gameplay-help

[onyx flame]

[dry ice]

[rigid onyx]

i only consider t3 ord stuff worth it once you get all the t2 ord goodies

or all the good t2 ord items in appropriate quantities, rather

[noble pawn]

I'm missing some like 2 Ju-87 D4 and 3 more Flapjack

[wind hazel]

those will bring bigger impact to you than 2nd plygun

[noble pawn]

Since I have Saiun and Ryuusei Kai, still worth to craft for Ju-87 D4?

[wind hazel]

of course, absolutely

you want to have at least 2 of each TB for timing purposes

[noble pawn]

I ran out of electronics

[noble pawn]

Okay thanks

[heavy zealot]

Hmmmm ,after anchorage and kearsage, any suggestions on who to get on shipyard

[noble pawn]

Agir? Or maybe Mecklenburg

Agir is faster for me for CB Iron Blood

[onyx flame]

fdg if you need a better bb or agir if you need more tanks

[noble pawn]

FDG works too

[heavy zealot]

Who fdg

[noble pawn]

Friederich Der Grosse

PR2 DR ship

[heavy zealot]

Hmmm do i still need to lb ships from shipyard?

[noble pawn]

No? You generally collects their blueprints for limit break

Or use coins if it's below PR5 to level Development level

[onyx flame]

they follow the same rule as normal ships, if your cant mlb (aka dev30) em, they wont be useful

[heavy zealot]

Hmmmm is roon good? I already got her to dev30

[wind hazel]

she's ok

[rain bobcat]

my d25 meck out damaged bis last hermit

[noble pawn]

Pretty decent but CA like Roon usually don't survive high difficulty content. Use her for general content like Siren mobbing etc

[heavy zealot]

My current siren mob and boss team, ahahha, does roon replace anyone here

[wind hazel]

no

but you can split and optimize your fleet, if you can show what you have

[noble pawn]

kinda overkill for siren mobbing for me

[keen flower]

any tips to do hard mode reqs?
im missing AA for C3 and both AA and AVI for D1
whats the best way to fill that req

[noble pawn]

5 AA aux Helena

[wind hazel]

more cv

[keen flower]

mlb level 70 white cvs?

[wind hazel]

actual good CVs

vanguard with high AA can contribute for AA stats too, but AVI is just plain more CV

[keen flower]

can something like york/sour suffice? just to do hard mode reqs
i dont have actual good CVs

[noble pawn]

why you not level Long Island my man

[heavy zealot]

Wellll, i use it for mobs and boss-

[heavy zealot]

I send my mlb stuff?

[wind hazel]

how many UR bulin do you have?

[keen flower]

0 rn, this is a new acc
less than 2 week old

[wind hazel]

send all your UR and SR

[noble pawn]

make a new thread while you're at it

[keen flower]

im doing C2, trying to do C3
speedrunning to oil cap stage

[wind hazel]

dont think you can fulfil the requirement for D maps in the nearest future

[keen flower]

welp ig il just do C stages then

[noble pawn]

Sad. I feel you this event is harsh for newcomer. Even if you buy commander lvl 70 thing from shop it's gonna still be hard

[clear harbor]

I started with Raff event and got Raff. 🎉 Was not able to get Implacable. 😭 I tried so hard.

[stark quiver]

i got implac on both event runs

[wind hazel]

that's the nature of every event

[noble pawn]

that's true

[wind hazel]

being able to do C2 is already considered good

[stark quiver]

[echo vector]

This team one-shot lvl 15 Yorktown META raid.

[wind hazel]

what about it

[noble pawn]

rarely encounter player who can one shot Lvl 15 META Fight

from support

[hollow plank]

Hello! Are combat data collection from PR shipyard fulfilled by only vanguard ships? Si doesn’t matter if i uss different fleet main ships? Thnks!

[noble pawn]

all ship who enter the battles with same faction e.g EU PR/DR Ship with EU Vanguard/Main

[clear harbor]

If you look at the requirements, it should tell you vanguard or main fleet, if you're unsure.

[hollow plank]

Ohh okay thanks! Coz it says “sortie and accumulate ezp using eagle union vanguard ships”

But so far for the ships i’ve made rhey all just say vanguard so i wonderedfi it really meant that or if my englush is not good. Thanks!

[clear harbor]

Here's an example of one that requires Main Fleet EXP.

[hollow plank]

Ahh thanks!

[clear harbor]

So with this particular set up, Raff fires before Lion for the first salvo. But for the second salvo, Lion fires before Raff. Is there a reason for this? I would have assumed whoever fired first would have continued to fire first. Does it have to do with the jamming?

[sweet delta]

But in this case it is because Bisz is jamming raff

And raff jams Lion, but Lion doesn't care for next salvo because she can hold 2

[clear harbor]

So, something like, in case of a tie, if one ship can store multiple salvos, they will get priority over those who cannot store a salvo?

[rigid onyx]

its not really a tie

[sweet delta]

Bisz delayed Raff's first salvo, raff cannot begin reloading second salvo until she fires her first

[rigid onyx]

its more like lion starts the timer of her 2nd salvo no matter what but jamming makes ships with only 1 salvo unable to start loading the 2nd until the first is fired'

[clear harbor]

Make sense.

[sweet delta]

In a real tie, then the ship who began reloading first fires first, but that is likely not happening here

[rigid onyx]

i think with cvs ships that tie effectively go top down in order?

its hard to tie bbs

[clear harbor]

Been struggling with Meta fights. Assumed it was because my gear was bad. But I've been able to make some substantial gains optimizing timing and syncing with Helena! 🎉

Been working on Kirov Meta. I went form 4 cycling to 2 cycling! Shame that I'm almost done at this point.

Edit: Oh, I lied. Looks like 2 cycling isn't consistent. 😩

[stark quiver]

Its a good jump from 4
gz on gitting gudder

[clear harbor]

After second attempt. So close.

[stark quiver]

[vernal thunder]

What site is this it looks really helpful

[whole crypt]

if you can copy a oneshot fleet you can do it too
the problem is just there tends to be way more players that can't and each player that can only has the capacity to assist 1.5 players' worth of daily attempts, assuming they don't add to the pool with their own runs

[whole crypt]

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

[vernal hornet]

For 3 UR is good?

[rapid shard]

None are MLB so not good

[sweet delta]

Horrible gear on 3 ships in horrible states https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[vernal hornet]

I mean set because i didn't got good gear

[sweet delta]

I guess NJs gear is acceptable but her limit break is absolutely not

[whole crypt]

it's not just gear, they're not fully limit broken

[rapid shard]

Ulrichs gear is pretty bad not gonna lie

[whole crypt]

in fact none of those 3 ships are bad in of themselves, it's the fact they're not MLB'd plus using bad gear

[vernal hornet]

@whole crypt @rapid shard @sweet delta what should i do

[rapid shard]

Read the guide linked above

And there is more pages on that site for gear and other ingame systems

[noble pawn]

Good for crossfleet barrage and buff maybe. it's better than nothing at all

[digital pagoda]

Are there any differences between versions?

[noble pawn]

what versions?

[tulip tinsel]

Servers? No

[wind hazel]

medal shop is different. pvp sweatiness is different

[stark quiver]

all servers are shit for pvp

the issue comes in the gamemode itself

[wind hazel]

lil E isnt as shit

[rapid shard]

No its shit lol

[stark quiver]

lil e has no real pvpers

[vernal hornet]

Ok. Where did I make mistakes?

[sweet delta]

I thought it has all the real pvpers smurfing

[stark quiver]

they quit

[vernal hornet]

I want to know

[sweet delta]

If you read the guide you'd know

[rapid shard]

If im gonna be honest majority of the gear. NJ is the closest to being not bad for new player tbh

[vernal hornet]

Do they have Thailand language

[stark quiver]

no

[wind hazel]

you can translate english>thailand

555

[rapid shard]

But them not being MLB they are basically useless and doing like 1/2 or less dmg they should be doing

[tulip tinsel]

more like 1/3 or 1/4

[noble pawn]

not full star = bad
full star = good

[stark quiver]

cheeky wasnt translated

[rapid shard]

Being generous a little bit cause there's 1 lb on them

[ivory sigil]

5 rolls
no UR no Cow today, but got this 2, are they good?
I think i had seen them somewhere in the guide?

[noble pawn]

Saratoga is the good one If you Retrofit her

[ivory sigil]

she is good for w13 right?

[wind hazel]

useable

[noble pawn]

Maybe. I honestly never use her neither for mobbing or bossing for pushing W13

[wind hazel]

hwah jah is great for w15 support fleet

[ivory sigil]

which one worth crafting and use on whom?

