gameplay-help

[trim depot]

just nelson and west virginia nothing good

[trail dagger]

How about hakuryu? Still have not collect the required tech point for her. Thinking of skipping her

[wind hazel]

if you already have these and fdg then georgia is kinda optional

[wind hazel]

do you have hakuhou and amagi?

[trail dagger]

None, only have shinano, and not mlb yet

[wind hazel]

then you dont skip hakuryuu

[trim depot]

alr anchorage it is

[trail dagger]

Hmm okayy

[wind hazel]

i saw 0.5s mutsuki

[opaque galleon]

Is La-9 coming soon to protocore shop?

[ivory pawn]

Soon. ™

[opaque galleon]

How soon?

[north gorge]

Soon as they announce it, in previous years it's been around CNY

[ivory pawn]

Hang on, lemme consult the 🔮 .

[opaque galleon]

Also, will there be a gear lab update soon as well?

[ivory pawn]

Unlikely, we had one like a month and change ago.

[tender lotus]

Should i craft this or rainbow 95 kai more?

[sweet delta]

depends what you need help with, g7e for campaign, 95k for challenge mode, g7e for hard arbiter, 95k for speedrunning hard arbiter, 95k for coalition EX scoring

all standard content is easy enough without rainbow sub torps, so you just decide if you have some challenges or score needs

[late flame]

-# me still using bidders be like:

[uncut oar]

if the last time I remember playing was when Daisen (I think that's PR7?) came out, what am I missing and how hard have fleets of that era been crept? also, anything critical in island builder? (I don't think I'd like to play it unless I can gender swap the commander to female.)

[strong tartan]

not super hard but with the addition of ships like lion and mecklenburg ships that were key in fleets back then have been replaced by one of those two

[uncut oar]

name them? I think I have literally everyone important up to PR6 (except Kearsarge) and CV Amagi

and, more importantly, is there any endgame past opsi/w15 atm?

[onyx flame]

w16

[tulip tinsel]

W16

[uncut oar]

(since if not, then I'm pretty sure I'm fine anyways since as I recall, I was pretty much just procrastinating on w14 and w15.)

how much of a jump is w16 from w15 again?

[onyx flame]

and w14H ig

[strong tartan]

soyuz and alsace have been booted out of bb comps

[uncut oar]

I see

(as mentioned earlier, by Mecklenburg and Lion?)

[strong tartan]

yes

[uncut oar]

[strong tartan]

alsace does fine if you don't have a mecklenburg lying around but lion is key

[uncut oar]

(also, I apologize for interrogating you, I'm finding my bearings atm)

[north gorge]

You're waiting ~18 months for Lion rerun anyway

[uncut oar]

yeah, I'll just have to cope at that point

[sweet delta]

You can't gender change, but you can wear this outfit and pretend the commander has 🍈🍈

[uncut oar]

okay, then the question is whether there's anything critical in island builder

[strong tartan]

what if they're just flat

gameplay wise no don't worry too much about it if you don't care

[uncut oar]

yeah, I really don't care

has opsi been updated since then?

(namely, with further content past simply wiping the map and doing harbi)

[tulip tinsel]

Nothing

[uncut oar]

noted, I'm more or less just trying to get w15/16/14h done then I think

since I am comfortably able to do opsi

[whole crypt]

island planner is a bit better now than when it launched but still requires a lot of attention, nothing important is locked behind it

[weary edge]

how do i deal with the enforcer that heals do i just have to outdamage the heal

[soft raft]

Yes

You are currently failing the DPS check

[weary edge]

ok well i cant beat it and i cant leave so ig that’s it for this month

[soft raft]

Just take the L and leave the zone 💀

[whole crypt]

this month is like 1/3 the way in there's plenty of time still, also enforcers are just every abyssal some are easier some are harder depending on what mods you roll

arbiters will be a slightly different game

[ivory sigil]

i have 3 stronghold rn, if i dont clear 1 in 30 min, i would miss the +1 stronghold weekly right?

[north gorge]

Nope, game stores then up for you

[stark quiver]

nah fam

you get to hold any amount of strongholds, but only 3 show up at a time

[ivory sigil]

oh? so if i dont do any, wait till 3 week later/ last week of opsi
then start do stronghold 1 by 1,
other 3 would just pop up 1 by 1 without worry of missed any?

[tulip tinsel]

yes

[brazen osprey]

I have a question, has anyone beat 16-4 3* lethal without using cowpens?

[sweet delta]

I haven't seen it on auto, but with good enough luck it is of course possible

[brazen osprey]

I’ll try see if I can do it but cowpens helps so much, maybe fast raw damage could help or just replace cow with another healer

[fierce walrus]

I dont need gold bulins nor do I care for pvp so I level there, I guess it didnt show exp gained cause some ships werent limit broken despite not being at max level so it showed 0 for everyone

[agile lichen]

almost done with 16-4 3 stars, still no drops tho

https://tenor.com/view/green-mile-im-tired-boss-michael-clarke-duncan-gif-16875499

[ivory sigil]

bruh i forgot to do last week

i can't craft the rainbow but i could craft 2 golden one which is bidder

still need 4 more for other 2 sub, maybe just stick with any purple?

[wind hazel]

do you even need to bother with sub torpedo now?

[ivory sigil]

not really, but can i ask about the purple torp that had many rocket than other one?

[wind hazel]

the what

[glass aurora]

I've completed all the rewards for the event. I am only at world 7, should go to farm 7-4 or continue doing level 90 of the event missions?

[wind hazel]

do war archives, passionate polaris or universe in unison, map SP5

[glass aurora]

I have not done any of this war archives thing. Should I complete them all then farm SP5 of them? Or just do the 2 you suggested?

[wind hazel]

pick either PP or UU, do SP1 to SP5, you need to do them in order before you can unlock SP5. farm SP5

[glass aurora]

Is this for BBs? If so I’ll do this mission

[wind hazel]

it's shit

the cosmic kicks is decent

[glass aurora]

Ah, I thought that one was a skin or something

[wind hazel]

it's an eva aux

there's ryusei blueprint from UU so it's 50-50, flip a coin

[glass aurora]

This is the only CV I use, when I get enterprise I’ll use her, would that be an upgrade?

[wind hazel]

unicorn is a healer, enterprise is a dps

enterprise usually go on the boss fleet

also fix your gear loadout on unicorn

[glass aurora]

Fix? I don't even know what is wrong with it

[wind hazel]

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

[robust onyx]

Everything

[wind hazel]

tl;dr
+10 the seafang, use barracuda if you have it, use another oil tank or steam catapult instead of eva

[iron berry]

Help deciding new fleets for OPSI

[rotund narwhal]

Best boss CV right now?

[onyx flame]

against what?

[atomic abyss]

varies according to the boss

[rotund narwhal]

16-4

[wind hazel]

the eagle URs

[ivory sigil]

should i try to rush to start dev Plymouth asap? (For the DR coin up)
I havent start any DR for free coin up yet

[weary edge]

maybe do fdg or agir

oh nvm ig lol

[ivory sigil]

-# quite chilling so faction of IB and IJN are barely 200+ it might take me 4 weeks or more to start develop 1
Meanwhile my USS score is over 1k3. My RN is 500, iirc plymouth should be close.

[weary edge]

plymouth is 900 i think

how good is soyuz without nakimov tho

[wind hazel]

if you can start her, start now

[wind hazel]

depends on what other BB you have, but she's easily still top 5

[dense sierra]

which UR should i pick

[wind hazel]

musashi

[dense sierra]

ive got musashi already

[wind hazel]

but she's not max limit break, so choose her again

[tulip tinsel]

and what would you do for example with 0 lb yorktown 2

[ivory sigil]

If plymouth is that far i think it could take 2 weeks or so... maybe some alternative/ 2nd plan

-# i do heard about Georgia is getting some recent update related

the PR DR ship i do so far is Anchorage dev30fs3 and Keargeasa 99%, my next start could be Kansas PR8 or Georgia PR2, which one should i go for this 2nd plan?

[tulip tinsel]

kansas meh, georgia with her aug should be better

[strange flame]

is it this thursday or next thursday that we get the new skins?

also is there a way to stop getting email binding reminders? it doesnt even properly verify my email even though im linked

[soft raft]

Bench her

[tulip tinsel]

really useful

[eternal basalt]

This thursday

Prob no CNY banner, but that is just me speculating.

Dunno if CN patchnotes are live yet?

[onyx flame]

i mean arent we getting 2 new de ships? so there prob be a mini gacha banner for that perchance

[muted wind]

the JP announcements for both ships state they'll be in light construction, so should be

[wheat locust]

What's good pick for a 1st UR?

