gameplay-help

[north gorge]

No, we're just getting a maint halfway through

[wind hazel]

i wanna choke you seeing your 2LB SR ships

hood unicorn arkroyal
laf2 laffey sandiego

owari(mlb her) enterprise amagi
anchorage shimakaze roon

[ivory sigil]

How should i ask... about the Signal to Noise in mebot graph, i can see Anchorage had better score than Laffey2,
Eldridge Kai also had a similar score too

Does that mean ancho > laff2 > eld kai in most case?

[wind hazel]

@slow fox

[ivory sigil]

Hmm from chapter 10 to 12...

It is easy, only the Commander Level being gated
depend on your oil usage to exp Commander i would say it can take about 1 to 2 weeks if fast or 3 - 4 weeks if you are often busy

[meager path]

should i build another with a second fleet or i just farm X 4 W1 H mode

[tropic tusk]

if u cant do it with 1 then them do 1 mob 1 boss

[vestal yoke]

who should I mlb first? guam or laffey 2?

[eternal basalt]

If you have ships with crossfleet place them on fleet 2

[meager path]

i dont think i have those

[ivory sigil]

i forgot, is this mean Finish the beginning quest? or dev30?

[tulip tinsel]

just get the ship no dev req

iirc

any from pr6

[ivory sigil]

hmm if u already had 1 before, would it automatically clear?

[tulip tinsel]

yea

or atleast when i did the 2 pr1's it counted

[dim tundra]

how to increase commander lvl ASAP?

[brave canyon]

Farm as high in hard mode as you can

You don’t have to split to two fleets for a while, definitely not until you at least start struggling with bosses. You have to gauge whether it’s worth splitting your best ships into two teams to be able to fight the boss without the out of ammo debuff and/or residual damage from mobbing. Because unicorn healing is so strong and dealing with the damage you can go a long time without splitting.

[shadow yarrow]

What does magdeburg aug add to her

[rain vine]

makes her special barrage better

[onyx flame]

its uh 29% dmg increase
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/augment-modules/

[hollow gust]

29% on mid is

[onyx flame]

dmg is dmg

[rose whale]

how do I skip the "let pick up the loot before we forget" in opsi?

[onyx flame]

iirc turn this on

[rose whale]

thanks, lemme try

[daring sleet]

ym banner have pitty on the island planner ?

[rapid shard]

Working on getting first DDG setup.

Is this loadout correct or do i need the missile?

[austere grove]

how do I beat stage 15

[onyx flame]

You need the missile, torp slot changes after retro im pretty sure

[brave canyon]

Now that’s a good cat right?

[onyx flame]

technically its just buffing you vanguard isnt as worth as buffing your main

[brazen osprey]

Have a lot of AA and good gear

[brave canyon]

At least it’s good for a destroyer cat?

[brazen osprey]

It’s meh but you’d rather use a cat that buffs the whole fleet or the main fleet, main fleet damage is a lot better

[sweet delta]

It's a pretty good torp DD cat

Torp DD cats are bad for auto, and most people auto

And among content with cats that people might manual, campaign doesn't want the torp DD cat

[stark quiver]

Ddg without the missile is nothing

[austere grove]

aight

[sweet delta]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-15/

[livid wyvern]

For CLs are the secondary guns only used for barrages? How do I decide which gun to use

[sweet delta]

The secondary guns are only used for shooting and damage, not All out Assault. Unless the All out Assault or other ship skill states otherwise

[warm flax]

Is running two laffey 2s in campaign ideal?

[livid wyvern]

ah then the primary is used for all out assault?

[soft raft]

There is zero pratical justification for raising dupes of any variety

Not to mention you could just use Eldridge Retro or Z52 if you want/need another tanky DD

[warm flax]

Eldridge is a tank?

[sweet delta]

Yes Laffey II would be BiS in both fleets in chapter 16, but it may or may not be hard enough to warrant raising the dupe

[brave canyon]

If even harder campaign levels came out in the future it seems useful to have

[sweet delta]

Aight bet chapter 17 disabled her skill

[glacial widget]

might be a meme, but is a second laffeyII not better than both of those

[forest palm]

dupes are always there, just never recommendable due to the resources and limited scoop in which you use them

like 2x Musashi 14 was funny, but you can accomplish something similar with other current UR BB

[upbeat cedar]

Hi i need help for build a team for push story thanks

[soft raft]

Where exactly are you in campaign?

[upbeat cedar]

10

[upbeat cedar]

I stopped for a while, then started again, but I'm a bit lost.

[soft raft]

Fleet 1:
Alsace/Unicorn/Perseus (Later replace with Cowpens) | Guam or Z52/Free slot/Free slot

Fleet 2:
BisZwei/Enterprise/I guess Kearsage Laffey II/Free slot/Free slot

"Free slot" being more like any combo of Eldridge, San Diego, and whoever you didn't pick from Guam or Z52 since tbh they're all quite good and they mostly overlap pre-W13

And next time do this in a thread

[upbeat cedar]

Thanks for your help 🙂 Sorry, I didn't know there were discussions.

I'm going to try it

[slow fox]

Signal to Noise (StN) is just a slightly further abstraction of the 3STD column. I'm just borrowing terminology from the sciences. You may think of it as how "blurry" a ship's eHP is, similar to the 3STD column.

There is no reason to believe that a higher StN leads to better average performance as a tank. The only thing that StN measures is the consistency of the shipgirl relative to her eHP.

If a shipgirl has high StN, you can reasonably expect her to be consistent. Only when combined with a high nominal eHP, may you claim that she is a consistent/reliable tank.

That is the only purpose of the StN column.

For example Northampton has a StN of 10.65, but a nominal eHP of 51.72%.

This means that she's really good at dying consistently, at 51.72% of damage.

[white agate]

basically stn column is just there to say how trustable the ehp column is,
if its at 0 it means the ehp estimation is really difficult either by ship skills rng or other factors

[olive geyser]

is the type 1 AP shell better than 6CRH on an HMS BB?

[forest palm]

it's too small of a gain to bother with

[paper walrus]

Who should i get in ur exchange? I only have lb2 shinano

Usually i hear that i should only go for a different one when i mlb my current one but i have 17 ur bullins in total. Maybe its a good idea to spend 2 on shinano and pick someone else?

[sweet delta]

Show a picture of all rainbows if you want the best recommendation

[median prism]

Is the white or black shell better on NJ

[atomic abyss]

White is generally better due to the hit stat boost

[median prism]

What does Hit actually do i assume FP is damage incr but idk what hit does

[sweet delta]

After a shell or torpedo or whatever touches or splashes an enemy, hit and evasion affect whether it does damage or MISS

[atomic abyss]

The short answer is accuracy

[median prism]

Oh ty

[trim depot]

should i farm c5 or c3 zones

[ivory pawn]

Your choice. c5 is quicker. c3 means more Akashis.

[trim depot]

ok c3 it is

[olive geyser]

are the ordnance reports only available on the opsi shop or can it also drop somewhere?

[ivory pawn]

Can drop from cat nodes and siren coords.

[quaint shadow]

Just some quick plans for the future this should be fine right?

Oh well time to start farming Chapter12 again

[soft raft]

"Fine" for what?

[quaint shadow]

I guess dailies

[soft raft]

I mean W12 is pretty damn easy at safe so alot of stuff works perfecty fine

[quaint shadow]

Just wanted an eagle union fleet but no actual use for it

[signal inlet]

where can i get blueprint other than research?

[ivory pawn]

Buy 'em with coin for a ship you've developed.
Get 'em from events.

[signal inlet]

i need 300 more for kear

[ivory pawn]

Can't buy hers with coin yet, not until next year.

[soft raft]

nah she wont be coinable for a while even after the PR6 PRs get it

[ivory pawn]

Yeah, next year.

[rapid tusk]

Is it possible for me to pass the SP event?

[soft raft]

I am suprised you spent Cog arrays on Pennsylvania

lvl 125 isn't neccessary until W14/15+ which you will definetly no longer be using her by that point

I guess you could try doing solo fleet and see how well that can do (if it even allows you to do that)

[rapid tusk]

I don’t remember the guide saying to not get to 125?

[soft raft]

You're not wrong but cog array income is relatively very slow compared to cog chips so it's reccomended to be more stingy with them

[rapid tusk]

Doesn’t allow solo

[rapid tusk]

Ok noted

[soft raft]

Ok then rip
you dont even have enough ships properly raised to make a 2nd fleet yet much less 4

[rapid tusk]

I’ve only finished up to 9-4. Still need to raise my commander level

What should I focus on doing for now then?

Should I make a new fleet?

[soft raft]

Grind Hard on solo until you got enough points to get what you want from the event pt milestones

Then after that go back to grinding campaign

[rapid tusk]

I have all the stickers apart from the SP one

Should I just keep running sortie on Polaris SP5 or whatever then?

[soft raft]

Sure yeah

[rapid tusk]

Should I make a new fleet and use that since maybe I’m over levelled?