[tulip tinsel]

Staag good for main fleet aa +10hit

[noble pawn]

6 week in AZ and got hellcat HVAR

[wind hazel]

the 3 on the right. rudder for your main tank, staag for bb, cl gun for your cl that uses cl gun
hvar if you wanna fight light boss
aa radar if you need to pad AA, situational

[vernal hornet]

Is hard to get UR for upgrade

[rigid onyx]

not full start ur = worse than full star golds or even purples sometimes

[vernal hornet]

Am don't know how to get UR for breakinglimit

[rigid onyx]

ur bulins

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Specialized_Bulin_Custom_MKIII

[whole crypt]

this is why in the guides we recommend not using too many high rarity ships early on

and you should focus your resources to LB one UR at a time

[vernal hornet]

Time to use SR right

[whole crypt]

rares and elites are fine too with the right ships

that'll be enough all the way up through midgame

[vernal hornet]

@whole crypt what ship i should use now can u help me

[tulip tinsel]

get unicorn if you haven't

[vernal hornet]

Haven't what is something better?

[wind hazel]

nothing is better

[tulip tinsel]

unicorn one of the best ship and cheap

[whole crypt]

Unicorn is the single top primary healer in the game

if you want some serious fleet help start a thread and post your dock

[ivory sigil]

you had so many ship with peak skin ngl

[vernal hornet]

No but my biggest mistake is am retire some epic ship

[ivory sigil]

according to the guide, only use for light bosses.

does it mean in pvp, ship with light armor would affect too?

[wind hazel]

yes

[whole crypt]

yes but you can check #pvp for PvP gearing meta

[low basin]

Helloo! Where do you guys grind this stuff?

[rapid shard]

You get them as drops from grinding campaign stages mainly

[rain bobcat]

stages

[cobalt gate]

What’s the difference between l2d and l2d+? Or it’s just to increase skin price

[rain bobcat]

extra interactibles within poses

[whole crypt]

• skins have more gimmicks to justify the price, supposedly

[stark quiver]

pvp mentioned

[rain bobcat]

according to my sources, eugen, and l2d+, has approximately this many interations

[whole crypt]

do the non-plus L2Ds still get fancy knobs like they did for a while or do plus skins get even more knobs

[rain bobcat]

cow, an l2d, has this much

[rain bobcat]

uhh these days l2d poses can get at most 1-2 things per pose

l2d+ is just for actual playing

[whole crypt]

so they cut back on the crazy shit that was all over a couple of those L2D skins a while back and threw them into plus

[rain bobcat]

a generalisation that is basically accurate yeah

also it's mostly the l2d only that have pose collections as of now

[whole crypt]

to be fair I like it that way, it's more fair to older L2D skins for which interactions are far more limited

[rain bobcat]

none of the l2d+'s have a "gallery" with poses

gallery I mean, stuff like lex 2, azuma, taihou, shinano skins

[whole crypt]

yeh I get the idea

[vernal hornet]

Wait i never know they have pancakes plane

[rain bobcat]

I firmly believe hakuhou and gouden were a hard miss on potential

[sweet delta]

Why was Atago swimsuit L2D cheaper than static skins?

[whole crypt]

I firmly believe I have been wasting money on skins for the past couple years because I hardly even look at the screen and 99% of them don't make it to secretary

[vernal hornet]

what ship i should use for farm now

[rain bobcat]

that I don't get

[sweet delta]

Don't ping me

[slow fox]

This was a personal request from me to yostar

[rain bobcat]

probably just because it was a launch skin

[vernal hornet]

Sorry

[sweet delta]

Blocked

[whole crypt]

I believe I told you to start a thread before posting those dock screens

[keen flower]

so is farming polaris simply cuz it has oil cap still good?

[whole crypt]

people who're free to help will help

[whole crypt]

if you don't have access to an active event or otherwise a better stage yes

[vernal hornet]

I have bad social skill sorry

[ivory sigil]

is that a lvled yoshino wow it's been so long since i see 1

but yeah most BB in your ship had been well build, only the lvl is quite spreadout

[whole crypt]

Yoshino is LB capped so

[rain bobcat]

well built is generous, there's a single good BB and it's not even mlb

[tulip tinsel]

retrofit unicorn

[ivory sigil]

yeah

[whole crypt]

there's 2 good BBs but 1 is not leveled and the other is not MLBd

[ebon verge]

how many daily random missions are there for the exchange UR? like does it last until the end of the event

[whole crypt]

LBs all over the place and a couple of LB capped ships
not going to recommend anything without more context where he's at now

[onyx flame]

1 a day and if you dont do it, it refresh next daily reset

[whole crypt]

i.e. the later you buy the second copy the less vouchers you'll need to buy

there's also daily from clearing SP

[cerulean field]

is there an "easy method" of getting tech points or do i just gotta grind it out the hard way?

[ebon verge]

so it refreshes daily until the very last day of the event right?

[onyx flame]

only easy way is doing it more efficiently

[cerulean field]

any tips?

[tulip tinsel]

Where are you in campaign and commander level

[vernal hornet]

Campaign 8 lv63 (i know is bad am still suck and set team)

[onyx flame]

prio heavier ships like bb/cv, higher rarity preferably but if your new prob save sr bulins for actual useful ships first

[tulip tinsel]

uh read this then
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[ivory sigil]

you can back to UR and build them in future

Also u might wanna invest in collab character too since they're pretty great kit

• both Kurumi, Yamai, Tohka are very good for Future use, especially campaign w9+
• Unicorn is great glowups, missing her is like missing a leg, u can't run anywhere without her
• Kotori is decent, she had similar power as Hood but since Kotori already had Augment gear, you could consider build her if u had that item

an example team of DAL-fleet power: 13k score for Mainfleet / 11k score for Vanguardfleet
-# you can build anyone but Yoshino if u arent a simp.

[rain bobcat]

[tulip tinsel]

Fleet power is useless shit FYI

[wind hazel]

owari unicorn yoshino (i assume you have her augment)
belfast helena laffey.

mlb your owari, exp book your unicorn and helena to ~lv70, mlb them too. retrofit unicorn ASAP when she's lv90

[stark quiver]

bro my 17k power pvp fleet can beat a 20k power pvp fleet ong

[rain bobcat]

random stars here and there goes crazy

[whole crypt]

fleet power can still be trash gear

[zenith heron]

||probably a Fleet with the Z flag ||

[stark quiver]

zflag moment

[zenith heron]

Triple 460mm (Yamato Gun)

[whole crypt]

you realize he doesn't have enough LBs to use all those ships properly and you're recommending multiple SRs he can't LB on short notice

[rain bobcat]

time to run my musashi on 460, moggun, 57mm and double zflag

[ebon verge]

how many ply gun is enough?

[wind hazel]

yes

[rain bobcat]

yes

[zenith heron]

1 for me, yes if you want minmax

[ivory sigil]

whydid he had so minimal amount of SRbulin? I was able to maxout DAL star within 3 weeks.... did he spend it all on belfast???

[rain bobcat]

rn, I have 4 +13 and 10 total

[wind hazel]

because you had duplicates on top of gold bulins

[stark quiver]

it is my 240th week in az

[ebon verge]

i mean is there any other gear that uses t3 ordnance that i should make?

[onyx flame]

another tenrai mayhaps

[rain bobcat]

other than tenrai prob not

[whole crypt]

MLB Owawri first so you have a core BB that can be maxed to work around
add Unicorn to your fleet, retrofit her
third main fleet ship see if you can buy Independence from core shop, it doesn't seem like you have anything from this event yet so maybe pull some and see if you can get hold of LexII or a Saratoga while you're at it

vanguard keep Belfast because she's the only SR MLB'd
for now use Helena and Laffey, use dorm/XP packs if they're too low to survive
if you have augment for Tohka MLB her and swap Belfast out when you can afford to

[vestal yoke]

Can I make 2 teams yet?

[whole crypt]

he spent it all over the place

[stark quiver]

no

you cannot make two teams yet

[whole crypt]

you can but you shouldn't, and you won't need one for a long while

[vestal yoke]

Should I use unicorn or intrepid with Lexington 2?

[ivory sigil]

i only have 1 dupe for Origasmi, meanwhile the rest is SRbulin
i see Kurumi and Yoshino it is at 5th star, so i assume he get it from dupe event...
so i bet he spread SR bulins on other

unless he didnt get those dupe like how yamai is at 3star....

[ebon verge]

for context i have 2 ply guns and 2 tenrais, and i have like 20 t3 ordnance

[whole crypt]

you will be using Unicorn as your primary healer all the way up to lategame, you only take her out if you want to level something else
LexII should be parked aside for now if you can't LB her
the third main fleet ship is kind of whatever given your limited options now

[wind hazel]

yamai drop from map, and yoshino dupes are from milestone. stop gaslighting yourself you MLB everyone within 3 weeks, it's mathematically impossible without dupes

[ocean terrace]

kurumi dupes too

[rain bobcat]

how many bulin do you even get first month

like, at most 6-8? idk

[whole crypt]

keep in mind given his lack of current banner ships I have a feeling he may not have been particularly active between DAL event and now

[wind hazel]

it's more with event since they reward you with some mission

even so we're talking about 4-5 SR ships here

[vestal yoke]

Would Joffre be better for now than Lexi?