[weary edge]

musashi

in terms of the UR exchange if that's what u mean

[wheat locust]

Yes

[wheat locust]

Thank you sir

[weary edge]

then yeah, and keep getting her until you have her mlb, mlb order should be musashi > shinano, then im not really sure after they've added yorktown 2 and implacable

[wheat locust]

Got it

Btw what banner should I focus on?

[weary edge]

there's a new UR banner coming up soon, should be around the end of february, so just wait for that

[wheat locust]

Ohh Okey Thank you

[autumn pumice]

About current rerun, the goddesses seem to not do anything? No mecha dragon or barrages, they just seem inactive even though I set them up. Why is that?

[tulip tinsel]

only works at dragons dwelling, lvl 125 stage

[autumn pumice]

Ah ok, that's a shame

[lime harbor]

When I'm building gear, what materials am I using? Like 10 what?

[sweet delta]

If you mean crafting in the depot,then the N/10 means you own N blueprints, and 10 blueprints plus some coins makes one gear

[lime harbor]

Thanks! Yup that

[shadow yarrow]

Is the colorado retrofit big 7 or georgia with aug better at wiping out whole fields of mobs (the current wave and the next wave over)

[hollow gust]

Georgia is in general a better ship

[clever gale]

i'm looking into getting started on World 15. is there a place for fleet suggestions?

[sweet delta]

Assuming you mean weaksauce mobs that die to sneezes considering that you're considering 2 waves with 1 salvo, big seven has better screen coverage

[sweet delta]

There is this https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-15/ or you can ask in this channel with your dock

[hardy topaz]

W13 Hard mode is kinda kicking my ass, here's a Q - If you clear the stage, then clear it a bunch in clearing mode, does the threat level go down making it easier to 3 star it later when you turn off clearing mode?

[clever gale]

i thought threat level only goes down after you 3 star a stage

[sweet delta]

Threat level goes down when you defeat the last boss

[hardy topaz]

That was what I thought originally as well, but I was told otherwise.

[sweet delta]

And by the way, you don't need to turn off clearing mode to get the third star

[clever gale]

ah. well fuck

[sweet delta]

You only need clearing mode off for the second star, which is beating mobs

[hardy topaz]

Do you not need to do so for the escort kills/clear all escorts on hard mode though specifically, since clearing mode turns off randos?

[sweet delta]

If there are no escorts, then you have cleared all escorts

[hardy topaz]

[clever gale]

also there's a couter in the top left(?) that will tell you how many escorts there are on the map

[hardy topaz]

I did know about that one. But yeah I was curious because there'S no way I'm clearing all mobs on this map.

[ivory sigil]

would it be cheating to ... farm exp with cat that own skill "This cat gain 10% from battle" and later when he big enough we feed him to the cat with a skill "This cat give 10% exp more when use as enchancement" and then feet him into the big cat SR we want?

[tulip tinsel]

why would it be cheating

[ivory sigil]

or it is actually a waste?

[clever gale]

Boss Fleet for world 15

Mob fleet for world 15

obviously i have to level them up but would these be viable?

[twin bronze]

I think mob fleet needs more AA swap kurumi with sandy

imo u should also use independence in boss fleet

[ivory sigil]

okay let's math math

[clever gale]

replace fritz with independence?

[tulip tinsel]

math

[ivory sigil]

we had 100% EXP of cat A, normally when use him to feed cat B, we only get 80% EXP of A

Now if cat B is having a skill of provide 10% exp as enhancement, feed him to cat C, it would be +10% of 80% EXP of A, aka [88% of EXP A]

Now we adding the comparison of farming a normal cat A vs farming a 10% extra EXP cat Æ

The A cat get 100% EXP
The Æ cat get 110% EXP

Feeding A cat to direct C cat only had 80%
Feeding Æ cat to B cat also but it is 20% loss of the 110% ................
20% of 110% ..... is 22

So it is 88% of the EXP
And then use him B to feet cat C
10% more of 88%,
The C receive 96.8 % original EXP

[onyx flame]

thats fine but first make sure you got 2 gold cats for opsi at least

it still gonna be slow anyways regardless

[ivory sigil]

Yeah i have 2 gold cat lvl 24 both

• And 6 R cat with each on 3 other fleet of Opsi to make sure i maxxing out the exp

[stark quiver]

catmaxxing when you have some of the worst cats is funny

tempestas are all you need

[undone plover]

Make sure the cat u feed is also the same exact cat
I think otherwise the xp lost is more?
I am actually not 100% sure but there is def something like this

[brave canyon]

is Kazagumo worth a 125?

[tulip tinsel]

if you are done with important main fleet yeah

[brave canyon]

do you know how many 125s we can get a month?

[tulip tinsel]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/common_resource/#/Cognitive_Arrays

SR 150 UR 225 cogs

[sweet delta]

The vanguard positions are wrong. Eldridge should be front or back (back in this case because laffii). Guam should be front.
Now because Kurumi in middle is pointless , swap her with sandy or someone else as someone said. But your mob fleet has Musashi, so it doesn't actually need more AA.

You can also consider using Unicorn instead of Aquila

[queen meadow]

Is it worth using kearsarge if she’s at dev lv 23?

[cobalt gate]

Depends on what you trying to replace

[queen meadow]

Max lb musashi, lion, or bismarck zwei

[stark quiver]

nah fam

[queen meadow]

Thanks fam 😭

[hollow gust]

That girl is niche enough already , even max out she ain't replacing ur MLB UR BBs...

[frank phoenix]

how many cubes should i need for a guaranteed UR?

[viral salmon]

Somebody can help me, if there are more characters to find like Akagi and kaga?

[wind hazel]

400

[regal zephyr]

Anyone else have an issue with meta showdown not loading? Mine keeps getting stuck at 99.38%, and it consumes the ticket.

[frank phoenix]

same here

[cobalt gate]

yeah not worth

[urban mountain]

how do I delete blue augments for storage?

[forest palm]

feed them into other augments

[lime harbor]

If I am short on dock space, noob with only 222 space, can I just retire all my blue and white ship girls? Or am I crippling myself from some "meta" fleets? I've got enough yellow and higher ones to run content.

[urban mountain]

oh I see thanks

[forest palm]

you certainly, could, but you'd also benefit from buying dock space

[lime harbor]

Not enough gems 😭

[forest palm]

that's what F2P gems are for

[lime harbor]

I've used em as I got em on dock space so far 😔

[frank phoenix]

Should I farm event lvl125 stage or 10-1 campaign?

Used all 60 attempts on polaris sp-5 xD

[inner delta]

Dont farm 125, if you want to farm do 90

[frank phoenix]

Why? It's limited to 40 oil,doesn't look bad

Closed the game so idk how much lvl 90 costs

[dark hazel]

you should be using common ships to enhance, not retiring them. but yeah you can get rid of most rares/commons, they're generally easy to get back if you need/want them later. some may be limited so check if they're event ships or whathaveyou first

[inner delta]

I also need to check

[frank phoenix]

125 is capped at 40 if you're over 70

And I can do it comfortable on S clear (idk if I lose on something on A)

[inner delta]

25 on 90

You lose a guarantee ship drop (any rarity)

So A is fine

[frank phoenix]

Same rewards?

[inner delta]

I think worse but its much easier if you want go grind while lving

While on 125 kinda pain since no crossfleet too

[dark hazel]

don't all of the stages give no rewards? it's just the milestones?

[inner delta]

Ya

[frank phoenix]

It gives some coins and upgrade mats too

[brave canyon]

no but it's better /oil to run the lower level stage

[inner delta]

I mean overall its kinda bad event so just do it for the milestone gold plate

[brave canyon]

it is silly, the numbers are on the wiki if you want to check

[frank phoenix]

I need to xp farm main fleet,pushing stuff to 125 so it's a hassle

Gold costs are also wild

[sweet delta]

120 points for 25 oil or 150 points for 40 oil

Farm level 90 and use the saved oil on war archives or campaign

[frank phoenix]

No war archive attempts left . Any specific stage worth farming before 10-2?

[inner delta]

Can do 10-1

[frank phoenix]

That's obv for xp,but is there any stage that drops specific useful gear or something like that

[dark hazel]

no

[frank phoenix]

My gear collection is a mess xD

[dark hazel]

only place to farm gear is opsi

[hot turret]

Well getting 3 star on every stage gives cool rewards like Diamonds and Gold Bulins

[frank phoenix]

Already did em all xD

Just need more vanguards leveled properly to push further stages

[hot turret]

Yeah I would just farm

Also place your fleet in the dorm to get passive xp

[frank phoenix]

Yeah, feeding em constantly

Btw,is the wedding ring worth the 600 gems or there are better options?