[nocturne horizon]

How do I defeat the enforcer IX exploration the bloody thing keeps healing

[onyx flame]

your fleet has to be able to nuke 55% of its hp basically esp if it has these

[soft raft]

You gotta out-DPS the heal

[ivory sigil]

hmm the Anchorage second EXPbuild quest need about 2Million EXP

So i try put USS fleet in 12-1, sorties three cost 888 oils, but only give like 2% EXP of the quest, was it too low?

[wind hazel]

no

[sweet delta]

2% is 2%

[wind hazel]

you will get the best exp per oil from 12-1, unless you wanna sacrifice cog and grind at 11-1

[ivory sigil]

I'm at 75% Anchorage exp quest, so in order to get full, i would need around 12-13 more times of three sorties, which is around 10400 oils total

[wind hazel]

sounds good

[ivory sigil]

should i wait for skyraider or i'm capable of 13+ HVAR since ít's my only great option for Lightboxx ArbieterHard ?
-# (the other option are 2 goldenHellcat and 3 goldenSeafang)

have about these much of golden mats (253 / 120 aircraft golden plate)

also was this a good gear for ST arbeiter boss right?

[wind hazel]

ehh i'd rather not +13 a single hvar just for arbiter

better off investing into a tenrai

or La9

[ivory sigil]

should i craft these for them boss?

[sweet delta]

💀 origami in the wrong fleet

[ivory sigil]

I wanna ask about a great team combination for boss

Iirc Lexi2 require an AA debuffer that can either come from Yk2, Kear or WillyD, how should i form a team with them then?

[onyx flame]

kear and willy doesnt do aa debuff

[ivory sigil]

Bruh, so willyD just there for buffing flagship?

[onyx flame]

willy is there to buff your eagle union while debuffing the enemies, kear is to buff your cv dm

[trim path]

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[molten violet]

/kick 597689440777011221 Compromised account.

[odd root]

hitlerspetcat#0 got kicked. Reason: Compromised account.

[gilded carbon]

That one is on the prowl. I habe seen it on quite a few Servers already

[stone lava]

is dr5 coin up coming any time soon? I haven't done anything past pr/dr 4 basically but I want to get Plym done fast

[onyx flame]

should be soon ™

[lyric stump]

When is la9 into shop?

Soon? Need my 3rd and 4th la9

[brave canyon]

Nubian and Friedrich Carl?

[meager path]

what account level should I aim for making second fleet?

[atomic abyss]

When you reach chapter 9

[trim depot]

are there any usable bbs I have which I shld level im so cv carried rn

[atomic abyss]

West Virginia retrofit, Pennsylvania

Tirpitz too but kinda questionable use of gold bulins if you're short
Better than investing further in Bismarck tho

[trim depot]

i have like 15 gold bulins is that decent enough?

i dont have anything else in particular i wanna limit break

[atomic abyss]

Then yes

[trim depot]

alr ty

[atomic abyss]

Will be good progress to getting Friedrich de Grosse too

[trim depot]

hopefully i can get 4 bbs before the event ends

these missions are tough af

[atomic abyss]

You only really need 2 early on

You can work towards Friedrich de Grosse in PR series 2 with Bismarck and Tirpitz

[quasi glade]

New player here, just finished ch5 and farmed purple 40mm AA for my boss fleet(mob fleet use blue ones), will also farm 3-4 repair kits for the vanguards just in case. Are there any other equipment that i should farm?(mob fleet is hood, portland and javelin)

[trim depot]

im supposed to use the blue 76 for wdp right?

or the gold one

[onyx flame]

blue is cheaper and works about the same

[onyx flame]

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

[quasi glade]

i will just go on to ch6 then 👍 ty

[rancid plume]

Hi sorry maybe a dumb question but how to I get the remaining event studio booking voucher to clear the event story. I've done the event battle maps alr

[onyx flame]

check your misisons tab > event

[rancid plume]

Ah it came up after I restarted game

[meager path]

who is good to lvl skill upgrade

[wind hazel]

everyone that you're using

except portland, fuck portland

[eternal basalt]

Inddy likes that

[warm flax]

How do I make opsi fully auto? It annoys me that I have to click the "let's move on" dialogue

[eternal basalt]

Reduce TBs dialogue

[mint prism]

Are there any requirements for fate sim? My Agir is Dev Level 30 but no option for fate sim shows

[late flame]

Thats because it isnt available yet

[mint prism]

Oh. Good to know, ty

[strange flame]

is it worth going for implacable?

or just save my cubes for next ur event

[gilded carbon]

As a permanent UR, No. Get her from perma-pity

But yes, she is good.

[agile patrol]

hii does implaclabllable work bettaer than august von parpeval?

[gilded carbon]

She is supposed to be the direct upgrade

[agile patrol]

wait but
what if i want musashi or someone else 🥺 i feel like i need to pull on implac anyways
FOMO issues if you will

[gilded carbon]

Musashi is likely to be more commonly useful

If you have to decide between them

[agile patrol]

i have 830-ish cubes
i might like. do 50 on implac for good luck

i am so going to die

[onyx flame]

Implac is lower on the prio for perma acquisition

[agile patrol]

what's the #1

[onyx flame]

Musashi

[wind hazel]

dont, waste of cubes. she hasn't been in the meta for many months, maybe even year

[onyx flame]

If you got formi shes better dmg than implac at the cost of rng stop

[agile patrol]

lets go gambling!!!

[wind hazel]

🫃🏼

[strange flame]

if i have her, how should i be using her? in what type of fleet, and what does she excell in?

[onyx flame]

Heavy armor Cv fleet when you need a stop

[strange flame]

how does she compare to formidable in that aspect, don't they do the same thing?

[wind hazel]

you use her whenever you need a freeze. doesn't matter what armour

ironically heavy armour is usually the one you can skip her, like in taihou meta when people used eldridge as substitute

in the end it all depends on the boss moving pattern

[strange flame]

there is no faster way to get rainbow bulins beside core exchange?

[wind hazel]

no

you get them from UR event and cruise pass too, other than those it's only from spcore shop

wait faster

[bleak sequoia]

Once you have many URs, you do tend to start building up a reserve of them, but that will take a couple years for most people.

[late flame]

i started playing end dec 2022 now i have all URs and building up bulin surplus

[vast sparrow]

Alright i gave up, where can i join the AL Wiki team

[late flame]

maybe poke a green name

[rapid shard]

Try posting in #wiki-feedback probably will have best luck there

[inland shoal]

You gotta join the wiki server and then apply in their applications channel

[undone plover]

is event over tomorrow? or is it only maint for archive stuff?

[onyx flame]

oh cool 60 cube event

[tulip tinsel]

What this event about

[iron berry]

Why this game has so many dead weeks

[onyx flame]

the cube one? its just sending ships on comms and the time spent nets tickets to let you buy cubes as well as some other stuff

[wary timber]

the rainbow 610 quint good or nah

[wind hazel]

good if manual, bad if auto

[wary timber]

gotcha

[trim depot]

I should craft the top one first right?

[wind hazel]

128 is cheaper

[trim depot]

ok I don’t even know how u get the previous guns required for the 130

[wind hazel]

gear lab lol

either craft 128 or just get 130 from core shop. the difference isn't gonna be significant enough to particularly choose 130 over 128 really

[onyx flame]

130 is slightly more expensive so its really just preference pick tbh

130 is a lil more annoying thou since you gotta get np boxes for the blue

[trim depot]

are those boxes only sold in the daily shop

if so then im just gonna craft the 128

[wind hazel]

like i said

[viscid swift]

medal shop, merit shop as well

[versed elk]

is rumeys bis gun still the german one with long range (pls ping with reply)

[eternal basalt]

[eternal basalt]

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

[woven star]

Usually frog AA gun. Acc still good for cv too

[versed elk]

frog aa gun is new one?

[woven star]

Yeah EU AA UR gun

[versed elk]

i thought her bis would always be a cl gun i guess not tho

[hollow gust]

It's dependent on how much Eva the boss has

[weary edge]

what exactly is this commission exchange thing

[soft raft]

When you do commissions, you'll get bonus event currency that you can use to exchange for cubes and medals

[stark quiver]

Is event ending

[weary edge]

bang

[rotund narwhal]

who is better with the pair up of lexi2 and york2

Lion or kearsarge?

[hollow gust]

Just use Keary , Lion is way more useful elsewhere

[eternal basalt]

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

[wary belfry]

anyone have any youtube vids or links for ship teams that is strong enough to clear ex or special stages?

[undone plover]

U mean for this event or in general

[wary belfry]

in general

cause even in guild the event that gives you max 301 score thingy

[undone plover]

Well each event is different tbh
And there is no cookie cutter build for EX
But u can follow #media-content
Some ppl do EX and post it there

[wary belfry]

i cant even reach 301

[undone plover]

Guild boss is very easy tbh
What do u run?
Can u borrow units?