[wind hazel]

even 3 SR ships, without dupe, need 12 gold bulin lmao

[wind hazel]

tbh you can keep using your lexii. you will mlb her with UR bulin

[whole crypt]

my recommendation is to just use LexII first because you'll be dropping any other ship you use in her place now anyway

there will be higher priority for SR LBs than Joffre as you go on

[wind hazel]

assuming you have zero spcore now, get the 1 UR bulin from milestone. next month we have rerun, another UR bulin. 5k grind+3k medal, you can buy another 2 UR bulin, MLB Lexii next month

[vernal hornet]

How i can get retrofit

[whole crypt]

have you been doing campaign hard mode maps

[vernal hornet]

And what MLB mean

[vernal hornet]

Ohhhh

[whole crypt]

max limit break i.e. max stars

[wind hazel]

@vernal hornet just follow this my man

[vernal hornet]

Ok am try all mentioned

[tulip tinsel]

and read guides

[whole crypt]

yoshino isn't getting any XP though, at best she's just holding a spot until he gets a different ship online

[rain bobcat]

I mean you can mlb easily this month, just grind like ur life depends on it for today and tom

[wind hazel]

it's better than using lv1 ship

and only need 1 more bulin. which he can get from weekly mission if he hasn't done it

[whole crypt]

why does scamcat always sell me AP boxes at the end of the month

[ivory sigil]

🥲 no way that's me last week, let me see this week....

SAME

[rain bobcat]

im currently stuck at a never ending loop of never getting below 600

[wind hazel]

suffering from success

[whole crypt]

let me actually try to finish my AP this month

[analog tendon]

I just finished researching Anchorage (and i don't have enough tech to unlock Agir). Any other ship worth prioritizing or just choose anyone i fancy (wish i could start Shimanto but not enough tech again)?

[stark quiver]

i dont stop for akashi

[wind hazel]

enough for AVP?

[whole crypt]

pick a ship you can actually work on and just roll with it

better if it's a ship that gives you tech for the next research

[rain bobcat]

start ply if you are a slow exp grinder

otherwise, probably just some IB like avp, assuming you have done fdg

[whole crypt]

I'll do that if I get desperate on the 31st

[rain bobcat]

ill be out on 31st so we'll see for 30th

[analog tendon]

Yes i do have enough tech for AvP, FdG (and some others including Kearsarge)

[wind hazel]

do avp then, then agir

[tulip tinsel]

where can i buy the missiles for the ddg's?

[whole crypt]

core shop

[stark quiver]

i do that on the first

[whole crypt]

I usually make it a point to start clearing about a week ahead but I've been busy these few months

[analog tendon]

Out of curiosity, why everyone always suggest to research Agir? I read that CB were going a bit out of meta as tanks with the new ships that came out

[rain bobcat]

because she's a good tank if you have nothing else

and you need tanks

[tulip tinsel]

cute dragon wife carried me hard

[onyx flame]

~~yea but do you have the new ships ~~

[ocean terrace]

why not tell them to do FdG if Guam and Laffey II are soon

[mighty tulip]

Is there a map where you can farm the tier 3 books to retrofit Unicorn?

[analog tendon]

i got an unexpected Kronshtadt a few weeks ago. Would she be a good substitute for Agir (if MLB of course)?

[tulip tinsel]

no

[onyx flame]

kronds is like bottom of the prio list for ur bulins in general

[analog tendon]

I will
||sometime between today and the heat-death of the universe ||

[onyx flame]

chp 6+ of campaign starts dropping em, other than that its just rng grind and wait

event also prob drops em but uh might need to be in hard mode at least

[ivory sigil]

oh i forgot to ask, what is double UR event and when?

[mighty tulip]

The way it’s like 45 books for her omg. Yeah, I barely can do all the ships of C1 with my fleet

[ocean terrace]

15th Jan iirc for Guam and Laffey II rerun

[tulip tinsel]

15th

[mighty tulip]

Been perma doing B3 to level up the gals

[onyx flame]

just manual a bit more if you havent brought down the threat level of the stage, gives a dmg reduction if its at safe

[ocean terrace]

yeah it's 15th mb

[ebon verge]

agir is slightly better because she has armor break and slow

[mighty tulip]

Did not realize if you continue to do the map it brings the threat level down. I thought it was only when you get a star for the map. Thanks for the advice 🫡

[south sequoia]

has someone done a 14-3 lethal hard full clear yet

[slow fox]

-# I'm trying that right now

-# But it doesn't look good I have ot dig through 7 3* fleets

[whole crypt]

fairly sure gold retrofit prints start as early as around ch3 or 4 but you just want to do as high as you can manage because cores
unless he's referring to the purple plates needed for some nodes

[whole crypt]

14-3 done
stiggy did 14-4 too

[analog tendon]

What about Guam and Laffey II, since they are coming so soon? Still worth to go for Agir later? (i still have to research all of AvP before even unlocking Agir )

[ivory sigil]

but does double UR event are mean there would be 2 UR in 2 separate banner so it necessary to keep cube at 800?

or it is mean similar as how Lexi2 and WillyD are both 2 UR, we only need 1 UR to roll
-# i assume Laffey2 would be free again, unless they plan to put her in UR banner

[onyx flame]

pretty sure its plates considering they said book

[tulip tinsel]

same as this event rn

[ocean terrace]

no all double UR events are like this Lex II event
and since it's a rerun we also get free rolls from vouchers/coupons

[whole crypt]

you can buy plates from event shop and medal shop but yeh farming will take time

[ivory sigil]

phew~ (luckily game isnt hoyo greedythingy)

[tulip tinsel]

but it's first double ur rerun so it might change

[onyx flame]

laff2 is like top pick for campaign guam also useful campaign ship for w15 but we also got gouden as a sidegrade now

[ocean terrace]

I was told to hold off on Agir for now since we have Guam and Laffey II soon though

and iirc Guam is Agir but with AA

[mighty tulip]

Yeah I need these purple books

[whole crypt]

cleo you can check stiggy's tube he has a video up for his 14-4 clear
this is what I used for my 14-3

[ivory sigil]

oh those, just grab them whenever u see them
-guildshop
-campaign
-dailychallenges

And pls dont spam them in the gear so early

[tulip tinsel]

no wonder i was confused when they said book
you get those purples from campaign stages

[ebon verge]

agir is research ship tho i dont see what it has to do with guam and laffey2

[slow fox]

-# Looks like two mob fleets

[whole crypt]

you can take a break from pushing the retrofit, it'll take a while to get the plates and I doubt you have enough levels to do modernization yet anyway

[ocean terrace]

as in you'd prioritise other ships such as FDG or Plymouth since you'll have access to great tanks

[whole crypt]

if it works it works, ch14 boss is just a really hard mob fight anyway

[onyx flame]

Eh thats up to you really i did agir just cause i dont really feel like investing into guam and also bb buff for my fleet with sketch armor break

[mighty tulip]

Yeah, I thought I effed my account up because I was low on oil the last days. I didn’t realize you only should push one main fleet and started leveling up a second.

[rain bobcat]

guam isn't that crazy on BB fleet since she has normal AB

[mighty tulip]

I started Dec 20th btw 💀

[rain bobcat]

that means she's useless against heavy, and only minimal for medium

[whole crypt]

yeh just take your time

[ocean terrace]

I'd always assumed Guam is overall better than Agir

[rain bobcat]

agir is much tankier

[whole crypt]

Agir is more durable as long as you don't think too much about torps and planes

[ocean terrace]

tankier sure but pure tanks don't provide much iirc

[whole crypt]

Guam doesn't have a slow but it's not like Agir's slow is consistent
Guam's AB is more reliable off the top of my head
Guam vs Agir is more of a case of who can you get into a working state faster

[ocean terrace]

like the top ships usually provide a mix of tankiness, AA, buffs etc

[rain bobcat]

guams AB is semi permanent iirc

[ebon verge]

i see, you can just coin FDG, and for ply i think you should still work on series 4 first (at least get agir) before jumping to series 6

[slow fox]

-# Napoli mentioend

[ocean terrace]

shame she's not that great, I love her design too

[rain bobcat]

napoli: the ship that gets her first real use after 1 year

[whole crypt]

Napoli is even more durable than Agir but sure

[slow fox]

