wind hazel]

let wormhood fix your issue

he'll make your hood transform from worm into a butterfly

[weary gust]

You likely don't have the resources to be running two fleets.

[haughty skiff]

And i can help you, you don't need expensive ships; Just make a thread and i'll pop in and move stuff around, ect

You don't need two fleets until much later, like W9 / W10+ ; even then you can just brute force one fleet due to level advantage.

You also shouldnt split bulins, ect.. its better to invest in long term units fully then averaging it out amongst mediocre ones

[swift path]

fleet comps

[lethal light]

in which chapter

[agile patrol]

when is the next UR banner?

[forest palm]

the 11th

[red hawk]

where is Aquila acquired? is that a research ship?

[forest palm]

AQL is a gacha only ship

[red hawk]

will it be on the limited UR banner for the event

or is it perma only

[forest palm]

it's possible for her to be in the pool

it just depends on what pool the UR and other ships are sharing from

it's extremely rare for event pools to share from the Light Pool btw

[knotty jolt]

you can go to collection and sort by unacquired and click on them to show where you can get the ship btw

[red hawk]

im in the middle of repeating sorties so I can't do much in game, but I appreciate the advice

[noble pawn]

12-4

[knotty jolt]

iirc 11-1 is better as for like a 5%~ less xp you're saving like 5 oil per battle and 8 per boss battle

[forest palm]

11-1 is harder to raise low end, and it doesn't drop cog chips, so while it may be more oil efficient it is still worse than running 12-1 or 12-4

[knotty jolt]

I mean they are just asking about XP tho no mention or ask about other stuff so

[forest palm]

doesn't matter, if you have access to it you run world 12+

it's just more beneficial

[tranquil crescent]

i have 5 bulins n a shinano dupe, can i mlb shinano now and leave the other 4 for the new ship?

[weary gust]

Probably better to wait until you get another shinano dupe from perma pity buildup. UR bulins are very in demand for new players.

[tranquil crescent]

I'm not that new

[silk helm]

wait for new ur

[tranquil crescent]

like i have a dupe n need to use a bulin to mlb her, then the other 4 are for the new ship

[silk helm]

save it imo

[viscid swift]

maybe not in terms of account age but in terms of progression I'd very much say you are

[robust onyx]

Odds are a double UR event

[viscid swift]

no they're not

[tranquil crescent]

when does the new ship come out?

[robust onyx]

Save the bulin

[weary gust]

11th.

[tranquil crescent]

bruh

that's so far away

[robust onyx]

1.5 weeks

[weary gust]

Two weeks is not far away. This is a game where reruns are measured in multiple years ahead.

[silk helm]

you'll be okay

[tranquil crescent]

guh 😔

[noble pawn]

he has 5 UR bullins pretty sure it's still okay for monthly reset

[viscid swift]

huh

[weary gust]

The point is that UR bulins are so heavily timegated he's looking at over a year worth of catchup on them, and he will get a shinano dupe in due time guaranteed if he doesn't roll one by chance during event builds.

There's just no reason to rush it.

[viscid swift]

They also have an Alsace to work on who I would put as much higher priority for UR Bullins

[sweet delta]

No sign of amagi or haku

[whole crypt]

you can't chance on a Shinano from event builds but yeh

[clever valley]

how big of a priority is it to grind 20k pvp currency for eldrige?

[weary gust]

Not during UR events but regular events w/o UR in the pool you can.

[whole crypt]

perm URs are simply not in event pools at all

[whole crypt]

considering now that the retrofit item is rerunning very high

[clever valley]

time to grind then

[forest palm]

not as if the retro item disappears from your inventory so you have room

[weary gust]

Really? Do event builds that aren't for UR build-up pity count?

[whole crypt]

yes but they do not drop URs

[weary gust]

I guess I assumed that since they counted towards pity they were in the pool.

[tranquil crescent]

everyone is saying the new one is gonna be better then Aslace

[viscid swift]

anyone who says that is an idiot

we don't know anything about the new UR, if she's a main fleet then there might very well be a chance but we simply don't know

either way the point is you have plenty of more important things to spend UR Bullins on, Shinano is not even a consideration right now

[tranquil crescent]

so its just a waiting game to see if shes worth working on

[viscid swift]

she'll almost certainly be worth working on

[tranquil crescent]

should i have spent bulins on perm ships...?

[viscid swift]

just a question of her or Alsace first

[viscid swift]

no, you should not have

[haughty skiff]

No one knows if the upcoming UR will be a BB or not, ect..

I doubt it's Yamato given Lion's release this year and Amagi CV last year, so my personal bet is on somesort of IJN Plymouth-Kaza-Hybrid-esque character

[tranquil crescent]

oh that's great

[viscid swift]

I hope for everyone's sake it's not yet another UR BB, we don't need 4 in a year

[tranquil crescent]

i used bulins on Bismarck only tho so

was it a waste?

[haughty skiff]

Like genuinely does IJN have any other UR BBs left aside from Yamato ?

[viscid swift]

no

[viscid swift]

there's the unfinished 4th Yamato class without getting into any really papery stuff

[clever valley]

do i just use my main story fleet for pvp?

[haughty skiff]

I feel like it just doesn't ; maybe somesort of Nagato II or Akagi / Kaga II if they really want but that'd be weird to release it after Amagi CV

I didn't know there was a 4th Yamato class tbh

[viscid swift]

I hope it'll be a UR CL personally

[tranquil crescent]

so basically, ur Bulins should only be used on non perm ships?

[viscid swift]

pretty much

[reef flume]

I mean.... iirc that counts as paper too since it was not laid down. But again, they have been doing a shit ton of paperships these last months for URs so it's not stuff we can exclude

I think we'll get a DD this year

[knotty jolt]

in pvp unless you're sweaty you only really fight people with incomplete or meme fleets for ez wins

[weary gust]

While you're progressing you use whatever ships you have leveled in pvp.

[haughty skiff]

My money is on a IJN CL that powercreeps Plymouth & Kaza in mixed IJN

[viscid swift]

it was laid down

not very much but it at least had construction started

[whole crypt]

my money is on just wait for the bloody stream

[clever valley]

currently at 14.5k so im almost there, but my option is south dekota and not eldrige

[reef flume]

I see. Anyway I think we'll get a DD or maybe a cruiser

[whole crypt]

sodak is 🚮

[viscid swift]

never said I thought that was likely

just answering a question

[whole crypt]

unless you just mean sodak is the one you have on rotation, in which case just wait for Eldridge to rotate in

[knotty jolt]

then wait for eldrige

[whole crypt]

you want to have the merit to get her as soon as she shows up anyway so not having her on now is a good thing

[tranquil crescent]

wait how many cubes should i have before the new UR

[viscid swift]

ideally 400

[tranquil crescent]

damn

[knotty jolt]

400 for pity but i mean any amount is better then none

[whole crypt]

if you want to be able to pity by end of event you'll need to have around 200 by this point

[tranquil crescent]

i got 76 rn

[clever valley]

how manywhite shells should i buy before picking up a ship from the core shop?