We dont rly have a “general boss build guide”
Best way is to ask here for specific boss and get help with what u have

[soft raft]

SP you just need ships that are leveled up properly
Like I can clear it with 3 lvl 120+ ships (along with stuffing the 2nd fleet with crossfleet barrages)

[wary belfry]

one moment let me get one of my formations

[undone plover]

[eternal basalt]

SP needs 4 fleets

[soft raft]

what

[undone plover]

Gearing is also rly crucial
If u use the wrong planes and guns u will not have a fun time

[soft raft]

Oh you mean for coalition

[eternal basalt]

SP is forced coalition

[undone plover]

/equip @wary belfry check quick gear guide here and use it like cheat sheet
U will soon learn what to use

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Equipment Guides and Tier Lists

🔹 Equipment picture guide by samheart564
🔹 Quick Gear Guide by elp
🔹 Full details on equipment statistics
🔹 List of equipment safe to scrap by thebombzen
🔹 Augment modules guide

use /tierlist for list of ships TLs and guides
use /guide for list of other gameplay guides and FAQs

[wary belfry]

honestly i've been playing for years, but never really thought about properly putting them in a formation, i thought by just placing high level ships in main and a tank in vanguard is enough, but i was wrong

I'll send one of my formation in a bit, it's in the middle of an auto battle atm

[weary gust]

That works until w13. Any content beyond that begins to actually require some level of thought.

[undone plover]

No worries
In general there are a few concepts to fleet building but no one rly has put them all in a quick reference guide
U will just have to learn who is good to use with who
And how to gear stuff for bossing

Once u do a couple u will begin to learn what to do and aim for

I can help with guild boss if u want for now
Then when u have other bosses to do come back to ask for help

It is daunting at first but not that difficult to learn after a couple of times

If u want I can share a document for META fights
It is a bit wordy but really nice to read and u can learn a lot from it

But it is not really a guide so I am not sure how much it will help
But it tells u a few things about how to work around different boss gimmicks

[wary belfry]

Sure, I dont mind some advice for guild boss, at the moment I am mostly using this team for IJN

[soft raft]

Insert obligatory "Faction fleets suck" statement here

[wary belfry]

also should I or should i not use auto battle also?

[undone plover]

We are generally fans of auto battle here

This should be good vs guild boss with proper gear
Since the highest level guild boss is heavy armor

[onyx flame]

manually lets you get away with a lot more so typically auto is default

[undone plover]

Could be better tho
Can u make a thread?
Filter main ships and post images
Then filter vanguard and post images

And show me what units u can borrow from guild

I gtg now but ping me if u make the thread @wary belfry
I will come back to read it if u want
Otherwise check the gear guide I posted at least

[stoic goblet]

if a ship is level 125 with 3000000 xp extra, will it still count towards gained xp for research if i use her in my fleet?

[steady vigil]

I remember 5 years ago everyone made fun of people who didn't do faction fleets

the more things change, the more they stay the same

[weary gust]

Preeeetty sure I remember 5 years ago and faction fleets still sucked then too.

[steady vigil]

well maybe my sense of time is wrong, but absolutely in the days of nagato akaga

if anyone posted a fleet with any ijn ships in it that didn't have nagato they got made fun of

and if they posted a fleet with nagato that didn't have all ijn ships, they got made fun of

[wary belfry]

Ship Teams and Equipments

[hollow gust]

That's just not true

IJN vanguards back then were absolute fucking trash

[atomic abyss]

That was very much a pvp fleet

I was around 5 years ago lol

Faction fleets weren't as shitted on sure

But they weren't strong

[ocean fiber]

Question who’s the best healer in Azur lane?

[hollow gust]

Content dependent

DDs too op, now ships like Aquila Volga and Cowpen good enough. If no op DDs stick with Unicorn

[ocean fiber]

Are these good healers

[weary gust]

~~Content and Dependent are both very good healers. ~~

[charred pollen]

What ships are recommended to level for w16

[viscid swift]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-16-fleets

[charred pollen]

Thanks

[analog tendon]

What pieces of equip should i start +13 first? Planes? BB main guns?

[hollow gust]

BB main gun

[vivid bay]

Do I have to buy the 5000 oil data logger in OpSi every refresh or is it a one and done thing?

[ivory pawn]

Would be every month, if you wanted it.

[keen flower]

for war archive like divergent chessboard does 3* starring stages do anything?

[soft raft]

Nop

[weary edge]

how good are the series 8 prs

[soft raft]

Iirc only Kansas really has any semblance of a chance of standing out, but even then she gets blasted by the "PR BB in a UR BB meta" curse like every PR BB

[weary edge]

rip

so is there anyone worth using these series 8 blueprint selectors on

[dark hazel]

save and analyze for proto

[weary edge]

for series 8 selectors?

i usually do that for series' that are already coinable

[dark hazel]

it's either that or use them to get a ship you're not going to use to dev 30 quicker
for the pr selectors specifically, drs meck/golden are both great ships so you could use on them

[weary edge]

yeah im like 40 bps away from dev30 meck

[undone plover]

can also use em on bayard but she should get catchup soon

[ivory pawn]

Could use them to finish off s8 PRs if they’re close enough, one less ship showing up as a face research means more Meck/Gouden face researches.

[scarlet cosmos]

What should I do between events? So far I’m just grinding for PR/DR ships and level up ships/regaining resources

[undone plover]

that is pretty much it
level ships for opsi
then start farming tech
and work on shipyard

[soft raft]

Is the Iris UR AA fine for W16 if I dont have enough of the Twin 76mm

I can make like two out of the 5 needed to copy the fleet in Suchi guide

[lyric stump]

Manjuu need add drop pity to all main campaigns

Is there accurate drop rate of 16-4?

[soft raft]

droprates are all serverside so no

[lyric stump]

Wym all serverside

[soft raft]

/droprate

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Q: What are the drop rates for __?
A: Map drop rates are unknown and cannot be datamined, due to being server-side. The only one known is 0.75% for Akagi/Kaga (individually) on 3-4. Community data collection suggests the other gold ship drop rates are somewhat similar, however.

Q: Then where should I farm for __?
A: Farm the highest map you can for it. Higher stages give more EXP, upgrade parts, equipment, and shop currency. Community data collection suggests the drop rates are also probably higher on higher worlds.

[soft raft]

IE that info isn't datamineable

[lyric stump]

Ah 😭 😭 😭
Almost 40k still no drop

[stoic basalt]

are lexington2/william d porter good or should i prioritize mlbing one of the other URs im missing?

[turbid marsh]

They are good. You should complete laffey and Bismarck first. Then wait for feb UR. Or can wait for Feb UR then finish laffey Bismarck

[vale spindle]

Focus on one UR at a time you don't want to spread bulins around

[soft raft]

^
It's either MLB or bust

[vale spindle]

you should get zwei and laff ii mlb first

vanguard you can use duplicates from the ur pity

[soft raft]

If you spread your bullins around, you're 100% gonna get caught with your pants down when a new UR that suddenly becomes the highest priority shows up

[stoic basalt]

I always keep a reserve of prio things for this specifically

[stoic basalt]

what are they good at specifically? if it's campaign then they'll remain untouched 🙏

[turbid marsh]

Laffey2 is good all around. Doesn’t matter opsi or PvP or campaign. Bismarck is good campaign and do quite well with bosses too. There are better ones now but I don’t see lion sama so she is safe to mlb as she is good enough for contents you grind, except the currently Yorktown meta that you need to do 2-3 times + help anyways.

[hallow ember]

Currently on Chapter 14-2 and beat the boss twice but now get randomly knocked out with the same fleet. While I don't have all the optimum equipment on them, most are there (damage/tank wise) and are 10+. Are Augments needed to consistently clear? They're the only equipment in the game I haven't built anything for in the endgame.

[soft raft]

W14 came out years before augments came out, and even then, augments mostly aren't really gonna help you that much

W14 just happens to be the start of RNG affecting runs being way more noticeable and you have to start resetting fights if things dont go your way

[hallow ember]

Oh, so if my flagship/main fleet starts eating it, just exit out and reroll huh if I have beaten it before. Ty, I thought I was just really bad

[slim hinge]

Is it worth getting a second Laffey II? I have 200 UR tokens and trying to decide to get her again or exchange them for coins.

[scarlet cosmos]

I use it to limit break

[weary gust]

No reason for ship dupes aside from limit break material.

[rapid shard]

Some people keep a lvl1 laff2 for ex high score runs

[brave canyon]

You should use augments if you don’t now though, they’re pretty decent

[brave canyon]

I would get a second if you can, you might want two one day even though it’s not very necessary

Laffey 2 is something special

[cursive ridge]

does fighting higher ranks in exercises move your rank up higher?

[viscid swift]

if the score between you and your opponent is high enough

[twilit rapids]

at how many rainbow 76mms does getting another to +13 become low priority?