-# NAPOLI MENTIONED

[ocean terrace]

yeah but is she ever recommended lol

[whole crypt]

because she's harder to work on

[ocean terrace]

right but that's my point

[rain bobcat]

i've only used napoli in 14H since her release

[ivory sigil]

well, for newly player like me i dont think i would able to touch Agir for next 1 or 2 month
-# (since i'm not able to get much faction/exp ship for ironblood yet),
access to Guam or any greatship are a big leverage for me, it would be ease to progress other chapter without worry of no Agir thingy, like... not to suffer from "just use Lion"

[whole crypt]

Agir is more accessible tech wise and dev wise you can use coins

Napoli's level of durability is only valued in shit that has really high vanguard pressure like some odd showdowns, she also survives 14 fairly well though Agir likely won't fare much worse in similar situation

[ocean terrace]

I would need to work on Agir at some point for sure, for my BB fleet when I get to that I guess, I just see more value in investing in Guam and Laffey II, and focusing other DR ships
correct me if I'm wrong though

[whole crypt]

you can work on Agir while investing in Guam, one is research the other uses bulins

[ocean terrace]

right right but FDG and Ply then Meck and Gouden

[whole crypt]

then yes Guam

[rain bobcat]

^

[whole crypt]

that's assuming you don't have other URs that will contest her for bulins while you dev FdG

[ocean terrace]

FdG should only take a month or so iirc, maybe 2

[onyx flame]

feb new ur btw and soyuz soon after too

[small rune]

Hi i forgot bout this game, does mailed oil get lost when i already reach softcap?

[wind hazel]

less than 2 with catchup, more than 2 without

[ocean terrace]

yeah feb UR will heavily affect who I invest in but I can't be sure

[whole crypt]

if you've just started with FdG even with 150 catchup you'll probably need a bit over a month, though by that point you can get ready to coin Plymouth

[onyx flame]

mail oil always go into storage in your mail tab

[small rune]

but when i claim it??? will the oil be lost? cuz i reached softcap?

[whole crypt]

no

[ocean terrace]

I was hoping I'd be done with FdG by the time Plymouth is coinable

[whole crypt]

softcap only affects canteen

[onyx flame]

i mean if you can adjust how much your claiming just dont claim above the softcap then

[tulip tinsel]

must be nice having enough oil that you can't claim canteen

[whole crypt]

if you can't claim canteen you're just wasting oil

[slow fox]

Before this event I haven't claimed canteen in like half a year

[whole crypt]

it's fine up to the point your canteen storage caps but otherwise just go fight something or buy curry

the usual problem is when you don't spend enough then you actually reach hardcap after weeklies and stuff

that or you just end up not spending fast enough after those claims

[ebon verge]

use x2 tickets if you have

[whole crypt]

I mean if you really want to, there's also the chance your morale will bottom out before you spend enough oil

[small rune]

do we have fleet recommendations for bossing? (CV/BB/mixed)

Last time i played it was like Biskotto-Vanny-soyuz for bb

[whole crypt]

that's a long while ago and it depends on the boss/what you have

[small rune]

ok for heavy boss?
medium?

[whole crypt]

best heavy and medium now is probably BisZwei/Meck/Lion

[vestal yoke]

are any of these worth buying from the medal shop:san diego,belfast,sirius,dodp.dodo u,takao,atago,prinz eugen,minneapolis,baltimore,zara,pola

[small rune]

ohh ok so i guess i need lion rerun in many more months

[noble pawn]

San Diego for Retrofit

[whole crypt]

Sandy good
CA picks is kind of whatever, do you even have enough medals

[tulip tinsel]

ca for tech only

[vestal yoke]

yeah I got like a hundred from the handbook

[ocean terrace]

lion rerun in 2027 summer/autumn probably...

[whole crypt]

an SR ship is 80
you also want to spend your medals on spec cores

[tulip tinsel]

spec core >>>> cl

[vestal yoke]

I should spend them on spec cores first then

and then with the spec cores buy the ur bulin?

[whole crypt]

you can always get the ships elsewhere and later, but spec cores are your time gate for LBing URs

[onyx flame]

buy the bulin only when you need em

[vestal yoke]

I need it for my lexi

[small rune]

realised there's UR eseggs, how do i get the retro item

[ocean terrace]

limited event, can't get it

[onyx flame]

you have to wait for the event item rerun next en anni

[rain bobcat]

[ocean terrace]

if I save an airstrike or salvo with manual, could I launch 2 from the same ship in a row?

[lament hazel]

which is the easier one

[whole crypt]

yes

[rain bobcat]

beware that for the salvo case, the ship needs to have 2 salvo capacity

examples are lion,mecklenburg

[ocean terrace]

hm, how do I find out which ones do?

[whole crypt]

most don't lol

it's pretty much Alsace Lion Meck and Gascogne

carriers all can hold more than 1 though

[rain bobcat]

^

[crisp estuary]

I'm back. Who did I miss? A top tier UR?

[white agate]

wiki i think

[crisp estuary]

Give me the top carrier fleet for

• light
• med/heavy

[eternal pine]

is there a new player guide somewhere?

[onyx flame]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[eternal pine]

thanks king

[rain bobcat]

mecklen lion zwei sweeps, but if you MUST use carriers,

kear/lion, lexi 2 , york 2

soyuz nakhimov fritz/lion

soyuz nakhimov fritz/lion or amagi implacable hakuhou

[cosmic bane]

whats the best UR to get from the UR exchange i my only URs are Unzen, Lexington II, and New Jersey

[rapid shard]

Musashi

[white agate]

someone got a premade hakou impla amagi i can take inspiration from?

[strange flame]

chat is new jersey any good and worth leveling up at all? i just got one from the phase missions

[wind hazel]

had it for some reason, you gotta adjust the rld yourself. this had cat and 42rld i think

[wind hazel]

very low priority

[white agate]

ye, was thinking about oathing hakou so i wanted to precheck if it ruined something , now i got a base to use

[rain bobcat]

for oath

[strange flame]

has hakuhou's event already been rerun?

[white agate]

she had the 1st run in like october-november, 2 year till she reruns

[wind hazel]

she was last year's JP UR, so no

[rain bobcat]

it isn't new year yet mori

[wind hazel]

oh right lol, this year's JP UR

[eternal pine]

wat is the best server for new people?

[wind hazel]

flip a coin

other than medal shop, which is gonna reset soon anyway, everything else is the same

[strange flame]

i dont understand lexington II'

its buffs are based on debuffing the enemy anti air. what ships actually do that?

[rain bobcat]

yorktown 2/laffey 2 are the main options

[strange flame]

is yorktown II worth levelling up as well then?

[rain bobcat]

if you already have her, and if you don't have any better URs to level up, maybe

[ocean terrace]

when is Laffey II used usually?

[rain bobcat]

EX/w15

[ocean terrace]

and her role is tank/debuffer/some AA right?

[rain bobcat]

she's also nice for w14 due to being abnormally tanky

[rain bobcat]

her debuff part is basically only for enemy carriers since she decreases enemy AA and AVI

for the most part she is just an abnormally tanky ship

[ocean terrace]

so can be used for carrier bosses, but mostly as main tank for any fleet

would she take prio over Guam though for UR bulins

[wind hazel]

yes

[rain bobcat]

maybe

[wind hazel]

laffey2 has more relevancy in other content than guam

[rain bobcat]

I mean since he only has porter as a relevant vanguard guam/laffey is pretty close together

[wind hazel]

we have gouden now too, so there's even less reason to focus on guam

[civic vortex]

Hi!!
I need help.
May someone tell me who is the beste CA from war archives??

[wind hazel]

no one

[rain bobcat]

non, war archives aren't worth doing outside of special circumstances

[civic vortex]

thnks

and something

Meta is good?

[wind hazel]

SR good, but pain in the ass to raise

[strange flame]

so guam, alsace and sovetsky are getting rerun ext year, are they all worth levelling up with bulins?

[civic vortex]

I don't understand,they come to SR or Elite

[ocean terrace]

do any of the DAL vanguards count as relevant lol

[wind hazel]

there are elite and SR META ships

[civic vortex]

thanks

[rain bobcat]

technically kurumi is relevant and tohka is just a great non UR option

[civic vortex]

so SR meta==SR

[wind hazel]

alsace soyuz yes, guam depends on your acc

[ocean terrace]

Tohka still manages highest damage in campaign and often bosses for me

[rain bobcat]

but their relevance basically ends in campaign/ very niche fights like kurumi for yorktown meta

one thing that does go in their favour is that opsi is piss easy so you don't actually need to min max

[ocean terrace]

oh I have Sandy retro I guess, but she's only W13 W15 focused iirc

[wind hazel]

she can mob for w14 too

[ocean terrace]

shit that reminds me I need to do all the strongholds now

[rain bobcat]

were you saving 3 the entire month

[ocean terrace]

yes.