[whole crypt]

at least

[viscid swift]

yes

[sweet delta]

Just do the handbook tutorial

[knotty jolt]

Pray then for good rng

[haughty skiff]

400 for pity
statistically you are likely to hit the UR in 200 cubes but thats just hoping for average rng

400 is safe, 200 is risky but has good odds of getting it unless you get unlucky

[whole crypt]

2 or 3 is fine, if you're still one-fleeting then just 1 for your main BB but ultimately you want 3

[tranquil crescent]

i might needa fork out some cash if i don't get the ship (jk)

[clever valley]

does the ur pity ever reset or does it stay till you hit 400

[knotty jolt]

I'ma be honest here, I've spent gems before on coin/cubes to pull before i'm not proud of it

[whole crypt]

event UR resets, perm UR persists but caps at 400 points

[sweet delta]

Considering that independence is the only good ship there, and she absolutely needs retrofit, and there are so many ships to retrofit before her like unicorn Portland Essex Eldridge, just keep buying shells until you have 3 white and 2 black

[tranquil crescent]

as have i brother

[haughty skiff]

istg i know JP is expecting impact from this upcoming UR due to a rare IJN-not-optimal meta we're in right now

[tranquil crescent]

I've only spent gems on skins, coins, and cubes

[whole crypt]

I know JP gives no shit about meta so they can give us whatever

[clever valley]

i have one if each and 2k core so ill buy 1 of each when the shop resets

[haughty skiff]

JP cares about their faction holding a deathgrip on the meta

[whole crypt]

and I'll repeat just wait for the bloody stream, we have no idea what's coming

most JP players don't even build meta fleets, they just make bad IJN fleets

[haughty skiff]

go ahead and wait, theres no harm in us speculating

[whole crypt]

speculation is over in #al-general

[viscid swift]

well actually there is continuing to do so in this channel

[haughty skiff]

alright

[cobalt gate]

how many retrofit did we get last year? i'm wondering if there will be more rainbow retrofit this year

[viscid swift]

highly unlikely

we'll probbaly get another retro but not another UR retrofit

[cobalt gate]

oh another retro huh? during jp anni?

[viscid swift]

yes

and that'll be it for the year

[whole crypt]

it's possible, we don't know, but it's just not likely to be a UR one

[cobalt gate]

gotcha

[viscid swift]

I can still count on one hand the amount of the UR retros we have

[cobalt gate]

probably not a good idea to save 3 gold ships then for stuff

[whole crypt]

you'll know in like 5 days and 20 hours just wait for it

[cobalt gate]

i remember sandy warspite yudachi eldridge and essex not sure if missing any

[viscid swift]

that's it

[knotty jolt]

we've essentially nearly gotten one UR retro a year

[viscid swift]

no we haven't

[cobalt gate]

i forgot was yudacchi ever meta? essex seems like the one with the least impact currently

[knotty jolt]

wasn't warspite retro back in 2019 of december tho?

[silk helm]

chat is this real?

[viscid swift]

when she released all we had as far as URs were FDG, Azuma, Drake, Agir, Haku, NJ, Shinano, Shima, and Sandy

[whole crypt]

there was a huge gap after spoot before Yuudachi, and another big gap since Yuudachi until Eldridge

[viscid swift]

the DDGs hadn't even released yet

[haughty skiff]

UR Retros are just inconsistent, 2/5 have been for Global Anni and Yuudachi was after JP Anni , then the two ancient ones from 2018 JP / 2019 Global

[whole crypt]

Yuudachi was good for a while I wouldn't say meta

[viscid swift]

and bear in mind the research queue would still be another few months off so getting DRs to dev 30 was a right pain

[cobalt gate]

cause it felt like shima was released pretty close to her

[viscid swift]

they released at the same time more or less

[cobalt gate]

i mean dr is still a pain for the most recent research

[knotty jolt]

[mint tree]

Anyone pls tell me what is the size of the azur lane app now

[whole crypt]

Yuudachi happened with Shimakaze didn't it, so we ended up with a gun DD vs a torp DD

[viscid swift]

yep

[cobalt gate]

25 gb i think?

[knotty jolt]

22.63 gigs for my phone

[viscid swift]

these were the early days of W14 too, so we'd take any good vanguard ships we could get

[mint tree]

Holy

[whole crypt]

22+ on my phone, android, should be bigger on fruits

[viscid swift]

at least you don't have to consider waking up in the middle of the night just to keep the researches going

[cobalt gate]

ok yeah that is really true

[whole crypt]

DR is only a pain if you want to worry about it

I just know my DRs will statistically finish in about 4-6 months when I pick the right researches and be done with it

[cobalt gate]

i mean before i would say dr was like 20% better than ships you would from gacha

[whole crypt]

considering I still have no idea what I'll do with GL I'd have to disagree

she's probably great for campaign but anything that doesn't make OS mobbing faster or get used in harb/showdown fleet is kind of whatever

[cobalt gate]

thats why i said before, and gl kinda proves that

and napoli isn't that urgent as well

[whole crypt]

regardless there's no need to worry as long as you stick to optimal research picks

statistics works itself out

[sweet delta]

Have you seen a c5 speed run with dev 20 leeuw?

[wind hazel]

show

[whole crypt]

not dev20 yet, is it the airstrike?

[sweet delta]

I haven't seen it

[wind hazel]

masterful bait mr suchi

[whole crypt]

I mean I wouldn't be surprised if there was some combination of ships with that airstrike that'll make for fast OS runs but

[oblique valley]

which gun do i use for sandy?

[haughty skiff]

for future reference; https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide

give her Harbin gun (Twin 130 Proto)

[worldly pewter]

why not tashkent gun ?

[haughty skiff]

If a Light Cruiser can use a DD Gun then you give them a DD Gun

[haughty skiff]

Tashkent / Harbin Gun are similar , they already have it on Azuma so it doesnt really matter

If they really want too then they can swap them around but it's same modifers, same additional FP & Reload. Only difference is Tashkent gun doing 1 more damage per bullet

Which isnt gonna make or break your fleet

[oblique valley]

so those two are basically interchangable

the tashgun has one more base damage and the other has a bit more range that's it

[haughty skiff]

Yeah

It wont matter essentially

[oblique valley]

what about this one?

[viscid swift]

again, I refer you to the guide

[oblique valley]

slightly faster fire rate for barrage trigger? or the dps is lower

[viscid swift]

my dude

[haughty skiff]

Its in the guide i linked in the reply i gave you

You can match the very unique picture to the in-guide image and figure out generally what it's good for and why

[oblique valley]

yeah i've read it relax, i'm just asking if the faster fire rate is worth the more frequent barrage procs

[viscid swift]

if we haven't bothered to list it for something probably not

[haughty skiff]

^

[oblique valley]

that's fair thanks

[warm wadi]

hey i am sorry if this has been asked a lot but as a f2p where should i prioritize spending my gems?? maybe a couple of slots at dorm and a couple on training and the rest on dock space??