[hollow gust]

only 76 and the occasional sextuple is worth AA plates

[sweet delta]

I've never converted selector plates to AA

[chilly ether]

Do you get any resources in the main game for playing the Island Planner, or is it just pointless content

[viscid swift]

mostly just pointless content

[soft raft]

Is the Iris UR AA fine for W16 if I dont have enough of the Twin 76mm to recreate this fleet?

And if so, who would be highest prio for the 2 Twin 76mm AA guns that I do have

[hollow gust]

laffey and sandy

[sweet delta]

Does wdp slot 3 beat laffii slot 3? @slow fox

Just give them sextuple if you have it +13

[soft raft]

Ight

[slow fox]

What does slot 3 mean

[sweet delta]

Equipped AA gun

[slow fox]

Both have same efficiency, so it all comes down to total (average) AA stat

[sweet delta]

Wdp has +50% eff

[slow fox]

For slot 3 as well!?!?

-# Oh I guess yeah no need to exclude

WDP has higher AA stat, too, so

It's default winning

Laffey II has ghost gun which puts her above

[slow fox]

Here's the actual damagemod to demonstrate how much Laffey II AA is carried by her ghost gun

[slim hinge]

Aww... Too late. I already exchanged my UR tokens to coins. But you're right that Laffey 2 is special. That's why I oathed and got her to 200 affinity. When she becomes permanent I'll make sure to pick her up.

[brave canyon]

Is it normal to just use low dmg giga spam torps on WDP now?

[viscid swift]

Well no

Depends if you want to sync her damage buff or not

But if you don't I'd rather use the PR8 torps myself

[brave canyon]

What are the pr8 torps?

OIC

[sweet delta]

/wiki si 270

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Azur Lane Wiki

Multiple results found

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Submarine-mounted_Si_270_Torpedo
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Prototype_533mm_Quadruple_Si270_Torpedo_Mount

Jan 29, 2026, 4:29 AM

[tacit mortar]

guys are the surface torps that are able to damage subs a good alternative to the hedgehog?

[wind hazel]

no

why, what happened to your hedgehog

[zenith heron]

||Please don't be me who deleted mine years ago||

[tacit mortar]

someone else is using it and was in the middle of battle

[wind hazel]

well finish the battle

[tacit mortar]

I am using multiple fleets.

[wind hazel]

explain to me how is hedgehog a requirement on another fleet other than your mob fleet

[weary edge]

is maintenance tn

[wind hazel]

soon, 2 hr

[weary edge]

bang

[tacit mortar]

too much subs irritate me and I was alternating my fleet per runs. and I only have one hedgehog xD

[wind hazel]

... so move the hedgehog when you're not using the other fleet

[tacit mortar]

its in auto repeat.

[wind hazel]

.

are you a robot

[clear harbor]

Wait, I'm supposed to put the Hedgehog on my mob fleet? Not my boss fleet? 😩

[wind hazel]

🫃🏼 you guys are truly something special

[covert sierra]

Will the current weekly task last till the next monthly reset? (I'm thinking of claiming it when the specialized core limit reset)

[wind hazel]

yes monthly resets on sunday

but it's also pointless to wait if you are active in playing the game

[clear harbor]

Do I just ignore Hedghogs/depth charges on my boss fleet assuming enemy subs won't really do significant damage?

[wind hazel]

subs usually dont appear on boss node

[tacit mortar]

yes or no, is the surface torp that can hit subs a good hedgehog alternative?

[wind hazel]

idk if event has some weird sub on boss node but in campaign they dont

[wind hazel]

@tacit mortar

[elfin tapir]

ive had this commission for weeks now but 1200 oil seems too expensive, is it actually worth it or nah

[hexed glen]

If you were lucky enough to get cube commission, yes. But for the most part, not anymore.

[placid loom]

If you need cubes, refreshing it can be worth it, but there are more oil efficient ways to get coins

[whole crypt]

once you reach ch9 you're better off grinding for XP and coins

[viral tangle]

guys is hakuryuu a good pair for shinano?

[whole crypt]

yes but it's also an aged pair depending on what you have

[viral tangle]

what do you mean by aged pair?

[sweet delta]

powercrept by some other rainbows

[ivory sigil]

We gonna had 6h maint?

Hmm i think i better discontinue my textbook and renew before maint start

[ivory sigil]

The skillbook training seem never take a rest... do people with 100% ship obtain had all their ship skill maxed out 100%?

[ivory sigil]

What was the aux next to your hedgehog and how to use/why use it?

[thorn tartan]

the event isn't over already is it?

[zenith heron]

its till next week, this update mainly concerns Implacable's Event being moved to War Archives

[thorn tartan]

good, i need to figure out how many new ships there are and try to get them

[zenith heron]

Improved Depth Charge, basically a worse Hedgehog, since you really can't get a 2nd Hedgehog ever unless Manjuu says something

[thorn tartan]

i wish there was a checklist in the game, showing me what new ships are and if I pulled them yet

like a thumb nail for each ship on the ship building event tab

i just looked it up, there are only 2 new ships in the event pool?

[strong tartan]

yes since this is a minor coalition ecent

[robust plinth]

eumm, just starting opsi here. should i clear all the zones daily or keep clearing new ones?

[whole crypt]

that kind of takes a while

[whole crypt]

clear everything first, especially if you're still working on OS story

[strong tartan]

what was the strat for scharn metas fight? was it to kill the subs before they reach ur backline

[sweet delta]

i think it's to deal damage to medium armor. And bring a hedgehog for consistency

[analog tendon]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/images/equip_misc/%2B13_Priority.jpeg
Why does it says to prioritize +13 the GOLD bb guns over the rainbow ones? Aren't gold plates really valuable and scarce?
It says is cheaper to +13 the gold one but wouldn't it be more effective to just straight up save until you can +13 something you will NOT soon replace?

[onyx flame]

You can +13 3 gold for the price of 1 rainbow

But there also other factors to consider like how many of said rainbows you alr have etc

[analog tendon]

Ok that puts it a bit more into perspective. Didn't realize the difference in resources needed was THAT big

[proper violet]

Is implacable good?

[whole crypt]

if this is because she's going perm then she's not bad but specifically she's used for her stop mostly in CV fleets

[faint cloud]

you can have 3 tables in tw server

[whole crypt]

TW best server?

[boreal wagon]

im not sure how youd have gotten 3

bc tw also only ran it twice and has a quota of 2 in core

[faint cloud]

it's said the tables in the event shop can bypass the limit

[boreal wagon]

oh they added it to core first and then reran it

thats cursed af

[soft raft]

[wind hazel]

we need vanguard to rerun again

[white agate]

wtf, lets invade them

[soft raft]

[faint cloud]

nah, they took it back

[wind hazel]

uninvade them

[late flame]

sadge

[boreal wagon]

why did they remove it from core shop temporarily when the issue was event shop, i swear AL does things in the weirdest way

[white agate]

already took the wafer factories

[soft raft]

[ivory sigil]

Oh... so i should +13 my 2BB Golden gun before i had my 1st Rainbow BB gun

Cuz 2 months in and i have like 20 BPs Meck gun
Perhaps i would have 1 by march2026

[ivory sigil]

Should i 13+ my table too?

[jolly condor]

what does implacable do?

[onyx flame]

her main role is to freeze enemeis in place

[jolly condor]

😗so i don’t need her

that seems mainly useful in boss fleets or opsi

[harsh cargo]

This event is annoying. Am I supposed to manually start the hardest stage phases every time or

[inner delta]

yea, you can loop 5x

then you have to click to start it again

[harsh cargo]

Weird they added no auto runs

[inner delta]

loop 5x is an auto run

[harsh cargo]

I don't see it

[inner delta]

its beside the enter battle, you can set it to run 5x

[harsh cargo]

Oh... only on lower stages. Weird they don't have it for higher ones I meant smh

[inner delta]

hard is the highest, the other 2 is sp and ex

[woven star]

He maybe meant sp. Which's weird cuz sp doesn't have auto

[inner delta]

you cant do sp more than once, so theres no point to have auto run

[woven star]

Same as others events which had sp auto

[inner delta]

auto run or auto moving ship

[woven star]

Only if you pass first time

[inner delta]

because like if you can only the stage once a day, the auto run wont matter

[woven star]

Maaaan. Don't be stupid. Or maybe I said smthing unclear. In other event after first time you finished you can run on auto SP map on another day and yes, SP only once per day. But this event you should click after each boss to move next one. But hard or lowest stages has autobossing

[inner delta]

oh that what you mean

i thought you just mean auto running another time like repeat stage

[woven star]

No. After each boss on SP you should press to move on next one and it's 4 times

[inner delta]

yea ok

[ivory sigil]

yay i got anchorage as my 1st PR, 1st is use all BP on her right?

[jaunty vault]

scammy

@inner delta

[trail dagger]

well this is a lot of cube

[knotty dome]

what level are the ships in SP?

[onyx flame]

110 iirc

[undone plover]

use catchup on her yes
the 300 free blueprints from PR4

for selectors u shouldnt need to use it on her since she can also be coined
I recommend up to 10 times coin per day until she is FS5

[ivory sigil]

so 1st is lvl her up to 70 and use some BPs and then start farm exp for her?