[civic vortex]

I saw that we can get a UR ship from 200 summons 100%,but which is usually the average?

[ocean terrace]

my first attempt at it took over 10 trips to the port

[rain bobcat]

stronghold storage caps at 3, you should have tried clearing 1 every week atleast

[wind hazel]

maths say below 100, like 83th? or something

[rain bobcat]

2 spawns right after monthly reset, and storage cap is 3

[wind hazel]

no harm in saving stronghold, just do them now

[rain bobcat]

I alone pull the average higher

proudly pitied 6 URs in a row

[civic vortex]

From my experience
The stronger you are, the weaker your luck is.

[civic vortex]

oooh

[wind hazel]

from my experience
that is a lot of bullshit

[rain bobcat]

I think I pitied starting from unzen all the way to fritz

[civic vortex]

another question
I summon 3/4 characters, should I continue to summon,or stop and wait new characters?

[wind hazel]

How to pull on UR event?

Pull until you get the new UR ship. 1 copy is enough.

Got the new UR ship, what now?
Check your remaining cubes.

a) A lot, more than 1000++: Pull until you get all the ships.
b) Hmm, under 1000 but more than 500: Do 3 pull a day until you get everyone/end of event.
c) 200-500ish: 1 Light OR event banner per day max. Make a choice.
d) Under 200: Go back to 1 Light daily, save your cubes for next UR event.

[civic vortex]

i got all except that meta

[wind hazel]

you can buy cleveland meta from the shop lol

or get her from B3/D3/SP as ship drop

[civic vortex]

i saw,but that's a lott

[rain bobcat]

its not

[wind hazel]

event is until next wednesday, you have a lot of time to grind

[civic vortex]

thanks

[rain bobcat]

anyway you wont lose anything not getting cleve meta

[civic vortex]

i thought so

anyway I'm just getting started

How long have you been playing?

[late flame]

-# too long to remember, but also not long enough to be considered a vet

[rain bobcat]

2018 lol

[barren token]

In my experience, the cap only refers to the amount being displayed at a single time, and clearing them will cause the rest to show, although it has been a while since I have had to deal with that scenario

[wind hazel]

that's how it works, you can stack stronghold lol

[ocean terrace]

yeah that's what I thought too

[rain bobcat]

[ocean terrace]

which is why I was a little confused when they said I should've done them

[rain bobcat]

wouldn't have known anyways, i've done c1 farming for years so obviously I have enough AP to insta do everything

[ocean terrace]

smh flex

[rain bobcat]

I just know the max on map is 3 and thought it didnt stack

[ocean terrace]

only problem is my newer ships aren't levelled yet

so I don't know about throwing them into strongholds yet, might save it for the last last day

at least I have 12-1 to farm now

[forest palm]

C1 farming isn't even a flex

[late flame]

-# i only do c6 because of the last damned file

-# i.e. this cursed shit

[barren token]

Off the coast of Belize/Panama, C5 node

[lofty sleet]

can someone help me...

[wind hazel]

no way, did he actually spent AP in c6 this entire time

[warped acorn]

how do i start with for sub cat like edwelsis

[late flame]

-# i cant read

[wind hazel]

how to start what?

you mean the initial talents?

[warped acorn]

yes

do i go for acc or rld + trp first

[tulip tinsel]

#tech-support

[wind hazel]

flame/alpha wolf+rld talents

[warped acorn]

o dang

[misty flicker]

does this only cost weapon blueprints ?

[wind hazel]

and coin

[misty flicker]

oh ok ty

[scarlet cosmos]

My flag keeps dying on 14-2 hard mode. Anything I can do?

[onyx flame]

you have to email yostar support for this we cant really do much bout it

[wind hazel]

try give them rudder. or use beefier ship, stronger dps ships

[ocean terrace]

there's no point in having HVARs unless I have 4 or more right?

[wind hazel]

no, 2 is good

[scarlet cosmos]

I’m using Bis Zwei. I don’t know what ships are good for bossing late game tbh, I just slap on agir, unzen and some random ship

[wind hazel]

more is even better, but you want at least 2

[ocean terrace]

oh fr? I'm halfway to a 2nd so I might grind the event then

[scarlet cosmos]

Do you have any recommendations for vanguard bossing?

[eternal pine]

hey so like what's that meter thing that goes up when backline ships get hit?

[wind hazel]

i used this

[tulip tinsel]

/detection

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Detection Level:
If the gauge hasn't been filled, your carriers gains "hidden buff", which is 10% flat AA resistance reduction to enemies (basically they deal more dmg) and they can't be chosen as a valid target (enemies BB won't attack your CV when hidden).
If the gauge has been filled, there will be an exclamation mark (!) displayed to the side of the gauge, and your carriers lose the "hidden buff". They will regain the buff when the gauge level falls below the red line.
The gauge will be slowly filled if spotted by the enemy (both planes and ships) if they crossed the detection line, when they are burning, and when launching an airstrike.
Credit: -It's Rajaku-#1817 and Newbie#1553

For more information, consult the wiki

[scarlet cosmos]

I only have plymouth in that load out unfortunately

[wind hazel]

then maybe show what you have

[eternal pine]

oh cool

[wind hazel]

can try guam unzen plymouth

[eternal pine]

is there a guide somewhere on what to spend your gems on?

[atomic abyss]

/gems

@eternal pine^

wait

the number is wrong

fuck

[scarlet cosmos]

My TRP stats are too low 😓

[atomic abyss]

i didnt edit it correctly

[scarlet cosmos]

Heres what I’m using

[wind hazel]

put one UR oxytorp on laffey2

[eternal pine]

erm

[scarlet cosmos]

Adjusted to essex + indep to follow yours, though mine is not UR

[wind hazel]

or kurumi

[tulip tinsel]

wow where do we get 48000 gems

[wind hazel]

or using shimanto instead of kurumi, that works too

[atomic abyss]

typo

[tulip tinsel]

i want gems

[atomic abyss]

it's 4900

[scarlet cosmos]

Does shimanto main tank?

[wind hazel]

no, laffey2

btw if your essex isnt UR, dont use her lmao

[scarlet cosmos]

Okay! Should I replace with another UR eagle union cv?

[wind hazel]

sure

can try double BB too. the shelling kinda hurts

[dim tundra]

what are eagle union vanguard ships

[scarlet cosmos]

Will give try and report back 😭

[atomic abyss]

american ships that can be used in the frontline

eagle union = american
vanguard = frontline

[dim tundra]

oh okay, thanks

[late flame]

you can also filter in your dock

[heavy zealot]

This good? Thinking of getting it for Trafalgar or something

[eternal pine]

hey so like wat should I be spending my cubes on as a new player?

[ocean terrace]

daily light pull and UR events

[sick kettle]

or save

[eternal pine]

wdym UR events?

[onyx flame]

It is but 76/113 works better on traf

[heavy zealot]

Where are those

[dim tundra]

I have 2 of them in my fleets and it didn't count the exp, do you have to have 3 vanguard ships in the same fleet?

[atomic abyss]

The bar only moves after each %
In other words
Only after 10k experience

[eternal pine]

?

[atomic abyss]

And if you're early on you don't get much exp

[dim tundra]

oh

[atomic abyss]

UR events refer to events with a limited UR or ultra rare in the event build
Such as this one

[eternal pine]

well should I pull on the current one then? or just save

[heavy zealot]

This the 113? How bout the 76

[red sapphire]

Use 76 the upgrade is small iirc

[onyx flame]

you can get the blue 76 from eu techboxes

[heavy zealot]

Just a blue???, i thought itd be some kinda gear lab thing

[gilded carbon]

its used for firing-speed and not damage

[wind hazel]

technically it is for dmg, but from barrage

[onyx flame]

higher rarity doesnt mean better for gear but yea

[heavy zealot]

I mean, i kinda want her to do damage ;-;, so...the 76 or 113

[onyx flame]

76, cheaper

[gilded carbon]

Well, i would have needed to say its for enabling the barrage wich does the damage. Yes.

[wind hazel]

using 76 will give you dmg

[heavy zealot]

Hmmm, who else benefits alot from the 76

[wind hazel]

z52, kazagumo, shimakaze, few others

[gilded carbon]

Z52? Maybe Sandy?

[onyx flame]

def not sandy

[gilded carbon]

not?

[wind hazel]

sandy no, still bugged

[gilded carbon]

doesnt she want a fast gun... ah. Bugged. Yikes My bad

[onyx flame]

the noteable endgame ones are really z52, traf and kaza really

[heavy zealot]

Kaza?

[atomic abyss]

Kazagumo

[gilded carbon]

And Z52 is peak. So much shooting going off of her. Kazagumo

[heavy zealot]

Hmmm, ehh? So here is Trafalgar?

[onyx flame]

a boiler?