[haughty skiff]

/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 💳.

[haughty skiff]

@warm wadi ^

tldr ; buy 3rd dorm slot, then 2nd dorm floor, everything else on dockspace.

[warm wadi]

thank you kind sir 🙂

[oblique valley]

is there a ballpark figure on around how much dockspace is enough

[warm wadi]

i think it's one of those you can never have enough 😛

[stark quiver]

No not really
I mean I have 850 and it still gets full a lot

[oblique valley]

WHAT i'm managing with 150 but i constantly have to retire ships

but i also don't have that many ships

[eternal basalt]

Currently have around 800 slots, get as many as the girls you got + some extra breathing space

[oblique valley]

the gem cost racks up pre quickly ngl if you keep buying slots

[red hawk]

So I didnt realize I should only awaken end game ships to 125, how few of the mats for 120-125 do we get? how much have I set myself back by doing the awakening on my starters

[stark quiver]

Idk I have only like a thousand left

[hybrid willow]

I feel your pain. Hiei META was my first 125 since I didn't know any better lol

[stark quiver]

But it’s somewhat limited, so spend wisely

[red hawk]

I have penny at 125 and im not even using her XD

[haughty skiff]

Cog Chips aren't terrible, you're expected to get basically every ship to 120 at somepoint
Cog Arrays though is kinda a yikes; You can only get very few from end-game Dailies, Events and Core Data. You get one-offs for stuff like Faction Tech & hitting firsts

How many did you 125 ?

[eternal basalt]

125 currency is abundany compared to 100-120 cough

[red hawk]

my first 6 ships, helena, uni, portland, z-23, penny and yumia

[haughty skiff]

125 currency is worse to waste but you dont use as much of it compared to cog chips, so it does also depend on where your account is and howmuch

[red hawk]

I'm about to push to world 13, should be able to make it later today

[haughty skiff]

Unicorn & Portland aren't wastes

[stark quiver]

It’s only 6 ships

[viscid swift]

Portland def is

[haughty skiff]

oops wait i typed port lmao

[red hawk]

you meant helena

[haughty skiff]

unicorn and helena* arent wastes

[viscid swift]

and anyway, you dont need 125 for W13

but you only get 3 a day from the level 95 daily raid plus 50 from the core data shop and 50 every other month from the event shop

[haughty skiff]

ultimately you're new so it wont really matter, you should start looking into PR at this rate given you seem to still be using 1 fleet with Penny

[eternal basalt]

3 a day x3 = 9

[red hawk]

is it only from the level 95 raid, im pretty sure the 60 one doesn't give any

I'm level 92

[viscid swift]

yes

[haughty skiff]

yeah; you basically get 270 / month , 320 if you include Core Data

[red hawk]

and cost per rarity is on the base ship not retrofit status correct?

[haughty skiff]

for some context a UR costs 225 Arrays to 125

[red hawk]

I'm looking at the table right now

[haughty skiff]

Retrofitted ships are classed as their non-retro status rarity

for stuff like chips / arrays, ect

You'll be fine in all honesty

[red hawk]

yeah it's only like 300 chips I kinda wasted

[wind hazel]

none of your ships need 125, save it for UR backline

[red hawk]

I have 500 left and I'm gonna save those

how about something like eldridge?

[haughty skiff]

I doubt you're cracking open a DR every month and needing to count your Arrays atm, you shouldnt use anymore and just save + get them in events

[stark quiver]

125 Good mainfleets firsy

[red hawk]

no, sorry, my anxiety irl makes me worry about stupid shit in games

I will do that when I get any

[wind hazel]

eldridge still lower priority than mainfleet

[stark quiver]

Don’t worry I have 71 ships at 125 and a third of those are questionable 125s

[haughty skiff]

save your arrays since you're not pushing content that needs it at this point

[red hawk]

im guessing nina friede isn't good enough to want to keep as a backliner long term?

[stark quiver]

No

[red hawk]

shame I absolutely love her design

[haughty skiff]

your focus should be on saving cubes for the upcoming UR and looking into developing your first PR ship / second fleet for W13+

[wind hazel]

bro relax, i went full Batman on your dock, you can trust me on this

[red hawk]

lol, I appreciate all the help

[wind hazel]

like the only one if you really want to is Enterprise

at the moment anyway

[eternal basalt]

No fleet tech, 100 benched

[viscid swift]

no one is creating a list of ships safe to 125 either

[wind hazel]

even then enterprise still works at 120

[red hawk]

but I love her pawpaw

either way she is an upgrade to penny so she stays until I get something good

I just won't break her past 120

is there any idea of when lion might become available again?

[haughty skiff]

2 years

[red hawk]

ok, so what are some decent attainable BB's I can think about till then

[wind hazel]

FDG

[haughty skiff]

Mori said they went through your dock but i'd just say focus on PR

[eternal basalt]

Yamato

[red hawk]

yeah, i'm all set up for right now but I'm always kinda looking down the road and trying to learn, part of me asking is also because then I figure out why stuff works or why it's better so then I have a better concept for figuring it out on my own

[haughty skiff]

FDG & Anchorage are solid top PR picks for W13 / W14

Have you read the PR guide ?

PR will be your best friend as a newbie who wants to catchup

[red hawk]

yeah, I'm doing the progression as advised

now that I'm in 12-1 I need to work on iron blood vanguard for roon combat data xp

[haughty skiff]

Imo i'd recommend doing the PR Catch-up MinMax since it just makes sense and isnt that difficult

[red hawk]

that's in the community gc page right?

[haughty skiff]

Yeah, its not required but recommended

[red hawk]

tbh all I did was slot STL as my catchup and set research to 7 like the guide said at start, I haven't checked up on it since

it'd probably be worth getting sorted now that I don't need more BP's for her

[haughty skiff]

You sacrifice low-value PRs for Protocores, then use those to get UR PR Gear that will be far more valuable in the long term then the PR girls

Also you can always use coins so it'll take 1 Month to make Roon Dev30, ect..