[tulip tinsel]

that's what I did with her

[fluid fjord]

Is the fair winds battle pass thing worth the paid tier? They look like good rewards

[muted wind]

it's worth it if you want the skin and gems... or if you feel like the extra resources are worth the price to you

[undone plover]

70 might be low for ch12 but 85+ should be fine

[fluid fjord]

Ok thank you

[simple nacelle]

Some tips for this event?

[tulip tinsel]

You just do commission

[simple nacelle]

Any commission better than others? With more reward

[whole crypt]

the points are based linearly on length, just keep your commissions uptime up

[tulip tinsel]

you get one like every 5mins

[viscid swift]

you get the same number of points per minute(s) for each commission

[undone plover]

Does guild boss move?

Someone remind me

[undone plover]

Iirc sam did the math a while back and something like 20% uptime was enough to max everything

And just doing 4 8 hour comms is like 33% uptime

[eager mulch]

[south bluff]

Do general blueprints become exchangeable once everyone is sim 5?

[undone plover]

U can convert them any time to anyone in the same or lower series

To analyze BP to protocore the ship needs to be d30

[fluid compass]

Who should I start LBing next? I have a letter thing that gives a copy of Shinano, as well as that Bulin.

All those URs at the bottom are 0lb

[onyx flame]

how many ur bulins can you get im tempted to say laff2 but your prob should just hold and wait to see feb ur

[fluid compass]

Uhhh Im close to another proto core exchange

[onyx flame]

compiler? she does but i think she also stops at certain timing iirc

[soft raft]

Once a ship reaches D30 you can analyze excess BPs for protocore

This still applies if they have a fate sim as long as you didn't tick the box telling the game to reserve BPs for fate sim

[weary edge]

the new meta ship looks super cool is there a chance she'll be useable

[ivory pawn]

Unfortunately, she’s a purple META.

[flint kindle]

Do these starters matter

[weary edge]

id go with z23 or laffey, they dont really matter aside from fleet tech

[ivory pawn]

Nope. You’ll get whoever you don’t choose fairly quickly from map drops.

[weary edge]

that too

[flint kindle]

Ok ty

Is building the equivalent of pulling in this game

[ivory pawn]

Yep.

[tall kite]

I have a ultra rare gun but it’s only equips by CB

What is a CB

[stoic horizon]

CBs are Large Cruisers like Guam

There aren't so many in-game rn, but Guam, Ägir and Brest would be examples

[flint kindle]

Do pulls expire when a banner ends

[robust onyx]

Kron might be the easiest CB to pick up

[soft raft]

No lmao
Otherwise saving up for URs would be physically impossible (400 cubes needed for pity)

[flint kindle]

Ah ok. So i can pull on this banner but not be screwed if I don't get anything before the next starts?

[soft raft]

Yes
but this banner is pretty whatever so I'd just save for UR

[eternal basalt]

(Except with UR banner)

[soft raft]

Also give this a read if you haven't already
https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[flint kindle]

Ty I'll check it out

You have to...wait to get your pull?

[ivory pawn]

Technically.

[soft raft]

what

[brave canyon]

Event looks like

-12 event tokens per hour, 48 per hour with four commissions

-A smidgeon more than 6 hours per cube

-4 cubes per day

-15 days of constant uptime for the 60 cubes out of a two month event so roughly 25% uptime required for just cubes

-about 40% uptime to buy out the whole shop

[ivory pawn]

If you don’t overuse them early, you’ll get more Quick Finishers than you can reliably use so you never have to wait.

[flint kindle]

Ah ok

Well i got her so. Ig I'll use her?

[ivory pawn]

Just don’t waste ‘em on the daily pull and you shouldn’t run out.

[flint kindle]

What's the daily pull? I didn't see that anywhere

[tulip tinsel]

read the guide dawg

[ivory pawn]

There’s a daily mission to pull one time, gives back a cube. So pull Light once a day for a full refund on the pull.

[flint kindle]

With all due respect i was just recommended. I'm not gonna see or understand everything immediately

[ivory pawn]

Also yes. Swap out Penn for her in the beginner fleet.

[soft raft]

1 light pull per day since light banner only costs 1 cube
the mission gives a cube too so you essentially get a refund for that cube you spent

[ivory pawn]

As a disclaimer btw, there are two types of pity. That x/400 you see on the side is for standard URs, never goes away. There’s also a pity for new URs, this does not carry over.

[flint kindle]

The chick i pulled is the one that doesn't Carry over?

[ivory pawn]

There is no current UR banner, there’s only a couple per year.

So any pulls right now go into the standard pity.

[flint kindle]

Oh gotcha

How many stars do urs have? 4?

[tulip tinsel]

3 at 0 limit break at mlb 6

[ivory pawn]

Also three, but they’re rainbow.

[flint kindle]

Oooooo shiny 😯

[plush moon]

how you get more of this?

[soft raft]

Check your missions tab

[fiery raptor]

who are the ideal subs for w16 sortie and -1 and -2 support

current plan is archer/flasher/alba sortie and 404/vinki/baracca for support. Any changes I should make?

[plush moon]

i don't see any of those, is it daily or what?

[soft raft]

If your screen looks like this then you already got them all

[plush moon]

nope 4/8

[eternal basalt]

Event tab

[plush moon]

yeah i did check event tab

[sweet delta]

Nobody knows, but it's certainly not wolfpacks https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-16-mechanics/#16-1-and-16-2-sub-support-mechanics

[plush moon]

oh yeah my game is bugged

[soft raft]

Force close the game then relaunch, could be a desync

[plush moon]

yeah it's fine now, thanks

[weary edge]

oh hey look the akashi pawprint lol

[tall kite]

I’m almost done upgrading Agir

It’s crazy that I built agir like 2 months ago and she’s almost finished vs hindenburg I built 6+ months ago and is still not finished

[soft raft]

tfw Agir can be coinable while Hindenburg cant

[tall kite]

Yeah that’s exactly why

I’ve been spending 13k on Agir everyday vs Hindenburg where I get max 2-3 blueprints per day

[viscid swift]

sounds like poor choice of researches then

[tall kite]

nah I’ve been following the guide

straight up, I just have horrible luck

[viscid swift]

how long has your research focus been on PR6

[tall kite]

Like 2 months

[viscid swift]

yeah well there you go

give it another 2-3 months at least

[tall kite]

Still I have it on rn

[tall kite]

I need 30 blueprints

[glass aurora]

Should I use these?

[soft raft]

Always convert those into protocore
XP Grind is the easy part of research

[glass aurora]

you say that but I have done everything but the XP. I get that it is just a time gate, I was just curious if it was worth to reduce that time. Can I convert them into protocore now or do I need to wait for something?

[stark quiver]

just hold onto them
the grind is easy

[soft raft]

the protocore is more valueable than you saving a couple of days worth of grind

the ship would be picking up dust in your dock until you get them to D30 anyways

[tall kite]

https://tenor.com/view/lying-wong-gif-7845920779899236663

[glass aurora]

https://tenor.com/view/chicken-gif-2568640736599761295

[soft raft]

Also no off topic gifs/images btw

[viscid swift]

the implication that what blaster said was false is just wrong

[sweet delta]

your nickname is wrong

[soft raft]

lol

[stone lava]

corro 3 is the best for farming meowofficer spots right?

[rain vine]

c3 if you have time
c5 if you dont

[stone lava]

thx

Also UVH, Shimakaze, Kron. These are the only ones I dont have still from the UR perma exchange. Are they all outdated at this point?

[sweet delta]

Is everyone else MLB?

[stone lava]

yeah i got everyone else mlb. I missed all their reruns

[sweet delta]

All 3 have good usage outside of primary fleets. Like crossfleet or tech

You should get UvH to level 120 first , you don't need to use bulins on her to do so

[stone lava]

ok I'll prio her first then

forgot abt crossfleet yeah

[tulip tinsel]

Zero to hero really rerun after this shit ass event?

[viscid swift]

yes

[tulip tinsel]

[stark quiver]

how many days left

[soft raft]

like a week

[stark quiver]

i havent even broken 10k points 😭

[white agate]

skill issue

i had to farm lion to 200 affinity and it took 1 day

[leaden mountain]

anyone know what i should make my fleet 2 and 3? im having trouble in the event

on hard

[dark hazel]

can you use your fleet to solo clear?

[stark quiver]

its more of a skill issue not having lion 125/200 by end of her event

[strong tartan]

filter through level not rarity

[undone plover]

it is logical to assume this map has a better chance to drop scharnhorst for me correct?
compared to the second one where there is 5 purples

[forest palm]

All I'm hearing is, "oops, all Sims"

[glass aurora]

I was told to save my medals to get Enterprise ASAP. But I already have double now, who is my next priority and can I get them now?