[inner delta]

Yea if gear you need to do opsi, idr if you already unlock them

Gems only for dorm slot 2nd floor and dock space

Rings is only for spender

[hot turret]

You get free ones sometimes so I would just wait, I got 2 free rings since I started playing last year

Plus all the other free ones I missed

[frank phoenix]

Same xD

Anyb got an opsi guide? I did a bit here and there but I don't understand how u're supposed to farm it properly

Also the meta showdown is stuck at 99% loading so it's kinda annoying

[dark hazel]

you didn't miss any rings, they only drop once a year on anniversary.

[dark hazel]

have you finished opsi story? if not you can't properly farm it, you don't have access to the monthly shop yet

[inner delta]

For opsi just do the earlier zone first, like 1-3 should be fine, you also should do the exclamation mark for story progression

Just do story first and farm later

[hot turret]

I should probably start grinding Opsi but at the same time I still don't have a dedicated mob and boss fleet

[inner delta]

Make one and do em, its very worth

[dark hazel]

you're kneecapping yourself if you skip opsi

[frank phoenix]

Me neither lmao,just lawnmower Massena and go brr xD

[hot turret]

I know I can craft good gear with opsi from the lab but I focused on main campaign so far

[hot turret]

You should def retrofit Essex, she's in my main fleet rn cause she so goated

Unicorn is also goated healer in my main fleet

[frank phoenix]

Missing like 2 golden plans or what were they called

Also got Shinano meanwhile so she's also waiting on building

[inner delta]

Just do both

Opsi doesnt take oil

[frank phoenix]

So I'd guess unicorn Shinano Musashi on mob fleet ?

And Vanguard,Essex after retro and Massena or Hood for boss

Massena's lawnmower capability is overlooked imo

[hot turret]

I didn't get lucky on massena during her event so I can't say anything regarding her performance

[frank phoenix]

Not even properly built xD

Gave her some random guns and an AP shell or something

[hot turret]

Is she frontline or backline?

[frank phoenix]

Backline

[hot turret]

Alright

Musashi and Hood are probably better backline?

With Unicorn support?

[frank phoenix]

Unicorn for mob fleet mainly

Since her skill goes off at the start of combat iirc

Idk about hood tho

She's just there for me,didn't see any impact

Massena on other hand does good DMG and helps skip trash waves and get to boss in 1-2 barrages

[hot turret]

Don't ask me I dunno how to make 2 different fleets, I simply use Unicorn as a healer. Mob fleets usually don't deal much damage to the fleet so maybe you should keep Unicorn for boss fleet to keep your team alive as long as possible?

Also no her healing skill activates every time she launches her planes

[glass aurora]

Just finished chapter 8, do I make a second fleet now? If so how do I decide what goes in the fleet?

[frank phoenix]

Me neither,I just go brr on boss with no heal and zoom mobs with unicorn/Musashi xD

[hot turret]

Lol there's 3 of us now who don't know how to make Mob and boss fleet 😭
I need a trusted adult

[frank phoenix]

Gotta build Shinano too xD

[frank phoenix]

I think u should kill the boss before you need her heals in there xD

[hot turret]

You can get her from Pity pool after building some ammount of ships, but I would just save cubes until the next new UR event

[frank phoenix]

Got her from the beginner guide selector

[hot turret]

I'm not sure honestly, I feel like my boss fleet should have a healer to keep them alive until the boss shows up and keep them alive during the boss battle

[frank phoenix]

Nj is cool and all but I already got vanguard

[frank phoenix]

Could be true,since I use Massena I'm basically skipping those waves

[solar sapphire]

Haha... Hello again, it's been a long time

[frank phoenix]

Btw,the fk does this even do?

[hot turret]

If you need to limit break your URs don't waste your time trying to get them on the permanent banner, just try and grind your way to buy UR bulins in the shop

[solar sapphire]

I don't want to bother, but I'm considering coming back to the game after some years

[frank phoenix]

Ofc XD gotta save for Alasce or sum goated UR

[frank phoenix]

Get back,collect returner event rewards,chill until sum good banner comes around. Should be soon

Think I got like 100+ cubes in 4 days since returning

[hot turret]

Alsace is probably going to rerun in summer so I think depending on how good people say the new UR will be this month I'll spend my reserve or keep saving

[frank phoenix]

Musashi,Shinano,i-404,new UR. Damm imma need a few bullins

At least I maxed vanguard

[hot turret]

Tell me about it...I have so many URs it will take me years to limit break all of them

[solar sapphire]

Those are a lot of UR... This game really advanced in three years... Huh?

[hot turret]

At my lvl it's not that many URs let's be honest, I've seen accounts with so much more. But yeah I'm pretty proud of my collection, I locked in during the Lion event and started to grind every UR event since Lion. I also got super lucky sometimes and got the banner UR on my first pull

[solar sapphire]

Well, iirc I stopped playing before Guam event, so from that point onwards, I just don't have any UR

[hot turret]

Guam had a rerun like, 3 weeks ago lol

[frank phoenix]

bruh,i'm lvl 76 and i have 4 UR of wich 1 for free from event and 2 from selectors XD

[solar sapphire]

Well, I didn't choose when to come back lol

[hot turret]

I'm lvl73

[solar sapphire]

What is the max level?

[frank phoenix]

so my account is cursed or something?

[hot turret]

Absolutely no idea, but I know my clan leader is lvl 138 so maybe 150 is the max?

[deft viper]

Hello, I'd like to ask some help about my boss fleet and probably about my mob fleet as well...

The reason for that is because my main ships present in my boss fleet are being sunk in campaign 13-1...

Here are both of my fleets...

If needed you can also ask me to look at my ships gears.

Btw I also send my main ships and there's no need to worry about MLB since I have enough bulin for that no matter the rank...

[hot turret]

Just gotta lock in, I just farm the monthly cruise missions, free cubes and a free UR bulin at the end of the rewards

Weekly missions also give free cubes

[frank phoenix]

i mean yeah,returner event also gives an ungodly ammount of cubes so at least i should have the next UR guaranteed

[hot turret]

Yeah, it's also a gatcha so at the end of the day it's just good ol gambling, some win and some keep gambling

[solar sapphire]

Max level for ships is still 125?

[inner delta]

Yes

[solar sapphire]

Well, some things remained the same

[ivory sigil]

You need your 2nd fleet contain ship had that good enough to carry you for campaign content w8 9 10 11 12 13 14 or more is even better

People usually call it Boss fleet & Mob fleet

Before the boss appear, Mobfleet need to battle the Escort ship until boss ship appear
Its purpose is solve the ammo debuff 0/5 that happen on your mobfleet when you reach Boss ship

The Boss fleet should had similar power or better power, unlike mobfleet, healer ship can be replace with a strong damage ship to demolish the boss fleet as fast as possible.

[proper violet]

Should I mlb yorkii or wait for another UR?

[ivory sigil]

in my opinion...

please wait, UR feb is very close
We could decide whether or not after knowing the new UR's power

[proper violet]

Ight bet, when is it out?

[viscid swift]

end of the month

[ivory sigil]

🔮 speculate it should be along with Lunar newyear event

[viscid swift]

it won't

[ivory sigil]

so it is after lunar new year a 1 or 2 week and then UR ?

[junior pasture]

Which of these is best to get

[proper violet]

Musashi

[junior pasture]

4th one in order?

[ivory sigil]

Yea

[ivory sigil]

@regal zephyr @frank phoenix

read this -> " #bug-reports message "

I did encounter the same problem as your and solve it, if you encounter the similar issue try to follow the step i mention, else you might have to check it further to turn on some bugcheck mode

[ivory sigil]

hmm
today our guild had a fight

boss fight i mean
i did see some new ship in support like Z52 that giving buff to mainfleet so i take a try,

the buff of Z52 provide to the top most so i try to switch place of Alsace and Lexi2 to top most
make the fight better to bring it from 30% hp to 16%

So... for the Heavy armor single boss like this, we should try 3 CV team?

[ivory pawn]

BBs are probably better due to a certain powerful ship for the time being.

Also easier to get just 3 Champy/Flandre guns compared to like 9 planes.

[soft raft]

BBs are easier to gear as well

[sand ore]

As a new player that can do only until Hard Event stage (lvl90) and already cleared the rewards. Should i keep farming it for commander and ships xp or should i farm the last campaign chapter i can do it (did not unlock ch9 yet)

[stark quiver]

3 cv is good
but is your 3 cv good?