[heavy zealot]

Eheh, im outta the upgrade thingy, i put that on her :3

[onyx flame]

well i would replace the boiler with another 500+hp aux, also better AA and torps if you can get em

[heavy zealot]

Hmmm, whats some easy to get stuff for the aa and torps that would be better

[red sapphire]

You can use two toolkits until you get something else

[heavy zealot]

Even at low level? Maybe i can get 1 to lv 6 or sumn

[ocean terrace]

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

[onyx flame]

for aa, purple version are also fine just upgrade them to +6 only while you wait for the gold ones
for torps you can live with those for now until you can get gold quad mags

[ocean terrace]

the image above is from the gear guide I just sent ^^

[onyx flame]

Just make sure to read the disclaimer on the gear guide

And if you not sure ask in here before upgrading/craft amything

[red sapphire]

I would sell that boiler for mats to upgrade the toolkit. Keep in mind that a lot of vanguard use toolkit so when you replace It you will use it on someone else

[misty flicker]

do i have to defeat 60 ships in every area for the star 😭

[whole crypt]

you don't because fractured don't contribute to exploration

[tulip tinsel]

60 enemy ain't even much

[whole crypt]

exploration goals are meant to be completed over months/years, you'll get there eventually

[misty flicker]

i see

(im never getting 360)

[whole crypt]

I'm fairly sure there are players who do OS consistently since OS launch but still haven't finished 360 stars

[rain bobcat]

yes, one of them is me

I forgot about my 4 remaining stars and have not bothered doing it

[whole crypt]

those last star rewards probably not substantial anyway

[misty flicker]

what are the most difficult stars to get ? akashi ?

[whole crypt]

anything that counts on RNG

[heavy zealot]

Hmmm would jervis also want the 76? Or no

[white agate]

what was the delta time between the airstrikes to strive for when using impla on the calculator?

[whole crypt]

not aware of Jervis being a barrage-reliant ship

[analog tendon]

...remember earlier this morning when i asked who should i research after Anchorage since i couldn't unlock Agir yet?
Turns out my "choices" were far more restricted than i thought....because i don't have IB main fleet ships worth sh*t, so even if i started researching AvP or others it would take me an eternity to finish the 2M exp missions 🤦‍♂️

[heavy zealot]

Ah, oke , just that such new info for me that a blue is a good gun so im looking for who it works on, ahahahah

[whole crypt]

Implacable can allow for fairly long but ideally in the middle with 0.1s on either side

[red sapphire]

No, as a general rule, you want 76 on DDs that can benefit from spamming their gun fast. For example Shimakaze has an effect that activate when fiting torps while Jervis doesn't. Keep in mind also that 76 does low damage and the purpose is fire spam

[whole crypt]

you can use shit ships for research

just any random thing you can pull from shops or archive will do

[analog tendon]

this is my entire roster of IB main fleet ships

[whole crypt]

and they'll work, maybe with some more levels and LB

[novel solstice]

Throw some purple bulins at scharn and elbe; you'll get IB points just for MLBing them, then send them and gneis as your main fleet and farm something. That should be a usable farm fleet for an event map, getting them XP while they get you event tokens.

[whole crypt]

they're usable even in ch12 as long as you throw on a couple more levels and MLB, until they work maybe carry with vanguards

[eternal pine]

is this a decent newbie fleet?

:(

[onyx flame]

read this if you havent
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

oh and this one too
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[whole crypt]

no
replace Bogue with Unicorn
replace Repulse with Pennsylvania
replace Grozny with Portland
replace Smalley with Helena

[eternal pine]

I literally just started

[whole crypt]

those ships are all in guild shop

[gilded carbon]

that is the guide for. And welcome to the Azur Lane, Commander

[heavy zealot]

She actually did some noice dmg ahahhahaha,(lost , but eyyyy, 99k dmg)

[analog tendon]

Should i hold out on claiming the weekly rewards until January since i'm already at the cap for Specialized Cores, or it won't matter and i'll be able to cap them in Jan too anyway?

[rain bobcat]

wont matter unless you want to cap very slightly earlier

[white agate]

@wind hazel what about this lodout? i think this may be good?

[rain bobcat]

you need a japanese plane on hakuhou slot 1 for skill

[white agate]

fuck, the black one is np right?

[rain bobcat]

yes

[white agate]

welp then amagi lodout also is screwed

[white agate]

wait, amagi does not need sakura torp bomber right?
like her skill states only sakura ships

and i think the black torp bomber had issues if it went off last?

[forest palm]

maybe....

[white agate]

how much rld tech is that?

[forest palm]

I don't remember Lar's URL, so you can run it through

That's Max RLD + Oath

[heavy zealot]

Gold quad mags... These? I think i can make a few of these , maybe 2 are enough?

[white agate]

not worth crafting

open IB tech boxes

[forest palm]

what...no it's totally fine to craft Quad Mags

[ivory pawn]

Eh, not like you need the materials for other stuff, no harm crafting a couple.

[onyx flame]

its fine to craft em boxes might take too long to guarantee one anyway

[forest palm]

like nothing that is commonly recommended in GL uses those mats

[ivory pawn]

I opened like 200 gold IB boxes the other day, not a single quad mag.

[white agate]

idk, mine all come from boxes

anyhow my reason was he does seem to really have few materials

[heavy zealot]

I make 2? For jervis and trafalgar

[forest palm]

2 to 3 is fine for now

[azure coyote]

Is gouden leeuw obtainable?

[ivory pawn]

Permanently, yes. Just gotta get enough Tech Points to start building her in the Shipyard (Series 8).

[azure coyote]

Well guess I am not getting her

I do not want to build another ship from the shipyard 😭

[gilded carbon]

You dont have to, but then it takes much longer

[white agate]

what was the issue with this specific torp bomber when hitting last of the 3 airstrikes when using a stopper?

[summer patio]

Is this a decent build for cowpens? I barely started and somehow got her. I just got to 3-1 main campaign

[onyx flame]

planes are fine ish but aux are bad

[wind hazel]

purple barracuda would be better. dont enhance that blue gear anymore

[summer patio]

Ok, thank you : DD

[onyx flame]

anyway give these a read
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[summer patio]

Wowww!!!! That's awesome!! I tried the wiki but couldn't find anything reliable, that's really helpful!!! : DDD

Anyways is the AA good?

[hollow gust]

Not running Ryuusei Kai on Hakuhou best slot is such a waste

[onyx flame]

AA is fine but it doesnt super matter early on tbh

[summer patio]

Okk : )))

Last question, should I invest in Cowpens, Katsuragi or Prinz Eugen? Could I use 2 SR's, or is it too much? Also are Indianapolis, Laffley, Sims and Lexington any good?

[hollow gust]

Yes no no

[summer patio]

So I should invest in Cowpens?

[hollow gust]

Eugen is shit, so is sims , and default Lexington is just not worth it

[tulip tinsel]

indy no laffey usable sims no lex not worth it

[summer patio]

Okay, can I send an SS with my dock? Can yall tell me which are good and I should invest in?

[white agate]

isn't that the best slot tho?

[hollow gust]

Considering you aren't far into the game it's not that hard of a choice

Unicorn Pennsylvania Cowpen
Portland Helena Laffey

That won't change unless you have the collab ships

[hollow gust]

, firsts lot has 2 planes , 3rd has 5

[white agate]

i always look at the efficiency

[summer patio]

Okay, thank youuu!!!! : ))) I really appreciate it!

How do I get event currency? The 5 star airplane looks really cool

[tulip tinsel]

clear event stages/missions

[woeful sluice]

How good is Cowpens compared to Unicorn?

[white agate]

unicorn is primary healer, cowpens is secondary healer; different roles

[forest palm]

you are more than likely forced to use manju then, unless you want to provide a set up

[red sapphire]

What do I craft with those? Quads come from boxes and crafted 4 STAAGs (by now). Also URs AA don't use those

Well didn't craft 4 but i crafted some and got some more from research

[wind hazel]

whatever you need. if don't have anything to craft then just hold onto them

[hazy mirage]

Hello. Just starting the game. Are there any good resources floating around for direction. I feel overwhelmed

[wind hazel]

also dont UR AA use them. the gold one

[red sapphire]

Alright. Isn't wrong to get some STAAGs more and for torps idk?

[wind hazel]

crafting staag through GL is bad

[red sapphire]

Yeah that's why I'm asking what to do

[wind hazel]

keep them. when you wanna craft 76UR, you'll need the AA designs

[red sapphire]

I see, you mean for the previous SR before the UR?

[wind hazel]

yes

[red sapphire]

For torps...? I can craft URs from quints from boxes and also don't use the SR design plans

[wind hazel]

craft more quad mag if you want

[red sapphire]

Okay, thank you so much

[whole crypt]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[hollow gust]

also comes with the benefit of using the higher damage vit-4s

[ocean terrace]

is the Guam rerun expected to come with a UR bulin?