[forest palm]

Seriously though if you have the SSR and SR in the second table then may as well farm the first one

[undone plover]

tbf I could use a copy of z46 or whichever z-bote that gal is

[undone plover]

alabama if u lack a good BB
and get that specialized core if u are left with spare

[glass aurora]

Theses are the BBs I have

[undone plover]

francesco is good enough tbh so is constellation

u have a few options
1-full invest in spec core (for UR bulins)
2-gold bulins so u can push (MLB stella)
3-get tirpitz for KMS tech
4-also get a CV for tech points

I would get the cheaper spec core first (the one that costs 6 medals each)
then decide what u want to do after that

[glass aurora]

My only UR rn is Guam would investing in the spec core make me able to use her over Portland?

[undone plover]

how much spec core u have and how many UR bulins

[glass aurora]

I don't have any UR bulins I think, don't know about spec cores

I'll check after the sortie I'm doing

[undone plover]

yeah show me
it is almost always worth to grab the spec core
next month will be another UR
and UR are in a league of their own

also there are many good UR in perma exchange now like musashi and vanguard (and implacable soon)

on the other hand if u are short on gold bulins they can help MLB your main fleet now and push faster

[glass aurora]

These are my cores, definitely no UR bulins, I have 9 gold bulins

[glass aurora]

Should I change my fleet to push faster as well or is it best to stick to what I’m using. The only ones I have invested in other than levels is unicorn, Portland and Helena

[undone plover]

have you capped this month's spec core?

[glass aurora]

Javelin as well actually is invested in retrofit

[undone plover]

fleet looks decent for now
just MLB stella
this event is kinda easy idk if u would struggle if u one fleet hard mode

did muse ships count for collection

[glass aurora]

No

[undone plover]

if u have weekly missions left claim them
getting another 700 would be nice

[glass aurora]

I'm phase 16/20 on weeklies

Also that Bulin support plan is something I need to do right?

[undone plover]

ok so I think buy enough spec core to reach an x000 target
for example if month was over today I would buy 700 or 1700 to end on 3000 or 4000
anything more is kinda useless anyway
if u are active u should cap next month at 5k anyway so it wont matter

[undone plover]

it is just extra spec core so sth nice to have for newbies

[jaunty vault]

isn't that the free ur bulin event

[glass aurora]

This is what it says

[jaunty vault]

wow

[undone plover]

ok imo last day of the month buy the 1k cheap spec core (that is 60 medals)
then buy enough of the other one that is 10 medals each to reach a nice round number for example now u need 700 to reach 3000

<@&472236072743600148> <@&460646206851252224>

fast

[jaunty vault]

are links blocked for these

[undone plover]

yeah just do these things when u get a chance
it is just like an extra bulin + 2k spec core total
imo save your spec core for next month UR
guam is good but she wont be that amazing for u atm

[undone plover]

and do this for the medal shop

if u have medals left after that get tirpitz for KMS techpoints

[glass aurora]

When does this new UR come out? Start of the month?

[undone plover]

end of Feb more likely

[strong tartan]

maybe end of feb

[undone plover]

by then u will have ~4 bulins probably

which is enough for MLB

[glass aurora]

Don't know how long it takes but what if I get the UR from the newbie handbook missions? Does that change anything or is another Guam

[undone plover]

they are good
all UR are very good
but why invest in sth old when the new one will probably be better

i recommend when u have enough bulins for MLB come back and ask
a lot can change by then

[glass aurora]

4 right?

[undone plover]

yeah 4 copies for MLB

[brave canyon]

Shinano is very good but probably lower prio than incoming new releases and definitely lower prio than Soyuz (who is coming soon as well)

NJ is considered power crept by other URs and is very low prio

[broken anchor]

Are any of these ships worth keeping?

[brave canyon]

Kashino for the art
||no||

[stark quiver]

cruiser eva tech isnt worth keeping?

[stark quiver]

keep natori, rodney, mogami, and ying swei

or everyone if you wanna level them up for fleet tech stats later on

[weary edge]

when does bzwei come to perma

[viscid swift]

In a few months probably

[weary edge]

oh are there any good ships in zero to hero

[soft raft]

Friedrich Carl and Nubian but even then they're kinda whatever these days, especially Nubian now that we have alot of tanky UR DDs

[weary gust]

Is zero to hero the name of an event or is he talking about characters you can get at the very start of the game that are still relevant end game?

[rapid shard]

event

[soft raft]

the event that Ansongate spawned from

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

[zenith peak]

hi, does this mean no more than 2-3/fleet or no more than 2-3 in your entire dock ?

[stark quiver]

yeah
if you are a new player at least

[soft raft]

the latter
If it was the former, it would've been clarified otherwise

[zenith peak]

ah ok, tnx

[rain bobcat]

you can't even have more than 3 per fleet

[dull heath]

I feel so dumb asking for ch14 of all things lmao, but any recommendations to improve my mob fleet? I’ve been putting off campaign for months and though my mob fleet has cleared all the way through 14-4, it’s only done 1 clear of 14-4 and it was a little shaky. I can show the fleet I’m using, and ik it isn’t at all optimal lol

[soft raft]

Go ahead and show it

[dull heath]

Again, farrr from optimized…

[weary gust]

Perseus is the main issue. Also likely some gear could be improved.

[soft raft]

Ditch Perseus
her +90% longer reload time heavily screws her over starting from W14 where fights can't be concluded that fast before her long reload time starts getting painfully obvious

[viscid swift]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-14-brief

[glass aurora]

Sorry just realized I don't have this 60 medal 1k spec core item you said to buy

[dull heath]

Ok yeah, Perseus seemed like a problem with how long her reload is, I just saw a lot of ch14 fleets using 2 healers

[crisp raven]

i could not find the video about the withe shell and the royal navy shell

[soft raft]

Video?
All you need to know is that Yellow Shell is too small of a upgrade for Royal Navy BBs to justify buying it instead of White Shell, not to mention Yellow Shell is exclusively locked to Royal Navy BBs so it's useless otherwise

[fluid fjord]

Hi, I assume I should buy one sr BB, and one DD from the monthly medal shop but idk who or maybe 2 of one type. Any recommendations? I’m new so I don’t have much. I sorted by BB and then by DD to show what I have for each class

[soft raft]

You cannot buy two of the same type

[sweet delta]

1. Alabama and Kazagumo
2. You should've bought them earlier, but better late than never
3. Stop leveling ships for two fleets, put all your strongest ships in one, drop Warspite, max limit break Francesco

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

[fluid fjord]

Gotcha, didn’t catch the 1/1 thank you

[fluid fjord]

I’ve only been actively leveling feet 2 which is my boss fleet. The other fleet is just from mob farming and cycling in the dorm.

I read that warspite was really good once you refit her?

I’m glad to hear that about Francesco cause I haven’t heard if she’s good or not yet

[soft raft]

If you are not at W9 yet, dont even think of working on a 2nd fleet

Warspite is only good once you retrofit her and get her unique augment, but even then she'd be roughly as good as NJ and UVH, which is basically lower tier UR BB. This is very expensive to do, and meanwhile you can just get Musashi from perma pity later down the line instead

[sweet delta]

You've got it backwards then, the mob fleet is for leveling , and you shouldn't even have a mob and boss fleets

[fluid fjord]

I just got to w6 cause of my rank I just got to lv 40. Ok noted I’ll drop warspite and swap her in for Alabama I assume for the time being

[sweet delta]

No, depends

Francesco is way better than Alabama, idk what else you have besides BBs and DDs

[fluid fjord]

I had a couple sr and a fair bit of elites so I used the tier list to find out which ones ranked high and then if it specifically said that it was good for boss or mob fleets so I just split them from there

[fluid fjord]

I’m not sure how to remove the star up units but these are the units I have

And since I’m here asking already. Should I throw my UR bulin into Guam or wait unit I get another UR?

[sweet delta]

What's your UR pity at out of 400?

And did you get Guams rainbow gun

[fluid fjord]

Only at 60, I have 134 cubes saved for the next banner cause I heard there would be another ur with it

[soft raft]

It's either MLB or bust when it comes to URs

[soft raft]

Not specifically next banner, we're getting a non-UR rerun for the next one

More like we're highly likely to get a new UR in late Feb

[fluid fjord]

No I’m not sure how to get that. If it was strictly with the event that just passed I didn’t get it same with laffey 2, I started playing probably a week till the event ended so I didn’t have enough currency to buy anything

[fluid fjord]

Oh lame. I was hoping it was going to be one with a ur. I want to do pulls but I want them to be on banners that are good so I was waiting till the next one. Boo

[whole crypt]

should I just take the 2.5 G

[sweet delta]

You can use
Francesco Unicorn Saratoga
Portland/Eugen Helena Boise/Z23
for now. Use Boise if you have the crystals needed to max limit break her

[sweet delta]

And be sure to read this

[soft raft]

Prob yeah
Unless you want to get a few extra Hinden BPs for whatever reason

[fluid fjord]

Ok thank you for the advice. since I got Alabama and kaga, are those two that I should work to mlb after Francesco?