The downside is you need to develop Roon and then use the catchup on her since you cannot convert blueprints to protocores if the ship it's for is not Dev30

[eternal basalt]

You cannot coin-up IF you have prints, prints take priority

[haughty skiff]

^ Yeah, it's why you have to do it in a weird order

[stark quiver]

How worth is this

[haughty skiff]

thats not worth you money

if you want to spend 1 dollar then go get the gems

[haughty skiff]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/
https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/#catch-up_min_max

You should set your research to PR8 imo ; PR7 isn't bad but its more niche

Since PR8's DRs are usable by themselves, PR7's DR CV is great but really wants Soyuz which makes her difficult to slot in anywhere

[red hawk]

I don't think I can do this quite yet as I'm locked into researching roon and can't PR a ship from a different set yet

plus I don't have fleet tech for anything good

[haughty skiff]

You can;

You don't need to actually have the fleet tech, that isnt the point of researching a high PR

[red hawk]

I don't have the tech points to start them

they're locked

[haughty skiff]

You don't need the fleet tech to research them

to set the PR as your research priority isn't locked to anything

[red hawk]

no sorry I think wires are crossed here

[haughty skiff]

Are you confused with the minmax guide ?

[red hawk]

yeah, it says to set your catch up to any season that doesn't have coin or a PR, so I picked FDG right

[rain vine]

wormhood is talking about setting your research focus, not the list of missions required to unlock the ship itself

[red hawk]

yeah I set my research focus to 8, I set my catchup to FDG, but I can't research a S2 PR because I'm doing roon and I don't see a way to stop and switch

[haughty skiff]

Okay you're skipping ahead a step

Its fine that you cant research a PR2 ship; you will be doing PR1 first

[red hawk]

how it's the second step

[haughty skiff]

Once you finish developing Roon you will use coins to increase her dev level. So you will be researching PR8 and have you catch-up on FDG

It will take 1 Month to take Roon from Dev0 -> Dev30 with coins, I think it can be a bit faster if you do 15/day.
Once Roon is Dev30 you will then go into the PR Catchup -> Pr1 and then set it to Roon

By this point your FDG Catchup is already done and you will have enough Techpoints to develop her due to Roon's Dev30 also providing a big chunk of IB Tech

So you will unlock FDG and use your 150 Prints, then coin her; 10/day for like 1 Month 1/2.
When Roon's Catchup is done you can convert the 300 Blueprints into 1,500 Protocores.

Then you can make a choice; Develop a PR2 Ship (Gascogne for French Tech) and repeat that first step, but instead of FDG Catchup it could be Plymouth / Kearsarge / Hidenburg.. ect

[red hawk]

ok, I was getting hung up on developing a ship of the same pr season

or wait am I misunderstanding the wording, it's the ship I want to use their blueprints to convert for protocores then

[haughty skiff]

you catchup a DR (FDG) or like a high-PR ship (PR5 / PR6) whilst unlocking Roon

[red hawk]

instead of doing catchup on the active ship you're developing, you wait till you can coin it

[haughty skiff]

instead of doing the catchup on the active ship, you instead do it once that ship is done

[eternal basalt]

Pref. both since PR/DR are seperate

[red hawk]

right but you can only do catch up on one right?

[eternal basalt]

Catch-up yes, coin-up no

[haughty skiff]

The catch-ups are one at a time

By the time you as a newbie unlock Roon and develop her to Dev30, your FDG Catchup will be done

[red hawk]

so when you're saying both, you mean I should be coining both

[eternal basalt]

(or atleast gget the free 2 per type per day)

[haughty skiff]

PRs / DR coin-up is seperate, yes, but it'd be difficult for you as a new player to really speedrun those.

It's also why i mentioned going from Roon (PR) -> FDG (DR) -> Gascgone (PR) -> ect...

since your FDG won't be done before you unlock Gascgone

so you can develop them both at the same time

If you follow the MinMax then you do need to do a small detour and pick a PR2 ship and Gascgone just makes the most sense due to being French, which is something you will need for future characters like Brest / Bayard

actually hm she is Vichya

not Iris Libre

eh PR2 Golds are so powercrept that getting the Vichya Tech makes the most sense incase we ever get a Vichya DR / Useful PR (not Flandre)

[red hawk]

ok, thank you for explaining

[haughty skiff]

Once you hit PR4 you can actually use the Catchups for the PR you're developing

[forest palm]

you can totally just eat PR3 catch up for Protocores btw

[haughty skiff]

yeah you can eat PR3 too and get 4,500

but the minimum it recommends is 3,000, which is 1 + 2

[forest palm]

the DR and PR in PR3 aren't worth investing in nowadays

[haughty skiff]

Its like just Cheshire and even then she got powercrept by like

Guam, PR8 ElfWoman, Sandy R

Shimanto

[eternal basalt]

But are they hot catgirls?

[haughty skiff]

also @red hawk Do not use the speed-ups

[red hawk]

yeah I messed that up right away on Saint Louis

[haughty skiff]

you can turn those into Protocores

You still have the ones for Pr2+ ?

gonna assume you do

In total if you eat PR1 + 2 , and convert all PR2+ Speed-ups and all the Battlepass speed-ups you will have 7,200

That is enough to get 2 UR gears and 3x Champ Guns, which will be a major powerboost for endgame

[red hawk]

I don't know? how can I tell what the ones for pr2+ look like?

[haughty skiff]

Check your Depot

Just see if you have any speed-ups in there, i cant remember if you can use advanced PR speedups on lower PRs since they just dont get used like that normally

[red hawk]

I guess maybe I'm confused what you mean by speed ups, you mean the combat data packs?

[haughty skiff]

Yeah, the combat data packs

[red hawk]

I've converted all the packs to cores already

I started buying the stuff for a tenrai, i have half the ones I need

ive been analyzing them from depot after I learned to not use them to speed up exp on ships, luckily I think I didn't burn too many because it happened fairly early on and I didnt have as many, I have a lot more to get from the missions in handbook

so I currently have like 30 some prints for STL, and she's capped on fate sim 4 till level 100 (1 level to go). Should I just coin the rest and analyze these blueprints for cores?

[cobalt rapids]

is stl saint louis ?
u should analyse bps for s1-3 as soon as they are coined to d30 yes

[red hawk]

yeah im sorry I'm a baseball fan and I'm not used to typing out Saint Louis It feels wrong

[forest palm]

you can call her sanrui most vets know what that is

[cobalt rapids]

np, ive just never seen saint louis shortend to STL, we usually call her sanrui

[patent raft]

Does grind exp in operation siren actually count for trying to complete the data collection in shipyard?

[wind girder]

yes but you can always see the progress off the xp at the shipyard if you doubt

[patent raft]

Oh ok

[red hawk]

so I need IB vanguard combat xp, I was thinking maybe levelling prinz eugen/z1 and somebody else but i don't know who to use for IB cruisers

the only ones I even have are Admiral Graf, Hipper, and Nurnberg

[viscid swift]

why do you need cruisers

and anyway the only one of those 3 that gives good tech is graf spee

[red hawk]

Idk? I just kinda saw that most of the high damage stuff I have been recommended was cruisers so I was going off tank DD cruiser

I just need to level some IB for roon research and get some IB fleet tech for the next ship

also, wanted to ask if I should use the special general blueprints I have on FDG or save them for a later ship

[soft raft]

General rule is to only use the blank BPs for the highest season that they go up to

Especially since all of PR1-4 is coinable

[red hawk]

yeah I didn't realize I should be doing mostly coining on my first ship, i'll be doing that from now on

I didn't use any rainbow blanks but I used all the gold

[viscid swift]

don't generalize too much by hull type

and grinding in W12 is so easy I'd priortize tech over using a bad ship over a slightly worse ship

[red hawk]

Should I go get some IB ships from that war archive?