[zenith heron]

We got Chien Wu on LNY last year then Raffaelo Event came next, so its probably like that this year and the next as it is

[ivory sigil]

idk i just try and retry,

i switch Alcase to Fritz of someone, bring WDP half MLB for buffing only

somehow hp is reaching 12% now

[soft raft]

Why would you bring a non-MLB ship
She'd still suck for buffing if she doesnt have all of her bulk to actually live to do the buffing

[ivory sigil]

the gear wearing from the guild is crazy but i hope they making enough to bring the boss as much hp as possible

[stark quiver]

wdym?

[ivory sigil]

hmm okay i will try switch back, i wanna see if the hp% is different or not

The hp of boss was 12% rn with that team

it was better than other which is 16% and 30%

[stark quiver]

it clearly shows 2 seconds and a 75%+ hp wdp

[soft raft]

ok ngl i did not see the timer at all

[zenith heron]

dmg is really your problem here for some reason

[ivory sigil]

OH WOW, IT WORKED #trophy-room message
the footage i post it here ^

tho it was clearly surprise to see the boss is 50% at 15 sec and then 0% all a sudden

Switching from 3 BB to 1 BB 2 CV is truly wise

[brave canyon]

are purple plate drops different by campaign level?

[atomic abyss]

They differ by the node you defeat
I.e carrier node drops plane parts
Main fleet node drops gun parts etc

[ivory sigil]

butwait i wasnt beat the boss it was 1% hp left

but i dont get the guild score. it said i was 301, same score as the guild leader

[stark quiver]

score doesnt matter a lot

like

[fallen jay]

Did they recently have a golden hind rerun?

[inner delta]

Tempesta is usually rerun on October so if you played oct before then not yet

[strange flame]

is there a way to make my secretary's rotate skins automatically?

[soft raft]

Tempesta events get a banner rerun the next year and get archived a year after that

Golden Hind was from the very first Tempesta Banner in 2023 which has been archived for a while now

[brave canyon]

should I 125 Kazagumo (will instantly shoot to or near 125), or save for Laffey 2 (lvl 119, missing 2 bullins for MLB)

Laffey 2 probably the smart choice but Kazagumo is so tempting

[ivory pawn]

If you're low on arrays, personally I'd save them for Laffii.

[stark quiver]

why is kazagumo tempting

[brave canyon]

more power now

and she's pretty good I use her everywhere

[near cargo]

Is the current event stages is more profitable than 12-4?

[stark quiver]

shes not as good as laffey2
and that 5 levels isnt doing much for you when she isnt supposed to be brought to hard content

[rain vine]

no

[hollow gust]

those fleets

lexy buffs arent even procced

[left ferry]

i have 2 questions

1. is new Orleans drop rate absolutely atrocious? bc I've done 14-4 almost 300 times
   and 2. does anyone know if there's a way to see how much fleet tech you in an individual faction that ISN'T one of the main 4?

[hollow gust]

Ship drop is always shit , and not really

[soft raft]

We basically have zero concrete idea of what map drop rates are since they're all serverside

[hollow gust]

If you don't have enough faction tech for PR, it will tell you

[left ferry]

i have every pr ship, just deciding what faction needs more for the next release

[soft raft]

We don't even know what the next season will have yet

[left ferry]

ik, im just trying to get ahead and see which needs the most work

[stark quiver]

yeah go here and add it up

[left ferry]

thanks, ill do that when i have a long while of free time😂😅

[hollow gust]

You don't know the requirements for next PR, it's a fruitless endeavor

You need a good mix for fleet tech anyway so just spread the love around and it's more then enough

[viscid swift]

I'd wager if you have all the PR ships you'll be good on tech requirements for pr9

[wise finch]

How often do UR characters rerun?

[ivory pawn]

After 2 years ish, then they're made permanent a year after that.

[whole crypt]

which is basically the same for any new ship

except sailing frigates

[wise finch]

Sorry, I worded the question wrong. I meant how long between new UR releases

[whole crypt]

the past schedule is new URs are regularly on late Feb, late May (CN anniversary), mid Sep (JP anniversary) and mid-late Dec

[strange flame]

im looking at the gear lab guide and im guessing whatever it is i need from the top of the graph is the priority for building. But i dont know if there is a priority between the priorities, like is the new jersey gun more importnat, or the rainbow AA or the Tenrai?

[inner delta]

its more of based on what you need more currently

it wouldnt make sense if you use bb and get tenrai

[sweet delta]

Tenrai costs T3 ordnance instead of UR designs, so its priority should be compared to twin 457, quad 152, and spearfish .
For UR designs, one or two wyverns is the first priority

[inner delta]

did sam put difference between the cost of bp in the guide

[whole crypt]

fairly sure lab priority has little to no consideration of cost

[inner delta]

he should add that

@vale spindle ping

[thorn tartan]

i was just gearing up my I-404 and found that it isn't even listed in the tier list..... why is that?

related question, what is best gear for her?

[sweet delta]

i-404 gear v3

[inner delta]

nice 3

[ivory sigil]

When will PR6 get coin up? Summer 2026?

[eternal basalt]

Jan '26.... but that's already gone so

[ivory sigil]

Shimanto 30 min, should i take?

[inner delta]

if you have the cube, you can

[vale spindle]

i have not updated in a while :murmpain:

[inner delta]

lol

ok

[strange flame]

is it worth building rainbow dd gun for laffey

[whole crypt]

gun is generally good on most DDs and vanguard gun slots that use DD guns, behind mog gun, the question is whether if you're limited by materials whether you should be crafting other gear first

[vagrant gale]

does hard mode 14 have subs I need to destroy

[whole crypt]

same as base stage on 14-3 and 14-4

[scarlet cosmos]

My vanguard keeps dying in 16-3 boss. Anything I can do?

I’m using Guam, San Diego, and Eldridge

[vagrant gale]

cowsep/aquilla/unicorn

its just about survival

[scarlet cosmos]

In boss fleet?

[vagrant gale]

this is the boss and mob fleet I used

for both 16-3 and 16-4

[scarlet cosmos]

Oh man, that backline is my mob

I dont have raff, is there anyone who can take her role?

[vagrant gale]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-16-fleets/ you could check this out

[scarlet cosmos]

Will do! Ty

[vagrant gale]

thats what I used to make my fleets

[whole crypt]

that's what I did for 16-3 boss, at least on my first run for recording

(yes the ships were damaged from doing 1 fight before boss)

[vagrant gale]

you can also go 3 carriers for boss fleet btw, its what I did for 16-4 until I had the threat level down and then used 2 mob fleets to get 3 stars

[whole crypt]

3 carrier boss fleet works for both 16-3 and 16-4

[scarlet cosmos]

I did try 3 carriers and ended up failing too

I did Yorktown 2, lexi 2, and indep

[whole crypt]

were you syncing Lex II with YT II

[scarlet cosmos]

I did, but the issue was my vanguard kept dying

I’ll give the two mob fleet a try and see how it turns out

[whole crypt]

desync them

[scarlet cosmos]

Oh, why’s that?

[whole crypt]

because you just want more damage uptime and coverage, not synced damage

besides that maybe gearing issue but yes Myoukou hits vanguards fairly hard

I'd probably drop Sandy for something more durable and/or DPS

[scarlet cosmos]

I see, let me give this a try — though who can replace sandy? I dont have the biggest dock — let me send a photo

[whole crypt]

do it in a thread

[scarlet cosmos]

W 16-3/16-4 help

[still knot]

Is this a good idea

I have zero knowledge how metas work lol

[knotty jolt]

Yes, it's the only one of the 1200 oil cost commissions worth doing

[muted wind]

take that task for cubes, otherwise i wouldn't take the 1200 oil comms. also no reason to level elite meta ships unless you want their tech... or like them

[whole crypt]

there's like no elite METAs with useful tech

[muted wind]

you mean besides the CV/BB RLD? and also a few CLs with FP, though that's less useful

[still knot]

So meta ships are bad??

[knotty jolt]

Majority of them are bad, very few are useful.

[muted wind]

some super rare ones are good, but always depends on what other ships you already have invested

[still knot]

Eh might as well just get them to lvl 100 so I have no problem on commissions that needs 100 lvl xD

[soft raft]

The "META" portion of their name is referring to a in-universe faction not the typical game term

[still knot]

Ohhh ok

[whole crypt]

yeh let me rephrase that
none of the elite vanguard METAs have good tech

there's like 2 CL FP and 1 CA FP

[still knot]

Also can you guys recommend me what to lvl up so I don't waste too much resources

[muted wind]

that's 18% of the vanguard elite metas already

[sweet delta]

4 elite FP

3

[whole crypt]

Clevebro being downgraded to elite

well nothing to prioritize really

wait I flagged carab wrong

[sweet delta]

i heard fortune meta was good for pvp

[whole crypt]

was

[still knot]

Anyone?