[hollow gust]

Bulin goes towards Laffey

[ocean terrace]

I have enough for 4 UR bulins atm,
and if we add Guam event bulin, cruise pass and 8000 spec cores in Jan, I could mlb 2

but I'm inclined to save for Feb UR, in case it's some amazing main fleet ship

[wind hazel]

laffey only needs 3 if you buy the copy

save 1 bulin, feb 2 bulin, event 1 bulin, enough to mlb new ship

[ocean terrace]

holy shit I could mlb them all

except Willy D but fuck her

would they really make feb UR a BB? cos then we have Soyuz and Alsace right after no?

[onyx flame]

you never know

[ocean terrace]

one can pray

[onyx flame]

tbf if you wanna hedge your bets then hold off on guam first

[ocean terrace]

could someone send the expected reruns/UR schedule

[hazy mirage]

Is this a fine starter fleet? I tried to follow the guide or whatever and ad libbed in cowpens cause it’s my first sr

[ocean terrace]

looks solid to me, work on mlb'ing them and you're all set
and try to retrofit unicorn

[hazy mirage]

Sick. Thank you

[ocean terrace]

are all SR events usually that disappointing? from what I'm seeing on the wiki, the SR ships seem so meh. was DAL an outlier in terms of having great SR ships?

[onyx flame]

its an sr in a ur world after all arent bad per say just not as shiny

[white agate]

obviously UR>>SR in like 95% of cases

unicorn UR when?

[ivory sigil]

i should stop at 65k after get 1 hvar right?

[ocean terrace]

the game really is generous in giving you the best ships (UR) then huh

[ocean terrace]

technically it's 55k but I'm grinding for a 2nd HVAR cos why not

I've hit a wall in campaign in W13 so might as well get some limited gear (I'm not gonna farm WA for HVARs lol)

[tulip tinsel]

i would have stopped at 55k if i weren't so close to 1 copy

[white agate]

just stop at like 100k for the 2nd HVAR copy

also no point stopping since you need the sp for the second William copy

[silver lintel]

Already got 5hvars

[white agate]

same

[ivory sigil]

i already got 2nd willie for lb, so most of the rest is just coin
but the event shop is not cheap this event

[onyx flame]

100k and not even 2 copies of hvar

[undone plover]

Make sure u are getting S rank on boss
It is not known for sure if it affects the drop rate but it technically can

[onyx flame]

pretty sure its been s rank this whole time with uni and kurumi

[undone plover]

Are u low-costing

[onyx flame]

yea, kinda kurumi is in for leveling as well if not it would be uni + og laff

also its 112k points and only 45 prints, tragic

[undone plover]

Dedication

U can farm the last copies in war archive
Also gets u the SR ship

[ivory sigil]

.... does this mean i shouldnt try to get 100k pts?

[undone plover]

Usually 55k for the plates is the stop point we recommend

[ocean terrace]

I'm only going for 2nd HVAR cos I'm halfway to my 2nd one at 60k points, and I have some things I still want from event shop

[undone plover]

What was WA ship for PSI event?

[onyx flame]

hornet 2

[undone plover]

Oh yeah I forgot my 15 copies I dropped

I mean tbh at some point u can go to WA and farm there instead

[gritty spear]

Since we're on the subject of HVAR, let me ask: what is the percentage chance of getting its concept sketch? I've completed this D3 level many times and so far I have 6/25 sketches. By the way, isn't it a kind of deliberate trolling on the part of the developers that a regular gold Hellcat can be built for 15, but here, for some inexplicable reason, you have to collect as many as 25?

[ocean terrace]

yur but I was told 2 HVARs is functional and only 1 isn't

[undone plover]

Should get 8 prints in 60 WA runs

[onyx flame]

i go back to the wa after the event and i have nothing better to spend oil on
but for now squeeze it out more

[ocean terrace]

plus I don't NEED to farm W12 atm for coins anyway, maybe for the exp but farming event works for now

[undone plover]

I mean to maximize rewards
Last 8 prints + hornet ii copy from WA could be better than 10k event pts

It is a bit pain clearing the c1-d2 maps tho

[ocean terrace]

I wanna save WA attempts for Divergent though, since I need both the ships and tech for KMS

[undone plover]

Honestly u prob wont need it
Medal shop and the invitation bisko could be enough for kms pts

[ocean terrace]

I have only Zeppy and Bismarck to farm KMS main fleet exp atm so

[ivory sigil]

well, the cog and the VIII BPs is so costly

[undone plover]

2 main is good enough

[ocean terrace]

yeah but eventually I want enough tech for Meck too no?

[undone plover]

2 mill xp on each = enough for cdc1 and cdc2 for fdg

[undone plover]

FdG might get u there

[ocean terrace]

Meck is like what 800? FdG is 620?

[undone plover]

But I mean when u unlock and dev 30 fdg that is like 150 pts or sth

[ocean terrace]

oh god I need HMS ships for Ply soon

[tulip tinsel]

iirc meck 950

tech that is

[ocean terrace]

yeah those series 8 ships need so much

[onyx flame]

tbf thats normal since its out for a while now

[ocean terrace]

I don't even know where to get HMS ships for Ply

[undone plover]

We did the math for her a while back
It wasnt easy

[tulip tinsel]

~~kms tech is easy if you get roon agir hindenburg ~~

[onyx flame]

snipe DoY from merit shop

[ocean terrace]

oh she's there right now isn't she

[undone plover]

DoY and warspite are good tech
And monarch

[ocean terrace]

yesss I will be getting Monarch for my opsi BB fleet (and as filler)

[undone plover]

Merit shop is diff for each player

[ocean terrace]

she's there for me right now so...

[undone plover]

Could be worth grabbing if u dont need bulins urgently

[ocean terrace]

how useable is Monarch these days anyway

[undone plover]

She is very good post aug I think

Check sushi dps list

[ocean terrace]

would love to have that list saved could someone send it

[undone plover]

It is on his site iirc

[ocean terrace]

found it ty

Lion 2LB beats almost all SR BBs...

[onyx flame]

like i said sr in a ur world

[undone plover]

Lion is just built diff

[ocean terrace]

I assume these are all tested on a single target boss since Warspite is so high up

[undone plover]

Her burn also does not rely on her mgms iirc so she is not as reliant on limit breaks

[undone plover]

The details are on the first sheet

[ocean terrace]

hm why is Kearsage not recommended to research that often, her damage numbers seem pretty good

[onyx flame]

in a weird spot with research focus

[ocean terrace]

oh same for all series7 then?

[atomic abyss]

she's series 6

[ocean terrace]

ah-

[atomic abyss]

the issue moreso is that her usage is somewhat niche

so prioritising other DRs would be preferable

[ocean terrace]

her usage being that USS light fleet only?

[atomic abyss]

primarily limited to that yeah

[hollow plank]

hello! is it worth combining skill books to a higher tier?

[ivory pawn]

Yes. Long as you don’t run out of books it’s always better to use higher rarity.

[eager marsh]

3 banners in a row never got the rate up. always from pity. almost convinced i'm doing something wrong

[ivory pawn]

Just RNG.

[hollow plank]

why is it better? does it give more exp ro same exp but just i don't need to keep checking on it?

[ivory pawn]

More exp/hour.
Technically when combining you’re losing out in total exp.

So if you never run out of books, you’ll never notice the loss of total exp.

[hollow plank]

by how far is the total exp then? 😮 thanks! So why do people combine then if we're losing out in total exp overall? XD

[atomic abyss]

because they rather have a skill maxed faster

you wont really run out of books unless you spent gems to open the 3rd and 4th skill trng slots and use them regularly

[ivory pawn]

Also cause if you haven’t unlocked more tactical slots (you should not!), you’ll never run out of books after a certain point.

[hollow plank]

ahh so you mean like the exp number is different if i queue ever 2 hours for 2 books to make it 4 hours versus 1 purple book for 4 hours, more exp/hour but since it ocnsumes a lot of books to combine, i lose more exp. did i get it right?