[viscid swift]

you probably need to for FDG, Agir, and so on

[red hawk]

which is why I wanted to double dip on doing roons combat data with some IB fleet tech, which one is it?

[viscid swift]

huh

[red hawk]

I know there's a specific IB fleet tech friendly war archive, but dont remember the name

[slow fox]

The optimal setup for HMS Neptune is IPH + Toolkit.

[viscid swift]

Divergent Chessboard

[silk helm]

holyyy wtf is that

[forest palm]

eHP calcs

[oblique mortar]

figures

I took one look at how to calculate ehp and said "NOPE I am NOT doing that shit for shipgirl game"

[slow fox]

Trust me, please - it's a lot more simple than it looks.

The only real problem I've found with eHP calcs is the very high number of different people who will tell you that you're wrong.

[hot tiger]

Who do I need to replace

[viscid swift]

one of the foxes for Unicorn

might wanna progress a bit more in the main campaign though before you farm the WAs

not exactly easy meeting the stat requirements when you're so low on ships

[stark quiver]

or someone saying theyll make one better than you 🍚

[hot tiger]

Anyone better than unicorn?

[viscid swift]

nope

[hot tiger]

Should I replace Portland lafffey or Helena?

[stark quiver]

no

[arctic snow]

i started kearsarge research, so what are some good ships i could level while i'm at it? already got enty, sara, essex and nj at 125. I'm already got independence at it, so i have 2 free spots for main fleet

[viscid swift]

just go for tech ships if you have nothing you need to use

[arctic snow]

are there any ships that give more tech? or is it only based on rarity?

[viscid swift]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/tracker

when I say tech I mean the stat bonuses mainly

[slow fox]

That wasn't him, actually. It was ciathel that said that.

Riceist is good and honest with whenever he talks to me about eHP.

[stark quiver]

[red hawk]

how do I farm war archives? is there a guide for what levels to clear and what to run?

[arctic snow]

oh god, the more you know ig. but yeah based on bonus makes sense, just dont know really which bonus to go for really, might go with intrepid for aviation

[red hawk]

and like... do I need to 3 star or just clear the early levels

[soft raft]

you get nothing out of 3*

[arctic snow]

but yeah, thanks a lot

[stark quiver]

skip A and B stages , click hard mode and do c and d stages
dont 3*

[frosty slate]

Is the guide for W15 not anymore on the bot commands? I might just be blind

[viscid swift]

hit and/or reload tech for main fleets and then AVI/FP is usually the order

[stark quiver]

/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

[viscid swift]

it's apart of suchi's guides

[frosty slate]

Oh thanks!

[arctic snow]

i see, thanks

tbh, now that im back to the game and finally 'tryharding' or should i say more like trying to minmax a lot of stuff its so much fun

[elfin hollow]

Is getting VIT-2 worth it?

[viscid swift]

which one and getting it how

[red hawk]

do you know offhand if there are levels I can do with a 1-1 fleet or should I bring everything on hard mode

[main lily]

these are the current opsi missions that i have left
use siren scanning facility
use siren data logging tower
perform reconnaissance
which one of them can be done through repeated cycles of the map in secured zones

[viscid swift]

all 3 of them

[soft raft]

Which one?
the white one from PR5 or the blue one from PR7?

[elfin hollow]

Pr5

[main lily]

what do they look like

[soft raft]

Not bad on paper but not worth going out of your way to get

[viscid swift]

doing recon just means picking up the adapts which autosearch does automatically anyway

[main lily]

what abt the data logging and scanning facility

[sweet delta]

they look invisible, they appear next to anomalous weather

[sweet delta]

both of them are farmable in safe zones

[stark quiver]

i did 1:1 for the entire hardmode stages
unless theres hull restriction

[elfin hollow]

Which are better

[main lily]

i see

[soft raft]

• Wyvern is a direct upgrade with additional AA interception capability
• Breguet is worse damage wise, but has the same interception capability as Wyvern so it's overall better
• And the blue version from PR7 is a converging TB which is one of the three main TBs for OpSi bossing comps

[hot tiger]

How do I get more commander level XP?

[viscid swift]

grinding mainly

[hot tiger]

Do higher stages reward more XP?

Like 7-4?

[viscid swift]

ship XP yes, commander XP no unless your commander level greatly dwarfs the levels of the enemy

[rapid shard]

Is there a way to farm for the cog arrays to awaken for 125? Or are they just in the various shops?

[viscid swift]

outside of the level 95 tactical training raid no

[wicked lintel]

vanguard tank aux

priority EVA or HP?

[sweet delta]

you can generalize by cruiser vs destroyer

[wicked lintel]

where's this from? the only equip guide i saw is a google sheet hellscape

[sweet delta]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[weary gust]

You prioritize what they have less of generally. Low hp = give them more. Low eva = give them more. If they already have a lot of HP then more doesn't change much. Same for EVA.

[clear harbor]

Do boss fleet ships want tool kit? I guess only if they take a lot of damage?

[weary gust]

Vanguard units like DD and CL do. Mainfleet no.

[sweet delta]

[clear harbor]

CAs?

[weary gust]

I can't think of any CAs that use a toolkit for any reason.

[clear harbor]

Why are some guns named after shipgirls? Are they associated by event or something?

[viscid swift]

no that's simply the gun they would have carried irl

usually it's named after the class lead but it's usually more who gets released first into the game at this point

[clear harbor]

Irl shipgirls, if only.

[whole crypt]

base toolkit rudder?

[red hawk]

I figured out I could lock my main fleet for reqs and just run a 1-1 second fleet and use it instead

[slow fox]

Yes

[wraith knoll]

is the triple 152 mk 25 any good

[forest palm]

for a BB secondary sure, wouldn't really use it anywhere else

[whole crypt]

which one is mk 25 again

[soft raft]

Neptune Gun

[soft raft]

Sure, but eh it's not really worth getting when you can just mass produce 155s out of tech crates

[whole crypt]

ah right XXV is 25...

it's good as a FP stat stick and boat interception up to ch11 (technically 13 but 12 and 13 basically has no boats)
just hold on to it will probably be the to craft from for q152 when that gets added

[soft raft]

oh yeah that should be added like
next Jan, right?

[forest palm]

BL 6 inc mk 25

ya Quad 152 is not that far off from gear lab

[zinc hornet]

hellooo is there a priority order for the golds in PR8?