[vagrant gale]

cowsep, tohka, the UR girls, illustrious, kurumi

and unicorn if you have her

[still knot]

Thanks

[muted wind]

tohka and kurumi are already leveled, don't bother with the URs if you can't fully limit break them, and don't bother partially limit breaking them either

[still knot]

Kk

[muted wind]

cowpens is good. i believe alabama is good again with her augment. the rest i dunno if i'd recommend it?

san diego if you happen to get her.

[vagrant gale]

cowpens is prob the best carrier for any fleet right now, she helped me so much in world 16 and hard 14

[muted wind]

cowpens is just a bit conditional on what your vanguard looks like

[vagrant gale]

she also got some big ol milkers

[sweet delta]

I would pay an extra bulin for Francesco over Alabama, that saves an augment too

[whole crypt]

for most part she'll work, she's just more effective with lower HP ships

and depends on who your replacement healer is if you don't use her

[iron berry]

Hi, Bunbun Scout's ability from LaffII works by having a single Eagle Union gear equipped?

Like an aux for example or an AA

[whole crypt]

basically any of her equipment slot needs a piece of gear that's USS

[trim depot]

is agir getting coin up soon?

[north gorge]

Already has it

[whole crypt]

upcoming is Plymouth and Brest

[trim depot]

vas i read the guide wrongly holy shit

[woven star]

Vitorio, Richeliue +2FP bb tech, Francesco +1 if you decide to get tech

[still knot]

What's tech

[woven star]

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

[still knot]

Thanks

[woven star]

If shortly almost every ships have bonus stats to their hull types when you got them and when they leveled to 120

[still knot]

Kk

[woven star]

Ting An retro when?

[wind hazel]

tomorrow

[glass aurora]

I honestly have no idea who to put into my boss fleet for world 9, I have like no aircraft carriers.

[wind hazel]

got CV medal?

[glass aurora]

no, BB and Sub

[wind hazel]

try and get saratoga then. independence is also available from core shop. both want retrofit and augment

in the meantime you can use souryuu as filler

[glass aurora]

Do I need to try and get Hiryuu?

[wind hazel]

no

[glass aurora]

Should I get hood like this says? Since I have BB in Medal Shop

[wind hazel]

pick the one you need faction tech

most likely either tirpitz or bismarck

[rapid tusk]

Who should I claim?

[whole crypt]

at this point just hold on to the invite

you're not really going to have spare bulins to raise either anyway

[spark patio]

I want to grind affinity for my ships so which stage should i do? 1-1 or ?

[inner delta]

just do normal grind, not worth the effort for 1-1

like normal full fleet lv grind

[spark patio]

oh ok ty

[rapid tusk]

I mean this is current setup but if you reckon hold I’ll hold it

[inner delta]

yea hold it, new UR soon

[robust onyx]

It will be atleast a month before the next UR

[soft raft]

At least a month? More like in 2 weeks because it's February

[robust onyx]

It will be 3 weeks minimum

2 weeks for Chinese new year

[inner delta]

i mean idk when, but cn already announced it UR NP soon, but never said when

[spark patio]

Do we have new UR in Chinese new year?

[robust onyx]

No

1 new SR, 1 new SSR, 2 retrofit

[strange flame]

is there a document here for campaign guides?

[soft raft]

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

[strange flame]

thank you

[tulip tinsel]

New np ur or soyuz?

[soft raft]

New

It's way too soon for us to get another rerun much less a UR one when we are currently having a rerun

[robust onyx]

By the time we get the UR it would be time for a new one anyway

[wheat locust]

is there like a guide about the game on how to progress, what to do as a begginer and stuff that is up to date cuz im only seeing past 1-year guides in YT

[late flame]

/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

[wheat locust]

thank you so much

[glass aurora]

I’ve just realised, if the boss fleet is meant to be my strongest. Shouldn’t I use my current fleet minus unicorn as my boss fleet for now and make my new fleet the mob fleet?

[inner delta]

it doesn't always mean like that, there's multiple factor like how your mob fleet need more sustain than your boss because they have to power throught multiple mob to spawn the boss

some ship do work for both role but some is better at mobbing than bossing

and the reverse

[soft raft]

And if you're not at W9 yet then there's little point in working on a 2nd fleet so your mob fleet ends up having to pull double duty anyway

Tho that shouldnt be too hard if you have them properly raised and geared

[still knot]

Just got her idk what to do with it

[tulip tinsel]

nothing

[still knot]

K

[wheat locust]

is this fleet good enough for at least mid-game? or do I need to change anything and also thinking about making a new account to have a fresh start or should I continue this old one

[tulip tinsel]

first of all yeet that shimakaze out

[wheat locust]

she sucks?

[tulip tinsel]

at 1lb yes

[late flame]

Also retrofit unicorn

[wheat locust]

I'm currently working on it

[tulip tinsel]

you can get the materials for that at x-4 any map hard mode

[wheat locust]

is it the same drop rates on evey maps?

[tulip tinsel]

probably, but nobody bothered to calculate any of the rates

but you still want to do the highest hard mode map for coredata

and gold ones only drop from w3+

[wheat locust]

ohh, I see

[strange flame]

im doing 13-4 rn, unicorn is soo good, i finally got her geared up

[still knot]

Ima ask something should I retire some of my copies from dal event if my main ones are at lvl 100/ max stared or whatever you call it

[strange flame]

independence, milk lady, and aquilla too

[tulip tinsel]

no reason to hoard them unless you want to display skins or something

[still knot]

Oohh OK

Thanks

[tulip tinsel]

milk is very healthy for the ships
source: trust me

[strange flame]

which of these do i prioritize to mlb?

[soft raft]

Yeesh that is way too many partially LB'd URs
At this point i'd just wait for Feb UR

[strange flame]

yeah thats what i was thinking, i came back into the game with partial york, shinano, nj

i leveled up guam cause i got two guams, and laffey seemed really good so i spent all my bullins on her

[tulip tinsel]

wait for feb ur

[strange flame]

oki

if i have the luxury to mlb any of these tho, which is better?

[lime harbor]

Baltimore's augment - the ship in the frontmost position of your vanguard does that mean the middle ship?

[tulip tinsel]

the one in the first slot, not the middle one

[harsh gust]

the leftmost

[lime harbor]

Thanks!

[opaque galleon]

Eh, I wanna say Guam since you don’t have a good Japanese CV fleet and are far from American CV fleet

[strange flame]

what would the american and japanese cv fleets entail?

wouldnt shinano and hakuryuu make a sufficient pair? or are they not that good

[ivory pawn]

American you have the ships (Kears - York2 - Lex2), but getting Kears to dev30 will take a very long time so no point using bulins on York/Lex yet.

Well if you care about PvP Lexii can be nice, but I’d still wait for Feb UR first.

[strange flame]

its sovetsky right?

[ivory pawn]

That’ll be the next rerun iirc, before her will be a new UR.

[strange flame]

are they gonna be close in release to one another?

i only have 411 cubes rn, i dont think i can get both guaranteed -_-

[inner delta]

uh it shouldn't but we dont know

until more news is announce, we dont know how close or far its going to be other than the stuff from prev year

[strange flame]

i c

[opaque galleon]

Hakuhou is the cooler Daniel

[strange flame]

yeah i really like her design, i started playin again after her rerun -_-

or unzen, it was one of the two

[soft raft]

Hakuhou hasn't rerun yet

[strange flame]

It was Unzen then

My fault og

[lime harbor]

What do I do with the card I got from the New Years event like Kuybyshev's gift (New Year 2025)? Anything other than a "I was here for the event" keepsake?

[weary edge]

it just sits in ur inventory for the rest of ur career lol

[wary saffron]

What’s a fast way for me to grind oil(if possible)

[tulip tinsel]

the funny thing is, you can't grind oil

[wary saffron]

Buy em in shop?

[tulip tinsel]

you wait for oil to magically appear

what shop

[wary saffron]

Also can I ask when will the new skins release?😭

[tulip tinsel]

2/12

[wary saffron]

Nice then I have time to reach commander lvl 65 by then🙏🏻 thank god

[soft raft]

What

if you are thinking of buying skins with free gems, don't

[wary saffron]

Iam

[soft raft]

[glass aurora]

I am at w9

[soft raft]

Get the 💳 if you really want skins

[wary saffron]

You see I don’t want to spend actual money on skins, I’ll spend gems I earned💀🙏🏻

[soft raft]

Oh wait you're the same guy from before

[robust onyx]

Free gems are for qol improvement

[stark quiver]

If you don’t mind needing to retire ships from your dock more often after grinding, go for it

[wary saffron]

Rings a bell huh, lol anyways I came back to ask if there is some wiki or any shit that tells me what ships I could possibly get from each campaign stage.