[atomic abyss]

you cant "queue" books to begin with

[hollow plank]

i have all 4 open @_@

[atomic abyss]

well there goes a crap ton of dock slots

[hollow plank]

ah sorry my english is not so good. i mean if i use 1 exp book t1 for 2 hours, then put anohter after that

[atomic abyss]

to summarise

by combining the blue books to purple, you can level a skill faster

the downside is when converting blue books to purple, some exp is lost

[hollow plank]

Regarding meta ships, am I supposed to keep fortifying or upgrading all? or do i just select ships i will use? I'm new to opsi so idk how rare the drops are for the items. Thanks

[atomic abyss]

dont use meta ships then

you're meant to pick and choose

[chrome fiber]

Is there any in depth guide for farming xp for ship? I've just farmed my way from ch10 to 12-4. Do i put the ship that lack xp in a fleet and run it? im so lost

[atomic abyss]

it is that simple
throw the ship lacking exp in the mob fleet and let it run

[chrome fiber]

They're around 70-80 do i boost them with xp books? Or they'll die at 12-4

[knotty jolt]

I'd boost them abit higher

[onyx flame]

you can either book em up more or go to 12-1 instead if you dont need as much coins

[knotty jolt]

A rule of thumb is the lower the level the better the gear needs to be. The higher the level the less the gear is a requirement

[chrome fiber]

Ah alright then. So gear is my problem now. I don't remember how i found the right gear for each ship again. Isn't there a chart?

[onyx flame]

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

[chrome fiber]

Thx

[onyx flame]

shove survivability aux if your backliners are dying to

[chrome fiber]

Oh so do i need to adjust gear depending on different ch or boss im facing? Multiple gear needs to be lvl up then

[onyx flame]

just use campaign setup if your lvling stuff

also if you only recently unlocked chp 12, you prob need to run it a few more time to drop the threat level to safe to get damage reduction

[vestal yoke]

whats with this banner? I'm on a new account and all I get from it is carriers lol

[azure coyote]

Is the meta ship from the event shop good?

[knotty jolt]

I mean idk what you'd expect, 2 of the banner characters are carriers

[onyx flame]

event banner uses one of the perma pools and this time its special which is mostly carriers

[knotty jolt]

Middle of the road gold meta

[vestal yoke]

can someone explain what META ships are?

[knotty jolt]

Alternate dimension shit TLDR

[onyx flame]

a unique faction ship basically, usually not worth using for new players

[azure coyote]

I'm confused

[vestal yoke]

so they are more like collecter's ships and not really for gameplay

[atomic abyss]

cleveland meta is an average gold SR

[knotty jolt]

In terms of other ships of her rarity and class, she's average not good but not bad but compared to some stuff you can get not recommended

[tulip tinsel]

collection only trash

[knotty jolt]

Some are definitely usable for stuff but they're few and far between and the niches they hold are just that niches

[long pulsar]

Does Mogami in 14-4 have light or medium armor?

[vestal yoke]

they do look cool

[atomic abyss]

that is mogami retro so med

[long pulsar]

ty

[onyx flame]

isnt normal mogami med anyway

[atomic abyss]

she is ye

[chrome fiber]

Can someone help me name some of the ship that i should spend my cog on and lvl it up 125 i have like 10k of cog array im worrying of bricking

[knotty jolt]

first priority are ones that are most used, things like URs

[onyx flame]

and backliners for that matter

you could also just lvl 120 em then 125 when you actually need it

all i can say is lion cause shes that stonks

[knotty jolt]

Very few things in the game actually need the 125 levels

[tulip tinsel]

lion zwei mamagicv and eldridge

[ivory pawn]

If you really have 10k Arrays I don’t think you need to worry about saving them.

[chrome fiber]

People have been telling me to save them so i really just don't know who to spend on

[onyx flame]

do it on waifu

[chrome fiber]

That's a great reason

Does 120-125 really make a huge difference?

[ivory pawn]

It only costs at most 225 Arrays to lvl 125 a ship, so uh.

[onyx flame]

i think its really only to mitigate the level diff between you and the enemy

[undone plover]

Cheeky’s UR tierlist is good for this
Shows how relevant the UR are in today’s meta

Now does anyone have it

[tulip tinsel]

i 125 a ship if it's nice and shiny

[onyx flame]

/tierlist

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Ship Tier Lists

Please note that tier lists are subjective and evaluation criteria differ from creator to creator. We encourage users to use multiple guides to get a better picture for ships' performance and said criteria.

🔹Rankings for End Game Azur Lane - Applicable to all forms of late game content (W14/15, META Showdowns, OPSI, CM) by Suchiguma
🔹CN tier list by Hashtag 5467

use /equip for list of equipment TLs and guides
use /guide for list of helpful gameplay guides and FAQs

[whole crypt]

where relevant that's 10% more damage dealt and 10% less damage received

[white agate]

not the cheeky tierlist

[whole crypt]

I didn't know Aurora is an UR

[onyx flame]

i forgot about cheeky list lmao

[white agate]

wait, who superseeded sirius?

[ivory pawn]

Cheeky’s been expanding the list, I’m not digging back far enough to find the UR only list.

[whole crypt]

what do you mean supercede Sirius

[verbal plinth]

who is between shinato and aquila

[white agate]

i mean, she is transitional, so guess there is a better buffer than her

[onyx flame]

zuihou

[ivory pawn]

Zuihou, I believe.

[whole crypt]

there are ships more durable and do more damage than her while offering buffs even if it's not a better buff

[white agate]

my powerful buff for giga single damage

[whole crypt]

also the common CV fleets nowadays is no longer 3 CVs

[tulip tinsel]

why is unicorn so low

[ivory pawn]

Read the tiers, it’s not a straightforward higher is better.

[tame jungle]

the fuck do u mean "low" the explanation for her tier is literally right there

[undone plover]

Hidden UR

[whole crypt]

people apparently don't understand strikeout and sarcasm

[white agate]

wait, what cvl is good in bossing?

[white agate]

well, she is just an healer for opsi and campaign; thats it
no use in meta fight and bossing

[whole crypt]

I mean by stig's standard Cowpens apparently can boss for new players, but the top CV fleets are often the likes of SoyNak or KearYork

[atomic abyss]

cowpens as mentioned

indep can be a pretty good bosser too

[undone plover]

Altho yeah I forgot cheeky expanded the list
Dont use it as a bible to uncap 120 > 125
Some of these ships like aurora are only there for the buff which doesn’t benefit from level 125

[whole crypt]

Aurora benefits from surviving with 5 more levels to keep her debuff up

[undone plover]

Yeah
For me I uncap stuff when I need to
My sandy and indep are still 120 since it was enough for ch15

[white agate]

guess keasarage and yk2 are gonna probably rise a bit in the list to powerfukl in niche when cheeky updates it

[onyx flame]

just uncap when you need it or cause wife my og laff is my first 125 lol

[undone plover]

I also uncapped og laffey and penny before I learned arrays are limited

At least they were cheap

[white agate]

idk, i have so many dark blue chips i have no issues 125 anyone, only issue are the exp

[undone plover]

U have no issue yet

[white agate]

4200

[whole crypt]

I have too many arrays too

once your core fleet is up you kind of just stop using them

[onyx flame]

lvl 130 when

[whole crypt]

this minus however many LexII, WDP and Cowpens will take

[mighty tulip]

For new players, what should we get from event store?

[knotty jolt]

imo willie d cause she's basically free

[onyx flame]

plane and 1 copy of the ur

[whole crypt]

don't need to claim WDP now he'll have enough vouchers for free in a few days

[knotty jolt]

My mind is saying otherwise idk why

[whole crypt]

check pins there's shop priority in datamine

[knotty jolt]

in terms of the voucher amount that is

also noticed 7.7k gems

[onyx flame]

there the daily random mission for tokens but they def have to buy if they cant access sp

[whole crypt]

a lot of it is behind B3/D3 with the event ships too

[mighty tulip]

I cat sittes for my sister friend so I bought gems because I got Cow, Lexington II, and Prinz Eugen from drops

[little prawn]

Hi all, I need help prioritizing which URs to invest in. Can anyone explain which is best? I can max out 2 right now.

[knotty jolt]

Zwei

[mighty tulip]

I wanted the waifu skins LOL

[whole crypt]

what other URs do you have

[knotty jolt]

Very understandable and relatable

[mighty tulip]

If I start a game might as well enjoy it!

[knotty jolt]

Zwei, and hakuhou

[mighty tulip]

Prinz Eugen skin is 🔥

[whole crypt]

finish BisZwei and save the rest for Guam

[little prawn]

Guam?

[knotty jolt]

Ah right guam is coming soon forgot

[whole crypt]

or more rather Laffey II

[little prawn]

When does Guam and Laffey 2 come?

[onyx flame]

i was gonna say wouldnt laff2 be better

[whole crypt]

the UR event rerunning after this one ends

[knotty jolt]

15th of january

[little prawn]

Ohhh

[knotty jolt]

we get a week of reprieval before we

are setupon with another UR double event

[little prawn]

Will they both be on that event? Or Laffey 2 is a later event?

[whole crypt]

Laffey II is the shop UR like WDP is for this event

[little prawn]

Okay, so I should save to max break both Laff and Guam? Or still do Zwei and then Laffey II?

[knotty jolt]

Zwei is more important imo

[whole crypt]

do Zwei, then save the rest for Laffey II