[forest palm]

no, go for whoever you like

[soft raft]

they're all pretty eh

[zinc hornet]

better off going for earlier ones instead then?

[soft raft]

Kansas is the least eh but she's also a SR/PR BB in a UR BB world so lmao

[zinc hornet]

i haven't unlocked a few rainbows from lower tiers still

I've still got azuma, haku, hinden to do for my rainbows. wait i think azuma is rainbow, might be going crazy

[whole crypt]

if they keep to their "promised" schedule next lab update should be dec/jan and should include q152

[soft raft]

yeah Azuma is rainbow
definetly go for those, esp since all three of them are coinable

[whole crypt]

at latest it should still come with next CN anniv's lab update

seeing that you don't just randomly pick up neptune guns it's worth keeping than wasting materials to craft

[zinc hornet]

hinden not coinable but the others yeah

[soft raft]

oh wait right

dunno why I thought Agir lol

[zinc hornet]

🇩🇪 🏳️‍🌈

[whole crypt]

because they're both horny have horns

[forest palm]

still don't know how Azuma is EX tier on ECTL

[whole crypt]

legacy data

[rain night]

how do you get DR blueprints?

[hollow gust]

researching

[hollow gust]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/

[hot tiger]

How do I get more of this

[viscid swift]

weekly pack, OpSi exchange shop every month are your 2 main sources

[clear harbor]

Hoe many blueprints total do I need to DEV30 PR and DR ships?

[viscid swift]

/devbp

[odd root]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/460648604974055424/885529968455598170/unknown.png

[hot tiger]

Opsi?

[viscid swift]

Operation Siren

[hot tiger]

Oh

Is there an actual limit on oil

Cuz you can go beyond your storage it seems

[mint flint]

there is a hard cap yes

25k

[viscid swift]

the soft cap which is the number you see only limits what you can collect from your canteen

[hot tiger]

Can that be exceeded?

[viscid swift]

no

[mint flint]

its a hard cap

[rapid shard]

Does OpSi ship xp go towards PR/DR ship research goals?

[hot tiger]

So it can't be exceeded

[viscid swift]

yes

[viscid swift]

that is the definition of a hard cap

[rain night]

how long does it usually take to get dr ship to lvl 30 development

[viscid swift]

3ish months without catchup or coining as a best case scenario

[mint flint]

probably 3 months-ish if you focus

[dark terrace]

Can anyone tell me if the Essex retro is better than the Enter?

[rain night]

i think so

[river junco]

yeah she is

[solid delta]

Should I get anyone from the ssr bbs in the medals shop?

[river junco]

maybe hood if she's there

[solid delta]

Ye

[whole crypt]

this week is 2-month mark since PR8 launch?

[viscid swift]

Almost

Still almost 2 weeks short though

[whole crypt]

how many days

almost 2 weeks as in next thu?

[viscid swift]

the day the JP Anni event drops yes

[slow fox]

-# I'm not finished with the Russian PR8 ship yet

[whole crypt]

so I did hit almost 1 print/day

[viscid swift]

also mebot are your proud

[sweet delta]

no

[woeful sluice]

what gun is the champagne gun again and in which PR can it be found because I wanna buy the bps for the gun in the proto shop?

[viscid swift]

3

[woeful sluice]

triple 406mm/50 Main Gun?

Gotcha, thank you

[whole crypt]

what tech are those 2 again

[viscid swift]

DD FP and CA eva

[tender lotus]

What's the best auxiliary for CBs?

[viscid swift]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[whole crypt]

I have failed mebot

[tender lotus]

I forget how to gearing my ships thx cheeky

[spice phoenix]

any tips for w13 hard mode?

[stark quiver]

have good aa

[spice phoenix]

thanks

[stark quiver]

if you did w15, just reuse that fleet

[spice phoenix]

oh okay

[hot tiger]

Ship recommendations for opsi?

[merry ingot]

whatever you have thats strong lol

[zenith heron]

May I know what is the best Vanguard FLeet for against Arizona Meta? Should I have 2 invulnerabilty due to her hitting a lot more than some META bosses?

[viscid swift]

you need something that's fast and durable

[zenith heron]

so DDs?

[viscid swift]

Laffey 2, Kazagumo, Eldridge I'd wager is probably the best

but you can get away with a number of other comps

[zenith heron]

then Mainfleet goes IJN CV?

[viscid swift]

pretty much

[zenith heron]

alr thanks

[stark quiver]

(#gameplay-help message) i ran this

[zenith heron]

noted, but I don't have a nakhimov yet

[stark quiver]

shinano, amagi, implac
maybe run alasce with 460 instead of a slow/stop
i remember doing that back then

[zenith heron]

no need for freeze?

nvm, saw it late

[viscid swift]

you don't need Implac

3 strike CVs naturally hit her stop timers

[zenith heron]

then I'll do either 3 IJN or One Alsace, will see for further testing

[viscid swift]

really is not that difficult to one shot Arizona, either works

[stark quiver]

any news on new meta?

[viscid swift]

not yet

[zenith heron]

Also, can I assume you used Black Shell +White over AFCT and White?

[stark quiver]

for my video? yes
for aslace? no, afct and white

[stark quiver]

do you know when

[viscid swift]

maybe tonight, who knows though

[stark quiver]

[forest palm]

could they stall the reveal till stream

[stark quiver]

meta sd ends before stream

[uneven badger]

how to get parts for this

[viscid swift]

they already announced Rodney META being added to the meta dossier next update

unless they extend Kawakaze META for another week at the last minute I don't see it

[viscid swift]

some WA maps but really you shouldn't

[sweet delta]

Even the gold version isn't worth farming or crafting

[forest palm]

they'll probably drop the next news bit within 12 hours

[stark quiver]

i sure hope it isnt medium armor

[forest palm]

the crack head theory is Light Armor, the cop'er theory is Heavy Armor, but really it's alwyas "oops all medium armor"

[crystal flume]

when i pick this

will it only explore the blank one?

or it'll include the one in blue zone too which i already explored?