[wary saffron]

I think I retired over 400 ships in the past week bc I went from 30k oil to 56💀

[robust onyx]

Azur lane wiki

[soft raft]

Each campaign world has their own wiki page which has all the possible ship drops for each stage listed

[wary saffron]

I think I memorized the drops from world 8 bc of how MUCH I played it

[wary saffron]

Thank you

Anyways here is my progress so far

I accidentally retired some of them without me knowing so which I’m on the edge of doing questionable things to myself

[robust onyx]

All 3 are in light built

Juneau is should also be in the guild shop
Sandy should be in honor medal shop

[wary saffron]

If that’s true then I’ll owe you my life

[robust onyx]

Sandy I know for sure

[wary saffron]

That’s in medal shop

[robust onyx]

Juneau is who I'm not 100%

Sandy is CL option

[wary saffron]

For some reason I only have SR SS

[robust onyx]

So you're stuck with light build until next month

[wary saffron]

My luck huh

[tulip tinsel]

Map drop and light pool

[robust onyx]

Yeah

[jade sable]

Does unzen want rainbow torp or just quad magnetic?

[robust onyx]

Quad mag if you're autoing

[jade sable]

Ty

[knotty dome]

does w16 have clearing mode yet?

[olive geyser]

what's a good gun for napoli?

[hollow gust]

One of the rainbow CA guns

[sweet delta]

And one of the one rainbow CL guns

[scarlet cosmos]

so for w16, i noticed people are running two mob fleets. Unicorn and cowpens are already in one -- what should other two be?

I have klaudia, perseus, painleve, ryuuhou, and volga, aquila

Or should I just run aquila and indep + a bb

[sweet delta]

Two mobs is only for three starring

Aquila, Zuihou, klaudoa are good

[scarlet cosmos]

okay, thank you!

Is Zuihou rerunning this year?

[woven star]

Just in case if you retire her you'll never can get her again. Be careful

[wary saffron]

Oh shit lemme check

[woven star]

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

[ivory pawn]

So not never, just gotta get lucky in light build.

[woven star]

I got from collection and never seen again. Idk maybe. Btw yeah should be. Adding to light pull so maybe I'm wrong

@wary saffron anyway this can be useful https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/List_of_Collections

[turbid marsh]

light 25min

[quasi plover]

does it matter what starter ship i pick

[forest palm]

it doesn't

[turbid marsh]

not really, gotta bench em all anyways.

[quasi plover]

alright

[wary saffron]

Thanks brother🤝

[eternal basalt]

I pulled her from light just after retroing her, so yes, she's in light

[hot turret]

will the chinese new year banner have Build tickets just like the current event? Cause I really don't want to waste cubes on a non UR event

[onyx flame]

Its not a rerun so no tickets

[eternal basalt]

It's light pool though

[hot turret]

ah ok, welp, I dunno I think I'll skip it

[eternal basalt]

You... skip your daily light? YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

[frank phoenix]

When new UR? I need to satisfy gamba addiction and broaden the wife collection

[eternal basalt]

End of month, Ruski UR

[hot turret]

I don't skip the daily light, but I'm not going to spend more than one cube a day, I'm saving for the new UR

[eternal basalt]

Then you pull from the event banner

[hot turret]

Well that's because the event banner happens to be light this time

[viscid swift]

well, the event banner is the light pool

[sweet delta]

So there will not be a banner called EVENT?

[eternal basalt]

Nope

[tulip tinsel]

that's nice i don't have to use any cube

[eternal basalt]

Probably need to do more than 1 a day to get both

[hot turret]

ah ok it's one of those nvm then

[turbid marsh]

yeah good luck with that light pool finding that elite

[agile lichen]

after clearing on lethal, hard 14-4 boss was easier to do with my mob fleet at 1 ammo remaining... wtf

the flare shell mechanic is such a pain in the ass, on auto your ships get dilacerated by them

but that's a 2 star clear for now at least, still have to kill more mobs and since it's hard, my 3 dailies are now gone

if it serves as a tip to newbies on AL, if you have a badly damaged ship that can potentially end your run, just use the daily free repair, I've had countless lethal all mob clears solely due to that thing lol

[plucky cloud]

[agile lichen]

had to use it on my musashi to clear the last mob on hard 14-4, she took an ass beating, legit saved it

[plucky cloud]

Noted, I'm on World 14 normal and it's pretty rough for me, Auto is just no chance. Kinda forgot about the free repairs

[agile lichen]

I suppose even on normal the flare shell is a mess, yeah, auto makes them a bit suicidal, it's the way the flare shells start draining the HP after a bit, I could be wrong but stepping on it is fine, it only takes effect after a few seconds and given that they love hanging around the area on auto, you can see where that leads to... 💀

[plucky cloud]

Yeah I think World 14 is definitely one of those where no matter how good your fleet is, they can get wrecked easily because of Auto's tendencies to linger in some questionable spots...

[hot tiger]

Is enterprise one of the best aircraft carriers in game

[eternal basalt]

Pst, just clear boss on clearing mode, done

[agile lichen]

yeah I know, still gonna take a while since only 3 dailies, be done in 5 days for 15 lol

[ivory pawn]

She's not rainbow, so .
But she's still one of the strongest gold carriers.

[eternal basalt]

Oh, the support guys, you can not finish the map to clear them in 1 day if you want, not the most useful way to spend oil though

[agile lichen]

I know, still gonna have to manual that shit until it's on green tho, again, flare shell shenanigans...

hmm maybe orange, and at worst, blue, I guess...

[hot tiger]

What part of the main campaign is recommended to get to for steady currency

[ivory pawn]

At least chapter 9, but preferably chapter 12.

[hot tiger]

Who should I replace Helena with for main campaign

Should I replace akagi and kaga with unicorn and enterprise

[inland shoal]

Helena and yes

Though Enty depends ig, if you have a better option and she isn't mlb there's no real need to slot her in. Kaga / Akagi certainly isn'T a better option though

[hot tiger]

So keep Helena

[trim depot]

how do i make laffiis special barrage converge

[hollow gust]

that sounds like a skill issue ngl, day 1 w14 fleets were able to auto it

Ships have gotten even stronger now too

[frank phoenix]

Is this setup good until I get opsi gear rolling or should I change something?

[rapid tusk]

Best blessings for the level 125 fight? My vanguard fleet is getting wiped really close to finishing the dragon

[frank phoenix]

Flagship tanking 20% of the DMG did the trick for me

Instead of the burn or dragon

[rapid tusk]

Thanks I’ll try that

[dark hazel]

you should stop using non MLB ships, especially URs

[frank phoenix]

Why? Musashi doing insane dmg even without talents leveled or proper gear

Vanguard is MLB but I think her gear is ass

[dark hazel]

because a rare ship that is mlb has better stats

[frank phoenix]

She's getting outdamaged by massena

[north gorge]

Wrong triple 406 on Vanguard isn't helping

[frank phoenix]

Does she need royal navy guns or I can go anything?

[rapid tusk]

That worked! Thanks

[soft raft]

Her Royal Navy Gear req can easily be fufilled by this thing
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Twin_40mm_Bofors_STAAG#tabber-Type_0

fuckin embed wont load

[stark quiver]

Telling them they’re using the wrong 406 and not saying which is the right one really helps

[dark hazel]

do you happen to have the mlb stat picture so I can save it for later use?

[soft raft]

You mean research coining?

[frank phoenix]

Fr. Like there are 50 options for each gear piece

[dark hazel]

the picture comparing stats at the levels of limit break, showing how ships are shit without mlb

[frank phoenix]

And some won't even tell u what they do exactly xD

[soft raft]

I dont have that one
Nor did I create it

[soft raft]

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

[frank phoenix]

Lvl 103 mushashi without any limit break,proper gear or leveled talents does more or equivalent dmg to my lvl 125 retro unicorn xD

So it's solid for me

[dark hazel]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/
give this a read and the mentiond gear guide within for more info on gear, ingame isn't going to tell you that much without reference info
uni is a healer

[frank phoenix]

Yeah,ik. Still doing the most dmg other then Massena atm

[soft raft]

What kind of comparison is that bruh

[frank phoenix]

Prolly cuz full lvl 10 gear xD

[soft raft]

Either way bench Musashi for now
Non-MLB in general is useless and it's cheaper for newbies to raise Elites and Rares than URs

[frank phoenix]

I would bench her until I get a few more bullins. But I don't rly have any solid replacements

And I'm more in need of Frontline ships atm

[forest palm]

Pennsylvania is a cheap reliable early BB to use

[frank phoenix]

Running MLB Vanguard,hood and Massena for boss fleet atm.