I only started to invest into warspite cause she was in the EX tier so I assumed she was worth the investment and to refit her but I’ll definitely stop with that

[soft raft]

ECTL hasn't been updated for a long ass while

[sweet delta]

No, you don't invest important things like bulins until you'll actually need to use the ships. Ask again when you reach an oil cap map like chapter 9.
Dorm should be used by your one fleet for morale, not really for exp on level 1 ships

[sweet delta]

All tier lists don't do cost analysis

[sweet delta]

That's not really relevant though, Warspite would still be tier EX even if they updated now

[fiery raptor]

how is she in endgame viability for 16

[stark quiver]

Absolute shit

[fiery raptor]

just pvp or not even?

[stark quiver]

She is a poor man’s cope boat in PvP right now

[sweet delta]

I'd assume Warspite can be carried through a 16-4 auto lethal 3 star

[fiery raptor]

In boss or mob?

[sweet delta]

Boss fleets are expected to take some mobs

[trim depot]

I don’t understand how i can reach 2400 trp with only 4 dd slots

[wind hazel]

not only dd provide torp stats

[trim depot]

my cl and cas only give like 120 I guess im supposed to level those up to max?

[wind hazel]

well not all dd also give high torp stats, so it kinda depends

[sweet delta]

Not all cl CA give trp

Where requires 2400 trp?

[trim depot]

im tryna do 12-3 hard

also just realised I don’t have enough AA

I might just stick to 11-3

[sweet delta]

I'd expect someone who would be able to clear 12 hard to also be able to meet the requirements easily

[trim depot]

idk if I can clear it cuz I can’t even attempt it lol

[wind hazel]

surely you can have enough with just 3 dd

[trim depot]

holy

[sweet delta]

I can do it with only 1 DD but I don't think that's helpful for new players without oxytorps

[weary gust]

Sanfran, Saratoga, Enty, Rupp, Ancho, Helena are all hardly optimal picks too. Ayanami is just trp stat padding.

[wind hazel]

if i put all UR and optimal he wont be able to replicate it, can he

[weary gust]

Point was that there's a ton of leeway.

[wind hazel]

only if you have a lot of ships raised

easiest way to pad torp stats is to raise japanese dd, they tend to have high torp stats. then use oxytorp wherever you can. gold ones work
some BC also give torp stats, but you might not have them in hand

[trim depot]

i managed to reach the torp req but im like 350 below the aa req so im not gonna try anymore

[whole crypt]

roughly when is new pr series again? July?

[forest palm]

between early to mid specifically

[robust plinth]

happened when i want to start commission?

[north gorge]

Restart the game

[forest palm]

it's a form of desync, so when you see it restarting fixes it

[whole crypt]

so I have roughly 5.5 month to get more plyguns

[sweet delta]

You have until EoS to mass produce ply guns

[whole crypt]

yeh but we don't know if we'll want to pump PR9 rainbow when it comes

[north gorge]

Just do opsi and use gear lab?

[sweet delta]

Fr I can craft 19 more ply guns rn

[whole crypt]

I'm not counting gear lab, yet

[robust plinth]

it said having lvl30 meowfficers is recommended on opsi, should i randomly upgrade or is there a tier list for them?

[ivory sigil]

Hi i reach lv95 a minute ago

can someone give a good auto team for DailyRaid plate SP lv95

[whole crypt]

for OS specifically you want any 2 lv30 SR cats for the best drop odds on your meowfficer salvange nodes (the yellow paw nodes)
for actual cat options where it matters: https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Riceist/CatGuide

which one was plate raid, torp dodging?

wasn't there something with Odin/Noshiro/Duca Degli Abruzzi/Helena that can just facetank the torps with almost no damage

[ivory sigil]

the fubuki one

[whole crypt]

yeh I mean I don't remember what the content of the fight is, most of us out on the rear end just autoskip 3 runs a day

[ivory sigil]

what differ air and firepower?

[hollow gust]

Firepower takes more damage from FP based damage

[sweet delta]

For different plates

[whole crypt]

air drops plane and aa gun plates
firepower drops gun and torp plates

[onyx flame]

isnt that just the dodge torp mission, manual it and run cv to clear the map of torps

[brave canyon]

This talents a meme right?

[solemn ice]

its not great just 3 speed, especially on cv chat

you just want flame aggression

[brave canyon]

Ofc lol

I would have snap picked the avi but 6 avi vs 3 speed seems like it could be a serious choice

Actually I only have one slot left

Avi it is

[stark quiver]

I use it for EX

[stark quiver]

The purpose of a cat is usually to maximize damage
Which speed doesn’t do

[brave canyon]

Early game defense is a consideration and this cat is getting fed later anyways

[stark quiver]

its 3 speed
what are you defending against

[hollow gust]

How tf does speed help with defense

[stark quiver]

yo chill bruh 💀

anyways, if you think more speed = being able to dodge more enemy fire
then theres an almost equal chance that the added speed might make you run into it
since game ai is kinda dum

[robust plinth]

should i use all my meowfficers and dump it on only 2 meowfficers so i can reach lvl 30?

[brave canyon]

It helps dodge aimed shots, even with random movement

I guess this doesn’t help much about bosses but I’m asking because I don’t really know how to weight it

More speed also feels really good while playing manual, though I don’t know if it’s so powerful there either

[hollow gust]

3 speed means absolutely nothing , boss shells more often then not have enough splash to catch out your units

[brave canyon]

No keep a bunch of the good SSR cats, epics are more safe to toss but some are worth keeping as well. At the very least keep 2 sub cats, 2 carrier cats and 2 BB cats

[ivory sigil]

Well, it's early game, doesnt need that much to pay attention to cats

-# Make sure after cat is being feeded, you still had other cat for other fleet (for exp, no worry about shjt ability)

But yeah people suggest you to had 2 SR cats with both being lv20 in opsi for catnode reward

[hot oriole]

Hmmm
Where should I put Laffey II in?
(Left is boss fleet, right is mob fleet)

[hollow gust]

Pick whichever fleet struggles more
If boss then Sandy replaces Laffey , Laffey 2 replaces Sandy
If mob bye bye Laffey

[rapid tusk]

Failing 10-1 boss with this lineup. Any suggestions?

Vanguard getting wiped

[hot oriole]

Hmm, I'll replace Sandy with Laffey 2, and what do you think about replacing Santa Fe with Sandy?

[jaunty vault]

do you not have a second fleet

[hollow gust]

Normal laffey is nowhere as good as Santa Fe

[rapid tusk]

Not really

Should I run the gold 127 on laffey?

[hot oriole]

Retrofit her

[rapid tusk]

Yea still midway through retrofit for her but no money

[hot oriole]

So bye bye normal Laffey and add Sandy?

Alright

It's time to say goodbye...

Ah yeah, and I haven't still decided where I would put Lex II in

[strong tartan]

what state is she currently in

[hot oriole]

state?

[strong tartan]

is she mlb

[hot oriole]

Yes, lvl 125

Full mlb

[rapid tusk]

Best way to farm gold?

[strong tartan]

probably where enterprise is since she's simultaneously buffing franklin

[hot oriole]

Grind

Jk, thru raid and map grinding

[hot oriole]

And then what about Enty? Say bye bye again?

[strong tartan]

bye bye since she can't really replace either of the carriers in ur mob

[hot oriole]

Alright....

[rapid tusk]

SP5?

[hot oriole]

Anyway thank haya

[hot oriole]

I mean the daily raid, all of them

[hollow gust]

Lexington barley buff Franklin, it's just a small heal +10% light damage. Not to mention Franklin only beats 70% enterprise. Enty peaks way way harder

[hot oriole]

!?

[strong tartan]

oh ive misremembered then

[hot oriole]

[strong tartan]

yeah my apologies lol thats on me

[hot oriole]

So, no changes?

[crisp raven]

there is a way to know the crit hate and crit dmg of the ships ?

[woven star]

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

[ripe yoke]

Who should I mlb

[primal marten]

Hello, what's the difference with META ships and normal ships ?

[crimson glacier]

metas are just edgy and have pain in the ass to level skills

[wind hazel]

show all ur

[white agate]

meta are faster to level the skills if you got books tbh

[late flame]

while i do oath META* (faction) ships - aside from jinmeta i've rarely found a use for them in end-game content

[white agate]

need a ur meta

after all the meta is basically ur meta nowadays, the only exceptions are unicorn,cowpens and aquila i think

amd some weird debuffers for bossing

[trim depot]

should I use the sword or crossbow for Helena

[wind hazel]

where are you using her

[trim depot]

just campaign

and opsi also

[wind hazel]

sword.
if w13 crossbow

[trim depot]

alr

btw is it worth using the sg radar over smth else like the repair kit

[wind hazel]

you only use radar if you wanna sync with your bb with table/fire radar

everything else you use rudder+toolkit for cruisers. or double eva

[trim depot]

all my bbs have like 21 second cooldowns so I assume it’s not rlly worth it?