[viscid swift]

once a node turns blue it's "secured"

the black ones are "explorable"

[crystal flume]

aaaaaaaaaaaaa thank you this will help alot then

[viscid swift]

unless you bought the 5k oil logger though strategic search will be quite useless for explorables

[sweet delta]

They did

The rewards on explorables are gone

[crystal flume]

ah i need it to open all exchangeable item in shop

[merry ingot]

whats a good kms vanguard

[sweet delta]

z52

[wind hazel]

depends on what you wanna do

[merry ingot]

I'm thinking hinden and z52, I would put agir there but I have her in another fleet. I might change her over to this instead but idk a good third kms ship. Was thinking Z1 for the buff to Z52, Z23 retro is way powercrept so idk if I wanna use her. Ngl Z13 and her buffing her own trp stat seems good but she doesnt seem all that great

honestly mostly just opsi at this point

[wind hazel]

whatever you like, maybe emden if you wanna full IB

[merry ingot]

Assuming my math is correct without any gear and Z13 being lvl 125 she has 454 TRP and if she gets her lowest buff to trp which is 20% that gives her 544 before any extra gear which is insane

[wind hazel]

[merry ingot]

and is she gets the 50% buff its 681 before gear

again assuming my math is even correct lol

[viscid swift]

it sounds impressive until you realize that even purple IJN DDs have higher torp stat than that base combined with higher torp efficiency

[forest palm]

500+ torp stat, sub 100% slot efficiency

stats don't paint the whole picture kids

[viscid swift]

Z13 has 140% torp slot efficiency though

[forest palm]

I was using an exaggerated example, beside I don't think there's a sub 100% torp slot eff

[clever valley]

how does le hardi compare as a DD

[wind hazel]

average

🫃🏼 why is Le Hardi not... Le Hardi class, but L'Intrepide

[viscid swift]

average gold DD

[forest palm]

ya...that's a weird one

[clever valley]

My options for dd's is pretty limited

[wind hazel]

i mean is there any specific reason you want a DD

[clever valley]

i find them usefull i guess? do most fleets not use DD's

[wind hazel]

most fleets use good ships

[forest palm]

fleets use what's needed, not by hull type but what is demanded of the content...

[cold adder]

what are best auxiliary guns for Lion

[wind hazel]

plygun

155kai if w14

[clever valley]

ah , well i just hit 10-2 so im not sure if i need to do specific fleet comps yet

[wind hazel]

campaign it's very standard, 1bb2cv, tank+2. boss can go 2bb1cv sometimes

there's no specific hull needed, other than in hard mode requirement

[cold adder]

what else besides plygun

[wind hazel]

any 45fp CL gun

or twin 137 if you need the interception

[cold adder]

ok thanks

[rain vine]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/equipment/#main_fleet_secondary_guns

[zenith peak]

Is the XSB3C worth building?

[viscid swift]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/1n5es5n/yudachi_meta_announced/
hmmm

[noble pawn]

if +13 yes in some case from I heard versus +10 Helldiver

[viscid swift]

no it's not

you shouldn't be wasting gold plates on what is transitional equipment

and at +10 it's almost identical to the purple helldiver

[stark quiver]

fabled +13 helldiver

[zenith peak]

So helldiver better?

[viscid swift]

they're the same

so you'd just use the helldiver because you don't have to spend gear lab mats crafting it

[wind hazel]

2 Light META back to back? in current economy?

[fleet berry]

In the worst case scenario, she will give us +1 DD FP and + 1 DD TRP.

[zenith peak]

Ah so it wouldn't be much of an upgrade then?

[viscid swift]

unless you +13 it no which you shouldn't

[wind hazel]

yes it wouldnt, your next upgrade is a Tenrai

[viscid swift]

they both carry the exact same bombs

[sweet delta]

what this means is IJN UR will be anti-light

[viscid swift]

and have almost identical reloads, Goldiver is like 0.003 seconds slower or something

[stark quiver]

timing purposes

its time to theorycraft

[zenith peak]

Should i stay with the purp trip406 mk6 or is there an upgrade to it

[noble pawn]

you can upgrade to mk7 in gear lab it is expensive though

[viscid swift]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

this thing is paying for itself

[strange sphinx]

question, if I have active or I accepted a daily mission in opsi and do a secure area auto that habe any area, will it prioritize the area with daily mission or no?

[stark quiver]

~~we get revenue ~~

[ivory pawn]

I just tried it, and it did not go to my region with a daily quest, so it seems it will not.

[strange sphinx]

ic, tnx. what a bummer though

[forest palm]

[warped acorn]

someone tell me how to gear up these ships pls

[chrome jackal]

Could somone help me gear these ships to farm 12-4 for PR ship exp and normal exp

[soft raft]

Basically the exact same as you would normally

Cuz 12-1/12-4 is comically easy for lvl 100 ships at safe threat level

[soft raft]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

In Anchorage's case it doesn't really matter what gun she has cuz her gun damage is quite low, and as for both of them, they'd mainly use the purple triple mag torpedoes or the French twin torpedoes

[chrome jackal]

i personaly suck at gearing ships thats why i asked

[soft raft]

Then give that guide I just linked a read
Or the more detailed one by samheart

Or look at ECTL for a general idea

[warped acorn]

is there a fastest torp reload

[wind hazel]

the blue one

[soft raft]

Out of the two I mentioned, technically it's the blue one that's the fastest but the difference is so minute compared to the purple triple that it doesn't really matter

[warped acorn]

550 twin right

actually idk who to switch with them in my both fleets, or should i just remake(maybe) cuz its w14

[wind hazel]

can't tell without seeing anything from your fleet

[vague oracle]

Been playing fir years just to know this exists

[warped acorn]

well im also getting eld retro soon all materials ready

[wind hazel]

you need a lot more than just those two

[warped acorn]

fair...

wait wdym alot more

[wind hazel]

show dock, maybe you have better options

[warped acorn]

ig ima just start a thread then

w14 preparations

[solid delta]

If I happen to have enterprise and independence, do I need to raise Saratoga?

I also have indomitable

[wind hazel]

could be useful, but not necessarily a need

[ionic kraken]

does prinz rupprecht have a fate sim? or just dev 30 is the end?

[viscid swift]

she does

[ionic kraken]

is it worth using general bp's on? or just coin it?

[elder lily]

Is the coredata guide updated ?
Seems like certain things are missing

[wind hazel]

just coin

[viscid swift]

it is

[elder lily]

Wait really?

/coredata

[odd root]

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

[viscid swift]

still have got it updated

[viscid swift]

what do you think is missing

[sweet delta]

Breguet

[elder lily]

Wait the bot one is the old one

[exotic wren]

how many weeks till new UR?

[zinc cave]

It's a recommendation list, not an exhaustive one

[viscid swift]

If it's not on there it's not even worth considering

[elder lily]

Ah I see

[exotic wren]

still can't get over how damn bright that is

[zinc cave]

Flashbang Lane

[elder lily]

Wait so the improved storage battery is useless?

[exotic wren]

yes

[zinc cave]

Incredibly

[exotic wren]

you'd want snorkel + plans

[elder lily]

How about all the planes

[wispy cosmos]

the only one that's notable is the 818 and there are enough cvs with slows these days

[zinc cave]

Really the only two worth considering are on the updated list cheeky* posted

[exotic vine]

should i buy this ones

[viscid swift]

I reiterate

[elder lily]

Ok
Thanks

[exotic wren]

that's the thing that allows you to auto hiddens isn't it

[viscid swift]

This is the latest version of the core data guide

[elder lily]

/coredata

[odd root]

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

[elder lily]

Oh updated nice

[hollow gust]

[viscid swift]

What

[exotic vine]

yea but i dont know if its worth it

[plain saffron]

it worth

just make sure to use it in your storage

[elder lily]

Damn I must be drunk
I could've sworn I was seeing the old one

[exotic wren]

also meow?