Mob fleet uni,musashi and essex

I'm Frontline starved tho

[soft raft]

Are you even at W9 yet
Cuz if not, then no wonder why you're struggling for frontliners because trying to raise 12 ships is a struggle when you cant do oil cap maps

[frank phoenix]

10-2 atm

It's not that I'm raising 12. It's that I don't have any solid options and using gold on meh ships seems like a waste when I'm gold starved anyway

Got Roon and Z23 retro for one fleet and Le Hardi for 2nd

Might push San Francisco over 100 soon,not sure yet tho

[soft raft]

What other frontliners do you have?

[hot tiger]

Could anyone help me get better results for stage 10 onwards

[dark hazel]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/
give that a read first

[glossy granite]

Any free skin upcomming lol

[north gorge]

Actually yes

#game-news message

[fast frigate]

anyone know what the next event gonna be

[weary edge]

#game-news message

[north gorge]

Read #game-news

[weary edge]

dragon empery themed event

[plucky cloud]

Not gonna lie, I don't even know what's considered a good enough setup to auto that level of content

[smoky quest]

Would this fleet be fine for chapter 16 or are any changes needed?

[rapid shard]

Musashi Cowpens Unicorn Eldridge WdP Kurumi was able to solo all mobs and boss on lethal 14-4 with second fleet just being crossfleets @plucky cloud

[hollow gust]

Reno might as well not exist,if thats mob then it needs a BB. if thats boss then you dont have the damage output

[smoky quest]

Aight so swap out Yorktown 2 for someone like Musashi or another UR bb, and who'd be good to swap Reno out for, because im expecting heavy planes and using her as a budget sandy since I only have 1 sand retro

[faint glacier]

are any meta ships worth building? ive heard jintsuu is good for pvp

[plucky cloud]

I have Musashi at level 125, Oathed and with most equipment at +10 or more, nobody else on that list to be honest has been invested in to that extent

[hollow gust]

Musashi wont work without aquila, she will just melt, i suggest you read suchi's guide

[plucky cloud]

Oh, looks like I have a lot of fleet rearranging to do...

[hollow gust]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-16-mechanics cause those fleet comps are flatly bad

[rapid shard]

All my gear is just +10 and only rainbow gear on that setup is twin100kai on eld and wyvern on Uni.

[glass aurora]

Would this work for a w9 boss fleet until I get better characters?

[wind island]

this fleet is uninvestable

[hollow gust]

there are rare ships that are better investment then those

[wind island]

show me what you got (post your dock)

[hollow gust]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[opaque galleon]

Does Gouden Leeuw want her own gun or Unzen gun?

[stark quiver]

what

[fleet marten]

nvm this is on an older message

apparently it did not even load well

[viscid swift]

start getting Freidrich Karl up

[brave canyon]

I really want to roll for Friedrich Karl

is it irresponsible if I only have 330 cubes?

[viscid swift]

completely up to you

just keep track of what's coming up

we've got a 2 ship CN event dropping this Thursday with 2 new ships and then a NP UR right after that

[brave canyon]

I might roll down to 200 at worst, if that causes me to miss the UR I will sepeku

ooh Chang Wu is a heavy cruiser too

🤔

[viscid swift]

yes

[wind island]

Bismarck -> Warspite
Eugen -> Friedrich Carl

Saint Louis will take a while to MLB if you haven't hit chapter 9 yet, it'll hurt your wallet too
try to buy Enterprise from medal shop

otherwise idek lmao, you should ditch your entire main fleet

[glass aurora]

Can't buy enterprise till maybe next month, hopefully...

[wind island]

it's pretty easy to hit 80 medals from the medal shop once you start grinding

and the shop may RNG away enterprise at the end of the month

honestly your mob fleet should be able to solo world 9

[glass aurora]

She ain't even there is what I mean, I have had BB, SS both this and last month

[wind island]

tragic

[glass aurora]

My lack of CV's is actually a problem.

[wind island]

real, can you buy independece from core data shop?

[rapid shard]

Yes and you should

[glass aurora]

When I get enough

[shadow thunder]

Easy

[brave canyon]

Same, at least we got double worthless subs tho

[brave canyon]

Independance is great like they said, Saratoga is also really good

[glass aurora]

yeah but I have to farm 4-1 or 6-4 and pray, I don't know if they have different rates on each map honestly so I have been doing 6-4

[brave canyon]

purple drops aren't too bad

[stark quiver]

🔥

[brave canyon]

try to low oil farm 6-4

don't run a full fleet

[hollow gust]

saratoga isnt worth grindin 6-4 for

[wind island]

imo you should be able to brute force chapter 9 even with a single fleet,

[brave canyon]

that is true I didn't run 2 fleets until ch 11 I think, maybe 12

[ivory pawn]

10 is the earliest you might want a second fleet.

[brave canyon]

out of ammo halves your damage but so does splitting your fleet in two, no need to do so prematurely

[viscid swift]

if you really want Saratoga just throw 99 cents at the game

[wind island]

the real value of that bundle is removing bloat from the events screen

the biggest cost is that you're now p2w scum

[viscid swift]

hardly

[wind island]

//s

[brave canyon]

Is there a early to get coins without losing this current cat shop?

[ivory pawn]

That's the first time you visited that node, right?

Remember which spot it is, then after you get some more coins go back to it and select "Explorable".

[brave canyon]

nope I'm reclearing

[ivory pawn]

To clarify. First time this month?

If not, then your only option that I wouldn't do unless you would've done it anyway is to use the oil logger.

[brave canyon]

not my first time this month I'm c1 farming

def not using oil, o7 cat

[rapid shard]

From personal experience, dont c1 farm without having a decent bit of opsi coins. You dont make enough back to what you'll spend buying ap crates

[brave canyon]

I didn't realize I was getting so low

lesson learned

[stark quiver]

shouldve saved more operation coins

speaking of opsi, ive overcapped ap for a few days now

[rapid shard]

Slacking

[stark quiver]

will +13ing raff gun make me go from 20 bars left in arby for one strike , to an actual one strike

[whole crypt]

oh new UR is NP?

[north gorge]

Yeah, unless they’re pulling something very weird

[whole crypt]

a little late but what you could have done was not clear the zone

secured zones don't reset if you don't clear up the enemies and pickups

so if you see a scamcat you could check purchases first and come back for it later if you somehow lack currency

[brave canyon]

I was autoclearing so it was all cleared when I checked anyways

but good to know

[ivory sigil]

I need somewhere to spend 30k of coin...

Based on my priortize i post earlier

Is there any thing else i should also priortize? Currently i dont have much recommendation

[whole crypt]

why do you need to spend 30k

[ivory sigil]

Avoid the passive coin exceed.
I'm currently lv98, waiting for lv100 for capacity upgrade

[whole crypt]

is your merchant storage capped already because new event is in like less than 2 days

[stark quiver]

merchant coins do not matter

[whole crypt]

I won't say it doesn't matter, every bit of income counts during mid-game

and it's not like you'll be pulling really hard on CNY banner to need to stock heavy anyway

[stark quiver]

theres not really any other way to like not cap on it, other than spending so much coins you go under the soft cap
just have your merchant at highest possible upgrade rn and youll be fine

[elfin tapir]

i have the 2nd floor purchased already, is it worth paying 800 gems for the 5th dorm slot

[whole crypt]

only if you're grinding very heavily and want more slots for morale, and also mostly if you're buying gems and not spending free ones

[elfin tapir]

i see, thank you

[whole crypt]

anyway just follow your usual priority list to spend, there's definitely something you can still spend on from that list

[stark quiver]

6 dorm slots are nice
i used to use the first floor for leveling up ships to grind with and 2nd floor for a grind fleet

[viscid swift]

aye, CN announced a NP event for the end of the month

[whole crypt]

"nice" is not the same thing as "realistic to get as a F2P"

[sweet delta]

But did they announce an NP event with a UR?