[wind hazel]

.

is your bb using 20s gun with table aux?

yes>use sg radar
no>don't use sg radar

[trim depot]

ok I forgot the cooldown in the gear page doesn’t show the first shot cd

[trim depot]

where do u get that page from

[wind hazel]

https://renhex.github.io/AzurLaneFleet/

[trim depot]

tyty

[woeful knoll]

Guys

Can you give me some suggestions for OS Fleet?

I want to attack Abbys lv 5, but I have to regroup 2 times to defeat the boss

I plan to build 3 proper fleets 🙂

Btw, All my ships that are at Max limit break are all because of duplicates, so I still have SR 4-6 more to go.

SR bulin

[ivory pawn]

If you’re not dying and just running out of time, there’s two fleets hidden in the corners you can beat up to get more chances.

[hearty lynx]

Is there any Option to See what ships I am missing for 100% collrate? I had 100% at the beginning of the year. I did get all Event ships gacha and in the Event shop.

[soft raft]

Memento -> Archives -> then set your filters to this

Retrofits also count for collection and that's in a different tab

[hearty lynx]

Okay thank you

[undone plover]

Hey mate sry went to sleep
Uhmmmm the top right corner in medal shop

It is 6 medal per item
And each item is 100 spec core
So becomes 60 for 1000 spec core when u get em all that is what I meant

[ivory pawn]

Try running Uni, Saratoga, Duca (MLB her first), and Laffey Retro plus two others in one fleet for general clearing, and use Guam, Helena, Sandy, Warspite, Constellation, Enterprise in a second fleet specifically to tackle Abyssals. You don’t have the ships yet for a third fleet tbh.

Big thing is you probably will need more levels, so just more grinding in whatever story chapter you’re at.

[hearty lynx]

Anyone has a Fleet to Auto 16-4?

[brave canyon]

Does sg radar impact Helena ability timings?

[woeful knoll]

I'm at chp 11 now

[tulip tinsel]

I think it was -4 seconds on first radar scan

[woeful knoll]

Thank you very much for the advise

[soft raft]

After retrofit yes
It does a similar thing to HSFCR/AFCT hence why those are paired together in order to maintain sync

[fleet marten]

Can I ask since I'll start playing opsi seriously after not doing it out of boredom and finished the story mode, Once you grinded all hidden nodes, strongholds, abyssals, and the arbiter/harbiter, what areas should you normally grind to get more resources?

Does C1 and C5 would be the only good areas to grind?

[rain bobcat]

c3/c5 for spending AP c1 for gaining

[fleet marten]

another question, how much do you usually get resources for one ur equipment? for a casual?

[atomic abyss]

2-3 months per UR equipment if you do everything without min maxing
Probably closer to 3

[fleet marten]

Any good priorities to what ur or gold equipment to have that is on gear lab?

I am unsure since it might have been too late for me to think the ones like the ur triple 406 is not top priority anymore

I can only see the flapjack and the US anti air gun as the priority

[wind hazel]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/gear-lab/

[fleet marten]

nice, I'll take this a read then

[random ice]

Good day. May I ask where I can farm for Helena copies?

[atomic abyss]

You don't really need to? Since you can use purple bulins for limit breaks

Otherwise you can check the wiki if you want to raise multiple copies

[random ice]

Understood. Now that you think about it, I don't use much purple Bulins bc I keep getting copies. But Helena is worth using Bulins right?

[rapid shard]

You get a excess of purple bulins tbh. you can use them on any ship really. Helena is worth it

[atomic abyss]

You'll have more than enough purple bulins than you'll know what to do with
So yes just use them

[random ice]

She just reached 70 recently, is it wise to MLB her now or just do it bit by bit?

[atomic abyss]

All the way

[eternal basalt]

If you are farming for Niizuki she drops from 9-4

[grave venture]

Can anyone tell me how to farm best gear because I couldn't clear the lvl 75

This is my progress so far

This is my fleet

[tulip tinsel]

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

[undone plover]

Swap portland and laffey
Replace vanguard with decent MLB BB
And swap shinano and the MLB BB positions
Also painleve is not ideal if u have better CV for boss

For the module dev raid idr what the gimmick was but u can manual for S clear then u can just sweep it every day no battle needed

[ivory sigil]

What cat is 09:58:00?

the cat blessed me with so many dupe idk why
But sht skill anyway

[undone plover]

For cats u rarely care about skill tbh
The main buff is from talents

Bish is good because she is the only potential 10 pointer CV cat iirc
Purples cant reach 10 pts

[nova crater]

Hello there! I'm new to the game and I was wondering, what ships are worth investing in?
I thought it would be better to ask here before actually spending resources on ships

[tulip tinsel]

Unicorn portland

/guide

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Guides to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking these out!
🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564
🔹 Campaign Progression Guide by cheeky1467

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

[undone plover]

Francesco unicorn penny
Portland z23 helena
Read that guide

[nova crater]

Thanks! I'll go read all this

[undone plover]

If u have enough medals and CV in medal shop try and get enterprise

[tulip tinsel]

I'd get the spec core first but yeah that next

[nova crater]

That's good to know, thanks!
Tho that won't be happening too soon, I barely have 3 medals

[mossy junco]

[nocturne glade]

⁨<@&472236072743600148>⁩

[molten violet]

/kick 830277427875151923 Compromised account.

[odd root]

member must be a mention or valid user id.

[nocturne glade]

It's better to just wait on my Hindy bps to show up instead of focusing so I can get more protocores later right?

Also I heard pr8 is the best focus rn, so should I swap off 6?

[undone plover]

Screenshot the pr6 progress

[nocturne glade]

Have 2 hindy guns

[undone plover]

Still a bit far off
Can go to 8 imo

Unless u really want to use hindenburg/kear

Catchup used for all of them?

The 150 free BPs?

[nocturne glade]

Havent used catchup cause I want to protocore farm later

[undone plover]

U shouldnt need to

The earlier season catchups are enough protocore

[nocturne glade]

I see

[undone plover]

Unless u already used them

[nocturne glade]

I farmed out pr1 and pr5 already

[undone plover]

If u have catchup left use it and finish 6 then move on imo

[nocturne glade]

i see, seems like the pr8 ships and guns are good

[undone plover]

U could min max this a bit further
Wait for pr6 coining
Use the catchups
When all the PR are done come back to finish burg and kear

[undone plover]

The DRs are very good and the gun is great yes

[nocturne glade]

I'll move on to pr8 then I guess

[undone plover]

[nocturne glade]

DR6 coinup sounds pretty far off but I can just use the catchups

ty!

[undone plover]

If u have Lexington 2 there is an argument to stay for kear

[nocturne glade]

I have lex2

[undone plover]

I meant pr6 coin up
To get rid of felix and flandre in rotation and full focus burg and kear to finish faster

[nocturne glade]

Ah I see what you mean yea

[undone plover]

Well up to u tbh
Both are valid but if u stay focus kear

[nocturne glade]

Have lex2 but I couldnt pickup the free Vanguard cause of work lol

[undone plover]

[nocturne glade]

defo gna move to pr8 then, missing out on gear progression to an extent

[undone plover]

no worries
shimanto is still great to research for campaign if u have the tech points so get her at some point

[sullen dew]

Is Guam better for the mob fleet or for the boss fleet?

[turbid marsh]

tbh both, but i tend to see her used in boss fleet more.

[undone plover]

Good where u need AA
Her dps is decent and she has AB for BB
But there are better dps supporters and better tanks

[tulip tinsel]

what armor is w14 mobs? Normal

[atomic abyss]

Med and Heavy mostly

[mossy junco]

is there a working guide for meta ships?

[atomic abyss]

As in what

The ships themselves or the bosses

[mossy junco]

the bosses

[atomic abyss]

I'm not sure if there's any active one unfortunately

[rapid shard]

Yeah one sec

[atomic abyss]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uz0UvQHsVUrlNz08Pc1IN04oABfMeiXTngfM8XJzRXo/edit?tab=t.0

This one is only for the older ones

Dk if there's a new one

[rapid shard]

Thats the most up to date one ive found as well

[mossy junco]

the problem is. that file doesnt work for me, its broken

[rapid shard]

Are you opening on mobile?

[mossy junco]

yeah

[rapid shard]

Open it in web browser or the google doc app

[mossy junco]

ty, it works now

[chrome fiber]

Who should i research in shipyard? Im kind of lost

[late ermine]

I've gotten back into the game after not being here for like 2 years, I'm so confused on all this new stuff that's been added. I remember when operation siren was added, still don't entirely understand it and would like to know what the progression is in it and what to farm.

[tulip tinsel]

are you at w12

[chrome fiber]

14

Bocchi

[tulip tinsel]

iirc this has most opsi
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRPJgxnXwC4r3Z8AlbzPUhHDXt0Dr7KP4TPriFnGafQrt1wE7Jb5AdRgfy8tXaLpTC-CtYAVMZgJE0g/pub

[late ermine]

holy hell it's the real boccher the rock