[hollow gust]

the old one is more the sufficent , core data barley changes

[plain saffron]

meow, prob next week

assuming this week maint is cta

[viscid swift]

Got the Breguet moved up among other things

[exotic wren]

oh dam

[viscid swift]

As well as some things removed

[elder lily]

Never knew independence was good

[wind hazel]

now you know

[zinc cave]

All in the retro

[viscid swift]

She could honestly be moved down to medium priority these days

[zinc cave]

Not unreasonable

[elder lily]

Out of curiosity
When did independence come out and what were the other options

[wind hazel]

what about black shell? tbh i consider it med priority as well

[viscid swift]

When the table comes out it might as wel be removed

[zinc cave]

Retrofit came out mid-2021

[viscid swift]

For now I'm tenuous thinking it can stay

[zinc cave]

Probably could drop the red outlines except for white shells

[wind hazel]

what even is the point of red outline

when the segment is high priority... with red outline that indicate high priority

[gilded carbon]

I found myself wondering, what is a commonly well used off-flag BB? Some nodes demand two BBs or a BB in an non-flag slot.

[wind hazel]

double high priority

[zinc cave]

Priority²

[gilded carbon]

I read about Rodney Meta as one, but i dont have her

[stark quiver]

any UR bb

[viscid swift]

The URs

[wind hazel]

any bb that can work without needing center for barrage tbh

[zinc cave]

Unless you're doing something specific, doesn't really matter except for BBs w/ flagship requirements

[elder lily]

Should I build Ulrich and Rafaello?
I have other BBs

[gilded carbon]

And more easily available Options?

[zinc cave]

Define "easily"

[wind hazel]

💀 Odin lol

[wispy cosmos]

there are a few new ships missing, but just filter on ectl lol

[gilded carbon]

Odin is a BC.

[wind hazel]

nah, soyuz>both of them in term of worthh

[gilded carbon]

I have exactly 3 UR-BB. Bis2, Musa and FdG

[wind hazel]

use zwei as offflag then

[gilded carbon]

Done. Thanks.

[wispy cosmos]

u shouldnt have any problems then unless theyre not raised

[wind hazel]

also the "off flag" bb slot can be adjusted, it's not fixed

[elder lily]

How about kronshtadt
Is she worth building?

[wind hazel]

almost bottom priority

[viscid swift]

No

[slow fox]

-# Kron slander

[gilded carbon]

...it can be? In hard-nodes and beyond? Good to know

[warped acorn]

for the dd in medal shop, get kazagumo right

[zinc cave]

Yes

[viscid swift]

Yes tap the adjust tab

[wind hazel]

magic

[stark quiver]

ew dezeven

[gilded carbon]

Hear me groan. But, regardless. Thank you kindly

[wind hazel]

i was minmaxing hardmode for PR exp 😭

[elder lily]

So I have like 3 ur CVs I haven't build
Shinano, implacable and amagi
Which one should I prioritize

[viscid swift]

How many bullins can you get and what are all of your URs

Both built and unbuilt

[elder lily]

For CVs I have Yorktown 2 and fritz built
I have enough to MLB 1

[viscid swift]

Can you just take SS of your dock

[zinc cave]

FYI, you also don't necessarily to fulfil all of the restrictions either, just at least 1 for the main fleet and vanguard (if it asks for it). Not always useful but good to know.

[viscid swift]

But if you only have enough for one

Save for the JP Anni next week

At least

[viscid swift]

Your Implacable is already max limit broken

[clear harbor]

I feel silly. I clicked through the OpSi exchange shop. Can I access it again?

[viscid swift]

Yes, bottom left corner of the screen

[clever valley]

Can only afford 1 atm. Are anu of these must haves?

[zinc cave]

Yes, bottom left, on the map page of OP:S

[viscid swift]

Kazagumo

[clear harbor]

Ahah! Thank you.

Was looking for it in the port menu.

[elder lily]

I mean like enhancing and gears
Cause I haven't really done that for NJ + every after lion

[viscid swift]

Everyone

Get all of your max limit broken URs to 120 at least

Max their skills, enhance then etc

[zinc cave]

-# I will pray for your cog chip supply over here

[elder lily]

Even Trafalgar?

[viscid swift]

I said max limit broken URs

Trafalgar is not max limit break

[elder lily]

So should I MLB Trafalgar?

[viscid swift]

No

Like I said wait until the JP Anni event drops at least next week before deciding

[elder lily]

I see

[viscid swift]

We'll be getting another new UR then

[elder lily]

So will it finally be Yamato

[viscid swift]

Who the fuck knows

I hope not, we don't need 4 new UR BBs in one year

[elder lily]

Damn will we get a UR ss someday

[zinc cave]

Eventually

[viscid swift]

As I said, who knows

[eternal basalt]

You CAN lvl an un-LMBed UR to 120 though

[elder lily]

What does the classified file mission logger do

[zinc cave]

Fancy mission that gives you a bunch of gold plates and 1 selectable UR equipment plan at the end

[eternal basalt]

Gives collection files (and gear)
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Operation_Siren#File_Zones

[elder lily]

So how do I farm material in opsi effectively
Is there like a way?
Or do I aim to clear the shop

[zinc cave]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/farming/#farming_opsi

[elder lily]

Thanks

[eternal basalt]

As it's the start of the month, first clear all zones

[muted crescent]

guys OpSi data Logger is supposed to give me 90 adaptability to everything right?

[tame jungle]

yes make sure to use the item in your inventory

[muted crescent]

ah ic

[stark quiver]

For passive regen ap, I can gain 50 in 8ish hours right

[wary timber]

What's better as an anti everything CV. Yorktown II, Hornet II, Franklin or Enterprise

[plain saffron]

as in you'll change the gear?

[wary timber]

Depending on whatever im facing yes

My current default is Enterprise but havent bothered to try the others to fully know where the others I listed stand in this

[wind hazel]

york assuming you are using at least 3 eu

[exotic vine]

which ones should i buy\

[undone plover]

Kazagumo

[turbid patrol]

how do i level up fast when i need level 50 for chapter 7

[plain saffron]

farm highest stage with full fleet

[turbid patrol]

alr

[undone plover]

If your fleet is high level enough u can attempt passionate polaris or universe in unison war archive

[fluid umbra]

Is there any way to improve this heavy bossing fleet?

[wind hazel]

more tenrai, la9

[fluid umbra]

What should I use essexretro for?

[wind hazel]

w15 support

[fluid umbra]

I'm still in 12, I guess she's benched for now

[wind hazel]

i mean she'd be great for you

just not for the ones with every ship in the game

[fluid umbra]

Right yeah

This is my campaign bossing fleet, can I replace enty here with essex?