[stark quiver]

i didnt mention anything about f2p, and neither did they

[sweet delta]

With the UR being NP

[whole crypt]

well we know it's an NP event and schedule wise it should be UR, so chances are it will be but we don't know for sure

the usual

[sweet delta]

I hope they pull a formidable banner

[whole crypt]

a UR Formidable?

welp

which would be the least worst on this

[wind hazel]

v 4hr

[whole crypt]

is 4hr B better than 3hr T

[wind hazel]

that's b? lol

thought it was G

[whole crypt]

if it was G I'd have taken it already

[wind hazel]

wait for daily reset then

[whole crypt]

4G is great for gear

[wind hazel]

oh nvm you already reset

2hr Q, go next batch

[whole crypt]

I have enough research queued till midnight but refreshing on day change is just asking to be screwed tomorrow

[wind hazel]

ngl but does it even matter

[whole crypt]

ah well hope this doesn't drop me a meck gun print I guess

[wind hazel]

you probably can craft 10 more plygun. this is nothing

[wide egret]

Hello, its been years since ive played, and i recovered one of my accounts. Is there any nice read up to like remember all fhe stuff in the game and figure out how to progress from where i am

[wind hazel]

it's the same same. grind at w12, do operation siren, grind event to your desired milestone, repeat

[whole crypt]

if only from research between now and PR9 I can probably make maybe 3 more q152s if I'm lucky

if lab it's 6 ord reps per gun

[queen meadow]

Y’all think I should get any of these girls up to lv 125?

[rustic adder]

shinano is fine

[inner delta]

lv the one you like more

like 125 is just either the metas or ship you like

[queen meadow]

Fair enough lol

I think I already have all of my meta ships 125

I know hakuhou and lexington II are both new, but are either of them meta?

[whole crypt]

they both have spots in specific top comps, it's more of whether you're using said comps

[elfin tapir]

is there a big difference between lvl 120 and 125

cuz i went ahead and just used them on anyone who was alr 120 lol

[whole crypt]

depends, for most of the game there's very little difference
for endgame it's 10% less damage taken/10% more damage dealt

[elfin tapir]

ohh i see

[whole crypt]

the actual stat difference isn't much but the level advantage counts when you're hitting up late content

[wide egret]

I didnt even get to w12 with this account lol

[rustic adder]

lvl is the most important stat in the game

[whole crypt]

it isn't

[wind hazel]

start working towards it then

[whole crypt]

a lv125 common isn't going to outperform a lv120 UR

[rustic adder]

yea but a lvl 125 ur is going to beat a lvl 120 ur

[whole crypt]

no shit?

[inner delta]

yea because lv difference buff exist and stats

[wide egret]

No faq or cool info in anyway for fleet building and gearing then?

[rustic adder]

for most of the game, lvl is the main number that matters

[whole crypt]

it isn't

[wide egret]

Lvls can only carry me so far

[wind hazel]

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

click around

[wide egret]

Ty king

[rustic adder]

its just that very very few numbers in this game matter, only really end game where other stats come into play

[whole crypt]

you have control over a couple of those numbers besides just making the 5 level difference
you can try using a shit gear lv125 UR over a properly geared lv120 UR

of course all other things equal 125 is better than 120

[rustic adder]

obviously, all numbers matter, but if you were to choose one specific stat to juice, lvl is the stat that makes the most diff

id rather have 10 more lvls than 10 more fp

[whole crypt]

except it's not a matter of choice of one over the other

and for most of the game 125 does almost nothing over 120

[late flame]

-# imagine having unlimited arrays and cogs

[inner delta]

yeah they refresh on the gems shop

[wind hazel]

level matters, idk what you're trying to argue lol

[rustic adder]

for most of the game, being lvl 120 makes any ship viable

[wind hazel]

level is one of the most important stats in the game that's a fact

[whole crypt]

it is but trying to argue lv is the most important stat without context is wrong

[rustic adder]

even with context its the most important lol

[whole crypt]

with context then it depends on the context because 10 levels doesn't really do anything if you're already capped on level advantage

[trim depot]

anyone debating over lv120 or 125 prolly alr has access to content which demands that lv difference anyways

[late flame]

-# cup size boosting stats when? boobflation is real

[trim depot]

also how do some peoples special barrage for laffii converge i see it in pvp sometimes

[past bear]

Is there a way to remove a certain hull class on the suchiguma shipgirl ranking on a excel?

[queen meadow]

“Bored old fart” 😭😭😭

[rustic adder]

so in that specific context, lvl has hit max relevancy and now other stats tack on their .01% imporvement

[whole crypt]

again I'm not arguing level isn't important, I'm saying you're overstataing the importance of levels without context

[rustic adder]

obviously lvls come with stats, but if you could lvl any ship infinitly without increasing actual stats, you would do that until you reached 10 lvls over any content

[whole crypt]

which ranking? REGAL?

[past bear]

This one

[trim depot]

someone pls

[queen meadow]

Wait is cowpens goated?

[whole crypt]

is there some reason you want to exclude a hull class

Cowpens is the best secondary healer in the game now

[queen meadow]

I’ve been neglecting her 😱😱😱😱

[whole crypt]

in the context of DD gaming ch16 she's just the best healer

[rustic adder]

s2 barrage seems to care about if a EU gear is attached

[queen meadow]

Would she replace zuihou or uni in this fleet?

[past bear]

I mean to narrow down the list to only BB class

[whole crypt]

why do you want only BBs

[queen meadow]

Gotcha, thank you

[past bear]

To gear up my BB gears optimally.

[whole crypt]

uhhhh REGAL doesn't come with gear reccs?

[past bear]

On what dmg modifiers they are best at

[trim depot]

her special aa gun right?

[rustic adder]

idk read the skill

[past bear]

Welp, i guess i would just make a copy of the excel

[whole crypt]

you could just copy the whole spreadsheet and play with the filters yourself but I think you're kind of missing the context on fleetbuilding

[whole crypt]

are you sure it's Laffey II's barrage and which part of it

[queen meadow]

I wonder how many other top tier shipgirls I’ve just left at the bottom of my dock 😅

[rustic adder]

the yellow skill mentions EU gear

[wind hazel]

just sort the hull? lol

[trim depot]

like the wall of bullets she shoots 3 times

[past bear]

Doesnt sort to light, medium, heavy at the same time

[whole crypt]

could be just some weird targeting quirk

or you could just use Lion/Meck/BisZwei and change guns with the month

[rustic adder]

read the yellow skill and test it

[trim depot]

looks op asf for auto

[whole crypt]

yeh but you have no control over it

[trim depot]

i will keep testing

[wind hazel]

it's really only 4 ships

that are relevant i mean

5 if you wanna count soyuz in for her pairing

[whole crypt]

it's probably the usual tunnel vision fleetbuilding issue

[sweet delta]

You can sort multiple columns in filter view

And as the name might imply, filter by something

[trim depot]

us gun doesnt change it idk how

[weary edge]

can i use mary celeste for the backline disruption weekly

[wind hazel]

yes

[sweet delta]

Select row 2 and go filter view if possible

[stark quiver]

when will yorktown meta be added to dossier

[weary edge]

or ig what i meant to ask is is she good for it

[wind hazel]

what gun are you using lmao

[wind hazel]

yes most tempesta subs will destroy it with adequate level and gear

[trim depot]

this

[soft raft]

Bruh

[wind hazel]

idk then, ask the expert

[sweet delta]

Do you have a video recording of your laffii barrage not converging vs other people's laffiis converging?

[trim depot]

of others i dont but i can record my own

is the gun im using wrong or smth

[wind hazel]

no

but it's kinda bad gun for laffey2

[whole crypt]

it's not a great gun but not the worst you could be using, and should have no relation to your barrage issue

[wind hazel]

there are other eagle union gear you can use to activate her skill, like elite manjuu

[trim depot]

oh the collection one

[wind hazel]

or whatever the fuck it's called, something something

ye elite damage control

[trim depot]

i can try grind to get that

[hollow plank]

who should i get?
I only hve NJ , Shinano and shimakaze

[wind hazel]

musashi

[whole crypt]

anyway chances it's just some targeting quirk applying in some specific case, or you're just thinking/looking for the wrong thing

[hollow plank]

shold i also use UR billins or sav eit?

[wind hazel]

wait for new UR first

[whole crypt]

depends on how many you have/can afford

[wind hazel]

unless you have gazillion UR bulin in stock

[sweet delta]

I have infinite UR bulin in ||shop||stock

[dark axle]

I need help to clear all enemies, my main uma fleet is kinda weak in 16-3 ...

[sweet delta]

This is Azur Lane not Uma

[dark axle]

Only scout fleet can survive

[sweet delta]

And yeah idk what you're expecting if you use a fleet without healers to fight multiple mobs

[dark axle]

But if u use cvl u cannot get enough air control

[wind hazel]

go eagle